As the title implies, I'm stuck.
Notification popped up last night informing me an update was available. I had checked for any and all other updates just last week to make sure I was up to speed on things. I'm not a newb, but the tab is for my wife, so I keep it plain jane stock to avoid potential problems that could cause her to brick it.
Anyway, this morning I decided to finally click on the notification asking me to update. Device powered down and has been stuck on the 27% sign for 2 hours now. It's plugged in the entire time. It's also getting kind of warm. I'm afraid to do anything at this point for fear of bricking it.
Any help would be appreciated. I specifically talked her into the galaxy tab over the ipad, so avoiding "I told you so" from my wife would be icing on the cake with this one.
Any ideas? I can't seem to find any other threads here or via google that mimic this situation.
27% is where it starts to gettting really slow inching forward but not for 2 hours. For me it is like 30 miuutes or so.
But with Samsung updates, you take that risk everytime.
Good luck. You need it.
So where should I begin? Hold the power button and force a reboot? Leave it sitting all day and pray that it magically continues with the update?
Update: held power button, it rebooted on its own and is now stuck at 26%. I wonder what happens if I do it 25 more times?
Is this sort of thing covered under warranty?
do you know how to use odin? if you do i will set you up with a process to get you on the latest firmware without out dealing with Samsungs utterly horrible update process.
You end up fixing this?
I have the same issue!
I stumbled into a fix:
Hold down power button until it dies. Press and hold power button and volume DOWN button until the splash screen appears. Release power button.
Shows 2 options, one is an icon of an android getting out of a box. the other has "download" in it. Choose the one on the left of the android getting out of a box. Use the VOLUME selector to choose which one, and use the power button to select it. It will load the menu, using the volume button again, select the option to reboot and hit power button again. Should reboot you back to pre-update status with an error that says update failed and to try the update using Kies.
I'm a little hazy on whether or not I released the volume down button during booting. Keep trying it until you get there. You won't hurt it any worse than it already is, that's for sure.
Yesterday I have updated my TF101/US to 9.2.1.17 (not rooted, serial B50) and now my power button does not work at all. I cannot either shut it off (I can hold it for minutes, nothing happens), nor can I wake it up (the only possibility is to plug in the power). Reset to factory setting does not help
I talked to Asus, they suggested to send it to RMA, but I want to try to discharge it completely and check whether it helps.
Will keep this post updated if I find out something more.
Update: battery discharge did not fix the issue. Going to send the device to RMA.
Thanks for this post, this if for no other reason is why I will be dealing with my random reboots (they only occur once a week or so, if that often, for me so not a big problem, not like a broken power button would be) rather than updating the patch. However, this belongs in general or Q&A not development
Also for me you have to call assistance for a RMA: i could understand that power button does not turn off screen, but i can't understand, a part an hardware problem, how it does not shut down keeping power button down or why it does not turn on.
Yes, that sounds like hardware issue, but that must be very weird coincidence.
The complete story is that I just received device from RMA yesterday (LCD backlights were broken). I turned it on, it happened to have ICS already (it was sent with Honeycomb) and I was able to install all my software. Then a message re. new OTA update poped up, I decided to upgrade, and right after that power button stopped to work.
Yes, that can be hardware issue as well, that is why it goes to RMA. If I were 100% sure that this is software issue, I would wait some days hoping that ASUS will release bugfix for it.
Hmmm..the device will not power on if it is shut down? (How would you know this unless you shut down, and then can't turn it back on I don't know).
I re-read this and it is unlikely IMO that a firmware update could break your hardware, but I guess if a computer virus can break nuclear centrifuges anything is possible? Could be a coincidence..I feel for you, I had an over-discharge issue one night and my TF didn't want to boot up, and then flashed the red battery on the screen, but for those first few seconds my heart wasn't beating..I get the same feeling when I get a bad flash too lol
Luckily, the device wakes up when you plug the charger in. So, currently my choice is either to keep it running (disable sleep) or to have a charger and plug the charger in when I need to wake it up.
The bad thing is that the RMA "cycle" takes about two weeks.
Maybe it isn't a coincidence..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546640
Mine started this about two weeks ago before I picked up the update today... I thought i was the only one until I saw this post
I have misunderstood something: post says WAKE ON not TURN ON, ok this could be software related, but long press power button should be FORCE A SHUT DOWN...
Click this link on how to remove the front bezel. Then you can check the inside power switch to see if it's working:
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101/6270147
That's the way I fixed my TF101 after I dropped it and the power button got stuck in the chassis.
Also read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391254
I think this is a solution to your problem, if it's not software related, which I doubt.
I get the same problem all the time, I leave it sitting for a couple hours come back and it won't turn on or off...
I also sometimes get the non functioning power button. I cannot consistently replicate it.
Sometimes it happens after it sleeps for awhile.
Sometimes it turns on when I open the tablet up while connected to the dock.
I have to hold the power button until it reboots itself. This is annoying after while. And even getting more so.
I'm also having a power-on related issue since the ICS update but didn't want to start a whole new thread for it. Ever since the update my Transformer boots into CWM by default. If I power it down completely then press the power button the EEE Pad logo flashes on the screen, I hear an audible "click" (best way I can describe it) from the device and it boots into CWM. If I select "Reboot device now" from the CWM menu it boots right back into CWM.
The only way to boot properly now is to hold the volume down/power buttons until the menu comes up to choose between Android and recovery and choose Android. (It actually defaults to this so I can just let it sit 10 seconds or so)
Any ideas?
Headcase_Fargone said:
I'm also having a power-on related issue since the ICS update but didn't want to start a whole new thread for it. Ever since the update my Transformer boots into CWM by default. If I power it down completely then press the power button the EEE Pad logo flashes on the screen, I hear an audible "click" (best way I can describe it) from the device and it boots into CWM. If I select "Reboot device now" from the CWM menu it boots right back into CWM.
The only way to boot properly now is to hold the volume down/power buttons until the menu comes up to choose between Android and recovery and choose Android. (It actually defaults to this so I can just let it sit 10 seconds or so)
Any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
exactly same problem as me now. holding volume down and power is the only way to start it up if it has been left alone for awhile. since the update.
nosup4u said:
exactly same problem as me now. holding volume down and power is the only way to start it up if it has been left alone for awhile. since the update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Apparently it's a pretty common issue with the new version of CWM, as explained in this here thread.
So far the only solutions I'm seeing involve ADB commands or flashing a custom ROM.
fixed for now....
I had the same issue the power button would only cold power off the device. The only way to power back on is by connecting the charger.
I solved it for no in the following way which i do no recommend to anyone. I have opened the device and disconnected the battery for 5minutes. After connecting it back the device powered on with the power button as it should.
In my opinion it looks as if there's some power related controller that was "hang" and ignored the power button .
Any ideas ? Asus ?
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could help me troubleshoot my Galaxy S4 which turns itself off every time I power it on. Basically, I'll hit the power button and the Samsung logo will pop up with the the lock icon showing that the device has been rooted. Then, after a few seconds the screen will go black at which point I am unable to do anything to it other than pull the battery out and repeat the process. If I wait a few minutes though, I am able to push the power button without having to pull the battery out. In addition, if I attempt to pull the recovery menu up, it will begin to load but as before, the phone will turn itself off before I'm able to do anything useful. At one point I was able to somehow get it to load Android though that may have just been pure luck at work.
I don't believe that my root access is at fault here because I've had it for several months with no trouble to note. Immediately before this happened my power button began acting strangely in the OS. I attempted to factory reset in order to fix this and that's when this problem started. The only other which that I can think of that may have caused this is Safestrap which I uninstalled shortly after the power button began acting up.
Does download mode also reboot? Then it's definetely some hardware malfunction.
By the sound of it it's a malfunctioning power button.
Thanks!
Lennyz1988 said:
Does download mode also reboot? Then it's definetely some hardware malfunction.
By the sound of it it's a malfunctioning power button.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the help Lennyz, I was starting to think the same thing myself. I'll have to take it in for repairs.
Hello, so, the phone was working perfectly until i updated my Z force to 7.0 and after that, my phone restarts and bootloops until i enter the bootloader and turn it off from there, and i have to leave it like 5 mins off so it can turn back on without bootlooping, (I bought it outside USA, so i cant send it to repair), i also noticed that if i press only VOL down without pressing the power button itll let me into the bootloader, i already tried the Verizon software update assistant and it keeps doing the same, any idea what this might be causing it?
Are you sure its stuck in a loop and that the power button isnt stuck, if you dont have to press the power button it seems to me it may be getting stuck and causing it to cycle power
We have the same issue!!!
Hi every one,
I come to you because i dont find a way to get in to my oneplus 6t.
My oneplus is Unlocked since last year so everything was fine until yesterday when i ran out of battery, and when i tried to torn it on it didnt wanted to.
It show this on the screen:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<!>
The boot loader is unlocked and software integrity cannot be guaranteed.
Any data stored on the device may be available to attackers.
Do not store any sensitibe data on the device.
visite this link on another device:
g.co/ABH
PRESS POWER KEY TO PAUSE BOOT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I have tried to press power + up botton for 7 seconds and it start again in the same screen.
I also have tried to press power + down botton and nothing happen.
And also the power botton alone but nothing.
Does any one have any idea of what to do?
Thanks and sorry for my english.
You need to unlock the device bootloader or restore the software using the msmdownload tool.
You need to hold the power button longer. Be patient it will boot.
bladestonez said:
You need to hold the power button longer. Be patient it will boot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes what he said. First plug it in for a few minutes to get it charged and then hold power button +vol up for at least 20 to 30 seconds. It will turn on you just have to hold button longer