I bought my wife a Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 a few days before Black Friday (same price as on BF, didn't want to wait hours just to get a free $5 Stylus). Gave it to my wife for Christmas, about a week later it would not charge on the AC Adaptor or my PC (Cable works fine to charge my GS3 in both instances, so cable/adaptor ruled out).
It would start to charge (circle spinning inside a battery displayed on screen, then changed to the charging logo). After a second or 2 the screen would go black for 5-10 seconds, then the whole thing would start over, circle inside battery, charge for like a second, cut out for 5-10 seconds, lather rinse repeat for about 5 minutes before even that would stop. I could not turn on the tablet for even a second. I was able to exchange it and get a new tablet of the same model from the store, and a little over a month later the second tablet is having the SAME problem.
As far as I know, my wife hasn't let it go completely dead, but I've tried every solution I've been able to find on other threads on this forum (Trickle charge, try hard reset, check cable/adaptor/charger) and the darned thing WILL NOT charge.
Is my only option to try to get ANOTHER replacement (would have to be through Samsung this time), or is there a trick I just haven't found yet?
Tablet:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 (Model GT-5210)
16GB + 32GB Lexar Class 10 MicroSDHC
Android 4.2
Not sure if tech specs matter with tablets, but can't hurt.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
It would start to charge (circle spinning inside a battery displayed on screen, then changed to the charging logo). After a second or 2 the screen would go black for 5-10 seconds, then the whole thing would start over, circle inside battery, charge for like a second, cut out for 5-10 seconds, lather rinse repeat for about 5 minutes before even that would stop. I could not turn on the tablet for even a second. I was able to exchange it and get a new tablet of the same model from the store, and a little over a month later the second tablet is having the SAME problem.
As far as I know, my wife hasn't let it go completely dead, but I've tried every solution I've been able to find on other threads on this forum (Trickle charge, try hard reset, check cable/adaptor/charger) and the darned thing WILL NOT charge.
Is my only option to try to get ANOTHER replacement (would have to be through Samsung this time), or is there a trick I just haven't found yet?
Tablet:
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 (Model GT-5210)
16GB + 32GB Lexar Class 10 MicroSDHC
Android 4.2
Not sure if tech specs matter with tablets, but can't hurt.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!