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Factory reset

FWIW you can factory reset the G2x by holding down power and volume down when the phone is off. It happens if let go when you see the android update screen. Not really anything new or important I just thought I'd share
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theMODEL22 said:
FWIW you can factory reset the G2x by holding down power and volume down when the phone is off. It happens if let go when you see the android update screen. Not really anything new or important I just thought I'd share
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I found that out the hard way. Was not wanting to do factory reset.
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I found this out by accident yesterday. I was trying to go to recovery screen like I did on Vibrant.

exactly how i found out too

How to restart phone without removable battery?

Ok so normally if a phone were to freeze up or something happend you just pull the battery and then put it back in and start it up... is there a button combination or something that no matter what will alwaya restart the phone?
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volume up AND down AND power will force a reboot

Wrong
In official user manual on page 180 is that the when not responding press power button for 10 seconds then release to restart the phone
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Well my method works and its confirmed by others. Now the OP knows 2 ways to reboot
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azzledazzle said:
Well my method works and its confirmed by others. Now the OP knows 2 ways to reboot
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Your method works because you are holding the power button. The volume keys have nothing to do with it you don't have to press them.
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yeah i totally knew that
I was just testing you all
But seriously, Thats whats been mentioned a few times around here so thats always been the method i use...
hall of shame has me right at the top !

azzledazzle said:
yeah i totally knew that
I was just testing you all
But seriously, Thats whats been mentioned a few times around here so thats always been the method i use...
hall of shame has me right at the top !
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Sorry, I wasn't trying to sound mean. I hold volume up + home + power when my i9100 freezes up so I can boot it straight into recovery
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Reset my phone and now its messed up

ok so umm I have this problem on my phone. My volume was messed up, it would automatically start decreasing at random, So I thought maybe resetting it would fix it.
So when I reset it, I get this messed up screen that Ive never seen in my life before, it was like
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.0INSERTRANDOMNUMBERSHERE
MICROP-0429
RADIO MORE NUMBERS HERE
Apr 14 2011,13:18:22
Then at the bottom there are these options:
fastboot
recovery
factory reset
simlock
image crc
it says to click volume up and down to scroll through these, but my volume buttons dont work.......
also none of the lights are on
I dont see what I did wrong, I didnt download anything stupid... whats going on? ;__; PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEEEE help me, im so confused right now! The only thing I do wrong is over charge it alot, is that why? WAIT, DID I GET HACKED OR SOMTHING?? (Why didnt I buy that iPhone...)
( I read some other posts similar but I had no idea what people were talking about.... like download stuff onto your phone to fix it? how the heck do I do that???)

Your volume down button is pressed. When you reboot the phone while holding volume down it takes you to the bootloader. See if the button is jammed in. If so, try tapping the phone against your palm to unstick it.

estallings15 said:
Your volume down button is pressed. When you reboot the phone while holding volume down it takes you to the bootloader. See if the button is jammed in. If so, try tapping the phone against your palm to unstick it.
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Ohhhhh, I see. (your saving my life right now btw)
How do I un-jam it? Ive tried that and out of the 142903480 times, twice I got some bit of green text under the 5 selections, I wasnt able to catch what it said cause it dissapeared 2 seconds after.
Oh and the power button isnt working because when I click power to select the first option (the fastboot thing,whatever that does...) It only worked right when this problem happend, and after that It wont do anything D:

WHYMEEEE said:
ok so umm I have this problem on my phone. My volume was messed up, it would automatically start decreasing at random, So I thought maybe resetting it would fix it.
So when I reset it, I get this messed up screen that Ive never seen in my life before, it was like
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.0INSERTRANDOMNUMBERSHERE
MICROP-0429
RADIO MORE NUMBERS HERE
Apr 14 2011,13:18:22
Then at the bottom there are these options:
fastboot
recovery
factory reset
simlock
image crc
it says to click volume up and down to scroll through these, but my volume buttons dont work.......
also none of the lights are on
I dont see what I did wrong, I didnt download anything stupid... whats going on? ;__; PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEEEE help me, im so confused right now! The only thing I do wrong is over charge it alot, is that why? WAIT, DID I GET HACKED OR SOMTHING?? (Why didnt I buy that iPhone...)
( I read some other posts similar but I had no idea what people were talking about.... like download stuff onto your phone to fix it? how the heck do I do that???)
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Make use of your warranty.
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pa1nk1ller said:
Make use of your warranty.
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Do you even have a warranty?

estallings15 said:
Do you even have a warranty?
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I think so. ... So the only thing wrong with it was the buttons or somthing?

You're just stuck in bootloader. You should still have a ROM installed to boot to (if you didn't wipe that when you reset). Should be able to battery pull and boot normally.
Oh wait, it thinks you're holding volume when powering on cuz your button is stuck. That is hardware failure. You may, actually, have to use insurance, or your provider may even swap it out for fairly cheap if it was purchased fairly recently.
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scottspa74 said:
You're just stuck in bootloader. You should still have a ROM installed to boot to (if you didn't wipe that when you reset). Should be able to battery pull and boot normally.
Oh wait, it thinks you're holding volume when powering on cuz your button is stuck. That is hardware failure. You may, actually, have to use insurance, or your provider may even swap it out for fairly cheap if it was purchased fairly recently.
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Welcome to the party Scott, glad you finally caught up
Yeah, OP you're suffering from hardware failure unless you can unstick that volume down button. Try using your warranty, and be gentle on your volume rocker next time
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estallings15 said:
Welcome to the party Scott, glad you finally caught up
Yeah, OP you're suffering from hardware failure unless you can unstick that volume down button. Try using your warranty, and be gentle on your volume rocker next time
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He was probably watching porn and it came on all loud and he was like ****! And that's how it got stuck. True story.
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sckboy78 said:
He was probably watching porn and it came on all loud and he was like ****! And that's how it got stuck. True story.
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Sounds legit to me.
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[Q] BRICKED Infuse....Maybe unfixable?

So basically I have tried every which way to fix this freaking phone from not bootlooping. I've had the similar problem, but somehow managed to get it to stay in download mode before, just so i could get it to flash a stock rooted rom, but now that doesn't even work. It just randomly started looping on me. This video shows what I mean....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BHn7mxQdQY&feature=plcp

When it got back to Samsung, were you able to do 3 finger salute and get into recovery. Hold power down till logo goes away. Fingers on vol up and down then release power button. See if that works. Jig kick started it but you might need to take it the next step.
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psal217050 said:
When it got back to Samsung, were you able to do 3 finger salute and get into recovery. Hold power down till logo goes away. Fingers on vol up and down then release power button. See if that works. Jig kick started it but you might need to take it the next step.
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Yeah I've definitely done that. But it just keeps going to the logo. When I put the battery in it automatically starts boot looping.
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Your power button is faulty.
You can open up your phone and try cleaning the contacts.
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andros11 said:
Your power button is faulty.
You can open up your phone and try cleaning the contacts.
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Yeah that's what I thought, when you say the power button contacts, would that be the little white button inside?? I've taken it apart and done my best to get it unstuck or something.
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Not quite sure. I have never had the need of dismantling my phone, but I have read something about the contacts, which sounds to me it could be beneath that white button.
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Thanks I'll give that a shot!
Edit* Couldn't find anything to clean, next step is the mother board i suppose,,,

Need help..phone won't boot up or recovery

Guys my phone was acting up. I tried to boot into recovery, and it wouldn't go. Splash screen came up and had recovery booting in upper left hand, than it just vibrated and kept doing just that. I pulled battery and put it back in and automatically vibrated. Now it just keeps doing that. I just wanted to clear cache and now it's doing this!
Every time I put my battery back in, it wants to automatically boot into recovery. But than just keeps vibrating.
EDIT: it booted into recovery and went back to its cycle. I think it has to do with my screwed up power button. Not sure what to do?!?

I had the same issue.
You can send it in to get fixed, our pull out the power button like I did.
Sucks either way
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s1mpd1ddy said:
I had the same issue.
You can send it in to get fixed, our pull out the power button like I did.
Sucks either way
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How do you operate recovery and getting into it? My phone is back up now. I just tried recovery again and had the same loop problem. Not sure if I should try going back to complete stock.
Does the phone have to be less than a year old to take it into Verizon? Its older than a year. Is it worth trying to go into Verizon?
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tu3218 said:
How do you operate recovery and getting into it? My phone is back up now. I just tried recovery again and had the same loop problem. Not sure if I should try going back to complete stock.
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I was able to turn the phone on after taking the power button out by sticking a pin in the hole and pushing down on the button within the hole.
This was also how I diagnosed it was my power button for sure. I could just flick the button in the hole without paying down and the screen would shut off.
I was told this is a hassle to fix because it could be a short on the power cable. I'm just sticking with my phone like this for now

s1mpd1ddy said:
I was able to turn the phone on after taking the power button out by sticking a pin in the hole and pushing down on the button within the hole.
This was also how I diagnosed it was my power button for sure. I could just flick the button in the hole without paying down and the screen would shut off.
I was told this is a hassle to fix because it could be a short on the power cable. I'm just sticking with my phone like this for now
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Ohhhh. Yeah, I'm afraid to take my power button off.
I thought it was software at first. I clean flashed BoneStock and it went away. Then when I double pressed the button today it started happening again. I wanted to try flashing CleanRom but I can't even get into recovery.

It's sds sudden death syndrome it's a known issue with the power button. It's defective.
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edfunkycold said:
It's sds sudden death syndrome it's a known issue with the power button. It's defective.
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Oh ok thanks. What are the recommendations for dealing with the issue? I know the user above me took his actual button out. Anyway it could be covered? I'm about to go back to grad school and last thing I need is a defective phone.
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Take it to store they will repair it, in most cases it's covered.
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edfunkycold said:
Take it to store they will repair it, in most cases it's covered.
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Even if the phone is over a year old? If so I can try flashing back to stock.
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tu3218 said:
Even if the phone is over a year old? If so I can try flashing back to stock.
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That I'm not 100% sure of but it is a defect with the device. Call them.
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edfunkycold said:
That I'm not 100% sure of but it is a defect with the device. Call them.
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Will do when I'm off. Thanks for the help. Will post back results.
EDIT: Well verizon can't do anything as I'm out of warranty and don't have insurance.
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