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[Q] Can't get into recovery, phone is constantly force closing setup wizard

Ok so I installed Liquid Smooths new beta rom, it was running fine but didn't have GAPPS, so i went and flashed GAPPS and now my phone is stuck......
When it loads the rom it keeps saying "unfortunetly setup wizard has stopped working" i keep clicking ok but the same message keeps popping up over and over again.....
I have tried the vol down, powre and home button to get into recovery but all it does is turn off the phone
Pulled battery and tried holding VOL DOWN+power to get intro recover but all it does is vibrate every few seconds.....
I am stuck and have been trying to get my phone operational for three hours, anyone care to help me? I have tried ADB but it cant find my device and i can't get into the settings of my phone to turn on debugging mode

raul602 said:
Ok so I installed Liquid Smooths new beta rom, it was running fine but didn't have GAPPS, so i went and flashed GAPPS and now my phone is stuck......
When it loads the rom it keeps saying "unfortunetly setup wizard has stopped working" i keep clicking ok but the same message keeps popping up over and over again.....
I have tried the vol down, powre and home button to get into recovery but all it does is turn off the phone
Pulled battery and tried holding VOL DOWN+power to get intro recover but all it does is vibrate every few seconds.....
I am stuck and have been trying to get my phone operational for three hours, anyone care to help me? I have tried ADB but it cant find my device and i can't get into the settings of my phone to turn on debugging mode
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First, did you flash the correct gapps? You have to make sure what you are flashing is correct for the ROM before you flash it.
Second, you need to turn the phone off, then press power + volume up + home until it vibrates and then release to access recovery. To access download mode, its the same thing only with volume down.
Third, a bit of advice. I don't mean to belittle you, but it doesn't sound like you did your homework before you started flashing things to your phone. You need to read around a bit and get a good grasp of the basics, or you will end up in trouble, whether it be as simple as a bootloop or as bad as a hard brick. I hope you get it fixed quickly. Good luck!

Thetenthdr said:
First, did you flash the correct gapps? You have to make sure what you are flashing is correct for the ROM before you flash it.
Second, you need to turn the phone off, then press power + volume up + home until it vibrates and then release to access recovery. To access download mode, its the same thing only with volume down.
Third, a bit of advice. I don't mean to belittle you, but it doesn't sound like you did your homework before you started flashing things to your phone. You need to read around a bit and get a good grasp of the basics, or you will end up in trouble, whether it be as simple as a bootloop or as bad as a hard brick. I hope you get it fixed quickly. Good luck!
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Thanks, I finally got into recovery mode by holding the three buttons then letting go right after it vibrated and pressing again.... weird..
For the most part, i read every single post in a thread before i flash a rom, I have been flashing roms for years now ....... I guess i got comfortable and flashed this "beta" rom(stupidly) not thinking anything of it..... and no i didn't even check if it was the right gapp, i knew it was for 4.2.1 and i figured the beta was the same.
I am not back to a working rom, but now my phone is only able to get Edge speed, is that a modem issue?

That's an imei issue. Look around there is a thread about it. Happened to me but that got it all fixed. Under phone settings about phone if your imei is 0 you need to inject it back. Hope this helps
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tylerholbrook said:
That's an imei issue. Look around there is a thread about it. Happened to me but that got it all fixed. Under phone settings about phone if your imei is 0 you need to inject it back. Hope this helps
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I can't thank you enough for pointing me in the right direction, took me HOURS but finally got it working. Thanks!

Glad you got it back up and running.

No problem. Lol yeah I had to buy a PC because I couldn't fix it with a Mac
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tylerholbrook said:
No problem. Lol yeah I had to buy a PC because I couldn't fix it with a Mac
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Ouch. But on a positive note, you now have a PC

[Q] Note 2 dead after root

Hi
This is my first post. I have had Note 2 for 6 months now and have done a root using Samsung Galaxy Tool kit which worked fine.
Few days ago, I update the phone updated which unrooted the phone so decided to root the phone again last night.
It went through fine and the phone was working. I was able to use all the apps and make calls. This morning after making a call, I put the phone on the desk, after 10 minutes, the phone was dead. I couldn't turn it on.
Battery was fully charged. when I press the power button, there is a red light on top flashing.
I have tried vol up + home button + power but it doesn't work.
I have looked at other forums but no real answer to the problem.
I was going to flash the phone with original stock rom using Odin, not sure if it will.work
Please advice there is any other solution to this.
Thanks

ranjeet81 said:
Hi
This is my first post. I have had Note 2 for 6 months now and have done a root using Samsung Galaxy Tool kit which worked fine.
Few days ago, I update the phone updated which unrooted the phone so decided to root the phone again last night.
It went through fine and the phone was working. I was able to use all the apps and make calls. This morning after making a call, I put the phone on the desk, after 10 minutes, the phone was dead. I couldn't turn it on.
Battery was fully charged. when I press the power button, there is a red light on top flashing.
I have tried vol up + home button + power but it doesn't work.
I have looked at other forums but no real answer to the problem.
I was going to flash the phone with original stock rom using Odin, not sure if it will.work
Please advice there is any other solution to this.
Thanks
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Sounds like sudden death.
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How you will flash ROM? you are able to reboot to download mod?
If yes, try it
Symptoms are highly suggestive of sudden death.
If you are unable to flash ROM, don't do anything and send it to service station.

Well have you taken out the battery yet? If not, please do and leave it out for 1-2 minutes. Then put it back and see if it boots.

dr.ketan said:
How you will flash ROM? you are able to reboot to download mod?
If yes, try it
Symptoms are highly suggestive of sudden death.
If you are unable to flash ROM, don't do anything and send it to service station.
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no I can't boot the device hence can't flash. you are probably right, "sudden death" as I can't do anything except the red light next to the ear phone flashing every 10 secs.

Yeah that is proximity sensor light and that is classic symptom of sudden death.
Can you tell me you were on which rom last?
I mean you have updated to which rom, bcoz latest rom believed to be fixed for sudden death. And that will be big challenge if you were on ll7 and still it is sudden death.
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dr.ketan said:
Yeah that is proximity sensor light and that is classic symptom of sudden death.
Can you tell me you were on which rom last?
I mean you have updated to which rom, bcoz latest rom believed to be fixed for sudden death. And that will be big challenge if you were on ll7 and still it is sudden death.
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I was still on original 4.1.1 , only re-rooted last night.
was planning to put a CM10.1
guess it's a trip to Samsung Service Center, only worry is it was rooted when it died.
not sure if they will cover it

I have this problem after i flash note2core kenel AS but i was able to enter recovery and flash OC version and no problem try pull out the battery then enter recovery.

adinfsfocus said:
I have this problem after i flash note2core kenel AS but i was ablel to enter recovery and flash OC version and no problem try pull out the battery then enter recovery.
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you mean pull out the battery and put back in then enter recovery
is there a sequence to enter into recovery or just vol down + home button + power?

ranjeet81 said:
you mean pull out the battery and put back in then enter recovery
is there a sequence to enter into recovery or just vol down + home button + power?
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Yes pull out battery 1min then put back then enter recovery ,,vol UP + home button + power''
VOLUME UP not DOWN :good:

adinfsfocus said:
Yes pull out battery 1min then put back then enter recovery ,,vol UP + home button + power''
VOLUME UP not DOWN :good:
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no luck..
unfortunately there is no Samsung Service Center in Leicester (UK)...need to find one and then hopefully they wont know that my phone was rooted
back to the old old old Sony Ericsson- just text messages and phone calls

You press vol up + menu+power long 10 sec end no recovery?attention vol up not down.

adinfsfocus said:
You press vol up + menu+power long 10 sec end no recovery?attention vol up not down.
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no response, only red light flashing every 10 secs.
did hold for 10 secs.
Thanks for your help..

Try with Odin to flash any rom if not i got no idea maybe somebody else who knows.
Good luck.

adinfsfocus said:
Try with Odin to flash any rom if not i got no idea maybe somebody else who knows.
Good luck.
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Dude... Its the Sudden Death Issue plain and simple!!! There is NOTHING else to do or try...

adinfsfocus said:
Try with Odin to flash any rom if not i got no idea maybe somebody else who knows.
Good luck.
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thanks, at least you tried.
I wont be able to flash any rom as Galaxy Note 2 tool kit cannot connect to the phone even though all the drivers are installed.
The phone need to be in either recovery mode or need to be on to flash ( unless I am mistaken)

And in what circumstances appear???

ranjeet81 said:
no luck..
unfortunately there is no Samsung Service Center in Leicester (UK)...
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Mansfield if you fancy a trip up the M1
https://www.eblast.co.uk/

ranjeet81 said:
I was still on original 4.1.1 , only re-rooted last night.
was planning to put a CM10.1
guess it's a trip to Samsung Service Center, only worry is it was rooted when it died.
not sure if they will cover it
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They will never know that you are rooted unless you tell them.. it is sudden death .. bring it for warranty just dont tell them that you rooted it...
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A TRIANGLE AWAY will make your WARRANTY stay
Hit thanks if you love your phone =)

ranjeet81 said:
I was still on original 4.1.1 , only re-rooted last night.
was planning to put a CM10.1
guess it's a trip to Samsung Service Center, only worry is it was rooted when it died.
not sure if they will cover it
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Don't worry in sudden complete death (unable to get into Download Mode) they can't figure it out.
Just ask him it was as it is after purchase and it happened suddenly. Do need to even mention you can't boot into recovery or download mode.
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[Q] Unusual Brick

I was performing a recovery last night after trying a couple of different ROMs using TWRP 2.5.0.0. This morning I tried to turn on the phone but there was no power to the screen. The most I could get it to do was have the power LED show when plugged in, or briefly show the charge screen when it's plugged in as well.
I am still able to get into Download Mode, so I tried going back to stock with LGNPST. I noticed under Model it shows Unknown. After flashing, it'll just bootloop to the LG screen and still won't even bother powering when unplugged. Before or after flashing, I was unable to get into Recovery Mode.
The last ROM I was on was SuperNexus, attempting recovery to Lifeless. Or at least I'm pretty sure it was Lifeless, as it was one of the few ROMS where camera natively works.
The only other clue I can give to this problem is that I told TWRP to recover EVERYTHING, including things like cache. This never gave me a problem before, so this is unusual. The backup, to my knowledge, didn't have compression. Another oddity I found before performing the recovery is that the recovery files were not immediately available. I had to tap on my storage directory and select internal storage.
I didn't find this topic with the keywords I searched for, so little scary if this is the first problem of its kind. Any ideas?

If LGNPST boot loops then all you have to do is factory reset.
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sharkboy0901 said:
If LGNPST boot loops then all you have to do is factory reset.
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How would I factory reset if I cannot get into Recovery Mode?

Hiyoto said:
How would I factory reset if I cannot get into Recovery Mode?
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Can you ADb install/side load the recovery ? Can't remember the exact commands but I'm certain a quick Google should tell you,

Something to note, I think the phone's dependant upon USB power on the observation that the LG screen cuts out as soon as I pull the plug.

spleef said:
Can you ADb install/side load the recovery ? Can't remember the exact commands but I'm certain a quick Google should tell you,
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If he did lgnpst he isn't rooted or unlocked.
I think you should connect the charger on the wall for a good while, same thing happened to me I thought I bricked so I left it on the charger for like an hour and then I was able to get into recovery.
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spleef said:
Can you ADb install/side load the recovery ? Can't remember the exact commands but I'm certain a quick Google should tell you,
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The only mode I can get into so far is Download Mode. Does that state receive ADB commands, or does it only talk with LGNPST?

Hiyoto said:
The only mode I can get into so far is Download Mode. Does that state receive ADB commands, or does it only talk with LGNPST?
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I didn't think it out good enough like sharky said your not rooted or unlocked so it wouldn't work.... Sorry 4 bad advice

Just tried flashing a TinyBeen recovery as those have traditionally been more reliable for me than stock recovery. Still a no-go for booting into Recovery. I go through the key-presses and it'll go to a black, unpowered screen. I'll press the keys for Recovery mode and it goes back into its bootloop. Screen for loop this time is charge indicator.

Try holding down the power button and the volume down button, after the led lights flash release the power button while still holding down the volume down button. That should get you to stock recovery to factory wipe
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turn off the phone completely, then hold the vol down, power, and where the home button is at the same time til the captive lights flash then let go. this will get you into stock recovery where you can do a factory reset. this will erase ALL DATA is the only downside

sharkboy0901 said:
If he did lgnpst he isn't rooted or unlocked.
I think you should connect the charger on the wall for a good while, same thing happened to me I thought I bricked so I left it on the charger for like an hour and then I was able to get into recovery.
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Were you on a nearly dead charge? My phone was left on my computer the entire night. My USB ports maintain power after shutdown so I'm able to charge of my PC. My battery should have a full charge. I'm wondering if it needs a genuine battery pull or if memory has been corrupted as LGNPST doesn't recognize what it is anymore.

kmull4 said:
Try holding down the power button and the volume down button, after the led lights flash release the power button while still holding down the volume down button. That should get you to stock recovery to factory wipe
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damn you for being 3 minutes faster than me!!!!! lol

javskies said:
turn off the phone completely, then hold the vol down, power, and where the home button is at the same time til the captive lights flash then let go. this will get you into stock recovery where you can do a factory reset. this will erase ALL DATA is the only downside
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Recovery Mode is unattainable on either stock or TinyBeen recovery.

Hiyoto said:
Were you on a nearly dead charge? My phone was left on my computer the entire night. My USB ports maintain power after shutdown so I'm able to charge of my PC. My battery should have a full charge. I'm wondering if it needs a genuine battery pull or if memory has been corrupted as LGNPST doesn't recognize what it is anymore.
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Yes I was on a nearly dead charge, no led nothing not even download mode.
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Hiyoto said:
Recovery Mode is unattainable on either stock or TinyBeen recovery.
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Not true, I factory wiped from stock recovery after I lgnpst using this method. The directions are in irc.
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kmull4 said:
Not true, I factory wiped from stock recovery after I lgnpst using this method. The directions are in irc.
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For myself and this particular hardware recovery is non-functional.
Attempted a reflash to stock in order to try recovery one more time. Still a no-go. Once the capacitive lights are lit, it just powers down. What would cause LGNPST to not recognize the hardware?

Le sigh... I think it's officially a paperweight unless LG is willing to take another look at it. At least it's on stock, so I have a small chance.

Damn, maybe the device is too low to access recovery. The only the thing I can think of is taking off the back and do a manual battery pull. If that doesn't solve the problem then send it in. Good luck man
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Hiyoto said:
Le sigh... I think it's officially a paperweight unless LG is willing to take another look at it. At least it's on stock, so I have a small chance.
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Pwr Off (by holding onto power button for like 30 seconds). Vol down + power... wait until buttons light up. Immediately release power button while still holding vol down. You will boot into stock recovery. Select Factory Reset.

Power Button cuts device off on 1 press

Really trying to figure this out. Every time i Press the Power Button my phone immediately shuts off instead of going to the option to reboot or screenshot. It was fine earlier but now I cant use the shortcut to reboot into recovery or just reboot the phone + the lockscreen does not show up after 3 or 4 min after the phone is off (and yes the phone isn't set to go off in 10 min, just 1) can somebody please help or point me to a thread that shows me what the deal is? Thank you so much!

killacam1989 said:
Really trying to figure this out. Every time i Press the Power Button my phone immediately shuts off instead of going to the option to reboot or screenshot. It was fine earlier but now I cant use the shortcut to reboot into recovery or just reboot the phone + the lockscreen does not show up after 3 or 4 min after the phone is off (and yes the phone isn't set to go off in 10 min, just 1) can somebody please help or point me to a thread that shows me what the deal is? Thank you so much!
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ROM/kernel you are running. Also pressing the power button IMMEDIATELY shuts the phone, keeping the power button pressed brings up the reboot menu.

Jedix20 Rom and the Stock kernel it came with. When I press the power button and the screen turns off. When I press it again it doesnt go to the lockscreen. And if I hold it just for 2 seconds instead of the pop up option to reboot the phone it just shuts the phone off. Normally it takes like 4-5 seconds after I hold it for it to completly power off. Now it doesnt do it anymore. I tried reverting back to the Stock GB through odin and it still doesnt work. I thought it was perhaps something wrong with the system files so I tried factory resetting JediX20. No good. I booted into download mode and installed stock through odin. No good. And I Installed Jedix20 back again. I had a factory test message with some box pop up on the screen and stayed primaraly on the home screen.. it looked like a debug mode. I downloaded Titanium and deleted those files and the factory mode with the phone information vanished. Im just trying to figure out why wont the lockscreen appear anymore or the options to boot to recovery, reboot, airplane mode ext. Wont appear.
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killacam1989 said:
Jedix20 Rom and the Stock kernel it came with. When I press the power button and the screen turns off. When I press it again it doesnt go to the lockscreen. And if I hold it just for 2 seconds instead of the pop up option to reboot the phone it just shuts the phone off. Normally it takes like 4-5 seconds after I hold it for it to completly power off. Now it doesnt do it anymore. I tried reverting back to the Stock GB through odin and it still doesnt work. I thought it was perhaps something wrong with the system files so I tried factory resetting JediX20. No good. I booted into download mode and installed stock through odin. No good. And I Installed Jedix20 back again. I had a factory test message with some box pop up on the screen and stayed primaraly on the home screen.. it looked like a debug mode. I downloaded Titanium and deleted those files and the factory mode with the phone information vanished. Im just trying to figure out why wont the lockscreen appear anymore or the options to boot to recovery, reboot, airplane mode ext. Wont appear.
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It may be a hardware issue, as it is also happening on the stock rom. IMHO I would take it back to stock (remember to reset the flash count) and take it your carrier. Keep in mind that your phone has a 1 year warranty since the day it was delivered to the first customer.

Not really a possibility. I bought this outright and its on straight talk. Ive flashed pac 4.3 and it works like a charm. It only happens on touchwiz but why? I have no clue. It was fine untill a couple days ago. I know that since it did work on an aosp based rom that the problem lies somewhere in the touchwiz roms files.
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Phone is in factory mode. Either your efs is corrupted or the phone has detected a crash somewhere else. Just google factory mode to see how to get out of it..usually by if you backed up your efs you could restore them and reboot
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I flashed back to pacman 4.3 for a few days and it worked fine....then I reflashed jedix20 after 2 days and it was back to normal. Weird though. Im sure it was the efs thing you mentioned though
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Phone won't boot for 2 minutes after flashing rom

After flashing arhd 7.0, before hitting reboot button in twrp, my phone turns off and I can't get it back to life. I keep holding power button + volume up or down being in panic for a couple of minutes. After that my phone boots.I am not sure after what combination of buttons.This happened several times. Does anyone has any suggestions? I 'm afraid my phone won't boot again eventually after flashing a new update

morfini said:
After flashing arhd 7.0, before hitting reboot button in twrp, my phone turns off and I can't get it back to life. I keep holding power button + volume up or down being in panic for a couple of minutes. After that my phone boots.I am not sure after what combination of buttons.This happened several times. Does anyone has any suggestions? I 'm afraid my phone won't boot again eventually after flashing a new update
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In the twrp settings screen turn off the screen saver setting. I forget what it says exactly but once you turn this off that should stop happening.

jimmydigital00 said:
In the twrp settings screen turn off the screen saver setting. I forget what it says exactly but once you turn this off that should stop happening.
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Thanks I will try this. Hope won't happen again

I panicked after flashing AR7.0 as I thought I had bricked my M8. The screen goes black and doesnt respond, but I found that if you just leave it for a good few minutes it will boot up properly. It stays on the white HTC splash screen for a while too.

Happens to me too. I'm not sure if it's really the screen lock, but if you just leave it alone for a bit the screen will come back on and then you can tell TWRP to reboot.

First time i flashed and the screen turned off nearly gave me a heart attack
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ring_GT said:
First time i flashed and the screen turned off nearly gave me a heart attack
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Yes so I did I. My first attempt at flashing an android custom ROM and I thought I'd balls'd it up!!

ASL3312 said:
Yes so I did I. My first attempt at flashing an android custom ROM and I thought I'd balls'd it up!!
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pls help i did this to my phone went off and hasnt turn back on pls help

Press power + vol. Up button,
Before you flash any rom on TWRP, go to setting-screen- uncheck screen timeout on TWRP
morfini said:
After flashing arhd 7.0, before hitting reboot button in twrp, my phone turns off and I can't get it back to life. I keep holding power button + volume up or down being in panic for a couple of minutes. After that my phone boots.I am not sure after what combination of buttons.This happened several times. Does anyone has any suggestions? I 'm afraid my phone won't boot again eventually after flashing a new update
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