Exactly. I had the same issue where the power button would not work, and I’d have to press and hold, click, try again, etc. Replacing this and making the contact work again was enough. I did this fix a year ago and have had no issues since.

I had the same issue and ordered replacement parts from ifixit. Took 10 minutes to replace and works good as new.

Maybe it is just the circles I run, but any Android hacking/opening still carries the “rooting” connotation, even if it’s not the fundamental access rooting purely refers to.

It runs Android 9

Sorry, I should be more precise - this is post “rooting” the giant Android tablet attached to the damn thing.

https://geekyschmidt.com/2024/07/31/Treadmill-Hacking/

I literally the dane think and broke the exact damn part. 5 minutes on ifixit. Swoon 😍

Lenovo x13s Arm setup with Linux is coming along and can hit those runtimes. Will be slower, but good enough for daily work