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Here's a silly question,
How do I tell if the N1 is off? Without turning it on?
There have been several times where I've turned it off for the night (force of habit), and later couldn't remember whether or not I had in fact turned it off...
Of course hitting the power button only turns it on if it was in fact off... meaning that I have to wait a whole boot cycle before shutting it down again.
Am I missing something here?
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overbarg said:
Here's a silly question,
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Am I missing something here?
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YES the correct forum.. Nexus One Q&A
For all your questions about the Google Nexus One
... but in answer to your Q, perhaps a momentary press of the power button when it is OFF will not turn it on. There fore it is OFF?
logger said:
... but in answer to your Q, perhaps a momentary press of the power button when it is OFF will not turn it on. There fore it is OFF?
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Even a short press turns mine on too
Use the trackball to wake mod. Then you can just hit the trackball, if nothing, the phone is off .
Hit the volume keys...
dang, absolutely correct. moved to other forum.
mrbkkt1 said:
Hit the volume keys...
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Doesn't work for me if the screen is off.
Hit the volume keys...
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That doesn't work.. never has....
plug into usb. if its on, screen will turn on
Hey guys.
I have been a windows mobile user for the longest time and its been a while since my last post. Just bought my Captivate today.
I tried booting into recovery mode but it flashes the att splash screen and boots up normally. If i continue to hold the buttons, the splash screen just flashes off and on again. I really want to root this phone right away.
Anyone know how i can fix this?
I tried looking for this but no one seems to have this same problem. I am sorry if i am repeating stuff. Please forward me to it and delete the thread if you wish.
Thank you
xtremekilla09 said:
Hey guys.
I have been a windows mobile user for the longest time and its been a while since my last post. Just bought my Captivate today.
I tried booting into recovery mode but it flashes the att splash screen and boots up normally. If i continue to hold the buttons, the splash screen just flashes off and on again. I really want to root this phone right away.
Anyone know how i can fix this?
I tried looking for this but no one seems to have this same problem. I am sorry if i am repeating stuff. Please forward me to it and delete the thread if you wish.
Thank you
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Pull the battery and make sure the phone is off.
Put the battery back on.
Hold the volume up and volume down button, then hold the power button. When the white AT&T screen first comes on, let go of the power button, but hold the volume keys.
does that work for you?
EDIT: and before anyone else chimes in, this thread probably belongs in either general or question and answer.
nope that didnt work either.
I guess i am gonna have to install the sdk and go that route.
as soon as the att screen comes on, i let go of power but hold both volume keys.
it takes about 10 seconds, but eventually it goes into recovery mode for me.
EDIT: Based on you saying it flashes off and on again, it sounds like you aren't letting the power button go.
I tried that too and it just went straight ahead to the boot up animation.
I really want to thank you for you speedy replies.
Any more suggestions, keep 'em coming. I really want to root this phone.
xtremekilla09 said:
I tried that too and it just went straight ahead to the boot up animation.
I really want to thank you for you speedy replies.
Any more suggestions, keep 'em coming. I really want to root this phone.
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On your home screen, hit the menu button, and then settings. scroll down to about phone.
What is your baseband?
What always works for me is:
turn off.
Power on holding the up and down volume buttons and the power button.
When you see the ATT logo let go of everything.
This always works for me.
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Honestly, the SDK is the easiest method.
You should have the sdk installed anyway. It help with installing non-market apps. Install it then enable debug mode on you phone. You can do that in the settings menu under applications> development. Then at the cmd prompt on your pc use this command. "adb reboot recovery" no quotes. The phone will reboot to recovery.
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miztaken1312 said:
Honestly, the SDK is the easiest method.
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Yes Sir! IT IS
WOW! done and done!
It worked using the SDK method.
Thanks for all the help guys. Love XDA! don't know what I would do without it.
I dont know if I should upgrade the firmware or not. Anyone want to share their opinions on whether it is useful or useless?
Mine is a stupid question.
Looking at my new nexus s the hardware buttons are protruding unlike the old motoria milestone.
They feel not so rocks so I was thinking, what if the power button break?
How turn on the phone or wake up it? How to enter recovery?
if you're worried try to use it as little as possible
my nexus s wakes up when i touch the screen and locks when i put it into my pocket (proximity sensor). So i use the power button about once a week to reboot.
but if it breaks nontheless - send your nexus to samsung they'll fix it.
ive been with a broken power button for almost 5 months now. i use the volume rocker to wake, and the lockscreen widget to lock the phone. also, i use the twrp recovery that has options to use for a select instead of the power button. ive even forgotten that i had a working power button
I would just contact Samsung the phone hasn't been out for a year yet. They should cover this just make sure your phone is unrooted and running stock.
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simms22 said:
ive been with a broken power button for almost 5 months now. i use the volume rocker to wake, and the lockscreen widget to lock the phone. also, i use the twrp recovery that has options to use for a select instead of the power button. ive even forgotten that i had a working power button
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Ok I understand that it's possible to use the phone also without the power button but how do you turn on?
How do you enter recovery without it?
JohnBg said:
if you're worried try to use it as little as possible
my nexus s wakes up when i touch the screen and locks when i put it into my pocket (proximity sensor). So i use the power button about once a week to reboot.
but if it breaks nontheless - send your nexus to samsung they'll fix it.
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How do you have this function? What rom do you use?
CM7 has the wake key functions. CWM recovery also allows the use of the soft keys.
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CM7 has the wake key functions. CWM recovery also allows the use of the soft keys.
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Ok but how do you enter recovery without using the power button?
stexyn said:
Ok but how do you enter recovery without using the power button?
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many ways..
in the terminal emulator app type..
su(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)
or there are many apps that will boot you into recovery, like RootBooter.
if all else fails, you can enter recovery via adb or fastboot too, via your computer. once you stop using the power button, you will "see" many ways around it. there are root apps that can remap your buttons too.
simms22 said:
many ways..
in the terminal emulator app type..
su(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)
or there are many apps that will boot you into recovery, like RootBooter.
if all else fails, you can enter recovery via adb or fastboot too, via your computer. once you stop using the power button, you will "see" many ways around it. there are root apps that can remap your buttons too.
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Wait wait.
1.000.000$ question
All the operations described suppose the phone is ON right?
What if you finish your battery or the nexus is off? How to turn on the phone without power button?
stexyn said:
Wait wait.
1.000.000$ question
All the operations described suppose the phone is ON right?
What if you finish your battery or the nexus is off? How to turn on the phone without power button?
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i gently flick the back of the phone(right under the lens) with my finger), and instantly, the phone powers up. since i test the trinity kernel before releases, i get many that dont boot, and need to go straight into recovery to flash another kernel so that my phone could boot. i do the same thing with the gentle flick to the back of the phone. i boot the phone into fastboot mode, select recovery, then instead of pressing the power button to select recovery, i gently flick the back of the phone right under the lens and the recovery option gets selected. from there i flash another kernel(or rom) and boot the phone. i havent had any issues for the past 5 months doing this, and i flash many times almost each and every day.
simms22 said:
i gently flick the back of the phone(right under the lens) with my finger), and instantly, the phone powers up.
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Really, I don't understand sorry
stexyn said:
Really, I don't understand sorry
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lol, i dont either. but it works. btw, by flick, i mean tap it gently.
stexyn ,I had read somewhere about an procedure, but didn't tried it myself..
put your phone to charge , when U see it's charging , take out the battery and put it back.
Hope it works for you.
I will try this, thank you
stexyn said:
I will try this, thank you
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Hi, my little italian friend ! I hope you will solve your problem
I have to say, i am truelly interested in how you can get your phone to turn off when you put it in your pocket. Would save me alot of button presses.
I'm currently looking into the Cyanogen 7.1 lockscreen menu but can't seem to find anything for the proximity sensor.
Please enlighten us.
tellone said:
Hi, my little italian friend ! I hope you will solve your problem
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I have no button problem (read the thread object).
Mine is just a curiosity to know how to proceed if this happens.
Thank you
Zumbizao said:
stexyn ,I had read somewhere about an procedure, but didn't tried it myself..
put your phone to charge , when U see it's charging , take out the battery and put it back.
Hope it works for you.
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I try this but it doesn't work.
Nevermind
JohnBg said:
if you're worried try to use it as little as possible
my nexus s wakes up when i touch the screen and locks when i put it into my pocket (proximity sensor). So i use the power button about once a week to reboot.
but if it breaks nontheless - send your nexus to samsung they'll fix it.
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Could you tell us more about your setup? How did you managed to lock it by putting in your pocket?
EDIT: didn't realize there are more pages in this thread, so another user already asked my question. Waiting for the answer...
gellow said:
Could you tell us more about your setup? How did you managed to lock it by putting in your pocket?
EDIT: didn't realize there are more pages in this thread, so another user already asked my question. Waiting for the answer...
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I don't need to change the lock method, my power button work.
I'm just testing how to proceed in case ok broke
Hi All,
I tried switching off my phone but it is stuck at the shutting down screen and is unresponsive!! How do I reset it?
Thanks!!
EDIT: Well I held the power-off button and the volume up simultaneously for 5 seconds and that did the trick! LOL
batman_112 said:
Hi All,
I tried switching off my phone but it is stuck at the shutting down screen and is unresponsive!! How do I reset it?
Thanks!!
EDIT: Well I held the power-ff button and the volume up simultaneously for 5 seconds and that did the trick! LOL
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LOL it just happened to me also like 20 minutes ago.
tried power off, nothing, tried power off + vol up and bingo.. that moment of WTF?
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tumult said:
LOL it just happened to me also like 20 minutes ago.
tried power off, nothing, tried power off + vol up and bingo.. that moment of WTF?
Sent from my Xperia T
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Yeah, it was a WTF moment!!
I know you've solved the issue but to keep everything in line all cries for help or questions belong in Q&A not General, I even made a thread about it
It also helps being here so when people also have this issue and thinking of posting their question about it here they'll see it.
Thanks
AvRS
So just want a bit of clarification,im pretty set on gettin this device just have a question since we cant remove the battery...
the way to hard shut down the device is to press power button and volume up ??
I'm scared of not being able to hard shut down ( in any stage of the boot for example) with no battery
thanks in advance for the clarification, hope i posted in the good thread
cheers
fredastere said:
So just want a bit of clarification,im pretty set on gettin this device just have a question since we cant remove the battery...
the way to hard shut down the device is to press power button and volume up ??
I'm scared of not being able to hard shut down ( in any stage of the boot for example) with no battery
thanks in advance for the clarification, hope i posted in the good thread
cheers
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Yes.
What if my phone is a motorola? What do I do..?
Okay so my power button just randomly stopped working after some random time. it doesnt work ANYWHERE. to lock my screen, to unlcok my screen, in recovery mode i cant press anything cuase it doesnt WORK. i no its a hardware issue becuase of this. i did google this but found nothing. what can i do to fix it.
i tried a battery pull and putting it back and going to recovery to factory reset but as soon as i put my battery in my phone starts up. i can enter recovery but the power button doesnt work so i cant press anything.
my warranty is over by a long shot ( had it since it released) so cant return it.
any help would be appreciated. all i need is a way to turn my phone on and off nothing about the recovery and stuff. but if you do find someting for it that would be even more amazing.
and has this happened to anyone else, just wondering is all if this is common or rare.
thnx in advance.
it has happened to many captivates. search 'captivate power button' on xda.
What ROM are you running on your phone?
Answer to that question has a lot to do with your next steps for software workaround.
One approach; you could read up on ways to clean the power button and see if that works. Or send it off to mobiletechvideos.com and he will fix it for a reasonable fee.
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it has happened to many captivates. search 'captivate power button' on xda.
What ROM are you running on your phone?
Answer to that question has a lot to do with your next steps for software workaround.
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i am running Aocp 5 android 4.2.1
hve been running it for a few weeks now and no problem till now
Okay, start by seeing if you can clean the power button, that may fix it for now. Again, search 'captivate power button' to find some threads about ways to clean it.
With the ROM you are running, I believe you have a version of CWM that allows to use the Cappy's dedicated menu keys, menu, home, back and search, to navigate and select recovery items.
Assuming your power key is stuck on, remove the battery, hold the up and down volume buttons and reinsert the battery to get into recovery. This will allow you to test keys, wipe, and any other function in CWM.
With the phone on and fully booted into JB, go find volume rocker wake in the system setting options and make sure it is active. Hitting the up/down key will wake the screen when it sleeps. Add the sleep/lock toggle to your notification bar menu and you have a way to instantly lock the screen without the power key.
If you still have a bad power button stuck in on position, then you will need to take out the battery to turn it off.
Hope this helps.
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With the ROM you are running, I believe you have a version of CWM that allows to use the Cappy's dedicated menu keys, menu, home, back and search, to navigate and select recovery items.
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Thnx for the help but Which button does what?
Menu = Down. Home = Up. Back arrow = Back. Search = Select.
This is the way it is in KK4 Corn Kernel. Not sure about the recovery in AoCP though... Home may = Select. ??
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THANK YOU!!!!!!
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Menu = Down. Home = Up. Back arrow = Back. Search = Select.
This is the way it is in KK4 Corn Kernel. Not sure about the recovery in AoCP though... Home may = Select. ??
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THANK YOU BOTH (4-2ndtwin AND laughingT) SOOOOO MUCH
IF I HAD THE CHANCE I WOULD DONATE TO YOU BUT I CANT CUZ IM ONLY 14
SRY.
No prob. Glad to help.
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No prob. Glad to help.
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Now to turn off phone?
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.
Jack Jake said:
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.
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Get a app or widget for it.
Jack Jake said:
I hope im not bothering you or anything but is there a way to turn off the phone. As i said before i cant remove the battery and put it back in because the phone automatically restarts. Is there a way to turn the phone off with out taking out the battery?
thnx again.
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This is happening because your power button is stuck in the on position. Did you try to clean it as suggested earlier.
BWolf56, I'm not aware of an app or ROM that completely prevents power up on insertion of battery when the power button is stuck on. If there is such an app, I'd like to hear about it. I think maybe the power switch goes to the broadcom power management chip, so I don't understand how the app could work unless the phone never came on at all. SOD symptoms would be the result.
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This is happening because your power button is stuck in the on position. Did you try to clean it as suggested earlier.
BWolf56, I'm not aware of an app or ROM that completely prevents power up on insertion of battery when the power button is stuck on. If there is such an app, I'd like to hear about it. I think maybe the power switch goes to the broadcom power management chip, so I don't understand how the app could work unless the phone never came on at all. SOD symptoms would be the result.
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Oh that would be impossible, the OS isn't loaded so even less the apps
I was suggesting a app to turn off the phone/lock screen. There are widgets for that in the market.
Jack Jake said:
Okay so my power button just randomly stopped working after some random time.
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I had a very similar problem with my Epic 4G Touch (Sprint S2) - my phone would randomly reboot, and it kept getting worse and worse. Thought it was the ROM, the overclock, etc. I flashed back to (almost) stock, went back to original clock speeds. Eventually, I noticed that even brushing past the power button would wake the screen, and about 10 seconds later the phone would reboot.
Long story short, I bought a replacement power switch, soldered it in place, and have had zero problems since!
Several eBay sellers offer the switch you'll need.
(They don't include the skills needed to solder it in place. It's a tiny switch - about 4mm x 2mm x 1.5mm, and you'll need a good quality fine-tipped soldering iron and a steady hand. Do you have a friend who's good at soldering?)
awoolf said:
Long story short, I bought a replacement power switch, soldered it in place, and have had zero problems since!
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well thanks for the reply, but i dont need it anymore. my friend conveniently had a GNex (old) and gave it to me as a present. so i dont use my captivate that much anymore.