Unplugged, I turn the power off, then I hold down the volume button, then the power button, a couple seconds later the tablet vibrates but nothing else happens and I've held down both buttons simultaneously for up to a minute. Then I have to hit the reset button with a paper clip for it to work again. I have a new one on the way as a replacement, but wanted to try the cold boot process to see if that would somehow fix my sudden loss of haptic feebdack.
stray_pube said:
Unplugged, I turn the power off, then I hold down the volume button, then the power button, a couple seconds later the tablet vibrates but nothing else happens and I've held down both buttons simultaneously for up to a minute. Then I have to hit the reset button with a paper clip for it to work again. I have a new one on the way as a replacement, but wanted to try the cold boot process to see if that would somehow fix my sudden loss of haptic feebdack.
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Are you only holding the volume down button (and not the volume up)? If you're holding that then hit the power button (once you feel it vibrate to signal it is powering up, you can release the power button and still hold the volume down button), you should then see some white text in the upper left corner of the screen. When you see this, release the volume down button, and wait until you see two images appear in the center of the screen, one will say "wipe data" and the other will be an Android icon. Check that the Android icon is highlighted and press the volume up button (if "wipe data" is highlighted, press volume down first, then volume up). In the upper left corner you should see some white text that says "Cold booting linux", and you should just have to wait for it to finish booting.
Hope that helps.
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Are you only holding the volume down button (and not the volume up)? If you're holding that then hit the power button (once you feel it vibrate to signal it is powering up, you can release the power button and still hold the volume down button), you should then see some white text in the upper left corner of the screen. When you see this, release the volume down button, and wait until you see two images appear in the center of the screen, one will say "wipe data" and the other will be an Android icon. Check that the Android icon is highlighted and press the volume up button (if "wipe data" is highlighted, press volume down first, then volume up). In the upper left corner you should see some white text that says "Cold booting linux", and you should just have to wait for it to finish booting.
Hope that helps.
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That did help. Thanks.:good:
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hi. im new the the forums.
i have a nexus s 4g for sprint. its brand new. when i turn the phone on, it wont go past the "X" boot screen. if it does, it goes to the home screen then goes back to the "X" screen. i dont know how to fix this problem. its getting frustrating.
thanks for the help
try a full wipe
Yeah try a full wipe.
If you're stock (Not modded) then just turn the phone off, hold the volume up and power until you get to a screen with an android on it, then scroll down with the volume keys until "Recovery" is highlighted, then press the power button. Then you'll get to a screen with an exclamation mark and then you press volume up and power at the same time and then you'll see a menu, after that scroll down to "Wipe data" and press the power button. That should wipe your phone.
Good Luck!
I've held the vol down and the power button, for as long as 10 minutes. The phone does nothing. I release them and the phone starts normally. The touch buttons at the bottom blink 4 - 5 times, and that is all that happens.
What is going wrong here? I am on 1.85. No root, no mods etc.
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I've held the vol down and the power button, for as long as 10 minutes. The phone does nothing. I release them and the phone starts normally. The touch buttons at the bottom blink 4 - 5 times, and that is all that happens.
What is going wrong here? I am on 1.85. No root, no mods etc.
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In power settings uncheck fastboot and then try again.
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No change. Touch buttons do not blink, but the phone simple never starts up until I release them.
Start by holding the volume down button in, then the power button. After the the soft lights blink a few times & the screen goes black, immediately release the power button "only" while still holding in the volume down key. If I had to guess your not releasing the power button.
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Start by holding the volume down button in, then the power button. After the the soft lights blink a few times & the screen goes black, immediately release the power button "only" while still holding in the volume down key. If I had to guess your not releasing the power button.
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I was going to say something similar. You don't even have to hold the power button that long (until the softkeys blink), just 3 seconds or so. Then release the power button but NOT the volume down button. Keep holding vol down until you are in bootloader. This, and make sure "fast boot" is unchecked in Settings>Power as previously mentioned also.
Pretty self explanatory post. I'm trying to boot my phone into bootloader mode, but holding power and volume down just reboots it normally.
I have a AT&T HTC One X. Any ideas?
It's a timing issue. There are two ways you can do it.
While device is switched on
Hold the volume down button, then hold the power button (so you're holding them together), the button lights will start to flash, they'll stop flashing and the screen will go blank, after a couple of seconds let go of the power button but continue to hold the volume down button until the phone boots into the bootloader.
While the device is switched off
Hold the volume down button, then hold the power button (so you're holding them together), after a couple of seconds let go of the power button but continue to hold the volume down button until the phone boots into the bootloader.
It's very important to not let go of the power button until you reach the bootloader with either of those methods.
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I learned that the hard way. Lol
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This is almost always a matter of pilot error. Unless the phone is bricked, or an actual physical malfunction of the vol button, it will always be able to go to bootloader. Just follow timmaaa's suggestion above. The primary error, is that folks don't realize you are supposed to let go of the power button but keep holding vol down. Understandable, since the usual direction is just to "press power and vol down".
I have researched the "related threads" and none are similar to the issue I am having.
The phone turned off midcall and fails to turn on afterwards. I thought it was the battery, but it still fails to turn on after charging over night.
It boots up to show the logo, after a battery pull and turns back off.
If I I press down the power button + down volume+ menu, I get the warning about a custom install of an OS may damage the phone and if i want to continue to press the volume up, or cancel.
The phone only lasts about 5 seconds, after every battery pull, other wise it won't turn on again.
I haven't gotten a blank white screen nor the Android logo.
Thank you.
Update: I believe I confirmed it is a power button issue.
What I used to confirm it was pressing the volume down button and menu without the power button and was able to see the Warning as if I had pressed all three. Also, the phone vibrates as soon as I place in the battery.
Issue now is: Supposedly the cause is due to a stuck power button, but physically the power button is not stuck. It clicks when pressed.
Hello.
I received my Pixel 4a recently and now feeling like the most disappointed person in the universe.
The reason is that the left button seems to be somehow stuck - but in a software way as it clicks perfectly (the phone is or should be new), but does nothing, and while button is not being pressed, the volume turns down on itself to the bottom, and tries to be turned down even then. There is more - the power button does not work, and I can not turn the screen of. And when I hold the power button, the phone does not reload - it goes into fastboot as the volume button is "being held" by default. And there is even more - in fast boot the volume down button also doesn't do anything, and the power button also acts as an options switcher instead of enabling them so I can not even enter rescue or recovery mode. The only way to boot then is to hold volume up button after holding power button so it neutralizes the volume down button effect.
Any help would be much appreciated
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