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Alternative to a battery pull for rebooting Nexus?

I'm tired of having to take the case off and pry the battery cover off in order to yank the battery for a reboot! Is there anything else I can do when the phone locks up? Some sort of Ctrl + Alt + Del or anything? This tends to happen when messing with overclocking/undervolting.

I'd also like to know. Nexus One has the three-button salute (as it was affectionately called), which was power, volume down and trackball simultaneously. Does the Nexus S have a similar method?

with the screen on hold down the power button. Not sure that is what you were looking for. Its only a shutdown not a rebbot.

We're looking for something you can do even if the screen won't turn on or if the phone is frozen at some point. Not a standard shutdown/reboot with the power button.

There isn't another way, unfortunately. If it is frozen you have to do a battery pull.

derekwilkinson said:
There isn't another way, unfortunately. If it is frozen you have to do a battery pull.
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if frozen, just a battery pull. if not, theres a reboot widget(that i used on my nexus one when the power button died and still use on the ns). if you have root, you can type reboot or reboot recovery in the terminal emulator app.

That's interesting...so only HTC handsets have a "secret" reboot key combination? Every one of their phones has a three key combination that reboots the phone, which is clutch when it's locked up or otherwise messed up. Shame Samsung didn't do something similar.

uansari1 said:
That's interesting...so only HTC handsets have a "secret" reboot key combination? Every one of their phones has a three key combination that reboots the phone, which is clutch when it's locked up or otherwise messed up. Shame Samsung didn't do something similar.
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The HTC Evo had/has no such key combination to reboot while on.
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The Epic had one as well. Shame the Nexus doesn't, but sometimes it can be more annoying then useful. I feel you though it's annoying to take the case off, but thats why I just dropped CM7 and went back to the stock ROM... no more freezes

HTC Dream had one as well (call, end call, and menu at once). The three finger salute

Phones with at least 3 hard keys can do that. If NS volume buttons were separate they'd probably include it in.
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obsanity said:
Phones with at least 3 hard keys can do that. If NS volume buttons were separate they'd probably include it in.
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The galaxy S series is the same setup and had a shut off key. It was to hold the power button down and the phone would shut down even if it is frozen
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zephiK said:
The galaxy S series is the same setup and had a shut off key. It was to hold the power button down and the phone would shut down even if it is frozen
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Hmm.. I guess I never thought about holding the button for a reboot. Maybe Google didn't either.
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[Q] Hard Reset Sensation 4g

Is their a way to hard reset the Sensation 4g with out a battery pull i know with the Samsung galaxy S2 all you have to do is Hold the power button down for 10 seconds is their any key combination for the Sensation? Thx for any helpful information in advance

OreoBoyVa said:
Is their a way to hard reset the Sensation 4g with out a battery pull i know with the Samsung galaxy S2 all you have to do is Hold the power button down for 10 seconds is their any key combination for the Sensation? Thx for any helpful information in advance
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By hard reset you mean restart of system and all apps?
Settings > Power > Fastboot > Disable
Switch off, Switch on
Voila!

Yes but I'm talking as if the phone is froze how can you hard reset with out a battery pull ?
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OreoBoyVa said:
Yes but I'm talking as if the phone is froze how can you hard reset with out a battery pull ?
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Ideally, if any process has stopped responding, you can come back to the home screen by pressing the home button.
It is a very rear situation where the phone freezes & this usually happens due to unstable overclocks. How to come out of it, I have no idea, sorry mate.

kgs1992 said:
Ideally, if any process has stopped responding, you can come back to the home screen by pressing the home button.
It is a very rear situation where the phone freezes & this usually happens due to unstable overclocks. How to come out of it, I have no idea, sorry mate.
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Thx because I had my phone charging via USB to computer and I hit reboot phone it rebooted but then when I thought it was going to power back up the screen just stade black with the charge light stuck on even when unplugged
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OreoBoyVa said:
Yes but I'm talking as if the phone is froze how can you hard reset with out a battery pull ?
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I think you mean restarting when its frozen right? To do that press vol+ vol- and power simultaneously for some seconds, it should hard reboot.

Trouble with Power button.

I am facing a problem as my power button is suddenly not working and I am sure the phone did not undergo any physical disturbance to have this problem. Also my capactive lights don't work and then blink when I boot the phone.
I am running ViperS 3.1.0. Any suggestions to fix the issue? Please guide me through if anything can be done.
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anirudh611 said:
I am facing a problem as my power button is suddenly not working and I am sure the phone did not undergo any physical disturbance to have this problem. Also my capactive lights don't work and then blink when I boot the phone.
I am running ViperS 3.1.0. Any suggestions to fix the issue? Please guide me through if anything can be done.
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Hey,
The power button does take a fairly longer press to bring up the power menu...I am experiencing that too..
But other than that the power button is working fine...to lock the screen...and to bring up the bootloader when switched off

murtazasamiwala said:
Hey,
The power button does take a fairly longer press to bring up the power menu...I am experiencing that too..
But other than that the power button is working fine...to lock the screen...and to bring up the bootloader when switched off
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No it is not the problem. It was fine this morning but suddenly the problem is appearing, I don't know why this is happening.
Also the Capacitive button lights don't work this was not the case before on ViperS
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can you boot now to the OS?
if not then boot to the bootloader and reboot from there
after that go to settings and untick fastboot
turn off the device and turn it on again
see how it goes

rzr86 said:
can you boot now to the OS?
if not then boot to the bootloader and reboot from there
after that go to settings and untick fastboot
turn off the device and turn it on again
see how it goes
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I can boot to the OS, also after I boot and do as u say. I am unable to bring the power menu as the power button is not responsive.
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anirudh611 said:
I can boot to the OS, also after I boot and do as u say. I am unable to bring the power menu as the power button is not responsive.
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have you done anything lately that could affected power button?

rzr86 said:
have you done anything lately that could affected power button?
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Nothing I did to disturb the power button. Also when I pull the battery and put it in again the phone just starts by itself without having to press the power button.
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When you're in Android, does pressing the power button not turn the screen off/on? Does the power button respond at all in any situation?
Since putting the battery in is causing the phone to power on without pressing the power button, I wonder if the power button is stuck on. When you put battery in and power up, what happens if you hold volume down button? Does it go to bootloader?

[Q] Power Button hard to press

For the last year or so my lock button has gotten harder to press and doesn't have that "click" feel to it. Does anybody know why this is or how to fix it?
EDIT: my power button stopped working all together. If anybody knows how to fix this or turn my phone on without adb(to switch batteries), it would be greatly appreciated.
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CerealFTW said:
For the last year or so my lock button has gotten harder to press and doesn't have that "click" feel to it. Does anybody know why this is or how to fix it?
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take off you back cover and see if the plastic button got somehow trim
try also to press the power button with a toothpick or with your finger
to check if you have the same hard pressing

I have 2 back covers and both of them seem fine. How can you tell if they got trim? I used my finger and a sharp object, they both turn it on but it feels the same
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CerealFTW said:
I have 2 back covers and both of them seem fine. How can you tell if they got trim? I used my finger and a sharp object, they both turn it on but it feels the same
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hmm, i don't know what else to suggest
did the device ever fell from your hands and hit in that spot?
if yes maybe it can cause that issue

well i tried to clean out the dust with a can of air and it blew out this little film thing and now it doesnt work at all hahaha but i got the device set up to use the vol up button as a power button but it is only recognized when it is powered on. does anybody know how to boot the device without adb? im currently using adb to start but its a pain to have a computer around to start the phone. i switch batteries a lot so its really inconvenient. btw i noticed that the phone doesnt turn off if you remove the battery in bootloader if it has a usb cable plugged in but i cant select any of the options without a power button

Bump
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Phone won't turn on after installing Gsam root companio

Running skyfall and faux kernel. Everything was fine until installed this app. Went to reboot as requested then nothing. Powered off. Will not turn on at all. Can't boot into the boot screen. Power cable doesn't so anything,...uh I'm confused. Please help

Hold down your power button for over thirty seconds and report back. I couldn't turn on my phone once, but after holding down the power button for ages, it eventually booted.
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That didn't do the trick but adb got it to come to life. I was freaking out

The power button and up on volume key does the trick.
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ickedmel said:
The power button and up on volume key does the trick.
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Thanks. I'll learn htc's tricks soon enough. Said in another post, every mfg is different. I wouldve been looking for Odin on my galaxy thanks for the heads up.
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The power button and up on volume key press at a time.