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3 button reboot

Ok...I've discovered that instead of a battery pull you can hold up on the volume button the camera button and the power button and you will reboot the phone. Works anytime and comes in handy if your phone freezes.
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deciple said:
Ok...I've discovered that instead of a battery pull you can hold up on the volume button the camera button and the power button and you will reboot the phone. Works anytime and comes in handy if your phone freezes.
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This has been confirmed by me with a functional phone. My phone don't lock up so I can't test that
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Thanks! I've only had to pull the battery a couple of times, but I feel like the Epic's back cover might not handle being opened over and over again.
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It's sad that this is the best thread posted in development in the past few weeks.

illogic6 said:
It's sad that this is the best thread posted in development in the past few weeks.
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Lol...tell me about it
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So I did this and I love being able to do this, especially testing my ROM out when I make small changes, but one correction, this shuts down the phone, not reboot. Either way, great find.
I actually like it turning off so I can easily boot back into clockwork to flash things.

That's awesome. Tho it did reboot, didn't shut down.
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It's surprising that this is news... I thought by now everyone would have known about it.
Wanna know another little trick? Hold all four buttons (Vol. up, vol. down, camera, and power) and you'll be thrown almost immediately into recovery.

DevinXtreme said:
It's surprising that this is news... I thought by now everyone would have known about it.
Wanna know another little trick? Hold all four buttons (Vol. up, vol. down, camera, and power) and you'll be thrown almost immediately into recovery.
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I just tried this (with it plugged in charging, no less) and confirms that this works.. and the BEST part is that it's not just 'recovery' it throws you into clockwork recovery
keep holding them and you'll get there.. (took like 2 seconds I believe)

I find this annoying. My phone reboots at least once a day while I'm at work because of this. I keep it in the stock samsung holster, and if I lean down to pick something up off of the floor, shortly later I'm greeted to my phone rebooting.
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DevinXtreme said:
It's surprising that this is news... I thought by now everyone would have known about it.
Wanna know another little trick? Hold all four buttons (Vol. up, vol. down, camera, and power) and you'll be thrown almost immediately into recovery.
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Nice now i dont have to shutdown first, thanks for this and thanks OP For the tip on reboot.

So it's tap vol up, power, and camera to reboot. And hold the same three to power off? That's great news I already had to order a new back cover because of having to do all those battery pulls for my stupid mistakes.
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Great tip... Thanks!
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mousiluck said:
So it's tap vol up, power, and camera to reboot. And hold the same three to power off? That's great news I already had to order a new back cover because of having to do all those battery pulls for my stupid mistakes.
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Nope, tap, press, or hold, whatever you do you will be shuting down your phone, and it is not just a shut down it is essentially cutting the power so it is instant.

interesting.... if you do the 3 button reboot, and phone is pluged into power, it simply turns off and all you see is the battery charging icon.... if it's not plugged in, then it will reboot

This is great, and all, and if it works when the OS is hung or crashed, it's the only solution.
However, I find the Reboot Widget from marketplace (need to be rooted) to be much easier in most cases.

sammiam said:
interesting.... if you do the 3 button reboot, and phone is pluged into power, it simply turns off and all you see is the battery charging icon.... if it's not plugged in, then it will reboot
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Ah there's my problem I only tried while my phone was plugged in.

[Q] Nexus S Volume Keys Dead In Fastboot

Picked up an nexus s with a few issues. One of witch is the volume keys dont work in fast boot? They work fine any other time. Any thoughts?

rahlquist said:
Picked up an nexus s with a few issues. One of witch is the volume keys dont work in fast boot? They work fine any other time. Any thoughts?
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sounds like your power button is going(acts as if stuck sometimes). my power button is gone. in fastboot/bootloader i have to tap the back of my phone by the power button to get it "unstuck" so that the volume keys work.

Exactly. The power button is virtually dead. I am hoping to get it replaced by one of the guys on here just waiting to hear back. So if the power button is stuck then the volume keys dont work in fastboot? Very interesting.

rahlquist said:
Exactly. The power button is virtually dead. I am hoping to get it replaced by one of the guys on here just waiting to hear back. So if the power button is stuck then the volume keys dont work in fastboot? Very interesting.
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yes, thats the deal. tapping the back works for me though.

simms22 said:
yes, thats the deal. tapping the back works for me though.
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Thanks will give that a try.

My nexus s have also strange things in fastboot when i press the volume down it goes 2 down while i press it 1 times
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[Q] can't get into bootloader.

Am I doing something wrong I have had many android phones, and this is giving me trouble. I tried holding power and down volume rocker and the screen just stays dark. I also turned off fast boot. Any tips.
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A bit harder than on for example the desire. Try holding it down for longer or uncheck quick boot in settings. Only got it to work once, now I usually just adb reboot recovery from command line on PC or use the reboot to recovery option on shutdown menu (Leedroid)

Yeah its abut weird basically switch of phone completely then press power you will feel a vibrate then quickly start holding down vol down button or switch on and keep holding power and volume and release every few secs how I do it hope it helps
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You don't really have to hold Power for long. If you hold it for a period of time, you will see the capacitive buttons light up meaning it's going to force a restart. Hold Volume Down the entire time though.

[Q] So what is volume up and volume down?

I've seen plenty of guides which say enter download mode by pressing power + volume down
I've also seen some pressing power + volume up.
which is which? if it's horizontal, the one on the right is volume up, but if it's vertical, the one on left (now on top) is surely volume up?

LooieENG said:
I've seen plenty of guides which say enter download mode by pressing power + volume down
I've also seen some pressing power + volume up.
which is which? if it's horizontal, the one on the right is volume up, but if it's vertical, the one on left (now on top) is surely volume up?
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Horizontally, the left will take you to recovery, the right download mode.
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bluecarbon said:
Horizontally, the left will take you to recovery, the right download mode.
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Thanks. I'd tried both but it just wouldn't work
When I unplugged it from charging at the mains it worked straight away though
Thanks :good:

He has the GTAB 10.1
Your talking about the 7.0
on 10.1 Its opposite.
Download is volume up (left) power horizantally
Recovery is volume down (right)

Ahh, I see.
And yeah, there is not much you can do wile it is charging.
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Oh yeah. Don't do it while its plugged in. It HAS to be unplugged.

[Q] My phone randomly shut off and is not turning on

My sch-i535 randomly turned off with no warning, and will not turn back on. can someone troubleshoot? more info will be provided if necessary.

ProcrastinatorAlex said:
My sch-i535 randomly turned off with no warning, and will not turn back on. can someone troubleshoot? more info will be provided if necessary.
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Have you tried a battery pull?
And I'm sure you have, but have you checked to see if the battery needs charged?
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roaddog665 said:
Have you tried a battery pull?
And I'm sure you have, but have you checked to see if the battery needs charged?
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Yes, I borrowed a battery, the battery is fine, and one that works in another phone doesn't in mine

ProcrastinatorAlex said:
Yes, I borrowed a battery, the battery is fine, and one that works in another phone doesn't in mine
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Can you get into recovery or download mode?
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Quick fix.. I bet it's your power button. My phone was doing the same thing over and over. With your phone, case off if you have one, barely touch your power button. If your screen goes off then time to take it apart and remove the power button. You can still turn on the phone via the USB cable when plugged in

roaddog665 said:
Can you get into recovery or download mode?
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No, nothing whatsoever. No sound, vibration or light, even when plugged in. Vol up, home and power, no recovery. Vol down, home, and power, no download. I think i might have toasted it somehow.

ProcrastinatorAlex said:
No, nothing whatsoever. No sound, vibration or light, even when plugged in. Vol up, home and power, no recovery. Vol down, home, and power, no download. I think i might have toasted it somehow.
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You should be able to turn the phone on by plugging in the USB cable, right when you do that, immediately hold down the home button + volume down. Then once the screen pops up, hit down volume button to restart the phone

savagebunny said:
You should be able to turn the phone on by plugging in the USB cable, right when you do that, immediately hold down the home button + volume down. Then once the screen pops up, hit down volume button to restart the phone
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Not helping. The phone has absolutely no feedback whatsoever to any action I do. If all else fails, i'm taking it to Verizon soon.

ProcrastinatorAlex said:
Not helping. The phone has absolutely no feedback whatsoever to any action I do. If all else fails, i'm taking it to Verizon soon.
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If its the power button, you might be able to take out the power button and try plugging it in to turn it on. I honestly doubt that's it though.
When did you buy it?
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