... have dodged a bullet.
So here is the story.
I was using my nexus 7 and got a warning I was down to 4% charge. I know, I should have had it on the charger way before it got that low. My bad.
Well I figure I will put it on the charger when I get another warning. I am going along when poof, it shuts down. I am thinking ok. I will just hook it up to the charger. No biggy. I hook it up to the charger and push the power button. Nothing happens. I am thinking oh great. I am kicking myself for not putting it to recharge when it was down to 4%. It's dead and I will have to return it to Google.
So, I hold the button longer. It takes a rather long time but the Google screen comes up much to my relief. That relief does not last. It goes to the nexus screen and seems to take much longer than I remember to start. When it finally does start it gets to the lock screen then proceeds to shutdown. Now I am in full panic mode. Has the micro USB port gone bad? Has the charger gone bad. Has letting the battery go to 0 killed its' ability to charge. All sorts of things are going through my head at this point.
I hold the power button. Again it takes much longer for the Google screen and the Nexus screen to come up. Again, it finally gets to the lock screen. And again it shuts down almost right after it starts. At this point I am getting even more worried. Ever single start up all I get is a short interval before it shuts down. I check the battery and it says 0 charge.
I try to calm down and decide to let it sit for about 5 minutes before I attempt to turn it on. Five long, long minutes pass. I turn it on and am greeted with a charge of 3%. Great, I tell myself. I am out of the water. I do a couple of tests with some of the apps to see if they are working ok. They seem to be and I check to see how much more charge I have now. To my horror the charge is at 2% now. I am back to panicking now. I have it on the AC charger. It should be gaining a charge not losing it. I notice instead of indicating it is charging AC it is indicating it is charging USB. Oh great. I will be stuck only being able to charge USB now.
Again I attempt to calm down. I think about disconnecting the charger and reconnecting it in hopes it will charge AC not USB. But I, worry in that short time it will discharge to 0 again and I will really be screwed. I decide I have to try and get it charging AC so I disconnect and reconnect. Afterwards I click the power button and am great with the charge screen. the indicator starts way at the bottom. I expect that as it only had 2% charge. I decide to give it another 5 minutes and check back. I walk away only to hear it start up out of the blue. I am thinking uh oh it's that endless rebooting cycle others mentioned. Panicking again. I turn it off and this time it stays off. when I turn it on again it has a 5% charge. I forget to check if it is charging AC or USB. At that point I decide to give it 10 minutes before restarting.
With 10 minutes having passed I turn it on and I am greeted with a 9 percent charge and indicating that it is charging AC. I am still a bit worried as the charge screen preboot is still showing no charge in the graphic. But, I figure maybe it won't show partial charge until it hit perhaps 15% and again I turn it off and wait 10 minutes. I turn it back on and it now has a 13% charge. Still no change in the preboot charge screen.
Now I decide to wait 20 minutes. Turn it one again and I finally see an indication on the preboot charge screen. I boot up the tablet. 22% Charge. I am beginning to finally feel I am out of the woods. It's getting late but I decide to wait another 20 minutes and check again. This time it says a 34% charge.
At this point it is well past midnight. I am still not 100% sure I am out of the woods. But, I decide instead of turning it off that I will risk just putting it to sleep and letting it finish charging over night.
To my relief when morning comes my alarm goes off normally, well almost normally. it gives me the time but no weather. Bug in the App I am thinking. I check the battery. Woohoo 100%
Now I am not saying that this will work with for everyone having a battery issue. In fact, I think I was rather fortunate. I plan never to let the charge go down that low again. When I get to the 15% warning that puppy will be either on the charger or off if I am not near an outlet.
I don't want to repeat that nightmare ever again.
So here is the story.
I was using my nexus 7 and got a warning I was down to 4% charge. I know, I should have had it on the charger way before it got that low. My bad.
Well I figure I will put it on the charger when I get another warning. I am going along when poof, it shuts down. I am thinking ok. I will just hook it up to the charger. No biggy. I hook it up to the charger and push the power button. Nothing happens. I am thinking oh great. I am kicking myself for not putting it to recharge when it was down to 4%. It's dead and I will have to return it to Google.
So, I hold the button longer. It takes a rather long time but the Google screen comes up much to my relief. That relief does not last. It goes to the nexus screen and seems to take much longer than I remember to start. When it finally does start it gets to the lock screen then proceeds to shutdown. Now I am in full panic mode. Has the micro USB port gone bad? Has the charger gone bad. Has letting the battery go to 0 killed its' ability to charge. All sorts of things are going through my head at this point.
I hold the power button. Again it takes much longer for the Google screen and the Nexus screen to come up. Again, it finally gets to the lock screen. And again it shuts down almost right after it starts. At this point I am getting even more worried. Ever single start up all I get is a short interval before it shuts down. I check the battery and it says 0 charge.
I try to calm down and decide to let it sit for about 5 minutes before I attempt to turn it on. Five long, long minutes pass. I turn it on and am greeted with a charge of 3%. Great, I tell myself. I am out of the water. I do a couple of tests with some of the apps to see if they are working ok. They seem to be and I check to see how much more charge I have now. To my horror the charge is at 2% now. I am back to panicking now. I have it on the AC charger. It should be gaining a charge not losing it. I notice instead of indicating it is charging AC it is indicating it is charging USB. Oh great. I will be stuck only being able to charge USB now.
Again I attempt to calm down. I think about disconnecting the charger and reconnecting it in hopes it will charge AC not USB. But I, worry in that short time it will discharge to 0 again and I will really be screwed. I decide I have to try and get it charging AC so I disconnect and reconnect. Afterwards I click the power button and am great with the charge screen. the indicator starts way at the bottom. I expect that as it only had 2% charge. I decide to give it another 5 minutes and check back. I walk away only to hear it start up out of the blue. I am thinking uh oh it's that endless rebooting cycle others mentioned. Panicking again. I turn it off and this time it stays off. when I turn it on again it has a 5% charge. I forget to check if it is charging AC or USB. At that point I decide to give it 10 minutes before restarting.
With 10 minutes having passed I turn it on and I am greeted with a 9 percent charge and indicating that it is charging AC. I am still a bit worried as the charge screen preboot is still showing no charge in the graphic. But, I figure maybe it won't show partial charge until it hit perhaps 15% and again I turn it off and wait 10 minutes. I turn it back on and it now has a 13% charge. Still no change in the preboot charge screen.
Now I decide to wait 20 minutes. Turn it one again and I finally see an indication on the preboot charge screen. I boot up the tablet. 22% Charge. I am beginning to finally feel I am out of the woods. It's getting late but I decide to wait another 20 minutes and check again. This time it says a 34% charge.
At this point it is well past midnight. I am still not 100% sure I am out of the woods. But, I decide instead of turning it off that I will risk just putting it to sleep and letting it finish charging over night.
To my relief when morning comes my alarm goes off normally, well almost normally. it gives me the time but no weather. Bug in the App I am thinking. I check the battery. Woohoo 100%
Now I am not saying that this will work with for everyone having a battery issue. In fact, I think I was rather fortunate. I plan never to let the charge go down that low again. When I get to the 15% warning that puppy will be either on the charger or off if I am not near an outlet.
I don't want to repeat that nightmare ever again.