My guess for your boot problem is a faulty battery.....the battery reports a fault, preventing the device booting....if you disconnect the battery and start it, then reattach the battery you bypass the battery check....nice vid as always vince

My gf told me she watches the quick version of Vince's videos. We don't date anymore.

4:25 Welcome back classic Vince lol.

An interesting watch as always. Your soldering skills have come on a treat over the last few months as well.

Glad to see you're back from your hol's and uploading again, looking forward to the vid :)

Vince if I've never heard laughed my heart out.. But when you creaked the screen... I couldn't hold it in... Love your videos the is teaching in them

"If it ain't broke yet, Vince will keep fixing it until it is!" You can have that one for your new T shirt collection. Nearly choked on me cornflakes when you totaled the screen. Epic!

Thanks for asking alexa to give you the weather in Australia Vince, i nearly had a heart attack when my alexa at full volume started giving me the current weather in Australia !!!!!!!!! lol Forgot i left my alexa on full volume, anyway loved the video as always and i'm still impressed with the patience you have, regards :)

Haha when you asked Alexa for the weather in Sydney, you set my Amazon Echo off lol. Good video Vince, as always

Thumbs up for the classic Vince start !

I'm always impressed by your troubleshooting skills. You always are saying you don't know much about this or that but your troubleshooting methods are top-notch. I love watching these until the end and I hope you keep them coming.

Thank you. You are a life saver. My 2 year old got his wet and thanks to you I saved it.

Hej Vince! I'm from Sweden and hope you can read between my bad spelling. Your battery chip is burned but if you fit an switch on the back of your case it won't be a problem, the chip is there for measuring heat and moisture and will fail if it's been wet. By you restarting it every time you will have it work. Thank for another good video!

I Love these Long Version Videos. Go ahead Vince . Nice that you are Back and i hope u had a nice holiday :D

love the colour of this tablet and great video as always

Keep uploading the long versions! - Those are definitely the best! - oh, and get that fire fixed!

Hey Vince, love your videos. But i must be honest i mostly enjoy your PS3, PS 4, xbox console repair videos. The results are most satisfiing.

you can buy the digitiser glass of ebay for about 11 pounds vince

You’ve got a 100 times more patience than me!👍👍👍

You're spoiling us again with all these vids! Shame it couldn't be repaired, but you learnt from this for sure. Those ribbons are a pain, you've got to be so careful with them - just looking at them wrong causes them to break lol. As a few others have said - battery can cause wierd power on issues like you are getting. I've had that too on a tablet (will be uploading the vid soon) - in that case it was just the micro USB port that was the issue.

Yess a long video can’t wait thanks now imma be happy until 11

Thx for the incredible video! So I knew I am not crazy. Mine one has the same problem. (I dropped it once,nothing to do with water damage) Everything looks ok except touch screen - still not moving. I followed every steps and digital looks ok (nothing torn apart) battery is good too. I had to give up that welding / cleaning part) since I do not have that tool. Eventually I put everything back in shape but good to learn more and hope I can still fix it someday ;)

Man...that hurt watching you pull on the screen with the suction cup. When I first opened a Fire 7 a few months ago (was trying to fix 3 that weren't charging anymore for one of my sisters-in-law), I had tried using heat first, thinking it was an adhesive seal, but figured out after trying to pry up the screen that there were clips like the old iPod Video (5th gen iPod). I used a metal pry tool to get down far enough to pop the clips, and all was good after that. I was able to fix the micro USB connectors by bending the individual contacts down so they would be closer to the board, then used the heat gun to reflow them. First time ever attempting to repair a micro USB connector, and got my confidence to try it from your videos, Vince 😃.

I love how you thought you were clever using the sucker Then you became one Hahaha comedy gold Class as always Vince

Great video Vince.

Wow. I am using my 4th tablet by Amazon to watch your videos.

Cheers for the video helped a lot, felt bad for you when the screen cracked. I know that feeling 😕 !

Watching vince feels like being at the doctors. In a good way lol

Good to see you back vince hope hols were good 🙂

YAY! Vince is back!!

Thanks for another interesting video.

Amazing vid Just like always

"It's never the coil" to quote Jessa Jones (at least most of the time. it should measure almost 0 ohms if you test it) it is more likely to be the corrosion on the components nearby the coil not creating the right feedback to allow the brightness to go higher. you should put the board in your ultrasonic cleaner as it will do a better job than just IPA and get to places where your brush can't.

I'm thinking of starting a KZfaq channel along similar lines to yours. The difference being mine would probably be "Dave tries to fix broken things off eBay, fails, loses his temper and smashes it to bits in a variety of ways" I'd watch.

Watching the longer version to help you with the youtube algorithm.

A "Classic Vince Move", hilarious (ROFL)

@mymatevince I'm 99.98 percent positive the battery needs to be replaced. Had the exact same issue with LG phones bootlooping etc. when battery is damaged. Between that, a new digitizer, screen, and sorting out the brightness issue; you'd be better off using it for spares. However, I'd still love to see you repair it. Cheers mate!

any ideas where to buy a screen for the fire 10 tablet 2017? i got it broken and is out of warranty

Thanks, I now know the weather in Australia from my Amazon Dot. lol.

Most of the time he's so admirably patient , but then sometimes he seems to be a bit in a hurry ;)

Vince could it be a chip on the battery , have you tried using your other battery in it ?

From where did you buy your blue silicone pad? Thanks for the video.

You literally are the bestest person to make these sort of videos. I've loved every single one of them

I was right with you on this one.. hand on head when you cracked the screen.. oh well.. it was a good watch and very interesting..

Based on what you were saying around 28:00, could part of the problem booting from battery be the protection circuit on the battery itself going bad? (No idea, just a thought)

Dear Vince ... this is blind shot but .. maybe is auto brightness on, and fire is thinking that is dark (light sensor not working or covered ?) ... Tnx for great content !

i love your video

i missed you VINCE

very interesting and learning diagnosis video and please i thing the power management ned a new ic to be replace and the touched ribon cable.thats is my idea.

All the same was still another good video vince👍🏼

Ive got a question if you don’t mind, when you are removing a small chip just like the one that you did in this video, how do you know its correct orientation when you weld it back into the board? Nice informative video 👍

What make and model is the small laptop you used to show the ebay listing on

When are you gonna get a work bench or a table?

battery may be bad, the battery might not charge properly, check transistors near the charging port if there's any. You can try hooking it up with an external power supply, and see if it's booting from the power button

Vince I wish you would do videos on faulty drones or something like that

Vince, there is a specialized tool for opening tabs, and boot loop normally is fixed by flashing the stock rom back to tab.

Got same situation with Xperia X1 - that was bad battery, propably some security chip prevent system to boot.

Can you please help me which store 🏬 has a Amazon fire 🔥 7 7th generation model #308594 replacement 🔋. I can not find any Walmart or Target?

First thing I would do to a water damaged gadget is to remove battery, dismantle the gadget, clean the corrosion if any, and dry the the board with a hair dryer or do some hot air rework on the major chips and component. When I'm sure that everything moist dried up and cleaned then that's the time I would apply power and try troubleshooting the problem.

hey have you done any VCR videos or have you considered doing some? thanks!

vince man you gotta be more careful with these things they are very delicate

Great video again Vince, thanks for saying Alexa in the video and all 8 of my devices went off at midnight whilst my partner is trying to sleep 😂

shorting pins 1&4 on the usb port=fastboot? Might have to try that on my prepaid android phones, those things are extremely locked down.

Wow that was weird I can’t believe that Amazon tablet is completely not working yeah probably have to take it out and see what’s going on with it I hope you can fix it

Hello, Vince! Don't give up on it! The things that need fixing are very simple to repair (for you). The system isn't booting up because the battery may be dead, the protections chips ARE fried. I've seen from other comments that there is an initial battery check on bootup, and because the battery is dead, you have to skip the process by removing the battery and plugging it back in. The solution: *get a new battery*. The second fault (sorry mate, this one's your fault) Because you cracked the digitizer, It doesn't work anymore. Mate, get a new one. I have seen your video once where you did indeed actually remove the screen from a Nintendo Switch and it still worked, so I have hope in you that you can at the very least get the digitizer to work. It's just glue, nothing else! I wouldn't hesitate to do those repairs on my own if I got such an amazing deal on it. I have found a battery for the tablet here: www.batteryforpc.co.uk/amazon-battery-26S1014-p1776666.htm it's 20 pounds. + 19? pounds for the digitizer 39 pounds? Seems good I guess Keep in mind that you actually *do not need any chip replacement or anything*!

Hi Vince, It wasn't clear in the video if the Fire's battery ever received a full charge? A while ago my cheap little tablet was caught in a "boot loop". The problem was a poor connection & charging cable not putting a full charge on its battery.

Don't feel bad about cracking the screen. My Fire tablet screen got cracked while it was in the "official" Amazon case and it was only dropped onto dirt. The screens in those tablets are super delicate and in my model at least, the whole cracked area stopped responding to touches. They use crap glass, and crap digitizers. Glare at them and they break.

I has a water broke tablet and 2 weeks later, I tried powering it on nf it worked!

Did u find anything out on this tablet? I left mine out in the rain overnight on accident.i could see the water inside it and water bubbles in the screen.i used a hair dryer and a heat gun and tried all the "fixes" on here,I looked it over the inside and a broken speaker wire and I snapped off a thin wire clamp,I'm more or less leaning towards buying or trading for another one after 3 days of working on it

I just fixed my note 4 it had boot loop from time to time. Plus you can the fix glass on that tablet cheap.

My kindle short circuited and won't work now what do I do?

I live in USA and I was wondering where can I find tools to open that

do you fancy trying to fix acer iconia tab 8 w it doesn't charge while the tablet is one but it will when it power off complety let me know if you fancy having a ago got no use for me in this condtion

Do we need to change Vince's nickname from the switch killer to the Kindle Killer??

Hi. Could you please kindly make a digitizer replacement or tear down video for 2019 Amazon fire hd 10. (9th edition tablet) I can't find it anywhere. I bought a digitizer for broken screen on my daughter's tablet but have no video to follow and take it apart. Please help.

Good morning. My Amazon Kindle 7 feel in the water. What is my best option here

Vince kindly advice.. My ps vita fell inside a bucket of water.. It power on but all buttons are not functioning.. How can I bring it back to life...

with these its best to get something like a jimmy tool and sliding it between the plastic back and pushing up on it.

Hmmm, interesting faults. You seemed to have found out the brightness issue, just bodge that one with long wire with silicone sleeve so it doesnt short out. Power issue. Seems that it needs a full discharge to shut down (removing battery). Is a capacitor drawing power when it shouldnt? Maybe the chip on the battery isnt activating until it resets. 1st suggestion would be to try another battery in it as a faulty battery can cause all kinds of issues. 2nd suggestion is buy another fire and make 1 good from 2.

You could at least try and transfer the Audible files and any books from it. Probably make back the cost in free stuff.😜

I believe you can use a mouse and keyboard with a fire. You need an adapter for the usb port to allow a mouse but once you are in, you coould use bluetooth to connect.

I laughing my ass off. Proper content Mate xD

Yer my mate Vice was on holiday he uploaded how to fix a suitcase wheel yesterday

Just out of interest do you follow any anti static rules, so many boards can be instantly destroyed, even the carpet could charge you up..love the videos by the way.

Vince the firestarter... Twisted firestarter

if you watch the video right around the point where you broke the screen you will notice the low battery indicator on the screen and you actually mention that it made a noise. Perhaps a quick charge was all it needed??

:) can you imagine 61A usb charger? THAT would be a dangerous beast :) (i know you corrected yourself Vince :) )

Where ya been vince? On holiday? There was a gap between video uploads

Hey I changed the circuit for the tablet.but the screen just wont turn on

I do love your work but watching you do that with the suction cup was horrific.

These tablets are usually garbage and really cheap Vince. Dont stress yourself out about the crack.

Nice gloves vince. Do you carry a few spare pairs in your purse?

Hey vince can you make a video of how to fix a gamecube controller

What to do if after it falls into the water it stopped charging?

it might be because the digitiser is not connected or the backlight filter

I have a blue amazon fire 8 HD but very hard to charge

Vince breaks screen and ribbon cable! This is what happens when you go away for too long ;)

thank u u gave me a idea to fix my own tablet by the way I'm saniya

„So, im gonna repair this shit!“ *BREAKS SCREEN* „HoLy FuCk WhAt A tErRiBlE sTaRt (0\./0)

Damn.. For the price of a new Battery "or forced refresh on the original" and then replacing the digitizer, say what now? oh yeah and that dimness needs to also be overridden "just wind that conductor into a coil and put some nail varnish on the fark.. err-um that coil, but doing all that me thinks a brand new Device could be had.. Dropped a like hoping a revisit may be around the corner once you jump on buying another broken donor to marry the two.. ;)