Hello all, I'm curious to hear your thoughts and advice.
My nook is completely unresponsive. It is not stuck at rooted forever.
In fact this has nothing with a root attempt/reset/restore/power on.
I had done a a fresh reset/root with touchnooter about four months ago and was happily and smoothly reading for about two months. I then got busy and put the nook down, did not touch or use for about another two months. I tried to use it about a week ago but found that it had run out of battery in sleep after the two months of disuse (not surprising). I put it on charge overnight and everything booted right and functioned well once it turned on, except that the battery indicator in the statusbar showed a "?" and the battery info in system info showed 100% "unknown". After alot of fruitless research I put it down with the intention of reset/restore/root when I had the time.
I just picked it up this morning and was faced with the expected "Press then button below to wake up your NOOK" screen. But when I pressed the "n" button nothing happened. Obviously holding the "n" did nothing as well.
I tried to power it off and on- nothing
holding power for 20- nothing
power for 30- nothing
8 failed boots- nothing
left right- nothing
left right power-nothing
random pushing and holding of power- nothing
all these with mem card in and out- nothing
all these plugged usb- nothing
all these pugged ac- nothing
I let it charge some more- nothing
None of the buttons do anything, the screen stays inevitably at the " press the n button to wake" screen. no activity whatsoever except that when It is plugged in, the green light shows. NO ORANGE LIGHT... it is fully charged by both usb and ac.
It is not detected at all by windows anywhere.
In Linux- lsusb, bklid, and df -h yield nothing. My nook might as well be the invisible stupid ereader.
I did not drop it, sumbmerge it, perform magic around it... It has been sitting on a shelf doing nothing.
To repeat, the only thing my nook does is light up green when plugged.
It is unchangeably stuck on poe's face...
If this isn't true brick, I don't know what is.
I'm exhausted. Any ideas? I appreciate the help.
Best,
Thomas
i don't know. i just know my dog ate mine and i'm now in the market for a new screen, so if you don't get it working sell me the unit and get some money for yourself to purchase a new one =D
or you could google the disassembly instructions and try unplugging the battery, not very hard to do. could be of .. some help perhaps?
I would definitely take you up on your offer, but i'm still under warranty.
However, I would still like to have my original, and figure out what is going on and why it happened.
Ideas?
Thank you.
similar problem were solved
Hi! I might have read about similar problem solved on USB host mode here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23475998&postcount=131
That's it, thanks so much.
if it help
if it helps let them know in the tread that you had same problem. they are wondering whether it is due to host mode
[N2E]: After automatic update to 1.1, Nook Touch Screen absolutely DEAD--Nothing Work
THIS WAS A POST FROM ANOTHER SITE AS TO MY PROBLEM:
I was reading on my N2E last night. I put it down for about 30 minutes and when I came back it was displaying the default "Authors" screensaver (I had switched to the Nature photos) and asking to slide to unlock. I thought, "Oh, the new software update must have downloaded and installed. I'll check it out." To my shock, the touch screen was completely unresponsive--no amount of swiping would unlock from the screen saver. I let it set for a while longer thinking perhaps the softare update was not yet finished. No such luck.
As a result of the new update, my NOOK is now completly DEAD! I tried powering off, but couldn't do that because you are asked to confirm power off on the touchscreen, which no longer works. So, I looked online and tried the soft reset/reboot by holding down the "Home" or "n" button and then pressing the power button for several seconds. Great--it started rebooting...and came right back to the "authors" screen saver and asking to swipe to unlock. I tried this rebooting process several times, always with the same result: back to screeensaver mode with completely unresponsive touchscreen.
So, looked at the online technical troubleshooting discussion and helps and decided to try a downloaded manual install of the software update. Plugged my NOOK into my computer and it recognized it. So, I downloaded the manualo software update and dragged and dropped it onto the NOOK as directed and sure enough, it started to reboot itself. I thought, "whew, maybe this will fix it". NOPE--came right back to the locked screensaver, with no mention of attempting to update software, and the touchscreen is still dead. (By the way, all of this was done initially with the NOOK showing about 94% charged, so it was not a battery issue.)
Reconnected the NOOK to my computer and the software update file was gone from its home directory, which implies it did something with it. So, I tried repeatedly to install the software update manually, always with the same result: NOOK comes back to locked default "authors" screensaver wtih a dead touchscreen.
Looked online for B&N technical support again saw that others had this problem (though only found a couple references). Found the instructions to do a factory reset and reluctantly tried that, desparate to make my NOOK work again, but frustrated that if it did I would have to rebuild everyting on it and download my 400+ B&N book library all over again. But, guess what, factory reset just comes up to the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen (sounds like progress), BUT the touchscreen is STILL dead, so I can't hit the "Next" button onscreen to proceed with setting up my factory-reset NOOK. Tried rebooting again (as this seems to be the only solution offered in the online tech support) and now it just keeps coming back to the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen with a dead touchscreen keeping me from doing anything.
So, now I am taking it back to my local B&N store in hopes they will exchange it for a new NOOK.
I really want to see a feature to disable automatic updates in the future. I specifically didn't download and manually install when the update came out, figuring I'd wait for the automatic download to give time to B&N to work out the bugs and perhaps issue a patch (as they have done in the past for the N1E). Instead I get no warning about the automatic download (happens while I am reading and set the NOOK aside for 30 minutes), and then the update KILLS my NOOK.
I am not a satisfied NOOK customer at this point.
MY POST: (from the that site)
Not Sure how to do this post or whatever, but I was happy until the update and everything that happened to you is the same with me. This is the first post that describes what happened to me. I'm out of warranty and refuse (and can't) to buy another one of these. If their updates can do this, I'm not sure I want to sink another $100 into the shareholders pockets. I'd really like to know if anyone knows what may be wrong with it.
In addition to what was already mentioned, I took the battery out several times(which seems intimidating but very easy but voids the warranty) and took it completely apart cleaning the screen very well with water and another time a glass cleaner. I tried rooting also. Not sure of what to do now. It seems software related due to working fine until the update. Still at the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen with unresponsive screen. I wasn't sure if the last sentence from B&N was a personal message to me welcoming me to the "new" state of the my nook.
Thanks for any help from anyone.
Thanks.
Identical problem.... and no fix..
It is a shame you got no solution for this. and the worst, you are not the only one... it happened exactly the same with my Nook ST....
Hopeless...
Machiavelli_The_Man said:
THIS WAS A POST FROM ANOTHER SITE AS TO MY PROBLEM:
I was reading on my N2E last night. I put it down for about 30 minutes and when I came back it was displaying the default "Authors" screensaver (I had switched to the Nature photos) and asking to slide to unlock. I thought, "Oh, the new software update must have downloaded and installed. I'll check it out." To my shock, the touch screen was completely unresponsive--no amount of swiping would unlock from the screen saver. I let it set for a while longer thinking perhaps the softare update was not yet finished. No such luck.
As a result of the new update, my NOOK is now completly DEAD! I tried powering off, but couldn't do that because you are asked to confirm power off on the touchscreen, which no longer works. So, I looked online and tried the soft reset/reboot by holding down the "Home" or "n" button and then pressing the power button for several seconds. Great--it started rebooting...and came right back to the "authors" screen saver and asking to swipe to unlock. I tried this rebooting process several times, always with the same result: back to screeensaver mode with completely unresponsive touchscreen.
So, looked at the online technical troubleshooting discussion and helps and decided to try a downloaded manual install of the software update. Plugged my NOOK into my computer and it recognized it. So, I downloaded the manualo software update and dragged and dropped it onto the NOOK as directed and sure enough, it started to reboot itself. I thought, "whew, maybe this will fix it". NOPE--came right back to the locked screensaver, with no mention of attempting to update software, and the touchscreen is still dead. (By the way, all of this was done initially with the NOOK showing about 94% charged, so it was not a battery issue.)
Reconnected the NOOK to my computer and the software update file was gone from its home directory, which implies it did something with it. So, I tried repeatedly to install the software update manually, always with the same result: NOOK comes back to locked default "authors" screensaver wtih a dead touchscreen.
Looked online for B&N technical support again saw that others had this problem (though only found a couple references). Found the instructions to do a factory reset and reluctantly tried that, desparate to make my NOOK work again, but frustrated that if it did I would have to rebuild everyting on it and download my 400+ B&N book library all over again. But, guess what, factory reset just comes up to the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen (sounds like progress), BUT the touchscreen is STILL dead, so I can't hit the "Next" button onscreen to proceed with setting up my factory-reset NOOK. Tried rebooting again (as this seems to be the only solution offered in the online tech support) and now it just keeps coming back to the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen with a dead touchscreen keeping me from doing anything.
So, now I am taking it back to my local B&N store in hopes they will exchange it for a new NOOK.
I really want to see a feature to disable automatic updates in the future. I specifically didn't download and manually install when the update came out, figuring I'd wait for the automatic download to give time to B&N to work out the bugs and perhaps issue a patch (as they have done in the past for the N1E). Instead I get no warning about the automatic download (happens while I am reading and set the NOOK aside for 30 minutes), and then the update KILLS my NOOK.
I am not a satisfied NOOK customer at this point.
MY POST: (from the that site)
Not Sure how to do this post or whatever, but I was happy until the update and everything that happened to you is the same with me. This is the first post that describes what happened to me. I'm out of warranty and refuse (and can't) to buy another one of these. If their updates can do this, I'm not sure I want to sink another $100 into the shareholders pockets. I'd really like to know if anyone knows what may be wrong with it.
In addition to what was already mentioned, I took the battery out several times(which seems intimidating but very easy but voids the warranty) and took it completely apart cleaning the screen very well with water and another time a glass cleaner. I tried rooting also. Not sure of what to do now. It seems software related due to working fine until the update. Still at the "Welcome to your all-new NOOK" screen with unresponsive screen. I wasn't sure if the last sentence from B&N was a personal message to me welcoming me to the "new" state of the my nook.
Thanks for any help from anyone.
Thanks.
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The factory restore does not actually fix every possible problem with your Nook.
If your Nook responds at all, try to boot it up on an SD card like ClockworkMod or noogie.
At least that way you can see what is happening.
The partitioning might have become corrupted which the "factory restore" does not touch.
If no response with anything, try disconnecting the battery.
You might also try booting over USB using the techniques in rooting the new white glow.
Hello I was wondering if I'm just screwed I bought 2 nook simple touch, one for me and one for a present to my mother for her birthday on march 16. I bought them at best buy for $40 a piece on January 30. I used mine and was perfect but when I tried to set up my mom it wouldn't load the license agreement, always got stuck or reboot or something, so I loaded cwm on an sd card just to play around, tested on my nook and was fine, then put it on my moms nook booted once then I didn't press anything and turn it off then I load the image but when I tried to boot again it got stuck on the load screen and wont do anything, no reset sequence will work with the sd card on or off the other nook boots with this sd card. at the end I exchanged with my mom she is happy with her nook an I have a useless unit do you think they will exchange it I didn't rooted it or did anything to it but has the n cwm splash on screen forever. I'm in Costa Rica right now and wont return home until May do you think I'll might be able to exchange it or should I just try to repair it.
I'm glad that your mother got the working one!
You say that that one will boot on your CWM SD card, but yours won't?
It may be hard to get your unit exchanged with a conspicuous screen on it, even if it's not your fault.
When you plug it into your desktop is there any indication of a new USB device found?
If it's charged and no amount of the power button gets a reaction, I'd open it up.
any news???
Hi endor43, same problem here, have been able to find any solution?
endor43 said:
Hello all, I'm curious to hear your thoughts and advice.
My nook is completely unresponsive. It is not stuck at rooted forever.
In fact this has nothing with a root attempt/reset/restore/power on.
I had done a a fresh reset/root with touchnooter about four months ago and was happily and smoothly reading for about two months. I then got busy and put the nook down, did not touch or use for about another two months. I tried to use it about a week ago but found that it had run out of battery in sleep after the two months of disuse (not surprising). I put it on charge overnight and everything booted right and functioned well once it turned on, except that the battery indicator in the statusbar showed a "?" and the battery info in system info showed 100% "unknown". After alot of fruitless research I put it down with the intention of reset/restore/root when I had the time.
I just picked it up this morning and was faced with the expected "Press then button below to wake up your NOOK" screen. But when I pressed the "n" button nothing happened. Obviously holding the "n" did nothing as well.
I tried to power it off and on- nothing
holding power for 20- nothing
power for 30- nothing
8 failed boots- nothing
left right- nothing
left right power-nothing
random pushing and holding of power- nothing
all these with mem card in and out- nothing
all these plugged usb- nothing
all these pugged ac- nothing
I let it charge some more- nothing
None of the buttons do anything, the screen stays inevitably at the " press the n button to wake" screen. no activity whatsoever except that when It is plugged in, the green light shows. NO ORANGE LIGHT... it is fully charged by both usb and ac.
It is not detected at all by windows anywhere.
In Linux- lsusb, bklid, and df -h yield nothing. My nook might as well be the invisible stupid ereader.
I did not drop it, sumbmerge it, perform magic around it... It has been sitting on a shelf doing nothing.
To repeat, the only thing my nook does is light up green when plugged.
It is unchangeably stuck on poe's face...
If this isn't true brick, I don't know what is.
I'm exhausted. Any ideas? I appreciate the help.
Best,
Thomas
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There are times when a Nook gets in a mode where it won't accept a charge.
Opening it up and disconnecting the battery for a minute might fix this.
endor43 said:
That's it, thanks so much.
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When this worked for you did the light turn orange right when you plugged the battery back in? I just took the battery out, plugged the nook into a charger, and with it plugged in plugged the battery back in and the light stays green the whole time yet I'm not able to use the nook at all.
My nook second generation is not responding to my touch I tried everything to get it to work and I eventually got it to completely power of what if it does not work when I turn it on what should I do
It could be power/battery problems.
Check to see if it makes itself known when the USB is plugged in.
If it reacts at all, that's an indication of life.
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After booting my tablet for the first time, I connected to the internet. The unit then told me that I needed a system update (4.something). I clicked ok. The system connected and downloaded the update. It seemed to install it. It then attempted to shutdown and it hung up at the final moment and the little activity circle just continued to go round and round.
I forced a shut down and rebooted. Next the "ACER" and the "android" came on the screen in that order. Next the tablet said that it was shutting down and the same thing happened -- it hung up again with little circle. Every time I attempt to reboot it repeats the same cycle. I have tried resetting the unit and holding the power and the volume+ down on reboot, but nothing seems to help.
I tried phone tech support and they sent me to a third party repair that charges even when the unit is under warranty. Acer support was not even accepting emails! This is a strange customer support.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
How long did it hang at the spinning circle? Probably what it was doing was updating you to HC 3.2. Sometimes it can take up to 20 minutes before if finishes.
I suspect maybe you force booted it before it could finish.
The easiest thing, would've been to take it back to the store for a replacement.
However, you might try the factory reset option. I've never used it, but, you'll see a small pinhole near the power button. With power off, press and hold the pinhole (with whatever you can find to fit, mabe a small paperclip) and power on I believe (check your instructions). Hopefully, the failed update didn't mess that up also. But probably did. Or did you already try this method according to your original post?
EDIT: Also, I would check your SD card, and remove what is on there. You can format it in your pc to FAT32. Then install it. This will ensure any garbage is removed from it.
Next, check this link;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227
Pay attention to method 2. That might get you up and running, although with an unstable version. But, it will be running and allow you time to get another stable OS on it.
Check back with your progress.
Moscow Desire said:
How long did it hang at the spinning circle? Probably what it was doing was updating you to HC 3.2. Sometimes it can take up to 20 minutes before if finishes.
I suspect maybe you force booted it before it could finish.
The easiest thing, would've been to take it back to the store for a replacement.
However, you might try the factory reset option. I've never used it, but, you'll see a small pinhole near the power button. With power off, press and hold the pinhole (with whatever you can find to fit, mabe a small paperclip) and power on I believe (check your instructions). Hopefully, the failed update didn't mess that up also. But probably did. Or did you already try this method according to your original post?
EDIT: Also, I would check your SD card, and remove what is on there. You can format it in your pc to FAT32. Then install it. This will ensure any garbage is removed from it.
Next, check this link;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276227
Pay attention to method 2. That might get you up and running, although with an unstable version. But, it will be running and allow you time to get another stable OS on it.
Check back with your progress.
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I can confirm this will work, the 3.2 update bootlooped my tablet too when i first got it but I just reverted back and even through the force closes was able to root and load CWM then go from there
sent from my Acer Iconia A500 beast of a tablet via XDA app
Thanks for the help. I am returning the unit.
I discovered that the unit was not charging the battery. I initially had pluged in the the unit to charge for 3 hours. After that I tried turning it on. During the numerous restart /shut down attempts, I noticed that the battery icon showed that the battery had not charged at all.
I next charged the unit for straight 10 hours. It still behaved the same way starting and then shutting down. The battery had not charged at all from the 10 hours of being plug in. I checked the charger and it was outputting a full 12 volts.
I called the vendor and will return the unit tomorrow.
Thanks for your attempts to help me.
JW
Have a nook color, cm7 - screen will not light. Power will cut on and off (i can tell because volume buttons produce noise when on). Screen gives no illumination when on.
Nothing software or programming updated or changed that would have caused it. I've charged it overnight and attempted to cut on while plugged in.
Plugged back into laptop via USB and I can see (nook color icon with yellow exclamation point) but still no screen.
I'm at a loss. Searched all posts but cannot find one similar. Thx!
I know that this happens and is fixable, although I cannot remember where I saw the "official" fix. If you have nandroid backups on a SD card, you could hard reboot the nook with the 8x reboot, and then reflash CWM and restore your backup.
Are you willing to lose your data and temporarily revert to stock?
I'll give anything a try.
Thanks for the idea. I'll try this in the morning and repost. I had thought about hard booting and taking it back but was worried they wouldn't replace it since it had been rooted. I'll go back and research the steps you mentioned. I'm not a techie so it will take a fresh mind and some coffee to pull it off. I was beginning to think it was a bad screen.
Power off nook, and power it back on. As soon as it begins to load, press n, power, and volume+ (I learned it with both volume keys, but I just heard it may only need the +) and hold for about ten seconds. The nook will flash off, release buttons. The nook will automatically restart, so after you release the keys, you want to repress them gain right as it starts to boot (where you would normally see the cyanogen logo). After the eigth time it will load into froyo firmware. If you. Misstime the sequence you will need Ronstadt over, so if it doesn't work the first time, just try again. Maybe a dark room, so you can see the slight illumination somewhat.
Bad screens do happen, I suppose, but the nook is unbrickable from a software standpoint. The primary boot is off the sdcard, so there is always a way to circumvent or preempt anything that may be corrupted internally. If you were to have a bad screen, after you hard reboot the nook, it will load the stock OS, but if you flashed CWM internally that will still be in your emmc. The way to get rid of the CWM is to follow the hard reboot with a factory reset through the froyo menu (standard nook OS for any future readers). If your screen is indeed bad, you can take your chances that they wont notice since they are replacing an obvious hardware issue, or you could hold it next to a working nook and base your touches approximately off that. There aren't that many steps, but you.do have to go through the B&N registration process, and your user name and password would be a *****.
I might just hard reboot and roll the dice myself, although I haven't personally heard of a bad screen yet. Good luck.
Solution worked!!
Thanks so much.....I couldn't get the 8x to work because the screen was not on and I couldn't time it right. The only way I could tell if it was on or off was with the power button making noises. So I held down power and N button together until flash. After the flash the cm7 open screen popped up. woot woot. and many thanks but I can only push the button once.
Hi everybody,
I didn't want to bother you with my problem, but considering that also in B&N forum they told me to try here well, you're my last hope! :fingers-crossed:
Now it's a week that my Nook Simple Touch is stuck on the "Your NOOK is starting up..." screen.
When it froze, the battery was at least 70% full, anyway I let it charge overnight, leds on, but nothing changed.
I tried every kind of recovery I could find browsing the internet (failing the boot 8 times, 20+2 sec, boot and press the L/R lower buttons) but nothing changed, just the screen flashing for 1sec while "booting" and then the starting screen again.
So I tried with some "brute force": the CWM recovery guide found somewhere on this forum (I can't find again the link, but it was here!).
Nothing new, after the recovery the device boots again and remains stuck to the same screen.
So I manage to let it discharge completely. When it died, I plugged it again via the cable to the wall-plug and after the recharging screen, telling me that the battery level was too low, as soon as it was good to start again, it froze...
I cleaned the screen and the borders with a Q-tip, just to be sure that I tried everything I (think I) could.
Now, removing the battery it's something I could do if I only find a guide to use but I don't think that with someone less practical than me in my same situation this option could be handy to do.
It's not rooted. I did it last September before realizing after 10mins it was useless for me, so I reverted it.
I bought it on August 2011, so I should have still the warranty, but I live no more in America. Now I'm in Japan...
So, is there anything I still can do to revive my Nook?
(Backup question: does anybody know if I can buy an "english softwared" ebook reader in Japan or I can find a way to revert a Japanese one in English? -.- )
Thanks!
I rooted the Nook a while back and wanted to go back to a stock experience, so I rebooted it the six or eight times to get it to restore. However, when I did so, I could still get in to the ADW launcher that was installed. It began updating automatically shortly thereafter and has been stuck on the "Installing" screen. Nothing I have done has helped at all including:
- Charging the Nook
- Holding the power button
- Holding the power button and the bottom page buttons
- Holding the power button and the Nook button
- Holding the power button for sixty seconds, followed by holding the power and Nook buttons for sixty seconds (as per B&N support instructions)
- Removing the battery
When I called B&N support, they told me it was dead and they would replace it if it were within warranty, but it is not and I have obviously opened it up to remove the battery, so that probably wouldn't work anyways. It seems like the computer detects something when I connect it, but it does not show it as a storage device or anything.
Maybe someone here who is a bit more savvy can help me with this because I would have really liked to give this as a Christmas gift to my mom.
Also, my wife has a Nook with Glowlight and has just noticed a small crack in the screen. I recently had to open up the device to reseat the plastic around the USB port because the case popped it out when she removed it one time. Now, obviously, I opened it up, but I want to try to use the warranty to get the screen fixed. Any advice on getting B&N to honor the warranty or somewhere I can find the T5 screws with the sticker still on them or a cheap screen replacement. I didn't do anything to the screen, so it wasn't anything I did that caused this issue.
THANKS FOR ANY HELP!
You'll probably need to put together a clockworkmod micro sd card, and use it to install the latest update over your current system.
Once you're up and running, your apps will still be installed. The update doesn't touch /data. It'll just revert your /boot and /system partitions to stock. I'm not aware of an easy way to revert that without using a backup that you (should have) made before doing any modifications. As far as I know, you have to uninstall those apps manually (using adb if you have to).
Thanks for your response.
The big issue is that it won't budge from the installing screen. Once it gets off of that I could try, but as I said before, I think I have tried everything...
I had an alarm app give me an alarm last night but I was busy in another app and dismissed the alarm in a way that the sound was still going. The only thing I thought to do was to do a reboot of the phone. I gave it a few minutes and when I pulled it from my pocket I noticed that it had not rebooted. So I held the power button for a few seconds and waited for that vibrate then the "Custom" screen.
Nothing.
Held the power button for about 30 seconds.
Nothing.
Good battery, at least 75% before this happened. No sweat. I have a spare battery that I know is 100%. When I put that one in, the phone immediately did a vibrate and gave me the "Custom" screen. Then dead. Power button did nothing.
Pulled the battery and upon insertion, I got that vibrate again. But this time I held Volume+ and I get that tiny blue bootloader message at the top of the screen for a half a second. Then dead. Tried it again and this time did Volume-, this time I got download mode for half a second. Then dead.
Tried all this with power plugged in and get even less. Nothing.
Connected it to a PC (OEM cord straight into the motherboard) and got nothing. No charging LED, no sound from the PC upon plugging. Nothing new showed up in Device Manager.
Did I just do the "Low Effort Brick" method just by rebooting? I have had this thing for a few years, running CWM then TWRP. Several ROMs in the past, xposed, done it all and never once even had a boot loop. Now I have a brick because I rebooted a phone that had been VERY stable for weeks (on Dan's GPE ROM)?
I am not so concerned about the device, I actually ordered a LG G4 already. What I REALLY want is the autobackup of Tasker that is in the internal storage. I know I have a TiBu of everything on the microSD and a TWRP is on there too. But both are a few days old and I have made many changes to Tasker in the past few days. Tasker updates a backup every time you leave the app, so I know I have a very recent file in there. But how do I get it?
It's not bricked. The power button on some S4's are janky. Mine did the same thing for a while. You can try smacking the power button on the corner of a desk or something but otherwise either just keep pulling the battery and trying, try opening it and cleaning the switch, or try replacing the switch.
It's hardware issue with power button. I've got the same issue with my S4. The only solution is to replace the button.
Good advice. Found a few YouTube videos that are pretty close the issue that I have. I shall do some work on this this weekend. Thanks for taking the time to respond!
Hell yeah. Effin HELL YEA. Found a few YouTube walk through videos and got down to the switch. Using my ever-awesome Simpson 260, I was able to determine that the power switch was bad. I exercised it a few dozen times and then it went open. Roughed everything back together (without screws) and got a boot.
Immediately made a TiBu of everything. I will also make a TWRP as soon as that is done. Now I have to source a power switch. I should have no problem replacing the switch. I have a fantastic solder station at work and a 20X magnifier. This shall be my crutch until the LG G4 arrives.
Thanks again for the advice. Proof again that this is a real community.
Side note: I went to AT&T to get my old Vivid back into action to replace my S4. When I mentioned that the device was rooted, they replied with some statement that my "jailbreaking" the device is what caused the failure. I asked if she knew what rooting was, and she said "yeah...jailbreaking". I asked her if she knew what an "unlocked bootloader" was and she just glazed over, mouth open. When I told her that the device has been rooted for years with no problem, she insisted that the problem happened when I "jailbroke" it.