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I only paid a little more than 100 for a brand new N7 2013 a few months ago, and they'll probably be that cheap again when all the new tablet models come out in a few weeks. There is a very nice video showing the takedown and repair of the 2013 which is different from the 2012, but this place...

It's still perfectly usable though, at home anyway, thanks to the wireless charging. The newer tablets without wireless charging would be totally kaput.

I called two repair places, first the one that did a good job on my laptop last year. He said that the repair would cost about $200. Then I called another place. He said that they would charge $109 for the labor alone. So that would come to about 200 too. Well that answers that question. USB...

I'll ask the repair guys tomorrow but I'm afraid it will cost almost as much as I paid for the second one I got on sale for a little over 100. What I should have done is sprayed electronic cleaning spray in there first and then dried it with a hair dryer and see if that worked (I just read...

Thanks, BD. But I use my tablet in my vehicle a lot and I don't know how I could use the wireless charger in the vehicle unless I hooked up the DC-AC converter. And, nice as they are - and it was all the rage just a year or two ago - it seems that all the new tablets are no longer coming with...

It was only charging when I wiggled the USB connector in a certain way. I stuck in the tip of a knife to try to clean things off or something. Bad move. Now it is completely broken. I guess I can still charge it on the wireless charger, but that doesn't work in my vehicle. Luckily I have a...