How can you hard reboot if needed - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6

I'm considering upgrading from my S2 to the S6 but I'm concerned about situations where, in the past, my S2 was locked up such that the only way to fix it was to pop out the battery.
Trying to power it off through the button didn't work, screen was unresponsive.
With the S6, since you can't just pop the back off and pop the battery out, what would one do in this situation?

marklyn said:
I'm considering upgrading from my S2 to the S6 but I'm concerned about situations where, in the past, my S2 was locked up such that the only way to fix it was to pop out the battery.
Trying to power it off through the button didn't work, screen was unresponsive.
With the S6, since you can't just pop the back off and pop the battery out, what would one do in this situation?
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Hold power until it restarts. If for some reason that doesnt work then hold Home+Power+Vol Down until it reboots.

Do NOT hold power+vol down+home. That puts it in download mode.
It's not an S2, I can't imagine this happening. Hasn't happened on my last 3 phones that did not have removable battery.

natypes said:
Do NOT hold power+vol down+home. That puts it in download mode.
It's not an S2, I can't imagine this happening. Hasn't happened on my last 3 phones that did not have removable battery.
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So what if it goes into download mode. I'm just saying if whatever reason it doesn't restart with power then try the latter.

Gizmoe said:
So what if it goes into download mode. I'm just saying if whatever reason it doesn't restart with power then try the latter.
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Still, I wonder what happens in a situation where (in the past) you needed to pull the battery to do a hard restart. It's looking like you can't do that now.

marklyn said:
Still, I wonder what happens in a situation where (in the past) you needed to pull the battery to do a hard restart. It's looking like you can't do that now.
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That isn't the case anymore. The power button is made to bypass the system now by holding it down due to non removable battery. I guess worse case scenario you could just let it die and then boot into recovery and factory reset. The download mode hard reset function should always work regardless of the state of the system. Then when in download mode just hold down the combo again until the screen goes black. Then you can just start it up again. Not sure why the other poster thinks going into download mode is a dramatic scenario.

Update: I just read samsung built in a specific function just for this. Hold volume down and power for 10 seconds and phone will power off.

Gizmoe said:
Update: I just read samsung built in a specific function just for this. Hold volume down and power for 10 seconds and phone will power off.
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I hope that is really the case. And my phone is a S4, no clue why I said S2. duh.
I know that on rare occasions my phone was so foobared that the only way I could unlock it was to pop the battery out but then again on an S4 there may not have been a power off button combination under the same circumstances.

I found that I had to hold all 4 buttons on my Verizon S6 to get it out of download mode. This boots it into "Maintenance Boot Mode" which gives you some special boot modes alongside a normal boot option.

Gizmoe said:
Not sure why the other poster thinks going into download mode is a dramatic scenario.
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Either you know something download does that I do not, we are not on
the same page or you're confusing download mode with recovery mode.
Download mode has no options on the phone for a hard reset. It's just
download mode. Recovery mode offers hard reset as well as factory reset.

natypes said:
Either you know something download does that I do not, we are not on
the same page or you're confusing download mode with recovery mode.
Download mode has no options on the phone for a hard reset. It's just
download mode. Recovery mode offers hard reset as well as factory reset.
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Getting into download mode is just a method. Never said there was any selectable options. I think you weren't understanding me. Anyways Samsung has built in a feature to hold power and volume down which will take you to a screen where you can do 5 different options. 1 is a factory reset.

Related

Some Captivates Unable to Use Three Button Recovery

It appears that some newer Captivates being sold suffer from not being able to reboot into download or recovery mode using the three button (VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR) combination. These phones will not respond to these key combinations. If you have one of these phones, you have a significantly higher risk of bricking your phone irreversibly since you cannot three button reboot into download mode from a failed flash.
The first two Captivates I used did not have this problem. The two Captivates I got this week both DO have this problem. Others who have purchased their Captivate recently (in the past week) have discovered this problem as well. This indicates it may be more common in newer Captivates.
A number of Galaxy S I9000 have experienced this problem and they have put pressure on Samsung Canada via Facebook to fix the problem. For those affected, I suggest we do the same for our Captivates:
http://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobile?v=wall
Examples of Captivates that can't use three button recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8066648
and from I9000 users:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765703
Asked and answered my own question. Relevant information condensed into the post above.
Pretty sure you can still do it... try this
shut down your phone, plug in the usb cable and wait for the battery to come up, then do the key combo.
I call user error. How and why stop key combos? I wouldnt think it would happen.
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I call user error. How and why stop key combos? I wouldnt think it would happen.
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I've went through 2 cap's also, both cannot do it. I have to use ADB to kick into recovery. Also, in the SRE thread another user had the same issue. All bought within the last week..
Thanks for the heads up. I was planning on swapping mine out because it isn't consistently detecting my SIM card; looks like I should wait for a bit and see if this is a temporary issue.
I swapped mine so its the so called newer one. And i can still use the buttons just fine. Even tried with another one today and still worked fine. So i dunno.
To clearify some issues. Power off. Hold power and BOTH volume buttons down. Thats the key here. Once the att screen comes on wait. Dont do anything. The screen turns off. THEN the screen comes back on. Thats right twice. THEN release the power button. ONLY the power button and continue holding the volume up AND down. You will see recovery menu.
thats exactly how we are doing it. its the download that is having issues though, not recovery. thats holding both vols, pluggin in USB. it should go to Download mode, but it doesnt.
Ok just tested. Same thing with usb plugged in takes you to download.
Make sure odin is up and running. And usb is plugged in when u power off. Not sure if its needed but thats how i tested it.
Worked fine here plugging in a usb after powed off.
If this does not work for you please post a system dump. Or pm me for more help. Kinda wonder why so many users have these issues :-(
I was having these problems as well.. When I first got that phone I tried to boot it into recovery mode, and it wouldn't work.. THe only way I was able to get it into recovery mode was through quick boot.
So while I was flashing the SRE v 1.2.2a somehow it got stuck in a loop of installing the files over and over..
I tried putting the phone into download mode via every button combination people suggested.. I literally am not exaggerating that I spent 4 hours trying over and over..
Today i sent it back rma.
Take your phone back if 3 button recovery mode does not work
malfuncion said:
I've went through 2 cap's also, both cannot do it. I have to use ADB to kick into recovery. Also, in the SRE thread another user had the same issue. All bought within the last week..
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Here is my suggestion. Take your phone back if it does not do the 3 button recovery mode. Otherwise you will sooner or later brick it and not be able to recover:cool. Take it from someone who has bricked one that could not do the 3 button recovery mode. I lucked out and got a new phone that does do the 3 button rec now LOL. Test the phone in the store to ensure it can go into recovery mode.
smokestack76 said:
To clearify some issues. Power off. Hold power and BOTH volume buttons down. Thats the key here. Once the att screen comes on wait. Dont do anything. The screen turns off. THEN the screen comes back on. Thats right twice. THEN release the power button. ONLY the power button and continue holding the volume up AND down. You will see recovery menu.
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Did this for about 2 hours on both devices. No joy. If you follow the links I posted in the first post, you'll see that a number of I9000 devices have this problem and now a couple of ours do as well. It has to do with the way they are flashed from the factory.
I can certify (unless I have gone completely mental) than I am doing it the right way. I had two Captivates before this that I could put into download and recovery easily using the vol up + vol down + pwr combo. The last two, no way. Also cannot do the vol up + vol down then plug in USB with ODIN running and ready to get out of brick mode (i.e. computer -!- phone). Which means once bricked, always bricked.
I've attached build info for the device. JF6, built 8.11.2010, hardware is REV0.4.
ok so I am basically screwed then. I just called AT&T and they wont warranty the device. Do I have to call samsung? I got that number: 18889874357.
AT&T didnt even know what a recovery mode was, they wanted to walk me through the factory reset on the phone itself.
Has this issue been confirmed with Samsung?
Called Samsung this morning- actually just got off the line. I spoke to about 3 people, then finally got to level 3 support. They stepped me through the same steps I have read everywhere- the 3 button reset. He actually had me try it a few different ways too. After a second, he put me on hold to see if there is some other way to put the phone into recovery or download mode, but after 5 minutes he came back and had no good news. He had a couple things he googled but they didnt work- of course. He basically resolved the call with "I don't know what to do..." So I then asked if this is an RMA'able problem and he said he didnt think so since the phone functions fine but put me on hold again for another 5 minutes. Finally he came back and said he can setup an RMA to do a factory reflash. It is a 2day air to send it to them, then a flashing, and a 2day back. Should take about a week or so. He suggested I maybe go to AT&T and possibly get it replaced that way first so I will head over to corporate this evening. If that doesnt work then I'm sending it off to Samsung...
I had much difficulty getting into recovery. But it turned out to be a matter of timing. Using the usb cable plugged in seems to change the criteria and made it easier to get into recovery.
What I do now. Phone is off. Wait at least 10 sec after shutdown to ensure it is fully off. In low light you may see a small amount of light coming from the screen then it goes black.
Press both volumes then the power button and hold till the att screen pops up. After att screen is on (the initial screen not the animation) for one or two second. Release power then volume quickly. If that doesn't work try it as design gears describes with the usb cable.
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Dani897 said:
What I do now. Phone is off. Wait at least 10 sec after shutdown to ensure it is fully off. In low light you may see a small amount of light coming from the screen then it goes black.
Press both volumes then the power button and hold till the att screen pops up. After att screen is on (the initial screen not the animation) for one or two second. Release power then volume quickly. If that doesn't work try it as design gears describes with the usb cable.
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Tried umpteenth different timings. Now that I have one of my original Captivates back, the difference is clear. I can get it into recovery/download 100% of the time. On both the new ones, 0% -- as in never. It's gonna be a fun conversation at the AT&T store trying to tell them that:
1. The phone is broken because I can't get it to switch into a mode mainly reserved for engineers.
2. I will test the replacement they give me for the same problem and return it if doesn't work.
3. Repeat step 2 until I find one that works.

I need major help here.

Ok, here is my issue. Phone power button seems to have gotten very sensitive to touch. Button does not have to be pressed in but lightly touched to activate it. 2nd, phone will not stay in recovery mode or download mode long enough for anything to be flashed onto the phone. I have to pull the battery out to reboot it and as soon as the battery is placed back in, the phone starts without me touching the power button. Any help would be appreciated.
loonie01 said:
Ok, here is my issue. Phone power button seems to have gotten very sensitive to touch. Button does not have to be pressed in but lightly touched to activate it. 2nd, phone will not stay in recovery mode or download mode long enough for anything to be flashed onto the phone. I have to pull the battery out to reboot it and as soon as the battery is placed back in, the phone starts without me touching the power button. Any help would be appreciated.
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sounds like the power button is activated at all times..
I'd get a refurb personally
Unfortunately I have KToonz splash screen and Axim as a rom on it
loonie01 said:
Unfortunately I have KToonz splash screen and Axim as a rom on it
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wouldn't stop me..
I brought a sg3 into store once and they wanted to do a factory reset..
well I left TWRP recovery on it, lol
they did the factory reset through TWRP!
I wouldn't worry about it, but it's your phone.
I'll try it tomorrow.

[Q] Possibly Bricked?

So I was in the middle of flashing a Debloated JB, when TWRP just went black. Thought it was just the screen timeout, but it was non responsive to any of the buttons, except for holding down the power button, which shut it off. Now when I try to power on, I get the Samsung screen, then the TeamApexQ penguin and then black screen again.
It will not boot into recovery or into download.
If I try to go through ADB, it doesn't see the device.even thought windows does act like it's seeing something there when I try to power it on (I get the "This device can perform faster" popups)
So where do I go from here?
radwolf76 said:
So I was in the middle of flashing a Debloated JB, when TWRP just went black. Thought it was just the screen timeout, but it was non responsive to any of the buttons, except for holding down the power button, which shut it off. Now when I try to power on, I get the Samsung screen, then the TeamApexQ penguin and then black screen again.
It will not boot into recovery or into download.
If I try to go through ADB, it doesn't see the device.even thought windows does act like it's seeing something there when I try to power it on (I get the "This device can perform faster" popups)
So where do I go from here?
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can you get into download mode? if so try going back to stock with odin or heimdall....if that doesnt work you may have the dreaded battery issue....sounds odd but on my first relay battery went bad and would cause a bootloop making me think it was bricked when it was not. got a new relay and for sng's i put the battery from new one in it and it booted up just fine....this has been known to happen to other samsung devices too
REV3NT3CH said:
can you get into download mode?
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It will not boot into download mode.
if that doesnt work you may have the dreaded battery issue
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I have two different batteries, and the symptoms are the same with both.
radwolf76 said:
It will not boot into download mode.
I have two different batteries, and the symptoms are the same with both.
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hmmm...a download mode jig might work to get into it but cant guarantee... other than that id say your bricked as that would be the last hope. *sigh* if all else fails i may be able to replace it for you as i have a Relay with a cracked screen...but a motherboard swap would do the trick
Messed around with it a little more, and apparently windows is also trying and failing to install a driver when I try to power it on. So maybe the fact that ADB doesn't see it is a driver issue, but I'm not sure what to do to troubleshoot that.

S7 maybe fullbricked

Hi,
i update my Galaxy S7 today with the new DBT-Firmware. I follow a Tutorial in which you can update a rooted Phone with flashify it without loss any data. Also the TWRP works still great after this. I did this with the last Firmware few weeks ago and it works great.
Today it works great also, everything was perfect. Than a last step: I flash the the bootloader seperately in odin. i did this the last time too and it works well. but not at this time.
After Bootloader flash, the device stays in the first Screen with Samsung Logo, i cannot go to Download Mode or Recovery. I tried a USB-Jig, but it changes nothing. The only thing you can do now is, to make a Reset with Power+Volume Down. Than the screen goes black for a second and it shows the Samsung Logo Screen again.
bad thing is: I cant turn off the device!
i remove the SIM and the SD-Card, but no reaction.
Anybody an idea? The battery was half loaded, so maybe it takes a while, before it will shutdown itself.
Mhhh, that's a bad day, i fear. But iam an Idiot, it was the Bootloader-Flash at the end, before that everything was perfect.
Maybe anybody can help me, that were great.
And sorry for my bad english.
Thanks,
Jan
Holding power button for 30 seconds does not power it off?
*Detection* said:
Holding power button for 30 seconds does not power it off?
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No. Iam holding it about a Minute, a few times, nothing happends.
Iam still at the first screen with the logo.
There is a hacky method to remove the back and get to the battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1naej9BnfM
But it will no longer be waterproof
I can't think of any way to power off the phone if holding power does nothing
Have you tried resetting it with the USB Jig inserted?
*Detection* said:
There is a hacky method to remove the back and get to the battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1naej9BnfM
But it will no longer be waterproof
I can't think of any way to power off the phone if holding power does nothing
Have you tried resetting it with the USB Jig inserted?
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Yes, i tried that too. with and without I just can turn off this thing off.
thanks for the link, but i think before i remove the backcover, i better will bring it to repair first. i got an official samsung repair center in my town.
by the way: it was the bootloader from the latest official firmware (G930FXXU1BPH6, DBT-Version).
i cannot explain to myself, what happend i done all this a few weeks ago with the last firmware without any problems.
*Detection* said:
There is a hacky method to remove the back and get to the battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1naej9BnfM
But it will no longer be waterproof
I can't think of any way to power off the phone if holding power does nothing
Have you tried resetting it with the USB Jig inserted?
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Yes, i tried that too. with and without I just can turn off this thing off.
thanks for the link, but i think before i remove the backcover, i better will bring it to repair first. i got an official samsung repair center in my town.
by the way: it was the bootloader from the latest official firmware (G930FXXU1BPH6, DBT-Version).
i cannot explain to myself, what happend i done all this a few weeks ago with the last firmware without any problems.
i will now wait, until it shuts down itself, maybe that took a few hours.
if i can charge it, maybe i can than go into the downloadmode.
If you had 50% battery left, and it's just sitting on the Samsung logo, it might take days to run out
50% battery on idle with the phone booted into Android will last a day or two on its own, just on the logo is like ultra power saving mode
*Detection* said:
If you had 50% battery left, and it's just sitting on the Samsung logo, it might take days to run out
50% battery on idle with the phone booted into Android will last a day or two on its own, just on the logo is like ultra power saving mode
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ok, when it took days until it will go out, than theres only one solution left, i will bring it to repair than.
Reneval said:
ok, when it took days until it will go out, than theres only one solution left, i will bring it to repair than.
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Found this, try holding power and volume down & up together for safe mode (Might not work if it's stuck on the logo, but worth a try)
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Okay. This morning my S7 would not turn off, its not the edge, but basically the same phone.
You must hold down the power, the volume up and down all at the same time for about 15 seconds. (All 3 buttons).
It will go into safe mode. In the safe mode screen hit the volume button down a few times until it moves to restart.
Click the power button, as "enter" and the phone will restart.
It did a restart and I tried again to turn it off and this time, it did work. I will keep you all updated if I have any more issues.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/as...-galaxy-s7-edge-my-screen-won-t-turn-off.html
*Detection* said:
Found this, try holding power and volume down & up together for safe mode (Might not work if it's stuck on the logo, but worth a try)
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Okay. This morning my S7 would not turn off, its not the edge, but basically the same phone.
You must hold down the power, the volume up and down all at the same time for about 15 seconds. (All 3 buttons).
It will go into safe mode. In the safe mode screen hit the volume button down a few times until it moves to restart.
Click the power button, as "enter" and the phone will restart.
It did a restart and I tried again to turn it off and this time, it did work. I will keep you all updated if I have any more issues.
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/as...-galaxy-s7-edge-my-screen-won-t-turn-off.html
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thanks, but no sucess.
when i hold the three buttons, it goes off after 3 secondes with a one second black screen, than the logo apperas again.
just like with power+volume down.
Reneval said:
thanks, but no sucess.
when i hold the three buttons, it goes off after 3 secondes with a one second black screen, than the logo apperas again.
just like with power+volume down.
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Does Smart Switch see it?
All this is unlikely due to where it is stuck, at the logo, you shouldn't have been able to kill download mode is the thing, that is part of the hardware, nothing to do with the ROM, you 'should' always be able to enter download mode if you hold Volume Down & Home & Power at boot, not sure why it's freezing at the logo before that point
With the S5 there was an unbrick image you flashed to a MicroSD card, put that in the phone, and that took you to download mode where you could recover the phone
See if there is the same thing for the S7, I'm not sure
ok, after the phone shut down itself, i was able to go to the download mode. but only on first try. when it boots normally, it stuck again on that logo an i must wait again until it goes off itself.
flash it than in download mode with latest firmware in odin with 4 parts. power from the usb was enough to stay it on.
now it seems ok, back on latest firmware.
what a hell of an evenig, need a beer right now
You can switch your phone off with the 3 key pressing and holding (vol+, vol-, power) but your phone needs to be connected to power otherwise it will reboot.
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Reneval said:
ok, after the phone shut down itself, i was able to go to the download mode. but only on first try. when it boots normally, it stuck again on that logo an i must wait again until it goes off itself.
flash it than in download mode with latest firmware in odin with 4 parts. power from the usb was enough to stay it on.
now it seems ok, back on latest firmware.
what a hell of an evenig, need a beer right now
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That ran out of power quicker than I expected, good news it's fixed
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That ran out of power quicker than I expected, good news it's fixed
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yes, iam happy now, seems to work fine.
i think it was because the new bootloader don't work with the twrp version that was installed.
on the twrp page there is a new version especially for this firmware. it was published yesterday and i didn't see it.
so i think, after flash the new bootloader over the old twrp it chrashed the whole system.
Reneval said:
yes, iam happy now, seems to work fine.
i think it was because the new bootloader don't work with the twrp version that was installed.
on the twrp page there is a new version especially for this firmware. it was published yesterday and i didn't see it.
so i think, after flash the new bootloader over the old twrp it chrashed the whole system.
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Well if you do it again, make sure your battery is low first in case you have to wait again
Any reason you needed to flash the bootloader over the one that was already there?
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Well if you do it again, make sure your battery is low first in case you have to wait again
Any reason you needed to flash the bootloader over the one that was already there?
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yes, better i will do so in the future.
an no, there's no reason to replace the bootloader, i only did it to make the whole flash "complete".
a bad mistake, that brought me in sweating. i will learn from that experience.
I exactly have the same problem.
How'd you managed to power it off? just waiting?
'ich könnt kotzen'
nitramin said:
I exactly have the same problem.
How'd you managed to power it off? just waiting?
'ich könnt kotzen'
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I think he just waited for the battery to run out, but try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68456666&postcount=13
Was in the exact same situation.
BUT this post save my day ! =)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68437021&postcount=3839
Hope it will be usefull for dumb people like me !

TWRP seemingly bricked my pixel

So I was trying to make a backup with the latest twrp and I got this error code: createTarFork() process ended with ERROR=255.
I figured, to hell with it I'll reboot. Twrp asked if I wanted to install the twrp app, I said no. Screen goes back, never to turn on again. No button combo holding for any length of time helps. Bummer, right? I was running DU at the time.
Now I'm worried about the RMA, I hope they don't deny me after they get it back into the warehouse.
stonew5082 said:
So I was trying to make a backup with the latest twrp and I got this error code: createTarFork() process ended with ERROR=255.
I figured, to hell with it I'll reboot. Twrp asked if I wanted to install the twrp app, I said no. Screen goes back, never to turn on again. No button combo holding for any length of time helps. Bummer, right? I was running DU at the time.
Now I'm worried about the RMA, I hope they don't deny me after they get it back into the warehouse.
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Does anything happen when you plug the phone into the wall or into the PC?
Have you tried just holding down power for a while?
are you on beta hardware. i noticed today my phone was unresponsive installing twrp it would go black and disconnect from pc. what i had to do to get it to turn back on since it stayed lik that even holding the power button for a while was just hold the volume key and power for a couple min down and power if that dont work try volume up and power just random pushes to get the phone it will go to some debugging screen then just holding buttons till it restarts
exad said:
Does anything happen when you plug the phone into the wall or into the PC?
Have you tried just holding down power for a while?
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are you on beta hardware. i noticed today my phone was unresponsive installing twrp it would go black and disconnect from pc. what i had to do to get it to turn back on since it stayed lik that even holding the power button for a while was just hold the volume key and power for a couple min down and power if that dont work try volume up and power just random pushes to get the phone it will go to some debugging screen then just holding buttons till it restarts
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I've tried every button combo. Plugged it in to wall overnight and computer. No response. Makes me paranoid about twrp for pixel because I was rebooting from there, but then again it doesn't seem to be a big problem in the community
stonew5082 said:
I've tried every button combo. Plugged it in to wall overnight and computer. No response. Makes me paranoid about twrp for pixel because I was rebooting from there, but then again it doesn't seem to be a big problem in the community
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I thought I was in trouble a couple times. I had to hold volume down and power button for a long time. Finger started to go to sleep
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are you on beta hardware. i noticed today my phone was unresponsive installing twrp it would go black and disconnect from pc. what i had to do to get it to turn back on since it stayed lik that even holding the power button for a while was just hold the volume key and power for a couple min down and power if that dont work try volume up and power just random pushes to get the phone it will go to some debugging screen then just holding buttons till it restarts
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I also had the same situation go on as well. I'm not sure what's is happening but when I boot TWRP the thing just becomes unresponsive and a black screen. I had to hold the buttons for nearly 30 seconds before it worked. Pixel isn't a friendly device to mod. :-/
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I thought I was in trouble a couple times. I had to hold volume down and power button for a long time. Finger started to go to sleep
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That's bizarre! I'll try when I get home. I wonder what's causing this. Did it ever happen again to you? And were you using twrp when it happened?
stonew5082 said:
That's bizarre! I'll try when I get home. I wonder what's causing this. Did it ever happen again to you? And were you using twrp when it happened?
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Yes I was using twrp, I was flashing test build. But it put me into a loop. U got a black screen, and if your computer won't even recognize it , you may be out of luck. I have been using rc2 I know it's not great for restoring backups, but it works good for everything else
That is so strange. I have never come across this issue before. Unfortunately, if you can't seem to get your PC to recognize the device, I don't think there's anything you can do. I guess we will have to be wary about using TWRP. I haven't had any weird issues myself with TWRP but I know others have. Here's hoping google will honor your warranty. I think they will, I don't think see them spending the time to look into what caused your phone to die so I think you'll be able to get a replacement without much hassle.
If you wouldn't mind, please keep us updated.
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That is so strange. I have never come across this issue before. Unfortunately, if you can't seem to get your PC to recognize the device, I don't think there's anything you can do. I guess we will have to be wary about using TWRP. I haven't had any weird issues myself with TWRP but I know others have. Here's hoping google will honor your warranty. I think they will, I don't think see them spending the time to look into what caused your phone to die so I think you'll be able to get a replacement without much hassle.
If you wouldn't mind, please keep us updated.
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So far so good, sent then phone in and sold the replacement. I'm getting the OnePlus 3t instead.

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