October 2020 and I still use my N7 (2013) regularly. This morning I dropped the tablet (in the case) and it would't turn on. Tried all the Power and Volume Button tricks and nothing. Popped of the case back and the connector you describe at 6:27 was the culprit. Reconnected it and voila! I'm back in business. Thanks for a great video.

@jpulley

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked for you.

THANK YOU! I had the same problem you did with the little foil thing becoming detached on one side, and your disassembly helped me open up and fix mine without fear.

Dude! I just got 20+ of these things that wouldn’t power up, no one else at work could get them to work either. A simple YT search for this and we have 20+ working tablets and suddenly I look tech savvy haha. Thank you.

Thank you so much! I've been trying to fix my Nexus for like a month and I basically gave up until I found your video! Thanks! :)

I dropped my tablet and I couldn't turn it on. I thought it was time for a new one, but quarantine made me do a little research first! Unplugging and reconnecting the battery worked for me! Thank you so much!!

Oh my goodness, Young man, you are a STAR ! Will never let the battery go right down again. Many thanks for your clear instructions.

Just tried this tonight, didn't even remove the cable just pushed it back in and came right back to life! Thanks mate!

Tried everything else, then I found your video. Not sure how, but that same ribbon had come loose. Popped it back on and I was back in business. Thanks!

@jpulley

8 жыл бұрын

+Jesse Vitrone That's awesome!

Oh wow, thought my Nexus 7 is dead for good, but now THIS has made it back to life!!!! Unbelievable, thank you so much bro!

@h.y.65

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, now it can be powered on. But after the Google log, it flashes the Marshmallow animation with four circles and then shows @Optimizing Apps xx of xx@. As soon as the optimization is finished, it goes back to the animation and this loop continues on. How could I get out of the loop?

OMG! thank you so much for your help, my mom was so sad her tablet would not turn on, I was a bit hesitant to open it up, but following your lead I was able to pop it open and get it done! Your the best.

jpulley, your video sure made my day! I had charged my nexus 7 for over 24 hrs and then held the power button for over 1 min; nothing happened until I opened up and pressed that gold cable. Thank you it worked.

i literally tried every single thing in the world, but nothing worked. and your simple trick worked in an instant. i am very grateful jpulley. thanks!!!

Thanks so much... I messed with this tablet for days and finally stumbled upon this video and now it works!

Thank you so much! My tablet was just laying in a drawer for a couple of years and thanks to you, I got it working again! And to think I almost threw it away.

@whiteshdow5827

6 жыл бұрын

Me too man!!

@Divexi

5 жыл бұрын

lmao same here

@rainhun

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

DUDE!!!! Thank you SO much for this. I had tried EVERYTHING but it did not turn on. I then opened it up as you said and that small patch was loose. Took the tape off, then set it, up the tape back on and BAM! it started working again. Thank you so much cos all my Uni books and so many important stuff are on my tablet and I could not imagine loosing them and then spending money to fix or get a new one. PHEW! thanks a lot!

OMG! I have had so many issues with a stuck screen and failure to launch that I finally bought a new Samsung tablet. Shortly after purchase, I tried the Nexus again and it came on so I gave it to my husband. He has loved it and played with it for over a month now, but today it would not go beyond the Google logo. After many attempts at the re-boot methods, I found this video and while I really didn't want to take it apart, I did apply some pressure on the back cover right over the logo and voila', it works perfectly! Thank you so much.

Thank you SO SO much. I'd tried everything and you were my last resort before I had a meltdown. My silly son has a habit of punching his tablet when he's not getting a response (because his screen is covered in child-hand gunk!) I've fixed this stupid thing so many times by opening it up but this time, I was totally stumped! You saved my life and my holiday next week! Thanks again! X Also if anyone has trouble peeling that tape back, or if you're too worried, don't peel the tape back. Just push gently on the little rectangular grey thing under the tape and you might find it pops back in. That's what I did and it was popped out - clicked back in and voila! Heard a beep and it came back on without me touching any power buttons on the side.

Thank you so much! At one point, my phone wouldn’t turn on and even if I charged it for 5 days, it still wouldn’t. Until I found your video! It help me so much because I was thinking I had to hold for about 10 seconds... but when you said try it for 30 seconds, I did and it’s working fine! Thanks so much! 😜😜😋❤️💜💚💙🧡💛

this video saved my ass. display ribbon cable was the issue, except in my case the pins were bent! gonna have order a replacement one. big ups

excellent and straightforward ,we need more people like this, no bs, just the info, thanks

Thank You. After many years you gave life to my Nexus 7!

Glad i found this... Had just opened my N7 with your vid in the tablet and just noticed that connector was lose... 2 sec later in your vid you mention that this connector was also lose...

Thank you so much. Can't tell you how many other videos I watched and threads I read. It was the SECOND connector you show under the little tape that was disconnected on mine. One little push and all works again. THANKS!!!

Brilliant, still relevant in 2020, same connector. thank you

It worked!!! I love you. My nexus has literally been sitting in the junk drawer for three years.

@daoquang900

5 жыл бұрын

is the battery still good?

What a hero!!! the second clip, metaly thing was not plugged in on my tablet. I did drop it and then it stopped working, just plugging it back in made it work. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!

Thank you so much! My tablet was just laying on table, almost throw it in the trash and thanks to you, I got it working again!

I love you man. It wasn't my tablet and I was freaking out. I opened it and tried a lot of things and then your video just saved my life :)) thanks!!

@jpulley

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear I saved a life, always wanted to do that lol. ;)

Many thanks. This worked a treat on my 2nd gen Nexus7. I could feel the gold 'bridge' ribbon connection move back into place. Tablet powered up no problem. 👍

You explained everything so clearly making it easy for a newbe to have the confidence to give it s go, I needed to unplug battery, thanks

Thank you so very much! The 60 second power button trick did not work, but the power/volume down (plus changing to a brand new micro USB cable) got it charging. I'm now waiting for it to reach 100% before turning it on. Fully charged now, turned it on, worked like brand new. Thanks again.

"Hold power button" Worked like a charm

Brilliant video. The transfer cable had also come loose on our Nexus, looks like the tape they use to hold it in place is actually pulling it off the board. Thanks for the video.

Good video thank you. I'm in the process of getting my daughters tablet working again.

Oh my god I thought my Nexus was dead. I didn't try to turn it on since more than a year. Now it works again thanks to you, it's a resurection ! Thank you bro !

Thanks alot! I held down power for full 30 to 60 sec. And it finally powered on! Your the man! Now just gotta get it to charge!

Dead for years, held the button down for over 30 seconds, came on. Nice one dude. :)

Thank for the advice. I held for a minute and it came on. You are a saviour

Couldn't get my Nexus 7 (2013) to turn on. Tried this. Worked Like a Charm. Excellent one, jpulley

06.02.24 N7 finally working again after 4 years! Thank you very much!!

Thanks for the video man. My Nexus was stuck on the Google splash screen and everything I read online didn't help. Then I watched what you did, unplugged and plugged in both of the cables you did, and rebooted it and then my tablet booted right up.

Still working! I drop my nexus on the floor and it didn't work for a week, I don't have any tools so I opened mines with an old card. I pushed the silver plank under the strip down and then held the power down and it turned on! tysm you're a lifesaver

My nexus was dead for 3 years and to be honest I didn't believe that your video will help me.. but it did! Some of the wires were loose. I pushed them, et voila! It's a live ! Thanks!

@jpulley

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet!

The cable that was loose is the lcd ribbon cable, the two connectors below the wide flat cable are the digitiser/touch screen

You sir saved my butt... My daughter still has this tablet which she loves and works great... I had the EXACT issue you demonstrated here... Anyone giving you dislikes - shame on them... Thanks, a like and you have a new sub...

thank you - very sensible and useful advice. Your first fix worked!

Thanks for the advice! I was just about to open up my tablet until I heard the first few seconds of you video. Held the power button down and 20 seconds later yey Google screen!!!!!

Excelente aporte, mi tablet había dejado de funcionar repentinamente. Ni con el reinicio forzoso iniciaba, apenas cargaba la batería se termino agotando, lo di por perdido y estuvo guardada por algunas semanas hasta que se me ocurrió buscar en yt (tenía herramientas pero no sé su desarme) hasta que dí con tu video. En mi caso también el problema era por la cinta que atraviesa la batería. Y ahora hay nexus para rato todavia! Gracias

I did exactly as your instructions, it worked !!! Really happy to save my tablet after looong time. Thanks 🙏 🙏

Thank you! Excellent demonstration and information. Much appreciated!

Thanks so much. Your fix worked on mine. Had to open case and disconnect the battery and all fixed. You are awesome!😀

Thanks mate. My 11 month old son just dropped my Nexus 7 2013 and it wouldn't turn on!! Followed your video and went straight to the problem! It was the connecting ribbon going across the battery that had come loose! Great video many thanks.

@jpulley

8 жыл бұрын

Glad you got it back running!

You are the man!!! Same as yours that little connection had come loose.. Thanks so much. Blessings!

thank you! I use an older model tablet (Not a Nexus but still an ASUS with a similar build) and it worked perfectly! thank you!

Thank you so much for your video. I had a problem not charging well. It was behaving like the charger was loose connected. So it was flickering the charge and not charged battery symbol. Even if I charged the tablet for the whole night by turning it OFF, it was charged only up to 40%.I unplugged and popped it back the ribbon going across the battery. Did the same for the battery connection. Now it has started charging well. Realized that it is just because of the loose connection of ribbon connector and/or battery connector.

Thanks bro, the hold power button thing worked. I guess you learn something new everyday.

Wow. I was pretty sure my tablet was dead, and I didn't think this was going to help, but now it's working perfectly. Thanks man :D Mad respect~!

@jimmein2398

6 жыл бұрын

Aurora Dash n

You make people happy around the world for so many years :-) That connector across the battery was the cause of the problem in my case. Simply pushed it gently and my beloved tablet came back to life. Thank you very much !

@jpulley

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment

First my auto rotate was not working so followed instructions to fix that, after reassembling it would not power up. I followed your instructions and found the fault as you described, all working great, I used my best finger nail to open the case so will have to wait some time for one to grow if another problem occurs.

Second time this tablet has failed. Did this trick again, fixed it perfectly. Big thanks!

hold it down for 30-60 seconds, check! good job and thanks mate!

This worked for me mate. The ribbon you talked about had come off. Thank you.

Thank you! All I had to do was hold down the power button for 30 sec and that did it! Jeez I had not read this anywhere else. Thanks so much!

@jpulley

8 жыл бұрын

+cbyutube yep, sometimes that's all it takes.

Thanks for your video! My dog had knocked mine off coffee table many months ago.... did the power hold button, disconnected battery held the bottom down, no dice.... but pushed down on the ribbon cable slightly and heard it snapped back on.... thanks!! Oh, put a small crack in case at the bottom but better than the bullets I was going to put through it for target 🎯 practice

Thanks for the video - I just fixed my Nexus 7 by holding down the power key for 60 seconds. Great video - Good Karma for you.

Thank you Jesse, this video saved me lots of trouble! Fixed it :)

Same thing here, screen is now working. Thanks buddy!

Thank you so much! This worked. I had dropped my tablet after water splashed near it. I though it was water damaged but it was that strip. You saved me mega bucks!

the transfer cable connector on mine was loose too! my son probably dropped it, but he is a happy camper now. I never would have thought about reseating that connector. :)

Same problem, Exactly like you showed in the video, fixed! Thank you

Thanks bro my table has work in over a year I couldn't get to work than I saw your video and I did what you did and now its making noise so hopefully it works much love

Dude you're epic... when you said before you start disconecting wires I thought crap... xD but you're a life saver bro this really helps

Amazing video thanks for the walk through. It worked!

Thanks so much! I followed your instruction to secure the two connectors that you mentioned. Voila! My tablet came back into life!

@jpulley

6 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped you out!

Thanks !!!!!!! It came back up after 45 seconds.

Dude I was about to throw it away found this. Video I'm am so happy you helped out so much

Thanks for posting - battery disconnection worked a treat - I was ready to bin it now its back in use :-)

@jpulley

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

First time I write a coment. Thank you, a lot, you solved my problem in just 1 minute, after months without using my tablet. Cheers man

@jpulley

4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the the comment! Glad it helped you out.

Thank you so much. Seems I may have dropped mine and not been aware. Taking the back on and pressing the connections doe appear to have fixed things.

Great advice to hold the power button for more than 10 seconds. Thank you.

Went for the full minute... IT WORKED!!!! THANKS!!! :)

Thanks for your help man! Works 👍

Thanks, pal! The last ribbon of tour checklist did solve the problem. I owe you one! ;-)

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKED!!!

Very useful video, it helped me in solving the issue, Thanks

OMFG WORKED THANKS UR THE BEST MAN

Worked for me ! Thanks a lot for this awesome video ! :)

Thank you! saved me some money

thank you man. saved my nexus 7 which got thrown onto the floor and refused to turn on

Same issue here! Great catch!

From where did you buy these tools and how much it cost specially the peck

my tablet didn't start anyway I straightened the ribbon and repluged battery cable also tried 60second technique but it wouldn't start. It has been in my drawer for 2 years now I haven't charged it but when I plug it in it gets a white dot lighting up on the bottom what else can I try to fix this problem? can you help me in any other way?

2021 - i'm still using the Nexus 7, the battery is still good but i left it un plugged for a long time, now it's back to life.

Thanks for this. Just got my 8 year old tablet working again.

Thank you for your video, my Nexus 7 is working again :D

Thank you so much tried everything else and this worked

tyvm bro, u saved my old nexus ;)

Does it work if a have a different tablet ? I tookoit the white thing for 10 seconds and turn it on now I'm tfying for longer

Had mine since 2017 and this helped so much

September 2024... I found mine stashed with some boxes. I thought I'd lost it after moving. Sadly it seems the battery is dead as it won't charge. I guess it's time to donate it to a museum xD The 60 second trick worked though.