On Sat, 8 Nov 2014 22:39:06 -0600, Randy Day
wrote:

I was asked by a friend to check out an
Acer A700 tablet. It shows the Acer
screen for about 10 seconds, blanks,
restarts.

Try clearing the cache first. That usually takes care of oddities and
anomalies. It would be useful to know which Android version it's
running.

Buttons and paper clips:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1861092

If you have to reload everything from scratch:
http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26778/~/factory-reset-and-microsd-recovery-on-an-iconia-a210,-a510,-a700-with-jellybean
http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8108/related/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNDE1NTExMTk5L3NpZC9rZVFFWlk2bQ%3D% 3D

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