My transformer has been my right hand since June and all of the sudden I'm without it. Was listening to a podcast via beyondpod this morning and paused the audio via my BT headset. Went to a meeting, then lunch. Came back two hours later and my tablet wouldn't turn on. I figured it was a sleep of death that randomly occurs so I held the power button in for 30 seconds or so to reboot, but that didn't work. It was still on because I could hear audio notifications for calendar appointments.
Tried the power button for 60-90 seconds, still nothing on screen. In the past I've been able to plug in the charger when this occurred and it would pop the screen on, tried that, but got no results.
I tried plugging it into my laptop to see if I could get ADB active and do a reboot. Windows saw the device and loaded the ADB driver, but if I tried adb devices it showed no devices. I long pressed the power button again and the windows device manager reset, adb devices now showed the transformer, but in offline mode. I couldn't run any commands.
Next I tried the "soft reset" utilizing the volume up and power button. This didn't do anything, except that the next time I attached it to my laptop it prompted me for an APX driver. I didn't know at the time this was for NVFlash (I rooted my device before the SBK was out with the initial blob tools from androidroot.mobi).
Now when I hook up my transformer I get no response from my computer and no response from the buttons on my tablet.
I'm at a loss and would love any suggestions or ideas to get my tablet back up and running.
This is resolved, I was finally able to get it rebooted via the volume down button and power while hooked to my laptop. I have no clue what was going on with it, but its still acting hinky.
Do we have any hardware diagnostics?
my tablet just started doing the same thing. O_O asus is trying to get us to buy their new slates, so they broke our current ones. /s
Something is seriously wonky here. My wifi keeps turning shutting down but being stuck at turning off. My power button is very inconsistent.
I think I'm going to fully wipe the system and start from scratch...
Been a couple months, but I'm back in the frozen state again. I charged my TF101 over night, pulled it off the charger and validated it was in a SOD. I put it in my sleeve and headed to the office. I turned on my BT headset to listen to a Podcast, but it didn't connect. I grabbed the tablet and it was screen on, frozen at 7:29am.
I can't for the life of me get this thing to reboot. I've held the power button in for 60 seconds, tried power button with volume down to boot recovery. I tried on AC power and off. I tried to hook to my PC, but the USB is not recognized at all.
I don't know if I just need to let this thing die (which will take forever) or what to do to get this rebooted.
Power button feels like it is catching when I press it in...
If you take off the outer bezel (be mindful of your micro sd card if you have one) you can push the actual power button itself. It should be a simple hold the button down for about 3-5 seconds and it'll reboot.
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So this is a weird problem I just started having today.
After putting my phone away during practice, I came back to find that it had only 1% battery.
It died en route to my room, and when I first plugged it in to my PC, it turned on and worked normally. After a while it turned off.
Now, when I try to turn it back on, the htc Raphael screen comes up, and it makes a short vibration, then goes to black for about 1 second, and then repeats. It has been doing this nonstop.
However, it only does so when it is plugged in to a power source. When it is not plugged in, it is completely unresponsive.
I have the elite RC2 ROM that I flashed back in November.
Any suggestions?
hard reset to start things off.
Hold down the volume down button, center button and then press the reset button with the stylus until you see a screen that says something like "this operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel." then press volume up. Remember you will lose all data, phone numbers and anything else stored on the phone.
i know this problem
I have had several, i solve it taking press the power button long time during the boot.
Of course, the phone must be plugged in to a power source.
Problem solved.
I left it unplugged with the battery out overnight, and then plugged it in to charge, and it did not attempt to startup.
After letting it charge again it worked as normal.
I suppose the battery was so run down for some reason, that even plugged in, it did not get enough power to complete the boot.
It works now. About to flash Elite RC3 and a new radio.
I was watching netflix, and the interface was acting up, acting laggy, so I powered down the unit to restart it. It powered off, then when I tried to turn it back on, nothing happened. The screen stays black and it just vibrates after 10 sec.
Things I have tried:
Press reset button in hole for 10+ sec, also for less than 2 sec (click it) - no reaction
Press power and hold for 10+ sec - vibrates, like it's starting up, but nothing else
Press power and vol down (also vol up) - same vibration at 10 sec, but nothing else
Had a full charge when this happened, I had just pulled it & the dock off the charger.
When I plug the charger in, I get a solid green light.
Rooted on stock rom with original locked bootloader.
Hoping I can get this thing back on. I'd rather not send the tablet out to anyone or return it with it still full of apps and data.
Edit: Also, when connected to my PC, I get a "USB device has malfunctioned and is not recognized"... oh boy, that doesn't sound good at all.
Edit 2: I don't know if it's pertinent, but the last thing I did before resetting the tablet was adjust Volume+ from 8 to 10. "MusicFX" crashed shortly after that, and the volume didn't actually go up. That combined with the laggy netflix interface is why I reset it. Previously, I've only been skyping and using snes emulators off the market, and browsing the net. I can't imagine why this happened.
Toastysoul said:
I was watching netflix, and the interface was acting up, acting laggy, so I powered down the unit to restart it. It powered off, then when I tried to turn it back on, nothing happened. The screen stays black and it just vibrates after 10 sec.
Things I have tried:
Press reset button in hole for 10+ sec, also for less than 2 sec (click it) - no reaction
Press power and hold for 10+ sec - vibrates, like it's starting up, but nothing else
Press power and vol down (also vol up) - same vibration at 10 sec, but nothing else
Had a full charge when this happened, I had just pulled it & the dock off the charger.
When I plug the charger in, I get a solid green light.
Rooted on stock rom with original locked bootloader.
Hoping I can get this thing back on. I'd rather not send the tablet out to anyone or return it with it still full of apps and data.
Edit: Also, when connected to my PC, I get a "USB device has malfunctioned and is not recognized"... oh boy, that doesn't sound good at all.
Edit 2: I don't know if it's pertinent, but the last thing I did before resetting the tablet was adjust Volume+ from 8 to 10. "MusicFX" crashed shortly after that, and the volume didn't actually go up. That combined with the laggy netflix interface is why I reset it. Previously, I've only been skyping and using snes emulators off the market, and browsing the net. I can't imagine why this happened.
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I know that when I used to turn off my tablet it would turn off and not vibrate. It was still running with the screen off son I had to hold the button till it vibrated then held it down again. It seems you already tried that but try it out again. Also make sure its completely off. When you connect it to computer it should not see anything if its off.
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Thank you for your suggestion, it did not work; it just vibrated both times. I reconnected the keyboard dock and plugged it in via the dock to see if that had any effect, and all the same it is shown as an unrecognized usb device, which in my experience means the usb device has a hardware failure. An Asus support rep has suggested that it would need warranty service. Fortunately I'm still within my return period to BBY, so I will exchange it with them. Just don't like the idea of leaving my unprotected email and other accounts open to anyone who might be able to repair it and get it running again without erasing it.
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and all the same it is shown as an unrecognized usb device
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Find out vendor ID and and device ID of this unknown device. If it is 0955:7030, your device is in APX mode (check if the volume-up button is stuck).
It's just not coming back. I decided to go ahead and exchange it. I'll have to change a crap ton of passwords now, but whatevs. I wish I had an idea of what killed it though.
The vol button was not stuck, it had a definite click 'action' to it on both sides. Wish I had seen your post a half hour ago.
Edit: Wait -- I just crawled through the event logs: Driver Management concluded the process to install driver NULL Driver for Device Instance ID USB\VID_0955&PID_7030\5&250F0A09&0&5 with the following status: 0xe0000203.
Is there a way to get it out of APX mode??
Toastysoul said:
The vol button was not stuck, it had a definite click 'action' to it on both sides. Wish I had seen your post a half hour ago.
Edit: Wait -- I just crawled through the event logs: Driver Management concluded the process to install driver NULL Driver for Device Instance ID USB\VID_0955&PID_7030\5&250F0A09&0&5 with the following status: 0xe0000203.
Is there a way to get it out of APX mode??
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Usually, not pressing Volume-up while powering on is enough.
I'd say your tablet is really defective.
Not really sure what happened, but I left my tablet alone for about 5 days. Had to plug it in to charge it back up obviously. The next day turned it on, and all I get is it vibrates once, than just vibrates infinitely screen is not turning on I think. I tried the reset button, recovery mode nothing happens just goes straight back to vibrating. It seems I can enter APX mode, since it vibrates once and than stops my computer sees it but cant find device software to install for it, and shows up on devices as "APX" unidentified.
I even popped it open, pulled the power connector for the board and backup battery let it sit for a day; plugged it back in and still same issue as before. I bought it 9 months ago in December only real issue before this, is that it froze a few times but went away on its on after a reset.
aidan1982 said:
Not really sure what happened, but I left my tablet alone for about 5 days. Had to plug it in to charge it back up obviously. The next day turned it on, and all I get is it vibrates once, than just vibrates infinitely screen is not turning on I think. I tried the reset button, recovery mode nothing happens just goes straight back to vibrating. It seems I can enter APX mode, since it vibrates once and than stops my computer sees it but cant find device software to install for it, and shows up on devices as "APX" unidentified.
I even popped it open, pulled the power connector for the board and backup battery let it sit for a day; plugged it back in and still same issue as before. I bought it 9 months ago in December only real issue before this, is that it froze a few times but went away on its on after a reset.
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You can give this a shot...:fingers-crossed: you need to hold the power button + volume up for about 10 seconds. You will feel the first vibration and keep holding both buttons for another few seconds then you will feel the second vibration. After the second vibration, you need to release both buttons as the same time then wait for a few seconds after that. You can try to power it up and see if it works.. Please report back and good luck.. :fingers-crossed:
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You can give this a shot...:fingers-crossed: you need to hold the power button + volume up for about 10 seconds. You will feel the first vibration and keep holding both buttons for another few seconds then you will feel the second vibration. After the second vibration, you need to release both buttons as the same time then wait for a few seconds after that. You can try to power it up and see if it works.. Please report back and good luck.. :fingers-crossed:
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I'll try that, I just recently left on the blank apx mode, to let the battey die completely. Now Im charging it again to see if that worked if not i'll try your idea.
So I left work today at 5, paired my phone with the bluetooth in my radio, after I installed Skyfall last night. Pandora was supposedly playing and connected to the radio, but nothing was playing. I toggled the radio a few times and noticed that now only media was playing but no phone. I turned off the bluetooth on the phone thinking that was the problem.
The phone immediately disconnected from my pebble, expected. The bluetooth quick toggle was spinning like it was busy, so I waited. When the light turned green I put the phone in the cupholder. By the time I got to the next light the phone was off, not connected to anything and a bit warm.
The entire 40 minute ride home the phone was hot, and would not turn on or connect to anything. I tried holding the power button down for 10-30 seconds at a time to reset it, but it would not reset. I have tried this multiple times.
I'm home now, connected to the charger but have no charging light, and it still won't turn on. It has cooled off a lot in the past 10-30 minutes
Past couple days I've tried flashing a few things. After the last reset I installed Skyfall, power saver mod, faux kernel, set cpu (and changed some settings) and restored my app backups. Everything was running fine until I tried to connect to the bluetooth on my raido.
I can connect the phone to my computer, and windows recognizes a device connected, but neither ADB or Fastboot see the phone
Am I missing something on the hard power off?
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So I left work today at 5, paired my phone with the bluetooth in my radio, after I installed Skyfall last night. Pandora was supposedly playing and connected to the radio, but nothing was playing. I toggled the radio a few times and noticed that now only media was playing but no phone. I turned off the bluetooth on the phone thinking that was the problem.
The phone immediately disconnected from my pebble, expected. The bluetooth quick toggle was spinning like it was busy, so I waited. When the light turned green I put the phone in the cupholder. By the time I got to the next light the phone was off, not connected to anything and a bit warm.
The entire 40 minute ride home the phone was hot, and would not turn on or connect to anything. I tried holding the power button down for 10-30 seconds at a time to reset it, but it would not reset. I have tried this multiple times.
I'm home now, connected to the charger but have no charging light, and it still won't turn on. It has cooled off a lot in the past 10-30 minutes
Past couple days I've tried flashing a few things. After the last reset I installed Skyfall, power saver mod, faux kernel, set cpu (and changed some settings) and restored my app backups. Everything was running fine until I tried to connect to the bluetooth on my raido.
I can connect the phone to my computer, and windows recognizes a device connected, but neither ADB or Fastboot see the phone
Am I missing something on the hard power off?
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Have you tried holding down power and volume up? When I was using the stock rom rooted with the insecure kernel my phone was running hot and I turned it off and it wouldn't power back on. Nothing worked until I pressed power and volume up - give it a shot.
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Have you tried holding down power and volume up? When I was using the stock rom rooted with the insecure kernel my phone was running hot and I turned it off and it wouldn't power back on. Nothing worked until I pressed power and volume up - give it a shot.
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I swear I was trying this in the car... and several attempts after... But that worked! Maybe it was because I had it on the charger when I did it this time?
Why would they ever make you hold two buttons for a hard reset ><
Phone is on now, Thank you for your assistance!
They gave us back our SD Cards... Now give us back our removable batteries!
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I swear I was trying this in the car... and several attempts after... But that worked! Maybe it was because I had it on the charger when I did it this time?
Why would they ever make you hold two buttons for a hard reset ><
Phone is on now, Thank you for your assistance!
They gave us back our SD Cards... Now give us back our removable batteries!
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Awesome, glad it's up and running.
Hi!
A couple of days ago I got an HTC 10. First I unlocked the bootloader using the official HTC method found on their site. Then I rooted it and for a while it was fine untill I tried to put it in to download mode by using the holding down the volume down and power buttons for a few seconds. At first it would just restart in normal mode so I tried a few times and then decided keep pressing the power and volume down buttons until it goes into download mode. When I did that the phone buzzed three times and then just shut itself off. I haven{t been able to turn it back on since then. I tried all of the methods I was able to find on the internet with no luck. Here is the curious thing though, for the first hour or so after that happened the phone would very briefly buzz after I have been pressing power and volume down buttons for about 10 seconds but still wouldn’t turn on. Then I connected it to my computer and my PC would recognize that something is plugged in by giving me an audio notification but still wouldn’t be able to communicate with the phone. After that I plugged it on and waited for a few minutes, when I checked on it it was pretty hot to the touch, so I unplugged and tried to start it up again and this time it wouldn’t even buzz. Right now I am trying to charge it and it is not getting warm nor has any indication that it is charging.
Did I just **** up a perfectly good phone or there is still something that can be done?
Thanks!
Hi,
have you tried a soft reset? (Power button + Volume down button for 12 to 15 secs)