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[Q] galaxy nexus power button problem

Ok so iv had my GN for four days now and its developed a problem with the power button.
Sometimes when i try to turn the screen on via the power button it wont respond, at first. It happend last night for the first time, i tried to unlock it and nothing happend, then after trying about 5_6 times it rebooted. Same thing happend this morning.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Does anyone think this could be software or hardware issue?
The phone is completely stock running 4.0.1 on tmoble uk.
Anyones help or opinion would be appreciated.

Try updating to 4.0.2 before you write it off as hardware problem.
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Thought about that but it would mean rooting , my fear is that it becomes permenant , then my warrenty would be void , i did have it on face unlock when this was happening i have now changed to slide and as yet ive had no problem , i will post here if the problem is fixed for anyone who is interested

I thought the stock build is 4.0.2?
Have you tried pinging for an update in the settings menu?
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Rooting is not permanent. You can remove it by delete the SuperUser apk and binary; that's what root is. Or if you're paranoid, flash a stock image.
Then lock the bootloader. Hooray, your device is stock.

mwestendorf said:
I thought the stock build is 4.0.2?
Have you tried pinging for an update in the settings menu?
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yeah several times, and its defo 4.0.1

chirea.mircea said:
Rooting is not permanent. You can remove it by delete the SuperUser apk and binary; that's what root is. Or if you're paranoid, flash a stock image.
Then lock the bootloader. Hooray, your device is stock.
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Yeah i do understand that, my fear is while rooted that the problem becomes permanent (at least for me) then while off for repairs they see that its rooted and tell me to get lost!
Iv had a few problems with this phone like locking up while adding widgets to home screen, locking up half way though a phone call, browser hanging all the time and of course the power button all of which resulting in a battery pull.
Id come to expect this kind of behavior over the last year & 1/2 from my hd2 as it wasnt ment to run android in the first place, but this is a google flagship.
Maybe i just got a dud or maybe its the stock 4.0.1 has anyone on custom rom had any of the above problems?

i think the point is that you can unroot it and they cannot tell the difference that it was ever rooted in the first place. and get your warranty fix.

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i think the point is that you can unroot it and they cannot tell the difference that it was ever rooted in the first place. and get your warranty fix.
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Yes, but his point is if the power button becomes unresponsive while he is attempting to root/unroot the phone then he wont be able to complete the process.
I haven't experienced anything like what you're describing on my Galaxy Nexus, even while I was running 4.0.1. Does the power button only become unresponsive when you're turning the phone on/off? Or does this happen while trying to lock/unlock the phone as well? If it only happens while you're using the face-unlock feature then it could be a software bug and flashing could fix it...
I would call either Samsung or your carrier about it before deciding to root/flash it myself. Perhaps your carrier will just switch it out for another one they have in stock.

I have experienced this problem as well with the power button. I have the GSM version and I haven't received the 4.0.2 update but I did receive the ITL41F update. After about three or four presses of the power button it becomes responsive again. I think you might be getting the resets if you press the power button repeatedly without waiting a few seconds I'm between presses to get it responsive again. I also do not think it is hardware related and may be some kind of software bug. I am waiting patiently for the updates.
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Kinbote said:
Yes, but his point is if the power button becomes unresponsive while he is attempting to root/unroot the phone then he wont be able to complete the process.
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yes thats exatly my point, although i really am leaning toward software as tk123456789 pointed out if i wait a few seconds it will come on though only after i got rid of the face unlock, using face unlock it was a lot worse. Im thinking if it were hadware it would either work or not,
BTW this problem is when i unlock the phone and not when turning it on, i dont think i made that clear.

my power button has stopped working....it only works sometimes but it usually acts like im holding it down....if i pull the battery and put it back in, it boots up by itself and i dont even press anything...idk what to do and im freaking out

I wonder if this is becoming a known problem with Samsung devices. Do me a favor and shake your phone a few times. Try it every now and then until it wakes your phone or the power menu pops up. Means the switch is busted and the contact is floating around. This is what was going on with my Captivate and I haven't found a fix, nor do I want to solder on a new power button.

I left it in rice overnight and now everything is working perfectly! Hopefully it stays that way! It may have gotten wet from my XO skin application! Never ever ever again with a wet apply! NEVER!
Edit: its still doing the same thing again...spoke too soon
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I got my GSM Unlocked Galaxy Nexus from the Play Store two days ago and am experiencing the same issues with the power button. It worked fine for the first 24 hours.
I'm on the phone with Google right now to get a replacement phone which is nice because they're contacting Samsung on my behalf.
(I'm within the 14-day replacement policy for new devices)

Flash manually the official 4.0.4 IMM76I.. And relock your bootloader after that and try.. Thats it
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similar Issue:
I bought a used, rooted Galaxy Nexus. Due to my own (drunken) stupidity not long after my purchase I caused a scratch on the glass covering the display. As I did not want to pay for a out-of-warrenty repair, I left the device as it was.
Some time after, my power button became unresponsive. As it took 3-5 presses to activate the screen I installed the app "PGM Galaxy Nexus" that allows to wake the device with a swipe gesture. Not to long after, the power button stopped responding all together. While researching a permanent solution, my battery died.
In order to be able to use my phone as soon as possible, I brought it to a local (and unfortunately, unauthorized) repair shop. The repair shop tested quicky for any further defects (by plugging the phone into a wall charger - I had done the same at home) and quoted me 50€ for the repair. Some time after, they emailed me that the replacement of the power button did not repair the device. They said however, that the "main power supply IC" is most likely at fault and that a replacement would cost about 120€. As I could not find this chip in the teardown pictures at ifixit, I am not sure if I should invest further trust in the repairshop. In addition and as writen above, charging the device was no problem at all. In fact, I charged the battery that was in my Galaxy Nexus to 100% before bringing it in.
This is where my questions start:
1.: Is a defect of the "main power supply IC" a known defect at all? If there are known defects of the "main power supply IC" are those defects linked to a faulty power button?
2.: Currently, my plan of action is to collect the device and contact Samsung to have it repaired by Samsung itself. Does this mean sending it in? Do they have authorized repair centers like Nokia used to have (NSC) where I could just bring it in?
3.: What might the cost of the repair be? Can it be noticed that the device was opened before? Is root a problem when sending it in for repair?
I would be greatly thankfull for any device and in case I forgot to provide any details, please feel free to ask.
Related Information:
Galaxy Nexus GSM unlocked, bought in Germany
Android 4.2, running no custom firmware but rooted
Purchased by the first owner on 24th March 2012
Running on E+ (simyo) and o2 networks

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Suddenly Stopped Working!

I was using the phone today and the screen suddenly locked up on me. It wouldn't respond to any button presses so I just did a battery pull to reset it. However, the phone won't turn back on now. It doesn't do anything, even when plugged into the charger, the phone doesn't even indicate that it's charging or anything at all. It's like it has been completely bricked.
It was completely stock, never unlocked it or rooted and never installed any custom rom or anything of that nature. I've only had the phone for a couple of months and I'm completely baffled as to what could have happened. It certainly wasn't anything that I did.
Any ideas? Or does anyone have any experience with this type of thing happening to their phone?

So I've left the battery out for over 30 minutes and it still won't turn on. I have an extended battery and the regulary battery that came with the phone and it won't turn on with either battery.
I have also tried the volume down and power button method and that doesn't do anything at all either.
Plugging the phone into the computer with the USB cable also does nothing.

How long have you had the phone. Did you buy it from a store?
.....Clones & Drones.....

Mine did the exact same thing! It was realy weird, however all i did was keep the power button pressed and it rebooted fine.
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ptmr3 said:
How long have you had the phone. Did you buy it from a store?
.....Clones & Drones.....
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I got the phone when it was released and I ordered it online right from Verizon's website.

I hope that you have the warranty from the carrier!

gulmat said:
Mine did the exact same thing! It was realy weird, however all i did was keep the power button pressed and it rebooted fine.
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I wish it was that simple for me.. I held the power button down for over a minute and still, nothing happened. This is really frustrating.

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evolishesh said:
I hope that you have the warranty from the carrier!
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.....Clones & Drones.....

ptmr3 said:
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I'm not sure about that one. I know I don't have insurance thru verizon but isn't there a manufacturer warranty? Like I could get a refurb from verizon instead of a brand new one?
I've never had a smartphone just stop working for no reason at all and I was never really into modding them so I thought I was safe. I guess I was wrong.
Really disappointed in Samsung right now. This is my first nexus device, not sure if I'll get another.. That's totally lame to have a crap product that just stops working for no reason. This is an unmodded phone, completely stock, never been dropped or anything of that sort. The only thing that I did was swap the regular battery out for the extended version.

russ4h said:
I'm not sure about that one. I know I don't have insurance thru verizon but isn't there a manufacturer warranty? Like I could get a refurb from verizon instead of a brand new one?
I've never had a smartphone just stop working for no reason at all and I was never really into modding them so I thought I was safe. I guess I was wrong.
Really disappointed in Samsung right now. This is my first nexus device, not sure if I'll get another.. That's totally lame to have a crap product that just stops working for no reason. This is an unmodded phone, completely stock, never been dropped or anything of that sort. The only thing that I did was swap the regular battery out for the extended version.
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I'd definitely go to Verizon with this. Most definitely manufacturer defect.

Hold down volume up and volume down and the power button. Does it boot into fast boot? Id say if it doesn't do anything then go ahead and call your carrier because its a faulty unit. You can also try plugging it in without a battery and then Inserting the battery. That also saw sends a power up signal to the device. Though I don't know if this trick works on a nexus three. This was an old trick to "jump start" a nexus one that had a faulty power button. But aside from all this, it sounds to me like you've got a faulty unit whether you get it running or not. Probably just need to swap it , sounds like something went pop.
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You should be able to get a refurbished phone.its probably just a manufacturer defect.
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android01 said:
Hold down volume up and volume down and the power button. Does it boot into fast boot? Id say if it doesn't do anything then go ahead and call your carrier because its a faulty unit. You can also try plugging it in without a battery and then Inserting the battery. That also saw sends a power up signal to the device. Though I don't know if this trick works on a nexus three. This was an old trick to "jump start" a nexus one that had a faulty power button. But aside from all this, it sounds to me like you've got a faulty unit whether you get it running or not. Probably just need to swap it , sounds like something went pop.
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Thanks for the tips, I tried the volume up, volume down, and power button method just now and it doesn't do anything. I Also just tried plugging it in and then putting the battery in and nothing as well.
The thing is, I don't have insurance thru Verizon (i.e. the $5 a month thing). Would going to them even benefit me at all? Do you know if they would offer a refurb or something?

The phone has a 1 year warranty on it. You shouldn't have to pay anything but you might just get a refurbished replacement.

I think I had the same thing happen to me a few days ago. However, I have the GSM version that I bought from amazon (thru a third party seller), so no warranty. Yeah, I know. Smart. Also, in my case, I unlocked the bootloader so I could flash the official yakju so I would get updates faster from google. Despite some lagginess with 4.0.2, it had been working great for a month+.
When mine crashed, all I did was press the back button and the screen went crazy and froze up, then started glitching and made a buzzing sound. I pulled the battery and tried a reboot. The Google logo would glitch and "ghost" and then the animation would start, but it was slower and choppy. After a few seconds, it froze and the screen was all low-rez looking and I could see what I can only describe as strange pixelation or scan lines (with a few of them moving from the top of the screen down to the bottom in a continuous loop). The only way to get it to stop was another battery pull.
I tried to use fastboot to get back in and reflash to the original firmware, but I kept getting a usb error (didn't have that when I first unlocked the bootloader using a mac, so not sure what the problem was). Now, the phone won't get passed the Google logo and just sits there for 30+ minutes without making any progress (that I can see). I keep trying to get back into the bootloader using fastboot, but now it won't even do that.
I've contacted Samsung/UK (as that's where mine originated), but don't think I will be getting any help based on their initial response. And, since my bootloader is unlocked, that probably voided the warranty anyway. I have no idea what happened, but it seems like some sort of combination of hardware/software problem. So, basically I'm screwed and out $700.

russ4h said:
Thanks for the tips, I tried the volume up, volume down, and power button method just now and it doesn't do anything. I Also just tried plugging it in and then putting the battery in and nothing as well.
The thing is, I don't have insurance thru Verizon (i.e. the $5 a month thing). Would going to them even benefit me at all? Do you know if they would offer a refurb or something?
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I'd say go contact Verizon and see what they say. If they can't help you out then you gotta contact Samsung and I believe (if my memory serves me right) all their products have a one year warrenty from the day the phone was used. So you should see what they have to say.

Similar thing happened to me, it rebooted itself, as it has been doing quite a bit of lately, and then wouldnt turn on no matter what I did.
Eventually just help the POWER and VOL DOWN button together to reboot, and it worked fine again. I'm completely stock wtf.

tandp74 said:
I think I had the same thing happen to me a few days ago. However, I have the GSM version that I bought from amazon (thru a third party seller), so no warranty. Yeah, I know. Smart. Also, in my case, I unlocked the bootloader so I could flash the official yakju so I would get updates faster from google. Despite some lagginess with 4.0.2, it had been working great for a month+.
When mine crashed, all I did was press the back button and the screen went crazy and froze up, then started glitching and made a buzzing sound. I pulled the battery and tried a reboot. The Google logo would glitch and "ghost" and then the animation would start, but it was slower and choppy. After a few seconds, it froze and the screen was all low-rez looking and I could see what I can only describe as strange pixelation or scan lines (with a few of them moving from the top of the screen down to the bottom in a continuous loop). The only way to get it to stop was another battery pull.
I tried to use fastboot to get back in and reflash to the original firmware, but I kept getting a usb error (didn't have that when I first unlocked the bootloader using a mac, so not sure what the problem was). Now, the phone won't get passed the Google logo and just sits there for 30+ minutes without making any progress (that I can see). I keep trying to get back into the bootloader using fastboot, but now it won't even do that.
I've contacted Samsung/UK (as that's where mine originated), but don't think I will be getting any help based on their initial response. And, since my bootloader is unlocked, that probably voided the warranty anyway. I have no idea what happened, but it seems like some sort of combination of hardware/software problem. So, basically I'm screwed and out $700.
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That's awful man. I've been reading more and more about random reboots happening with this phone and what not.. I just don't know what to think right now, I thought this was supposed to this beast of a phone and now after only a couple of months, it has completely stopped working for no apparent reason at all. Pretty lame, and this has definitely never happened to me before as I always take care of my phones. I just figured that if something were to happen to this phone, it would be from my own doing, just as it has been with every other phone that I've ever owned (ie from modding, from a drop, etc.). Samsung gets a thumbs down from me, I paid a lot of money to get this phone and now I'm going to be stuck with a refurb because they have put out a crap product.
As for you, I wouldn't even tell Samsung that you unlocked it. They probably won't be able to tell if you did or not since the phone won't boot properly. They should offer you a refurb, so you'll be in the same boat as me. I went into Verizon today and that's the best that they could do. I have to wait til Monday for it to come in the mail. I'm stuck without a phone til Monday.

volsey said:
Similar thing happened to me, it rebooted itself, as it has been doing quite a bit of lately, and then wouldnt turn on no matter what I did.
Eventually just help the POWER and VOL DOWN button together to reboot, and it worked fine again. I'm completely stock wtf.
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Yeah, it's looking like this phone has been giving many people similar problems. Samsung must have let a bad batch slip out or something. I was completely stock as well, no unlock, no root, no custom rom, just a plain old basic user here and mine took a dump on me.

Mine does this about every other day and I have to pull the battery and restart, sorry to hear yours won't reboot. Ouch

[Q] possible bricked xperia play

Hello all
i have read through these forums found a range of ideas but have found no specific answer to my problem.
heres a few details (i am not up to scratch on the technical details but will do my best)
a coupe of weeks ago i did something to my phone (rooting i thinkit is called ) where i created a partition on my sd card so i could use the app sdlink. the reason for this was after every app update i was getting low memory and my phone was very sluggish so i wanted to shift it all to that partition. i managed to do this no problem, the phone worked absolutly fine afterwards.
over the weekend i was away and i noticed my phone getting slower, when ever i wanted to take a picture the camera would take ages to load. this just got worse and worse to the point of the screen hardly coming on when i activated it, the only thing that got the screen up was sliding the gamepad open and shut a few times.
it also became extremly sensitive, i could use the screen when i got it back on but the slighest nudge on the slide mechanism and it would go blank.
when i got home i tried the repair open on pc companion and it went completly black.
i have tried this a few times, i have flashed with ftf files i have used SEUS many times and nothing. it will occasionally come on, load up but the slighest touch and it goes blank.
Is the phone usesless?
shall i keep trying? i have rang up my insurance and they will want me to send it to them in a few day, i want to keep trying myself though because the excess i cant really afford to pay at the moment.
Thankyou, any help would be greatly appreciated

That sounds like a hardware fault - something wrong with your screen or a cable. I'm afraid your only option is to get it repaired

well, i am going to have to concede its a hardware problem. my phone rang and i didnt even realise it was on. it showed on my screen i lightly touched it and it went blank but continued to ring. thanyou anyway

try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1252038

If the screen came on, then flipped back off, I highly doubt that process will fix it. You're better off just getting it exchanged.
Did you look into a warranty replacement? The phone, itself, is not quite a year old, so you should still be under warranty. Reverting it to stock using the .ftf process would have gotten rid of root, so your warranty shouldn't be voided anymore.
Edit: Maybe the phone is a year old, but do look into it. You have a year manufacturer's warranty that, unless you got the phone right when it was released, should still be in effect.

xperia play dead!!
my case my xperia play is totally off, its only vibrate whn i press power button. Some days ago my play working perfectly but whn i slide up or down my screen display goes off but my mobile is on & thn i press lock button and thn press unlock the screen, but oneday i was using my mobile and suddenly my mobile display off again at tht time mobile on only screen off thn i pulled out battery and restart my mobile but thr was no luck, my xperia play dead only vibrate. i flash my mobile several time through flashtool but no luck. I think its slider cable issue or may be motherboard, is thr any luck to send my mobile to sony repair center bec i am a secnd owner but no purchase slip or any bill. kindly confim me, is thr any chance that sony repair my mobile???
your early response in this regard will be highly appreciated..

The infamous slider flex cable. Same thing wrong with mine.
I'm starting to think that slider is a faulty design. More and more people are having issues. After taking apart my xplay, I can tell you the way it's designed puts a lot of stress on that cable. The engineers weren't doing their job..
Sony needs to do a warranty extension/recall because of this IMO
Maybe we should all make a petition.

So I have a rooted CDMA xperia play running 2.3.3, my question is is it possible to unlock the bootloader of my phone? Cuase from my reading CDMA xperia plays are unable to have the bootloader unlocked

gagebiddy said:
So I have a rooted CDMA xperia play running 2.3.3, my question is is it possible to unlock the bootloader of my phone? Cuase from my reading CDMA xperia plays are unable to have the bootloader unlocked
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The only way is to pay to have it unlocked

[Q] Should I try to Repair my touchscreen or replace the whole phone?

So it would seem my touch screen is dead for good. I wanted to try the latest aokp build but after it booted I couldn't select which launcher to use. I flashed back 2.3.3 with flashtool this morning but I still can only use the hardware buttons. If it weren't for the gamepad I wouldn't have been able to activate it, but it doesn't matter now.
I'm wondering if other people have had this problem if I could buy a new digitizer and fix it?
Does buying new digitizer fix it for good?
Is it easy to screw up my phone more when I open it?
Anyone try to replace parts on their xplay and notice werid bugs after closing it up?
I've had this happen be4 but flashing back to 2.3.3 fixed it, the only things I've done is unlocked the bootloader via testpoint with Aljerismo's help (sry I can't spell his name). An flash a couple roms, kinda sad and mad at the same time to have such giant hardware failure after 8-9 months of having my first android .

i have changed a digitizer about 4 times on 3 different xperia plays and noticed the proximity sensor never worked after replacing, like if i put the phone to my ear when in call the screen goes black and when i remove it from my ear its still black.
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I actually find that to be annoying so I don't mind if I lose that. If I get a another phone, a new xplay to replace my broken one. Is it un-rootable or only if I don't unlock the bootloader? I'm not sure if I'm covered for a fully replacement but I should be.....
btw around 1 EST I pulled the battery to reboot again see if did any thing and it fixed it! After trying it at home this morning I got it back at school only to loose it now when I rooted it by flashing SU.

[Q] Stuck on Android screen

I bought this tablet as a gift sometime in May of 2012. It was a refurbed unit but worked flawlessly since then. This morning, it was left turned on, as it always is, and when we returned to it later in the day it was off.
It was turned back on, booted past the Acer screen and stopped on the Android screen. It just keeps looking like its loading, but nothing happens. It was left on the charger for a while to see if maybe that helped but nothing. It turns off if the power button is held and we even tried the reset button only to keep coming back to the Android screen.
I would suspect the mother board failure that seems to be plaguing these things but those only get to the Acer screen. This one is getting to the Android screen atleast.
The tablet is COMPLETELY stock. Stock OTA ICS ROM, stock recovery, stock everything. I haven't flashed anything to it, no new apps were installed recently. Is it possible to recover the tablet back to its former self? I figured I would ask if there was anything I could possibly do before trying a hard reset.
I've used adb and all that for rooting and flashing ROMs on my phones before, so I would be comfortable doing so on the A100 if I have to but I'm assuming a hard reset will be the only choice at the moment.
Thanks!

hkt03 said:
I bought this tablet as a gift sometime in May of 2012. It was a refurbed unit but worked flawlessly since then. This morning, it was left turned on, as it always is, and when we returned to it later in the day it was off.
It was turned back on, booted past the Acer screen and stopped on the Android screen. It just keeps looking like its loading, but nothing happens. It was left on the charger for a while to see if maybe that helped but nothing. It turns off if the power button is held and we even tried the reset button only to keep coming back to the Android screen.
I would suspect the mother board failure that seems to be plaguing these things but those only get to the Acer screen. This one is getting to the Android screen atleast.
The tablet is COMPLETELY stock. Stock OTA ICS ROM, stock recovery, stock everything. I haven't flashed anything to it, no new apps were installed recently. Is it possible to recover the tablet back to its former self? I figured I would ask if there was anything I could possibly do before trying a hard reset.
I've used adb and all that for rooting and flashing ROMs on my phones before, so I would be comfortable doing so on the A100 if I have to but I'm assuming a hard reset will be the only choice at the moment.
Thanks!
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Hard reset and pray. If that doesn't do it, I'm not sure acer will work with it as a refurb.
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pio_masaki said:
Hard reset and pray. If that doesn't do it, I'm not sure acer will work with it as a refurb.
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that's what I was afraid of, was just hoping there was hope haha
thanks