Hey Y'all,
I helped a friend of mine root his NT awhile back, and it was working fine for months. I showed him CM7 running off of the SD card and he liked it, so I set it up for him on Friday. I did a factory restore on the NT, and he reentered his BN account info. I then booted off the SD card and everything was working fine as I could tell.
He brought it to me this morning and it won't charge. The "n" is always green when plugged up to the wall and it never goes orange to indicate it is charging. But when I attempt to power it on, it is always displaying the low power message and says to plug in the charger.
What I have tried:
-I removed the SD card, and it still won't charge... (not that it would matter).
-I have 3 chargers and my own NT. When I plug a charger up to my NT it works fine and the "n" goes to orange. But when I plug the same charger into my friends NT, the "n" is green and I can't get past the low batter warning.
-I have had my friends NT connected to a wall charger for about 3 hours this morning and I still can't get it to boot.
Any ideas on what might be wrong and how to fix it?
Thanks for your time.
I found this thread and tried both of the suggestions and my friends NT still won't charge or boot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23444675
The same thing happened to my wife's nook this evening. I think the battery is completely run down, but won't receive a charge for some reason. Her charger showed green also.
I tried, removing and reinserting the SD card and also holding power for 20 seconds. I finally was able to hold down the power and the N button down for about 20 seconds. This did the trick. It showed that the battery was too low to turn on. After about 10 minutes, it booted.
Hmm, I get the battery is too low to power on every time I hold down the power button and the "n" is always green on the charger.
strandedinar, did you have the power cord hooked up when you held the power button and "n" button down for 20 seconds?
So connecting the STOCK charger and the STOCK cable and leaving it alone for an hour or so isn't doing the trick? That's really the most that many of us have had to do... No "n" button needed either.
ansar99 said:
Hmm, I get the battery is too low to power on every time I hold down the power button and the "n" is always green on the charger.
strandedinar, did you have the power cord hooked up when you held the power button and "n" button down for 20 seconds?
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Yes. The nook was plugged in and the "n" was green. The Nook wouldn't power on - My wife was convinced it was my fault for rooting it...
I left it plugged in like that for 20 minutes, but nothing happened when I tried to start it. The charging light was green. I finally tried the power + N button trick and then I received the notice that the power was too low to turn on. This was the first time I received this message. After this, the color of the charging light changed from green to red/orange and I could tell that it was receiving the charge. After 10-15, it power on and has worked normally since.
I tried every thing I could think of and google and nothing worked. I took it to BandN yesterday. They thought it was a typical issue that they see a lot of, but after 3 folks at the store couldn't figure it out, they called 1800 support. Support said it was a bad usb port and swapped it out for a refurbished model.
I still think I could have fixed it, but after a couple of days my friend was getting antsy for it.
Thanks for all of the responses.
strandedinar said:
The same thing happened to my wife's nook this evening. I think the battery is completely run down, but won't receive a charge for some reason. Her charger showed green also.
I tried, removing and reinserting the SD card and also holding power for 20 seconds. I finally was able to hold down the power and the N button down for about 20 seconds. This did the trick. It showed that the battery was too low to turn on. After about 10 minutes, it booted.
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How did you do that? I was trying to hold the buttons and never got anything.
My NT has no juice to boot, but when I plug in a power cord (stock), plugged into stock power charger, it tries to boot up. Power indicator does turn orange, but then it runs out of power once it starts booting and turns off. After a few second it turns back on, and repeats same cycle again. It never boots to the point where it can actually sleep, seems that boot-up process takes more energy than charges could give it.
Try charging it from your computer. Just as suggestion not sure if it will help.
Sent from Nook Tablet 8GB with CM10.1 iamafanof's build.
galets said:
How did you do that? I was trying to hold the buttons and never got anything.
My NT has no juice to boot, but when I plug in a power cord (stock), plugged into stock power charger, it tries to boot up. Power indicator does turn orange, but then it runs out of power once it starts booting and turns off. After a few second it turns back on, and repeats same cycle again. It never boots to the point where it can actually sleep, seems that boot-up process takes more energy than charges could give it.
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Hello Galets, did you manage to finally charge your Nook? I have the same problem as you have - when stock cable and charger are plugged in - device tries to boot and screen shows up but due to lack of power in accum it turns off and in a few seconds the cycle repeats.
I hardly understand - how it is possible that having mains power plugged it - there is not enough energy to charge and do other necessary things...
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UPDATE: problem solved. In order to solve it, I had to disassemble the tablet and unplug the screen cord, then I put the power cable in, battery charged up for about an hour or so, then I plugged screen cord back in and turned it on without a problem. The down side of early charge attempts is that tablet decided that I had 10 failed boots and it reset my previously rooted device. Now I have fresh and clean stock 1.4.2 version.
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Hello Galets, did you manage to finally charge your Nook? I have the same problem as you have - when stock cable and charger are plugged in - device tries to boot and screen shows up but due to lack of power in accum it turns off and in a few seconds the cycle repeats.
I hardly understand - how it is possible that having mains power plugged it - there is not enough energy to charge and do other necessary things...
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UPDATE: problem solved. In order to solve it, I had to disassemble the tablet and unplug the screen cord, then I put the power cable in, battery charged up for about an hour or so, then I plugged screen cord back in and turned it on without a problem. The down side of early charge attempts is that tablet decided that I had 10 failed boots and it reset my previously rooted device. Now I have fresh and clean stock 1.4.2 version.
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how did you unplug the screen cord? I've looked up how to take apart the nook, but I'm not sure which one would the the screen cord. Did you follow a tutorial somewhere, or was it easy to figure out once you opened it up?
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how did you unplug the screen cord? I've looked up how to take apart the nook, but I'm not sure which one would the the screen cord. Did you follow a tutorial somewhere, or was it easy to figure out once you opened it up?
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ACL3, check this link: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+Nook+Tablet+Display/11148/1.
I did not really follow the guide. I was looking for first two bolts to unscrew. The rest was quite simple but challenging - i don't usually disassemble things.
I did not pull out any of the buttons or battery from where they are and simply unplugged their connectors too - you will see 3 small foam rubber black box-like pieces (in step 9 they only marked one of them). There are plastic connectors under foam rubber pieces.
Be careful not to short-circuit anything with metallic tools.
On the attached image I marked the screen connector. I unplugged it by gently hooking it with two small screwdrivers. When putting it back I gently pressed it until I heard a click. And make sure those small slots on connector match with corresponding ones on motherboard.
Also, when finishing assembly I ran into a small problem with corner flap (which covers sdcard) - it did not want to smoothly slide in and out. So, pull it off completely and after putting plastic cover in place and screwing last two bolts, put it back - some small help of small screwdriver will be needed.
Hope my explanation was helpful
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ACL3, check this link: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+Nook+Tablet+Display/11148/1.
I did not really follow the guide. I was looking for first two bolts to unscrew. The rest was quite simple but challenging - i don't usually disassemble things.
I did not pull out any of the buttons or battery from where they are and simply unplugged their connectors too - you will see 3 small foam rubber black box-like pieces (in step 9 they only marked one of them). There are plastic connectors under foam rubber pieces.
Be careful not to short-circuit anything with metallic tools.
On the attached image I marked the screen connector. I unplugged it by gently hooking it with two small screwdrivers. When putting it back I gently pressed it until I heard a click. And make sure those small slots on connector match with corresponding ones on motherboard.
Also, when finishing assembly I ran into a small problem with corner flap (which covers sdcard) - it did not want to smoothly slide in and out. So, pull it off completely and after putting plastic cover in place and screwing last two bolts, put it back - some small help of small screwdriver will be needed.
Hope my explanation was helpful
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thanks, looks cool. I've never taken anything apart before and I'm afraid of short circuiting something. I think I might try this.
Ok, our hyundai t7 often sleeps for no reason and does not react when you push the power button .Here is my guide to fix this.
1) Press and hold power button for 2 secs and then wait for 10 secs . See if tablet responds
2) Hold physical home button for 2secs, sede if tablet responds
3) Use pin or toothpick and insert to reset hole. Look around for button inside and push firmly down. Hole is found on the bottom of the device between 3.5mm jack and headphone port. Check if tablet responds
4) Charge device. While plugged in press reset hole. Check for life ( and make sure led charging led is on, if not ur device is dead, SORRY!)
5) While charged hold reset hole for 20 secs followed by shorf press power.
6) Same as above but hold power longef.
IF ALL ELSE FAILS, LEAVE TO CHARGE ALL DAY AND REPEATS STEPS TOMMORROW.
If this helped ( I know its a samll community) thank me!
So, yesterday, I accidently dropped my phone... again
I noticed minutes after that the power button of my DX wasn't working. I tried to remove the case, and click on the real power button... Was broken too.
I said "ok I'll let the phone charging so the screen will stay on"
Today I tried again to remove the case, to see if I can still try to find a way to click on the power button.
And the battery dropped... again
Now, I'm stuck with this unfonctional Desire X. The phone is totally SHUTDOWN, and I can't boot it without the power button. Is there a solution to this issue since my problem doesn't seems to be rare?
JustElisha said:
So, yesterday, I accidently dropped my phone... again
I noticed minutes after that the power button of my DX wasn't working. I tried to remove the case, and click on the real power button... Was broken too.
I said "ok I'll let the phone charging so the screen will stay on"
Today I tried again to remove the case, to see if I can still try to find a way to click on the power button.
And the battery dropped... again
Now, I'm stuck with this unfonctional Desire X. The phone is totally SHUTDOWN, and I can't boot it without the power button. Is there a solution to this issue since my problem doesn't seems to be rare?
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I actually tore the felx cable that goes to my power button.
You can buy new flex cable that holds SD and SIM cards and has the power button. Its about 8 dollars on ebay, shipping included.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sim-Card-Me...063?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3205911f
In the meantime this is what you can try:
- remove battery and put it on charger. Why on charger insert battery and maybe it turns on. If it does, install and set up Gravity button tool. You can wake your phone with proximity sensor.
- try a nail file to gently scrub the plastic coating off the thin cable that runs to the power button. BE PATIENT! Dont use too much pressure or you will wrip it. You should see 2 copper lines running in parallel. If you see them, use something metallic to short circuit it. (I use the blade of a pocket knife or scissors). Hold it there long for power on, shortly for wake and lock screen. You can easily access the cable by just lifting the power button off the case with a thin blade. Be gentle.
Other thing: anyone has an idea if the flexcable from the dual-sim version would be compatible with the single sim motherboard? I mean, is the only difference between the single sim and dual-sim version that the flex cable is different?
Has anyone seen a dual-sim flex cable for sale online?
My dad's phone, don't ask why, had a strong contact with the flor, three times. After that, back cover was broken, LCD Plate and Side Key Flex Cable too. Screen is all and I think motherboard also. Battery is not damaged. I buy all broken parts , made phone but it doesn't work. If I can believe flashtool, phone can fastboot and flashmode. I can flash new ROM, Kernel, unlock bootloader but only when the battery is unplugged. I tried to charge battery about 24h but when i push power button, reaction is blink three times red LED. When charger is plugged in, I push vol+ and power , phone vibrates three times, the same reaction when I push this red button near sim slot, and when I unplugged battery on the screen appears image of battery with red bottom and lightning which dissapears after few sec. and again appears over and over again. Is any possibilities to fix this phone ? or better to buy phone with broken screen and use my? I try a lot of solution from google and nothing works.
Hi guys,
So after a year of a broken screen, I fixed my Z2, after like 5 months of using it, she decide to broke again... It fall on the floor from like a meter height.
I do have a glass protection screen which is a bit cracked (thank god the screen itself is fine..) after it fall and also phone does have a rubber cover on it.
So it fall, at first I thought that my phone died cause it wasn't reacting to power button at all. So I thought why not try turning off the Z2 to see if its still alive by pressing the red button where the sim card is.
And here we are now, can't turn on my Z2 at all. Even if the power button was broken but I knew that phone is still alive I would unlock it by pressing the camera button (ups.. too late..).
So any idea if its the button itself broken like a plastic thing under the button that touches the connector on the flex or is it the entire flex that is broken ? I've no idea if the rest of the buttons are working as turn off my Z2 and can't test it.
Any idea what might be broken and is there an option to turn on the Z2 without the power button ? It does react to charging for sure as the LED lights up red for a sec and then its orange as the battery is 75% charged and screen is working too cause it does show the Xperia logo with an Android one and it does show battery charging level etc.
I don't know how to fix it but if you have recovery, you can boot to system normally.
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