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Yesterday it was working fine. Charged overnight and now….nothing. I tried looking for the hard reset button behind the SD cover, but can’t find it. Anyone have a picture of it so I know what i’m looking for? Otherwise, other suggestions? I tried holding the power button for 20 secs with AC plugged in/AC not plugged it. I tried holding power + VolDown. I tried pretty much all combos of buttons. Nothing. It’s possible the charging port stopped working and the battery is dead, but I don’t know how to test that. Help?
Hi Karin, You can find the following directions for the hard reset on this troubleshooting page. “To reset, make sure that the tablet is turned off completely. Then turn on the device by holding both the volume up and power button simultaneously. This will show the recovery menu. Select Wipe data/factory reset (this will delete all data from the device, such as music and photos). Press the volume up button to confirm. Wait for the reset to be finished, then select reboot and press the power button to restart the device. Warning : A factory hard reset will erase all data such as photos and apps from the device.” I would also try charging the tablet from a different outlet. If that doesn’t work, try charging the tablet with a different charger. If the tablet charges, then you know the original charger is the problem . If not, then you could look to the charging port or the battery as the possible culprit. Troubleshooting tablets can be a tedious process of elimination, but you’re on the right track! Good luck!
No real solution… I just got a hold of a used table with the same problem. All I can think of is try what Pawel said..disconnect the battery and reconnect it. Also replace the battery with a new one that has a charge in it. But To take apart the tablet you will need special phone repair “prying tools” (from ebay) so you don’t damage the tablet casing & screen while taking the back casing off. Another possible problem is the small charging board inside may be damaged or shorted out so it may not be reliably charging battery…it may need replacing (maybe a $10-15 part). Buying the part and changing battery may cost around $30-45 total just to try all of this…and theres a chance that we may still have a dead tablet. So if the tablet is worth it, then try it. If not, then move on to a new phone or tablet.
Did you ever figure out a solution? I’m having the same issue with my Lenovo S8-50 tablet - won’t charge, won’t turn on. I’m not sure if you’ve tried this yet, but I actually tried plugging the tablet into my laptop’s USB port and windows told me there was a power surge on the USB port. At that point, my wireless USB mouse stopped working at well, which makes me think Windows just disables all USB devices when something like that happens. I think it also might be an indicator that the USB port on the tablet is shorted out so it’s trying to draw too much current. Anyhow, I think the solution might be to replace the tablet’s USB port.
hi, I know it’s old, but I thought I will write it for future reference. Had It once on my s9-50f. I opened it and disconnected battery for minute, plugged it back in and tablet started to work normally.
is the problem solved? got the same problem too
