Nexus 7 won't turn on

What happens if you hold in power and volume up,down at same time man?

 

Thank you! I woke up with that problem this morning, came to the forum to search, and your answer solved the problem. Wish I knew why it happened to begin with and if this means it's likely to happen again soon, but I'm glad to have it back!

 

I live on a street that seemingly has more than its fair share of older trees hanging over the power lines and it seems every time we have strong winds during a storm or an ice storm our power gets flaky.

Anytime I have had to hold the power button of my nexus until it hard powers off has been after such a power situation and it was charging.

If you experience power interrupts or surges you may notice the same behavior, a long press of the power button until the screen flickers sets it straight for me.

 

I'm having charging issues with my son's Nexus 7. In December, it quit charging, so I took it to a local place thinking it was a problem with a loose connection, as the micro usb was loose. They had it for a month and didn't even look inside, so I brought it home yesterday.

The tablet screen doesn't even flash or anything when I plug it in. Here's a list of things I've tried:

- tighten micro usb connecter - it is no longer loose, but still won't charge
- hold down power button for 30s or longer - no joy.
- hold volume down and power button to get into bootloader - nothing happens
- remove back, unplug battery, plug it back in - again, still no luck

I've tried both the factory charger and other chargers. I've confirmed that the factory charger does work. The thing just won't charge.

Aside from taking it to yet another repair place where it might never get repaired, what can I do? My son is 8 years old and has been playing minecraft on it, and he'll be absolutely devastated if he loses all of his work in the game. Since it is out of warranty, calling Google won't do any good, and when my daughter's tablet quit charging, they just sent a new one out, so he'd still lose his work. If I could just get it to power on, I could root it, grab the minecraft files, and back them up at least... but if I plug it into my PC, the computer doesn't even recognize that there's a device plugged into it.

 

Sorry to hear you've been having an issue!

There's another thread about a device that wasn't charging - http://androidforums.com/nexus-7-2012/816386-nexus-7-wont-charge-possibly-fried.html

It may or may not be the answer, but here's a response that could help you out:

Hope you manage to get it sorted!!

 

There is hope then!

 

Nope. I tried that, many, many times. It didn't work. Neither did holding the volume down and power button.

Unwilling to give up, I managed to find a dock, thinking that maybe it was a problem with the micro usb port... and guess what? It charged. So now I'm in the market for a replacement part since I don't want to have to bring the dock with me if we're traveling. I've seen videos on how to replace the part, and it doesn't look hard. It's just a case of finding one, and I'm not having a whole lot of luck.

 

If it is the USB port, you should be able to find one on eBay - nexus 7 usb port | eBay

(put a link to eBay US, as I thought that would give you a better idea than eBay UK )

 

I was planning on trying ebay, I just hadn't had a chance to look there yet. I'm in Canada, so the difficulty is that some sellers don't ship here, so there's a bit more legwork involved

Thanks so much. I saw a youtube video showing how it is done, complete with the guy's kid talking in the background!

I've already mucked with the part, having unscrewed it to see what the deal was, so I know I have the right screwdriver . I tightened up the metal female part inside the tablet, since it was loose. I had hoped that was the problem, but I think that the part inside that has come loose or broken, which would explain why my pc won't recognize the tablet as being plugged in, as well as why it won't charge via usb.