sonofaresiii
Android Enthusiast
So about six months ago, my tablet up and died. Won't turn on. Won't charge. No indication that it's literally anything more than a hunk of plastic. Tried every combination of holding down buttons for various lengths of time (up to five minutes) and unplugging/replugging. Got on the phone with google, then asus, who basically told me they need me to send it in and charge me $200 to diagnose and fix it since it was a year and THREE MONTHS old (that got me ticked off-- this thing can't make it a year and three months when I never rooted it, used it in any way that wasn't recommended, and it lived its entire life in a case?). So obviously, **** that. A new one costs less than that.
Anyway, I cracked the sucker open and basically just unplugged and replugged every single cord I could find. Still nothing. So it's not a lose battery cable or something.
Right before it died, I was trying to watch a movie I had downloaded on it. The movie was skipping/freezing and caused some restarts. I tried installing various vlc codecs and programs (nothing needing root) to get it to play correctly, until it finally froze, shut off, and wouldn't turn back on. I have no idea if the skipping/freezing/restarts were caused by the video, or if the tablet was dying anyway which was causing the skipping/restarts, or if the programs I downloaded had anything to do with it (unlikely since it had symptoms before I started downloading anything, but it's a possibility).
Now like I said, it's been six months and I've moved on to another tablet-- a galaxy tab S. And I hate it. Despite being in a case the screen's already cracked from a two-foot drop onto carpet (not exaggerating) and the battery life is terrible. And it doesn't seem to go into sleep mode properly. Blah blah, whatever.
Point being, I'd really like to have my nexus 7 back but since I do have a replacement, I don't want to spend any money getting it working again. if there's anything I can do at this point to save it that doesn't cost money, I'm willing to try it. If I have to pay something, I'll just let it go.
So, any ideas? I'll do anything you guys can suggest, there's really nothing to lose at this point.
Anyway, I cracked the sucker open and basically just unplugged and replugged every single cord I could find. Still nothing. So it's not a lose battery cable or something.
Right before it died, I was trying to watch a movie I had downloaded on it. The movie was skipping/freezing and caused some restarts. I tried installing various vlc codecs and programs (nothing needing root) to get it to play correctly, until it finally froze, shut off, and wouldn't turn back on. I have no idea if the skipping/freezing/restarts were caused by the video, or if the tablet was dying anyway which was causing the skipping/restarts, or if the programs I downloaded had anything to do with it (unlikely since it had symptoms before I started downloading anything, but it's a possibility).
Now like I said, it's been six months and I've moved on to another tablet-- a galaxy tab S. And I hate it. Despite being in a case the screen's already cracked from a two-foot drop onto carpet (not exaggerating) and the battery life is terrible. And it doesn't seem to go into sleep mode properly. Blah blah, whatever.
Point being, I'd really like to have my nexus 7 back but since I do have a replacement, I don't want to spend any money getting it working again. if there's anything I can do at this point to save it that doesn't cost money, I'm willing to try it. If I have to pay something, I'll just let it go.
So, any ideas? I'll do anything you guys can suggest, there's really nothing to lose at this point.
