ICS !! LMAO, only kidding.
I see many of you saying in many instances you needed to do a battery pull for whatever reason.
You guys know that holding the power button down for about 30 seconds is the same as a battery pull right?
This works even when your phone is totally frozen and unresponsive. I personally have known this since I had my vibrant, and have used this method several times on my GS2. I think its most Sammy phones..
anyways,, hope this helps you guys,
Its amazing how many people don't know this. Always saying how they hate having to do battery pulls and it sucks having to take out your case...yadda yadda.
But more realistically it is only 10 seconds of holding down power button: )
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Yeah I know. Kills me so I figure why not re. - let people know. Lol
I said 30 seconds for those who would hold it for 3 and say it didn't work for them.
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ICS !! LMAO, only kidding.
I see many of you saying in many instances you needed to do a battery pull for whatever reason.
You guys know that holding the power button down for about 30 seconds is the same as a battery pull right?
This works even when your phone is totally frozen and unresponsive. I personally have known this since I had my vibrant, and have used this method several times on my GS3. I think its most Sammy phones..
anyways,, hope this helps you guys,
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Think you meant gs2 lol...other than a very good post ppl need to learn this pulling the battery isnt good.
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Think you meant gs2 lol...other than a very good post ppl need to learn this pulling the battery isnt good.
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HAHA.. fixed. yeah i meant gs2
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HAHA.. fixed. yeah i meant gs2
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yeah i was like damn how did he get the s3 when it isnt even released yet..lol
Doesn't work in. all cases...i've known about the long press...however mine randomly goes black...whether while on it or sitting in my pocket...I'll try powering it up with no response..long press beyond 30 sec with nothing... I can't do anything unless I physically pull out the battery.
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Doesn't work in. all cases...i've known about the long press...however mine randomly goes black...whether while on it or sitting in my pocket...I'll try powering it up with no response..long press beyond 30 sec with nothing... I can't do anything unless I physically pull out the battery.
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Then your not holding it long enough.
And I'm not trying to sound like that reads.. but this is the same as a battery pull. Its built into the hardware. It always works. Bottom line.
Hell I didn't know about it (maybe cause its my first samsung) and yeah I hate taking my case off lol but now I know :thumbup:
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So how do I take screenshots in ICS again??
Press power and volume down simultaneously for a second or two.
Why?
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Press power and volume down simultaneously for a second or two.
Why?
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It was a joke hopefully some will get it
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It was a joke hopefully some will get it
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I could tell it was a joke
mostly because of the
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It was a joke hopefully some will get it
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Oh.. haha. Well I don't get it.. lol.
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jim93 said:
It was a joke hopefully some will get it
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I could tell it was a joke because you're Jim
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PJcastaldo said:
Then your not holding it long enough.
And I'm not trying to sound like that reads.. but this is the same as a battery pull. Its built into the hardware. It always works. Bottom line.
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Bro I could hold it for 5 min and its unresponsive no joke...have gone thru it many times and was pissed when long press wouldn't work..the phone locks up randomly, like atleast once a week. Nothing but a battery pull, waiting about 20 sec then putting it back in and then it'll start up.
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Just FYI guys..Its true for any modern device, phones, laptops, computers, GPS, etc all power off forcefully if you keep holding the power switch for some seconds. Its basically fail safe switch since many devices don't have removable battery anymore..
Lol. Yep I though I was the only one who didn't know I figured it out the day I rooted my GS2 back in November when I was in download mode. Got cold feet couldn't pull the battery do I hold the power button and wala. This is my fist Samsung smart phone coming from Hd2 and maybe my last until GS4 LOL.
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I didn't know this tech either, pretty cool. I haven't really had to do a battery pull anyhow, phone has been running smooth on juggs since day 1 (which isn't that long ago).
This is useful for people who has a case that takes time to remove it, especially 2-step ones (like me). It saves me time by using this force shutdown method.
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Why bother taking your case off, or wearing out the battery cover clips, or move more the necessarily?
This has never failed me.
Yes. To be honest, though, I always thought that it was power+volume up.
nope, just one button.
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nope, just one button.
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Good to know. Might give my volume buttons another couple minutes of life in the long run...haha
and knowing is half the battle...
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and knowing is half the battle...
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G.I. Joooooooooe!
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did not know that
I actually just assumed it did.. Every other piece of computer technology I own does this.
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I don't believe you
Holding it down for around 10 seconds will also do a soft reboot.
You can also open up your dialer and punch in *#350# to do a full reboot.
Thanks for the tip, as a new E4GT and Droid user all these tips and tricks are helpful!
you would think this would be a universal feature on all electronics by now.
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Why bother taking your case off, or wearing out the battery cover clips, or move more the necessarily?
This has never failed me.
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Wait, what? This is news to people? Every phone and computer I've ever owned does this. And it's listed in the manual for our phone. I'm sorry, is this supposed to be a joke I'm missing or something?
I'm sure it's to inform people who didn't know.
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beezar said:
Wait, what? This is news to people? Every phone and computer I've ever owned does this. And it's listed in the manual for our phone. I'm sorry, is this supposed to be a joke I'm missing or something?
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When people are shocked that you can "quickly and easily" adjust the brightness of your screen by sliding your finger across the notification menu, then yes, this is definitely ground-breaking news.
Any owner's manual typically holds a few nuggets of awesome like this.
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G.I. Joooooooooe!
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I thought I would be the only one to get that reference! Lol
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Considering Netflix locks the phone up all the time, yes, I knew this day 1.
Is this for real?
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I thought I would be the only one to get that reference! Lol
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Mr. Body Massage machine, GO!
there is so many little things this phone can do that completely amaze me lol still finding out more to, coming from a samsung moment
I cannot turn on my phone at all, the Samsung logo comes up, screen blacks out and the phone just vibrates once every couple of seconds. If I'm lucky the phone will sometimes boot up but freezes and turns back off. It's nearly impossible for me to boot into recovery and do anything as the phone shuts off seconds later. Anyone have any advice, I've looked all over and only found one other person with this problem and no fix
Are you doing the combo correctly, release power after vibrate continue holding volume keys? Did you drop the phone causing this? Try pulling battery first then try recovery
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Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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Someone on here recently had the same problem.. It ended up being a faulty power button..
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Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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Lmao great minds think alike
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Lmao great minds think alike
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Or we are both spending way to much time on XDA!
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Or we are both spending way to much time on XDA!
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I hate to say it but your right.. I got the Android app and I compulsively check it all day.. Lol. Time to find a new hobby I guess lol
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I hate to say it but your right.. I got the Android app and I compulsively check it all day.. Lol. Time to find a new hobby I guess lol
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Now that I'm playing around with it, it makes perfect sense that its the power button. Thanks guys
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Thats exactly what was wrong with mine. I just got it exchanged
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I had this issue before. Battery was completely dead. I just charge for a while and it was fine. Same also happened to a friends and she let hers charge and it was fine.
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Thats exactly what was wrong with mine. I just got it exchanged
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I'm guessing that it's a fairly common thing
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I cannot turn on my phone at all, the Samsung logo comes up, screen blacks out and the phone just vibrates once every couple of seconds. If I'm lucky the phone will sometimes boot up but freezes and turns back off. It's nearly impossible for me to boot into recovery and do anything as the phone shuts off seconds later. Anyone have any advice, I've looked all over and only found one other person with this problem and no fix
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yea im having the same problem with my phone and its for sure not the battery or the power button.
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FloggingChamp said:
yea im having the same problem with my phone and its for sure not the battery or the power button.
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i also tried running unbrick on it and that didnt do it either
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Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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yeah, that thread had helpful info. i tried the one guy's suggestion of gently working a tiny flat-head screwdriver around the power button, and it fixed my issue.
hopefully it won't come back too often, but at least i know what it is (faulty power button) and can send it in for repairs if need be. at this point, i'm just relieved i have another chance to backup my data!
well, the issue came back, and working a screw driver around the button isn't solving the problem. it'll go away for a very short period of time, and then come back.
more recently, i've started losing settings for open apps when the phone reboots randomly. freaking awesome. just lost my handcent settings, and can't figure out where the config file/db is so i can restore it from a backup. looks like i'll have to spend another hour or more fully customizing the blasted thing again.
Its gotta be a bad motherboard I had same issue and Samsung warranty it out and fixed it for free or you can find em on eBay i just bought a used one for 90 and works perfect
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Power button could be stuck again. I fixed mine my flicking it with my finger every second and finally my phone would start up again. Guess screw driver would have been easier, haha. Would work for a month then the same issue would start again. Do you happen to use a D30 case?
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I had the same problem because I used the d30 case haha
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Since December I've been running CM10 on my GS-III with little to no issues. I flash CM 10.1 mid January and even though it was an unstable nightly it was very stable.
Flashing the nightlies as they became available with no issues at all.
Then today my phone starts slowing down and froze up.
Keep in mind that I hadn't flashed a nightly in like a day or 2 do I had been using the past nightly as a daily driver.
When my phone decided to freeze I rebooted it and it booted just fine.
About 2 minutes in the screen goes black. Holding the power button it's unresponsive.
Now my phone is completely unresponsive to all button presses. I've tried the 3 button combos for recovery and download mode with no luck. I've even held the buttons for a full minute but nothing is working.
Is my phone dead or is there a possibility of resurrecting it?
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Are you positive the battery hasn't died. That would be the first thing I would check. Even if it showed it was charging doesn't mean the battery is good. I'm not trying to be insulting either by asking this. I'm a equipment tech at a large semiconductor company and you wouldn't believe the number of times the fix was as simple as turning a breaker back on when another tech wanted to replace something major. #1 rule of troubleshooting: Is there power. #2 rule: Double check rule #1. Sounds silly, but it is the easiest thing to overlook. Good luck and I hope it's as simple as a battery.
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Are you positive the battery hasn't died. That would be the first thing I would check. Even if it showed it was charging doesn't mean the battery is good. I'm not trying to be insulting either by asking this. I'm a equipment tech at a large semiconductor company and you wouldn't believe the number of times the fix was as simple as turning a breaker back on when another tech wanted to replace something major. #1 rule of troubleshooting: Is there power. #2 rule: Double check rule #1. Sounds silly, but it is the easiest thing to overlook. Good luck and I hope it's as simple as a battery.
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No you're not insulting by asking that. I use to record music and when something wasn't wasn't working that's the first thing we asked and re asked.
Unfortunately I do believe I checked that out. When I plug in a charger it doesn't even show me a battery charging logo.
I have noticed that when I pull out the battery and connect the charger the led turns red.
I'll see if i can't swap batteries with one of my friends and see if that helps.
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Can adb on your pc detect your phone by any chance ? I do not want to scare you but hopefully your not having a motherboard failure or a sudden death :/
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shahkam said:
Can adb on your pc detect your phone by any chance ? I do not want to scare you but hopefully your not having a motherboard failure or a sudden death :/
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I'm checking that right now
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Well unfortunately there's no response from adb or phone.
However the computer does make a usb device connected sound.
Not sure if that's just a standard sound from the computer or if the phone is triggering it.
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Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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This.
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Android_Monsters said:
Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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This.
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I have tried the 3 button combos for T-Mobiles variant of the GS-III with no luck either.... I even tried making a jig and didn't have much luck....
Next step is to buy a jig and see if that works
Thankfully I got a replacement GS-III from insurance. So I'm content... Also since I get to keep the other GS-III as well it feels even nicer.
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I have tried the 3 button combos for T-Mobiles variant of the GS-III with no luck either.... I even tried making a jig and didn't have much luck....
Next step is to buy a jig and see if that works
Thankfully I got a replacement GS-III from insurance. So I'm content... Also since I get to keep the other GS-III as well it feels even nicer.
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A usb jig should do it most of the time it do work and if it doesn't oh well you could sell it out for parts i guess ?
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You would probably make most of your back if you sold it for spare parts and may only have to pay $50 for a replacement. Good luck!
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I'm not sure I understand how a jig is going to help him when the phone won't turn on.
I would try another battery first. You said you were going to try this but I don't see where you confirmed that it wasn't the issue.
Hmm you could have ran into that now infamous mb crash and burn error although I'm not sure how since you were running aosp. Anyone else want to chime in?
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If the battery truly died plugging it in won't be any help
Try another battery, I'm betting that's the issue. T-Mobile will have one or two on hand in store so you can try
Hopefully I will be able to get my hands on a spare battery to test this with as soon as I'm off work.
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Yeah first of lets make sure its not the battery and the jig forces the phone to boot into download mode if im not mistaken.. It is intended for users having similar issues / unresponsive devices...
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Yeah first of lets make sure its not the battery and the jig forces the phone to boot into download mode if im not mistaken.. It is intended for users having similar issues / unresponsive devices...
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Well unfortunately the spare battery i used on my phone was no good in getting the phone to respond.
Now my next step is to attempt to hope that the jig will do something for my phone.
If not i guess that i will have a nice paper weight of luxury lol
Either that or i can sell it to someone.
So far those are the only options that i think i have at the moment.
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Flash STOCK or different ROM (Don't forget kernel too) think the issue is with the Cyanogenmod, mine did something similar, when screen went dark it took literally 5-10 Power button presses to wake the phone up, sometimes it wouldn't respond, other soft keys only would light up, Make backup, Wipe, install, check everything, that what I would do
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Flash STOCK or different ROM (Don't forget kernel too) think the issue is with the Cyanogenmod, mine did something similar, when screen went dark it took literally 5-10 Power button presses to wake the phone up, sometimes it wouldn't respond, other soft keys only would light up, Make backup, Wipe, install, check everything, that what I would do
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He cannot flash anything his phone doesn't answer to anything i don't see how he could do that..
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The phone is dead. My friend's gs3 died suddenly one day while I just happen to be using it. I plugged in an otg plug and few minutes later the screen just went black. I was sure it was dead when I plug in a charger and there was no sign of life from the phone.
I don't know if you have to pay a deductible but Samsung is supposedly replacing galaxy s3 for free because there is a known defect which cause the motherboard to go bad. My friend's was a Verizon model and they just replaced it free.
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I am not new to rooting, but I have a pretty serious problem it seems. No matter what mode I boot into (download, recovery, OS), the phone just shuts off after about 10 seconds. Obviously this makes restoring anything impossible.
This is my brothers phone, and at first I thought it might be the battery, so I tried mine (i have the same phone), but it does the same thing. Also does it if plugged in. The phone is rooted, on a recent CM10.1.2 build, but this just happened out of the blue, not after a flash or anything.
Any ideas? Or is the phone toast?
Could it be the power button getting stuck down? A Few others have had that happen.
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Could it be the power button getting stuck down? A Few others have had that happen.
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I'm not 100% sure that's what it was, but slamming in on the table a few times seemed to fix it (at least temporarily). Also, it was turning itself on after a battery pull and reinsert, so that makes a lot of sense.
Thanks a ton for your help!
Lol! I've fixed VCRs, CD players and all sorts of things with that method! Glad it worked for you!
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I have the same exact problem for my galaxy s3. I opened up mine and took the button out and it is still doing the 10 second shutdown. I think it's the power switch on the motherboard. Does that sound correct anyone ?????
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I have the same exact problem for my galaxy s3. I opened up mine and took the button out and it is still doing the 10 second shutdown. I think it's the power switch on the motherboard. Does that sound correct anyone ?????
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Could be...
I think s good test for this is to remove/replace the battery and if it turns on on its own after putting the battery back in, its likely a power button related issue.
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I was on twrp on my rooted htc one and i did a system reboot from twrp and it shut down and it wont turn back on. The led doesnt even light up anymore. I dont know what to do or how to resolve this pleaseeee help!!
What happens when you plug it in?
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What happens when you plug it in?
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Nothing happens, the led doesnt even turn on...
Try this: plug in the phone, hold power and volume up and down for anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes and see if that works. When I got my One it was completely dead, no charge light, nothing. I was all set to return it when I found this solution in a help discussion thread. Took mine about 2 and a half minutes but it turned on.
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Try this: plug in the phone, hold power and volume up and down for anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes and see if that works. When I got my One it was completely dead, no charge light, nothing. I was all set to return it when I found this solution in a help discussion thread. Took mine about 2 and a half minutes but it turned on.
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I tried it with both volume up and down and still nothing?? Do you know if its common for things like this to happen or other problems occurring when a system reboot on twrp is done?
Did you do all three at the same time? That and the amount of time that you keep them pressed is the key here. Supposedly it resets the battery. No idea about the TWRP angle.
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Did you do all three at the same time? That and the amount of time that you keep them pressed is the key here. Supposedly it resets the battery. No idea about the TWRP angle.
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Yea i just tried both of em at the same time still nothing, ill keep trying though. And also im awake that rooting a phone voids the warranty but if im not able to even turn on the phone my provider most likely cannot either so do you think I could go get a new one if this problem persists??
If you're going to take it into a store, I'd think you're chances are pretty good that they'll give you a new one. Provided ,of course, that it's within whatever the return period is.
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If you're going to take it into a store, I'd think you're chances are pretty good that they'll give you a new one. Provided ,of course, that it's within whatever the return period is.
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Okay thanks for the help! Ill keep trying to restart my battery and if that doesnt work ill guess ill have to go and try to get a new one. Thanks again though!
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Okay thanks for the help! Ill keep trying to restart my battery and if that doesnt work ill guess ill have to go and try to get a new one. Thanks again though!
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Plug your phone in and hold it under a bright light and power it on
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Yea i just tried both
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I just want to clear something up, forgive me if this seems redundant, but...
"Both" generally implies 2. Did you press all *3* buttons at the same time for at least 5 minutes? Power, volume up, and volume down?
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I just want to clear something up, forgive me if this seems redundant, but...
"Both" generally implies 2. Did you press all *3* buttons at the same time for at least 5 minutes? Power, volume up, and volume down?
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it seems that he doesn't understand both volume up + volume down need to be help down.
is kinda hard to explain.
sorry in advance if this isn't the issue.
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I just want to clear something up, forgive me if this seems redundant, but...
"Both" generally implies 2. Did you press all *3* buttons at the same time for at least 5 minutes? Power, volume up, and volume down?
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phone wont charge or turn on.
Hi,
I am having the same problem with my new HTC ONE. The phone ran out of battery so died, but wouldn't charge again - the charge light didnt come on, and so it won't turn on anymore. I didn't use twrp.
However I sent it to HTC Repair as they said it can be fixed under warranty and they sent it back to me in 10 days but it still didn't work. So I called up and they said send it to them again and now they said its a damage not under warranty. So they want £264 for repair! or £26 to return it. What should I do?
Is there any chance they'll fix it for free or shall I just pay £26 and try get it fixed elsewhere? I read online about how awful the customer service for the repair centre is but now its too late, they may have already purposely damaged my phone :'( I am so sad