So I'm trying to help a friend out who's on a pretty fixed income with his bricked Note 8 LTE that follows the same pattern as all the other millions of users have experienced - tablet was on charge, went dead when they returned to it a few hours later. Started with the obvious - swapped the charging port, swapped the battery, tested a plethora of cables and chargers and no luck at all. No lights, no attempt at bootloop or even attempts to boot - nothing.
Here's where my version of things differ though; I have a USB power meter that can read the current levels and draw of whatever as long as it's USB. When I initially hook it up between the tablet and the charger, it reads zero draw at all BUT if I press any of the hardware buttons on the side (so Volume Up, Down, and Power) suddenly there's a tiny bit of power draw from the charger to the tablet which would imply something is alive in there. I've even gone so far as to use a rubber band to hold the power button down and leave it on the charger for a solid 8 hours .
Still no signs of life.
Since I'm at my wits end with this device and have thrown everything I've got at it, I figured I'd reach out to the community for help having noticed this quirky power draw.
Any ideas, anyone?
PS: There was never even so much as sideloaded app on this tablet prior to bricking - completely stock.
Here's where my version of things differ though; I have a USB power meter that can read the current levels and draw of whatever as long as it's USB. When I initially hook it up between the tablet and the charger, it reads zero draw at all BUT if I press any of the hardware buttons on the side (so Volume Up, Down, and Power) suddenly there's a tiny bit of power draw from the charger to the tablet which would imply something is alive in there. I've even gone so far as to use a rubber band to hold the power button down and leave it on the charger for a solid 8 hours .
Still no signs of life.
Since I'm at my wits end with this device and have thrown everything I've got at it, I figured I'd reach out to the community for help having noticed this quirky power draw.
Any ideas, anyone?
PS: There was never even so much as sideloaded app on this tablet prior to bricking - completely stock.
