my phone was just laying down on my desk i pressed the home key to wake up the phone nothing happened i was so scared as i bought a phone yesterday, then i pressed power button to turn it back on as i said it might turn it of by accident but no respond i got so i had to take the battery out then reinserted then powered back on but this time i saw a little written on left down corner says Safe mode i'm so scared i had to reset the phone then back to normal is this something seriuos shall i return the phone to where i bought it ?
i installed this program last thing i did
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remotefairy&hl=en_GB
is this cause the problem probably ? sorry for my bad English
17mayis said:
my phone was just laying down on my desk i pressed the home key to wake up the phone nothing happened i was so scared as i bought a phone yesterday, then i pressed power button to turn it back on as i said it might turn it of by accident but no respond i got so i had to take the battery out then reinserted then powered back on but this time i saw a little written on left down corner says Safe mode i'm so scared i had to reset the phone then back to normal is this something seriuos shall i return the phone to where i bought it ?
i installed this program last thing i did
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.remotefairy&hl=en_GB
is this cause the problem probably ? sorry for my bad English
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remove the battery for 60 seconds and then replace it .. then once the phone has restarted safe mode will be gone
safe mode will sometimes enable itself as a security procedure.. for example whens something is installed ... however you can enable and disable safe mode in the following way
1) enable safe mode ....
Power off the phone
Turn it on while pressing the Menu button, keep holding it until home screen appears
The home screen’s lower left corner should contain the words Safe Mode.
2) disable safe mode ...
Turn off the phone
Remove battery for some time (1 minute is good)
Insert battery and turn it on.
in summary safe mode is enabled when some programs are run or installed on your phone ... however its hard to pinpoint which program and why this happens... however personally i think its a security feature .. ( since safe mode has less user privelages then normal running mode )
i hope this helps
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I just received my DHD and as soon as I inserted the battery, it powered on by itself. I plugged in mains for a long charge cycle (I don't want to use it while charging).
I want to power off for real but it seems that when I press the power button even for prolonged time, it just goes to standby. I want to charge it while powered-off. How do I do this?
I didn't have the chance to play with Android before so here I am asking easy questions I guess.
Try with this:
Tap the power button on the upper side of phone for few seconds, then you will see on the screen new window with three possibilities - power off, aeroplane mode and restart. Choose power off. Then you can charge your phone.
Other possibility - work/play with your phone till the battery is fully drained and the phone will switch off itself.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
go to settings applications and disable fast boot
jorjino2000 said:
Try with this:
Tap the power button on the upper side of phone for few seconds, then you will see on the screen new window with three possibilities - power off, aeroplane mode and restart. Choose power off. Then you can charge your phone.
Other possibility - work/play with your phone till the battery is fully drained and the phone will switch off itself.
Hope this helps.
Regards.
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Thank you all. That's what I was doing but I guess that the screen was locked and it didn't work. As soon as I unlocked the screen and performed this procedre it worked. I just didn't want to start working with the phone until it is fully charged and that's why I was trying to switch off without entering the phone.
If you don't disable HTC Fastboot you phone isn't really off, just hibernating.
andyharney said:
If you don't disable HTC Fastboot you phone isn't really off, just hibernating.
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Good point but I had to go through all setup steps until I am able to configure this setting. Anyway, I was planning to leave the phone charging untouched for several hours but I guess that wouldn't be possible.
My phone boots back into clockwork recovery even when fastboot is disabled.
Apparently the DHD uses the recovery to display the charging LED (orange or green), so when you replace the recovery with CWM attaching the charger when the phone is off will start CWM.
Hi all,
I've been reading alot on this forum but never posted anything.
Most of my problems were solved by reading the solutions found by other members with the same problem.
This time that trick doesn't work for me anymore
Here is my problem.
A few days ago the phone went dead after the battery run out of juice (a Mugen extended 3000 Mah battery).
After connecting the phone to a charger I noticed that I didn't see the battery icon on the screen that used to show up during charging.
After a couple of tests I noticed that the phone actually did boot up but the screen doesn't show any signs of life.
I can both hear (tmobile tune) and feel (vibration) the phone booting up.I can even hear it ringing when calling the phone with my other phone but the screen stays black and doesn't show any signs of life.
I must add the following information:the phone has been used extensively as a gps tracker in my car.
Is there a way to solve my problem?
I hope someone can help me out with this weird and unexpected problem.
Thanks in advance!
if you put the phone into download mode does the screen work?
pull the battery and put it back in again
hold vol down home button and with these two buttons held then also hold the power button
if you can see the screen and can see download mode continue to flash stock rom via odin (search for how and note all data on phone will be lost)
if you cant see the screen in download mode chances are you have a hardware fault and should take it to a repair shop for diagnostics
marcussmith2626 said:
if you put the phone into download mode does the screen work?
pull the battery and put it back in again
hold vol down home button and with these two buttons held then also hold the power button
if you can see the screen and can see download mode continue to flash stock rom via odin (search for how and note all data on phone will be lost)
if you cant see the screen in download mode chances are you have a hardware fault and should take it to a repair shop for diagnostics
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I can't see anything on the screen.
It's black all the time,even when it boots up or receives a call.
Schroef-77 said:
I can't see anything on the screen.
It's black all the time,even when it boots up or receives a call.
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either your screen/backlight is faulty or there is a loose connection
if its a backlight you can normally still see somethiing if you hold the screen at an angle
if its the screen itself or a loose connection the screen wont turn on
you will need to take it to a repair shop for testing and repair
Hi,
I have a problem regarding my unit. I am not very good in this stuff because I just started. I had someone root my phone for me and I learned how to flash custom ROMS. I had a custom ROM flashed and my phone was working fine. then I got bored so I flashed a different ROM but then I noticed some annoying features of the ROM so I switched back to last custom ROM I had ( the first custom ROM I flashed). One night my phone got fully drained so it turned-off. When I plugged the charger in the phone showed a symbol of a battery charging for about 3 seconds then it turned off. It did not turn on again even after I pressed the power button. I took out the battery and plugged it in the phone and then the phone automatically turned on and showed the name of the unit only (white text on black background: "SAMSUNG GALAXY S4") and on the top left of the screen appeared some text ("kernel is not seandroid enforcing" and below it is " set warranty bit: kernel"). I cannot access recovery and download mode( in a way) because when I plug in the battery and hold power + home button + volume up, in the top left corner of the screen, it states that it is in recovery mode but even before the TWRP could start, the phone would turn off immediately. Same goes for the Download mode. I can reach up to the part where I would choose whether to continue or not to download mode but even before I could make a choice, the phone would shutdown immediately. I have been using custom ROMS for almost a year now and never had a serious problem (aside from the part where my phone at times suddenly reboots for no reason at all) until that night where my phone ran out of battery power. Now i tried charging the battery using a clip charger because I was thinking that maybe the charging port of my phone is defective, but as it turns out, I didn't have any luck at all. I tried to plug in the battery again and the phone turned on automatically (without pressing the power button) but the problem remains the same. can anyone please help me regarding my phone problem? it would be very much appreciated.
Thank you
vincezabdiel said:
Hi,
I have a problem regarding my unit. I am not very good in this stuff because I just started. I had someone root my phone for me and I learned how to flash custom ROMS. I had a custom ROM flashed and my phone was working fine. then I got bored so I flashed a different ROM but then I noticed some annoying features of the ROM so I switched back to last custom ROM I had ( the first custom ROM I flashed). One night my phone got fully drained so it turned-off. When I plugged the charger in the phone showed a symbol of a battery charging for about 3 seconds then it turned off. It did not turn on again even after I pressed the power button. I took out the battery and plugged it in the phone and then the phone automatically turned on and showed the name of the unit only (white text on black background: "SAMSUNG GALAXY S4") and on the top left of the screen appeared some text ("kernel is not seandroid enforcing" and below it is " set warranty bit: kernel"). I cannot access recovery and download mode( in a way) because when I plug in the battery and hold power + home button + volume up, in the top left corner of the screen, it states that it is in recovery mode but even before the TWRP could start, the phone would turn off immediately. Same goes for the Download mode. I can reach up to the part where I would choose whether to continue or not to download mode but even before I could make a choice, the phone would shutdown immediately. I have been using custom ROMS for almost a year now and never had a serious problem (aside from the part where my phone at times suddenly reboots for no reason at all) until that night where my phone ran out of battery power. Now i tried charging the battery using a clip charger because I was thinking that maybe the charging port of my phone is defective, but as it turns out, I didn't have any luck at all. I tried to plug in the battery again and the phone turned on automatically (without pressing the power button) but the problem remains the same. can anyone please help me regarding my phone problem? it would be very much appreciated.
Thank you
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Your power button is stuck/faulty.
It's common problem on the s4. Try to wiggle it loose or replace it.
Lennyz1988 said:
Your power button is stuck/faulty.
It's common problem on the s4. Try to wiggle it loose or replace it.
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I'l try. thank you very much!
about the part where my phone suddenly shuts down after showing the unit name "SAMSUNG GALAXY S4"? do you have any idea how to solve it? thank you
vincezabdiel said:
I'l try. thank you very much!
about the part where my phone suddenly shuts down after showing the unit name "SAMSUNG GALAXY S4"? do you have any idea how to solve it? thank you
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It's the power button.
Your device will not turn on because the power button is stuck in the pressed position.
Replace or try to loosen it.
So few days ago my phone suddenly turned off and kept rebotting itself (It would reach the samsung galaxy logo and then turn off). I thought it was a battery issue so I removed it for 30mins and tried again, worked fine for an hour then problem started again. I left it over night to charge in the wall socket incase.
Same issue next morning and no solution.
I replaced the battery with a friends and the same issue happened on my phone (i used my battery on his and it works fine on his) so I removed the issue of battery itself.
That evening the phone then just stopped responding at all. It would not respond to pressing the power button (no load, no vibration).
Tried entering download mode using vol down + home + power. Nothing. (So cant use Odin)
Tried entering recovery mode using vol up + power. Nothing
Tried hard reset using vol up + power + home. Nothing.
(All the steps I used a fully charged battery from another s4 phone and removed/re-entered before trying again)
So I check online and notice some people having issues with power button, but even if that is the case - wouldn't my phone still charge? I dont even get the battery chargning icon on the screen when plugged in either PC or wall socket.
I opened it up and changed the motherboard with another samsung s4 and my original problem mobo still does not load on the new s4. (My new mobo worked on the old device though).
The ONLY response I got was when I used my original mobo on new s4 device and plugged it into PC, it popped connect and then disconnect sound and thats it (doesnt recognize usb port).
What are my options apart from getting another motherboard or going to a shop for a JTAG repair? I was contemplating just removing the power button and seeing if that helps in getting a charge response lol
Well your power button is broken for sure. Replace it and then test it.
Lennyz1988 said:
Well your power button is broken for sure. Replace it and then test it.
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Wouldn't the phone still recognize charging even if the power button is faulty?
penguness said:
Wouldn't the phone still recognize charging even if the power button is faulty?
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It always takes a few seconds before it starts to charge. So maybe the device reboots before reaching the charging phase. I'm guessing though. But since your problems started with power button issues it would be the logic place to start.
The part only costs a few dollars.
Well I'm exactly in the same situation as you, since this morning on a i9505 running JFLTPE-GPE 5.0 ROM. The screen appears for 1 second or 2 (Samsung logo) then it powers off . I need to remove the battery to try something else.
Same behaviour, even for recovery mode, so Odin is not an option.
I thought that changing some kernel settings have caused that, but as I just put them back to default values, it should not happen.
I didn't have some power button issues, it was just powered off at my wake up this morning. In your case, does your phone vibrate and power up instantly when you put the battery ? That's the case for me, but it should not be the normal.
My problem is actually solved : indeed, it was the power button. I removed all the screws and played a little with this power button (air dust, etc...), enough to make it start correctly !
I managed to do some backups, and now I hope that it won't break again.
Calicodesiles said:
My problem is actually solved : indeed, it was the power button. I removed all the screws and played a little with this power button (air dust, etc...), enough to make it start correctly !
I managed to do some backups, and now I hope that it won't break again.
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Yeah, that happened before (automatically powering up, vibrating, going to samsung logo and then shutting down and doing it again until I removed battery - putting the battery back in with start it up without pressing the power button).
When it was in that phase, the one thing that did work was doing a soft reset (home+power+down vol, and then holding just power) - however that only worked for like an hour before it went back to the restart phase.
However now it doesn't respond to anything at all. (Any kind of response I got was when I put that mobo in another s4 and plugged in usb, which just gave a connected/disconnect sound on w7, no life on the phone itself).
Be very careful as to what you do, I suggest you do NOT leave the battery on it and charge it (which was the last thing I did before it went unresponsive) - my guess is phone went haywire trying to turn on/off continously.
Hi,
I am here to ask you for help with my TWP3...
My story is below:
I am (was) a user of TWP3. Unfortunately, few days ago I had it on swimming pool. After 5mins in the water the watch turned off and then it get into endless boot loop - watch turned on in the recovery mode, and after 3 seconds turned off (please see attached movie). When the battery died, I tried to dry the watch. I unscrewed it, removed the cover (did not see any water marks inside) and left it in the sun for a day. After that I tried to charge it - it started to charge, but (again) it turned on in the recovery mode (boot loop again). I tried to turned it on by pressing the power button for a long time, and after third reboot it turned ON! All the functions seem to work fine., but I have a problem with the low button (multifunctional button). It does not work. It seems like the button is stuck (still turned on). It is interesting because when I push the button it "clicks" , so probably mechanically it is ok, but the water did some bad job... Every time I turned the watch off and ON it starts in the recovery mode and I have to press the power button for a long time to turn it on.
Here is my question to you: Is it possible to disable this button somehow in the software??? Using the developer options? Or doing something in the hardware???
I'd appreciate any help!
aaaaa - my guarantee period is over and mobvoi just told me to buy new watch (really great advice...).
kind regards,
Mlr
I just had the same problem after swimming. Did you find a solution?