So I have had my S4 for about 2 and a half years and was looking to upgrade to the Note 5. However there have been plenty of times I have fixed a frozen phone (or when I accidentally hit the OTA update) by removing the battery. How does one fix a freeze on these phones with no removable battery? Just have to wait till it runs out of juice? that could take awhile if it isn't using much CPU on the Note 5.
kylis105 said:
So I have had my S4 for about 2 and a half years and was looking to upgrade to the Note 5. However there have been plenty of times I have fixed a frozen phone (or when I accidentally hit the OTA update) by removing the battery. How does one fix a freeze on these phones with no removable battery? Just have to wait till it runs out of juice? that could take awhile if it isn't using much CPU on the Note 5.
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All you have to do is press and hold the power button and it should restart.
evolishesh said:
All you have to do is press and hold the power button and it should restart.
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There have been times with my S4 that it has frozen such that the power button is unresponsive. It is in situations like that that I am talking about.
I've never had a situation where a combination of home, power, and one of the volume buttons doesn't turn the off the phone. Never ever had to remove the battery on any device but a Blackberry.
kylis105 said:
There have been times with my S4 that it has frozen such that the power button is unresponsive. It is in situations like that that I am talking about.
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The s4 was designed to remove the battert, any phone with out will reboot with a power button and volume button combo
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Volume + power button
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I know pressing & holding power button for 10 seconds will force power cycle on HTC One series.
But, based on my experience with android phones, battery pull (if possible) is still the definitive way to reboot it.
Has anyone with One S run into problem where it hangs so bad that pressing & holding the power button doesn't do anything, and you have to wait for the battery to drain completely?
I don't have One S yet, but I'd like to know this before I buy.
Thanks
I have had my one s for a little more than 2 weeks and I haven't encountered anything that has caused it to hang yet. I have a T-Mobile USA version, unlocked and rooted, running stock.
I'm more than 4 weeks on European unbranded phone, still stock rom not rooted and haven't had a need to even soft reset (although I did it from my own will).
couple of weeks with new htc one s.
Its never crashed yet. (unrooted as yet)
jaztim said:
couple of weeks with new htc one s.
Its never crashed yet. (unrooted as yet)
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My Galaxy S also does the power button reset if you hold it, and I never had to pull it's battery, the power button always worked as it was supposed to (and there were quite a few times I needed it). I know that isn't an HTC phone, but I have no worries that if I should need it, the power button on my One S will do its job.
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hasn't happened to me either. everything works great
its impossible for that to happen.. No matter what condition the phone is in (software wise) holding power button will always force a reboot
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its impossible for that to happen.. No matter what condition the phone is in (software wise) holding power button will always force a reboot
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hmmm
example galaxy sII or Note if you will hold power button 10 sec it will reboot the phone even if it freezzzz as HELL
Im sure this little poop will do the same
Can someone please answer this for me? If you have a mobile phone where the back of the phone isn't removable so you can get to the battery, how do you reset the phone when it hard locks up? Is there like a pin hole you use to reset it like you did back in the day to eject diskettes?
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Can someone please answer this for me? If you have a mobile phone where the back of the phone isn't removable so you can get to the battery, how do you reset the phone when it hard locks up? Is there like a pin hole you use to reset it like you did back in the day to eject diskettes?
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depends on the device, with my nexus 4 holding the power button down for around 10 seconds it will restart much like a computer would
Yep its usually a physical button that needs to be pressed for x amount of seconds or even a combination of buttons for a varied amount of time to do a hard reset.
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While it does appear that just holding the power button isn't the same as a battery pull, it actually is. There is a chip that detects when the button has been pressed and it cuts the power to the whole system. Atleast that is how it is on my nexus r
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In the HTC One X (which I own) I believe you hold the power button and volume button at the same time for 10-15 seconds. Phone has never frozen though or given me reason for a battery "pull"
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Hi everyone. Today i was chargin my phone at PC using a no-name usb cable. I've noticed while it was charging that the screen kept turning itself on and off. When i finaly took the phone, the screen was unlocked and when I tried to press the home button it did nothing but taking screenshots (like the power button was stuck). The power button was not wroking either.. After I took out the battery and restarted the phone, the power button didn't work at all. Tried to clean it off using this method but it did not work. Tried to clean the power off button using a method i've seen on google (can't post the link since i'm a new user) but its still not working
I'm desperate, please help
Are you sure, that the problem is only the power button? I have sometimes problems with this phone too. Sometimes you can't turn it on.
Try taking the battery out for at least one hour - then try to start it. I had always success with this.
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The batter has proven me to be fcked in the last week, had lots lots lots of random turn-offs and restarts. But for more than 5 hours the power off button didn't work.
I'll let my batter out through the night.
Thanks for reply.
PS: I'm running ARHD 7.3.
AbudyGhosty said:
The batter has proven me to be fcked in the last week, had lots lots lots of random turn-offs and restarts. But for more than 5 hours the power off button didn't work.
I'll let my batter out through the night.
Thanks for reply.
PS: I'm running ARHD 7.3.
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The restarts can also result from a loose battery. Try putting a folded piece of paper between the battery and the upper casing of the phone, so the battery is pushed against the pins. This is a well-known issue. It helped me a lot. Before I had also lots of reboots.
Yep, did that in the last 1,5 year and the random reboots stopped. But as i've said, now it happens even tho' i have a paper that keeps the battery steady.
Lol just took the phone to see if the power button works and currently i'm talking screenshos pressing the home button .
AbudyGhosty said:
Yep, did that in the last 1,5 year and the random reboots stopped. But as i've said, now it happens even tho' i have a paper that keeps the battery steady.
Lol just took the phone to see if the power button works and currently i'm talking screenshos pressing the home button .
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How did you turn on your phone if the power button doesn't work?
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I take the battery out, put it back in and after a few seconds the phone turns on.
AbudyGhosty said:
I take the battery out, put it back in and after a few seconds the phone turns on.
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Well, this isn't normal. Is your power button constantly pressed?
Try the following: Hold the volume down-button while inserting your battery until the phone boots up.
Does it boot into the boot manager?
Just woke up, plugged my battery in and the power button worked almost normally. Could've pressed it 5 minutes and after that and a restart it didn't work anymore.
This means I should buy a new battery and everything is fixed? Are the Anker batteries worth it ? Or do you recommend me a HTC EVO 3D battery ?
AbudyGhosty said:
Just woke up, plugged my battery in and the power button worked almost normally. Could've pressed it 5 minutes and after that and a restart it didn't work anymore.
This means I should buy a new battery and everything is fixed? Are the Anker batteries worth it ? Or do you recommend me a HTC EVO 3D battery ?
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You can use the battery from the Sensation XE, which has 1.700mAh instead of 1.520 (or 1.560). At the HTC-Store they are about 50 € here in germany.
Always buy original batteries! Not the cheap ones from eBay. They usually don't have a temperature sensor, so the phone can't shut down, when it gets too hot while charging. This can be very dangerous.
I haven't got any experience with Anker-Batteries - sorry.
Pressed the volume down button and it got me into the boot menu (just like the power button is kept pressed).
Do you think that if I change my batter it will fix my problems ? Also noticed that my battery is altered, aka its not flat but swollen.
AbudyGhosty said:
Pressed the volume down button and it got me into the boot menu (just like the power button is kept pressed).
Do you think that if I change my batter it will fix my problems ? Also noticed that my battery is altered, aka its not flat but swollen.
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If it is swollen, it is definitively broken. Mine had the same symptoms...
I'm pretty sure, the powerbutton-problem isn't related. Does the button feel normal, if you push it? Or is there no "click"?
Maybe you can repair it with a needle by lifting the foil a tiny bit.
i dont think you need a new battery, same problem occurred with my phone, done some DIY fix and written that in a post for fellows like you in search of help.
here is the link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBitE_48AuY
A new battery has fixed it.
No problems with the phones until now. It works perfectly
@predator_b4u:
Unbelievable!!! Thanks for the link above - it worked for me, the power button is fixed...
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Coming from the S5, what are the implications of not being able to remove battery to reboot when phone gets stuck while flashing ROMs etc. What is the solution now with s6/s7?
I'm wondering about this, too. I suppose flashing with the battery almost empty & plugged into a low powered charger while flashing would allow for the battery to fully drain after unplugging it? Every phone I've owned had removable battery, so I don't know what to expect.
Holding the power+volume down simulates a battery pull
Holding down the power button for 10 seconds should shut it off too.
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I'm wondering about this, too. I suppose flashing with the battery almost empty & plugged into a low powered charger while flashing would allow for the battery to fully drain after unplugging it? Every phone I've owned had removable battery, so I don't know what to expect.
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I do NOT suggest this at ALL! A dead battery while firmware up/downgrading can be quite problematic, to say the least.
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Holding down the power button for 10 seconds should shut it off too.
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This generally doesn't work with the newer Samsung devices, like S6/Note 5. But volume down and power button does every time as someone already mentioned.
Volume down+power like others have mentioned. Works every time. I found that at times I had to hold the home button as well.
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Volume down+power like others have mentioned. Works every time. I found that at times I had to hold the home button as well.
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won't it enter download mode if you press home button as well ?
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won't it enter download mode if you press home button as well ?
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Not if the phone is already powered up it won't. That's as if it's off when you hit that combination.
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Not if the phone is already powered up it won't. That's as if it's off when you hit that combination.
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Never really noticed that lol. I just knew I as to do it someone's. The more you know, right?
I was running the latest stock image (MMB29V) since yesterday on my Nexus 5 and today I used the Nexus root toolkit as always to root the device. Well TWRP flashed once and it said it copied the root files to the device. I had it in my pocket for a few minutes and after that it went into a crazy constant boot loop. It will stop eventually but if I keep the charging cable in it won't stop. I cannot get into recovery because I get the "Start" screen but I cannot advance because it reboots too quickly. I have found a few you tube videos where people push the power button like they are playing the old school game "Track and Field" but this does not work for me nor do I think it's a power button issue. I think I stupidly might have hit some kind of button combo while I'm my pocket believe it or not. I pulled the cover off and was hoping to pull the battery but Im not a fan of doing that since its not a simple task. Any help appreciated. This phone is dead to me and that is NOT good. I need to get this working.
TIA
Bill
Will the phone stay in fastboot mode or does it quickly restart?
Possible power button problem?
audit13 said:
Will the phone stay in fastboot mode or does it quickly restart?
Possible power button problem?
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It quickly restarts. I want to say its not a problem with the power button because it has been fine for a few years now w/out issue and only happened after rooting earlier today. Right now the only way I can even get the phone to turn on is the plug the charging cable in and then the restarting commences. Does it sound like a power button issue? Possibly but its hard to believe, I dunno. Waiting on a call back from Google tech support to see if they are any help.
It could be a power button issue. You'll have to remove the motherboard to find out.
Once removed from the housing, quickly press and release the power button several times in a row using more pressure than normal. While the motherboard is out of the phone, clean around the power button with pure alcohol.
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It could be a power button issue. You'll have to remove the motherboard to find out.
Once removed from the housing, quickly press and release the power button several times in a row using more pressure than normal. While the motherboard is out of the phone, clean around the power button with pure alcohol.
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Is there a write up on that here somewhere? Guess I will have to search around for it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/nexus-5-power-button-broken-heres-to-t3049747
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/nexus-5-power-button-broken-heres-to-t3049747
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Did NOT want to screw up my phone so I sent it to LG. Took a few weeks but it cost me 78.00 total for them to repair the power button issue. Whatever they replaced also fixed the low volume issue I was experiencing as well so it worked out.