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> That's not always an option -- my last android phone died with a reboot loop. You're not wrong, but for future reference, there is a way to stop such a reboo
by ghoward 5y ago
> That's not always an option -- my last android phone died with a reboot loop.
You're not wrong, but for future reference, there is a way to stop such a reboot loop; I did it just yesterday with my wife's phone. (Of course, it was a Pixel, so it might not be on every phone.) You do it by holding power and down volume until it says "Command not found", then you hold power and volume up until you get a menu. One of the items should be "Power off". Another one is "Factory reset" or something like it.
Once my wife's phone was off, I left it off for a couple of hours to let it cool. Then I booted it again, and all was well.
We're still getting her a new phone though.
- Johnny555 5y agoI spent days going through every blog post I could find for tips on how to fix it, including booting to recovery mode -- it would reboot as I scrolled through the recovery menu and even when I got as far as trying to do the factory reset, it would reboot before it even started the reset. I let it reboot itself until it ran out of battery and waited a day after that to let it completely drain. Even tried putting it in the freezer.
- ghoward 5y agoApologies then. I agree you were out of options.
- Johnny555 5y agoEven the IT guy at work was stymied, he was sure he'd be able to at least factory reset it and get it working again.... he gave up after a few hours.
- seoulmetro 5y agoSame thing happened to me on a pretty brand new LG Pixel phone. Good money down the drain, absolutely horrible. Tried everything.