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[Q] I can't shut my phone down! just restarts!! PLEASE HELP

running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??

To simulate battery pull hold power button it will blink a few times then turn off. Also disable fast boot in power options.
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kleeman7 said:
To simulate battery pull hold power button it will blink a few times then turn off. Also disable fast boot in power options.
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does this work on custom roms also?

Its hardware coded. Works all the time
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fluxgfx said:
Its hardware coded. Works all the time
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Yup. Its meant to work all the time, in place of a battery pull.

theartialmartist said:
running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??
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I had this same problem today.
But the advice given above didn't work for me?
I had to do a factory reset on the phone.
Then the trick to shutting down the phone is to do it BEFORE you set up the phone, immediately after the first bootup.

Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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fluxgfx said:
Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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You sir are brave.

fluxgfx said:
Just for the fun I decided to brick my phone on purpose. Holding the power button will effectively turn the phone off. Got back into my recovery and reloaded a backup.
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Not much of a "brick" if you can just recover from a backup.

Shoot, then i probably brick 4 or 5 times a week
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theartialmartist said:
running cleanrom 3.0, no matter what option i choose in restart menu or shut down, it just does a hot restart
wish i could do a god damn battery pull
[EDIT] This self resolved this time but wtf??
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I also experienced this issue yesterday and was able to resolve the issue. Although I am running sick-sense, this might work for you to because I think the issue is kernel related. Try plugging your phone using the charger, and unplug it. see if it resolves your problem. Let us know if this helps so other who might encounter this issue have a fix.

Freakish bizarre problem( NOT solved)(video of problem)

Running the latest sky ics for awhile all stable no problems then today it rebooted a couple of time and then finally turned off and just keeps vibrating. Pulling the battery didnt help and i cant seem to get into CWM. Any ideas?
Thanks
Edit: video of the problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hi9fb2xuoY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Try charging the battery, could be something kept your phone awake until a full drain and now it doesn't have enough juice to boot up.

kishke said:
Try charging the battery, could be something kept your phone awake until a full drain and now it doesn't have enough juice to boot up.
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This ^^

also could be sticky power button, repeadetly keep pushing hard on the button until it unsticks

Sticky...
vincom said:
also could be sticky power button, repeadetly keep pushing hard on the button until it unsticks
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!

onealvideo said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!
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Lmfao.
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onealvideo said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!
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its not a joke.............its a known problem with these phones when your watching porn, samsung techs are taking a "hard" look into the problem and spending countless hours trying to reproduce the problem:laugh:

vincom said:
its not a joke.............its a known problem with these phones when your watching porn, samsung techs are taking a "hard" look into the problem and spending countless hours trying to reproduce the problem:laugh:
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Funny... but only kinda

So charging it isnt working anymore. Any other ideas?
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ian1 said:
So charging it isnt working anymore. Any other ideas?
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1) Try a different charger and cord.
2) Take your battery and have it tested to make sure its good.
3) Wiggle the USB connection to see if there's any looseness. It should be solid.

hechoen said:
1) Try a different charger and cord.
2) Take your battery and have it tested to make sure its good.
3) Wiggle the USB connection to see if there's any looseness. It should be solid.
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Well I let it charge for a few hours. But the problem starts when i put in the battery it will boot to the second samsung logo and then a little white line flashes across the bottom and it shuts off and starts vibrating. Idk if i can get into download mode im on vacation and only have my tab and my phone.
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If you get to the second logo you should be able to get to recovery, see if you can get there and let it stand for a bit and if it wont crash.
Charging solved the issue at first and you managed to boot up or just got past the first samsung logo?
If after the second logo it restarts and does it all over again its definitely a stuck power button.

kishke said:
If you get to the second logo you should be able to get to recovery, see if you can get there and let it stand for a bit and if it wont crash.
Charging solved the issue at first and you managed to boot up or just got past the first samsung logo?
If after the second logo it restarts and does it all over again its definitely a stuck power button.
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With the charging i was able to boot. I tryed getting into recovery and it almost does but then there's that white line that flashes and my phone turns off and vibrates until i pull the battery.
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It's a really weird issue, if the line was in the middle I would say it's the crt off animation but you said it's at the bottom. If you can try getting into download mode and see if it hangs.
Any chance you can get a video of the issue and upload it?
Just in case try playing with you power key to make sure it's no the issue.

kishke said:
It's a really weird issue, if the line was in the middle I would say it's the crt off animation but you said it's at the bottom. If you can try getting into download mode and see if it hangs.
Any chance you can get a video of the issue and upload it?
Just in case try playing with you power key to make sure it's no the issue.
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Thanks for your input and ya ill add a video to the op
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hi9fb2xuoY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I just shut down my phone and held the power button, it gets to the second samsung logo, crt off animation and starts vibrating. So it's definitely a stuck power button, the rest is up to you, whether you play with it from the outside or take apart the device and try to clean it.
Edit: when you see this you should change your youtube title to: skyrocket stuck power button
So other people with this issue can find it.
Also vincom when you see this you should link this video in the proper location for an example to a sticky power key.

theres a couple of links in the info section from my first link in my sig which might have a solution for the op, and it does look like its definite sticky power button issue since the phone turns on by itself w/out touching the power button when reinserting the battery, and i added the video link

vincom said:
theres a couple of links in the info section from my first link in my sig which might have a solution for the op, and it does look like its definite sticky power button issue since the phone turns on by itself w/out touching the power button when reinserting the battery, and i added the video link
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Problem solved thanks errybody
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ian1 said:
Running the latest sky ics for awhile all stable no problems then today it rebooted a couple of time and then finally turned off and just keeps vibrating. Pulling the battery didnt help and i cant seem to get into CWM. Any ideas?
Thanks
Edit: video of the problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hi9fb2xuoY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Phone just vibrates won't power on

So my brothers skyrocket died while he was talking on it last night. Now it won't power on just vibrates running stock rooted.any help would be appreciated
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if you read the sticky [REF] |Read This b4 posting | THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE you might of found your answer
24) Q. i tried "name of custom rom here" but a feature of the phone doesnt work , eg. camera
A. read the thread for the rom to see if the dev states any issues, read users feedback if they have/mention said feature not working, eg camera, if no, did it work when on stock or return to stock to see if said function/hardware works, if said function works on stock and users of rom states that it does work, then its usually user error, what error? idk, you need to troubleshoot.
32) Q. why does my phone bootloop every few seconds
A. could be a "sticky power button", read the next question and the info section in the 1STOP STICKY
33) Q. how do i test for a stuck "sticky" power button
A. TEST: remove then reinsert the battery and if the phone turns on by itself and then takes approx 10 sec's to turn off and then starts vibrating every couple of seconds then its for sure a power button problem, its stuck, goto the link in the previous answer for a possible fix
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if any of the above didn't get results or fix the issue then it could be a hw failure

Except it's not bootlooping I did read this I wouldn't have asked the question if that was the problem. The screen doesn't come on at all just get a small vibration when holding the power button then nothing pull battery put back in push power same thing.
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monte666 said:
Except it's not bootlooping I did read this I wouldn't have asked the question if that was the problem. The screen doesn't come on at all just get a small vibration when holding the power button then nothing pull battery put back in push power same thing.
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if the pulling battery test resulted in "turns on by itself and then takes approx 10 sec's to turn off and then starts vibrating every couple of seconds " then its a stuck button, bootloop/vibrating every couple of sec's are synonymous, but I will reword the sticky to state both
edit: the key thing you need to establish is if reinserting the battery restarts the phone w/out u touching the power button, if so then the button is stuck. if it didn't restart then return to stock and see if it corrected the issue( I guess that would be hard todo if the phone only restarts/vibrates every 2 seconds), if not then its some hw failure or could even be a battery prob
I reedited the sticky to be more concise on the issue and the testing for the stuck power button

No it doesn't boot by itself when reinserting the battery. Sorry I'm Utah and the phone is in Texas. computer doesn't recognize anything when plugging in either. Using logmein to watch his computer while he's doing this. I do appreciate the help
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then see if they can get into the recovery and /or download mode, if so then wipe caches and reset or reflash the rom or return to stock

No download mode think it might be dead going to have him get a new battery then see what it does
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monte666 said:
No download mode think it might be dead going to have him get a new battery then see what it does
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how about recovery?

Nothing just the little vibration on all the button combinations.
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So after some messing around plugged the phone into a galaxy tab2 charger and got a charging icon going to let it charge for a while and try and boot it up
P.s vincom thank you for the help
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monte666 said:
So after some messing around plugged the phone into a galaxy tab2 charger and got a charging icon going to let it charge for a while and try and boot it up
P.s vincom thank you for the help
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I figured as such that it might have something todo w/the battery,either it was flaky or not charged or cannot be charged which could also be with the charger and/or cable or bad battery contacts. I haven't seen a phone behave in the way you described other than a bad power button, if you ruled out all the known issues as stated in my previous posts then it would have to be a hw issue but hopefully it was just a bad power adapter, usually the first thing a user would do is rule out a dead battery before seeing what else could be wrong with the phone

This i727 is giving me a really hard time

So i have this i727 that keeps vibrating like when you leave the power buttom hold down when its out of battery like every 2 seconds, so yes i checked many threads before i posted but they weren't able to reach download mode like my case here, but here is the problem.
When i reach download mode the phone's screen goes blueish(BSOD without white letters :silly then black and back to vibrating every 2 seconds.
I have opened the phone and cleaned the board a bit, checked the power buttom and it seems to be fine. Tried my skyrocket battery and still no luck.
Any suggestions?
I'll post a video.
http://youtu.be/gwk0c-qt7Xc

Sticky power button??
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Sounds like a sticky power button. If you take the battery out and put it back in what does the phone do?
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jd1639 said:
Sounds like a sticky power button. If you take the battery out and put it back in what does the phone do?
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holeindalip said:
Sticky power button??
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I checked the power button when i opened the phone 2 days ago it was dirty and i cleaned it and still no luck, this time im gonna open it up again and re-check the power button at work i guess and let you guys know. :highfive:

its not only about dirt it also could be a failed power button which is broken internally, read the sticky Read This b4 posting | THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE and go near the end to read about the procedure on fixing it

Thanks a lot guys for the support.
Got it fixed, it was a stuck power button.
So i had to do this to the power button switch then pressed it hard a couple of times(while it was like on the photo below)and connected the board without the case to test it and VOILA it worked, so then i placed the metal embrace back to place and closed the phone to test again and it's working like a charm.
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Hope this help some other people who have the same problem. :highfive: :fingers-crossed: :good:

Help! Phone in loop rebooting

Hi guys,
I need your help, once again. This afternoon my phone fell on the ground, not from a big height, but it did. As I picked it up it was still working, but I couldn't pick up a phone call I was receiving, so I switched it off. Since then, it's in constant reboot. I tried to pull the battery, but as soon as I put it back in, the loop starts again, without even pushing the power button.
Unfortunately, when I pulled the battery I realized some had craved in, from a previous spill. Not much at all, in fact I was surprised to see it there, but as a fact there was.
I tried to access recovery mod, but with no success.
Thoughts?

Get into download mode and go back to stock.

Could be a problem inside the phone. But you should try going into download mode and go back to stock by using the one click back to stock tool.
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MeteorStorm101 said:
Could be a problem inside the phone. But you should try going into download mode and go back to stock by using the one click back to stock tool.
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No success. As soon as I pop the battery in it starts the loop, so basically I have no time to press volume and then plug the cable in.
If I plug the cable, press volume, and then pop battery in, it goes into a different "battery loop", but still loop.
I can't believe it got damaged for three drops of water...

siddharta1979 said:
No success. As soon as I pop the battery in it starts the loop, so basically I have no time to press volume and then plug the cable in.
If I plug the cable, press volume, and then pop battery in, it goes into a different "battery loop", but still loop.
I can't believe it got damaged for three drops of water...
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Try this different method to get into download mode.
Take everything out of the phone (microSD, Battery, and SIM card).
Then hold both volume button up and down and THEN connect it to the cable.
Keep holding the volume buttons and then put the battery in.
It may be hard so you should flip to the back side of the phone and do tht. By doing tht, it will automatically go into download mode.
If that doesnt work it could be a battery problem or the phone is broken :/
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MeteorStorm101 said:
Try this different method to get into download mode.
Take everything out of the phone (microSD, Battery, and SIM card).
Then hold both volume button up and down and THEN connect it to the cable.
Keep holding the volume buttons and then put the battery in.
It may be hard so you should flip to the back side of the phone and do tht. By doing tht, it will automatically go into download mode.
If that doesnt work it could be a battery problem or the phone is broken :/
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Nothing, still goes to a sort of battery charging loop. Damn it...

Can you try to get into download mode without putting the battery in. Just hold the volume buttons and connect it to the cable and see if it goes to download mode. If it does then put battery in. Be careful.
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MeteorStorm101 said:
Can you try to get into download mode without putting the battery in. Just hold the volume buttons and connect it to the cable and see if it goes to download mode. If it does then put battery in. Be careful.
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No luck....

That sucks. :/ Download mode is the only way to fix these kinds of problems. I dont see why you wouldn't be able to get into there. Try looking in other forums to see if it can help you.
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MeteorStorm101 said:
That sucks. :/ Download mode is the only way to fix these kinds of problems. I dont see why you wouldn't be able to get into there. Try looking in other forums to see if it can help you.
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I can't believe it... I realize water is lethal to these devices, but that was not much water at all...
I guess I can start looking for a new one. Suggested phones? Nexus 4?

That phone seems nice. As long as you can afford it then it would be great. Just make sure it doesn't contact wit water. Even doe it my seem like tht is a great phone to chose phones arent made to be water proof at this point
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MeteorStorm101 said:
That phone seems nice. As long as you can afford it then it would be great. Just make sure it doesn't contact wit water. Even doe it my seem like tht is a great phone to chose phones arent made to be water proof at this point
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Unfortunately I can't really afford it, but now it's hard to go back to a dumb phone. At the same time I'm pissed at how fragile these things are..

Sadly i have nothing to add to this except i have this exact same problem happening to me right now. Now This is the second phone ive ever rooted so you know I'm a newb their. So Can someone shoot me in the direction of stock tar files and what Odin to use.
I believe that is what i need to do yes?
use Odin to (IDK) inject root access with some other programs needed to use custom roms backups etc, also this is doe using a specific file as this is the part of the process where most phones are bricked?
So sorry but for those following this thread I have searched but IDK the best way to go as they change and i want the latest. As when i first rooted this phone I first tried Superoneclick as it was said to be so easy. Well SOC froze on step 3 i think and never finished once so i ended up doing it with Odin which is the way i did it with my SG3 (for some reason way easier to use maybe more devs??) So i am trying ti pimp my mothers phone LOL She is in her 60s but she knows what shes doing lol. Anyway she hated her phone and i told her all she had to do was root it and load a new ROM and your phone will look and act newer. (wanting to save mom money too) This is my situation.
If you read all that i am asking what Odin version i need or better where to get it. Same with the flash file. IDK if any ICS or JB rooted flash files are made or if its better to use stock 2.3.6 (i think) whichever way results in easiest upgrading and how it should be done. I thank you a lot. I am sorry for the thread hijack but i thought it would be better one post here instead another thread (i hope to have found it from you or on my own before that) like i said i search but i cant find i know its their i found it before so idk.
I do know to thank you again and sorry again for the hijack

Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12255848
Odin 1.7 is fine
Here is a list of Roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V/List_of_ROMs
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hutson23 said:
Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12255848
Odin 1.7 is fine
Here is a list of Roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V/List_of_ROMs
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Thanks for that information as long as your not hard bricked AFAIK this is the fix all if you have to start over.