My Asus Nexus 7 (2nd Gen) wont turn on blinking White LED x 5

Davericho

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So I have not used my tablet in over 6 months. So I presume the battery is completely flat. When holding down the power for over a minute it just flashes White 5 times but does not turn on, have also tried the vol down and power button trick. I disconnected the battery for two minutes then plugged it back in again with the same issue. I had this posted to me from family as I moved and did not get my original charger. Am using my Samsung S7 charger which is a known charger I presume this will be fine? I have left it chargeing for over three days but still no success. Will I have to replace the battery?
 

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The Samsung charger should be fine, assuming that your micro-USB port is working.

When you have the charger plugged in are you seeing the battery graphic showing charging activity?
 

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So I have not used my tablet in over 6 months. So I presume the battery is completely flat. When holding down the power for over a minute it just flashes White 5 times but does not turn on, have also tried the vol down and power button trick. I disconnected the battery for two minutes then plugged it back in again with the same issue. I had this posted to me from family as I moved and did not get my original charger. Am using my Samsung S7 charger which is a known charger I presume this will be fine? I have left it chargeing for over three days but still no success. Will I have to replace the battery?
 

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Same problem with me, Samsung chargers are the best chargers for the nexus 7 2nd gen but recently I have been having to move the charger around a lot for the past year. Today I went to charge my tablet (the first time in one month) and above the charging port was a white flashing light. I have never seen this light in the three years I had this tablet. I'm thinking I have to buy a new battery or charging mother board. Please help, any information would help the cause.
 

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if you see the flashing light, that means the battery is very low. it happened to me just recently. i guess that the lifespan of this battery is almost dead.