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[Q] rebooting

My Asus Transformer wont stop rebooting and when I turn it off, it takes me countless times to hit the power on/off button to turn it on, then it just randomly reboots every time I am connected to the internet. I have not rooted my device nor have I done anything to affect its stock state, any help at all would be much appreciated!!

I always have to hold my power button for a few second to boot it from a completely off state... Are you doing that? Or just quick pressing it?
As for the rebooting issue, since you are completely stock with out root, then I would start by uninstalling any recent apps. maybe if you remember what new apps were installed around the time the issues began... I would start there. otherwise, factory reset and see if that helps... Beyond that, i'm not sure what you can do with a stock non rooted device. good luck
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I have managed to do a factory reset, and no apps were present, yet still when I went to the browser it rebooted and now I am struggling to turn it on, after the first lock screen, it reboots again. Yes, I am also holding the power button untill the screen glows. Thanks for the quick reply!

If a factory reset does not fix it, then back up any important data and get on the phone with asus to do a warranty repair (assuming you are past the return date from where you bought it)

I have returned the device and am getting a new one in a few hours. I hve done some research and i understood that the new firmware update does that to the transformer 101. Can anyone confirm that? Or am I safe to update the new device which i will recive? Thanks!

[Q] Galaxy S4 died after 4.3 update

heya guys,
I'm on stock FW on my GS4S i9505 and yesterday morning i update to 4.3 OTA.
It was working all day just fine without issues or lag for the matter.
Today morning when i woke up, my phone was plugged into the charger and was turned off.
I turned it on by couple of mins later it would freeze and wont unlock, just black screen with a red light flashing on the top left of the phone.
I had to pull out the battery and put it back everytime i wanted to try and boot it.
I did that 3 times within 10mins and the 4th time it just stopped turning on all together.
Anyone has this issue and maybe can give tips on how to fix this if possible?
Thanks in advance.

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Smokie Smokerson said:
heya guys,
I'm on stock FW on my GS4S i9505 and yesterday morning i update to 4.3 OTA.
It was working all day just fine without issues or lag for the matter.
Today morning when i woke up, my phone was plugged into the charger and was turned off.
I turned it on by couple of mins later it would freeze and wont unlock, just black screen with a red light flashing on the top left of the phone.
I had to pull out the battery and put it back everytime i wanted to try and boot it.
I did that 3 times within 10mins and the 4th time it just stopped turning on all together.
Anyone has this issue and maybe can give tips on how to fix this if possible?
Thanks in advance.
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You will need to go to SamMobile.com and download the official odin flash firmware
for your phone's exact model and flash it using Odin.
That will get the phone into good working condition with the stock 4.2 firmware.
After that you can use the phones built-in updating system again and most likely it
will work just fine. Just be sure that the battery is at least half full before the phone
starts the auto-update process.
Perhaps you installed some app or game from the playstore which did not play nice
with your phone and caused the 4.3 update to get stuck or it could have been the
battery if it did not have enough charge in it.
You should try to get the phone into download mode to see if it can be Odin flashed.
Hold the volume down key at the same time while holding the the power key down
for 20-30 seconds and see if it goes into download mode.
If it does you have nothing to worry about.
NOTE: before trying download mode be sure to remove the battery for 5 seconds
and replace it, making sure the phone is in a power off state before trying to boot
it into download mode.

Misterjunky said:
You will need to go to SamMobile.com and download the official odin flash firmware
for your phone's exact model and flash it using Odin.
That will get the phone into good working condition with the stock 4.2 firmware.
After that you can use the phones built-in updating system again and most likely it
will work just fine. Just be sure that the battery is at least half full before the phone
starts the auto-update process.
Perhaps you installed some app or game from the playstore which did not play nice
with your phone and caused the 4.3 update to get stuck or it could have been the
battery if it did not have enough charge in it.
You should try to get the phone into download mode to see if it can be Odin flashed.
Hold the volume down key at the same time while holding the the power key down
for 20-30 seconds and see if it goes into download mode.
If it does you have nothing to worry about.
NOTE: before trying download mode be sure to remove the battery for 5 seconds
and replace it, making sure the phone is in a power off state before trying to boot
it into download mode.
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Thanks for the reply dude.
I'd love to do that, but i dont see how this is possible since the phone doesnt boot up at all anymore.
Any ideas?

Maybe your battery is dead? Because it's known issue on Galaxy S4 phones.

Try another charger.

I tried with my wife's S4 battery and my colleague's S4 battery.
Also tried with 3 different charges that came with the S4, no dice... :/
I had to take it back to the store, it was under warranty still.. they are sending it back to Samsung and will get it back in 2-3 weeks, same phone repaired or a refurb i guess.
After doing more search and with the help of some falks from #Android @ EFNET, we came to the conclusion that its an issue with the EMMC chip just like the first generation of Note 2 and S3.
What's pissing me off is that Samsung fixed the issue on Note 2 with a new patch of phones, so newer phones didnt have the EMMC issue as far as i can tell. SO why the hell would they still use it for the S4 is beyond me.
Just a word of advice, if this happens to anyone, make sure you run a backup as soon as it boots back up the first time.
In my case, it booted 3 times by removing the battery and putting it back and froze 3 times, there was no 4th.
If i tried to backup the phone the first or second time it booted, i could still have my data to be restored on the new repaired phone.
This should be marked as closed unless some other people with the same issue want to discuss it here.

[Q] cant find any solutions

so ive checked high and low and cant seem to find anything to help with my issue..i have a gt i9500 and this morning it randomly started restarting but it would always boot back up, but a little while ago it shut off and wont go past the samsung galaxy s4 screen ive tried battery pull but as soon as i insert the battery it turns on without me even pushing the powerbutton. it wont go into recovery mode and when i try to enter download mode it wont lit me hit the up button to enter. i am rooted running hassanrom for over a month now with no isses, can any one help

tgobr2005 said:
so ive checked high and low and cant seem to find anything to help with my issue..i have a gt i9500 and this morning it randomly started restarting but it would always boot back up, but a little while ago it shut off and wont go past the samsung galaxy s4 screen ive tried battery pull but as soon as i insert the battery it turns on without me even pushing the powerbutton. it wont go into recovery mode and when i try to enter download mode it wont lit me hit the up button to enter. i am rooted running hassanrom for over a month now with no isses, can any one help
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got it to boot flashing stock rom hopefully fixes

tgobr2005 said:
so ive checked high and low and cant seem to find anything to help with my issue..i have a gt i9500 and this morning it randomly started restarting but it would always boot back up, but a little while ago it shut off and wont go past the samsung galaxy s4 screen ive tried battery pull but as soon as i insert the battery it turns on without me even pushing the powerbutton. it wont go into recovery mode and when i try to enter download mode it wont lit me hit the up button to enter. i am rooted running hassanrom for over a month now with no isses, can any one help
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It could be the battery itself. They do go bad. Check it to see if it has any bulging.

No sound on lollipop?

Fixed problem by wiping cache from stock recovery
Anyone else flash factory image and now has no sound what soever? Completely clean factory image flash and no headphone or speaker sound. Only vibrations. Made sure everything was up all the way and tested on YouTube and play music and notification sounds. I saw one other person post they had the issue. So is it anyone who flashed factory image or everyone?
Sent from my VS980 4G

abdel12345 said:
Anyone else flash factory image and now has no sound what soever? Completely clean factory image flash and no headphone or speaker sound. Only vibrations. Made sure everything was up all the way and tested on YouTube and play music and notification sounds. I saw one other person post they had the issue. So is it anyone who flashed factory image or everyone?
Sent from my VS980 4G
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I have sound, but the button works backwards.

I was just coming in to ask the same question - no sound at all on my N10 on 5.0 factory image. Strange. Makes it really useful as an alarm clock, eh?

Fixed it. If you have the issue reboot into stock recovery and wipe cache. Works after that.

No sound on Nexus10 after upgrading to lollipop
I have the same problem as others with no sound from nexus 10 since installing lollipop.
I don't understand how you can do, what has been posted. Please can someone tell/explain how to do it.
PLEASE

uktony said:
I have the same problem as others with no sound from nexus 10 since installing lollipop.
I don't understand how you can do, what has been posted. Please can someone tell/explain how to do it.
PLEASE
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Power down tablet.
hold volume up and volume down and power all at same time. this will boot the boot loader.
press either volume key until you see ""recovery mode""
press power button to enter recovery
wipe cache from there
reboot tablet

Thank you
He5aid said:
Power down tablet.
hold volume up and volume down and power all at same time. this will boot the boot loader.
press either volume key until you see ""recovery mode""
press power button to enter recovery
wipe cache from there
reboot tablet
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Thanks for that, it worked 100%

abdel12345 said:
Fixed it. If you have the issue reboot into stock recovery and wipe cache. Works after that.
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Thank you !

Recoveery mode trouble
He5aid said:
Power down tablet.
hold volume up and volume down and power all at same time. this will boot the boot loader.
press either volume key until you see ""recovery mode""
press power button to enter recovery
wipe cache from there
reboot tablet
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I've tried following these instructions several times so far. Each time I get to the point where I'm pressing the power button to enter recovery, the screen goes blank for about a minute, and a "No command" message is displayed, along with a picture of a dead android robot on its back. The only thing I can do at that point is to hold down the power button until it reboots normally. I never see any option to wipe cache. Suggestions?

mgaston said:
I've tried following these instructions several times so far. Each time I get to the point where I'm pressing the power button to enter recovery, the screen goes blank for about a minute, and a "No command" message is displayed, along with a picture of a dead android robot on its back. The only thing I can do at that point is to hold down the power button until it reboots normally. I never see any option to wipe cache. Suggestions?
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Mine did exactly same. Sounds worked after boot though..

My N10 with Android 5.0.1 will always cut off audio if I power it on with a headset plugged in. I just unplug the headset then reboot and wait until the desktop is displayed before using the headset. That's never failed yet.
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mgaston said:
(...) Each time I get to the point where I'm pressing the power button to enter recovery, the screen goes blank for about a minute, and a "No command" message is displayed(...)
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When You see screen with android on his back (and triangle/exclamation mark), just one more step: hold Power button and tap Volume Up once before releasing the Power. A list of items should now appear at the screen. Now, you can wipe the cache partition (~10 minutes to complete).

Nexus 10 no sound
GhromPL said:
When You see screen with android on his back (and triangle/exclamation mark), just one more step: hold Power button and tap Volume Up once before releasing the Power. A list of items should now appear at the screen. Now, you can wipe the cache partition (~10 minutes to complete).
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I need help. I wiped out the cache partition following the above instruction but unfortunately, still no sound. The only way I have sound is via my bluetooth speakers. Any idea what I can do next?

I ran into this problem a couple days ago when booting after a recharge, with 5.0.1. No sound coming out of my Nexus 10, no matter what I did. Simply rebooting the tablet fixed it.

Just restart phone
All I had to do was turn my phone off and on. Running Nexus 4 on Lollipop.

Cause of the Sound Issue...
This is what we know based on several trial and error tests. The issue occurs when you have the tablet plugged into a charger and unplug it. Not sure why the issue is caused this way but each time it happens that was the case.
Solution...
After charging your Nexus 10 you will have to reboot the device once to get the sound back. You could go in and clear cache although its generally easier for most people to just restart the device. Have noticed best results when the tablet is on then turned off and back on again as opposed to just turning it on from a dead state.
I know this is annoying and more of a temporary solution but it will get your sound back just the same until Google pushes out an update to fix the underlying issue. It is annoying having to reboot the device each time you put it on the charger but for the time being it works.
Hope this helps.

Mofiki said:
Cause of the Sound Issue...
This is what we know based on several trial and error tests. The issue occurs when you have the tablet plugged into a charger and unplug it. Not sure why the issue is caused this way but each time it happens that was the case.
Solution...
After charging your Nexus 10 you will have to reboot the device once to get the sound back. You could go in and clear cache although its generally easier for most people to just restart the device. Have noticed best results when the tablet is on then turned off and back on again as opposed to just turning it on from a dead state.
I know this is annoying and more of a temporary solution but it will get your sound back just the same until Google pushes out an update to fix the underlying issue. It is annoying having to reboot the device each time you put it on the charger but for the time being it works.
Hope this helps.
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For me it also kills the front mic but the back one works. The solution of restarting fixes sound and mic for me.

So its not just me. Good.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-10/help/android-5-0-sound-problem-charging-t2939672

Reboot With NO Attached Devices
Try rebooting your Nexus 10 with all connections to external devices detached and off. This means NO power supply, NO bluetooth, NO HDMI cable, NO headphones, etc.
You may need to do this a few times. This worked for me when no other remedy worked, and I tried everything.

weird phone reboot?

so last night my phone randomly froze and rebooted into the command page with the little android guy saying no command. So I had to reboot system and all is well. anyone have this happen to them?

That sounds like you booted into recovery mode. Not sure if this can be done with a button combo or not. If you were able to boot fine, it should be nothing to worry about.
I believe once you see "no command" you can hold power button and tap VOL UP then release both buttons and you will see some options, one of them being reboot, which will go back into normal Android.

Yeah it was recovery mode and it did it all by itself which was weird but no its fine and I got the security update seems even smoother if that was possible

This just happened to my phone at the beginning of a phone call! I didn't know what to do, so I just held the power button down a for a few long presses and fortunately it rebooted. Seems OK now, but leaves me a little worried!
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