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Transformer won't boot.

I've seen these topics before but mine is a slightly different case. Here are the particulars:
It shut itself down when using the Gmail app.
It was at ~84% battery
Tried holding the power button for 10 or 20 or 30 seconds to reboot with no result.
I tried plugging it in to PC to see if storage still mounts but it does not.
I was able to get it into APX mode by holding power and vol down (or up, I can't remember) as it showed on the windows PC that it tried to install APX drivers but failed.
After holding power again it came out of APX mode but nothing displays on the screen.
I don't think its just a busted display panel because if it did reboot I'd see the storage mount.
It had a custom ROM on it and it is SBK2.
What do you folks think? Bricked?
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if u have a ROM on it than try to get it into recovery.. Hold Vol down+ power button till screen come on
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Tried that as well, nothing will display on the screen at any time, no matter what I do.
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Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20609995&postcount=5

I have had this after rooting. Leave itplugged in to charger for about an hour, then try again. Have alook at my previous posts aout this. Went back to stock.
Seg

Thanks for the tips guys. I left it off the charger overnight and the battery died so when I went to power it on today I got the dead battery on the screen. Plugged it in and it booted fine! Phew.
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For anyone who may encounter this in the future I'll post this here so searching may help them.
The Transformer shut itself off twice on me with the same issue. I had full (or close to) battery and it shut off and would not turn on.
I believe it was still "on" in some way as after leaving it overnight and trying to power it on in the morning The depleted battery icon popped up on the screen. I plugged it in and it booted.
The second time it died on me I was using skype (first time using gmail) and I had to again wait for it to run out of battery before anything would display on the screen.
I have since restored back to stock (no root or CWM ) and am waiting to see if it happens again. If it does I'll update the post.

Long Press to Power On?

Anyone else have an issue with having to long press the power button 20+sec after powering down for more than a few minutes to get it to turn on?
Just returned an 8gb unit for screen lift and wanting a bigger storage capacity. Know its hard to get a perfect unit and I have found a perfect screen but now every time I power down I have to long press the power button to turn it on. My other unit turned on within a few seconds. Normal?

I've had that happen on 3 of them already. I've just learned accept it as normal behavior. Some days it powers on quickly some days i have to power it by holding the power button for 20 seconds.
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How often do you power down your device? I probably never, unless have to.
Btw, I don't need ours the button for that long

Every Android device I have had expects a long press to power on.
Nexus 7 is one of the faster - mine takes about 4 seconds.
I expect the delay is to keep a momentary press from accidentally turning it on (pocket call).

I was panicked yesterday. After powered down, I could not turned it on.
Usually it will take a few seconds, but yesterday was about 20 seconds.
So I guess it is "normal".
I will no longer freaking out next time
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Happens to me too. Every time it takes about 10-20 secs to power on. Generally I switch it off at night!

Yes there are times when I just press for 2-3 seconds and its powers up. Sometimes, it just doesn't power up even after 10 second... But I got used to this issue and I just keep trying again and again.
This is something Google should fix
- Charles

Just bought one today and have this issue, about 10-15 seconds. Weird randomness. The first boot it only needed a few seconds. When you're travelling like I am atm its good to be able to power off if i dont know when i can charge it the next time. I wonder if its hardware or software. Nice device anyhow, the screen is so so but at this price i wouldnt expect better.
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gogol said:
I was panicked yesterday. After powered down, I could not turned it on.
Usually it will take a few seconds, but yesterday was about 20 seconds.
So I guess it is "normal".
I will no longer freaking out next time
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I had the same issue and thought my battery died, but the weird part is if I plug it into the oem charger it wouldn't show anything either. Don't know if that's normal or not.
mertzi said:
Just bought one today and have this issue, about 10-15 seconds. Weird randomness. The first boot it only needed a few seconds. When you're travelling like I am atm its good to be able to power off if i dont know when i can charge it the next time. I wonder if its hardware or software. Nice device anyhow, the screen is so so but at this price i wouldnt expect better.
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Same here, I purchased it, held the power for a few seconds to power it on and it worked. After a few days I decided to turn it on one day and it wouldn't power on til I googled the answer LOL

mine booted up super quick at first, started loading it up with apps, and after my 2nd full battery discharge i noticed that it took 10-20 seconds to turn on. i have a C8OK, very very slight left side lift (not enough to be a bother) and i had super minor flicker at low levels of brightness. Funny thing, i got LUX brightness app with the free 25$ and use the "sub zero" brightness setting, i like to save battery and keep it dim, this has eliminated ALL flicker for me. i was thinking it was hardware doing this as other tegra devices had flicker, but now i think it is something with droid settings/software. i would suggest all those with flicker to try this app.
Kid Poker said:
I had the same issue and thought my battery died, but the weird part is if I plug it into the oem charger it wouldn't show anything either. Don't know if that's normal or not.
Same here, I purchased it, held the power for a few seconds to power it on and it worked. After a few days I decided to turn it on one day and it wouldn't power on til I googled the answer LOL
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Are you talking about boot up time or time it takes holding the power button before the device switches on
For switching on it should only ever maximum take 10-15secs of holding power as holding power for 10secs simulates a battery pull
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[q] tablet froze. Won't turn on.

Hello. I've had nexus for a few weeks now. Tonight i was surfing the Web and the screen started blinking on and off rapidly. It finally shut off. Now it will not boot. I tryed getting into the bootloader by holding volume up and down and power. I get nothing. If I plug it into the charger... The battery icon comes on the screen but that's it. If my nexus fried? Is there anything else I can do?
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Hello. I've had nexus for a few weeks now. Tonight i was surfing the Web and the screen started blinking on and off rapidly. It finally shut off. Now it will not boot. I tryed getting into the bootloader by holding volume up and down and power. I get nothing. If I plug it into the charger... The battery icon comes on the screen but that's it. If my nexus fried? Is there anything else I can do?
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Screen blinking rapidly on and off? I'd call Google. I'm sure they would send out a replacement.
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Yeah I called them. I they are sending a replacement. I have to pretty much pay for a new one untill they get the old one back.
This really sucks. What could this be?
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I've had my nexus freeze while using chrome a few times. All I do is hold the power button until it reboots. Has worked for every time.
The flickering screen does not seem normal. Glad google is giving you a replacement.

cowabunga said:
I've had my nexus freeze while using chrome a few times. All I do is hold the power button until it reboots. Has worked for every time.
The flickering screen does not seem normal. Glad google is giving you a replacement.
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Yeah, holding the power button till it turns on works for me all the time.

mattdott said:
Yeah I called them. I they are sending a replacement. I have to pretty much pay for a new one untill they get the old one back.
This really sucks. What could this be?
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You have to pay for another first? Just got mine, & wondering about this?
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I've had the exact same problem as OP. I was browsing in Chrome when the backlight started flickering. Wearing headphones but with no sound, I was able to hear faint static that correlated with the darkness of the screen (when the screen was dim mid-flicker, noise was produced). I had it set to a specific brightness setting, so I switched to automatic using the drop-down settings menu. The problem persisted. I did not exit Chrome. I tapped the power button which gave a normal enough looking fade out. After about 5 seconds I tapped the power button again to power the device on. The Chrome screen I had been looking at when I powered the screen off flashed briefly on my screen accompanied by a bit of static and a slight pop, and the device went black. I have not gotten a response from the device since except for, like OP, when the device is plugged into the wall. Then I only get a battery icon with a lightning bolt for 1 second every time I push the power button.
After calling the warranty information number, Google is sending me a replacement device. They do not make you pay $400 (in my case, as I had the 16Gb) but authorize a payment of that amount so that if you do not return the device within 21 days they are not left high and dry. Seems reasonable to me.
Anyway, just adding my experience with this issue to the forum. OP is not the only one to get this symptom!

I just got this same issue. Was reading my news feeds on Google Reader, it seemingly froze up for a few seconds, then the screen started flickering when touched, and finally went black. Device is non-responsive except when plugged in, where it'll display the battery icon for a few seconds.
I do not know if this is related, but I was also having the charging glitch where it would power down with "0% battery" when plugged in or unplugged seemingly at random, and the long wake-up issue.
Now I am trying to get the device awake enough to be recognized by my pc so i can adb backup my data, but so far I am getting nowhere T.T

How to do a "battery pull"

Clearly we can't do a battery pull on the N4, however that always seemed to solve a lot of issues on my previous phones. Even restarting the phone doesn't have the same effect. Is there any way to simulate a battery pull, either via an app or some other method?

Hold the power button for about 15 seconds.
It simulates a battery pull
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Pressing/holding the power button for 10 seconds until the phone reboots is entirely equal to a battery pull.

Thanks, I tried that and I assume it worked.

Help! my HTC MyTouch 4g won't start up.

I was texting when suddenly my phone became very slow and I decided to restart it, since it didn't restart as quickly as it usually does, I took off the battery and put it back. Tryed to turn on the phone but it just lights up the central button and vibrates a single time, and the screen doesn't light up or anything... how do I fix it?

Try to use a different battery. My battery died in the same maner
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