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TF not waking up. Sleep of Death?

Hi for some reason I cant get my TF to turn on! It was working fine all day. I left work and placed the TF in sleep mode (hitting the button) When I got home about 15 mins later, I hit the power button and nothing. I read about the Sleep of Death but this is the first time Ive had this. I try holding onto the power button for 10 seconds and then releasing it and then held it for another few seconds and nothing. I even try holding the power button for one mins and then releasing it and hitting it again and nothing. I had bout 35% battery life before heading home.
I plug it into my notebook and i get the prompt the auto play message on windows 7. double click on the TF TF101 icon and I cant see any folders. On the asus sync program it tells me no device is found. While its plugged into the notebook I held onto the power button and I get that sound coming from windows (usb sound) then I get a sound coming out of my TF and the auto play message pop up. I cant even get it to go into recovery mode (vol down + power) I am on 3.1 leaked and no root. Any other suggestion before I call Asus. Thanks

Try charging it for a few hours, the battery might've drained due to some apps keeping wifi on for the whole time (using WakeLock)

frosty5689 said:
Try charging it for a few hours, the battery might've drained due to some apps keeping wifi on for the whole time (using WakeLock)
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Thanks. Doing it right now. Its weird when I have it plug into my notebook. While holding the power button it will disconnect from my notebook (no longer visible in my computer) then pressing the power button again its pop up with the auto play message and i get a sound from the speakers of the TF...one of those default sound on the TF. (new email alert sound) but the screen is still black. I also trying hooking it up to my TV to see if I could get a picture and no...
OKAY got a picture now with the hdmi input but no picture on the TF. I have the pattern lock screen. do i disable it? I am able tole move around but trying to find out how to disable the pattern lock screen.

yea maybe you just drained it too much. i bet a long chargewill remedy this
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X7og said:
yea maybe you just drained it too much. i bet a long chargewill remedy this
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I am at 50% and still no picture on the tf. Now when I try to enter my pattern for the lock screen its turning red not green like before....wtf reboot and still cant get in.

Just to share, a similar but less drastic thing happened when i got mine.
Tried it at the shop for about 5 minutes just to check everything worked fine. Packed it back into the box and took it home. About half a day later, at night when i officially unboxed it,it refused to turn on. no sound, no lights, nada. when i turned it off at the store, it still showed about 50+% battery remaining.
Same thing if i attached it to the dock.
So i left it stuck into the dock (just so i can confirm that it's charging) and left it to charge for about 15mins (while worrying that i might have a DOA TF).
The light was a steady amber from the get go, meaning >95% charge.
Anyway, left it to charge for about 15-20 minutes while trying every combination i could think of, short, 10 seconds, 1 min, more than 1 mins..
Long story short, after a while, it booted up with a 10second press of the power button.... left it to charge overnight (>8 hrs first charge) and it's been fine since.
Good luck with yours.

Okay reboot again. and its not take my pattern for the lock screen. touch the first circle and its red. and it tells me to try again...wtf....normally its turn green on the circle (the first one) now its red.

Looks like my screen is dead....smh.. I am able to see the lock screen via hdmi but its not taking my lock pattern. Every circle I hit turns red (error I guess) I dont know what else to do. I try doing a factory reset (volume down and power button at the same time) but I cant get a display on my tv when i am trying to access his mode. I called Asus and got a RMA... Just wondering do i need to send in the wall charger and usb cable too? Before sending it in does anyone know what else I could do??? Thanks

Plugged tab in overnight, woke up to new screen

Hey,
So i left my galaxy tab plugged in last night, woke up to the backlight being on but i couldn't actually see anything. So i pressed the powerbutton thinking i had to wake it up, no luck. I ended up holding the powerbutton trying to force it to turn off but a new screen popped up that said something like
"uploading (forget what else was on this line)
uploading: undefined"
I did manage to get the tab back to the homescreen, but i don't actually know what happened otherwise

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Hey,
So i left my galaxy tab plugged in last night, woke up to the backlight being on but i couldn't actually see anything. So i pressed the powerbutton thinking i had to wake it up, no luck. I ended up holding the powerbutton trying to force it to turn off but a new screen popped up that said something like
"uploading (forget what else was on this line)
uploading: undefined"
I did manage to get the tab back to the homescreen, but i don't actually know what happened otherwise
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Happened to me a few times. Pretty annoying.
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Thats the modem screen i believe. You can get to it by holding power and vol up i believe,or maybe vol down. Its the opposite of what you do to get to te bootloader.
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I have the exact same problem. Left my tablet charging overnight. Woke up to the upload_case: undefined message. Now it alternates between that and the infinite reboot. How did you manage to fix it?
I have a Google IO edition tab, BTW.

I think I've got the exact same problem. Left charging and it's gone into the infinite boot/"uploading" mode alternating. I am not absolutely sure it was not broken before I plugged it in to charge though.
The only thing I have done recently is the update to 3.1 the day it came out. Never rooted or anything else. Very sad.

Well, I never got it to come back. I just tried restarting it various ways. I put in a email to support. I'll see what they say.

i just held the power button for about 20 seconds and she came right back up. Haven't had this happen again (thankfully). I was on 3.1 though

[Q] Wont turn on

My tab was working fine last night, now for some reason, it wont turn on at all....anyone else see this happen, and if so, what did you do?

Probably a dumb question but did you try charging it for a few hours? Maybe the battery is dead.
What did you do with the tablet before this happened?

Thanks for asking.....so here is a brief history. Working fine last night. Set it aside for a couple of hours. Went back to it, but it was off, and it wouldnt start up, so I also thought maybe the battery died. I plugged it in for the night, but this morning, it still wont turn on. Very perplexed.

Hmmm. If you've tried charging it and it still doesn't work then it's probably dead and you should have it replaced.

yeah...Im at work so when I get home I will plug it in again and see if there is any change. Otherwise, its going back.

Haveu tried pressing the reset button in. Never not had it turn on but a few time the screen would not respond to touch
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Yeah, tried the reset but with no luck. Talked to Acer and they suggested checking to see if maybe the plug is out a bit and didnt charge it last night, but I just called home and my wife says the charger is fully plugged in. Very odd. This one may be going back to Amazon.

Also, try holding the power button for about 15 seconds, then let go. Then do it again for about 8 seconds. If it's actually on but unresponsive the first time will force it off. The second time would turn it on.

Darn....my hopes were high....but nothing. Considering it was working perfectly last night, this seems so odd.

I've had this happen to me. I just held the power button for like half a minute before it decided it wanted to turn on. Stupid bug

Shoot...nothing on that either. I appreciate everyones input though.

Crazy....got home, plugged it in and turned it on. Working. Go figure.

The power button is hit for miss.
Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E6FXZqW8hg

reset button
To get the reset button to work you have to really push it in hard Go get it to move
My power button as well seems. Buggy thou I never turn my tab off .its been on since April 24th the day I got it. Sometimes it has needed tonne restarted. The power button often needs to be held tightly in for over a minute. I once thought my tab was not coming on .Indo think its software not the physical button
Just my two pennies

Nexus 4 wont turn on

Hey everyone, Im having a problem thats making me worry. I was using my phone today and for some reason the phone wont turn on after I turned it off. I havent dropped the phone at all and it hasnt been abused in any way. The last thing I was doing before I turned it off was trying to send feedback for the Yahoo Mail app because it wouldnt sync automatically, but even that was unsuccessful because it wouldnt send. So I thought I should just reboot it but afterwards its not turning on at all.
I tried holding the power button for at least 20 seconds and still nothing is happening, and I tried plugging in the power cord to see if that would help but it hasnt. Has anyone gone through a similar issue? Please Help
Thanks.

Leave it plugged in for fifteen minutes without touching it.
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Try holding volume up + power to see if you can get into recovery then reboot from there.
Also, give some more details about your setup...
Rooted/Stock/What Rom/Kernel?

Yea I left it alone for a bit and then I held the power button while holding down both volume rockers and somehow it turned on. I dont know why this happened but I'm just glad it turned back on, it gave me a good scare though. I just hope it doesnt happen again

Mine is completely stock, I havent done anything with it yet

And may I ask what was your battery percentage level like after the short charge? Maybe the phone drained it all just being turned off... There were some cases of this here...

i wanted to add that i had a similar problem with my phone not turning back on. However, I managed to fix what was wrong by just plugging in the usb cable. I know you've tried it, but just in case someone else stumbles upon this thread (like me!) and has a problem turning on their nexus, I wanted to share my experience.
I haven't done anything to my phone other than add my old apps to my Nexus since I received it 1.5 weeks ago. It's stock. I've never dropped it or gotten water on it or anything. I charged it overnight last night and stuck it in my purse on the way to work. I think I briefly saw a working screen after I unplugged it this morning. However, the first time I tried to access my phone today was after I got to work. It wouldn't turn on, though that pinkish light at the bottom was still blinking. I tried calling it and the Nexus wouldn't ring even though the call went through a few rings and then onto voicemail. I tried holding down the power button for a while and also holding the power button with the volume keys to see if that would work, and it did not. Finally I borrowed a usb cable to plug it in, hoping the jolt of power would wake it up. That worked. It gave me the charging symbol for a little bit and then gave me the startup/loading screen with the glowing x made of arrows. I checked my battery and it was at full charge. Well, it was at 85%, which is odd since I plugged it in for about 9 hours last night to charge and there has only been 3 hours of non-use since I unplugged it. Also, if it was really turned off during those 3 hours it shouldn't have ate up any battery. Anyway, I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents in case anyone else has this problem. My brother, who gave me the Nexus, told me that he only has 2 weeks to return it if there's something wrong with it or I don't like it. Needless to say this gave me a scare, since the 2 weeks is almost up.

Money2g said:
Hey everyone, Im having a problem thats making me worry. I was using my phone today and for some reason the phone wont turn on after I turned it off. I havent dropped the phone at all and it hasnt been abused in any way. The last thing I was doing before I turned it off was trying to send feedback for the Yahoo Mail app because it wouldnt sync automatically, but even that was unsuccessful because it wouldnt send. So I thought I should just reboot it but afterwards its not turning on at all.
I tried holding the power button for at least 20 seconds and still nothing is happening, and I tried plugging in the power cord to see if that would help but it hasnt. Has anyone gone through a similar issue? Please Help
Thanks.
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Yes this happened to me the other night. I was making a phone call and accidentally hit the power button. I then tried to turn the screen back on in order to hang up the phone and it would work. I tried holding the button for 15 seconds, tried pressing the volume up/down keys, and still nothing. I then put it back in my pocket for a minute or so and tried again. When I did that the screen came back on and the call was still active. Very strange, and I hope it doesnt happen again....

Money2g said:
Hey everyone, Im having a problem thats making me worry. I was using my phone today and for some reason the phone wont turn on after I turned it off. I havent dropped the phone at all and it hasnt been abused in any way. The last thing I was doing before I turned it off was trying to send feedback for the Yahoo Mail app because it wouldnt sync automatically, but even that was unsuccessful because it wouldnt send. So I thought I should just reboot it but afterwards its not turning on at all.
I tried holding the power button for at least 20 seconds and still nothing is happening, and I tried plugging in the power cord to see if that would help but it hasnt. Has anyone gone through a similar issue? Please Help
Thanks.
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Same thing is happening to me right now.
Running stock. Not rooted. Phone charge was around 70% and I was on twitter and the app force closed. So I decided to restart my phone then went to turn it back on and it wont respond. Tried holding down the power button for 20 sec. Volume up and power, volume down and all 3 at the same time. Still nothing. Leaving it on the charger for awhile and the screen is blank no battery logo or anything.
Not quite sure what to do now?

That's scary

shotlimesalt said:
Same thing is happening to me right now.
Running stock. Not rooted. Phone charge was around 70% and I was on twitter and the app force closed. So I decided to restart my phone then went to turn it back on and it wont respond. Tried holding down the power button for 20 sec. Volume up and power, volume down and all 3 at the same time. Still nothing. Leaving it on the charger for awhile and the screen is blank no battery logo or anything.
Not quite sure what to do now?
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Plug it in with the original charger, leave it alone for a couple of hours, try again.
Sent from my Nexus 4

I get the same. I use Dophin Browser . After that i reboot my Nexus 4.
I try to hold Power Button for 1 minutes or more. But nothing change. I
I try hold Power + Volum Down - or Volum + but get same result.
I plug in Adater and wait for it. I will check it 2 hour later.
My Nexus 4 use Stock Rom, Rooted. and this first i get this problem. Please advise me on this case. Thank
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I'm having similar problems. Lots of random rebooting and refusals to turn back on sometimes, even though the LED at the bottom is flashing so i know the phone is still powered up. Also, sometimes when i have it plugged into a computer through usb it will get extremely hot and completely shut down, not turning back on for a long time. I called the google play store and someone is going to get back to me. I love my nexus 4 so i hope i can get this fixed or a replacement.

Nexus 4 crashed and would not power on
shinobi-wan said:
I'm having similar problems. Lots of random rebooting and refusals to turn back on sometimes, even though the LED at the bottom is flashing so i know the phone is still powered up. Also, sometimes when i have it plugged into a computer through usb it will get extremely hot and completely shut down, not turning back on for a long time. I called the google play store and someone is going to get back to me. I love my nexus 4 so i hope i can get this fixed or a replacement.
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I had this issue too a couple of times playing Pandora through my car's Bluetooth. That was when the Nexus 4 had 4.2.1. I have not had this issue with Pandora since the upgrade to 4.2.2.
However, I just now had this issue with Movie Studio app and exporting a video I edited. It turned off its screen like normal screen timeout but then would not come back on.
I had to Volume Up + Power button for a few seconds and then release to get it to reboot.

This same thing is happening to me. Haven't found a specific cause...

Just got the same issue
Today got mine not turning on.
Managed to turn it on by holding volume up and power button together for about 30 seconds while phone was on a stock charger. After that I saw blinking orange led. When I resolved buttons there was a battery pictogram. After pressing and holding power button I finally got turning on vibration and Google logo.
The only things a made after the charging were making few photos of my cat (from the lock screen) viewing them in gallery. Then I locked the screen and put the phone on a shelf. In a hour I was not able to turn it on.
My phone has stock rom and only few third party apps installed.
I got muy Nexus 4 on 21-Dec-2012. 4 days ago I flashed to Android 4.2.2 which phone dowloaded itself. After flashing phone was rebooted.
What I noticed is that it shows 70% battery. But It was fully charged few hours ago.
30% in 2 hours! In my opinion some service/app drained these 30% by using 100% of processing power that caused overheating and/or hanging.

I too have just had this problem. And I've had it previously when making calls, the screen simply won't respond at all, its quite annoying.
This morning my alarm went off and the screen wouldn't turn on, it went on for so long I almost threw the phone across the room. I eventually held the power button and volume down/up button and then the led blinked orange a few times and the phone reset, now it seems fine.
Its a very annoying problem, and could be very serious depending on what you are doing, might have to phone the play store and tell them.

Money2g said:
Hey everyone, Im having a problem thats making me worry. I was using my phone today and for some reason the phone wont turn on after I turned it off. I havent dropped the phone at all and it hasnt been abused in any way. The last thing I was doing before I turned it off was trying to send feedback for the Yahoo Mail app because it wouldnt sync automatically, but even that was unsuccessful because it wouldnt send. So I thought I should just reboot it but afterwards its not turning on at all.
I tried holding the power button for at least 20 seconds and still nothing is happening, and I tried plugging in the power cord to see if that would help but it hasnt. Has anyone gone through a similar issue? Please Help
Thanks.
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This has happened to me twice now. First time was a month ago and the second time was this morning. Phone was at 100% just woke up checked my messages turned off phone 10 min later it will not turn on. Un plugged cord re plugged cord nothing finally pressed up/down vol and power for about a minute (long minute) and the phone rebooted. YIKES!
Every thing seems normal now but I hate that scare and the fact that it has happened to me twice. Full Stock, not rooted.

zz_zz_ said:
Today got mine not turning on.
Managed to turn it on by holding volume up and power button together for about 30 seconds while phone was on a stock charger. After that I saw blinking orange led. When I resolved buttons there was a battery pictogram. After pressing and holding power button I finally got turning on vibration and Google logo.
The only things a made after the charging were making few photos of my cat (from the lock screen) viewing them in gallery. Then I locked the screen and put the phone on a shelf. In a hour I was not able to turn it on.
My phone has stock rom and only few third party apps installed.
I got muy Nexus 4 on 21-Dec-2012. 4 days ago I flashed to Android 4.2.2 which phone dowloaded itself. After flashing phone was rebooted.
What I noticed is that it shows 70% battery. But It was fully charged few hours ago.
30% in 2 hours! In my opinion some service/app drained these 30% by using 100% of processing power that caused overheating and/or hanging.
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Happened second time.
I was able to turn it on again by following the same steps. But this time I got some strange issue: after resolving vol+ and power buttons I saw battery pictogram with some frame with a blue background; when phone finally booted up this frame and blue background were visible through the my desktop background an screen itself was much lighter with pure colors. Only after about 5 soft resets screen seems to became nice again. Each reboot caused blue frame to become less visible. I'm confused and worried.
Also during all these reboots this frame with blue background was visible even in behind "Google" and "X" logos during booting up.
Another strange thing is that on screenshots I made this frame is not visible.

That would have to do with LCD or software..
As the battery & Google are just pictures that change. If you understand what in saying lol ?
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ZTE Axon Mini Shut Down, Won't Power Up

G'Day all.
I took my phone out of my case as it was getting a little hotter than usual while I was charging it.
I was in a hurry to leave home and so on grabbing the case and putting it on in a hurry I actually placed it on the wrong way and so the case was not aligned with the buttoens.
The case was therefore pressing against the buttons and powered off the phone. When I realised my error about 15 mins later I put the case on properly but found that the phone would not turn on. I held down the power button nothing happened. I got home and put it on a charger but the LED light would not even indicate that charging was taking place.
Been about 4 hours since but same thing. NOTHING. Phone remains unresponsive.
Any idea what is wrong with it