Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 - Dead Battery Part Deux

So, after pulling the plug between the battery and the mainboard for about 5 minutes, and then doing a hard reset a couple of times as per my very old post, I then trickle charged the tablet all night, then put it back on the cube it came with for another whole night, and then finally tried a new boot, and ... success!  It now runs, and seems to be working as well as ever.  Of course, this is a $160 device from 4 years ago, so I am not too upset about it.  Eventually these devices will be made to e-readers, and will function quite well as such, even if I need to spend $30 each for a new battery.

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