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turned Nexus 7 off. wont turn on !!!

great..
i had about 50% battery.
after using it, i turned it off, then i went to turn it back on... and it never did.
i plugged in charger and no charge icon even shows....
any one else have this issue?
its on the charger now just in case but like i said i powered off at 50%

Did you try long pressing the power button, 20 seconds or more, then letting off and short pressing? Other than that I can't help, sorry.

Dead Nexus 7
loueber said:
great..
i had about 50% battery.
after using it, i turned it off, then i went to turn it back on... and it never did.
i plugged in charger and no charge icon even shows....
any one else have this issue?
its on the charger now just in case but like i said i powered off at 50%
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I got my Nexus 7 on Tuesday evening. After about 6 hours of playing with it
and checking things out I decided to go to bed, so I put it to sleep (not turn it off).
A few minutes later I decided that there was one more app I wanted to download,
so I went to wake it up and it wouldn't!
I tried everything -- short press, long press, try to reset, connect to computer (not recognized), etc.
I decided to let it charge overnight (no charging icon showed up).
The next day still dead, so I called google play and they will be sending me a new one.
On one hand it kinda sucks, but I feel good on how they handled it.
The tech said it was a dead battery, I am not so sure I believe that but ...

Mine was like that out of the box. It's already been repackaged back into its box and I'm waiting for google to send a replacement.

I hope you guys get your replacements soon.
Rik.

Same thing happened to me - you need to realllllllllllly long press, for 30 seconds or more.

neilrl79 said:
Did you try long pressing the power button, 20 seconds or more, then letting off and short pressing? Other than that I can't help, sorry.
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ok,
yes i tried holding the power button in for about 30 seconds and it powered on.
This is crazy... is this something i should be worried about? is it worth going through a return and all that?

cfh said:
I got my Nexus 7 on Tuesday evening. After about 6 hours of playing with it
and checking things out I decided to go to bed, so I put it to sleep (not turn it off).
A few minutes later I decided that there was one more app I wanted to download,
so I went to wake it up and it wouldn't!
I tried everything -- short press, long press, try to reset, connect to computer (not recognized), etc.
I decided to let it charge overnight (no charging icon showed up).
The next day still dead, so I called google play and they will be sending me a new one.
On one hand it kinda sucks, but I feel good on how they handled it.
The tech said it was a dead battery, I am not so sure I believe that but ...
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did you try like a 30 second hold on the power button? thats what got mine to reboot

Did that to me once. Must've been an update of some sort. Anyhow, long pressed as others have suggested and it's been fine every since. No need to waste everyone's time shipping it back.

happened to me too. You just have to push the button kinda hard for a looong time until it turns on. try multiple times

CooLoserTech said:
happened to me too. You just have to push the button kinda hard for a looong time until it turns on. try multiple times
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now that i think about it, i turned off after a few market updates.. maybe you are right.
not to hijack the thread, but does otheres google latitude widget not work? mine shows unknown location and the refresh keeps spining.
But when i open latitude it works fine in maps. its just the widget

David Horn said:
Same thing happened to me - you need to realllllllllllly long press, for 30 seconds or more.
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OMG thank you so much, I just had a big scare. My Nexus 7 crashed so bad it turned itself off, and I have never had to turn it on yet (came turned on, and rebooted by itself after the 4.1.1 update), and using long press like I do on my Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy Tab 10.1 would not turn it back on. I tried plugging it in, no battery icon... I was really starting to think it was dead, then I saw your comment and just sat there counting...and eventually IT TURNED BACK ON. Phew, what a relief, thank you so much for posting this!

David Horn said:
Same thing happened to me - you need to realllllllllllly long press, for 30 seconds or more.
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Yep, same thing happened to me. I freaked! But just had to keep pumping those defibrillators until it came back on :good:

so i wonder what is up with this..seems like a very comon issue here...
maybe it was doing something in the background?

loueber said:
did you try like a 30 second hold on the power button? thats what got mine to reboot
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I tried several times at 30 seconds and a couple of times for 90 seconds
still no good
What kind of bothers me is that I was told that on my return, I have to put the new/replacement nexus 7 on my
credit card. If they deem that the warranty was voided, they will charge me for a 2nd device!
I would rather send them the broken device and if they decide the warranty is voided, send the broken
device back to me and I will try to fix it myself! I don't want to buy two of these devices!
And even if they don't charge me, I still have to check the device over. I have read where some people have
dead pixels, microphones that don't work, bad screens, and even dead devices like mine. I don't want to
have to do this a 3rd time
UGH

Work for me 30 second hold power button
I try like a 30 second hold on the power button
and work for me, thanks to all for ur tips
this is my first table

Mine was packed up ready to take back to PCWorld
Mine was packed up ready to take back to PCWorld then I checked Google again and found this thread!
Many thanks chaps. You saved me some grief

google should send out some sort of network message for those that already have a nexus 7 , and any new ones that ship they should insert a notice..
either that, send out an update to fix this issue...

My so called "flawless" N7 did this today ( wouldn't turn on until I plugged it in, when it booted it still had 11%. Checked my mail and the whole think turned black grey and white and moved up and down quickly then shut off. Now it won't power on and makes a buzzing sound when plugged in. Think the display is dead
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Whew. This just happened to me and the 30 second press worked perfectly. Thanks giys !
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bricked? red flashing led

Just got my nexus 4, and after it was left in cwm for about 10 minutes (while I was making breakfast) it went to a black screen and now just the red led notification led is flashing whenever plugged in, and on my mac in system profiler it shows "composite device", any suggestions?
Thanks!

nycbjr said:
Just got my nexus 4, and after it was left in cwm for about 10 minutes (while I was making breakfast) it went to a black screen and now just the red led notification led is flashing whenever plugged in, and on my mac in system profiler it shows "composite device", any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Is your device hot to the touch?
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20 second press on power button

No luck
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Don't know if you want to do this, but you can open the phone and disconnect and reconnect the battery connector...

What was your battery level, I know in other devices some times the CPU(s) run at full speed in recovery allowing for quicker flashing this could discharge the battery rapidly. Also a flashing red LED when plugged in normally means the phone is charging but doesn't have enough charge to reliably turn on, leave it plugged in for about 15 minutes and try turning it on again.

Try holding down the VOL + and - keys along with the powerbutton (after turning it off by holding down the power button for an extended time) and see if you can get into fastboot. My friend's Nexus 4 kept bootlooping after he unlocked the bootloader but booted straight to CWM after, not letting it erase userdata first.

Net.silb said:
Don't know if you want to do this, but you can open the phone and disconnect and reconnect the battery connector...
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I have no problem doing this, the phone seems easy to disassemble, looks alot like a overgrown iPhone 4, 2 screws on the bottom. I just hope its an easy slide, I don;t want to mar it in case I have to exchange it.
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What was your battery level, I know in other devices some times the CPU(s) run at full speed in recovery allowing for quicker flashing this could discharge the battery rapidly. Also a flashing red LED when plugged in normally means the phone is charging but doesn't have enough charge to reliably turn on, leave it plugged in for about 15 minutes and try turning it on again.
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I thought this as well, its been plugged in for at least an hour now.
Oh and now I don't even get the red led!
good times..

I've got the exact same issue. Plugged it in last night to charge and this morning it wouldn't turn on. Plugged and unplugged it and the red LED starts flashing. After a minute or so I'm getting the battery charge animation on the screen - so the red LED is power related. Now to see if it actually charges up and boots.

Hi nycbjr. I have seen a similar issue posted here, but I can't find the thread at the moment, try searching. If I remember correctly then he got it working by holding power, volume keys and then plugging in the charger.

nycbjr said:
I have no problem doing this, the phone seems easy to disassemble, looks alot like a overgrown iPhone 4, 2 screws on the bottom. I just hope its an easy slide, I don;t want to mar it in case I have to exchange it.
I thought this as well, its been plugged in for at least an hour now.
Oh and now I don't even get the red led!
good times..
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Try a different charger?

Unlucky
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Called google, they are sending me another one advanced replacement, so I can send the bad one back at me leisure.
Good customer service!

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nycbjr said:
Called google, they are sending me another one advanced replacement, so I can send the bad one back at me leisure.
Good customer service!
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Hi!! I have the exact same problem, unfortunately the phone is bricked! Does anyone know how to fix this? I saw a video on youtube Nexus 4 - JTAG Brick Repair Service

CalogeroIndorato said:
Hi!! I have the exact same problem, unfortunately the phone is bricked! Does anyone know how to fix this? I saw a video on youtube Nexus 4 - JTAG Brick Repair Service
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If u are fully bricked JTAG is the way to go.
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Here seems to be a similar thread, maybe you'll find help there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2111947

[Q] Nexus 10 (16Gb) completely bricked

- Steps to reproduce the problem.
I have seen a couple of other freeze ups from time to time, rather randomly, in various apps, not just Chrome.
In this case, I clicked the "All Apps" button in the lower right corner, and it froze.
- What happened.
The system froze, and then the screen went black. Now I am completely unable to restart the tablet. I does not matter how long I hold down the power button, either alone or combined with the volume up/down, it remains bricked. While connected to USB, it will show the battery charging icon in the middle of screen every 10 seconds (stays on for ~3 seconds) while I'm holding down the power button.
As of now the tablet is basically dead.
The tablet was running Android 4.2.
Does anyone have any ideas?

Power with volume up and down at the same time til you hit fast boot?
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I know this will sound stupid, but are you sure you have battery?

Or try to hold the power button for about 20 seconds until N10 vibrates. That's it.
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Keep it plugged in to the wall for a few hours and try again
edit: Emphasis on wall

How good are you with technology?
http://gizmodo.com/5961498/nexus-10-teardown-see-the-other-side-of-that-beautiful-screen
it may be worth reading this and possibly popping out the battery just to see if that helps.

did you resolve this issue? i just started having it. i know i was running out of battery and then my n10 wouldnt boot past the x screen after a restart. i left it plugged in but i dont know if it was charging. now it won't turn on and i get the same issue you have. i have it charging over night but i dont think it is going to help =(

djhaf said:
did you resolve this issue? i just started having it. i know i was running out of battery and then my n10 wouldnt boot past the x screen after a restart. i left it plugged in but i dont know if it was charging. now it won't turn on and i get the same issue you have. i have it charging over night but i dont think it is going to help =(
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Anyone with a solution out there? Just recently started to have this problem

Moffasin said:
Anyone with a solution out there? Just recently started to have this problem
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Are you able to boot into fastboot?
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mrgnex said:
Are you able to boot into fastboot?
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Thanks for replying but after me thinking it was broken for 2 months it suddenly turned on on its own last night!
Not really sure what was wrong to begin with but when it turned on I had 0% charge for a few hours, really strange.

Same issue for me on 32Gb model.
I had a flicker screen once last week and today it doesn't boot up. I connected it for an hour but all I get is the fully charged battery icon when I press the power button, sometimes with a flicker screen or red/blue/green dots all over the place. It doesn't vibrate, it's not recognized by my Windows 8 computer.
I bought it through the eBay US deals and it sucks cause I'm in Europe...:crying:

Call +18553926398 from Skype. It is a Samsung Nexus Repair Center. From Skype it's free of charge line. I had problem with battery in my nexus 10 32gb. I had to send it to US on my cost. I spend on it (from Poland to the US) about 70euro(by UPS), from the US to Poland about $50 (by DHL). But Nexus came back repaired on warranty and it took about 1 week only. It easy and It worth to try. Important: Samsung Repair Center can send your fixed Nexus only to the US (to the US it's for free), so I used MyUS.com for 'a proxy' to send it to Poland (and this part cost about $50).

So..my nexus 7 won't turn on..

Recently updated my n7 to 4.2, haven't done anything beyond rooting. I woke up this morning, watched an episode of Prison Break via Netflix and went to work. I always plug it in before I leave, and it was saying it was charging before I left.
I get home from work today, and upon trying to unlock the device, it doesn't turn on. I unplugged it, checked the plug in it was using, even tried multiple different electrical sockets. Plugging it in usually brings up the off charging animation, but nothing. Anyone know what might be going on?
My sincerest apologies if this has been asked/questioned before; I did a little searching before I posted this and couldn't find anything about it. Thanks in advance.
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Try holding down the power button for 10-20 seconds.
If that doesn't work, try leaving it plugged in for a couple hours and check back on it.
Also try plugging it into the computer and seeing if your screen has gone bad, the Nexus 7 should still come up if it's on.

...I really can't believe I made a post for this..rofl. Thanks a lot, I guess I'm just a little too impatient to hold the power down longer than five seconds.
If mods wanna delete, feel free.
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atermify said:
...I really can't believe I made a post for this..rofl. Thanks a lot, I guess I'm just a little too impatient to hold the power down longer than five seconds.
If mods wanna delete, feel free.
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Don't know if it's any consolation but I did exactly the same thing this morning

stephen dagostino said:
Don't know if it's any consolation but I did exactly the same thing this morning
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Feels good knowing someone's as paranoid as I am
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Same thing happened to me ... I turned it off and it was not turning back on .. I came to know from a certain forum that this is a common issue.. Solution was simple but î had to hold the power button for complete 30 seconds
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Mine is completely dead even when I hold power on button for 30 seconds, plugging into charger - no response too
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Try holding down vol up & down buttons and then the power button. Then you should be in the reboot/recovery menu. It should say start. Push power button to power up.
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Doesn't help mate. Tried everything, will send on RMA tomorrow :-\ ehh. Just before this sudden death my n7 started to lag a lot, I had almost 2 GB free so what is going on?
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atermify said:
Recently updated my n7 to 4.2, haven't done anything beyond rooting. I woke up this morning, watched an episode of Prison Break via Netflix and went to work. I always plug it in before I leave, and it was saying it was charging before I left.
I get home from work today, and upon trying to unlock the device, it doesn't turn on. I unplugged it, checked the plug in it was using, even tried multiple different electrical sockets. Plugging it in usually brings up the off charging animation, but nothing. Anyone know what might be going on?
My sincerest apologies if this has been asked/questioned before; I did a little searching before I posted this and couldn't find anything about it. Thanks in advance.
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Had the same issue today...thanks to all for the quick and easy fix...feel like such a dork!

I'm having the same problem, last night I tried to turn on my Nexus7 and had issues.
My device is locked and upgraded to 4.2
While booting, the device would get to the lock screen then immediately power down. While it was powering down the screen would fuzz over and glitch a few times. As soon as it turned off it would repeat the process. I eventually got it into the boot loader and I noticed "based version: N/A" I'm not sure what that means but I hit start and now all it does is get stuck at the multi-colored X logo.
Getting back into boot loader I tried recovery mode, the response is "No command". Tried plugging it into my PC and I get the little (ba dum) sound but no device or folders to be scene.
I think i'm in trouble. I wanted to see if I could root it just so the device works again but I can't access it on my PC.
Can anyone think of a step or process I forgot to try?

My Nexus 7, wont turn on anymore either i charged it , it was very low went down to 11% battery so i turned it off and charged it, saw the battery on the screen and now.. It will not turn on, unit feels very warm when charging. It started to lag a bit , before i turned it off.. its normal software as supplied by nexus. so..> no matter how long i hold the buttons.. its off and screen stays black..
doh....asked for RMA number..only used it for a month

My Nexus 7 32Gb won't turn on either. I've been having since I got it the battery has been showing 0% since I turned it on. Regardless of how much charging I did it never changed. It ran fine and was told it might be to do with calibrating the battery but it then started to have problems turning on. It's gone off and I've tried the various power on options mentioned in this thread and nothing is working.
I guess it means a return to Carphone Warehouse. I had just got it all set-up as well.
I had rooted it and manually upgraded it to 4.2.1. It was running fine bar the 0% battery issue. I did the same thing to my Mum's 16Gb Nexus 7 and no problems at all with that one.

atermify said:
Recently updated my n7 to 4.2, haven't done anything beyond rooting. I woke up this morning, watched an episode of Prison Break via Netflix and went to work. I always plug it in before I leave, and it was saying it was charging before I left.
I get home from work today, and upon trying to unlock the device, it doesn't turn on. I unplugged it, checked the plug in it was using, even tried multiple different electrical sockets. Plugging it in usually brings up the off charging animation, but nothing. Anyone know what might be going on?
My sincerest apologies if this has been asked/questioned before; I did a little searching before I posted this and couldn't find anything about it. Thanks in advance.
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Hold the power button for 10 seconds or more.Happened to me just yesterday.
Plugin Nexus 7 does not bring up the charging animation.But after holding the power button for about 10 seconds,the boot animation finally appeared

New Nexus 7 Died after 2 Hrs Use
Nexus 7 shut off after only 2 Hrs of use and placed on USB charge. Tried holding button down for 30 Seconds and up/down combination with Power and nothing worked. Opened back cover carefully and patiently with Plastic Opening Tool I already had. Disconnected battery for thirty seconds then replaced connector without removing battery. Snapped cover back on. Hit power and it turned on. Do not use metal on case to open. Hope this helps. I got the idea from Youtube Video. I'm a new user and Not allowed to post links yet. Nexus 7 Teardown Review.

Rcoil73 said:
Hold the power button for 10 seconds or more.Happened to me just yesterday.
Plugin Nexus 7 does not bring up the charging animation.But after holding the power button for about 10 seconds,the boot animation finally appeared
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He already fixed it. Lol. I suggested that in the second post.
Uvuulas said:
Nexus 7 shut off after only 2 Hrs of use and placed on USB charge. Tried holding button down for 30 Seconds and up/down combination with Power and nothing worked. Opened back cover carefully and patiently with Plastic Opening Tool I already had. Disconnected battery for thirty seconds then replaced connector without removing battery. Snapped cover back on. Hit power and it turned on. Do not use metal on case to open. Hope this helps. I got the idea from Youtube Video. I'm a new user and Not allowed to post links yet. Nexus 7 Teardown Review.
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Good tip. Thanks.
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Stop... MUFFIN TIME!!!

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rcarsalan said:
Same thing happened to me ... I turned it off and it was not turning back on .. I came to know from a certain forum that this is a common issue.. Solution was simple but î had to hold the power button for complete 30 seconds
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Thanks a lot I holded power button for more than 15 sec it got powered on thanks for your information.I am Happy now.

Man, I was just freaking out. Just got the wifi 16 on Monday. Rommed it as soon as I got home. Was using it at my local watering hole, and it suddenly just would not respond. Black screen, yadda yadda.
15 seconds of holding the power button and boom. Google logo, and then SmoothROM's boot ani. *wipes forehead* Never been so happy to see Jessica Nigri's face! lol

Thank You
I had been turning the Nexus on and off for the last couple of days, No "problems".
I tried to turn it on a couple of minutes ago and NOTHING. I even pluged it in and the battery charging icon did not turn on.
I also tried holding the button for 5 seconds but still nothing.
Fix:
I had to held the button for over 15 seconds to get it to turn on.
Thanks!

Similar problem with my nexus 7. Battery charge shows up when i plug it in. If I try to turn it on while its plugged in, i get what looks like static and lines on the screen. When I unplug it, it dies. If I hold the power button down, and plug it in, it will boot normally, and everything seems to work fine, but the battery shows as dead, and as soon as I unplug it, it dies.Just got it, it came with 4.2.1 running on it, it was an open box from Best Buy, and developer options were already enabled on it. Looks like someone tried to root it, f'd it up, and returned it. Guess I'm taking it back and returning it as well. Just a major pain as it's 1.5 hours each way from where I live to the closest best buy and back.
My problem is an easy fix, return it. However, I'd like to know if anyone figures out a fix for this incase it happens in the future.
Thanks.

My N4 bricked itself?

Hey all,
My N4 seems to have bricked itself, or had some hardware component malfunction suddenly. I flashed the latest PA build on Tuesday and have been running that happily since. This morning, I took a screenshot of something, and the system locked up. I figured no big deal, that stuff happens. Held the power button to reboot, and it hung on the google logo. That's never happened to me before, and thought that was strange. So, I held the power button again and it rebooted afterwards without issue. Thought nothing of it.
Later, I was taking a photo, and the autofocus motor freaked out and the system locked up. Held the power button to reboot, it shut down, and that was it. Now it is completely unresponsive. Have had it plugged to the wall charger in for 2 hours, tried plugging it into the computer and pressing/holding the power button (windows doesn't recognize anything being plugged in). Can't get any response out of it at all.
Basically, I'm at a loss of what to do.
Funny thing is, I was considering ordering a N5 yesterday/today. This has pretty much confirmed my intention to go ahead and order one, but I would like to get my N4 back up and running if possible.
Thanks!

Well false alarm. Left it plugged into the wall charger for about 4 hours then held the power button for what seemed like 30 seconds. Booted right up, but charge was less than 10%... Oh well, everything is fine now.
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Most important question. Are you still going to get the N5?

moonpie28 said:
Most important question. Are you still going to get the N5?
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Yes. That was enough of an impetus for me
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