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Comment author: CronoDAS 15 February 2016 06:33:59PM *  2 points [-]

Okay, stupid and off-topic question:

I want to get a tablet for a Small Child so she doesn't keep bugging me for mine. The one I got her for her birthday broke in an unexpected manner: The glass is not damaged but the screen is displaying black lines and similar garbage. (It was also working at the beginning of a car ride and failed at the end of it - it couldn't have fallen onto a hard surface.) So I'm looking for a tablet that 1) has access to the apps on the Google Play store I've already bought for her; 2) can survive a tumble down a flight of stairs or being thrown onto uneven asphalt and 3) is as cheap as possible while still meeting criteria 1 and 2. Suggestions?

(She's managed to crack the glass on my iPad once - an iPad without a rugged case is not sturdy enough to survive the abuse I expect this thing to have to take.)

Comment author: bogus 16 February 2016 04:33:44AM *  0 points [-]

There are "rugged" tablets for sale but they don't come cheap. OTOH, the failure mode for your tablet suggest that it could be easy to fix by just opening it up and making sure that the internal screen connector is plugged in correctly. Can you find a teardown guide for it on iFixit?

Comment author: CronoDAS 16 February 2016 03:48:54PM *  0 points [-]

It also doesn't seem to be booting up properly either - I don't see the logo when I turn it on. :(