I was playing around with some button combinations, and I found that if you hold the menu button (to the right of the home button) and the back button, it vibrates once. If you wait a few seconds and do it again it vibrates three times. Im sure it changes some settings, but does anyone know what that is?
Lol I never knew it did that... I have no idea what its for
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me niether...
how odd
if you dont do it again the phone vibrates a while later.
Good question
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After trying it a few more times, I relized the 3 vibrations happen without pushing the buttons again about 10 seconds after
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Logcat ...
did a factory reset on my phone through fastboot and now it wont do it any more...weird
Alright i figured it out. The button combo creates a bug report on your sd card. I kept trying to get a logcat though adb, but it wouldn't do it when i had the phone hooked up to the computer. Now I know its because the sd card was mounted.
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I'm tired of having to take the case off and pry the battery cover off in order to yank the battery for a reboot! Is there anything else I can do when the phone locks up? Some sort of Ctrl + Alt + Del or anything? This tends to happen when messing with overclocking/undervolting.
I'd also like to know. Nexus One has the three-button salute (as it was affectionately called), which was power, volume down and trackball simultaneously. Does the Nexus S have a similar method?
with the screen on hold down the power button. Not sure that is what you were looking for. Its only a shutdown not a rebbot.
We're looking for something you can do even if the screen won't turn on or if the phone is frozen at some point. Not a standard shutdown/reboot with the power button.
There isn't another way, unfortunately. If it is frozen you have to do a battery pull.
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There isn't another way, unfortunately. If it is frozen you have to do a battery pull.
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if frozen, just a battery pull. if not, theres a reboot widget(that i used on my nexus one when the power button died and still use on the ns). if you have root, you can type reboot or reboot recovery in the terminal emulator app.
That's interesting...so only HTC handsets have a "secret" reboot key combination? Every one of their phones has a three key combination that reboots the phone, which is clutch when it's locked up or otherwise messed up. Shame Samsung didn't do something similar.
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That's interesting...so only HTC handsets have a "secret" reboot key combination? Every one of their phones has a three key combination that reboots the phone, which is clutch when it's locked up or otherwise messed up. Shame Samsung didn't do something similar.
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The HTC Evo had/has no such key combination to reboot while on.
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The Epic had one as well. Shame the Nexus doesn't, but sometimes it can be more annoying then useful. I feel you though it's annoying to take the case off, but thats why I just dropped CM7 and went back to the stock ROM... no more freezes
HTC Dream had one as well (call, end call, and menu at once). The three finger salute
Phones with at least 3 hard keys can do that. If NS volume buttons were separate they'd probably include it in.
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Phones with at least 3 hard keys can do that. If NS volume buttons were separate they'd probably include it in.
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The galaxy S series is the same setup and had a shut off key. It was to hold the power button down and the phone would shut down even if it is frozen
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The galaxy S series is the same setup and had a shut off key. It was to hold the power button down and the phone would shut down even if it is frozen
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Hmm.. I guess I never thought about holding the button for a reboot. Maybe Google didn't either.
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On my sensation stock, it has to be for work, when and if I hit the back button and the home button in that order my phone takes a screen shot. Sometimes all I have to do is hit the home key. Help me. Make it stop.
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Mine did that following the update too, I couldnt wok out how to turn it off. So I did quick reboot and it stopped.
I'm sure there is a setting somewhere for it, but I was too impatient to try and find it.
There's gotta be a fix
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I also had this one, but after a reboot it stopped. Usualy you get this functionality by pressing Power+Home.
And as far as I know there is nothing that can be configured.
A lot of people seem to have this problem. It started happening on my GFs sensation and i dont know how to fix it. Any ideas? System restore maybe?
So I have titanium backup run at 5am and have it restart my phone when it is done. So I wake up and the phone is on with just a black screen that's lit up my homescreen/lockscreen doesn't show up but if I hit the power button twice the lockscreen shows, any ideas? Its not a big hassle it just has be bugging me to ask lol. It only happens when I restart the phone and the power cord is plugged in. I'm just curious if anyone else is having this problem? It has doing it since stock rom and does it on every update I have so I know its not the rom sorry I didn't do research if this has been a problem before I am on xda app and searching doesn't really work to well :/ but just any ideas would be nice
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So my brothers skyrocket died while he was talking on it last night. Now it won't power on just vibrates running stock rooted.any help would be appreciated
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if you read the sticky [REF] |Read This b4 posting | THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE you might of found your answer
24) Q. i tried "name of custom rom here" but a feature of the phone doesnt work , eg. camera
A. read the thread for the rom to see if the dev states any issues, read users feedback if they have/mention said feature not working, eg camera, if no, did it work when on stock or return to stock to see if said function/hardware works, if said function works on stock and users of rom states that it does work, then its usually user error, what error? idk, you need to troubleshoot.
32) Q. why does my phone bootloop every few seconds
A. could be a "sticky power button", read the next question and the info section in the 1STOP STICKY
33) Q. how do i test for a stuck "sticky" power button
A. TEST: remove then reinsert the battery and if the phone turns on by itself and then takes approx 10 sec's to turn off and then starts vibrating every couple of seconds then its for sure a power button problem, its stuck, goto the link in the previous answer for a possible fix
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if any of the above didn't get results or fix the issue then it could be a hw failure
Except it's not bootlooping I did read this I wouldn't have asked the question if that was the problem. The screen doesn't come on at all just get a small vibration when holding the power button then nothing pull battery put back in push power same thing.
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Except it's not bootlooping I did read this I wouldn't have asked the question if that was the problem. The screen doesn't come on at all just get a small vibration when holding the power button then nothing pull battery put back in push power same thing.
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if the pulling battery test resulted in "turns on by itself and then takes approx 10 sec's to turn off and then starts vibrating every couple of seconds " then its a stuck button, bootloop/vibrating every couple of sec's are synonymous, but I will reword the sticky to state both
edit: the key thing you need to establish is if reinserting the battery restarts the phone w/out u touching the power button, if so then the button is stuck. if it didn't restart then return to stock and see if it corrected the issue( I guess that would be hard todo if the phone only restarts/vibrates every 2 seconds), if not then its some hw failure or could even be a battery prob
I reedited the sticky to be more concise on the issue and the testing for the stuck power button
No it doesn't boot by itself when reinserting the battery. Sorry I'm Utah and the phone is in Texas. computer doesn't recognize anything when plugging in either. Using logmein to watch his computer while he's doing this. I do appreciate the help
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then see if they can get into the recovery and /or download mode, if so then wipe caches and reset or reflash the rom or return to stock
No download mode think it might be dead going to have him get a new battery then see what it does
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No download mode think it might be dead going to have him get a new battery then see what it does
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how about recovery?
Nothing just the little vibration on all the button combinations.
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So after some messing around plugged the phone into a galaxy tab2 charger and got a charging icon going to let it charge for a while and try and boot it up
P.s vincom thank you for the help
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So after some messing around plugged the phone into a galaxy tab2 charger and got a charging icon going to let it charge for a while and try and boot it up
P.s vincom thank you for the help
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I figured as such that it might have something todo w/the battery,either it was flaky or not charged or cannot be charged which could also be with the charger and/or cable or bad battery contacts. I haven't seen a phone behave in the way you described other than a bad power button, if you ruled out all the known issues as stated in my previous posts then it would have to be a hw issue but hopefully it was just a bad power adapter, usually the first thing a user would do is rule out a dead battery before seeing what else could be wrong with the phone
So, I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not.
I tried flashing XYLON.
Now, the phone gets stuck on the boot animation. I've been trying to get it to work for the last 12 hours. It either gets stuck on the boot animation, or on the "Android is updating" screen. I can't even get into the hboot to boot into recovery.
Can anyone recommend a course of action to bring my phone back to life?
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So, I thought I knew what I was doing, but apparently not.
I tried flashing XYLON.
Now, the phone gets stuck on the boot animation. I've been trying to get it to work for the last 12 hours. It either gets stuck on the boot animation, or on the "Android is updating" screen. I can't even get into the hboot to boot into recovery.
Can anyone recommend a course of action to bring my phone back to life?
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What hboot are you on? S-on or s-off
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What hboot are you on? S-on or s-off
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I'm still on 1.09
Its s-off.
I haven't touched my hboot since i rooted my phone.
Hold down power until lights flash 7-10 times. Simulates a battery pull. Then push volume down and press and hold power button for 4-5 seconds, then release power while still holding volume down.. should go to bootloader. Sounds like your not timing it correctly
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Hold down power until lights flash 7-10 times. Simulates a battery pull. Then push volume down and press and hold power button for 4-5 seconds, then release power while still holding volume down.. should go to bootloader. Sounds like your not timing it correctly
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Well, I'm still trying that. I've done it the way you''ve mentioned it here as well. Trying it again now. I've never had problems getting into my hboot before. :S
Something just seems wrong.
Once I get back home, I'm gonna pull the phone apart and check if something's wrong with my volume button. The Vol. up stopped working, but vol down was working just fine....
Let it boot as far as it will go and see if adb will recognize it. If it does adb reboot bootloader
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Let it boot as far as it will go and see if adb will recognize it. If it does adb reboot bootloader
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I've tried that.I kept it for an hour, let it go as far ahead as it would. ADB does not see it.
I agree, if you cant get Into bootloader its a timing issue. Try holding the power buttons until the capacitive buttons blink 7 times or so, when the screen goes black let go of power and press and hold only volume until the bootloader comes up. This way is almost impossible to miss.
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I agree, if you cant get Into bootloader its a timing issue. Try holding the power buttons until the capacitive buttons blink 7 times or so, when the screen goes black let go of power and press and hold only volume until the bootloader comes up. This way is almost impossible to miss.
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Seem like I've been missing the timing all day. :/ I'm gonna check my hardware this evening... lets see what happens after that.
I have heard of a case where someone had to physically disconnect the battery before they could get into bootloader but that's a *****. Since you're s-off you could try RUUing.
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I have heard of a case where someone had to physically disconnect the battery before they could get into bootloader but that's a *****. Since you're s-off you could try RUUing.
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RUU doesn't work. I can't get RUU to detect my phone. It doesn't boot up. It's stuck at the boot logo. And even if I leave it connected to ruu while i'm trying to reboot, or trying to get into hboot, it still doesn't detect my phone.
Well... You could let the battery drain and then charge it for about 10 mins then unplug from power and press and hold power and volume.
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Well... You could let the battery drain and then charge it for about 10 mins then unplug from power and press and hold power and volume.
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That's my next plan of action. Just woke up. Phone's out of charge. Time to get back to doing science with it.
Lemme know how it goes
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Lemme know how it goes
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Right back into the boot screen. I think I'mg onna give up on this now. :/
Sorry man, I'm out of ideas as well. Taking apart the phone and pulling the battery for a bit is the last option.
I encourage you to keep trying the traditional way before taking the phone apart.
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Sorry man, I'm out of ideas as well. Taking apart the phone and pulling the battery for a bit is the last option.
I encourage you to keep trying the traditional way before taking the phone apart.
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Well, I've already pulled my phone apart once to replace my broken screen. Which is why I'm suspecting it could be a hardware problem. Somehow. *sigh*
And I'm in. Finally.
I let the phone's battery drain completely. I pulled apart the phone, and pressed down on the volume + power pins/buttons directly. And I got into the boot loader.
I'm currently restoring the backup of the rooted stock rom I always keep on my phone storage.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and support.
I just saved myself a whole lot of money. ^_^
I think you can help me maybe but I'm not so experienced
taurius1 said:
And I'm in. Finally.
I let the phone's battery drain completely. I pulled apart the phone, and pressed down on the volume + power pins/buttons directly. And I got into the boot loader.
I'm currently restoring the backup of the rooted stock rom I always keep on my phone storage.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions and support.
I just saved myself a whole lot of money. ^_^
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So my situation is similar but my htc inc s is brand new from ebay china seller ( I live in Greece), is s-on, never messed up with, never rooted all factory. It worked great for few days and after the first OTA update I cant get into hboot, adb doesn't see the phone, always the updating symbol on screen.Tried battery pull, volume down + power in all the possible timing and combinations but yet nothing! Also I tried battery pull, volume up + power it vibrates 3 times orange lid is on and black screen (on the forums is said that this is diagnostic menu). So I think maybe this phone is a refurb and not new since the answer from HTC global support (after sending my IMEI and S/N) is that this phone is for Indonesian market and that its warranty expired year ago! Can you help me in some way guys...
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So my situation is similar but my htc inc s is brand new from ebay china seller ( I live in Greece), is s-on, never messed up with, never rooted all factory. It worked great for few days and after the first OTA update I cant get into hboot, adb doesn't see the phone, always the updating symbol on screen.Tried battery pull, volume down + power in all the possible timing and combinations but yet nothing! Also I tried battery pull, volume up + power it vibrates 3 times orange lid is on and black screen (on the forums is said that this is diagnostic menu). So I think maybe this phone is a refurb and not new since the answer from HTC global support (after sending my IMEI and S/N) is that this phone is for Indonesian market and that its warranty expired year ago! Can you help me in some way guys...
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Sorry, I am not familiar with your phone. If it is completely stock, you may be able to RUU while int he diagnostic menu or during updating screen. Best to post in the Htc inc s forums.