My tablet would sometimes not turn back on after putting it into sleep. I would have to hold the power button for about 10 seconds until the tablet restarts. It doesn't bother me much when I'm not doing anything important, but it gets really annoying when I'm about to take notes in class and the boot time for this device is quite long. Is there a fix for this? I'm on complete stock with locked boot loader.
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My tablet would sometimes not turn back on after putting it into sleep. I would have to hold the power button for about 10 seconds until the tablet restarts. It doesn't bother me much when I'm not doing anything important, but it gets really annoying when I'm about to take notes in class and the boot time for this device is quite long. Is there a fix for this? I'm on complete stock with locked boot loader.
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Its called a "Sleep of Death" i think. Since you are on stock, its probably caused by an app you installed, so you would have to play around to see which.
Or get an app called "Wakelock" from Play store, but it will decrease battery life
Thanks for giving me the terms. I'll look more into that.
And I got a reply from ASUS support saying there will be an OTA update in April/May. Hopefully that could fix the issue if this is a common issue.
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Hey all,
Just got a Eee Pad TF101 from Amazon and upgraded to 3.2 (OTA upgrade - stock ROM from Asus). Almost every time I put it into sleep mode, it would hard restart itself (reboot into the Asus logo).
Does anyone have this issue? This is seriously annoying. Would appreciate any help to fix or at least identify the cause of this.
Thanks!
Build: HTJ85B.US_epad-8.6.5.6-20110726
How about after trying a Factory Recovery without installing any apps? It still reboots when you press to sleep mode?
Does the same thing happen when the tablet naturally goes into sleep mode because of inactivity? If not, how are you putting it in sleep? It should take only a momentary push of the power button. Hold it down for too long and you reboot the unit.
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How about after trying a Factory Recovery without installing any apps? It still reboots when you press to sleep mode?
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Yep, tried that, and that doesn't help with the random reboot problem.
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Does the same thing happen when the tablet naturally goes into sleep mode because of inactivity? If not, how are you putting it in sleep? It should take only a momentary push of the power button. Hold it down for too long and you reboot the unit.
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Both (inactivity and momentary push of the power button) would often (about 50% of the time, and you can imagine how frustrating it is) send the Eee Pad to sleep of death, and then it would reboot itself.
This is happening to me also. I'm just about ready return my eee pad.
It happens to me too. Doesn't matter what build or whether its 3.1 or 3.2. Very annoying
My first transformer unit has the same problem and tried everything but nothing sucesfull.
The other two units (the second has touch problems) not suffered that problem.
Had the same issue with my Transformer several times on 3.1 and also once on 3.2. Moved to Prime 1.7 and it seems to be gone
I have read on other forums that this maybe caused by a microSD card. Is everyone having this problem have a MicroSD card inserted into the slot?
RMA is the best route. It shouldnt be boot looping like this.
i had this problem, and got progressively worse...i had to RMA to get them to fix it...supposedly, they replaced my main board.
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There has been a lot of talk about the random reboots since ICS, but i have a slightly different problem. Since updating to ICS i've had a few random shutdowns....i think, it might be that it freezes with the screen off, i'm not sure which. ive never seen it happen when i was using it, the battery is never dead, i just try to turn the screen on and it won't. I have to hold the power button down for it to do either a reboot or a boot from scratch not sure what it is.
here is what i have
- stock transformer (rooted in HC to fix left speaker volume)
- upgraded via ota to ICS (seemed to work correctly)
- not overclocked
- no other hacks
- haven't done factory reset (don't want to, but might if it keeps happening)
Has anyone else seen this since ICS ??
I haven't had that problem but I've had a lot of others from bootlooped, to the whole tablet freeze... I'm on stock ics and factory reset didn't help what so ever........
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518552
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518552
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I started to read through that thread (lots of pages there), i didn't notice anyone with the random shutdown on there that's why i started this thread, just in case it started happening to other people too.
I will try some of the suggestions on there to see if it goes away.
Same issue here - it is either freezing while the screen is off or shutting down. Only way to get it to respond afterwards is to press and hold the power for 10+ seconds, release, and then again for 5+ to turn it back on.
I've reset to defaults with no success. Running stock rooted ICS.
Same issue!
I've noticed this happening on my tablet too.
Mines completely stock in every way, never rooted or modified in any way from stock.
After the ICS update I've noticed that... probably once a week or so I'll go to turn on my tablet only to find that it's essentially turned off.
There was plenty of battery, and no obvious rhyme or reason for the shut down ?!?!
Same here. Stock TF101, after ICS upgrade device doesn't respond to wake button. Plenty of battery. You have to hold the button for a way longer than just a power on press.
I've started having the same issue after updating to ICS. Sometimes it's random reboots and other times I'm getting this shutdown issue.
I have this problem too.
I try to fix this by changing the ROM but all still get this problem.
Stock ---> RevolutionHD ---> EOS with cornerstone 4
I have had same problem with the random reboot/boot loop problem with ICS and I have tried stock unrooted / stock rooted / Revolver / RevolutionHD. All do the same thing. If I have the screen off for extended periods of time, it reboots and gets caught in a boot loop. The 10+ then 5+ button hold works to get it restarted. I am trying different apps to see if one is the cause. Most of the time I seem to remember that I was browsing just before shutting the screen off.
Will let you know if I narrow this down as I have multiple browsers installed. Note: I mainly use Chrome and FireFox Beta the most, will try removing those and testing.
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Same here, having random shutdowns and sometimes when I lock my screen it restarts and get stuck at the bootanimation.
Also it often reboots when I use Splashtop remote. It works well, then I touch the screen and it restarts...
I hope Asus will fix this as soon as possible, but i think it will take a while.
I believe this has to do with the power management issue. I've noticed that after being unplugged from the power supply. The tablet will stay on. Once when the power level dips below a certain percent, the tablet automatically shuts down. When it reboots, sometimes the wheel will stay stuck. The only way to keep the tablet powered on is to have the cable plugged in. That defeats the purpose of a portable tablet, might as well get a EP121 then.
It seems like whenever I leave my TF700 inactive for a while, it is always completely shut down the next time I pick it up, even if it has plenty of battery left. This latest time I did notice that the dock battery is totally drained (and it is almost always docked), but the tablet battery is at like 90% Transformer is stock/locked. Not sure why this is happening, but it's really annoying to have to turn it back on every single time I pick it up....
This doesn't sound like the norm, i didn't see this issue with my first infinity.
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How do you turn it back on?
Few seconds of power button press, or a longer press (like 10s+) ?
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How do you turn it back on?
Few seconds of power button press, or a longer press (like 10s+) ?
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I have the same problem with my brand new TF700T .. I had for a little over a week now and it does the same thing. I have to hold the power button for 10 seconds or more for it to reboot. I don't have the keyboard dock ...
I have been finding a few threads on forums about it but not that many so I'm thinking of exchanging it for another one.
I've had my TF300 for a few months now. It's been unlocked since day one, and is currently running CM10 stable (probably going to try a 10.1 Nightly today). Recently it has been randomly shutting down. No warning or anything, I'll just be watching a video or browsing the web and boom, it's off. Screen is black and everything.
This wouldn't be THAT bad but it doesn't automatically reboot, and it's very difficult to get it to boot back up. I've tried holding the power button for over a full minute, every combination of vol+ and power and vol- and power, and most of the time (not every time), nothing seems to do the trick but sticking it on the charger for a while and leaving it alone. Then I'll just hit the power button like normal and it will fire right up. It's done this 3 times now.
So what do you guys think? Hardware or software issue? And despite being unlocked, do you think ASUS would warranty it if I restored the factory image, if it is a hardware issue?
Have you got it overlocked? If so, try turning the tablet down. Watching videos may be too much for the tablet if it's overclocked. Another way to see if it's software or hardware is to switch ROMs and see if it still does it. If so then it very well may be hardware related.
As for the the warranty, from what I understand, Asus will still cover hardware issues even if it's unlocked. I do not know from personal experience, only from what I've read here from other members.
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Have you got it overlocked? If so, try turning the tablet down. Watching videos may be too much for the tablet if it's overclocked. Another way to see if it's software or hardware is to switch ROMs and see if it still does it. If so then it very well may be hardware related.
As for the the warranty, from what I understand, Asus will still cover hardware issues even if it's unlocked. I do not know from personal experience, only from what I've read here from other members.
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Not overclocked, it was a thought that occurred to me, too, but it's just running the included CM kernel at the stock speeds. I'll give CM10.1 a try tonight and see if that resolves it. Thanks for the advice.
So I think I figured it out. This thing is straight up not reporting battery stats. I let it fully charge last night, and now after unplugging its been at 100% for about an hour of straight use and two (normal) reboots. Tried deleting batterystats.bin but it made no difference. I'm going to run it down and see what happens...
Still no go. It was totally fine until the battery hit about 45%, then shut off and was unresponsive. When I plugged it back in, the light blinked for a few minutes, then I was able to power it up like normal. Has the battery gone bad?
Try Installing STOCK ROM
I have the similar issues with CM10. But it doesn't happen when I am using it(playing games, surfing internet or watching movies).
It happens only when the tab is not being used for more than 2-3 hours. Pressing Power button doesn't do anything and I have to press the power button for at least 1 minutes to get it rebooted.
I installed Stock 10.4.2.18 rooted(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033205) and I don't see that issue anymore.
Now I am trying CleanROM Inheritance 3.0.4(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049322) to see how it goes as it is based on the Stock ROM.
Same exact happened to me yesterday...i was scared for a min or two...it finally booted back and been fine since...im on cleanrom unlocked and rooted no overclock
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I have the same problem, and my non-scientific observation leads me to suspect it was worse on the stock ROM. Also, I have this problem where wifi will not work (upon waking the tablet, it says wifi is off, though I had not turned it off), and I have to reboot it in order to get wifi to connect. I don't know if the issues are related.
Hi Guys
Just wanted to ask if anyone else has encountered this, hold down power button,it vibrates after a few seconds but nothing appears on the screen, if I attempt again, I have to hold it longer and then it vibrates again, this goes on for maybe 4-5 attempts before the thing boots, what is doing this,lol, so what i do now which is quite annoying, I just hold down the power button until the logo appears, maybe 1-2 minutes before it boots. tried a reset and a cold boot but still does it, any help would be great. have a great weekend everyone.
kind Regards
Paul
cholo777 said:
Hi Guys
Just wanted to ask if anyone else has encountered this, hold down power button,it vibrates after a few seconds but nothing appears on the screen, if I attempt again, I have to hold it longer and then it vibrates again, this goes on for maybe 4-5 attempts before the thing boots, what is doing this,lol, so what i do now which is quite annoying, I just hold down the power button until the logo appears, maybe 1-2 minutes before it boots. tried a reset and a cold boot but still does it, any help would be great. have a great weekend everyone.
kind Regards
Paul
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Based on your description this appears to be a manufacturers defect. The should be sent back to Asus for repair.
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What ROM are you sporting right now? Unlocked? Rooted? How long have you had the 700? First owner or second-hand? Have you tried charging it for 12+ hours and then retrying to boot? On some Android devices, running it completely empty (and subsequently recharging, obviously ) helps as well, although I wouldn't have a clue as to why.
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What ROM are you sporting right now? Unlocked? Rooted? How long have you had the 700? First owner or second-hand? Have you tried charging it for 12+ hours and then retrying to boot? On some Android devices, running it completely empty (and subsequently recharging, obviously ) helps as well, although I wouldn't have a clue as to why.
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Hi
I bought the tablet from E*** second hand, I think I charged it for 6 hours when I first opened the box, it is running JB 4.1.1, was okay for first 2 days and then I noticed it would not boot, I shut it down by holding power button down until shut down box appears and I press ok, It takes about 10 secs to shut down roughly, seems like an age.then when I boot I hold power down, usually vibrates after 5 secs but no asus logo screen,lol.did cold boot and reset but problem persists. Only workaround is to hold power button until it decides to boot, tempted to return tablet, I also have the asus tf300tg 3G tab, which works fine, very small differences between the 2, screens are very similar despite the IPS + feature, thanks for everyone trying to help, much appreciated.
Kind regards
Paul
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