Guest Wee Thomas Posted February 17, 2011 Report Posted February 17, 2011 Sometimes my streak locks up and rather than open up the backplate to pull the battery, I just hold down all the buttons and it powers off. I guess I've been doing this since I first updated the original 1.6 Dell ROM. Anyway, I was wondering how many other people knew of this trick.
Guest popetodd Posted February 17, 2011 Report Posted February 17, 2011 Didn't know that one, will have to try it next time it locks up. Bedankt!
Guest the_didge Posted February 17, 2011 Report Posted February 17, 2011 Sometimes my streak locks up and rather than open up the backplate to pull the battery, I just hold down all the buttons and it powers off. I guess I've been doing this since I first updated the original 1.6 Dell ROM. Anyway, I was wondering how many other people knew of this trick. Just tried it witht the system running normally. its like a forced shutdown on windows... Thanks for the Great Tip :D
Guest bek1977 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 or you can just hold the power button down for about 10 seconds or until it turns off.
Guest popetodd Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 or you can just hold the power button down for about 10 seconds or until it turns off. That doesn't work when it is locked up.
Guest foxhoundep3 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 Sometimes my streak locks up and rather than open up the backplate to pull the battery, I just hold down all the buttons and it powers off. I guess I've been doing this since I first updated the original 1.6 Dell ROM. Anyway, I was wondering how many other people knew of this trick. thanks for the tip or you can just hold the power button down for about 10 seconds or until it turns off. indeed, that doesnt work when its locked up
Guest superutp Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 Sometimes my streak locks up and rather than open up the backplate to pull the battery, I just hold down all the buttons and it powers off. I guess I've been doing this since I first updated the original 1.6 Dell ROM. Anyway, I was wondering how many other people knew of this trick. nice...thanks
Guest bek1977 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 That doesn't work when it is locked up. It did for me the other day when my phone was locked up and I had a black screen and could not get the phone to come out of screen timeout. I then pushed the power button for about 10 seconds and it powered off and I powered it back on.
Guest jmhalder Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 That doesn't work when it is locked up. indeed it does, hold it for a bit longer, like 15-20 seconds before you say it doesn't work... I used to have to pull my battery every so often, not after I figure this out. you ONLY need to hold the power button!
Guest TimoBeil Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 indeed it does, hold it for a bit longer, like 15-20 seconds before you say it doesn't work... I used to have to pull my battery every so often, not after I figure this out. you ONLY need to hold the power button! True, I do so since I'm stuck for the first time at the Dell logo. It even works if a bootloop is coming afer a bad flash. Nevertheless, both tips are very helpful.
Guest popetodd Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 indeed it does, hold it for a bit longer, like 15-20 seconds before you say it doesn't work... I used to have to pull my battery every so often, not after I figure this out. you ONLY need to hold the power button! I've had lockups where I've held the power button for 30+ seconds and it did not work. I had to pull the battery. So no, it does not work in all cases.
Guest Tim6772 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 So no, it does not work in all cases. Yeah, What he said ^
Guest jmhalder Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 I've had lockups where I've held the power button for 30+ seconds and it did not work. I had to pull the battery. So no, it does not work in all cases. Q: Do you have a case on it? its easy to partially depress it with my OB Impact case, I've never had this NOT work for me. But I've been wrong before I guess. :D
Guest popetodd Posted February 18, 2011 Report Posted February 18, 2011 With or without a case just holding the power button alone is a hit or miss proposition. If it locks I usually remove the case so I can be sure that I am pushing the buttons (as opposed to mashing with far too much force) in anticipation of having to pull the battery. Holding the power button down for extended lengths of time only works when the lock up is not really a lock up and just a CPU hog app that kicks me an interrupt or two in order to allow the power button to latch. In other words I am way ahead of you here, I know what the obvious manoeuvres are and have tried them all at one time or another and I also usually know what state my processes are in when a lock happens. Since loading 1.7.0 I have yet to experience a lock up so we shall have to see if the all buttons technique works for me if I get another flat out lock condition.
Guest pjg_pigeon Posted February 19, 2011 Report Posted February 19, 2011 I had a locked streak with black screen earlier today, i'm on 1.7.0. The three button trick worked for me. Great tip. cheers.
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