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xperia tablet z won't charge or turn on

funkymunky82 — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:14:17 GMT

I've had my tablet for a few months the battery drained so I went to plug it in but nothing happened, not even the charging light comes on I've tried all steps including holding down the volume+ and power buttons (the power light flashes twice but doesn't power on) I even tried connecting to my pc using pc companion but I get to step 2.prepare and can't go any further, I've followed all onscreen instructions and I'm ready to throw the tablet at a wall please help as I've not been able to use it for over a month now and it's only 6 months old

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Uliwooly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:19:02 GMT

Connect your tablet to a wall charger > press and hold power & volume up for 10 seconds > let it charge for 2 or 3 hours

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funkymunky82 — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:27:00 GMT

I've tried that the tablet has been plugged into the wall charger for 2 weeks and nothing

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Thommo — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:29:03 GMT

I'm afraid to say that this sounds like your tablet is dead and your only options are to either return your device to the place of purchase or contact Xperia care and have it inspected http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/support/contact-us/

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funkymunky82 — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:05:28 GMT

I've just got off the phone to a very friendly and very helpful customer service girl thanks for the help

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Uliwooly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:33:11 GMT

Keep us updated

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SickofXperia — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:26:00 GMT

His tablet isn't dead. MANY people are having the same issue where it won't turn on or start charging. It will randomly start charging and turning whenever the stupid thing feels like it wants to start charging. A TOTALLY ANNOYING DEVICE! I AM LIVID! I used to trust Sony but after spending this amount of money for a product that started doing this 6 months after buying I will never buy Sony again!

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Hate_SONY200 — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 04:05:35 GMT

I know how you feel man, I lost my cellphone and my tablet, both of which are SONY, their devices , I am not buying this junk again

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Jan714 — Mon, 23 May 2016 21:43:54 GMT

I had dropped mine, sent it to sony and they didn't have a screen for it. Sent it twice after I found a screen, turned out wrong one, so my 500. 00 tablet is now 600,my son's friend actually found one for 218 so now it's 800+ what I paid for him to fix it. I accidentally did power and volume. Up and it wouldn't come on. I did the volume down and power for 2min.and it came on. Thank God, but yesterday the battery died and ive tried everything, volume up volume down reset, nothing is working. I've lost my trust in sony for sure

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DzikaBestia — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 01:28:45 GMT

Hello

I know this a couple years after this problem started

Recently my Xperia Tablet Z did the same thing.

Wasn't used for some time. I tried to power it up - nothing. Tried to charging it. Nothing. At some point red light came on and it didnt do anything doesnt matter if it was charging or not. I heard 3 x blinking red light means batter dead. After i tried every possible combination with buttons I gave up. Next step - taking it appart. Its pretty easy. The back cover comes of after u use small plastic pry tool...and go around the edge. It is glued but easy to peel off. I also used the heat gun (u can use blow dryer) to help a little (but i think that heat gun fixed the whole problem) While doing that heating up the back cover I have noticed that the red light is off. It seemed like the dead battery got little warm and started to work. I pressed the power bottom and now the red light was flashing 3 times (it never did before) So I stopped with taking the tablet apart and connected the charging cable. The red light came back on and my screen turned on showing that it is charging. Problem solved. I know its stupid but I think that battery got so low at some point of not using the tablet ( and the place was cold) that it needed little warming up. Hopefully that helps.

Re: xperia tablet z won't charge or turn on

toaaron — Tue, 29 May 2018 01:29:47 GMT

Solution:

Press Power + Volume Down button for 3 seconds, when you see the light on or flashing, release both buttons, and then press the Power + Volume Down button for another 3 seconds, the device will start booting and charging.

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fakej — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:32:21 GMT

I'm not sure if it's just coincidence or permanent solution but what seemed to work in my case was connecting the tablet to low power source (USB port in PC/mac)

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SonyMakesMeMad — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:16:50 GMT

Just so everyone knows... Unplugged from power... Volume down and power for 3 seconds, light will flash white, maybe do it a 2nd time, I only did it once. The tablet booted and started working. Thanks for the solution toaaron!

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JW1972 — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:18:58 GMT

What did the helpful person on the phone suggest? My Xperia z tablet got totally flat whilst connected via usb in a car. Now red light sometimes flashes, wiggling the cable sometimes has the red light on permanently but nothing displays on the screen. I fear the battery is stuffed beyond repair. The power button / volume suggestions do nothing, nor does connecting via a pc.

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Col1n — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:45:31 GMT

If it's just a problem turning on try pressing the top left corner of the screen (firm pressure but not enough you're going to damage anything) while repeatedly pressing the power button.

Apparently this tablet has a loose switch/board connection.

I had the same issue pretty much from day one of purchase.

Almost tossed in the bin because it decided it didn't like powering up(or down)

Works every time now with this technique.

Still won't ever buy Sony again tho. Build quality is criminal.

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tabequache — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 22:45:33 GMT

I tried everything that I could find on the internet about this subject. Up down buttons and all.

The pressure on the screen near the on/off button did the trick. I plugged it in to charge and pushed my thumb down on this area as hard as I could, and not sure if I heard a click or just the tablet crushing

a bread crumb on the counter, but it worked. Don't give up on Sony.

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ppmkm — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:46:40 GMT

It seems it is not a coincidence. In my case on high power charger it would charge for a while, then try to boot, show the boot screen and then switch off (no charging). On low power port (PC) it won't try to boot immediately and stay charging. Many thanks for the idea.

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scott0304 — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 23:12:35 GMT

so i know this is an old post. i had the same problem tried the same thing everyone else did. then i said forget before i throw it out let me open it up. so i opened it up disconnevted the battery made sure everything was plugged back in. now it turns on and starts charging like nothing ever happened. i bought this tablet back in 2014.

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medzsik — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 06:13:29 GMT

Volume + and main switch combo did the trick for me, thanks (tablet: SGP312)

thanks

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RandyDennison — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:05:01 GMT

Hey it worked for my Experia thanks!!