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You dont need to pull the battery!

I see so many threads where people say "I had to pull the battery".
This is not necessary just hold down the power button for over 10 seconds and your phone will reboot.
Hope this helps some of you.
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I Tried it earlier also but I think I didn't pressed the button for 10 secs. Now when I read your post I re tried and waited long and phone rebooted. Thankxx man.

Power + Home always works for me, seems to take less than 10 seconds too.
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Sometime, u really need to pull the battery out , let say, for example, when ur phone boot in a loop and just showing the samsung bootscreen....
But I agree with u, most problem that people share here doesnt require to pull the battery out
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Actually you can usually enter download or recovery mode while the phone is looping without even touching power button. The power button part of the sequence is just to turn on the phone. Just hold home and vol up/down and the phone will enter recovery/download the next time it reboots. I have only had to pull the battery once it was when something goofed in download mode.
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Didn't know this trick actually. Will come in handy. Thanks
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You made my day, I was pulling the battery once in a while when my phone froze and I'm happy to know I don't have to.
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Surprisingly, not many people know this. It certainly saves some wear and tear on your battery cover. I didn't know it for a good few months of owning my device. I hope a ton of people read this!

upichie said:
Surprisingly, not many people know this. It certainly saves some wear and tear on your battery cover. I didn't know it for a good few months of owning my device. I hope a ton of people read this!
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Apparently when I applied a bit of Brain then I discovered that u don't need to switch your phone off compeltely for going into recovery mode.
Just try this- press and hold power button for 5 secs or so and then press volume up and home button. Keep all of them pressed and you will enter into recovery . It isn't such a gr8 find, its the same as what u do when u turn your phone off and go to recovery but its more easy.

BHuvan goyal said:
Apparently when I applied a bit of Brain then I discovered that u don't need to switch your phone off compeltely for going into recovery mode.
Just try this- press and hold power button for 5 secs or so and then press volume up and home button. Keep all of them pressed and you will enter into recovery . It isn't such a gr8 find, its the same as what u do when u turn your phone off and go to recovery but its more easy.
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Yep, I've been doing that for awhile now. Both are extremely helpful. Everyone should know about this!

Holding down the power button for a long time doesn't always work.
Useless thread.
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phzi said:
Holding down the power button for a long time doesn't always work.
Useless thread.
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Really? Or are your little fingers are too weak to press the power button for even 10 secs.

phzi said:
Holding down the power button for a long time doesn't always work.
Useless thread.
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I beg to differ. Rebooting to fix issues doesn't work all the time either, is it useless to suggest that too?
I've had my galaxy s since launch, and it has never failed to reboot by holding the power button. So for whatever special cases where it may not work, there are literally hundreds that will. This fact alone makes this thread anything but useless. Besides, the battery cover is not very durable, anything that helps to avoid removing it is good, even if just occasionally.
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it is a life saver

Power + Home works great

escalebur said:
Power + Home works great
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Does the home button actually make a difference or is it equal to holding the power button while quoting Shakespeare?
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mickeko said:
Does the home button actually make a difference or is it equal to holding the power button while quoting Shakespeare?
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turn off the Tapatalk and then try it using your GT-i9000 - will be faster than quoting LOL
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Really? Or are your little fingers are too weak to press the power button for even 10 secs.
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as far as I may look, no one suggested that you have too small hands to pull out the cover and remove battery... yet

spamtrash said:
turn off the Tapatalk and then try it using your GT-i9000 - will be faster than quoting LOL
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as far as I may look, no one suggested that you have too small hands to pull out the cover and remove battery... yet
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Well for those who have a hard cover on the back of their phone, power button option is better, Battery pull option is always their.
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CORRECTION. Proper post should look like: as far as I may look, no one suggested that you have too small hands to pull out the hard cover, then back cover and remove battery... yet

spamtrash said:
CORRECTION. Proper post should look like: as far as I may look, no one suggested that you have too small hands to pull out the hard cover, then back cover and remove battery... yet
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You are impossible, just keep living in your own virtual world where you are the king of the world and every stupid thought from your stinking brain is awesome.
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calibrate screen sensitivity?

Hello everyone,
Curious if anyone is having the same issue as me? I have tried multiple roms, stock, with and without kernels.
I am having some touch issues. Either I have to press harder then normal at times or multiple times for my press to register. Its getting quite annoying. Not sure if this is a defect or if i can modify something within the system files to make the screen more sensitive or if there is even a way to re-calibrate my sensors/screen?
Thank you in advance,
DFL

Did you figure out what was wrong? ... It just started to do the same with me... Even to right this was a pain in the a$$...
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ancostel said:
Did you figure out what was wrong? ... It just started to do the same with me... Even to right this was a pain in the a$$...
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No, im still fishing around for a solution.
Any input would be appreciated.
Cheers
DFL

Well, I've rebooted in recovery mode, wiped the cache and it's back to normal now... I know it's just a temp solution, but you might wanna give it a try
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ancostel said:
Well, I've rebooted in recovery mode, wiped the cache and it's back to normal now... I know it's just a temp solution, but you might wanna give it a try
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hmmm... wiping cache fixed? i bet systemcleanup active would help then. I will take your advice and try out that app systemcleanup on my tab. I use on my phone Nexus S just didnt think the N7 would need it due to its specs.
Thanks mate, ill give it a go.
DFL

I had the same problem. So annoying. Take it back dude its detective.
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I have the same issue but sparingly, turning my screen off and on fixes it for me tho.
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Fufu_the_Great said:
I have the same issue but sparingly, turning my screen off and on fixes it for me tho.
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Has anyone decided if this is a hardware or software problem? I've started having the same issue. Turning off the screen sometimes fixes it for me but not always. A reboot always fixes it.
Like just now... I was playing Zenonia 2 and in the middle of a battle I suddenly couldn't get the touchscreen to respond. I hit power to lock the device and immediately tried to turn it back on with power again... but I couldn't even get the unlock screen to work. I set it down for about 30 seconds and when I tried again it was fine. I pulled the game back to the top and it worked fine.
When this happens the "soft" buttons (back, home, etc) always seem to work just fine, so I'm inclined to say it's really a software problem.
Running stock + root.

My thought is that it has to be a hardware issue, or if everyone with the issues is rooted than it could be from the root. My device has fantastic response however I am not rooted.
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Uh60m Pilot said:
My thought is that it has to be a hardware issue, or if everyone with the issues is rooted than it could be from the root. My device has fantastic response however I am not rooted.
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I would think hardware as well, but the home and back buttons always work and they use the same touch surface...

I got the same thing here and rebooting appears to fix it. Sometimes it is so bad that I cannot move icons from one screen to another.

Did you guys try flashing stock 4.1.1 using fastboot or the toolkit? If that does fix it then its probably hardware problem.

skinfreak said:
I got the same thing here and rebooting appears to fix it. Sometimes it is so bad that I cannot move icons from one screen to another.
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I had the same problem ! solved by turning off the screen and turn on it

I have the same issue and mine isn't rooted yet so I don't think it is an issue with that. A wipe of the device doesn't help but a reboot usually does. This is my second N7 as the first was a warranty replacement for the headphone jack issue. The first never had the issue so I think it is an issue that should be addressed. I am outside my 14 days so I might have to go through Asus now.
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For what it is worth, I just called Google and they are going to send me a new one. The lady that assisted me stated that she has had a few complaints with this issue and that they just replace it. N7 #3 should be on the way in a couple days. For some reason she said that the device wasn't set up properly in my profile so it will add a couple days to the process because of the long weekend.
Not a big deal. I have lived with it for a while now. At least they appear to be taking care of it and I wasn't transferred to Asus. At least yet.

How will we get are Nexus 4's out of freezes?

With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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DJ "suMo* said:
With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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Hold down power button

We really need a sticky thread about this...

BravoMotorola said:
Hold down power button
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Wow the only way I ever knew was to pull the battery you're telling me no matter how bad the phone freezes the power button shuts the phone down?
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DJ "suMo* said:
Wow the only way I ever knew was to pull the battery you're telling me no matter how bad the phone freezes the power button shuts the phone down?
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Just like any PC would, yes.

jacklebott said:
Just like any PC would, yes.
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Wow it's a simple little thing like that you never knew that just blows your mind I've never even tried it that way before
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man how could u not know this already?

DJ "suMo* said:
With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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Yea because tablets for the past 3 years with non-removable batteries have been bricked after freezes?
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According to Nexus4 guide, which comes with the phone, you have to hold down the power button for 10 seconds to reboot the phone.
I guess that can takes you out of a freeze.

hello00 said:
man how could u not know this already?
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Bro I just never knew nor tried it that way ever always a custom to just pulling the battery
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Knock the phone 3 times and then say "Potatoes eat there". The phone would automatically switch off.

Power and volume down works for me
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I don't trust that method to be 100% reliable, though. Just from experience with my G2x and it freezing. My phone has a button combo that restarts the phone, but sometimes it fails when my phone is frozen and I still have to pull the battery.

partylikeaninjastar said:
I don't trust that method to be 100% reliable, though. Just from experience with my G2x and it freezing. My phone has a button combo that restarts the phone, but sometimes it fails when my phone is frozen and I still have to pull the battery.
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On the nexus 4 the 10sec power button reboot is programmed on the hardware layer(pre-boot) and not the software layer. No matter how bad you freeze your phone in the o/s the power button hold will always reboot it plain and simple.
If you have a hardware issue though then your in trouble no matter what.
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My nexus 4 just froze 2 min ago after trying to quit a game. I waited for it to do something but nothing happened. Holding power button down did NOT help.
I held the power button and the volume button down at the same time and it worked. Just sharing it with you guys! :good:

why my nexus 4 doesn't take a screen shot when pressing power and volume down button

I'm running stock, haven't changed a thing since getting it from Google play.
Need HELP!!
Thank you!
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Are you doing it simultaneously? Give it like a second or two before releasing
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press the power button first and the the volume down button...and then wait for your INSTANT WIN!!

need to press them the same time. its a little tricky at the start but you'll get used to it.

or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE

Sparta507 said:
or you can just get an app that will do it for you
like THESE
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no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.

zephiK said:
no point in installing useless apps that consume memory when its in the OS natively. its not that difficult to press two buttons at the same time and getting it right. once you do it once or twice, you'd get the hang of it and all is good.
either that or flash a custom rom and u can add the screenshot button on your long press power button menu.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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strobex said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure its not working for me either
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It's very tricky. I said the same thing when I was doing it on my galaxy Nexus but got the hang of it.
Place your hand on the volume down and power button before pressing them and then hold them both at the same time until your phone makes a screen shot animation.
I will give Samsung this though the slide to screen shot is very intuitive on the touch wiz platform.
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eminemead said:
thanks guys, it is indeed tricky. especially doing it with my diztronic case.
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Oh so that's why. Since the new diztronics cover the buttons, it's probably not being pressed correctly.
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joshnichols189 said:
It works for everyone. All you have to do is push them at the same time. Power + volume down. Hold for like three seconds. If it doesn't work hold for five seconds.
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I was about to start *****in hard ..but got it to work
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zephiK said:
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It's actually not lol.

cloud1111 said:
It's actually not lol.
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Tell that to the people who had difficulties
It is tricky at the beginning but like I said over again and again, once you know how to do it. It's not tricky and is very easy to do. I understand depending what case they have on it may be trickier because the case covers the buttons that all of us overlooked

Screen shot working on Nexus 4 after trying this!!!!
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
~~Nexus 4.

PTS_Nexus_4 said:
Press Volume down button and power button until phone get restarted. then you able to take screen shots.
It worked for me.
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Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.

ceag235 said:
Try first powering off your phone. I had a little issue and i could not get the shutting down menu after several attempts, the phone restarted it self and after it was up, I was able to take screenshots without any difficulties.
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My nexus had the same problem... and yes, I know how to take screenshots...
But by doing this the problem was solved... thanx man!

[Q] Screen shot

Anyone found a way to take screenshot with this phone ?

probably power and volume down
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Vol Down + Pwr but its a bit awkward to do that on this phone lol

djkinetic said:
Vol Down + Pwr but its a bit awkward to do that on this phone lol
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hahaha damn i didn't even think about that
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Deal breaker!
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Tried that already, forgot to mention.
Also Power + Home, Vol + Home.
Nothing...

i'm surprised it's crazy dropdown bar full of shiz doesn't have a screenshot option....that's the one thing that could've been useful in there lol

jayochs said:
i'm surprised it's crazy dropdown bar full of shiz doesn't have a screenshot option....that's the one thing that could've been useful in there lol
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Actually if you just save a quickmemo without scribbling something you get a screenshot.

Above poster is right... Its power + vol down and very awkward.
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wargreymon89 said:
Actually if you just save a quickmemo without scribbling something you get a screenshot.
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ah duh! good tip!!

right, taught of that.
But i've needed to take screenshot of the notifications and pressing the quickmemo/home slide exit the notification
bummer

I took a screenshot using Quick Memo and it DID include the notification bar. Did I understand the issue correctly?
I used the Home-button-drag (to the right).