My sg2+ keeps randomly restarting or powering itself off even after I took it back to the store and got it repaired. My device is rooted and running on android 4.1.2. Should I flash a new ROM (are there any available for sg2+ and which ones would you recommend?) or manually update software? Now the home button lost its functionality and while holding the power button down, only power off and restart options appear. What should I do?
Disable stock power saving.
Use ota or whatever to download 4.2.2 , root it and use greenify to save juice.
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Hey guys,
I have a buddy who has a Nexus S (GSM on Tmo) on 4.0.4 and he has never rooted. I'm vary familiar with the process of rooting/installing ROMs as I have a Galaxy S (Captivate).
Here's the problem. He recently upgraded to 4.0.4 from 4.0.3. After about a few weeks of doing so, his power button just stopped working. I've been looking around and this has been reported to be possible a hardware issue. We've seen some reports that this has happened to a few other people after upgrading to 4.0.4.
Now, one of the possible/temporary fixes people have mentioned would be to clear the dalvik cache. Well, we cannot do this as the power button is broken.
Really, I'm just trying to find a way to unlock the bootloader and or root it without using a power button. There was a guide that was feasible when using 4.0.3 as their was a one-click root without using the power button. That doesn't seem to be the case for 4.0.4, at least what I've seen.
So, in short. Is there a way to root or unlock the bootloader without a power button? Or is it possible to remap the power button to the search button in 4.0.4 so you can use it in recovery? I know this may be a longshot as the software to remap is in the Android OS and wouldn't be running when in recovery.
I'm starting to run out of ideas... hoping someone might be able to chime in and get us going in the right direction.
Thank you.
When my power button gave out I downloaded FIX BROKEN POWER BUTTON and TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. Neither one remedied the issue (had to send it in to get main circuit board replaced), but by using the combination of both apps together, I was able to turn on and off my screen easily at least
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589251
That being said, I had a similar problem, and ended up having to send my phone to Samsung for a repair, so maybe it IS a hardware problem?
take a look at this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524858 you can find solutions to do lot of tasks that require the power button, including remaping the search key to be your power button.
TheUnlockr.com (appears to be not working right now) has a great guide specifically for the Nexus S. You can use fastboot/adb commands to reboot into fastboot mode, unlock the phone using fastboot, root, flash, etc.. Just search fastboot commands on google. All you have to do is install the android sdk, download the platform-tools, and install PDA-Net driver.
If you remove the battery, the phone will shut off. Once you replace the battery can you turn on the phone with the power button? That's how you'll find out if it's a hardware issue. Of course if it is, you won't be able to power it back up.
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If you remove the battery, the phone will shut off. Once you replace the battery can you turn on the phone with the power button? That's how you'll find out if it's a hardware issue. Of course if it is, you won't be able to power it back up.
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Lol! if i put the battery back it gets on automatically
mayankchopra said:
Lol! if i put the battery back it gets on automatically
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I have the same problem...
Now what? When I load into bootloader it gets stuck so I cant reflash using the toolkit.
Same problem for me, around the internet seems that many people have this issue. I don't think this is a hardware bug because my phone sometimes open itself the menu without long press the button and if i select "turn off" the phone doesn't do it and the screen goes blocked so I have to remove the battery and once I replace it the phone goes on. I am rooted with stock rom and kernel, does anyone have this problem with a mod rom? strange that google doesn't say anything about that, there are too many people's with the same problem...
I am also having the same problem but my phone is already rooted. How can I unroot so I can send back to Samsung?
Unrooting is as easy as just downloading an app called ES file explorer, enabling root permissions in settings, and then deleting superuser under system/app/superuser.apk and also delete the su binaries under system/bin/su and also che k in xbin as well.
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I rooted my LG P 350 with Gingerbreak, and i set up CyanogenMode 7.2. Phone worked whole day, but when i connected phone to PC it was in debugging mode, so i try to disable it and my phone just showed me a black screen. No i can't start Android, all I get is Linux penguin in the top left corner. How can i fix it? Thank you.
Have you tried rebooting from recovery. Simply pull back your battery and put it back again, and press the power, call button and the volume down button to start your ph in recovery mode. Just select reboot button from there. If it doesn't work, you may need to reflash your cm rom.
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Hello,
I rooted the droid using the method by JCase. Everything worked fine until the Google Play store kept telling me there was a system update. My only option was to either update now or a reminder to update later (within 24 hours) I chose update now.
Now the device will power up normally but after a minute or two it will say Shutting down and will restart. This is throwing an infinite loop.
When I booted the phone into AP holding down the volume + power buttons, Recovery mode will not work. Please help. I don't know what to do.
Hi, I have an Acer Iconia A500 Tab, I did a factory reset, and unfortunately I hit the reset button twice which froze the tablet. I held the power button to shut it down, and now it won't boot. The power button lights up, but I get no vibration or any visual. I'm assuming that it is hard bricked, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have an idea of what I could do to get it back. (I don't have the SBK).
Thanks
Rufen101
What type of rom were you using? Stock or Custom? Android version? What happens when you try to go into recovery mode? What happens when it is completely shut down and then powered back on after 20-30 min?
D.
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It was stock ICS version. I'm unable to get the recovery mode, and nothing happens when I leave the power on.
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It was stock ICS version. I'm unable to get the recovery mode, and nothing happens when I leave the power on.
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Press POWER + VOLUME UP to enter fastboot mode. If it works we can go on...
Already tried that with no success
Hi.
Something strange happend to my Nexus 5. I can't turn it OFF, boot into bootloader, custom recovery, factory reset, nothing. My phone is on now and everything is working (charging is working too). I am on Pure White ROM on android 5.0, build LRX21O with franco kernel. Help guys, there's literally nothing I can do. Thanks
Surowica said:
Hi.
Something strange happend to my Nexus 5. I can't turn it off, boot into bootloader, custom recovery, factory reset, nothing. My phone is on now and everything is working (charging is working too). I am on Pure White ROM on android 5.0, build LRX21O with franco kernel. Help guys, there's literally nothing I can do. Thanks
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Piees and hold the power button for 20 seconds. It should shut off
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jd1639 said:
Piees and hold the power button for 20 seconds. It should shut off
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Still nothing. After doing it, the google logo appears and it boots to the system. Unable to turn it off...
Is your battery life suddenly abysmal, too? I am facing the same problem. I suspect franco kernel, cause I am stock plus franco.
​ Battery drain is ok. In my opinion it's Franco kernels' fault. But there's literally nothing we can do...
Try adb reboot recovery?
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I could get into recovery:
Reboot with the normal reboot menu in Android, but hold Vol+ and Vol-. When the device reboots, you get into bootloader, from there into recovery.
Just reflashed my system.img and boot.img from stock to uninstall franco.
Will report back.
PS: Also had Lightflow installed, anyone else?
EDIT: This solved the reboot problem. If the battery drain is fixed I can only tell after a day or so.
EDIT2: Seems that the drain has also been fixed. Not completely sure yet.
EDIT3: Yeah, definitely solved. Will stay away from custom kernels for now.
Thanks man! You the best for sure sth is wrong with Franco, not sure about other kernels. Be aware guys! Think I'll stick to the stock kernel for a while...
I am unable to switch off my Google Nexus 5, tried holding down the power button for more than 30 seconds + but nothing happenes, the screen is blank (can just multicoloured dots - pixekl?), even tried holding down the vol up / down keys alongwith the power button but results are still the same.. do I need to wait for the battery to run down or is there any other way to switch off / factory reset the phone
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I am unable to switch off my Google Nexus 5, tried holding down the power button for more than 30 seconds + but nothing happenes, the screen is blank (can just multicoloured dots - pixekl?), even tried holding down the vol up / down keys alongwith the power button but results are still the same.. do I need to wait for the battery to run down or is there any other way to switch off / factory reset the phone
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If your rooted use power menu apps from the playstore
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