John Lowe posted: " Sometimes I get an easy one. Last Sunday, I had visited my sister on my way home from badminton. She lives nearby and had helped stitch a curtain for us and we were picking it up. Anway, later that day, my brother messaged me that he had dropped off a" R.IT
Sometimes I get an easy one. Last Sunday, I had visited my sister on my way home from badminton. She lives nearby and had helped stitch a curtain for us and we were picking it up. Anway, later that day, my brother messaged me that he had dropped off a tablet at my sister's. I replied saying that I would pick it up the next day.
As it turned out, I was a bit busy that day so didn't make it. Then the next few days were also busy - as I had started a part time Tafe course. Certificate IV in Cyber Security - it runs three nights a week and I found that there is also assessments that need to be done and research and other study on our own time. I had already done some other previous Cyber Security certifications, but wanted to do this Cert IV as a refresher course and to help reinforce the knowledge gained from the previous courses.
Yesterday, my brother messaged me about the tablet - which I had completely forgotten about, must be due to old age. I said I would pick it up on Sunday, which was today, and so, after badminton, I popped over to my sister's place and she gave me two tablets. One was from my brother - a Samsung Tab S2 and the other was from my second sister, something about a battery life problem.
My brother mentioned that he had replaced the battery and that afterwards, it just wouldn't power on. I got the tablet out of its case, and noticed that the back wasn't sitting properly - so after sliding my fingernail around the edges - the back was loose and could be removed.
I verified that it would charge, by connecting a micro USB cable to it and sure enough, after a moment, the display showed the battery capacity around 98%.
I disconnected the cable, then did a visual inspection. I noticed a connector on the side which had dimples on it - where contacts would fit, but could see no contacts on the back that had been removed. Continuing on, I checked that the battery connector was in place - which it should be since it was able to charge.
Pressing the power button caused no reaction from the tablet, then after further inspection noticed that the five contacts on the connector seemed to match with five contacts on the main board. Apparently this connector is meant to be flipped over and sit on top of the other five contacts. Retrospective review of the back also showed that the connector sits in a little frame and is held down when the back is put back on.
This connector is meant to be flipped down and sit on those five contacts on the edge of the board.
I flipped the connector over, so that it sat on the contacts, pressed the power button, and sure enough - the tablet powered on. It looks that the design is such that if the back cover is removed - it prevents the tablet from being turned on - sort of like a fail safe to prevent damage when poking around inside the tablet. The back of the connector has some sticky surface, which might be why it stuck to the side of the case.
Anyway, it was a relatively easy matter of aligning the back cover with the small molded frame and then press all around to clip the back cover back into place. After doing this, I put the tablet back into its case, then pressed the power button - Voila!, it turns on. Fortunately the cable on that connector had not been damaged by being bent over like that.
So this was an easy job - I wish they were all like this. Another successful Repair.IT. Next is to see about the other tablet.
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