N7 Dead - Flashing Light

[BigFoot48]

I turned off my N7 yesterday by closing the cover with the magnet stuff-off feature just as I have done many times, and this morning it won't turn on. Holding down the on button doesn't do anything. So I plug in the power cable (it had 75% charge yesterday) and now when I push the button and hold it for 3 seconds a white light above the plug flashes five times. Never seen this before. Usually when I plug it in the N7 shows up in my Win7 drive list - not today.

So, what's going on here and how to I fix it?

Google is our friend, I think. I found this explanation. As to why the battery drained to zero over night I have no idea.
"When the Nexus 7 (2013) is powered on and nothing happens it means it is completely dead. After it's been charged for a few minutes and the power is turned on, the white LED will blink 5 times. This means the Nexus 7 has power but not enough to power on. Leave it charged for a bit longer and it will have sufficient power to boot up."

 

[Haalcyon]

This thread link may shed some light into what you're seein: Google Groups

Apparently, these Five Blinks of Death (FBoD) can be indicative of a super low battery mode. This may not be your issue at all but it is what I came across while quickly searching. Hopefully, some of our members can shed some more light onto the issue.

 

[BigFoot48]

Yes, after having it plugged for ten minutes now the empty battery icon appears briefly after holding down the button for a few seconds. I've had the magnetic cover for about a month with no previous problems. Other people reporting this problem have not mentioned a mag cover so I'm not sure that is the cause. Will check to see what programs are running when I get it back on.

 

[BigFoot48]

Just got it to boot up now 32 minutes later. Battery is at 5%. BTW I had it in Airport mode when I closed it yesterday. Looking in the Battery setting I see "Mediaserver" as the largest user of power (I assume that's what this indicates) at 44%, with Screen following at 22%, and Lorex Ping (the last thing I used last night - a camera viewing app) at 16% despite closing it when I was done. Remaining five items are all at 3%-5%. They add up to 102%. So I don't know if any of these are significant or not.

 

[Aaron Grinnell]

wow, i thank you sir i have been staring at a N7 for a few days after i replaced the screen and i could only get the blinky light. i thought i had installed it wrong lol.