If it powers up, carefully pop the backing in place and hope to god that it doesn't do it again. Only try it if disconnecting the batter alone doesn't help.Īt this point, reconnect the battery, and press the power button for about two seconds.
At this point, I plugged the USB plug into it while the battery was disconnected for about 2 seconds, but I DOUBT this had anything to do with the fix, as I heard it make very high pitched wine like it was overloading a transformer or transistor. Use your fingernail to pull one side of the connector, and then the other until it is disconnected.
I used the same small swiss army knife to GENTLY lift the plastic on top of the connector so the locking, inserted portion of the connector wiggles free. It's a black, connector with 6 short wires running at the top of the battery. If you get all the sides except the bottom, which seemed to be the most fragile, you should be able to take the backing off and the bottom will unhook by itself.Īfter the backing is off, you must unplug the battery from the motherboard. I did this by carefully inserting a small swiss army knife into the top part of where the backing snaps onto the screen, and then took a guitar pick in place of the knife, and slowly went around the whole thing gently leveraging the backing until all the snap points are loose. Warning: You have to take the back off of the tablet. ATTENTION ALL THOSE WHO HAVEN'T FOUND A FIX: If you followed all the different instructions here, but nothing worked, try the following.