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Help, Won't reset.

Was working yesterday on another network and tv (Won't have access to that setup in a long time). Today it just stays on "Starting your chromecast..." or the exclamation mark. Tried to reset and it does not, light doesn't even blink.
Also at first today tried to use it on the receiver, but since it didn't work connected it directly to the tv and the same thing. I have to be doing a n00b mistake. I'm using the usb to dongle power, at first I used the receivers usb port.

Slowb00st said:
Was working yesterday on another network and tv (Won't have access to that setup in a long time). Today it just stays on "Starting your chromecast..." or the exclamation mark. Tried to reset and it does not, light doesn't even blink.
Also at first today tried to use it on the receiver, but since it didn't work connected it directly to the tv and the same thing. I have to be doing a n00b mistake. I'm using the usb to dongle power, at first I used the receivers usb port.
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i did hard resets on one of mine 2-3 times at you sometimes need to hold the button for close to 30 seconds. From the way you describe it the device seems like it wasnt completely setup.

You can do a hard reset from the drop down menu on chrome browser from your computer.
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NyPlaya513 said:
i did hard resets on one of mine 2-3 times at you sometimes need to hold the button for close to 30 seconds. From the way you describe it the device seems like it wasnt completely setup.
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It was working before, tried up to 45 secs no go. How long does it take to reset? I think this thing is fried.
bowser001 said:
You can do a hard reset from the drop down menu on chrome browser from your computer.
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That would work if the device was detected but its not.

Slowb00st said:
It was working before, tried up to 45 secs no go. How long does it take to reset? I think this thing is fried.
That would work if the device was detected but its not.
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you honestly wont even need it plugged into the tv, just powered. You will know its reset as the light starts to blink. I doubt its fried or you wouldnt get anything on the tv at all.

Here is one. Mine displays a pink status light and wont display on ANY TV I plug it into. I press and hold the reset button and nothing happens.
Any ideas?

codfos said:
Here is one. Mine displays a pink status light and wont display on ANY TV I plug it into. I press and hold the reset button and nothing happens.
Any ideas?
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Try a different input? maybe its a sign of it malfunctioning. You may want to contact their support as I havent heard of this before.

NyPlaya513 said:
you honestly wont even need it plugged into the tv, just powered. You will know its reset as the light starts to blink. I doubt its fried or you wouldnt get anything on the tv at all.
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I'll try that today, I know its not fried just in a boot loop. At least the other one I have is working.

Well it's still in the boot loop, the reset does not work (no flashing light) even when not on the hdmi port. I have an otg cable on the way so, I'll have to wait until someone makes some custom rom or something or send it back for a replacement since I have no idea what happen to it.

Slowb00st said:
Well it's still in the boot loop, the reset does not work (no flashing light) even when not on the hdmi port. I have an otg cable on the way so, I'll have to wait until someone makes some custom rom or something or send it back for a replacement since I have no idea what happen to it.
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Mine gets stuck when trying to do a factory reset, and a couple of colored dots appear on the right-ish side of the screen. That image stays no matter how long I hold the button (tried for over 2 minutes more than once) It will boot into the regular splash screen if I don't hold the button, but like I said it won't reset...ideas?

Our chromecast up at work bit the dust in the same way you described. Light pink status light and it won't reset or connect.

grhomes said:
Mine gets stuck when trying to do a factory reset, and a couple of colored dots appear on the right-ish side of the screen. That image stays no matter how long I hold the button (tried for over 2 minutes more than once) It will boot into the regular splash screen if I don't hold the button, but like I said it won't reset...ideas?
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AFAIK that's a sign of the original (vulnerable) bootloader trying to load from USB.
Let the Chromecast boot normally (don't hold down the button while powering it up) first, then press and hold the button until the light turns red.

The colored dots mean something went wrong in the bootloader. It's very unlikely that you'll be able to recover from that unless you have a rooted device with a vulnerable bootloader (and even then you'd probably need to open it up and solder up the UART). The "Starting your Chromecast" screen means it successfully booted the kernel but content_shell (the main process) isn't starting for some reason. I'm fairly sure that content_shell is what handles the reset button press, so again, if you don't have a vulnerable bootloader, you're probably out of luck and your best option is to try to exchange the unit for a new one.

Chromecast keeps flashing a white light ????

hi guys
I have a problem in my Chromecast
I plug it in and the picture of Chrome appears and the background picture is on
And the Chromecast keeps flashing a white light... And when I try to connect to a WiFi... I get an error in setup process "could not communicate with your Chromecast"
my router: Huawei E5172As-22 LTE
it happens on both android ,windows app
Here is a video of what I mean:
http://youtu.be/KtjuVHpbFGs
Please guys i want a solution ??????
I cannot reach Google to tell them my problem
I try this link but it didn't work:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/chromebook-central/JN65XCmkBq4/afT5u8Sj5YQJ

Sounds like you need a reset as it does not seem to be booting properly....
What screen do you see on the CCast?

Are you powering the chromecast from the tv's USB? It's possible the voltage supplied from the TV is not compatible with the chromecast. Try the wall adapter that came with it.
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Try the manual setup from a browser on a device that has 2.4 GHz WiFi capability.

Asphyx said:
Sounds like you need a reset as it does not seem to be booting properly....
What screen do you see on the CCast?
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Yes I forget to mention this
I try to reset it on the physical button in the Chromecast...
But it didn't do anything I don't see reboot or red lights or anything.... It's stuck in the background picture
and what makes me angry, it keeps changing the background that's mean its working ????
the picture that i see:
Maybe it's happened after some updates from Google but I don't know which one !!!

Try holding the button a bit longer

extrem0 said:
Try holding the button a bit longer
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Will I tried again for 1 minute and 30 seconds but no respond

sinc-7 said:
Will I tried again for 1 minute and 30 seconds but no respond
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Try gently wiggling the button back and forth - some units have had "sticky" buttons, though in your case it sounds like maybe it's misaligned and not pushing the actual button.
You could try flicking the button with your finger too, but if you really can't reset it, probably best to get a replacement.

Try logging in with the setup app and doing a Factory Reset...

After I did a factory reset of my Chromecast I had issues setting it up with my mobile device (nexus 6). Turned out that I had privacy guard on and it was blocking location from the Chromecast app. Once I allowed that it setup just fine. Hope that helps anyone out there.

Jsouthernindiana said:
After I did a factory reset of my Chromecast I had issues setting it up with my mobile device (nexus 6). Turned out that I had privacy guard on and it was blocking location from the Chromecast app. Once I allowed that it setup just fine. Hope that helps anyone out there.
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This fixed mine. Had NetGuard on, had to disable it fit a second.

please help!!! power button is broken

please help my phone get power off and my power button is broken and i cant turn it on. after few try now its always enter to recovery mode but cant select any option dont have button try to connect pc but not reconigze in recovery mod thanks

You officially have a paper-weight now. Does anyone know if there is still a "USB JIG" option for the Note8 and the USB Type-C port?

Anonymously_Unknown said:
You officially have a paper-weight now. Does anyone know if there is still a "USB JIG" option for the Note8 and the USB Type-C port?
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yes and dont know what to because my screen is a little bit broken and they will charged me new screen for power button

The only way to go would be to change the motherboard, sorry, I always install some apps to reduce the use of the power button since day one, I use gravity screen to awake the screen, and invisible widgets to turn it off, and shortcutter to make a tile to call the power menu, so, I only use the power button to ACTUALLY power the device ON

winol said:
I use gravity screen to awake the screen
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Here it was, I thought I was being conservative by using fingerprint unlock to save a few presses on my power button.
I wonder if the OP has a saved alarm set to go off at a specific time. I then forgot that the alarm clock doesn't work when the phone is off.

Anonymously_Unknown said:
Here it was, I thought I was being conservative by using fingerprint unlock to save a few presses on my power button.
In fact I even try to save presses on volume buttons via virtual button bar
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^^^That is taking it too far now. I assume you use wireless charging to save your USB port, and SSH to access your phone remotely, to save your phone from screen burn-in?
Edit: then there is bluetooth speakers / headphones to save the built in speaker.

Hahahaha! Only the wireless charging part too!

i got mine to turn on by doing the downloazd mode, then plug in to a copmputer. it turns on and starts in download or upload or recovery mode, but i cant get it to restart and boot

shutfu said:
i got mine to turn on by doing the downloazd mode, then plug in to a copmputer. it turns on and starts in download or upload or recovery mode, but i cant get it to restart and boot
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Hi. How did you manage that without the power button?
Mine broke too.

Question Recovery mode

Anybody know how to go into the recovery mode , since i was unable to do it by the usual way ? S21 ultra exy

Lots of articles online and YouTube videos..LSS..you need to connect your phone to a USB storage (preferably a computer)..power off completely...restart pressing power and volume down...you should be recovery

amirage said:
Lots of articles online and YouTube videos..LSS..you need to connect your phone to a USB storage (preferably a computer)..power off completely...restart pressing power and volume down...you should be recovery
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Sorry to correct you, but it's power and volume UP ! not down! Of course what's important is to have the phone connected via USB cable to a PC, or pen drive, power bank etc, otherwise it will just boot to normal Android OS.

fdomi said:
Sorry to correct you, but it's power and volume UP ! not down! Of course what's important is to have the phone connected via USB cable to a PC, or pen drive, power bank etc, otherwise it will just boot to normal Android OS.
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Thanks...I meant to write volume up but I was screaming at some to put their music volume "down"...down and up got mixed up...heehhe...the perils of multitasking!

fdomi said:
Sorry to correct you, but it's power and volume UP ! not down! Of course what's important is to have the phone connected via USB cable to a PC, or pen drive, power bank etc, otherwise it will just boot to normal Android OS.
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Why on samsung an additional step ( to connect to usb) required ?
All others can open recovery with buttons itself

aj7400 said:
Why on samsung an additional step ( to connect to usb) required ?
All others can open recovery with buttons itself
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Bureaucracy, red tape name it what you like... Samsung just wanted to make our lives more miserable..

amirage said:
Bureaucracy, red tape name it what you like... Samsung just wanted to make our lives more miserable..
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Still we buy it ,
why ?

aj7400 said:
Still we buy it ,
why ?
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Ahh...the philosophical question...the answer to this can be found in the famous quote by Confucius, "Never raise hands to angry child, it leave groin exposed." Who is who in this quote is best left to interpretation!

amirage said:
Ahh...the philosophical question...the answer to this can be found in the famous quote by Confucius, "Never raise hands to angry child, it leave groin exposed." Who is who in this quote is best left to interpretation!
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Came back from cricket , still have the groin guard ,
Come on baby

aj7400 said:
Came back from cricket , still have the groin guard ,
Come on baby
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Please do hit like if I put a smile on your face!

Thankyou guys

fdomi said:
Sorry to correct you, but it's power and volume UP ! not down! Of course what's important is to have the phone connected via USB cable to a PC, or pen drive, power bank etc, otherwise it will just boot to normal Android OS.
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Still cant boot into recovery , do i need to use the original cable ?

iamcgs said:
Still cant boot into recovery , do i need to use the original cable ?
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Not necessarily, any USB-C to USB-A cable should work. Make sure the phone is completely switched off. You need to press vol up+power for some time until the Samsung splash screen changes to the recovery mode.

amirage said:
Not necessarily, any USB-C to USB-A cable should work. Make sure the phone is completely switched off. You need to press vol up+power for some time until the Samsung splash screen changes to the recovery mode.
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It only boot to system . Try it a couple times already

iamcgs said:
It only boot to system . Try it a couple times already
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Is this of any help:

Have you enabled developer mode and you have it set up for USB debugging already? If so you can use the ADB command line to restart your phone by issuing the following from a command prompt in the directory you installed ADB/Fastboot or anywhere if you put them in your path variable -- "ADB reboot recovery"
If you're not having any luck with that, you may need to reset (NOT factory reset, that will wipe everything) press and hold the volume down key and the bixby/power key and hold them for a 15 second count, even when the device powers off. This combination will power it off no matter what. After the slow count of 15, release the keys, plug in your USB cable, and press and hold power/volume up key as the previous posters instructed you - until the phone starts and you see the logo - this should boot you into recovery mode as well.
Is your phone booting into the system? If so, a 3rd option you may avail yourself of is an restarting app for non-rooted devices such as Shutdown, there are several, read the descriptions and pick your poison from the Google play store (If you're running a stock device make sure the app you choose doesn't require root) it will however, require you to grant accessibility permissions - full control of device and SHUTDOWN in order to function - and that will give you the option to reboot to recovery mode.
Good Luck, L4XS

Question Clearing cache partition

I cannot boot in to recovery mode. Volume up & power key won't work (cable is not helping). Any idea?

Timing is everything. Relax... I hit reboot and once the screen flashes off hold the volume up button until the menu comes up.

Won't work. I did try this so many times.

Try this:
Power down the smartphone.
Then wait a few seconds for it to completely shut down. ...
Now press and hold the Power and Volume Up buttons at the same time.
And continue holding these two buttons down even after the Galaxy S21 starts to boot back up.

Not working... I don't know what is wrong.

prfraczek said:
Not working... I don't know what is wrong.
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Unplug the cable if you haven't.
Did you toggle on Developer options?
Try turn it off.

Turned developer options off still no luck. Weird.

If your timing is off with the button push it will do that. Sometimes it takes one time, sometimes 2 or 3. Don't power off; hit restart. Before it starts to boot have the volume up button depressed.

LADB is so much easier for stuff like this if unrooted. once setup properly, just issue out
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reboot recovery

I gave up. I am going to shi...y Samsung Store tomorrow to do this. It is unbelievable. All my browsers lags and I cannot simply clear a cache. Every day I am regretting swap from 1+8 pro. I thought Samsung changed since I had s8 but no - it is even more laggy, bloated. They do and sell the best hardware but simply have no clue about software optimisation. Thanks all for help

I can assure that clearing cache partition will have zero impact to your issues.
Why are you so certain the cache partition is the answer?

skymera said:
I can assure that clearing cache partition will have zero impact to your issues.
Why are you so certain the cache partition is the answer?
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Saying it won't work is impossible to predict. If it does work, and many times it does, the issue is gone... a cheap but good trick.
Clearing the system cache is part of the light maintenance I do or when odd behavior occurs.

skymera said:
I can assure that clearing cache partition will have zero impact to your issues.
Why are you so certain the cache partition is the answer?
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I'd like to do this before wiping whole phone and re-setup 20x2FA authenticators. It can be dns, webview and much more. So I believe it is good idea start from clearing cache partition

I couldn't get it to work either, until I had the usb cable connected to my laptop - then it was able to boot in to recovery mode and let me clear the cache.
I tried it just with the cable in the phone, the cable in the charger and the phone, no cable and the only way it worked was with the cable connected to laptop and phone with the laptop powered on.
Odd!

heartyparty said:
I couldn't get it to work either, until I had the usb cable connected to my laptop - then it was able to boot in to recovery mode and let me clear the cache.
I tried it just with the cable in the phone, the cable in the charger and the phone, no cable and the only way it worked was with the cable connected to laptop and phone with the laptop powered on.
Odd!
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That's very strange behavior.
Maybe a firmware, C port PCB or mobo issue.
Keep an eye on it... no likey.

Try this:
Power down the smartphone.
Connect the phone with PC or laptop via USB cable OR while your phone is closed connect a type c USB memory stick.
Now press first Volume Up button and then the Power button (don't leave the Volume Up button)
And continue holding these two buttons down even after the Galaxy S21 starts to boot up.
You will see the recovery options to your screen.

miltos74 said:
Try this:
Power down the smartphone.
Connect the phone with PC or laptop via USB cable OR while your phone is closed connect a type c USB memory stick.
Now press first Volume Up button and then the Power button (don't leave the Volume Up button)
And continue holding these two buttons down even after the Galaxy S21 starts to boot up.
You will see the recovery options to your screen.
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This did the trick. Thank you so much for it. Even more, chrome lag gone!

prfraczek said:
This did the trick. Thank you so much for it. Even more, chrome lag gone!
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I'm happy for helping my friend. Have a nice day.

blackhawk said:
Try this:
Power down the smartphone.
Then wait a few seconds for it to completely shut down. ...
Now press and hold the Power and Volume Up buttons at the same time.
And continue holding these two buttons down even after the Galaxy S21 starts to boot back up.
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is the button working when the phone is on?

flairepathos.info said:
is the button working when the phone is on?
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What do you mean?
Only the power button is active at all times.
The volume up/down inputs are only active when as/after the phone is/has been powered on.