USB PLASMA ball meets tf101, ball wins - Eee Pad Transformer General

I have a silly geek toy from think geek that is a usb powered pretty Tesla generator. It's been setting on my desk for a year until today. Turned on my tf101 and was unable to use the touch screen today.
Since the 101 has been solid for the few weeks I've had it, I started staring around and realized I'd moved the geek toy closer after cleaning up.
I turned the toy off and the 101 came back to life. Just thought someone might run into that ( not that you're a geek ).
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hachamacha said:
I have a silly geek toy from think geek that is a usb powered pretty Tesla generator. It's been setting on my desk for a year until today. Turned on my tf101 and was unable to use the touch screen today.
Since the 101 has been solid for the few weeks I've had it, I started staring around and realized I'd moved the geek toy closer after cleaning up.
I turned the toy off and the 101 came back to life. Just thought someone might run into that ( not that you're a geek ).
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Lol, that EMI field must be seriously dense.

msticninja said:
Lol, that EMI field must be seriously dense.
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-- Yeah, I'm amazed I never noticed anything before, since it's on a desk full of phones, pads, computers. I think it was such a low-current (USB) device that most things were well enough shielded until the Transformer showed up.

had just a regular one with a wall plug. Messed up touch screen on vibrant, but of course it worked after i shut the ball off.

This would be a pretty cool youtube video, I'd (as others) would like to see the tesla electric fields mess with the screens on touch devices

That's pretty funny that it affects it in that way. I'm still baffled on who a capacitive touch screen and work in my pocket, my incredible does all sorts of crazy things if I forget to lock the screen. I've even answered my own pocket dial!

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Sign's I'm using the Tablet too much!!

Whilst reading books, magazines and newspaper's.... is this a sign we are using our Tablets too much?
1. I keep touching the paper so it doesn't fade away.
2. I swipe pages instead of turning them over.
3. Whilst reading articles I'm constantly thinking about the battery.
4. You are confused there is no copy/paste on the news-print.
5. You find yourself continually looking at the top of the reading article for the search tool.
6. You become frustrated there's no flash support.
7. Why am I searching for 'barcodes' in publication's.
8. You become annoyed there's no YouTube for Page 3 Girls.
9. Voice activation does no good.
10. Tapping on a news article headline doesn't take you to a link.
i keep trying to touch files and swipe the screen on my laptop then realize its not a touch screen
The touch screen does slowly invade the subconscious doesn't it?
Copy and paste is another story though, it just doesn't work consistently on my TF
If I had one good reason to smash the thing, this would be it, the on screen and dock keyboards need new interrupt driven software and the addition of navigation keys IMO.
Yes, I do have the latest firmware
Slightly off topic but touch screen related. I gave away my Desire and my DesireHD.Now i`m left with my SE 910i as a back up phone.Takes a long time to sink into my brain that it`s not a touch phone
To me the worst thing was Graffiti. Back then I learnt to write like that, and started writing in "graffiti" even with pen and paper
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Yeah, my gf yelled at me for poking her lenovo because i forgot what I was working with..
It only took me a week with my Transformer before I started trying to poke my laptop's screen. And after two weeks of using the transformer, part of me is very sad that the laptop monitor really isn't a touchscreen
Future of computing? I think so.
salbalboa said:
i keep trying to touch files and swipe the screen on my laptop then realize its not a touch screen
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Same here, i keep touching screens that are'nt touchscreens.
Drives me mad sometimes.
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I dont have this problem. But i sure would like to have a camera around when one of you comes across a sign that says "do not touch".
I voided my warranty.
GeminiRx said:
Same here, i keep touching screens that are'nt touchscreens.
Drives me mad sometimes.
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Thanks....now I have a defense for touches women's arses
Is that why you have a palm tattooed on your face? Swiping boobs?
I voided my warranty and your mum.
I started trying to change page on a Kindle by a gesture (Kindle doesn't have a touchscreen).
i have just started using my Transformer so I dont have such issues yet...
but occasionally i do try to touch my laptop screen to scroll down...
same here keep touching my desktops LCD Screen and waiting for it to respond....
Good to see I'm not the only one
I keep reaching out to my laptop screen, but just before I touch it I realize it's not a touch screen...but this keeps happening... a lot
I was working on my friend's thinkpad some days ago. I kept inadvertently poke his screen. Personally, I can't stand the touchpad anymore. The touch screen is just so convenient and addicting.
Actually, just now I found myself poking my monitor as I am watching a movie and browsing at the same time.
I tried to poke... nevermind. I have a black eye, though.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
I use a stylus with my phone tried to use it on my mates older phone the other day didn't go so well the screen went all rainbow colors then went back to normal got yelled at lol
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I've been swiping pages on books since the early 90's, so it was natural for that. I never have a problem with my laptop due to it running windows- if that's not enough to jar you out of the fantasy of every computer having a touch screen, I don't know what will.
Oddly enough, I do have a problem with multiple keyboards and screens on my desk at any given moment.
I use the advanced controls on the browser, and I find myself trying to use it on my X10 =(
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For those with doubts about the glass on the TF101

I stumbled across this link on Wired.com.
I'd still rather be safe then sorry, the cat has already knocked mine off the coffee table once.
91ludesit said:
I'd still rather be safe then sorry, the cat has already knocked mine off the coffee table once.
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That's why I hate cats...
Mine gets dropped atleast 5 times a day. My 3yr old son loves this thing. All is well, knock on wood.
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The 6 year old knocked my tf and I had issues with the backlight of the tfSent from my LG-P920 using Tapatalk
My sister's 3 sons (3, 5, and 6) have used their TF as a frisbee before. The glass is fine.
Well, I got a scratch. I am very careful and I have a case and I still got a scratch. But I don't know how it happend. I use a sreen protector now.
91ludesit said:
I'd still rather be safe then sorry, the cat has already knocked mine off the coffee table once.
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Same thing happened and my screen DID break, fortunately the guy I purchased it from was more then happy to exchange it. It was within 48 hours after buying it,
dhamma110 said:
Well, I got a scratch. I am very careful and I have a case and I still got a scratch. But I don't know how it happend. I use a sreen protector now.
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I treat my tf like an abusive bf treat his battered gf. no case and no screen protector. Take it with me everyday. No scratch or mark of any kind. Don't know how you people do it.
I take mine just about everywhere but the loo, but my TF is fairly well taken care of other wise. Give or take dogs climbing over the screen and my backpack flying across the car here and there.
Watching the "Drop test" of a Galax SII and iPhone 4S, made me extra glad to have gone ASUS instead of Apple. I was especially impressed when getting scratched by my dog and the docks metal, didn't leave any thing behind but dock hair.
I am pretty rough on mine and not a single scratch
What cat!? All I see is a site for corninggorillaglass
lol super Asus TF
lol first day i got tf i got it in barcelona and i dont know the trains there so i got little confused i was using google maps with the dock open like a laptop i rushed in as an old woman was coming out droped it right on the door as i saw how the door closed it together for luck and i coulndt get it out because of the rubber of the door so i had to wait till next stop to pick it upbefoe door open and it could fall out of the train. "YES I DINT THINK ABOUT THE SECURITY BUTTON AND NO ONE COULDHELP ME THINK ABOUT IT"like i said im from ibiza a small island no trains there... btw not a scracth or nothing on mi transformer he is udistructble.
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lucky escape there mate!
Wow, that is.. pretty amazing. Damn old people, though good for her, not driving a car to kill people. She's just using the bus to attempt to kill tablets.

rip

Ok, **** hapen
I forgot my tf101 on my car roof before going on..
So all my fault, now my tf 101 is dead, it has been passed over by a car at least before i was able to retrieve my tf101..
The tablet is still working fine, i just can,t see anything, because the screen is only showing line of color. Nothing readable.
So when using it with hdmi, everything is ok. I just have to figure out where to tap.
I will reset everything on it and might try to sell it for part.
I also have the docking keyboard which is not broken. It was at home when my misadventure hapened.
So i have make the jump on the tf300.
So far it is working great. With the exception being that the vpn l2tp shared key is also not working on the tf300. I,m still waiting for that.
Dock?
can i hvae your dock too your tf101? i live in canada in london and i can not find it any where...gah
So you're glass isn't broken? the only obvious issue is the lcd doesn't display anything? Personally I would take it apart and check for broken or disconnected wire.
You could always hook it up through hdmi and have yourself a little media player for your TV.
gottahavit said:
So you're glass isn't broken? the only obvious issue is the lcd doesn't display anything? Personally I would take it apart and check for broken or disconnected wire.
You could always hook it up through hdmi and have yourself a little media player for your TV.
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The glass is broken and has some crack but holding on. Like a broken windshield.
karlr30 said:
The glass is broken and has some crack but holding on. Like a broken windshield.
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There was another case like this early on..
I think he posted pics..
And may have even fixed it with a new screen..
I think goodintentions had a part in it..
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Bummer man. :crying:
I left mine on the hood of my Jeep when I went to take the trash out one morning, thanks to the silicon case it stayed put until I hit about 40 MPH, then it went airborne over the roof of the car. I managed to stop and pick it up before anyone ran it over though, the case took the brunt of the impact. The screen stayed intact, the only damage was one or two of the tabs that hold the back cover on broke so it protrudes from the corner now.
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Bummer man. :crying:
I left mine on the hood of my Jeep when I went to take the trash out one morning, thanks to the silicon case it stayed put until I hit about 40 MPH, then it went airborne over the roof of the car. I managed to stop and pick it up before anyone ran it over though, the case took the brunt of the impact. The screen stayed intact, the only damage was one or two of the tabs that hold the back cover on broke so it protrudes from the corner now.
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Holy crap.. I use this thing every day.. My heart would have went flying out of the car with it..
Have you guys ever seen that review where they did a drop test of the iphone and some other android phone.. I can't remember, but it's good to know that my transformer can survive a drop from a 40MPH moving car and survive..
Rockin..
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Nonek said:
Holy crap.. I use this thing every day.. My heart would have went flying out of the car with it..
Have you guys ever seen that review where they did a drop test of the iphone and some other android phone.. I can't remember, but it's good to know that my transformer can survive a drop from a 40MPH moving car and survive..
Rockin..
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I nearly crapped myself, I love my TF. I was heartbroken thinking that it was dead as I ran back up the road to get it. I expected the screen to be destroyed, no joke it flew over the roof of my Jeep at 40mph and it was fine. That Gorilla Glass is no freaking joke.
Just hope you guys make your kids wear crash helmets when your out on the road......just incase youve forgot to put them in the car hehe
karlr30 said:
Ok, **** hapen
I forgot my tf101 on my car roof before going on..
So all my fault, now my tf 101 is dead, it has been passed over by a car at least before i was able to retrieve my tf101..
The tablet is still working fine, i just can,t see anything, because the screen is only showing line of color. Nothing readable.
So when using it with hdmi, everything is ok. I just have to figure out where to tap.
I will reset everything on it and might try to sell it for part.
I also have the docking keyboard which is not broken. It was at home when my misadventure hapened.
So i have make the jump on the tf300.
So far it is working great. With the exception being that the vpn l2tp shared key is also not working on the tf300. I,m still waiting for that.
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Sorry to hear about your tablet man. To solve your issue of not knowing where to touch, you can turn on the show touches feature in the development options. I use it on all of my ICS devices.
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DangKid said:
Sorry to hear about your tablet man. To solve your issue of not knowing where to touch, you can turn on the show touches feature in the development options. I use it on all of my ICS devices.
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Thanks, I'll try that

N4 - Sliding Off Surfaces Falling Onto Floor

Ok guys - weird happenings, i use a usb cable from my desktop pc to charge my N4 at times. I had been sitting it on top of the pc tower & it has fallen onto the laminate floor 3 times and came out without injury. So i thought it was vibration from my pc tower, so i have been sitting the phone on my pc desk surface, today i found the phone hanging half way across the edge of the desk. There is no serious vibration to mention from my pc or desk, the phone has not been ringing for the phone vibrate to cause it either. So does anyone else have any paranormal activity with their N4 strangely falling off surfaces??
only thing i notice is the glass bottom surface is very slidey
This has been a problem since day one. Put a rear screen protector on. That'll fix you up.
this is the reason I bought a bumper when I ordered mine
Yeah, that's not paranormal I'm afraid, the back is very slippery, the device can and does slide even with no vibrations at all. Just make sure to place something in the surroundings of the phone when you leave it charging that can block random slides.
cheers guys, this is surely a bad design, im so lucky no serious damage occurred. Ill buy and try the rear screen protector as im not a fan of phone covers etc, Fingers crossed this does the trick. Many thanks guys for the feedback :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
mystic.bertie said:
cheers guys, this is surely a bad design, im so lucky no serious damage occurred. Ill buy and try the rear screen protector as im not a fan of phone covers etc, Fingers crossed this does the trick. Many thanks guys for the feedback :good::good: :laugh::laugh:
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You are charging it with your PC on top of the tower with a cable tugging on it... And you are saying it is bad design? Give me a break.
Try using your charger and maybe put it someplace where the cable will not pull it. This is not rocket science.
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Richieboy67 said:
You are charging it with your PC on top of the tower with a cable tugging on it... And you are saying it is bad design? Give me a break.
Try using your charger and maybe put it someplace where the cable will not pull it. This is not rocket science.
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stop being such a forum ****.
I never said i was charging it on top of the pc tower, i sat it there. When its charging its on a flat desk surface as is the charge cable. I have sat the phone on my desk and sat it on top of my wallet and it falls off. So with this phone i will need to be careful how i place it. Of course its a bad design, i should be able to sit my phone flat on a flat surface and not worry about it falling onto the floor. Nexus aint gonna give me a new one if it were to get broken and no warning came with the phone.
oh and you know what, common manners to fellow humans, that aint rocket science :silly:
Wrong forum for this discussion really
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estallings15 said:
This has been a problem since day one. Put a rear screen protector on. That'll fix you up.
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can you give me a pointer to finding one, all i can find on ebay is front screen covers and gel covers etc , thanks
mystic.bertie said:
can you give me a pointer to finding one, all i can find on ebay is front screen covers and gel covers etc , thanks
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Search for Zagg. Also do not search for screen protector. Try searching "skin" or back protector.
grubbster said:
Search for Zagg. Also do not search for screen protector. Try searching "skin" or back protector.
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ok thanks matey, the zagg ones are very expensive so i bought one of these from germany only £2.55. :good:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360592861179?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
simms22 said:
my n4 has the same problem, its constantly trying to cut its life early. ive considered taking it in for therapy, but i havent found a doctor that specializes in nexuscide. yesterday morning, i woke up to it dangling by a chord besides me, about an inch above my hard ceramic tile floor
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close call mate, i can vouch that it is well made after 3 falls and coming out unscaved.
my daughter found mine yesterday half hanging off the edge of my desk :silly:
grubbster said:
You seem very angry. This is just an internet forum. Not much to get worked up over.
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your right thats why im perfectly calm, im just fed up with idiots spoiling the forums i use. It just puts me off using that particular forum again.
mystic.bertie said:
close call mate, i can vouch that it is well made after 3 falls and coming out unscaved.
my daughter found mine yesterday half hanging off the edge of my desk :silly:
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my n4 has probably fallen/jumped at least 50 times over the past 5 weeks, and its still in perfect condition(no cases or screen guards). luckily, the far majority of falls have been on a carpet, but some have been pretty scary
I can also say that I find mine sliding. It's quite weird actually, from the tests I've done I've noticed that it usually occurs when I have it on my leather couch or my ottoman. Yes, I know it's not a desk but the phone is sitting there rather level. It has also done it on my home desk as well, but not at my work desk (yes, both desks are level). It kind of reminds me of an air hockey table type situation. If you have it on your desk and push it, it doesn't require as much work as lets say an SGS3, Galaxy Nexus, or Blackberry to move. Basically the way it's designed causes it to not create much friction between it and the surface it is on.
Although, none of this bothers me since the phone is a fricken beaut.
crecsky said:
I can also say that I find mine sliding. It's quite weird actually, from the tests I've done I've noticed that it usually occurs when I have it on my leather couch or my ottoman. Yes, I know it's not a desk but the phone is sitting there rather level. It has also done it on my home desk as well, but not at my work desk (yes, both desks are level). It kind of reminds me of an air hockey table type situation. If you have it on your desk and push it, it doesn't require as much work as lets say an SGS3, Galaxy Nexus, or Blackberry to move. Basically the way it's designed causes it to not create much friction between it and the surface it is on.
Although, none of this bothers me since the phone is a fricken beaut.
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man this means no where can be trusted to sit your phone. what puzzles me is it always slides off to danger, not further onto my desk .
minieod said:
everyone is MAKING FUN OF YOU
do you not see that?
wow.
if you have something on top of a flat surface...unless there is something acting upon it...there is no way for it to "slide off" ... how can you perceive that even possible?
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im not making fun of him. and there is something acting on it, its called gravity. it does mean that the surfaces arent perfectly flat, but even the slightest non perceivable slant cause it to slide.
mystic.bertie said:
your right thats why im perfectly calm, im just fed up with idiots spoiling the forums i use. It just puts me off using that particular forum again.
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Better get a thicker skin quicker as you're dealing with a lot of teenagers in these forums. Its like playing WoW, way too many prepubescent teens.
guys, it's not the phone. It's the surfaces you're placing it on. Most tables/desks are nice, smooth and shiny. Combine that with the glass and a NOT SO PERFECTLY FLAT SURFACE and you get falls
Trust me...it's not voodoo or non-Newtonian physics
Just get any cheap gel case and you're set. I actually got a brilliant one for 2 GBP Really nice looking and with really really grippy sides.
Thread clean. It's really not nice to make fun from someone, especially here - on a biggest tech forum in the world
@OP Private messages are meant to be PRIVATE, so please don't post them here.
Now let's back on topic, please.

Dropped my N7 what to do now?

So it fell out of the car right on the corner and put a nice big shatter/crack across the screen. I would keep using it, but the touch input goes crazy and starts making the tablet go nuts. What are my options at this point?
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Get an otg cable, stand/case, usb hub, mouse and keyboard. Nice little arm laptop!
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BlackFire27 said:
Get an otg cable, stand/case, usb hub, mouse and keyboard. Nice little arm laptop!
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I tried using a bluetooth mouse, but the digitizer is making the thing go crazy and I'm not able to make it do anything.
Um, replace the screen yourself or send it in for service. Do you have a case for it?
Was this a trick question? lol
AHHHHHHHHHHHH,
thats like seeing my child (my nexus) run-over by a tracktor.
mmmmmm but yeah send it off or take to a repair shop.....what else is there to do?:silly:
chismay said:
AHHHHHHHHHHHH,
thats like seeing my child (my nexus) run-over by a tracktor.
mmmmmm but yeah send it off or take to a repair shop.....what else is there to do?:silly:
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Hahahahahaha. That's how I'd feel. Otterbox that thing lol
peneoark said:
Hahahahahaha. That's how I'd feel. Otterbox that thing lol
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lol i got a friend at work to sell his i-pad to get a nexus 7 ,. within 3 days he FULLY understood why i go so crazy if anyone else picks up any of my devices.
Im a chef and use my tab in the kitchen for recipe searches, creating video's/Photo albums of creating new dish's so on, anyone touches my tab, im there "what are you doin?" lol
within 3 days ...he found his first scratch lol now he's like me,.
"no one touch my stuff you dont need to touch, so dont go near it" " why have you picked up my property? look at your hands, look how long your nails are dont operate my touchscreen with those claws"
mission accomplished looool! :highfive:
Yea I've looked at replacement screens, but they are only a little bit cheaper than buying a new N7. So just gonna wait for the note 8 to cone out and get one of those. I was just wondering if there was something I could do with this now worthless tablet that I hadn't thought of. Thanks for the replies guys. Oh and I did have a case, but it wasn't in the case at the time. I had it in a suction cup mount on the rear passenger door so my son could watch a movie and when i went back there it brushed my shoulder and fell out onto the ground.
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monkeefied said:
Yea I've looked at replacement screens, but they are only a little bit cheaper than buying a new N7. So just gonna wait for the note 8 to cone out and get one of those. I was just wondering if there was something I could do with this now worthless tablet that I hadn't thought of. Thanks for the replies guys. Oh and I did have a case, but it wasn't in the case at the time. I had it in a suction cup mount on the rear passenger door so my son could watch a movie and when i went back there it brushed my shoulder and fell out onto the ground.
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ill take it off you for spares eh? lol
More and more places are repairing cracked screens. I saw today that radio shack is offering screen repair starting at $69. Someone I know got a screen repaired for $49 at a computer store (I don't know what device). Shop around before writing your N7 off.
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Open the back and pull out the digitizer connection as its separate from the LCD connection then u can use a mouse and keyboard.

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