Aurel, you win. I inadvertently let my blackberry playbook's battery life reach 0%, and now I can't turn this thing on. Over the past 3 days I have attempted stacked charges, as well as hooking it up to a pc to download an update that is suppose to make it rise from the grave, no dice. The damn thing will not take a charge! My next step is to buy a rapid charger and see if that can bring it back from cardiac arrest. Honestly, I have positive things to say about the device when it's operational, but this software flaw is just fn silly! If all else fails, going to be on the phone with Tibet.