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[Q] Won't switch on....

So, my phone ran out for battery and died. Plugged it in over an hour ago, but the phone will not switch on. Anything I can do?

palitsyn said:
So, my phone ran out for battery and died. Plugged it in over an hour ago, but the phone will not switch on. Anything I can do?
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Are you running any custom kernels/Roms?
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nbeebe24 said:
Are you running any custom kernels/Roms?
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Nope!
Something similar happened a couple of days ago. Held the power button for around 10 seconds and a red notification light came on. I think it was flashing as well. About 10 or so minutes later the screen came on. This time the phone is just dead...

Have you tried any button combos like- power + volume up + volume down.
Also did the phone run out of battery normally or was there any battery drain?

This doesn't look good for n4.

Hold power and vol +/- to enter recovery mode and then restart.
But before make sure ur charger or outlet works.
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None of the combos work. It's as if it's not charging...

Weird. Plugged it into my laptop to check if that worked. Nothing. Plugged it back to the mains and a red notification light started flashing. After about a minute the screen came on with the battery animation. I managed to switch the phone on now. The wallpaper was reset to the stock one, but everything else seems to be fine.

[Q] Nexus 10 wont turn on.

I placed my nexus 10 on charging yesterday, and after a while (2-4 hours later) when i came back, i found the device to be turned off, I tried the power button in all the combination with volume buttons, but still no luck (even held the power button for 3mins) I searched online, and couldnt find any help on other forums. Some said to keep it on charging overnight and then try powering it up. But still no luck.
I dont get any notification when i connect it to charger, although when i press the power button while connected the screen lights up, and battery charging sign shows up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

epicbearman said:
I placed my nexus 10 on charging yesterday, and after a while (2-4 hours later) when i came back, i found the device to be turned off, I tried the power button in all the combination with volume buttons, but still no luck (even held the power button for 3mins) I searched online, and couldnt find any help on other forums. Some said to keep it on charging overnight and then try powering it up. But still no luck.
I dont get any notification when i connect it to charger, although when i press the power button while connected the screen lights up, and battery charging sign shows up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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So you cannot even get to the recovery?
You ether over charged it (very unlikely to happen) or you have a faulty N10.
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andyabc said:
So you cannot even get to the recovery?
You ether over charged it (very unlikely to happen) or you have a faulty N10.
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No, can't even get to recovery. But i have been using the device for over two months now, nothing like this ever happened. What about the charging sign when i press the power button. It might be some kind of a sleep mode or something, no?

epicbearman said:
No, can't even get to recovery. But i have been using the device for over two months now, nothing like this ever happened. What about the charging sign when i press the power button. It might be some kind of a sleep mode or something, no?
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Could be a bootloader corruption, software issue, hardware issue or some part of the hardware "thinks" that it is still on when it is not causing it to not switch on.
Have you noticed any issues before it just came off like extreme overheating?
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andyabc said:
Could be a bootloader corruption, software issue, hardware issue or some part of the hardware "thinks" that it is still on when it is not causing it to not switch on.
Have you noticed any issues before it just came off like extreme overheating?
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Well, yes the tablet was getting overheated after a long session of hd videos, or games, but that use to happen all the times.

I believe this is normally called a "Sleep of Death" or sometimes "screen off death". Hold power + vol up + vol down at the same time for 5 seconds and you should boot into fastboot. From there hit the power button to turn the tablet on. Then go about finding a better ROM/kernel combo that doesnt give you this problem.

EniGmA1987 said:
I believe this is normally called a "Sleep of Death" or sometimes "screen off death". Hold power + vol up + vol down at the same time for 5 seconds and you should boot into the bootloader. From there hit the power button to turn the tablet on. Then go about finding a better ROM/kernel combo that doesnt give you this problem.
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Like i said, its not working i tried using that combination, it wouldnt budge. Screen wont even turn on.

EniGmA1987 said:
I believe this is normally called a "Sleep of Death" or sometimes "screen off death". Hold power + vol up + vol down at the same time for 5 seconds and you should boot into the bootloader. From there hit the power button to turn the tablet on. Then go about finding a better ROM/kernel combo that doesnt give you this problem.
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You just need to press power and volume down to enter the bootloader.
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epicbearman said:
Like i said, its not working i tried using that combination, it wouldnt budge. Screen wont even turn on.
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Try press and holding the power button for around 10 seconds and then try powering it up again.
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Are you using the charger/cable that came with your device?

Its working.
Weird how it was taking any input from the power button though. I kept the tablet on charging over night and i tried turning it on in the morning and it worked.
Thank you all.

epicbearman said:
Its working.
Weird how it was taking any input from the power button though. I kept the tablet on charging over night and i tried turning it on in the morning and it worked.
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I've had my Nexus 10 for less than a week, and this morning I encountered this problem. I was working on setting up syncing through an app called FolderSync and SugarSync. Syncing of one of the folders seemed to go into a loop. The device locked up completely a couple times. I got the process running again and left it running while I went for a workout. When I came back no way could I get it turned on.
I had tried all the things suggested here before checking here for help. I'll try your "solution" of leaving the device on charge overnight. If I can't get it going tomorrow morning I'll return it to Staples, where I bought it.
I have an iPad and have never encountered anything even close to these problems. Bought the Nexus 10 specifically to run the Vim Touch app for Android. The only Vim app for the iPad is horribly crippled.
Sounds like this thread pretty much exhausted the possibilities by the time epicbearman discovered his "solution," but if by chance anyone has any further suggestions I would be grateful.
Thanks,
Eric Weir

I had the exact problem as the OP and none of my chargers worked. I then googled and found someone that said to try to charge via their PC USB instead of the wall charger. I left it plugged into the USB for a couple of hours and the charge went to 4% ( so it must have been very dead ) and all is well.

I charged it via the usb charger, and connected it to my pc overnight. Try doing that.

Take off the back and disconnect the battery and reconnect it
Sent from my Nexus 4 @1.67 GHz on Stock 4.2.2

IRX120 said:
Take off the back and disconnect the battery and reconnect it
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Thanks. If I'd gotten this in time, I suspect it would've worked. But when I couldn't get it started after trying everything else and leaving it on charge overnight, I returned it to Staples.
Will order a Nexus 7 from Google. If I can get Vim Touch running successfully---my reason for wanting an Android tablet---and I find the screen to small for heavy writing---I want to get by with a soft keyboard---I'll order another 10 and give the 7 to my daughter.
Thanks again,
Eric Weir

Phone not turning on

So last night i turned my phone off like i usually do. Then when i try turning in on again this morning, it wouldnt. I held the power button for 30 sec, then 60 sec, then almost 2 minutes and still nothing is happening. Does anyone know how i can fix this? Its a Nexus 4 with Paranoid Android and Franco Kernel.

JDT283 said:
So last night i turned my phone off like i usually do. Then when i try turning in on again this morning, it wouldnt. I held the power button for 30 sec, then 60 sec, then almost 2 minutes and still nothing is happening. Does anyone know how i can fix this? Its a Nexus 4 with Paranoid Android and Franco Kernel.
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try holding volume down and long press the power button. this should take you to the bootloader. then press start to boot the phone up. did you have enough battery left?

simms22 said:
try holding volume down and long press the power button. this should take you to the bootloader. then press start to boot the phone up. did you have enough battery left?
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Ok il try it. Yes im almost positive it was fully charged and even if it wasnt its been plugged in for about an hour now

simms22 said:
try holding volume down and long press the power button. this should take you to the bootloader. then press start to boot the phone up. did you have enough battery left?
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Yep what you said to do worked. Thanks!:good:

N7 won't turn on. HELP!

Hey guys.
Today I'm just watching movie and the N7 warned me the battery is on 4%.
So I stop the movie and put it down.
When I arrived home I see it's off.
Plugged in to the charger and nothing..
Can't open the BL or anything.
CleanRom 4.0
Any solution?
Help me pls.
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Afetr a almost a hour of charger the battery icon is on and it's charging, and I can turn it.
strange.

Quite a pickle you're in.
http://support.asus.com/FAQ/Detail....6B-200C-2C21-CC06-4D39B8F4725A&p=20&m=Nexus 7
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2668668?hl=en
Apparently try holding the power button for 15 - 30 seconds.

Sensitivity said:
Hey guys.
Today I'm just watching movie and the N7 warned me the battery is on 4%.
So I stop the movie and put it down.
When I arrived home I see it's off.
Plugged in to the charger and nothing..
Can't open the BL or anything.
CleanRom 4.0
Any solution?
Help me pls.
SOLVED
Afetr a almost a hour of charger the battery icon is on and it's charging, and I can turn it.
strange.
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My observation leads me to believe that this is typical for a battery that has been left on with a completely discharged battery. But it shouldn't take an hour.
My thinking is that this is product of bigger batteries and higher current requirements. Although I'd like to hear from someone if holding down the power button will start the device in spite of very low charge.
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Username invalid said:
Quite a pickle you're in.
http://support.asus.com/FAQ/Detail....6B-200C-2C21-CC06-4D39B8F4725A&p=20&m=Nexus 7
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2668668?hl=en
Apparently try holding the power button for 15 - 30 seconds.
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ezas said:
My observation leads me to believe that this is typical for a battery that has been left on with a completely discharged battery. But it shouldn't take an hour.
My thinking is that this is product of bigger batteries and higher current requirements. Although I'd like to hear from someone if holding down the power button will start the device in spite of very low charge.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using xda premium
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I said solved.
The Bootlaoder ( power on+vol down) not working.
When suddenly at least may 45 min, the battery icon is appeared and the device is started to charging.
Then It's on and full working.
Really strange.

My Nexus 7 2013 wont turn on :'(

My Nexus 7 2013 wont turn on.I bought it on 4 sep ,no problems till this morning.Last night i left it charging and this morning it wasn't turning on.
My warranty is ****ed up because im using cyanogenmod 10.2. Any suggestions?
Is the problem that i was using charger outputing 0.7A?The stock charger is outputing 1.35A.

Hold the power button for 30 seconds.

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Hold the power button for 30 seconds.
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Don't work.

unplug it and leave it for around 10 minutes, then plug it back in again, wait a minute and hold down power for 30s until it boots. Should be OK after that.

Don't work
Dav_prime said:
unplug it and leave it for around 10 minutes, then plug it back in again, wait a minute and hold down power for 30s until it boots. Should be OK after that.
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Don't work :crying:

atheris said:
Is the problem that i was using charger outputing 0.7A?The stock charger is outputing 1.35A.
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So maybe it is complety uncharged? Why not try again to charge with the stock charger?

ThaiDai said:
So maybe it is complety uncharged? Why not try again to charge with the stock charger?
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Im doing this right now

atheris said:
Im doing this right now
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Good luck. But please do not make double posts and post questions in the Q&A forum next time, ok?

Always use the stock charter, and charge it over nigth, I think this solves your Problem.

Plug it for 30 minutes. Then restart.
If not unplug/plug battery by opening back cover.
Maybe battery was disconnected.

Did you try holding volume up + power? I had this happen to me as well and I did that combination while on the charger to get my N7 to turn back on.
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I actually had this problem last night. My battery was at 20% a few days ago... left it idle, went to use it last night and bam, nothing.
Plugged it in for a few minutes and tried to boot, nothing. Left it for about 5 minutes and then just held down the power button until something happened, and finally I managed to get the battery icon to appear. It would stay for a few seconds then the screen would go black. Then it would return. Rinse, repeat. I couldn't even get it to stop doing that. Eventually gave up and just let it charge for another 10 minutes.
Looked at it after that and it was booted. Battery page shows it dropped from 20% to completely dead instantly. Not sure what's up with that.
The whole time I was doing this procedure, the notification light was pulsing in sequences of 5, if that means anything to anyone.
Anyway, tablet is fine this morning.