Nobody?
Well I'm going to try what's detailed in this guide
https://gist.github.com/TobiasWooldr...ca75190b9a473f
Perhaps it will help someone else if they have this same issue.
If I can't fix it I won't be buying another Amazon product, I think it's ridiculous that they made this device so difficult to repair, especially when it basically self destructed, not to mention the non-replaceable battery.