Ive been using my tufty successfully for the last few months as a con badge. This time round it ran out of battery and has refused to boot since. The screen backlight powers on and thats it. Ive tried it with the battery out for a few min to let things clear, and tried it on just USB power with the…

Can you check the system log to see if new devices appear when you plug in the Tufty?

Just going to ask a few for clairification. Holding down the Boot Button and pressing Reset puts it into Boot mode, it shows up as RP2350? Are you able to put it into Disk mode, shows up as Tufty? Can you then see the Apps and Assets folders etc? Can you connect to it via an IDE like Thonny?

Correct shows up as RP2350. Diskmode dosnt work, dosnt repond, no drive avaiable

Thonny wont connect. Only thing i can do is get it into boot mode

Only in boot mode, nothing shows normally

In Boot mode the only files you will see in a file explorer are INDEX.HTM and INFO_UF2.txt And it shows use as RP2350, 127MB free of 127MB. On mine the screen is blank in Boot Mode. In disk mode the display shows it as being in USB Disk Mode. It shows up as Tufty, 10.0 MB free of 11.9MB. Mine w…

Yeah for boot mode thats exactly what i see. Disk mode just dosnt work for me, i dont get a drive, the system dosnt register a device connected, the screen stays blank just with the backlight on. When i flash i drop the UF2 onto the device, it reboots and the drive disapears but nothing else happe…

I think it has a hardware fault. If you haven’t already, re download the tufty 2350 uf2, just in case the one you have is corrupted. https://github.com/pimoroni/tufty2350/releases/download/v2.0.2/tufty-v2.0.2-micropython-with-filesystem.uf2 I would also remove the case, and unplug the battery. I…

Yeah im thinking hardware too. Tried a fresh download and unplugging the battery already, cant see any stray solder or wire. Not using any i2c/QUICC and tried a couple of cables and ports

Bummer. To go any further you’d have to plug into the SWD / Debug port. That’s only really worth it if you have the skills and tools to fix what’s brocken. How long have you had it?

Tufty 2350 Dead after power loss. Backlight stays on and thats it

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jaything June 1, 2026, 9:11am 12

about 3 months. thats abit more advanced than im able to manage sadly. Have messaged pimoroni about it

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Tufty 2350 Dead after power loss. Backlight stays on and thats it

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