[Q] Internal Switch in my S Tablet

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Hi,
Ok so I decided to fix an annoying little rattle I had with the battery today. I opened up the 2 screws, slid of the cover and placed a little foam between the battery and chassis. Job done. Then I spotted a switch here

So I switched it (Yes the Tablet was off) and then I switched it back the other way. Put it all back together and attempted to power up. No good. Dead. Held the power button for 10 secs and still nothing. Plugged in the charger and lights flashed then could power it on. The battery was already fully charged and also indicated this when successfully powered on.

SO what did I switch ?

Sony Tablet S 16GB Wifi - rooted

Any one any ideas ?

Do you mean it works when plugged in? but not on battery? If so what percentage charge does it show - maybe try measuring voltage on battery - preferably direct if you can open the case again, or try some soft first - I saw som widgets etc measure voltage, temp etc - I don't use any of them so cannot recommend. I believe setting menu has battery status too but I believe it's just stating its state or something simple like that not the voltage.

It works perfect now, it only didn't switch on the first time till i plugged in the charger. Now it works fine all the time. If you look at the picture the word OFF is printed on the PCB next to the switch. I'm really just curious to know what it switches off.

wtf... could this be like a manual s-off switch?

Would you be able to re-post the picture? It's not showing up for me (could be the work computers though) Or a link perhaps.

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I wanna check this out myself when I get home, but firstly, how deep did you have to go to get to this, and did the rubber feet go straight back in easily and stay inplace well? Don't wanna have them falling out all the time

Here you go

or here too

taking the rubber feet off was a little tricky. I used 2 nail files , one to push the rubbber from the edge of the hole and the other to lift it out. They are quite sticky and go back easily.

Check this out as it might help
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/c...blet-s/6301055

I had a look at the pictures on the link above but still no mention as to what this off switch it for.

There is a switch inside the asus transformer that kind a looks the same and it is for the batery, when your device does not see your batery anymore than you can use the switch to deconnect and connect your batery again without removing it.

When the batery drops under a certain voltage the tablet wont reconize it anymore and than you need to do this.

I think when pulling the switch you"removed" the batery, that is way you had a scary startup after that

Is possible to add a better battery?