So, it has happened twice. Put the phone and my back pocket and forgot to take it out for the drive home. When I got out of the truck, I heard my phone and took it out of my pocket and it was rebooting. This is the second time it happened. I don't know if it was constantly rebooting during my drive home or if it was when i exited the truck. Whatever, the buttons on the back of the phone stink. Trying to reboot into recovery is a major pia for me. I can never get it on the first try.
Might just be pressing the power with the cheeks long enough for it to reboot.
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Hi all,
Just this morning, my back button on my I9000m seems to be acting funny (Phone is only about 3 days old). When I hit it it seems to get "stuck" for a pretty good time, (i can reproduce it by hitting it twice, will get stuck most of the time on the second hit; or even when trying to back out of multiple things.. will hang).
It'll eventually "unstuck" itself after like 10-15 seconds or so..
I can force unstuck by locking and then unlocking the screen via the power button..
Have tried restarting the phone, battery pulling it... only thing left to try is to flash the bugger..
I don't think it's hardware, because it is functional, I get haptic feedback and what not.. it almost feels like its waiting to do something....
Running Stock JH2 w/ OCLF...
Help?
My HD7 recently had the screen replaced, and is now exhibiting super odd behavior.
The phone dies (as though the battery were removed) whenever I sit down with it in my pocket. I noticed this (obviously) when pulling it out to make a call and finding the phone power on instead of just wake up from sleep. I can repeat it 100% of the time by putting it in my jean pocket and sitting down or squatting, then checking it and, sure enough, it boots up newly.
The issue is *not* the power button being held down, as I can kill it in this way during the boot sequence when the power button can't turn the phone off.
It will sit idle for any amount of time and never die without provocation, and repositioning it has no effect. Presumably my jeans are squeezing it somehow, but I can't repeat this with my hand.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this, or have any suggestions? I talked to the technician who fixed the phone, and he said there's no way it's a loose connection, but this is the only thing I can think of.
Please help?
Definitely sounds to me like they screwed something up when they repaired it. Send it back again.
Build date 1007 - in service August 2010.
I've been running Pinnacle 1.2 (been on it since v1.0).
Just moments ago I've found the power button to be unresponsive. This happened after I rebooted into recovery, sticking me there for a while.
I was stuck in a recovery loop- pull batt, reinstall batt, automatic boot back into recovery.
Somewhere in the process of trying different combinations of battery pulls with cable installs and volume up/down holds (trying for download mode) I ended up finally launching the ROM, but w/o a power button all I can do is pull the battery, and the moment I do, the phone automatically wakes w/o even touching the power button (which is totally new to me).
Any input would certainly be appreciated.
My first order of business is to flash to stock (JF6, bootloaders and all if all else failed) but being that it automatically boots when the battery is installed I don't think even a jig would help...or is the beer steering me wrong?
I am confused. You can go back to stock or no?
I cannot get into download mode. The only way to power the phone off is via battery pull.
I cant flash anything from recovery because it says the power button is disabled (it is).
As I put the battery back in the phone boots immediately...I mean the at&t screen lights up my palm before I put the cover on or even flip the phone over.
Use an app from market to enter download mode? system toolbox free is one
Used Odin to go back to stock KF1 and still no power button. Now System Toolbox won't work w/o root/busybox. lol
Once my phone falls asleep I can't wake it back up.
It may seem obvious that the power button is physically broken but I don't know why the phone boots up as soon as the battery is installed...that was never the case before this issue came up.
watsa? Anyone?
Can anyone else shed some light on what would make the phone boot when the battery is inserted (happened at the same time the power button became unresponsive), essentially denying me the opportunity to get to download mode.
beyond this point I am consfused myself. I initially blamed Pinnacle and thought going back to stock might fix it which obviosly didn't happen.. It seems like your power button is always "pushed" so as soon as you pop your battery in phone reboots..
watsa said:
beyond this point I am consfused myself. I initially blamed Pinnacle and thought going back to stock might fix it which obviosly didn't happen.. It seems like your power button is always "pushed" so as soon as you pop your battery in phone reboots..
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On a second thought if it was the case then power button should have messed up functioning of your phone even after powering on. So I am consfused more. Need a hardware expert here
I'm preparing myself to deal with my beloved phone finally letting me down after all the success we've had...it's just really bad timing as I'm currently unemployed, broke and only 13ish months into a 48 month contract.
Ok, so after a physical tear down it seems to be in the external plastic of the button itself?
After removing the outer case and reinserting the battery I noticed it did not automatically boot up. I pressed the actual power switch/button that is connected to the board and the phone then powered up. I let it finish booting and held the power button down and the power options menu popped up. I clicked Power Off and it shut down fine.
This means it certainly isn't Pinnacle ROM (never thought it was, personally), or software related at all. Now to figure out what is going on between the plastic external power button and the power switch on the board.
Edit: Nothing was there? I blew out the dust reassembled the phone and now it works fine. Weird.
My GF was making a call with my Note5 and it popped up Process System isn't responding - OK, Wait - neither of which did anything. also it was vibrating every second or so, probably while trying to bring the system process back up and it crashing again.
Holding power didn't seem to turn it off but eventually it restarted to SAMSUNG screen, where it CONTINUES to vibrate every second and never progress.
Holding power does not shut it down.
What the heck do I do now!?
This is a relatively new phone but I bought it from some guy who I can't get back in contact with. It had been working fine for a week, rooted, running Dr Ketan rom.
edit: OK, after about 5 minutes of it vibrating at the SAMSUNG screen I tried holding power AND vol down, this (perhaps coincidentally) then rebooted it and it seemed to come up fine this time. It's a real pain not having a removable battery when something like this happens.
So last night I had a very strange issue.. I pulled my S8 out of my pocket and it was completely unresponsive. Held down power for ~30 seconds, volume down+power, volume up+power, and even plugged it in to the charger to see if there was any vibration of screen response. Nothing. I have not tried any kind of modding/flashing or anything that could possibly cause a software issue, and the phone was at 80% charge. The only thing I could think of is I was walking outside earlier that day in 75 degree weather with black pants on.. maybe the phone overheated? But if so, why could I not power the phone back on, even into recovery/safe mode?
I was able to get it back on by bixby+vol down+power, then hitting cancel when it asked me if I was sure I wanted to install a custom OS. Very strange. Should I just take this back to T-Mo and swap it out for a new one, or treat this as an unlucky random occurance? I'm still within the 14 day return period.
Thanks in advance!
it is possible to have random lockup, even radiation from space, if it hits right spot could change memory value or state of CPU (that's why critical servers have memory parity bit, to pick out random memory changes and flag them as error asap), but as far as your phone, no one can tell. If it happens more than once in a blue moon, it still could be either some software or hardware. You may have 14 days to return your phone, but if defective you should be covered for 1 yr under warranty? Usually hardware issues get worse with time until it becomes apparent there is a problem. But it is your call.
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it is possible to have random lockup, even radiation from space, if it hits right spot could change memory value or state of CPU (that's why critical servers have memory parity bit, to pick out random memory changes and flag them as error asap), but as far as your phone, no one can tell. If it happens more than once in a blue moon, it still could be either some software or hardware. You may have 14 days to return your phone, but if defective you should be covered for 1 yr under warranty? Usually hardware issues get worse with time until it becomes apparent there is a problem. But it is your call.
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For now I will probably just hold on to it, don't want to go through the hassle of setting up another phone. It just seems strange that it locked up to the point where I couldn't even turn it on with a hardware reset.. Like you said, I hope it was just a random occurrence. I just don't want to get a refurb if I do need to trade it in under the warranty
Thanks for the info!
To get it to reboot if it ever happens again just boot into stock recovery then select reboot system now.... Bixby button, vol + and power if it doesnt go into anything and stays in that state try just power and vol - then bixby at same time it will go into download mode it will ask to continue press vol+ to cancel press vol- hit vol- and should reboot.... So there u have two options. Num one is going into stock recov and second is download mode and denying it. Also i think for just a plain old hard reset it should work with vol- and power at same time, although in your case seems u were having trouble. One last thing as a last ditch effort and u cannot reboot phone or some weird sh#t is happening put it in download mode and use smartswitch emergecy fw and reflash fw. Pretty easy straightforward just make sure drivers are installed and smartswitch supports the s8 yet
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So last night I had a very strange issue.. I pulled my S8 out of my pocket and it was completely unresponsive. Held down power for ~30 seconds, volume down+power, volume up+power, and even plugged it in to the charger to see if there was any vibration of screen response. Nothing. I have not tried any kind of modding/flashing or anything that could possibly cause a software issue, and the phone was at 80% charge. The only thing I could think of is I was walking outside earlier that day in 75 degree weather with black pants on.. maybe the phone overheated? But if so, why could I not power the phone back on, even into recovery/safe mode?
I was able to get it back on by bixby+vol down+power, then hitting cancel when it asked me if I was sure I wanted to install a custom OS. Very strange. Should I just take this back to T-Mo and swap it out for a new one, or treat this as an unlucky random occurance? I'm still within the 14 day return period.
Thanks in advance!
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There are a few things you could try:
1. Fore close the app then reopen.
2. Redo the voice in google
3. Reboot phone (last resort)
I agree with the other guys. When you have trouble with google just hanging there it's more likely a connection to the internet issue. Good luck!