Instead of holding the power button for several seconds to shut down the 8125, is there a free program that does the same thing?
There are several programs that can lock, shut down, and soft reset the device. But it seems like the shut down process does not really shut down the device like holding down the power button. Can anyone explain this to me why is this?
Thanks
It is one of the many laws that govern the realm of the PDA that thou shall not shut down a PDA. The PDA function does not take up much of the battery. You can try shutting off the phone/GSM function.
Why would you want to turn your phone off ?
In the windows folder, there is a file called poweroff.exe. Create a link to it. That is what I use.
why? If you know you are not going to be using it and not taking any calls for a while.
maybe i can answer for jimmyhauser 8)
i am in university, and whenever im in class, i usually put my phone on the table (but i turn off the ringer << polite =P) anyways, a couple of times my professor asked me to TURN OFF the phone during a test. and he stood there waiting for me to turn off the phone. it took quite some time, unwind the headphone, take out the stylus, unlock the device wait 5 seconds while pressing the power button to turn it off..it was an akward moment (even though it doesnt sound like it) and thats happened a few times. Also wen i go to the hospital. i dont want my phone to make intereference with some guy's life saving device. so a quick power off is needed =P
and thanks for the link to the file ;-)
FYI, on intel based HTC devices, VJEschaton will also shut down devices to full power off using the -sleep mode. I don't think anyone other then me uses it though Very useful on WM2003 devices when you're not going to be giving them a daily top up of juice... prevents them from hardreseting themselves.
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I turned off my 8125 last night and the unit will not boot up today... Can't even hard reset. I think, once i get the Cingular 225 ROM installed, i won't be turning it off again.
Dear all,
I've just received my N4 for a couple of hours. It's a brandnew one from U.S market.
Right after unboxing, I switched it on and signed in my Google account. Everything run just fine for a couple of minutes when i swipe through those introduction steps from a Brandnew Vanilla Android. After that, it went wild.
When i turned the screen on the 2nd time of its life time, the Lockscreen rotated automatically and then just hang there. The whole device freezed right after the screen was turned on THE 2ND TIME!. It forced me to press and hold Power button to restart the device, but that problem continues to occur on every working sessions.
Right now i have to completely turn it off and don't know how to fix yet
A just-unboxed-device with a fault like this? Life's Sucking, not Good LG!
What can i do now? Please give me some advices, i'm very frustrating right now.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE: Now after trying to unlock bootloader, root, flash custom ROM (xenonHD), even tried to disable all lockscreen types (currently set to None), it appears that the whole device will freeze after exactly the 2nd time of screen-on! How on earth does this s**t occur????
Anyone? Please help
looking for help......
I must say this is a rare case; I've never heard of something similar before.
Email google and see what they say:
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411741#US
They will replace all defective devices within 15 days of shipping so don't worry.
innumerabilis said:
I must say this is a rare case; I've never heard of something similar before.
Email google and see what they say:
http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2411741#US
They will replace all defective devices within 15 days of shipping so don't worry.
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Problem is the device now is in Vietnam, and it'll take much time to deliver it back to Google.
Wish someone would have a solution...
Try to get into safe mode and disable screen rotation:
Using LG Nexus 4 LG E960 Safe Mode
To recover your phone when malfunctioning.
1. Turn off your phone and reboot. When you see the booting animation press and hold the Volume Down Key . Your main screen will then be displayed with the words "Safe mode" in lower left corner.
2. From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key and tap Settings > search for disable screen rotation
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If that doesn't work, try to reset to factory:
LG Nexus 4 hard reset LG E960
If you forgot your LG E960 unlock pattern password. Recovery solution for LG Nexus4Â Andorid phone
Using the hard reset aka factory reset on Nexus 4, resetting nexus4,
All data will be lost! Back up any important data before doing a hard reset.
Read ALL steps before attempting.
1. Turn the phone off.
2. At the same time press and hold Volume Down Key + Power/Lock Key .
3. When phone vibrates, release keys and repeatedly tap the Back Key + Home Key until the green Android Robot animation appears.
4. Your device will perform a hard reset.
If logo appears, start over from step 1.
All data will be lost!
Hard reset will take for a minute and after that your Android phone will reboot.
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Source for steps: http://www.hard-reset.com/lg-nexus-4-hard-reset.html
innumerabilis said:
Try to get into safe mode and disable screen rotation:
If that doesn't work, try to reset to factory:
Source for steps: http://www.hard-reset.com/lg-nexus-4-hard-reset.html
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Thank you for being so kind. I've just tried and no luck.
By somehow, if it manages to turn all the lockscreen and homescreen to landscape, it will be fine. But i know the N4 cannot rotate homescreen, so this is definitely WEIRD! I feel that the "spirit" of a tablet's OS is running inside my phone, and it decides not to run at all LOL
seems that RMA's the only choice....
I'm not sure if this is a simple setting or if my question is completely idiotic. Though... My main reason for asking this question is because I'm not sure how phone tracking works (using Cerebus) though if the phone is turned off can the phone still be tracked? If so, what's stopping a user from just powering down my N4 and just formatting it through Fastboot? Thanks in advance for anyone who has a solution to my problem or a explanation as to why my idea is completely illogical.
Lol my best mate has been saying this for months. He wants an app that basically asks for a pin to shut the phone down. Sealed phones have no battery pull so he wants to make sure only he can shut the phone down by a pin / pattern method. Just like an unlock but reversed for locking. This meaning you would in theory be very likely to track your phone in time before it runs out of juice etc or whatever.
So I don't think your question is silly and I'm very interested in any development known.
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Well even if someone actually writes an app that asks for a PIN when the you tap on Shut Down, there's still a hardware implementation that will force your phone to reboot or turn off if you press the power button long enough (10-15 seconds I think).
It acts as an alternative to battery pulls.
starscream92 said:
Well even if someone actually writes an app that asks for a PIN when the you tap on Shut Down, there's still a hardware implementation that will force your phone to reboot or turn off if you press the power button long enough (10-15 seconds I think).
It acts as an alternative to battery pulls.
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Yes I kind of tried to explain to my mate that there are always ways to turn the phone off and that maybe his idea is flawed. Thanks.
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My Galaxy S5's physical power button has stopped working. I've rooted the phone and reconfigured the keyboard configuration file so that my physical "home" button now serves as a power button. I've also disabled the two backlit buttons on either side of the physical home button and have enabled the stock Android softkeys for navigation. (The backlit buttons were malfunctioning as well, so I disabled them.)
The phone currently works great... the problem is when I try to change batteries. Since the normal power button doesn't work, I can't use it to turn on the phone. (The keyboard configuration tweak kicks in when the phone boots up, so the central button doesn't wake the phone after the battery swap... the phone has go through its boot procedure before that button would work.)
I figured out that if I can get to recovery mode, I can select the reboot option and the phone will turn on just fine.
The problem is that I can't usually get to the recovery mode, since the power button usually doesn't work. Sometimes it seems to work (and I can press power-home-up volume to reach the recovery mode).
Is there anyway that I can reach recovery mode without using the power button? Is there any tweak I can make to a BIOS or other pre-boot configuration so that the phone can reach recovery mode (or just turn on) without using the power button?
I can't take the phone back to Samsung for repair because I broke the screen and had it fixed by a third party. I've rooted the phone in order to reconfigure the navigational buttons, so I do have root capabilities. I'm using the stock Samsung firmware, which I'd prefer to keep using since it has the best camera driver for the phone.
Thanks!
There are apps that let you boot to recovery, check Play Store
Also ADB commands you can use, a quick google should find them, I can't remember them off hand
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There are apps that let you boot to recovery, check Play Store
Also ADB commands you can use, a quick google should find them, I can't remember them off hand
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Thanks for the reply. I browsed the app store, but the apps seem to be widgets that let you enter recovery mode. My problem is that after the battery is swapped, the phone needs to be turned on before I can get to an app. I can't seem to reliably turn on the phone because the power button usually doesn't work.
Is there an app or configuration process that will let me configure the physical home button to have the power to turn on the phone? Currently, I have the home button configured to wake the phone, but to get the button to that state the phone must first boot up and go through the key mapping routine. So, the home button currently won't start up the phone if the phone is fully powered down (not just screen off).
I'm open to any other suggestions for how to restart the pone when it's truly fully powered off.
Maybe I just need to take the phone to a repair shop for them to repair the power button, but I was hoping to avoid the expense through reconfiguring the phone, if possible.
Ah I see, does connecting the charger not power it on ?
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Ah I see, does connecting the charger not power it on ?
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When plugged into the charger, the phone lights up to show the battery charge level (green battery with bubbles rising from the Home key). To get the phone to boot up, I still need to use the power button, which usually doesn't work. It's really frustrating, because the power button is temperamental. I basically have to keep trying to get it to boot or go to recovery mode, but it can take a long time and I fear that the power button will give out completely soon. Currently, it seems to work maybe 5% of the time.
Otherwise, my phone is fine, so long as I don't swap batteries or fully power it down.
The problem is that I often need to swap batteries in the wilderness, while on backpacking trips etc., so I don't have a laptop or charger handy to help out. I was hoping to reconfigure the phone somehow so I could start it from a full power off state without any external helping device, like a laptop or USB cable. I use the phone for topo map navigation. I'm pretty good with map/compass navigation, but I'd really like a reliable way to reboot the phone in the wilderness.
Thanks again
trinkner said:
When plugged into the charger, the phone lights up to show the battery charge level (green battery with bubbles rising from the Home key). To get the phone to boot up, I still need to use the power button, which usually doesn't work. It's really frustrating, because the power button is temperamental. I basically have to keep trying to get it to boot or go to recovery mode, but it can take a long time and I fear that the power button will give out completely soon. Currently, it seems to work maybe 5% of the time.
Otherwise, my phone is fine, so long as I don't swap batteries or fully power it down.
The problem is that I often need to swap batteries in the wilderness, while on backpacking trips etc., so I don't have a laptop or charger handy to help out. I was hoping to reconfigure the phone somehow so I could start it from a full power off state without any external helping device, like a laptop or USB cable. I use the phone for topo map navigation. I'm pretty good with map/compass navigation, but I'd really like a reliable way to reboot the phone in the wilderness.
Thanks again
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1
With your phone turned off, press and hold the Volume down and Home buttons.
2
While holding the Volume Down and Home, use a USB data cable to connect your phone to your computer.
3
Continue holding the Volume Down and Home button to until your phone will boot to Download mode.
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Once your phone boots to Download mode, press on the Volume Down button to cancel the Download mode.
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Once the Download mode has been cancelled, your Galaxy S5 will reboot.
Wait for your phone to completely start.
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You have successfully turned on your Samsung Galaxy S5 without using the Power button.
Thanks. That sequence of steps will work great when I have my laptop handy. Do you know of a solution that would work in the wilderness without a laptop, USB cord, or power outlet? Generally, when I need to swap batteries and power down the phone, I'm in the wilderness.
I don't unfortunately, that was the only workaround I could find
Maybe you could fool the phone into thinking it is connected to a PC with some clever rewiring of a USB cable? Not sure how you would wire it, but Im thinking there may be a way to connect just a cable up so connecting it to the phone outside will make the phone think it's connected to a PC and allow download mode
It's possible that a USB 'jig' might help.......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-how-to-make-usb-jig-reset-binary-t1604707
Sent from my rooted kn0x0 stocKK SM-G900F S5
keithross39 said:
It's possible that a USB 'jig' might help.......
Sent from my rooted kn0x0 stocKK SM-G900F S5
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I'm thinking now that I should visit the repair shop to see how much they would charge to fix it properly. I really depend on this phone in the backwoods and wouldn't want a work-around to fail me when I need it most.
I'll keep you posted on the repair/cost. Thanks for the help.
trinkner said:
I'm thinking now that I should visit the repair shop to see how much they would charge to fix it properly. I really depend on this phone in the backwoods and wouldn't want a work-around to fail me when I need it most.
I'll keep you posted on the repair/cost. Thanks for the help.
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I've watched a couple of 'teardown' videos for the S5, and from what I've seen, the screen has to be removed in order to get to any of the power, home or volume buttons.......and it's very difficult to remove the screen without risking damage........I certainly wouldn't want to try, and that's speaking as someone who has repaired a number of Samsung phones......
In the short term, you could try the jig.....I know it works on the S2, just can't remember if it boots the phone *fully* into download mode or just to the screen where you have the 2 volume button options to either enter download mode or restart.......
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I took the phone to the repair shop yesterday. It turns out that the S5's power button is just a thin tab with two metal contact squares inside the phone. There are prongs on the interior of the phone that make contact with these squares. If the prongs aren't properly aligned or properly bent to make contact with the tab's squares, the power button won't work. The technician was able to get the button to work by pressing his thumb on the screen by the power button while pressing the button. He's confident he can realign the prongs to make good contact. You do have to take off the screen to access the prongs, but since mine is a replacement screen already, he said it's pretty easy to remove.
My capacitive buttons were also dying and I had configured the keyboard boot files to disable the capacitive buttons. I had enabled the stock softkeys instead. The repair shop will be able to replace the "dock" component (which includes all the stuff at the bottom of the phone, like the capacitive keys, the charging port, etc.). That, too, requires removal of the screen, so while replacing the dock he'll fix the power button prongs. The entire repair is estimated at about $100.
I'll let you know if the repair succeeds. Yesterday I popped my SIM into an old Windows Phone (Lumia 521 running WP 8.1), and was reminded again at how much I dislike Windows Phone and how much I like Android. Absence makes the heart grow fonder... After a few hours of fiddling discontentedly with the Windows Phone, I put my SIM into my trusty Nokia 808 Symbian phone, which I'll use until the Sammy is ready.
Lol.....I moved from 'dumbphones' straight to Android.....so I've never had the experience of windows phones....though if it's anything like their PC OS, I'd have probably ended up embedding the phone in the wall........
Good luck with the repair, I hope they get it sorted for you.
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keithross39 said:
Lol.....I moved from 'dumbphones' straight to Android.....so I've never had the experience of windows phones....though if it's anything like their PC OS, I'd have probably ended up embedding the phone in the wall........
Good luck with the repair, I hope they get it sorted for you.
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Funny. Yesterday evening, I switched to my Symbian because I knew I was about to hurl the Windows Phone across the room if I kept using it.... The WP phone can do much more than the Symbian phone in theory, but in practice the old Symbian phone does everything it does really well and predictably, including multitasking. With WP, I'm never sure what the phone is up to as its multitasking is a joke. Some apps do in fact multitask, but others don't, and as a user, you can't tell which is operating in the background and which isn't, until you return to a background app and discover whether or not its been processing.
I've never used an iPhone, so I can't compare WP to iOS. But compared to Symbian or Android, WP will lead you to drink, and probably to drink heavily.
Lol.....having never experienced it's delights, I can't comment, but if it's anything like W8 on my wife's laptop I can see where you're coming from
(I'm a die hard XP user lol)
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Did you get anywhere with this? I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 G900F, the fingerprint scanner is for someone else's credentials and I don't have the login password etc. ADB is not an option as I cannot boot the phone to enable debugging mode. I have tried all methods of booting into recovery including Vol Up + Home + Power, this does not work.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Have a good Easter bank holiday weekend!
-Si
trinkner said:
I'm thinking now that I should visit the repair shop to see how much they would charge to fix it properly. I really depend on this phone in the backwoods and wouldn't want a work-around to fail me when I need it most.
I'll keep you posted on the repair/cost. Thanks for the help.
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If you are travelling this method also works with a battery booster (i have a bud one from a beer case...you charge it and take it with you..... ) it s stored energy backup battery that you plug in for a crappy charge)
so... when your on the road or in th woods, any power supply that you can connect (car charger, booster, etc will trigger the download mode and enable this solution. )
THANKS!!! MADE TWO USELSESS PHONES USEFUL AGAIN!!!
Hello,
So my Nexus 6P turned off randomly and then would not turn back on. It would come on and show Google and sometimes even let me enter my pin to start the phone. But it constantly would freeze during start up and just shut down. I got into the recovery and factory reset my phone and now it won't even turn on. I hold the power and it doesn't do anything. I've tried the boot loader and such but it won't turn on at all. Any ideas on what I could do? Thanks!
edlovereze said:
Hello,
So my Nexus 6P turned off randomly and then would not turn back on. It would come on and show Google and sometimes even let me enter my pin to start the phone. But it constantly would freeze during start up and just shut down. I got into the recovery and factory reset my phone and now it won't even turn on. I hold the power and it doesn't do anything. I've tried the boot loader and such but it won't turn on at all. Any ideas on what I could do? Thanks!
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Sounds like you may have more than one problem, but many have been able to get a dead phone to start by holding the power button down for a very long time, sometimes 2 minutes or more. If it doesn't start, fully charge it and try the power button again. Assuming you are stock with a locked boot loader.... you didn't mention.
My phone is stock with a locked boot loader. I held the button for over 5 minutes and got nothing. I'm wondering if Google would be willing to help me out. Unless anyone has other ideas
It's hopeless. Don't waste your time trying to revive. Contact Huawei regardless of date of purchase.
If it won't power on it's either not charged, a bad power button, or something with pcm. Which is on Motherboard.
Most common scenario is a bad power button because it's most used breakable part. That won't allow the board to receive power or not enough power if it's shorted.
Dunno if you've poked around the interwebs some more regarding this, but I've been slammed with the N6P bootloop error (which appears might be part of your problem) and I found a stop-gap solution. If you feel like you've got nothing to lose, you can try what I've done: Make sure the phone has a little charge, hold it with a hot mitt from your kitchen, and blast the back of your N6P in the region between the camera lens and the fingerprint sensor with a hairdryer. Doing so will trip the big cluster off, which is the source of the bootloop problem. If you can get it to boot to the Google logo, applying the heat for the right amount of time (maybe not too long.. 2-4 minutes tops) may cause it to make it to the spinning color graphics and beyond.
I've been able to resurrect my phone doing this, but only to back it up and do very simple tasks. The moment I do something processor-intensive (Waze, YouTube, etc) it immediately crashes and bootloops again. The only solution beyond this is to unlock your bootloader, download EX Kernel manager and use it to completely disable the big cluster. Then your phone will likely be reliable, but extremely hobbled.
I bought from Best Buy about 16 months ago, so both Google and Huawei have been utterly useless, which is infuriating. Shenanigans like this are criminal. This is my 3rd Nexus phone and I'm considering abandoning Android altogether after this experience.