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Pushed the power button this morning and no response, thought the battery had run right down, so plugged it in and it booted to the dell screen then froze, removed battery and replaced it, booted no problems at all, still 60% battery left
Once, I think it's because the device has flexed or got jolted at some point and the backplate contacts have come apart briefly. The only way to get it to switch on was to remove the battery and refit it.
I've had this too, but not after a jolt or flex - noticed it after waking up on a morning - Streak had been on bedside table with good charge.
I've had this maybe twice since having the device.
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The only difference is my device did not freeze on boot.
yep - every time i power it down and leave it for a bit, it will only fire up again if I take the back off, pop the battery out and put it back in.
The LEDs come on, but it goes no further unless I do the above. Annoying but I can live with it for now (not sure what the wear and tear issues could be over the life of the device tho?)
did it on 1.6, still does it on O2 2.1
That's what's i was thinking, that stupid backplate! it may have moved 1mm and caused error
I posted a comment once about supergluing the fu%$er, might try myself.
Yep, sadly had the same problem. The worse thing is it did this the first time I turned it on. Done the same thing again this morning after simply switching it off.
Hopefully it won't be annoying or we will learn how to avoid it - backplate seems to cause the problem but I didn't even drop it or mishandle it in anyway - just merely switched it off and on again...
If the backplate is the problem, I can see it becoming a real issue, mine is definitely a looser fit than it was a month ago.
This just happened to me this morning. I went to bed around 2am with 90% charge and woke up 8am off on totally drained. The phone was lying on the carpeted floor with no movement. Powered back up and on with icons all messed up.
had this couple of times day, not the first by a long shot. its the back plate for sure. it flexes just a tiny bit and thats enough to make it shut down. pretty shoddy design
I really don't see how it could be the cover. Second day in a row I went from full charge to dead when I woke. It was on the floor the whole time and never touched. Then I charged it and the screen would not respond. So I hit power and then it would not come on again until I pulled the battery. Now, I'm just going to try powering down every night. If it's dead I just leave it at home for the day.....such a waste.
Hi all
My phone was fully submerged in water for a few mins a couple of days ago, I immediately took the battery out and left it to dry for the day.
Eventually the phone worked again, except for the home button.
The strange thing is, the home button works to get into recovery/download mode but will not work once booted up, anyone got any ideas?
I have not tried flashing or factory reset yet.
Cheers
Remove battery and cards. Leave the phone somewhere warm and dry for several days - preferable a week. One day may not be enough to dry out the phone completely (obviously it depends on just how wet it got).
You can try putting it in a bowl of rice. When mine got wet that's what I did and in 24 hours or a little more it was completely fine.
Swyped from a galaxy far far away.
Really, I know what am I talking about.
You need to go to the service. They will disassemble the phone and make a good cleaning.
Otherwise you may have problems.
Before I owned the Note, I owned a S2.
I was impressed by the fact that it is the smoothest Android phone on the planet at that time.
But one day, I was using my computer to do some stuff.
The phone was just beside me.
I noticed the phone's battery is going to kapoot.
I even seen it going to sleep.
Too busy, I didn't notice the phone actually died.
When I was about to use my phone, it wouldn't wake up.
I tried every single method to turn on the device, but it wouldn't work.
I even put my friend's S2 battery, but it wouldn't turn on at all.
Left it for a week in the charger but to no avail.
So in the end, I sold my DEAD S2, and bought a Note.
And yesterday, I left my Note to charge.
This morning, I tried to wake it up, it wouldn't turn on.
But miraculously after removing the battery for five minutes
then putting it back, it turned on.
So yeah I almost swore I wouldn't buy another Samsung.
I'm still in Samsung camp and in love with my Note.
PLEASE DON'T FAIL ME AGAIN.
That's my story, thank you.
Cool story bro
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Livewings said:
Before I owned the Note, I owned a S2.
I was impressed by the fact that it is the smoothest Android phone on the planet at that time.
But one day, I was using my computer to do some stuff.
The phone was just beside me.
I noticed the phone's battery is going to kapoot.
I even seen it going to sleep.
Too busy, I didn't notice the phone actually died.
When I was about to use my phone, it wouldn't wake up.
I tried every single method to turn on the device, but it wouldn't work.
I even put my friend's S2 battery, but it wouldn't turn on at all.
Left it for a week in the charger but to no avail.
So in the end, I sold my DEAD S2, and bought a Note.
And yesterday, I left my Note to charge.
This morning, I tried to wake it up, it wouldn't turn on.
But miraculously after removing the battery for five minutes
then putting it back, it turned on.
So yeah I almost swore I wouldn't buy another Samsung.
I'm still in Samsung camp and in love with my Note.
PLEASE DON'T FAIL ME AGAIN.
That's my story, thank you.
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I experienced the same thing with your S2 but on my Note. I ended up with having a DEAD Note. I sent it back to the service center for repair and hopefully for replacement since it still has warranty. I had to admit, I haven't tried to remove the battery on my Note for five minutes before putting it back in.
Please see my posts in this thread:
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Check out this thread: My phone suddenly shut down I think your phone may not have died, but the screen just wouldn't turn on. A kind of coma-like thing, rather than a sleep of death. It's been happening to a few of us and seems to be benign, so far. It's happened to me just 4 times in 2 months. One of the times I was able to get the screen to turn back on when pushing the home, power, and volume buttons randomly. A battery pull always works, but rebooting by holding the power button for 10 seconds also works.
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Check out this thread: My phone suddenly shut down I think your phone may not have died, but the screen just wouldn't turn on. A kind of coma-like thing, rather than a sleep of death. It's been happening to a few of us and seems to be benign, so far. It's happened to me just 4 times in 2 months. One of the times I was able to get the screen to turn back on when pushing the home, power, and volume buttons randomly. A battery pull always works, but rebooting by holding the power button for 10 seconds also works.
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As I mentioned in the other thread, I did every button combination even after a battery pull. I even tried to use a different battery altogether but to no avail. I'm just curious, how long did you have to wait before you put the battery back into the phone after pulling it out?
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Check out this thread: My phone suddenly shut down I think your phone may not have died, but the screen just wouldn't turn on. A kind of coma-like thing, rather than a sleep of death. It's been happening to a few of us and seems to be benign, so far. It's happened to me just 4 times in 2 months. One of the times I was able to get the screen to turn back on when pushing the home, power, and volume buttons randomly. A battery pull always works, but rebooting by holding the power button for 10 seconds also works.
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I'm very sure it's not a coma. It's permanently dead. Used a JIG, it wouldn't turn on either. Left it charging for a week without removing, wouldn't turn on. But if my S2 didn't die, I wouldn't be owning a Note now.
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As I mentioned in the other thread, I did every button combination even after a battery pull. I even tried to use a different battery altogether but to no avail. I'm just curious, how long did you have to wait before you put the battery back into the phone after pulling it out?
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Not to forget, I even did the holy three be-jesus button but nothing appeared.
Well you know what they say, either they have the same disease or the same doctor!! .
On a more serious note though, I'm happy everything ended well.
Maybe there is some power spikes at your end? Having both phones the same problem seems too much against the odds.
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Maybe there is some power spikes at your end? Having both phones the same problem seems too much against the odds.
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No one has the same problem with me? Power spike seems too much to be the cause.
great..
i had about 50% battery.
after using it, i turned it off, then i went to turn it back on... and it never did.
i plugged in charger and no charge icon even shows....
any one else have this issue?
its on the charger now just in case but like i said i powered off at 50%
Did you try long pressing the power button, 20 seconds or more, then letting off and short pressing? Other than that I can't help, sorry.
Dead Nexus 7
loueber said:
great..
i had about 50% battery.
after using it, i turned it off, then i went to turn it back on... and it never did.
i plugged in charger and no charge icon even shows....
any one else have this issue?
its on the charger now just in case but like i said i powered off at 50%
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I got my Nexus 7 on Tuesday evening. After about 6 hours of playing with it
and checking things out I decided to go to bed, so I put it to sleep (not turn it off).
A few minutes later I decided that there was one more app I wanted to download,
so I went to wake it up and it wouldn't!
I tried everything -- short press, long press, try to reset, connect to computer (not recognized), etc.
I decided to let it charge overnight (no charging icon showed up).
The next day still dead, so I called google play and they will be sending me a new one.
On one hand it kinda sucks, but I feel good on how they handled it.
The tech said it was a dead battery, I am not so sure I believe that but ...
Mine was like that out of the box. It's already been repackaged back into its box and I'm waiting for google to send a replacement.
I hope you guys get your replacements soon.
Rik.
Same thing happened to me - you need to realllllllllllly long press, for 30 seconds or more.
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Did you try long pressing the power button, 20 seconds or more, then letting off and short pressing? Other than that I can't help, sorry.
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ok,
yes i tried holding the power button in for about 30 seconds and it powered on.
This is crazy... is this something i should be worried about? is it worth going through a return and all that?
cfh said:
I got my Nexus 7 on Tuesday evening. After about 6 hours of playing with it
and checking things out I decided to go to bed, so I put it to sleep (not turn it off).
A few minutes later I decided that there was one more app I wanted to download,
so I went to wake it up and it wouldn't!
I tried everything -- short press, long press, try to reset, connect to computer (not recognized), etc.
I decided to let it charge overnight (no charging icon showed up).
The next day still dead, so I called google play and they will be sending me a new one.
On one hand it kinda sucks, but I feel good on how they handled it.
The tech said it was a dead battery, I am not so sure I believe that but ...
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did you try like a 30 second hold on the power button? thats what got mine to reboot
Did that to me once. Must've been an update of some sort. Anyhow, long pressed as others have suggested and it's been fine every since. No need to waste everyone's time shipping it back.
happened to me too. You just have to push the button kinda hard for a looong time until it turns on. try multiple times
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happened to me too. You just have to push the button kinda hard for a looong time until it turns on. try multiple times
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now that i think about it, i turned off after a few market updates.. maybe you are right.
not to hijack the thread, but does otheres google latitude widget not work? mine shows unknown location and the refresh keeps spining.
But when i open latitude it works fine in maps. its just the widget
David Horn said:
Same thing happened to me - you need to realllllllllllly long press, for 30 seconds or more.
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OMG thank you so much, I just had a big scare. My Nexus 7 crashed so bad it turned itself off, and I have never had to turn it on yet (came turned on, and rebooted by itself after the 4.1.1 update), and using long press like I do on my Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy Tab 10.1 would not turn it back on. I tried plugging it in, no battery icon... I was really starting to think it was dead, then I saw your comment and just sat there counting...and eventually IT TURNED BACK ON. Phew, what a relief, thank you so much for posting this!
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Same thing happened to me - you need to realllllllllllly long press, for 30 seconds or more.
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Yep, same thing happened to me. I freaked! But just had to keep pumping those defibrillators until it came back on :good:
so i wonder what is up with this..seems like a very comon issue here...
maybe it was doing something in the background?
loueber said:
did you try like a 30 second hold on the power button? thats what got mine to reboot
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I tried several times at 30 seconds and a couple of times for 90 seconds
still no good
What kind of bothers me is that I was told that on my return, I have to put the new/replacement nexus 7 on my
credit card. If they deem that the warranty was voided, they will charge me for a 2nd device!
I would rather send them the broken device and if they decide the warranty is voided, send the broken
device back to me and I will try to fix it myself! I don't want to buy two of these devices!
And even if they don't charge me, I still have to check the device over. I have read where some people have
dead pixels, microphones that don't work, bad screens, and even dead devices like mine. I don't want to
have to do this a 3rd time
UGH
Work for me 30 second hold power button
I try like a 30 second hold on the power button
and work for me, thanks to all for ur tips
this is my first table
Mine was packed up ready to take back to PCWorld
Mine was packed up ready to take back to PCWorld then I checked Google again and found this thread!
Many thanks chaps. You saved me some grief
google should send out some sort of network message for those that already have a nexus 7 , and any new ones that ship they should insert a notice..
either that, send out an update to fix this issue...
My so called "flawless" N7 did this today ( wouldn't turn on until I plugged it in, when it booted it still had 11%. Checked my mail and the whole think turned black grey and white and moved up and down quickly then shut off. Now it won't power on and makes a buzzing sound when plugged in. Think the display is dead
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Whew. This just happened to me and the 30 second press worked perfectly. Thanks giys !
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I woke up this morning after realizing my alarm on my phone didnt go off. When I went to check my phone, I found that it won't turn on.
I tried the Volume Down + Power for 15 seconds, 30 seconds, and 1 minute. I also tried safemode Volume Up + Power for 15 sec, 30 sec, and 1 minute.
Tried connecting to the computer to see if I could adb reboot it but the phone isnt being detected by adb. I can hear it connecting and disconnecting constantly from windows.
I put the phone on the charger last night at about 60% charge, so it should have had enough battery to sit unused for a few hours but it was only about 6 hours later that I noticed it wouldn't turn on.
Right now I am just hoping the battery bugged out and drained so the phone is sitting on the charger charging up but there's no signs of life. My phone has been fine for a month with the September patches and fine before that. I havent taken the october patch yet.
My phone is a little bit over 2 months old.
What else can I do and what would have caused the phone to suddenly not turn on?
Update: Phone has been charging for about 2.5 hours. It is charging at a constant 11mA (0.11A) and has taken in about 220mA. The screen still hasn't came back on. Email sent to Essential a few hours ago, no reply yet.
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I woke up this morning after realizing my alarm on my phone didnt go off. When I went to check my phone, I found that it won't turn on.
I tried the Volume Down + Power for 15 seconds, 30 seconds, and 1 minute. I also tried safemode Volume Up + Power for 15 sec, 30 sec, and 1 minute.
Tried connecting to the computer to see if I could adb reboot it but the phone isnt being detected by adb. I can hear it connecting and disconnecting constantly from windows.
I put the phone on the charger last night at about 60% charge, so it should have had enough battery to sit unused for a few hours but it was only about 6 hours later that I noticed it wouldn't turn on.
Right now I am just hoping the battery bugged out and drained so the phone is sitting on the charger charging up but there's no signs of life. My phone has been fine for a month with the September patches and fine before that. I havent taken the october patch yet.
My phone is a little bit over 2 months old.
What else can I do and what would have caused the phone to suddenly not turn on?
Update: Phone has been charging for about 2.5 hours. It is charging at a constant 11mA (0.11A) and has taken in about 220mA. The screen still hasn't came back on. Email sent to Essential a few hours ago, no reply yet.
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I have the same problem the screen does not turn on, it only has sound when notifications arrive, but there is no human power to turn on the screen, you have had answer of essential
GEOVANNI MTZ said:
I have the same problem the screen does not turn on, it only has sound when notifications arrive, but there is no human power to turn on the screen, you have had answer of essential
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I contacted essential and they are going to cover it under warranty. No explanination for what caused this issue.
xNotta said:
I contacted essential and they are going to cover it under warranty. No explanination for what caused this issue.
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I'm from Mexico, but I do not know if my equipment is still guaranteed, is there any way to check if it has a guarantee? because I do not want to have a nice paperweight.
GEOVANNI MTZ said:
I'm from Mexico, but I do not know if my equipment is still guaranteed, is there any way to check if it has a guarantee? because I do not want to have a nice paperweight.
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Phones purchased in the US come with a 1 year warranty.
I would assume Mexico would get a similar warranty.
You will need your original proof of purchase.
Contact Essential and explain your situation, they will probably be able to come up with a solution for you.
https://support.essential.com/hc/en-us
Click the “?” In the lower right corner and send them an email that explains your situation.
Couldn’t find a Mexico support link. Even using my VPN set to Mexico, it gave me the US support page.
I thank you for your attention, I let it be completely discharged and I have connected it to charge right now and on ... I am happy !!!!
Same problem here, actually my phone was on but screen would not come out of wake. Screen would brighten slightly when combination of buttons pushed,
This happened to me after about two weeks of use, first time it happened I was able to make it come alive by playing with buttons. Than about a week later after having it charging it would not become active.
Emailed Essential with problem, they sent out a replacement unit.
First time I had problem, I was on PIE non rooted, when it finally died I was stock rooted PIE. I don't think rooting had anything to do with problem since it happened even before root. Network Sprint
good morning to all, I hope and can help my team last night when I was watching videos after 2 hours the screen froze so I decided to force a reboot with which I thought the problem would be solved, but to my surprise it was not like that, the phone when turning on did not give imangen only the screen cleared so I knew it had been turned on, but never gave an image, I let it completely discharged thinking that with that it would be fixed and nothing, I put it on and when I turn on the same thing happens it clears the screen but it does not give an image, try the button convention and nothing that solves it, someone has had the same problem? the phone and try tentadilla unlock and put music in spotify so the touch and sound work, also frame and enter calls as well as calls by messenger! help
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gramicko said:
Same problem here, actually my phone was on but screen would not come out of wake. Screen would brighten slightly when combination of buttons pushed,
This happened to me after about two weeks of use, first time it happened I was able to make it come alive by playing with buttons. Than about a week later after having it charging it would not become active.
Emailed Essential with problem, they sent out a replacement unit.
First time I had problem, I was on PIE non rooted, when it finally died I was stock rooted PIE. I don't think rooting had anything to do with problem since it happened even before root. Network Sprint
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for more than I try to turn it on with the combination of buttons, only a flash appears on the screen !!! what did you do?
Go to Essential support
GEOVANNI MTZ said:
for more than I try to turn it on with the combination of buttons, only a flash appears on the screen !!! what did you do?
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I filed trouble ticket at the Essential support web page, then they requested I send copy of receipt, IMEI etc.. Then a day later a new phone was mailed to me. Pretty efficient I must say,