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TF not waking up. Sleep of Death?

Hi for some reason I cant get my TF to turn on! It was working fine all day. I left work and placed the TF in sleep mode (hitting the button) When I got home about 15 mins later, I hit the power button and nothing. I read about the Sleep of Death but this is the first time Ive had this. I try holding onto the power button for 10 seconds and then releasing it and then held it for another few seconds and nothing. I even try holding the power button for one mins and then releasing it and hitting it again and nothing. I had bout 35% battery life before heading home.
I plug it into my notebook and i get the prompt the auto play message on windows 7. double click on the TF TF101 icon and I cant see any folders. On the asus sync program it tells me no device is found. While its plugged into the notebook I held onto the power button and I get that sound coming from windows (usb sound) then I get a sound coming out of my TF and the auto play message pop up. I cant even get it to go into recovery mode (vol down + power) I am on 3.1 leaked and no root. Any other suggestion before I call Asus. Thanks

Try charging it for a few hours, the battery might've drained due to some apps keeping wifi on for the whole time (using WakeLock)

frosty5689 said:
Try charging it for a few hours, the battery might've drained due to some apps keeping wifi on for the whole time (using WakeLock)
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Thanks. Doing it right now. Its weird when I have it plug into my notebook. While holding the power button it will disconnect from my notebook (no longer visible in my computer) then pressing the power button again its pop up with the auto play message and i get a sound from the speakers of the TF...one of those default sound on the TF. (new email alert sound) but the screen is still black. I also trying hooking it up to my TV to see if I could get a picture and no...
OKAY got a picture now with the hdmi input but no picture on the TF. I have the pattern lock screen. do i disable it? I am able tole move around but trying to find out how to disable the pattern lock screen.

yea maybe you just drained it too much. i bet a long chargewill remedy this
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X7og said:
yea maybe you just drained it too much. i bet a long chargewill remedy this
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I am at 50% and still no picture on the tf. Now when I try to enter my pattern for the lock screen its turning red not green like before....wtf reboot and still cant get in.

Just to share, a similar but less drastic thing happened when i got mine.
Tried it at the shop for about 5 minutes just to check everything worked fine. Packed it back into the box and took it home. About half a day later, at night when i officially unboxed it,it refused to turn on. no sound, no lights, nada. when i turned it off at the store, it still showed about 50+% battery remaining.
Same thing if i attached it to the dock.
So i left it stuck into the dock (just so i can confirm that it's charging) and left it to charge for about 15mins (while worrying that i might have a DOA TF).
The light was a steady amber from the get go, meaning >95% charge.
Anyway, left it to charge for about 15-20 minutes while trying every combination i could think of, short, 10 seconds, 1 min, more than 1 mins..
Long story short, after a while, it booted up with a 10second press of the power button.... left it to charge overnight (>8 hrs first charge) and it's been fine since.
Good luck with yours.

Okay reboot again. and its not take my pattern for the lock screen. touch the first circle and its red. and it tells me to try again...wtf....normally its turn green on the circle (the first one) now its red.

Looks like my screen is dead....smh.. I am able to see the lock screen via hdmi but its not taking my lock pattern. Every circle I hit turns red (error I guess) I dont know what else to do. I try doing a factory reset (volume down and power button at the same time) but I cant get a display on my tv when i am trying to access his mode. I called Asus and got a RMA... Just wondering do i need to send in the wall charger and usb cable too? Before sending it in does anyone know what else I could do??? Thanks

[Q]Transformer Possibly Bricked

Hey got my transformer today but no joy, It wont even power on . I charged it via wall socket for an hour, still wont power on so I tried charging it through usb on my desktop and still no dice. I tried the button combinations listed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032374 and was able to get a reproducible click noise but no screen movement what so ever. I unplugged it once in the beginning and it made a low battery noise but have not been able to make that happen again. Any ideas?
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timinator94
P.S. Should I try this? http://tabletroms.com/forums/showthread.php?976-Nvflash-Unbricking-and-forever-root!

It couldn't hurt to try. It supposed to unbrick bricks.
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Tried it. Windows does not recognize the device. Then clicking on properties it states that the device is not working. I'm guessing faulty cable. Will look for a replacement tonight.

As per the instructions charge it for 8 hours with the OEM charger and cable. Charging via the USB is pretty worthless. The charger is rated at 1.2 Amps at 15 volts. A USB port is .5 Amps at 5 volts, way less.
You need to install the Windows drivers to have ir recognized.

Sounds like a dead screen.

Does the power adapter feels hot/warm when you do your charging? Did you push in the power adapter until you hear a click sound?

@greeny2010 Yes and yes,
I will let it charge all night tonight and let you all know in the morning.

Ok I let it charge overnight and attempted to power it on. First I pressed the power button for ~10 seconds then waited ~5 seconds and pressed power again. This time the speakers made a pop noise and I heard the camera click but still no screen D:
Any other ideas? I really don't want to rma I have my final essay due Thursday and I stupidly sold my laptop to get this thinking it would get here and just work.

I read in another post where someone had a similar issue which was due to a bent pin where the transformer connects. I would inspect that carefully.

timinator94 said:
Ok I let it charge overnight and attempted to power it on. First I pressed the power button for ~10 seconds then waited ~5 seconds and pressed power again. This time the speakers made a pop noise and I heard the camera click but still no screen D:
Any other ideas? I really don't want to rma I have my final essay due Thursday and I stupidly sold my laptop to get this thinking it would get here and just work.
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do you have a mini hdmi? IF so see if you get a picture on your tv. I was able to get a picture on my tv but not on my TF. Turned out my display was dead.

Dead screen The backlight is out. Is there any fixing this or is rma the only option?

sux, RMA it yo

timinator94 said:
Dead screen The backlight is out. Is there any fixing this or is rma the only option?
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Within 30 days you can always return it, if you can find another one in stock somewhere. Otherwise RMA is your only option

bricked transformer
i have asus tranfrormer 9.x.x.x, recovery 5.8.x.x, after i did superwipe , every thing is gone and i cant flash any rom through adb/nvflash saying cant write to sdcard (read only). any suggestions?

[Q] [q] transformer won't turn on

i tried to do all instructions posted here, but i can't do anything to turn it on. no matter what combination of buttons i tried didn't work. i have time until Monday when i was planing to ship it back to amazon to try to revive it... anyone has any idea...
it doesn't react on anything, it doesn't make any sound when i plug it in usb in pc.... just nothing!!!! please help me!!!

This just happened to me yesterday. Have you tried holding the power button for more 15 seconds to force a shutdown and then wait 5 seconds, then hold the power button for 4 seconds to turn it on again?
If that doesn't work (as was in my case), get android screencast (available here on xda) and see if you can view the transformer screen on the pc (must already have usb debugging enabled).
Using the screencast I figured out my screen was dead (the touchscreen was working with my fingers but screen showed nothing). I just sent mines off for RMA today...hopefully this won't be the case with yours.

thank you for your reply.....
unfortunately pc doesn't detect transformer at all.... i am desparate

Are you sure the transformer is on when connected it to the pc? I would hold the power button for 15 seconds to force a shutdown, then connect it to the charger for about 5 minutes so I know its def on. Then connect to the pc and see if the internal storage shows up.
If not, the other option is to test it using a hdmi cable....and if that doesn't work then it sounds like your transformer is not turning on at all which either means the battery is dead (needs charging) or the device is completely broke!

it is final - the device is dead.... on the bright side i can still return it to amazon....

sorry to hear...well at least you can return it to amazon. I'm going to have to wait for Asus...and whats worse is Im leaving to go back to the UK in exactly two weeks (what timing!!). If it doesn't arrive back on time I'm going to have to get someone to mail it to me.
On a side note its odd how the device's are dying...I've come across a couple of cases while googling and I was extra careful with mines....bit woried about my replacement. As much as I hate to say it I'm considering selling on ebay and getting something else (not Galaxy tho...cannot live without sdcard slots).

i have the same problem, what tablet to take instead of transformer.... if 10.1 had a sd card slot it would be my choice.... maybe i should wait for toshiba....

connect via usb cable to pc ( ON) let it sit for 6-8 hrs and try again. If your charger is not working, you may have killed battery. If TF turns on, turn it off so all of the limited current is used to charge battery.

Rumbleweed said:
connect via usb cable to pc ( ON) let it sit for 6-8 hrs and try again. If your charger is not working, you may have killed battery. If TF turns on, turn it off so all of the limited current is used to charge battery.
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Thats a good point...I would suggest you try that Klokom as some people have found their charger pins to become loose or their chargers just melt and die.
klokom said:
i have the same problem, what tablet to take instead of transformer.... if 10.1 had a sd card slot it would be my choice.... maybe i should wait for toshiba....
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The toshiba does sound interesting, and theres also the Lenovo K1 and Sony S1 too. Will have to wait for the reviews to come out to decide tho.

i'll try that....thanks....
although i doubt that it is a case, because when i left work yesterday it had around 40% battery and when i came home it was off... but i'll try that...

Hold power for longer than 15 seconds, every person in the world sucks at counting in their head so hold it for 30 seconds, then try and turn it on, if that simply doesn't work and usb doesn't give you anything try charging your tablet overnight. If still nothing return or RMA it.

Stupid stupid mistake!

I think I have fried my Nexus 7.... didn't even think about what I did how stupid am I....
I decided to wire up a Hella connector to a USB cable the idea being to plug it into my phone for charging on the road... I then had a not so smart idea to use my OTG cable to connect the USB A connector to my Nexus 7 to see if it worked...
Nexus 7 booted past the bootloader and then nothing.... I realised then how stupid I had just been...and still nothing...
Presumably I've run a shed load of power down one of the data line..... what a fool.....
ARGH!!!!!!! anything I can possibly do to salvage it.... please!! :crying::crying::crying:

you could try something ASUS support told me, press all buttons (volume + & -, power) for 30 seconds, and if it won't boot after that, you should get a RMA

chiwou said:
you could try something ASUS support told me, press all buttons (volume + & -, power) for 30 seconds, and if it won't boot after that, you should get a RMA
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Going the RMA route would be costly. If it is dead, he'd be better off just bring a new N7.
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Thanks for the suggestion but no it hasn't worked...
I've had the N7 plugged into the charger for the last 30 minutes or so and when I went back to it the screen backlight was on slightly (you can see if you look at the screen from the side)... but the whole unit was really really hot... I've obviously disconnected it but now can't get the thing to turn off, if I hold down the power button the screen flicks off but then back on.
:crying::crying::crying::crying:

najaboy said:
Going the RMA route would be costly. If it is dead, he'd be better off just bring a new N7.
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I would think that "broken display” units on eBay/CL probably have working mobos and batteries, as the owners are trying to dump them because of the broken screen. But, buying used is a crap shoot.
Nice that Google is selling N7s at cost (or even a loss) - but it does mean that any oem component replacements will be a significant fraction of the original price.

I was reading in Play Books when my N7 shut down due to low battery. I plugged it in and it wouldn't charge or boot and I noticed a faint light bleed and faint dots streaming from right to left on the display. I tried things like holding the power button for 30 seconds to reset, holding vol down and power to try to get to recovery, but it wouldn't take. Finally, with it plugged in, I held down the power button for just about 10 seconds and backlight and dots stopped. A few seconds later without pressing anything, it booted up. It would start to charge, but if the screen timed out, I was back to the earlier state and it wouldn't come on. So I got it started again and immediately went to developer options and checked Stay Awake while plugged in. Eventually the charge built up and I'm back to normal, at least my N7 is normal. I only mention this because the OP talked about the faint backlight and it may be worth trying.

busterdan said:
Thanks for the suggestion but no it hasn't worked...
I've had the N7 plugged into the charger for the last 30 minutes or so and when I went back to it the screen backlight was on slightly (you can see if you look at the screen from the side)... but the whole unit was really really hot... I've obviously disconnected it but now can't get the thing to turn off, if I hold down the power button the screen flicks off but then back on.
:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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A standard hella charger outputs 5V at 2A which is the same as your N7 original wall charger.
I doubt your problem came from the charger, it might be softbrick at an unfortunately moment.
I came across a similar problem when i was editing a custom kernel.
If you tried every method to shut down the device and failed do the following:
1. Open the case (it's quite easy to open with a plastic card)
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+Nexus+7+Battery/9895/1
2. Unplug the battery and hold the power button 30 seconds (with the battery detached)
3. Let it soak for 10 minutes
4. Reconnect the battery and close the lid.
5. Put your nexus 7 in the wall charger, and you should see the battery bar on the screen.
After that, let it charge a few minutes and boot the device.

[Q] Nexus 7 (2012) dead. Just flickers

My Nexus 7(2012) 16 gb appears dead. Was on CM11 with TWRP recovery.
Here's what happened :
I was using my N7, the screen froze for a second while scrolling on the browser.
After that a dead black line appeared permanently in the middle of the screen(horizontal).
I figured it might just be the case of dead pixels.
I continued using it like that only.
After a few weeks of usage, now the device won't power up at all.
When i connect to the wall charger, i just get a back light. No display. Nothing.
I tried booting into recovery, but nothing appears on the screen.
I kept it charging for few hours, but no luck.
It only flickers when connected to charger. Disconnecting the charger causes no activity what so ever on the device.
Nothing happens if i connect it to computer via usb.
Any solutions i can try?

Press & Hold the power button for at least 10 seconds while plugged into a power source. If no signs of life after completing the above step my first thought would be a faulty board..

Its just a black blank screen.
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Well, I would hate to be the bearer of bad news but it appears your device had a critical failure and is now dead... Obvious answer right? HaHa
RIP Nexus :crying:

You can always try and leave it to charger for a day and see if you get some life to your nexus. I had similiar thing with my nexus, I was actually booting new ROM and then it did some flickering and got blacked out. After connecting to charger nothing happened, just random flickering. I was able to recover and get it back in bussiness when I woke up next morning (it had been charging over night). This was almost a year ago and atm I'm writing this with the same particular device. So give it a shot again, you might still get it back to work. Also you could try to boot the device to fastboot mode by pressing power+volume buttons at the same time for a while. Good luck, let me know if you were able to get it boot&work again!

You could also try popping the back off and make sure the ribbon cables for the display are seated properly. While your there check the battery cable.