I bought my Iconia A1-830 at the end of July, 2014. I don't use it every day, but I do use it once or twice each week. I always recharge it when the battery runs low, in between using it. I was online a few minutes ago researching apps, and thought I'd turn on the Iconia to download one I had seen. I pressed the start button and waited while the Acer logo displayed. Then, instead of bringing up the password screen, the screen flipped to an icon of a battery with a yellow triangular warning symbol in the middle of it. Then the screen went black. I tried a few more times to start it up, but nothing happened. This is the first time this has happened. My first thought was that somehow the battery had to be totally dead. I got the charger and plugged it in to see if the charging symbol would appear. It did and, if I am reading this correctly, I would have to say that the battery had absolutely no charge at all. The battery icon would normally show green bars to indicate the level of charge, but there weren't any at all. I'm not an expert on the Iconia's battery, but this doesn't appear to be a good thing. The last time I used the tablet was just a few days ago, and I put it on the charger when I was done because the battery level was getting low. I know that it fully recharged at that time. After the recharge, I always make sure that the tablet is completley off. Right now, I have the Iconia on the charger in the hope that it will recharge the battery, but my concern is that perhaps the battery has suffered a major failure. From what little I've learned about these batteries, a total drain of the battery isn't good for this type of battery.
Has anyone else had this happen? My tablet is still under warranty, but I am not sure if I ought to send the tablet back to Acer for repairs or replacement. I haven't been overly impressed with the battery life of this device since I bought it and I'll admit that I've been somewhat disappointed with it, but I have come to enjoy using it despite its limitations. I'd appreciate some feedback since I was certainly not expecting something like this to happen from a device that is practically brand new. I just checked on the tablet by giving the start button a quick press. It does look as though the battery is charging. But, as I said, I am concerned that the total drainage of the battery might have damaged the battery and I'm concerned that it's going to limit the total life and reliability of the battery. I hope to get some answers from others. Thanks.
