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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lakilaulea:
I just got mine in the mail today and it hasn't turned on at all. When I first plugged it in, the battery meter showed. If I long press the power button, it'll flash the Google and Nexus logos, then go black again. I contacted Google support and they said they'd ship me out another one. They also said they'd get back to me in email with details, and it's been hours and still no email. I'm a little let down by all of this. I was really waiting on this tablet, then it gets in and won't even turn on, then they say they'll get back to me but don't, and there's no way I'll get another tab by this weekend's trip I'm taking.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heelfan71:
turns out my unit was on, as I heard every time I got a notification. Unfortunately it is something with the screen not coming on. I took mine back and they didn't have any more there so I got a refund. Not getting another one either.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lakilaulea:
I realized the same thing is probably happening to mine. After mashing on the power button several times, I actually saw the lock screen and then the screen with all the available wi-fi networks before it went black again. It was only on for a few seconds. I'm starting to get real nervous about this device. I had such high hopes for it, and I understand a lot of people are happy with theirs, but mine is a piece of junk right out the gate. I'm wondering if I should even get the replacement.... Thoughts?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heelfan71:
I would exchange it if I were you.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PROlific666:
Just a heads up if you are using an OTG cable don't pull it out while the tablet is sleeping. It will put it out every time. No charge symbol nothing. A long press and fixes everything.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sywynlore:
I ran into the same situation and found a post relating to an auto brightness issue on initial setup. In my case I initialize the nexus in a darkened room. It booted through the google and then multicolored X, but then appeared to turn off as the screen remained black. This confused me as I could plug in my nexus and view the drive so I knew it was still on.

The help thread I found suggested taking the nexus out into full sunlight. VIOLA, the screen was on, but so dark I could not read the triangle welcome setup screen. I proceeded through the setup and then as suggested went to the settings area and turned off the auto brightness.

Everything has gone well since.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lakilaulea:
That's the craziest thing. I tried multiple times to get my screen to stay on last night, left it on the charger all night, then tried again this morning. I was just about to toss it back into its box while I wait for my replacement when I saw your post. I took mine out on my balcony, and I'll be damned if the screen didn't come on and stay on. I've been fiddling with it all day and haven't had any issues yet. I called tech support about my replacement order and was told to just keep messing with it and see if I can reproduce the problem. They were sending out my replacement order already. I'll keep messing with it, and if it stays this way, I'll just refuse the package when it gets in. Thanks for the tip!!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seegs11:
Hey guys I'm having the same issue....except I've had mine for a few weeks now and I'm rooted using a custom ROM and kernel. My screen will not display anything. What's more interesting is that holding the power and volume down keys i can hear the snapshot be taken of the screen.... so the tablet is running but I cant see anything? FML!!! I've tried everything too.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmichaelhallett:
Nexus 7 wont power on scare- 30 seconds worked

Thanks so much for posting the tip about holding the power button in.

My Nexus 7 would not power back up after a shutdown . (Modified the keymappings files for XBox 360 wireless controller.

No reboot on the menu seems odd. but anyway.

Had no idea I had to hold it in for so long but worked fine in my case.

Booted up fast too.

Thanks

Michael
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambohoos:
I was searching for a thread like this. Play store is sending me a new device. Just got mine on Tuesday of this week and experienced the shutoff. Mine would happen going in sleep mode. I can hear a "click" sound a know it's going to lock up. Good to see so I can share this with the pay store reps.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoosbude:
This has happened to me 3 times since I got the Nexus 7 in July, each time I fixed the problem by unplugging the battery then re-attaching.

Not such a big problem that I would return it, wouldn't be without my Nexus 7, I love it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faybarn:
Have to long press every time I shutdown.

My nexus gets shutdown when I'm not using it to save battery, however recently I've had to long press for over 30 seconds to get the device to power back on :( hopefully this is just a software issue but I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this. My nexus used to boot us almost as soon as I hit the power button but not anymore.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IIIPowerIII:
Yeah sometimes it happens. I hold power button for 30s and it's boot.

Dunno if it's a software issue, rom or kerbel
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slick_rick:
This happens to mines about twice a week. I just hold power and volume buttons til it boots into the bootloader. From there its good.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mi7chy:
Had this happen once during initial ownership but it's never done it again. It's been a great little device.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faybarn:
Seems to have done the trick now its booting properly, thanks rick:D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limehouse20:
Wont Turn On

Hi! 11 days on my N7 is great until last night i got so absorbed reading e-book until the last of the battery shut off the device. So i plug it in and take a nap for about 4 hrs. By the time i check my N7, no battery icon display if its charging, not turning on. I happen to switch off wifi, sync and gps before this happens to conserve battery, now i cant use it and im from the PH. :( OMG
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewp3481:
**CONFIRMED**

Thank you to all of you who posted here. The long press for 20-30 seconds totally works. I almost panicked.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krgore:
hi there. i encountered merely the same problems described in this thread, but the 30s push of the power button didn't do the trick for me.

when my n7 crashed it took my around an hour or two to get the device booting again. because i'm a lazyace i fiddled with some installations, roms etc., rather than sending it back to google.

after lots of tries, crashes and caffeine, the solution i found for myself is hilariously simple. whenever i configured gapps with the option to restore my tablet from an existing backup (i guess it found files from my tf101), the nexus crashed sooner or later. deactivating this option during gapps configuration - stable nexus7, not encoutering any crash ever since. i am also able to reproduce this problem, so maybe this will help one or another.

regards.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limehouse20:
well, mine has a motherboard defect according to our local asus service center. Asus global warranty will be in effect so i dont have to shoulder the repair and parts but i have to wait for a long time since im in the philippines and they'll be ordering it abroad. :(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getook:
looks dead

ok so my N7 died this morning and I did hold power button for long long time and was able to turn it on but the time is way off, it shows December 1999... travel back in time eh... and then I had to manually set the time to the correct time. play with it a little bit and it turned itself off again. the battery was about 30%. I tried turning it on but its no use.

so I plug it in. battery icon shows up. and I was able to turned it on. but then the battery drop instantly from 30% to 0% and shut itself off again.... and the time was back to 1999 again btw.

This is already my 2nd replacement... should I go for the 3rd? I'll try reviving it until tonight then I'll give up.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhnbnsl:
thanks a lot...:) :good:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoMagus:
Sounds like the exact problem 2 that I exchanged had, mine would die out at 20% even with calibration.. couple threads where people talk about it but seems we all just exchanged

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1798756

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1798054

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1797126
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagdeez:
Long press on power key, turned it on. Thanks for xda.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uzicoppa:
Thanks @ all that suggested to hold the power button. You safed my day :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bendroid7:
Mine too!

It seems that the long press is approximately 30 seconds. Prior to the shutdown I was running stickmount to test a variety of files from mp3s to mp4s, I then disconnected the cable from the tablet, came back to power up and no response. Charged for an hour and tried it again (with a slight uneasy feeling in my gut) no response...showed up to XDA to find out that I was not alone in my confusion.

Held the power button down for 30 seconds + and the rest of the story is GOOD!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fye85:
Yo I had the same problem dude, it's an auto- brightness problem. Try to fix the brightness at 25%. Hope it's just a software problem then Google can release a fix for that...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhalmeida:
long press for 30 seconds and voilá! back to life!

thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DannyDrama:
I bought one a few days ago and it wouldn't turn on out the box. Was well unhappy!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heyjjk:
I've had this happen to me twice now and I just got this N7 two days ago. After the long press it powers on just fine but what I'm wondering is if this is something we should be concerned about? Just want to be sure..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pointman_12:
happened to me a few weeks ago...when i called google i was told it has something to do with jelly bean...i was running bamf on mine...hasn't done it since...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limehouse20:
Ok my nexus 7 is still in certified Asus service center here in my country (Philippines)

First i thought it was just a battery failure not charging and not turning on, then the technician found out that its a faulty motherboard and ALSO MAYBE the lcd touch panel.

He managed to power on my Nexus 7 with a diff mobo, but it runs on ICS and the touchscreen does not work.

So he told me they will order the touch panel from Asus but its been 3 weeks now, and no definite time when the replacement part will come :(

Do you think its because of the ICS that the touchscreen isnt working. Also, can he just upgrade the OS to Jellybean or they need a newer Mobo for that?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _JM_:
a few days ago i picked up my nexus 7 and figured the battery just drained completely. so i charged it, but then when turning it on, it wouldnt get past the Google logo screen. I could get it to the recovery/boot screen but that wasnt much help. Then it wouldnt turn on at all. so i disconnected the battery, it did nothing. Ive tried everything suggested on here, and i really dont want to get a replacement,

Is there anyway to connect it to a PC and boot it? im out of options:(
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jeanjacq:
Happened to me this morning was really worried but I just plug the charger in then tried starting it up multiple times then holding the power button for like 8 seconds
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gluesniffmonkey:
Me too.

I had the same on my first day. Found this thread. Did the thirty second thing and I have been good to go.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vulcanize:
PHEW!!!!! A BIG Thank you to you.

I panicked when it did not turn on after last being used by my son to play Angry birds space y'day (and the morning alarm of course).

Wonder what made it do that.

Thanks once again.

:)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scythe024:
Mine has been dying at 50% battery lately with only 2 1/2hrs on screen time and about a day stand by. Started to get pretty mad that I only have half my battery to work with, debating on bringing it in because I use to get 5hrs and work it down to 5% regularly
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darconi:
OTG cable is the problem for me

I been having the same issue as many of you described where the nexus 7 will randomly turn off and would require you to press the power on for 30second to more for it to boot back up.

One of the posters mentioned it happens if you removed the OTG cable when its asleep. i just tried it and it definitely replicated the issue for me. For those of you that are using OTG cables and having the problem, it could be because of that.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnovello:
Also happened to me....turned it off and 3 seconds later remembered something and tried to turn it back on and nothing. I was wishing for a battery pull, but before I could even look it up on the web i long pressed and good to go.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrHenley:
This has happened to me on multiple devices, and a loooooong press worked every time.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kieso:
Did you power it down or put it to sleep? Could be the sleep of death.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonhcox:
Definitely the OTG cable issue mentioned before. I have replicated it several times.. if you put it to sleep and unplug the cable it does what looks like a SOD. Long press on all three buttons and then release all but the vol down button has brought it back for me.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itznfb:
Just turned mine off for the first time today.... wouldn't turn on. Held down power for 5, 10, 15, 20 seconds. Found this thread and basically just held down the power button until it turned on. Probably about 40 seconds before mine turned on. Just shut it down again to test and it turned right back on.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bronco24:
Mine did same thing was just dead screen held the power awhile it booted but thinking back I did pull my otg cable out with screen off then didn't touch for like 45 min and then found dead screen
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vict20:
Very same thing happened to me. I've only had the device a week and after the first time I powered it off for a full charge it wouldn't switch back on. Only after by chance I pressed the power button for long enough did it spring to life. I haven't switched it off since, the standby time is superb.

Love the device but I really think it is missing a charging state LED.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houdini1er:
Not normal

Hi all,

Everybody seams to be happy with this solution:rolleyes:

But for me i do not feal like keeping such device, i Had a lot of tablet (chinese mostly) but never had problem like that.

'm the only one with this opinion :confused:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elkajukka:
Different crash

Hi there !

My problem seems to be a bit different...

Indeed, I was on Chrome when I tried to press the "Home" button. Nothing happened.I pressed it several times, without success. Then I pushed the multitask button, and my Nexus crashed...

I had no choice but turning it off, and I can't turn it on anymore, not even by Hard Reset. I tried to press the power button up to two minutes, even all the combinations of buttons, but nothing works. When I plugged it to my PC, I have the sound of a device connection, but nothing on screen. Has anyone experienced it before ?

Thanks by advance :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LecterMe:
Me. I searched the web but found no solution. Search for apx mode. Maybe you can fix it.

My Nexus was dead so i went back to the store and they sent it to ASUS. This is two weeks ago and i still havent heard anything.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nexuspl:
Hey guys,

i had this problem too with my N7 after i flashed Glazed Rom.

The solution was, that i set the minimum MHZ from 100 up to 300, because 100MHz is rly to low to wake a device up :D

now everything is fine ^^

cheers
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tharm82:
I have had my nexus 7 for a few months now without a single issue. I have been unlocked and rooted stock since the first week I have had it. I go to turn it on the other night and it won't fire up. I plug it in to the factory charger and it fires up, the battery is at 0% when it had 25+% the night before when I turned it off. I let it charge overnight and try it again the next morning...nothing. The battery level is at 0% again. I havent used my OTG cable in weeks. Its well past its refund date and like I said I have had zero issues with it up until now. Any ideas?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] othermark:
Ever since the update mine does this. It feels like it's definitely related to the new os/bootloader. If I turn off the device and leave it on charger then pull the charger it seems to stay in the charge mode and not go to sleep/off. If I recover it with the long press/3 button press it will be like it's been on all night with a large drain off the battery.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [1]:
where did you buy it from? if you got it from the play store they will replace it. my launch n7 started acting up recently too...random shutdowns.. i called google last tuesday and had a new one in hand thursday. great service..hopefully my third tablet will be trouble free.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volarchico:
Your signature got me for a bit! Thought I had a small fly on my screen... ;)

Is there any fix for the 30 second holding of the power button? I don't shut down too often, but when I do, it always takes a very long press of the power button to get it back on.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dalanik:
Just happened to me as well. I shut down and after a while wanted to turn it on, and I held power button for like 5 seconds (like I do on other Android devices) and nothing happened! I really was scared! Then I googled this thread, remembering I have seen it, and tried longer press (like 20 seconds) and it turned on.... Thanx!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jellydroid13:
Just happened to me :( won't turn on but I think the battery might just be completely drained. Will it charge even if nothing shows on the screen?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuntdouble:
Well it sounds like most people here have the same problem. Pretty sure it's to do with the battery and one of the updates pushed out from google. Seems as if all devices power off around 20% to save the battery. Also seems it's a deliberate method to stop the batteries from being run down too low before being charged again. With the batteries in the N7 you're meant to keep them between 20-85% charge and if not, they die faster (allegedly). Those saying their devices go off at 40% should check the battery stats. If there's a sudden drop then it's most likely the same issue. Originally I could run my device below 20% battery life but since either the 4.2 update or the one before that it's been shutting down at 20%. Just keep your devices charged up between these percentages and it shouldn't shut down on you.

As stated before you can get the device back on again by holding down the power button, just make sure you put a bit of charge into it before you do or it will just turn off the moment it's booted up again.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeeterpro:
Actually is does happen on stock ROMs. Happened to mine yesterday. Back in action after holding Power and Vol tabs. And my battery has never been below 60%.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smith.mincha:
+1 hold power

Holding the power button for like 30 seconds worked for me!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndreaCristiano:
I had this issue and I installed forever gone ran that and now it powers on and off normally. PS also disabled Google currents

sent from my Nexus 7 while my SGS3 rests!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolandh:
I ran my battery down to approx 13% the day after I got it and at the time I was on 4.2, but since then I've made sure it's always fully charged.

Also I've never had the shutting down problem, don't know if it's something to do with earlier batches and I've got a newer one since I've only had my N7 for a week.

Roland
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Acaciastate:
Second Nexus 7

This is the second time it has happened to me. First time I removed the battery and did a long press. I did this several time to no avail. This is my second encounter. Just left it at roughly 40% battery power. Went to work, no one used it while I was at work. (I have multiple user accounts. Three incl mine) Came home, thought my sister had drained it and I put it on charge went to have my tea. Then I came upstairs to check it. That is when I realised I had a an issue. I think I'm going to leave it over night and arrange for a refund. I'll just wait until another 7" Nexus tablet is released or get the Nexus 10. Not sure. Suggestions?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ham duden:
you guys just saved my day. thought, like, what the **** is going on .. pressed the button 20-30 sec and it worked
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdefour:
thanks !!! :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjskyboy:
Thanks neilr79

The advice worked for me with my son's Nexus 7, was getting a bit frantic it was truly dead after a what I thought was a full discharge and not even showing the "i am charging" battery icon doodah when plugged into various power outlets.

Would not turn on with normal power on (until I tried the above procedure) when connected to power.

Oddly when I did get it on, the battery shows 50% charged. Any idea what gives here?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benhidalgo:
my power and volume buttons got a rough touch after I opened the lid to check my wifi antennas
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] janckha:
it worked

Same thing happened to me, long press worked! :) Thanks
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danman132x:
This happened to me the other day. I thought my tablet just broke. I went to pick it up, I KNOW I had battery left in in, and it would not turn on. I found some threads to hold the power button for about 30 seconds, which worked for me. I did notice however that my unit was pretty warm still when I picked it up at first. It seems something must have been using the CPU a lot which killed it. Speculation though.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jben04:
Ok so the misses charged her nexus 7 over night,,went to use it the next morning,,and the screen is stuck on the coloured cross..Ive tried holding the power button down for 30+ seconds ,,it reboots, we see "google" then the coloured cross again...went into the boot mode by holding the vol and power buttons...

Recovery mode - "no Command" comes up..

Anyone have a clue??

Also i dunno if this is relevant,,but in the boot mode it shows "Lock State - locked"

UPDATE !!,,All sorted,,,managed to finally do a hard reset :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahvipardik:
Ty a lot, the 30 sec thingh worked for me as well. I was worride something was really wrong, but then it booted. Before i heard this buzzing sound and also there were small flickering or pixels showing up when i pluged in the charger, thayght screen is messed up. But thanks for help.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KHALIK59:
It is not working for me, pressed for a 1 minute and still nothing.

I think my asus nexus 7 32gb is dead, it does not boot up/turn on. I know that the charger is working fine as I tested this on my brother's asus nexus 7.

What do I do? help.

EDIT:

I brought it from ebuyer in November 2012 and using default kernal and rom / factory setting.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jellydroid13:
I had to warranty it with Asus. I was in the same boat as you; completely dead.