#battery issues

Hmm, it sounds like your ‘05 might be having some battery connection problems. Remove the batteries and check the contacts; are they clean and shiny? Is there any obvious damage like broken springs?

Actually, the leakage from dead batteries is dried electrolyte, and is basic. It can still irritate your skin, but it’s harmless as long as you wash any skin it touches and keep it out of your eyes and mouth.

Batteries used in most electronics these days are alkaline (or “basic”, 7.5-12 on the pH scale). This is why vinegar is an effective cleaner, as alkaline substances and acidic substances generally neutralize each other.

This could be caused by a lot of things, so I’ll give you a quick little list of things to check:

      -Is he in deep sleep mode? Furbies in deep sleep mode can only be woken up by turning them upside-down.

     -Are his battery contacts clean? Do the batteries make contact well? Most importantly, does the door to his battery compartment close correctly? You may want to wiggle the battery door around while tilting him. This is a very common issue.

        -Have you tried pressing his reset button when he won’t wake up? Pushing the reset button once will make a Furby do the wake-up dance, and should get him to wake up. If he won’t wake up when the reset button is pressed, he may have battery problems.

      -Are his movements ever out-of-sync with his speech? If so, he’s having a problem with his sync screw, which may also explain his “reluctance” to wake up. You can find more information about the sync screw in my post here or in my sync screw issues tag.

      -When he will wake up, does he respond to being tilted or turned upside-down? If he doesn’t react, his tilt sensor may need cleaning or repair. While I don’t think that’s very likely, it’s certainly possible.

As long as you can easily move his eyelids manually, then that’s just a cosmetic problem. There’s a little piece of rubbery foam on the eyelid mechanism that, if stored in one position for, say, about 19 years, gets a little divot worn into it. I’m sure you could replace it if you wanted, but I haven’t tried to do so yet.

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The Moment Everything Stopped

2:47 PM. Middle of a Zoom call. Battery: 23%.

Charger plugged in. Status: "Plugged in, not charging."

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🔴 Outdated BIOS firmware (15% of cases) Old system software can't talk to new Windows 11

🔴 Faulty charger or cable (10% of cases) Physical damage you can't see from outside

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