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My Polaris seems dead.
No response with the following key combination:
# power button
# reset button
# reset + ie + mail buttons (Hard Reset)
# reset + camera buttons (bootloader)
I removed the battery during 1 hour.
I have no led indication when I connect the device with power adapter.
What can I do?

I have the same problem with my phone from time to time. When I push the soft restart button nothing happens. When I plug it in no led light, or it flashes red. Which means battery is less than dead.
What I find that works for me when this happens is to plug the phone in, and keep pushing the soft reset button while hitting the power button at the same time. You will eventually get that vibrate you do when the phone powers on.
Thats at least what has worked for me for the past few months with my vogue. Give it a shot, nothing to loose Good luck

wrymslayer said:
I have the same problem with my phone from time to time. When I push the soft restart button nothing happens. When I plug it in no led light, or it flashes red. Which means battery is less than dead.
What I find that works for me when this happens is to plug the phone in, and keep pushing the soft reset button while hitting the power button at the same time. You will eventually get that vibrate you do when the phone powers on.
Thats at least what has worked for me for the past few months with my vogue. Give it a shot, nothing to loose Good luck
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I tried your suggestion but without success.
The battery give normal 3,7 VDC.

waterpolo said:
I tried your suggestion but without success.
The battery give normal 3,7 VDC.
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Happen to me too last month, every combination with no luck.
Thanks god my son was throw the phone to the floor. And suddenly the phone is back from the dead..
Maybe some of your hardware is not really tight up each other. Specially the power button.

vellowax said:
Happen to me too last month, every combination with no luck.
Thanks god my son was throw the phone to the floor. And suddenly the phone is back from the dead..
Maybe some of your hardware is not really tight up each other. Specially the power button.
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Thanks for the advise, but smashing the wall didn't give any life back.
I have dismounted the phone and found nothing strange.
I have to say good bey to my phone and all the incredible ROM builders on this forum.

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Herald will not power on

I have a Herald I have been using for about a year and a half now. I been having troubles with the phone charging the battery the last week or so. That problem seems to have fixed itself but yesterday the phone turned off for some unknown reason and now it will not turn back on. I have tried just about anything I can think of. It is like it is dead. No keys respond, the battery has good connection and is in good shape, and plugging in the power cord does nothing.
Has anyone else had this problem? If so any fixes? I am guessing the phone is dead, never to come back again. If so that just gives me an excuse to buy a new phone so it wouldn't be all bad.
Have you tried putting the phone into bootloader. Hold the camera button while pressing the reset button. I bricked my phone once and it appeared to be off and it wouldn't turn on or display anything. It worked when I put it into bootloader. But unless this happened while trying to flash, I don't think that's the problem.
my wing has the same prob...when that happens to me, i plug it to power till i see the orange or green light(no difference)then hit soft reset.....works usually but if not, hit up the bootloader

Reset X10 without take out the battery.

Hi All
Just want to know baz my phone hung again today when I lunch MSNroid. I have to open the case(I added on), take off the back cover, take out the battery and put everything back on.
On the iphone we can hold homekey and power to do the reset.
Is there any way (key combine) to reset the X10 instead of take out the battery. I know we can do shutoff the phone blabla... but what if the phone hung?
Like nearly every other electronic device, holding the power button for 10 seconds should do the trick.
iead1 said:
Like nearly every other electronic device, holding the power button for 10 seconds should do the trick.
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I don't think so. I tried... the light near that three key on and off but not really shutdown.
Really weird! It's worked for me before, but now trying it again, nothing happens.
Maybe because the phone is responsive? If it's in a crashed state, it should reset. It's the magic way to turn off nearly every electronic device out there.

[Q] Sprint Galaxy S5 Not Powering On

Can someone please give me some advice on what to do. My phone is less than 3 months old and will not power on. It doesn't do anything, not even the vibration it usually does. I've tried plugging it into the charger but it doesn't even have the charging light on. It was working fine and just stopped. I pulled the battery out and put it back in but nothing it working. If If anyone has any suggestions, I would be very grateful! Thanks!!!
what were you doing at the time
What were you doing at the time the phone stopped working? Did you try charging the battery on an external charger?
As the poster above suggested, what were you doing recently? We are looking for clues as to what happened? Did you yank on the power cord, drop the phone, et cetera?
Make sure that your battery isn't in backwards in the phone and try using a different cable to charge the phone. If it still doesn't charge, then borrow a friends external charger.. or even the (charged) battery out of their S5 for a few seconds to see if your phone will turn on. We're trying to differentiate between a dead battery and all other problems.
If you still have no luck, then remove the battery for ten seconds, then replace (the presumably charged) battery in your phone. Then press and hold the volume down key. Then also press and hold the home key, then the power key. After about five seconds, you should see the phone start to the "download screen". If so, post here for further guidance.
If you phone is non responsive to a borrowed battery and the download mode described above, then you should seek warranty service with your carrier. A three month old phone should still be under warranty.
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goddie392 said:
What were you doing at the time the phone stopped working? Did you try charging the battery on an external charger?
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I was talking on it and hung up. Then, I tried to use it about 5 mins later and it wouldnt turn back on. What do you mean by "external charger"?? Sry, I'm not very tech savy lol! The only charger I have is the one that came with my phone. Thank you for replying! ☺
fffft said:
As the poster above suggested, what were you doing recently? We are looking for clues as to what happened? Did you yank on the power cord, drop the phone, et cetera?
Make sure that your battery isn't in backwards in the phone and try using a different cable to charge the phone. If it still doesn't charge, then borrow a friends external charger.. or even the (charged) battery out of their S5 for a few seconds to see if your phone will turn on. We're trying to differentiate between a dead battery and all other problems.
If you still have no luck, then remove the battery for ten seconds, then replace (the presumably charged) battery in your phone. Then press and hold the volume down key. Then also press and hold the home key, then the power key. After about five seconds, you should see the phone start to the "download screen". If so, post here for further guidance.
If you phone is non responsive to a borrowed battery and the download mode described above, then you should seek warranty service with your carrier. A three month old phone should still be under warranty.
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My battery was charged in the 70% and I also used my husbands battery (we have the same phone) but that didnt work either. I'm going to try your other suggestion. Thanks!
melissadf79 said:
My battery was charged in the 70% and I also used my husbands battery (we have the same phone) but that didnt work either. I'm going to try your other suggestion. Thanks!
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Can you get into recovery ( volume up + menu +power button) or download mode (volume down + menu + power button)?
You may read this article http://www.technobezz.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-not-charging/, hope it helps.
I tried the volume down + home + power and it didn't work. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to make a trip to the store but it's looking like I'm going to have to.
melissadf79 said:
I tried the volume down + home + power and it didn't work. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to make a trip to the store but it's looking like I'm going to have to.
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It may well be an electrical hardware issue, it doesn`t look like a software problem to me. Good luck and i hope its fixed soon
melissadf79 said:
I tried the volume down + home + power and it didn't work. I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to make a trip to the store but it's looking like I'm going to have to.
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It is looking like a hardware issue. If you are positive that the battery is charged.. i.e. if the battery turns your husband's phone on, then we ask what is different about your phone? Most software issues would be bypassed by starting a phone in download mode, which is why I asked you to try that.
Have a quick look at the battery "fingers" or pins on your phone. Those are the gold or silver coloured pins that line up with the gold or silver tabs on the end of your battery. Do they all appear to be the same? There isn't one that is bent out of alignment or shorter than the others where it might not be making contact with the battery?
And why not try one more test? See if the phone will start up in "recovery mode" this time.
Pull the battery out of the phone for ten seconds. Then replace it. Now in order.. press and hold the volume up button, then press and hold the home button as well. And last, press and hold the power button. Continue holding all three for ten seconds or until you see the phone screen turn on.
If that still doesn't work, my best guess is that you may have accidentally banged and damaged the power button. If it was me.. I'd try pressing really hard and wiggling the power button for a few seconds to see if you can cajole the phone to power on at least once and confirm the problem.
But that is about all that we can do. If you can't get the phone to power up with a known good battery.. then th store needs to check it with test equipment to narrow down what the hardware fault is.
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Phone not turning on and led flashing rapidly

I just flashed MOAR rom on my phone a few days ago and everything was working perfectly then while at work I pulled my phone out of my pocket and noticed my case had slipped off and was holding the power button down. After fixing the case I tried to unlock my phone and nothing came up on my screen. I held down the power button and the only thing that happened was my LED indicator is flashing green rapidly and at different brightness. Then I pulled the battery and left it out of my phone for 2 hours and still the only thing that is happening is the LED. When I plug it into my computer without me hitting the button the LED is flashing. It wont boot into recovery and I don't want to send it in and them find a custom rom on it so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Mjordan88 said:
I just flashed MOAR rom on my phone a few days ago and everything was working perfectly then while at work I pulled my phone out of my pocket and noticed my case had slipped off and was holding the power button down. After fixing the case I tried to unlock my phone and nothing came up on my screen. I held down the power button and the only thing that happened was my LED indicator is flashing green rapidly and at different brightness. Then I pulled the battery and left it out of my phone for 2 hours and still the only thing that is happening is the LED. When I plug it into my computer without me hitting the button the LED is flashing. It wont boot into recovery and I don't want to send it in and them find a custom rom on it so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I am assuming it won't go into download mode either? Try holding the power button in for at least 30-40 seconds.
Tulsadiver said:
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I am assuming it won't go into download mode either? Try holding the power button in for at least 30-40 seconds.
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No, I've tried holding just the power button for a minute or trying to go into either download or recovery mode and got nothing.
Mjordan88 said:
No, I've tried holding just the power button for a minute or trying to go into either download or recovery mode and got nothing.
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Try the same thing with the charger plugged in.
"Try holding down the power button for 1 minute with the charger connected. If this doesn't present the screen, try holding the power button AND both volume buttons at the same time. This should bring up a menu. There should be an option for reboot or force reboot"
Tulsadiver said:
Try the same thing with the charger plugged in.
"Try holding down the power button for 1 minute with the charger connected. If this doesn't present the screen, try holding the power button AND both volume buttons at the same time. This should bring up a menu. There should be an option for reboot or force reboot"
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Thanks for trying to help, I've tried holding both volume and power button for a minute and nothing. After having it plugged in for a few minutes my battery started to get warm.
Mjordan88 said:
Thanks for trying to help, I've tried holding both volume and power button for a minute and nothing. After having it plugged in for a few minutes my battery started to get warm.
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Just something I found while looking for answers. At least your battery is getting warm. That is better than the alternative.
Tulsadiver said:
Just something I found while looking for answers. At least your battery is getting warm. That is better than the alternative.
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For just a second my computer said the USB device malfunctioned but now it's gone again.
Mjordan88 said:
For just a second my computer said the USB device malfunctioned but now it's gone again.
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Are you using the original data cable? Try a different USB port maybe?

Black Screen Unresponsive

I got a new update for my phone and after it finished applying, my phone won't turn on. The screen is black but when i plug it into my computer i can hear the usb jingle. I tried all the button combinations but its unresponsive.
Anyone know whats happening?
Firegrill said:
I got a new update for my phone and after it finished applying, my phone won't turn on. The screen is black but when i plug it into my computer i can hear the usb jingle. I tried all the button combinations but its unresponsive.
Anyone know whats happening?
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can you boot to recovery or fastboot?
what button combinations u tested?
Geeks Empire said:
can you boot to recovery or fastboot?
what button combinations u tested?
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I cannot boot to either.
I've tried all the combos, vol down + power, vol up + power, vol down + bixby + power, vol up +bixby + power.
Firegrill said:
I cannot boot to either.
I've tried all the combos, vol down + power, vol up + power, vol down + bixby + power, vol up +bixby + power.
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can apps like odin recognize it or not?
(anyway of that but better to take it to service center)
:good:
Geeks Empire said:
can apps like odin recognize it or not?
(anyway of that but better to take it to service center)
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I've tried but nothing sees it
Yea, I'm going to take it to a service center cause it seems like there's nothing I can do on my side.
Firegrill said:
I've tried but nothing sees it
Yea, I'm going to take it to a service center cause it seems like there's nothing I can do on my side.
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Did you take the phone in for service? What did they do to fix it, if they fixed it... I have a dead phone and need some answers if they are out there. I'm looking through every post that has anything to do with this subject and coming up blank - just like my phone's screen!
Part of my issue is that I had a shut down from out of nowhere on NYE. I was able to bring it back up with the power, volume up, and Bixby combo the next day. Foolishly I assumed it was a fluke and went right back to using my phone just as I had before. I saw an article about disabling the Bixby button, which seemed to be the thing to do... When the phone shut down the next day again, I couldn't bring it back because I no longer have a Bixby button for the combo. It's been down since Jan. 2, and I'm at my wit's end. Can you please update your phone status? I'd appreciate it if you can!
bingnune said:
Did you take the phone in for service? What did they do to fix it, if they fixed it... I have a dead phone and need some answers if they are out there. I'm looking through every post that has anything to do with this subject and coming up blank - just like my phone's screen!
Part of my issue is that I had a shut down from out of nowhere on NYE. I was able to bring it back up with the power, volume up, and Bixby combo the next day. Foolishly I assumed it was a fluke and went right back to using my phone just as I had before. I saw an article about disabling the Bixby button, which seemed to be the thing to do... When the phone shut down the next day again, I couldn't bring it back because I no longer have a Bixby button for the combo. It's been down since Jan. 2, and I'm at my wit's end. Can you please update your phone status? I'd appreciate it if you can!
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Lol disabling the bixby button in software does not mean you can't trigger download mode. That level of software has no idea what packages you disabled ?
Did you have Substratum themes applied before updating?
Firegrill said:
I got a new update for my phone and after it finished applying, my phone won't turn on. The screen is black but when i plug it into my computer i can hear the usb jingle. I tried all the button combinations but its unresponsive.
Anyone know whats happening?
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Happened with me last night, bunch of updates and then black. I was gonna send to warranty, then someone told me Power + Bixby + Vl down and it worked. How can I find out what did it
When I called Samsung, they were clueless how to get it started again as we walked through all the button combinations they had. It was fully charged when it stopped working, both times. The second time it took me a few days of trying on my own, calling, Samsung and then going into their repair store.
They took it back to work on it after I explained what was going on. He tried several things and came out and told me it may need a replacement but wanted to try one more thing. Hours later, he came back and said he hooked it up to a charger and it had been dead. Once it started charging, it showed the green battery, lightning bolt and blinking circle. It still didn't start normally, but the three button combo worked at around 20%. I'm not sure if he tried before that, but it came back on.
I've discovered that my handset is extremely sensitive to cold temperatures and shuts down. I'm in the Midwest and have been working outside in a tent like structure. I listen to music, books, or podcasts while I'm working. Many times, I will put my phone on a shelf while charging but still listening. The phone shuts off and first I have to wait for it to warm up, then it has to drain the fully charged battery, and then I start charging it again. After the first time on my own, I did the button combo right after it started taking a charge and it worked.
I'm not sure if a replacement phone is the way to go, because if this is common on the S8, I might end up with another dud that would just frustrate me more. I like the phone, but this quirk is annoying.
Last night my phone was charging and accessible fine. This morning I have a green light at the top showing I assume that it's charged but the screen is totaly black. nothing I do brings up any screen. I tried all the button combos I tried plugging it in to the charger and nothing shows any kind of reaction. I tried plugging it into my computer and the computer said it was setting up device QUSB_BULK. Then said it was set up but even after it supposedly complete I could not find the device. What the hell?
S8 Black Screen
Is the green light staying on? This happened to me on one of the many shut down times I experienced. I think I narrowed it down to my phone not liking cold temperatures, but I don't know if that is your phone's issue. It hasn't happened since last winter, so I haven't needed to do any of this for quite some time, but I'm trying to remember all of the steps I took.
I'm gonna suggest getting the battery drained back down to zero. In order to drain the battery when it's black screened, I kept trying all the button combos repeatedly for, it seems like, maybe three or more days... I couldn't tell if it was dead on several of the occasions, but when I had an indication light, it went off after days of doing any and all button combos, just to drain what battery I could.
Once you do that, while keeping it out of any extreme temps, (if there have been any) then plug in the adapter that came with it, using a good quality USB-C cord and charge it again and see if the charging screen comes up. (The Fast Adapter Charger that connects with USB 3.o is the best to use. Samsung wanted me to use the original cord, but I have no idea where that is! I just used a good quality cord.)
If that doesn't do the trick, then it's not the same issue I had, and I wish you luck on finding out and getting it fixed! Don't forget to update the site for others to find out if your tricks work... (You can still try this, but it may be just to rule it out as a possibility.) Try draining it more than you first did, and then plug it in again to see if it takes a change.
If it is taking a charge again after draining and plugging in your power cord, wait until you get back up to at least 20% and then try the three button start (Bixby / Power / Volume Up at the same time) and make sure you hold them for up to 30 seconds or until it kicks on. One time, I think I held it for almost a full minute. But it did take the change, restarted on the three button combo restart, and didn't have any new issues from its down time.
If this works for you, come back and tell us! If not, come back and report what you try and what the results are.
I really hope that helps! Good luck!
bingnune
S8 with OtterBox case (and screen protector back in the box. It just interfered with my phone's touch screen responsiveness.)
ThetaShard said:
Last night my phone was charging and accessible fine. This morning I have a green light at the top showing I assume that it's charged but the screen is totaly black. nothing I do brings up any screen. I tried all the button combos I tried plugging it in to the charger and nothing shows any kind of reaction. I tried plugging it into my computer and the computer said it was setting up device QUSB_BULK. Then said it was set up but even after it supposedly complete I could not find the device. What the hell?
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Sounds like a system problem, you can try to use the button to force a reboot, if there is no response, you can try to reinstall the system, if this still can not be solved, then you may need to replace the new screen, you can go to Witrigs to see Note 8 screen, they There is an original Note 8 Super AMoled screen for sale. The price is also relatively low.

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