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n7 just died, how can i wipe data before exchanging??

My N7 just randomly died. It's been working great for a month and now suddenly won't turn on. The battery was very low and it probably shut down from that. But after plugging in to recharge, nothing!! No power, won't turn on, has no indication it's charging ... totally dead. I bought retail but if i return it now, my data is not wiped. I'm afraid that after i exchange it, anyone either at the store or at google/asus that gets it back and gets it turned on will have access to all my accounts.
any suggestions?

does it connect when you plug it via usb?
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testaccount said:
does it connect when you plug it via usb?
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It's 100% dead so it doesn't connect at all, not power not usb. Very weird, it's had zero issues until now and it just randomly died ... no trigger

Since you didn't provide info on how you were trying to charge it...
o are you using the OEM charger and cable?
o how long did you let it charge (let it go a couple hours)
o When you try to start it up after letting it charge for a while, press and hold the power button for a long time 30+ seconds
If you can't get it to ever power on, you will never get the data off since that is the only way to access the memory on the device.

I'll just leave this here...
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ne...ide-factory-image-restore-your-nexus-7-a.html
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marty331 said:
I'll just leave this here...
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ne...ide-factory-image-restore-your-nexus-7-a.html
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How do you propose he do this when the device won't even power on?
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nhizzat said:
How do you propose he do this when the device won't even power on?
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Just trying to help. He may need to leave it on the charger overnight and try tomorrow.
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Nexus 7 power on problem

Hello. My Nexus 7 is rooted. Not sure if this started before or after I rooted it, but when I power it on, it takes holding down the power button upwards of 20 seconds before it starts.
Any ideas?
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Anyone else experiencing this problem?
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This is usually caused when your battery gets drained fully. Also, it can be caused by system lockups etc.
Its nothing to worry about, but if it happens every time, I would take a closer look at whats going on with your tab, as everytime aint normal.

Nexus won't turn on.

My girlfriends nexus won't turn on. She said the tablet randomly rebooted and got stuck on the boot screen. Now the tablet won't start. I charged it overnight and it won't turn on. I tried holding all the buttons in different combinations to try a hard reset but nothing happens. It's running fully stock. It's not even rooted.
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Which version is it running?
Same thing happened to my sister's N7.....
If you can enter boot loader , then unlock it and flash either stock or CM. Otherwise u gotta call Google.
I think this is an issue with battery consumption and kernel. Cuz her battery had run dry and I think the OS failed to turn off properly which caused some kind of corruption! (Jus a guess so feel free to correct me)
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The tablet is running 4.2.1 the tablet got the update but when I tried to update it I got an error message but that was days ago. I just hard reset it holding down the buttons.
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[Q] Lg G2 won't turn on

My T-mobile Lg G2 won't power on and I can't tell if it is charging. I also can't enter download or any recovery. The phone was not rooted. Is there any way I can unbrick it?

j3ssejamez said:
My T-mobile Lg G2 won't power on and I can't tell if it is charging. I also can't enter download or any recovery. The phone was not rooted. Is there any way I can unbrick it?
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First thing you should probably do is let charge up then see what works and what doesn't......then the help can come

Its been plugged in for about 8 hours. The phone gets a little warm so I thinks its charging but I can't tell. The screen was working yesterday so I don't think the LCD is broken. Plugging it into the computer gets no reaction.
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Do you already try to push power button for atleast 10 second?

Yeah, ive tried holding down the power button. And I also tried entering download mode by holding volume up.
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Does the pc recognize the phone at all?

No the PC doesn't recognize the phone at all. I tried installing the Lg Mobile support tool and the drivers but none of those can detect it either.
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Bad device.

I have the same problem. I updated yesterday to 4.4.2,but I think It hasn't to do anything with it...Everything working great. Few hours ago I put G2 on charge... 100% charged. I turned it off... 15 min ago I cannot turn it back on... No way... Holding power button for ages nothing,power+down nothing,power+up nothing,pc cannot recognize it also...Put on charger again,nothing,black screen,not even a back-light!?!?!?! What could It be??? Not rooted,everything stock!!!

stefan063 said:
I have the same problem. I updated yesterday to 4.4.2,but I think It hasn't to do anything with it...Everything working great. Few hours ago I put G2 on charge... 100% charged. I turned it off... 15 min ago I cannot turn it back on... No way... Holding power button for ages nothing,power+down nothing,power+up nothing,pc cannot recognize it also...Put on charger again,nothing,black screen,not even a back-light!?!?!?! What could It be??? Not rooted,everything stock!!!
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Hold volume up while plugging in USB. Should put you in download mode.
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Maybe a dead battery?
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Turning the phone on

Hi, so the short story is that my phone power button does not work, and its turned of because the battery finished and now its charged, what can I do to turn it on??
I don't think ADB works cause phone is off...
Any solution??
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Fix the power button
You could attempt just plugging it in and unplugging it a bunch, I have had some phones in the past that this works for, but if you are rooted I know at least one version of twrp recovery caused my phone to power on when plugged in and it would boot to recovery, from there you could just boot to os. Of course you would still need to get it to power on at least once first, so my guess is you need to fix the power button
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alipashang77 said:
Hi, so the short story is that my phone power button does not work, and its turned of because the battery finished and now its charged, what can I do to turn it on??
I don't think ADB works cause phone is off...
Any solution??
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Have you tried holding the button down for awhile? Like 15-30 seconds?
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open phone, remove the power button board(its connected to the mobo with 2 golden pins, they just contact with mobo, so you can just lift away), and do a little short on 2 golden contacts on the mobo till phone turns on

Yes, i tried to hold it about 2 min, i'm sure this is hardware problem
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yes i'm rooted and I have the latest TWRP, which version was it?
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Fix the power button
You could attempt just plugging it in and unplugging it a bunch, I have had some phones in the past that this works for, but if you are rooted I know at least one version of twrp recovery caused my phone to power on when plugged in and it would boot to recovery, from there you could just boot to os. Of course you would still need to get it to power on at least once first, so my guess is you need to fix the power button
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