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Title: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: mdholm on February 26, 2013, 07:12:08 PM
I dropped my Nexus and now it won't turn on.  What can I do?  Is it dead? 
Title: Re: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: JayJ on February 26, 2013, 07:36:27 PM
Did you really drop it or was Android frustrating you so much you through it?

Joking... :-X

Did you insure it? I would pop the back off and see if the battery is disconnected...

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Title: Re: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: mdholm on February 26, 2013, 07:43:52 PM
No, I didn't get the extra insurance.  I've never needed it in the past.  I just dropped it from waist level, onto the kitchen floor.  I'm afraid to take the back off.  I've had it for less than a month.  I should've sold it to the guy who offered me $150 the other day and just taken the loss. 
Title: Re: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: mdholm on February 26, 2013, 08:35:43 PM
OMG, I fixed it!  I carefully pried the back off, and checked the battery connection.  It HAD comes lose, so I plugged it back in.  Ta-da! 
Title: Re: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: S.Prime on February 26, 2013, 08:38:53 PM
Quote from: mdholm on February 26, 2013, 08:35:43 PM
OMG, I fixed it!  I carefully pried the back off, and checked the battery connection.  It HAD comes lose, so I plugged it back in.  Ta-da!

Congratulations 8)

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Title: Re: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: mdholm on February 26, 2013, 09:49:24 PM
It never would've occurred to me to check the battery connection. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Title: Re: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: strollin on February 27, 2013, 06:48:59 AM
Quote from: mdholm on February 26, 2013, 09:49:24 PM
It never would've occurred to me to check the battery connection. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Glad you go it working. 

It's weird how we all think differently.  I would have automatically opened the back and checked the connections and it probably wouldn't occur to me to post on a forum about it!
Title: Re: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: fxsarge on February 27, 2013, 09:39:00 AM
Lol I wouldn't have opened the back

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Title: Re: HELP! Dropped my Nexus
Post by: mdholm on February 28, 2013, 10:26:20 AM
Quote from: fxsarge on February 27, 2013, 09:39:00 AM
Lol I wouldn't have opened the back

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Normally I wouldn't either.  It has never occurred to me to open the back of my iPad.  But, I was desperate and it came off quite easily.  The battery connector thingie was loose, so I pushed it back in and the N7 fired right back up. 

It was a little scary, though.