You said " ''I of course tried holding the power button down for a long time and to try and boot it into the bootloader/recovery screen. Nothing.'' "
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I think that this is the procedure you need to use to get there.
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Is this the procedure you used to get there?
Press and hold ''Volume Down ''and then press and hold ''Power ''(so that both buttons are being held together) until the tablet turns on. You should see the word “start”
Press'' Volume Down ''twice to highlight Recovery Mode.
Press ''Power'' to confirm your selection
Hold down the Power button and press and release the Volume Up button once
Press Volume Down twice to highlight Wipe Data / Factory Reset and press Power to confirm
Press Volume Down seven times to highlight Yes - Erase All User Data.
You say you held the power button down for a long time to get into the recovery mode and nothing happened.
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You said " ''I of course tried holding the power button down for a long time and to try and boot it into the bootloader/recovery screen. Nothing.'' "
I think that this is the procedure you need to use to get there.
Press and hold ''Volume Down ''and then press and hold ''Power ''(so that both buttons are being held together) until the tablet turns on. You should see the word “start”
Press'' Volume Down ''twice to highlight Recovery Mode.
Press ''Power'' to confirm your selection
Hold down the Power button and press and release the Volume Up button once
Press Volume Down twice to highlight Wipe Data / Factory Reset and press Power to confirm
Press Volume Down seven times to highlight Yes - Erase All User Data.
You say you held the power button down for a long time to get into the recovery mode and nothing happened.
I think that this is the procedure you need to use to get there.
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Press and hold ''Volume Down ''and then press and hold ''Power ''until the tablet turns on. You should see the word “start”
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Press and hold ''Volume Down ''and then press and hold ''Power ''(so that both buttons are being held together) until the tablet turns on. You should see the word “start”
Press'' Volume Down ''twice to highlight Recovery Mode.
Press ''Power'' to confirm your selection
Hold down the Power button and press and release the Volume Up button once
Press Volume Down twice to highlight Wipe Data / Factory Reset and press Power to confirm
Press Volume Down seven times to highlight Yes - Erase All User Data.
Hi,
You say you held the power button down to get into the recovery mode and nothing happened.
I think that this is the procedure you need to use to get there.
Press and hold ''Volume Down ''and then press and hold ''Power ''until the tablet turns on. You should see the word “start”
Press'' Volume Down ''twice to highlight Recovery Mode.
Press ''Power'' to confirm your selection
Hold down the Power button and press and release the Volume Up button once
Press Volume Down twice to highlight Wipe Data / Factory Reset and press Power to confirm
Press Volume Down seven times to highlight Yes - Erase All User Data.
Once again, press Power to confirm
After the reset is finished, reboot your device.
https://www.androidpit.com/how-to-reset-the-nexus-7-2013