How To Upgrade Your Google Asus Nexus 7 2012 Android Tablet To 32gb Easily And Cheaply

Hi,

Over the past few months I've been selling a lot of refurbished and updated replacement Nexus 7 2012 16gb motherboards and hardly any 32gb motherboards.  Now you may not think this is strange, if your 16gb motherboard gets hit by the deadline Android 5 upgrade lockout bug, then you'd naturally replace it with another 16gb board.

But its a really crazy thing to do.

The thing is, all the 8gb, 16gb and 32gb motherboards in the Nexus 7 2012 are plug and play slot and connector compatible.  The only difference is the amount of RAM storage on the motherboard.

What this means is that if you 8gb, 16gb or 32gb motherboard dies or locks up, you can purchase one of my fully rested and updated 32gb motherboards and plug it in.

It isn't a difficult task if you are a suitably competent technical person, and to make thing even easier I have posted a whole list of 'How I Do It' videos on the fixed1t Nexus 7 Youtube playlist, the link is below:

Nexus 7 And Other Tablets Hardware Fixes Playlist - by #fixed1tNexus7repair

The difference in price between the 16gb and the 32gb motherboard is marginal and if you are opening the tablet it makes sense to upgrade at the same time, doesn't it?

I sell a range of replacement, reconditioned, Nexus 7 parts on my fixed1t eBay pages, the link is below.

Click Here To Find The fixed1t Nexus 7 2012 Parts On eBay

Thanks for reading.

fixed1t

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Removing A Working Nexus 7 LCD From A Cracked Digitiser - Part 2

This is Part 2 of a video about Seperating Nexus 7 1st Generation Working LCD From Broken Digitiser so the LCD can be re-used with a New Touchscreen digitiser to repair the Nexus 7.  Due to the difficulties in performing this task and the fragile nature of the LCD I recommend watching Part 1 before Watching Part 2, and watching both before considering it.

Once its removed, then I begin the simple process of removing the awful glue off the LCD screen.

This is covered in the following blog entry:

How I Removed The LOCA Glue from Working Nexus 7 LCD Display In 5 Minutes

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Removing A Working Nexus 7 2012 LCD From A Cracked Digitiser

This is a Must Watch Nexus 7 Fix Video showing:

How To Separate and Reclaim a Nexus 7 Working LCD From A Cracked And Broken Digitiser.

The video is in two parts, this is Part 1.

Removing A Working Nexus 7 LCD From A Cracked Digitiser - Part 1 

This video is purely for educational purposes to show how I successfully remove, the broken digitiser from the working LCD screen without destroying it.  If you undertake this task it is entirely at your on risk and your responsibility, I accept no responsibility for what you do.

This is a delicate operation to perform and the slightest error will result in the destruction of the LCD.

This is the link to Part 2

 I recommend watch both parts before this.

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Removing LOCA Glue From A Nexus 7 - How I Make The LOCA Removing Putty

+furr Thanks for the great comment, I've always been good at removing all those awful sticky labels manufacturers put on things, and using solvents always seemed to be a messy process. What I realised from the labels etc was that the best glue for removing it was the glue itself. So having purchased and tried all manner of expensive specialist solvents without success, I made myself a Tea and sat there picking at the screen, and the glue stuck to my finger, when I pulled it off, 

Picture of the UV glue sticking to my fingers and itself

some of the glue remained on my finger and there was a patch missing on the glass, So I tapped again, and glue attached itself to the glue on my finger and more came off the glass. Then it dawned on me that this was no different from the label glue problem, and within a few minuets the glue was coming off quickly.

“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” 
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

It seems its the same for awful glue on a Nexus screen, the answer was literally staring me in the face as I looked at the screen.



The other thing was 'determination' not to fail and to keep trying.

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How To Separate A Nexus 7 2012 Working LCD From A Cracked Digitiser screen - complete instructions

After a number of recent questions from Subscribers to my fixed1t Nexus 7 Youtube Playlist asking how I separate a Working LCD on a Nexus 7 2012 from its  smashed glued on Touchscreen, I decided to spill the beans.  If you have a Nexus 7 with a cracked screen and want to buy a replacement Digitiser and use your existing working LCD, rather than pay £39+ shipping or $60+ for the LCD Digitiser unit, then here is how I do it every few days.

The answer is in two parts and consists of 2 x videos, to make things simple the videos have links embedded in them to link to their opposite number.  

Video 1: How To Separate A Nexus 7 Working LCD From Broken Digitiser Part 1 

Explains what equipment I use and the set up I use to undertake the separation.

Video 2: How To Separate A Nexus 7 Working LCD From Broken Digitiser Part 2 

Shows exactly how I separate the LCD from the Digitiser, and test it.

Also once the LCD has been successfully separated from the Digitiser, then the funs begins or trying to remove the awful Nexus 7 LOCA glue from the LCD without destroying it.  Normal LOCA Glue Remover as advertised on eBay etc, won't shift it, neither will Isopropyl ALCOHOL, not Acetone.  The only real way to shift it is be using the fixed1t Nexus 7 LOCA glue removing putty, which comes free when the split the Nexus 7 LCD from the Digitiser.

Video 3: Removing UV Glue LOCA from Working LCD Display of a Nexus 7 In 5 Minutes 

Video 4: Removing LOCA Glue From A Nexus 7 - How I Make The LOCA Removing Putty

If planning to undertake this task then I recommend watching all 4 x videos through completely at least once, this is a 'One Chance' task and if a mistake is made then the LCD Display could get broken requiring the more expensive Touchscreen+LCD unit to be purchased.

If you find the videos useful or helpful please like, thumbs up and share them with others.

Regards Malcolm (aka fixed1t)

How To Remove A Cracked Nexus 7 Digitiser from a Working LCD Part 2

Okay 2 videos created How to separate the Working LCD from the smashed Digitiser on a Nexus 7 from start to clean working LCD. It's all linked to my two glue removal videos, make sure you watch them completely for tips before commencing, it may save your an expensive cracked LCD :-) 

How To Remove A Cracked Nexus 7 Digitiser from a Working LCD Part 1

Must Watch How To Separate A Nexus 7 Working LCD From Broken Digitiser Video : Part 1 #fixed1tfix




Part 2 will follow later today.

Please post any questions or comments on this process to the blog, if you find the video useful please leave a comment, like and give it a thumbs up.

If it saves you money, you may also want to consider giving a small paypal donation, these videos take a lot of time and effort to make.

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