Help, galaxy s2x doesnt shut off completly - General Questions and Answers

I was having problems with the GPS on my Koodo Galaxy S2X phone that I decided to do a factory reset on it.
The reset worked fine and then I reinstalled all my apps, all good.
except that now when I want to restart or power off the unit, it gets stuck somewhere and the hard buttons stay lit and I have to remove the battery to turn it off.
If I keep the power button pressed long enough it will reboot.
Any ideas how I can solve this?
I thought of doing a new factory reset just in case something went awol in the previous one but in the screen to do the factory reset after pressing the button "ERASE" nothing happens.
If I select to format the USB drive, a message does come up saying that its formating and then nothing.
The unit is not locked because I can continue to use it normaly. And no reset is done.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The unit is rooted but has the stock koodo ics 4.0.4 in it.
Could this have something to do with the root?
Any help would be appreciated.

ZeMartelo said:
I was having problems with the GPS on my Koodo Galaxy S2X phone that I decided to do a factory reset on it.
The reset worked fine and then I reinstalled all my apps, all good.
except that now when I want to restart or power off the unit, it gets stuck somewhere and the hard buttons stay lit and I have to remove the battery to turn it off.
If I keep the power button pressed long enough it will reboot.
Any ideas how I can solve this?
I thought of doing a new factory reset just in case something went awol in the previous one but in the screen to do the factory reset after pressing the button "ERASE" nothing happens.
If I select to format the USB drive, a message does come up saying that its formating and then nothing.
The unit is not locked because I can continue to use it normaly. And no reset is done.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The unit is rooted but has the stock koodo ics 4.0.4 in it.
Could this have something to do with the root?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Ever find an answear to your problem? Having the same issue. For now I am simply not shuting down my phone because I am sure that pulling out the battery in the midst of a shutdown if probably not good for it.

eugkra33 said:
Ever find an answear to your problem? Having the same issue. For now I am simply not shuting down my phone because I am sure that pulling out the battery in the midst of a shutdown if probably not good for it.
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I solved my problem by installing a new ROM (koodo v3 rom) but after doing that I think if I just had used the SUPERWIPE script might have been enough to reset the device.
At least the GPS works great now with this ROM.

ZeMartelo said:
I solved my problem by installing a new ROM (koodo v3 rom) but after doing that I think if I just had used the SUPERWIPE script might have been enough to reset the device.
At least the GPS works great now with this ROM.
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Hi,
I've the same problem at the moment with my new s2x. I've tried restoring to the my original rom and I've also tried a different rom (Koodo v4) and the phone still won't turn off properly (the bottom button lights keep lit).
I was wondering if anyone could help. How exactly do I work the SUPERWIPE and what exactly does it entail? Sorry I'm quite new to all this just bought my first android yesterday. Thanks.

Superwipe is run with TWS or clockwork. I dont know exactly what it does but it fixed my problem.

ZeMartelo said:
Superwipe is run with TWS or clockwork. I dont know exactly what it does but it fixed my problem.
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Thanks Martelo, I used Darkside superwipe (link here), reinstalled rom and it finally shuts off now.

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Help me please!!!!!

Ive been running a GTN7000 on rooted ICS for some time without any errors however today I decided to remove Chainfire 3D, after the compulsory reboot my phone shows no display after the initial logo. The normal jingles and vibrations take place and the buttons are lit but there is no screen output.
Does anyone know how to fix this without wiping my phone? thanks
It seems like you have a soft brick. Try a reset via Samsung Kies or look for a soft brick undo guide or something.
I am sorry I cannot help any further as I do not own a note myself and therefore have minimal experience with the device.
Would like to hope you can fix it.
Hit thanks if I helped.
i think you should try to soft reset it. you can use any reset method you already know....
sorry if i couldnt help you any further too. but as for me, when i face some error like that, i've always reset my phone (coz i already backup my data with titanium backup)
Hi guys, sorry for the delay.
I've finally managed to fix it.
After fighting through a whole heap of errors and reflashing the device at least 10 times I now have my phone back to a fully working rooted ICS state. I did however loose all my data.

[help] Phone turn off

guys i need your help, i already faced this problem for a very long time.
My phone turn off by itself and when i turn on after the cyanogen logo it only takes 5 seconds and it turns off again, sometimes it didnt turn off and i can use it for about 1 day and while i am using my phone it turns off by itself and when i open it turns off again and again and it happened for about 15 times before i can use my phone (not turning off) . in stock rom when i use camera flash my phone turns off (sometimes not but most of the time turns off) i already did all hoping to solved the issue, wipe cache, dalvik cache, re flash the rom, format data/system when installing a rom etc..... i already tried all version of our device recovery, CWM and TWRP but still i'm facing the same issue. i already flash all the roms in our device from stock to custom, from ginger bread to kitkat but still the problem was there. i already bring my phone into the repair shop but they dont know what is the problem they said all the parts of the phone was good no need to replace anything. torch app works, only when i take picture in stock rom and use camera flash after pressing the capture button the phone turns off.i have 2 batteries but both of them didnt solve the issue. i really need your help:crying::crying::crying:
Can power controller? Had a similar case from a friend, as a result no longer included.
Repair was equivalent to the cost of the device.
Vergilliy said:
Can power controller? Had a similar case from a friend, as a result no longer included.
Repair was equivalent to the cost of the device.
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did your friend solved the problem? how?
ANDROID-000 said:
did your friend solved the problem? how?
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I say that not as. It was cheaper to buy a new phone than to repair. He just gave me his for parts.
Try more serious service center. Otherwise you can end badly.
ANDROID-000 said:
guys i need your help, i already faced this problem for a very long time.
My phone turn off by itself and when i turn on after the cyanogen logo it only takes 5 seconds and it turns off again, sometimes it didnt turn off and i can use it for about 1 day and while i am using my phone it turns off by itself and when i open it turns off again and again and it happened for about 15 times before i can use my phone (not turning off) . in stock rom when i use camera flash my phone turns off (sometimes not but most of the time turns off) i already did all hoping to solved the issue, wipe cache, dalvik cache, re flash the rom, format data/system when installing a rom etc..... i already tried all version of our device recovery, CWM and TWRP but still i'm facing the same issue. i already flash all the roms in our device from stock to custom, from ginger bread to kitkat but still the problem was there. i already bring my phone into the repair shop but they dont know what is the problem they said all the parts of the phone was good no need to replace anything. torch app works, only when i take picture in stock rom and use camera flash after pressing the capture button the phone turns off.i have 2 batteries but both of them didnt solve the issue. i really need your help:crying::crying::crying:
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Try to make a wipe cache and data and reinstall the Rom
ANDROID-000 said:
guys i need your help, i already faced this problem for a very long time.
My phone turn off by itself and when i turn on after the cyanogen logo it only takes 5 seconds and it turns off again, sometimes it didnt turn off and i can use it for about 1 day and while i am using my phone it turns off by itself and when i open it turns off again and again and it happened for about 15 times before i can use my phone (not turning off) . in stock rom when i use camera flash my phone turns off (sometimes not but most of the time turns off) i already did all hoping to solved the issue, wipe cache, dalvik cache, re flash the rom, format data/system when installing a rom etc..... i already tried all version of our device recovery, CWM and TWRP but still i'm facing the same issue. i already flash all the roms in our device from stock to custom, from ginger bread to kitkat but still the problem was there. i already bring my phone into the repair shop but they dont know what is the problem they said all the parts of the phone was good no need to replace anything. torch app works, only when i take picture in stock rom and use camera flash after pressing the capture button the phone turns off.i have 2 batteries but both of them didnt solve the issue. i really need your help:crying::crying::crying:
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if i am right the problem you have is the POWER button
sometimes that button can be stuck and it makes sense for you because you say it reboots after cm logo
if when it reboots it vibrates as well, definitely the power button is the problem
and when it works means you unstuck it
just go to a service center and ask them to replace the button, its pretty cheap
ShadowsDie said:
if i am right the problem you have is the POWER button
sometimes that button can be stuck and it makes sense for you because you say it reboots after cm logo
if when it reboots it vibrates as well, definitely the power button is the problem
and when it works means you unstuck it
just go to a service center and ask them to replace the button, its pretty cheap
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it dont reboot, it just turns off and no it dont vibrate when phone is off. i already bring it to ervice center but they said power button is not the problem. i also thought that is the the problem but they said not.

Help: Nexus 5 Rebooting randomly and going into bootloops

16 GB black Nexus 5 on ART with stock recovery, stock kernel and rooted using CF's autoroot and bootloader unlocked. The phone was running perfectly for the past 3 months.
Now it has started to randomly reboot all the time and goes into bootloops which take a while to recover from. It seems that the power button is super sensitive. Even touching it mildly brings up the power off option. After reboot the phone went back to Dalvik runtime from ART.
I've been running Dalvik every since. I've uninstalled most apps. But the phone keeps on rebooting again and again just randomly in the middle of tasks. After this the phone goes into a boot loop until it boots successfully. It's almost impossible to use the phone right now, because the reboots just happen more and more frequently.
I've tried wiping the cache, uninstalling apps etc. Nothing has helped.
Any suggestion? Thanks in advance.
iamjimmy said:
16 GB black Nexus 5 on ART with stock recovery, stock kernel and rooted using CF's autoroot and bootloader unlocked. The phone was running perfectly for the past 3 months.
Now it has started to randomly reboot all the time and goes into bootloops which take a while to recover from. It seems that the power button is super sensitive. Even touching it mildly brings up the power off option. After reboot the phone went back to Dalvik runtime from ART.
I've been running Dalvik every since. I've uninstalled most apps. But the phone keeps on rebooting again and again just randomly in the middle of tasks. After this the phone goes into a boot loop until it boots successfully. It's almost impossible to use the phone right now, because the reboots just happen more and more frequently.
I've tried wiping the cache, uninstalling apps etc. Nothing has helped.
Any suggestion? Thanks in advance.
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Sounds to me like a hardware issue-as if the button is partially depressed at all times. You could try popping the back off and blasting around the button with compressed air. Another option would be to RMA.
mrfeuss said:
Sounds to me like a hardware issue-as if the button is partially depressed at all times. You could try popping the back off and blasting around the button with compressed air. Another option would be to RMA.
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Thanks for the quick response. I don't want to mess around with the hardware of the phone. I think I will go the RMA route.
Do you have any suggestions in terms of the best way to backup the phone? Do you think a factory/data reset of the phone might help before RMAing?
I'd factory reset just as a precaution as your phone probably has some personal info on it
keepermike said:
I'd factory reset just as a precaution as your phone probably has some personal info on it
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Yes. I will definitely factory reset before RMA.
Any idea on the best way to backup the phone content? Should I flash all system files for factory reset or just use the phone's menu?
Thanks.
iamjimmy said:
Yes. I will definitely factory reset before RMA.
Any idea on the best way to backup the phone content? Should I flash all system files for factory reset or just use the phone's menu?
Thanks.
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Upload photos, music and videos to drive, dropbox or to your computer with usb. Then depending if you're rooted or not helium or titanium backup for app data. Me personally I'd just flash all files cause it doesn't take long to do so. Good luck and hopefully your new Nexus gives you better luck

[Q] Restart loop(not bootloop) - really weird

Hey lads,
I got a really weird problem and I've tried nearly everything I can think of. I had EMUI 2.3(b121sp06) and I tried the online OTA update to b307 if I remember right(was automatically suggesting the update) and at the update screen it loaded to about 99% and then stopped. Said not to press power while on this screen but obviously it wasn't going to finish. So I reset the phone and it started the "recovery loop", so basically keep trying to apply the update. I had to flash CWM to break out and flashed the whole system by hand(recovery,system,boot,cache,cust and userdata img files) and it starts up but it keeps resetting and seemingly it's random. Android boots up, I don't touch the phone--> boom reset. Weird thing is it even does it in recovery.
If I really want to explain the problem it's like as if my finger got stuck on the power button(that naturally made me think that the button might be f*cked), but booting into fastboot and not having resets cleared my suspicion. What I also noticed is that every time it boots up it doesn't recognize the sim card and I have no signal or whatsoever.
Tried multi tool unbricking method -> doesn't work
Tried factory reset from stock recovery(had to be fast so it doesn't reset before) ->doesn't work
Tried wiping dalvik cache and factory reset from CWM ->doesn't work
Tried killing battery by letting it keep resetting -> battery drained, reset loop stopped ->put the phone on charger->reset loop started again
I have no f*cking clue how can I get out of this, will keep trying though. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
Hi
Did you try to remove the Sd Card ? Honor 6 reboot is often due to faulty SD Card.
Which model do you have ? L04 ?
B307 upgrade sure ?
Seb
Yes, that was my first idea, still does it though. I have the L02 and I'm not positive it was b307, but it started with 3, could be b303 if there is one.
I don't know for L02 but for L04 there is a Full ROM that you can flash with the three buttons method. (Vol+,Vol-, power and put the ROM in /dload folder on the SD card).
Maybe there is such thing for L02 ?
There is, but as I said the phone restarts even in recovery. It's like the phone restarts every 30 secs except for fastboot.
if it's not SD card or internal flash problem so, it seems to be hardware related to me (
Would make sense but it occurred only after I tried OTA. Would be really surprised if that killed that hardware :-/
xXPhoenixXx said:
Would make sense but it occurred only after I tried OTA. Would be really surprised if that killed that hardware :-/
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Have u fixed the issue yet????
kamalnath93 said:
Have u fixed the issue yet????
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Unfortunately not, I'm out of ideas, trying to negotiate with the seller to sort something out, I think the phone is beyond saving
Same thing happened with me. Don't have any solution. Have you fixed it?
xXPhoenixXx said:
Hey lads,
I got a really weird problem and I've tried nearly everything I can think of. I had EMUI 2.3(b121sp06) and I tried the online OTA update to b307 if I remember right(was automatically suggesting the update) and at the update screen it loaded to about 99% and then stopped. Said not to press power while on this screen but obviously it wasn't going to finish. So I reset the phone and it started the "recovery loop", so basically keep trying to apply the update. I had to flash CWM to break out and flashed the whole system by hand(recovery,system,boot,cache,cust and userdata img files) and it starts up but it keeps resetting and seemingly it's random. Android boots up, I don't touch the phone--> boom reset. Weird thing is it even does it in recovery.
If I really want to explain the problem it's like as if my finger got stuck on the power button(that naturally made me think that the button might be f*cked), but booting into fastboot and not having resets cleared my suspicion. What I also noticed is that every time it boots up it doesn't recognize the sim card and I have no signal or whatsoever.
Tried multi tool unbricking method -> doesn't work
Tried factory reset from stock recovery(had to be fast so it doesn't reset before) ->doesn't work
Tried wiping dalvik cache and factory reset from CWM ->doesn't work
Tried killing battery by letting it keep resetting -> battery drained, reset loop stopped ->put the phone on charger->reset loop started again
I have no f*cking clue how can I get out of this, will keep trying though. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
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Its might be a battery problem Or power flex cable. Try to turn on the phone during charge
guys im facing the same problem now... waiting for any solutions
I have tried stop & uninstall some app
I've tried as quickly as I can when the phone (nokia x) is on, then I stop> uninstall I consider potentially cause this problem (facebook, whatsapp, uc browser) and then it managed to prevent the continuous restarts. but problems arise even though the application had me uninstall and then I restart the phone. and it is back again, I uninstalled the app that has remained with the error settings and restart repeatedly. who knows what else : '(
xXPhoenixXx said:
Hey lads,
I got a really weird problem and I've tried nearly everything I can think of. I had EMUI 2.3(b121sp06) and I tried the online OTA update to b307 if I remember right(was automatically suggesting the update) and at the update screen it loaded to about 99% and then stopped. Said not to press power while on this screen but obviously it wasn't going to finish. So I reset the phone and it started the "recovery loop", so basically keep trying to apply the update. I had to flash CWM to break out and flashed the whole system by hand(recovery,system,boot,cache,cust and userdata img files) and it starts up but it keeps resetting and seemingly it's random. Android boots up, I don't touch the phone--> boom reset. Weird thing is it even does it in recovery.
If I really want to explain the problem it's like as if my finger got stuck on the power button(that naturally made me think that the button might be f*cked), but booting into fastboot and not having resets cleared my suspicion. What I also noticed is that every time it boots up it doesn't recognize the sim card and I have no signal or whatsoever.
Tried multi tool unbricking method -> doesn't work
Tried factory reset from stock recovery(had to be fast so it doesn't reset before) ->doesn't work
Tried wiping dalvik cache and factory reset from CWM ->doesn't work
Tried killing battery by letting it keep resetting -> battery drained, reset loop stopped ->put the phone on charger->reset loop started again
I have no f*cking clue how can I get out of this, will keep trying though. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
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Hey I tried to root my phone and its stuck in the same restart loop. I am trying to install some roms, CM or stock. U also try and let me know if it works.
Kuber.ksp said:
Hey I tried to root my phone and its stuck in the same restart loop. I am trying to install some roms, CM or stock. U also try and let me know if it works.
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my phone is working only on charhing.. pufffff
snrtrt said:
my phone is working only on charhing.. pufffff
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Did you follow the guide here?
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs
In the past my battery lost it's endurance pretty much. Furthermore I've read that a defective battery causes lots of weird behaviours on our Honor 6, which was the same to mine.
In my case a replacement of the battery worked well, to get my Honor 6 back to life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceyzXavxFAw
It's not that difficult and lasts approx. 30-45 mins. Spare Batteries are available for 6 - 10 bucks on ebay or directly from the chinese internet stores.
Borg666 said:
In the past my battery lost it's endurance pretty much. Furthermore I've read that a defective battery causes lots of weird behaviours on our Honor 6, which was the same to mine.
In my case a replacement of the battery worked well, to get my Honor 6 back to life:
It's not that difficult and lasts approx. 30-45 mins. Spare Batteries are available for 6 - 10 bucks on ebay or directly from the chinese internet stores.
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It's really important that we use original chargers for the health of our device.

Softbricked G Flex 2 freezing at start. Boots but unable to start.

Hi everyone.
I have an LG G Flex 2 (H955) that suddenly went on a fritz. It used to be rooted fine, it was on default firmware, 10 something (wouldn't OTA due to rooting), no issues, but as I am a heavy user, enabled multiuser, had a bunch of apps installed and running it started to slow down on occasion, but nothing unexpected. Anyway, few days back, it shut down on its own while I was typing a message and the phone entered bootloop - on it's own. I decided to cut my losses and did the factory reset the hardware way, it booted up, did the "optimizing apps thing", got to welcome screen and - froze - then just restarted. It's been doing that ever since. Sometimes it boots all the way and then freezes and starts, sometimes it gets stuck on LG logo, sometimes even boots and works for a minute or two but still freezes and reboots.
I can access Download mode, and HW factory reset. I flashed several stock ROMs I found with LG flash tool 2014. It goes without a hitch, boots up, again gets to the welcome screen and reboots. I tried to to the dd cmd way to flash the only system.img I found online, but I get a security error at boot. It gets fixed when I flash the stock ROM again with flash tool. I am at my wits end. I have no warranty, I have no backed up original dump. With my limited knowledge I have somewhat of a hunch that one of the partitions might be corrupted as it boots most of the time but as it tries to write or read something from somewhere (hence showing the Welcome screen) it dies.
Would anyone have a suggestion as to what I might try next, or had a similar experience?
Thank you all very much in advance for any help.
Have you tried this tool with the appropriate image?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-flex2/general/p-restore-recovery-to-stock-tool-h950-t3171550
Hi and thanks for the tip. However, no, I have not tried this method as my device is H955, International version, and I am not keen on messing up the phone worse then it already is.
I will look it up in more detail, but as far as I can see it only pertains to the H950 (ATT version)
Edit: I looked it up in detail, and the developer removed the H955 support as there is a KDZ for it and he claims the .kdz is a much better option - however - .kdz does not work for me. It flashes the rom all right, both in Normal and CSE Flash modes, but the problem persists. Turns on (if I'm lucky), freezes, reboots and so on.
D'oh, didn't see the H955 part. :-|
Sorry to hear you are still stuck, can't offer much more unfortunately.
I know one of the flashing modes does a reset, but maybe a reset after the flash might help.. i think it's, from powred off, down plus power until the lg logo then release and then hold power on its own until you get to a recovery screen where you can reset.
you probably already tried that I'm guessing though. taken memory card out if you're using one?
thepktrckt said:
D'oh, didn't see the H955 part. :-|
Sorry to hear you are still stuck, can't offer much more unfortunately.
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Don't worry about it, you tried to help, and I appreciate it
meangreenie said:
I know one of the flashing modes does a reset, but maybe a reset after the flash might help.. i think it's, from powred off, down plus power until the lg logo then release and then hold power on its own until you get to a recovery screen where you can reset.
you probably already tried that I'm guessing though. taken memory card out if you're using one?
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Hi and thanks for yet another tip. However, you guessed right - I tried everything - reset from the recovery, before the flash, after the flash, in the middle of flash, with memory card, without memory card, tons of times - you name it, I've tried it. And still, it boots up (sometimes, though), freezes and go bye-bye. I'm completely out of ideas. If I could somehow rebuild partitions from Download mode, or use ADB, or push some image I found and flash it directly, but there is no way to push files to phone in Download mode (and 5.1.1. disabled external memory, so that is out of the option too).
It seems I'm stuck for now. I'm wondering if the repair guys have some tricks up their sleeves, perhaps with those hardware boxes, jtag something or other...
im on same boat with h955p, any solution?
the battery is the problem 100%. i had the same problem and i managed to fix it with buying a new battery and replacing it. 10$ on aliexpress plus you get the tools and it is really easy to replace.
hi. i was stuck in this situation. you can reflash the original stock rom back from LG UP software. at me this was the problem. my friend have a korean model and at him the 4g data connection was the problem...i was on the update of the marshmellow and freeze and reboot...factory reset didn't do something cool and keeps rebooting...but i was smart and lucky and my brain was thinking at the reflash of the phone...so i was to the reflash so my phone was completely and fully functional...no freeze , no reboot...and look for the v20a italy firmware (stock rom)...i say this because this v20a italy rom is so f***in stable and no battery drain...better than other stock rom marshmellow. Thanks me later.

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