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Hi guys,
I have just received my transformer prime, I opened the box and tried to boot It but with no luck, it only vibrates.
I though initially that was a low battery issue, but now I have charged it fully (green light), and I'm still unable to boot it...
I have tried to boot it holding the power button for more than 30 seconds, and tried several times the normal way but with no luck.
Any advice?... is this a DOA?
Sigh.....this again. Just let it charge, it's fine.
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Sigh.....this again. Just let it charge, it's fine.
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How much time?... I mean, the LED changed from orange to green... That means its fully charged right?
right now is reaching out almost 3 hours plugged into the wall...
BTW, the screen does not shows anything... some people mentioned a red battery icon, or something like that, but my screen is dead....
Could be your charger derping, there's more people with this issue.
Put it in a plastic bag and huck it in the freezer for a bit,
the thermal protection could be stuck.
David blaine street magic. Better yet, steve jobs apple magic
LOL. hold down the power button for more than 5 seconds and voila! You guys are too funny.
I have tried every possible convination of seconds while holding the power button... 5, 10, 20, 30, 1 min... POWER + VOLUME DOWN, but is just vibrating... does not shows _anything_ on the screen...
Not sure if the reset hole+papperclip is going to help, but I have been trying to find how it works but with no luck, I guess is a combination of button + pushing the reset, but not sure how...
Your screen could be defective. Or the ribbon might not be connected to the board.
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I have the same issue, just surprised that I can not use the product while it is plugged.
When i try to turn it on while it's plugged, it flashed and vibrated once showing battery bar and then died....now it just won't turn on!! AHHHHHHh!
Does this happen to other people. I heard you suppose to charge it for 6 hr before first use...but why can i not turn it on while plugged. Now All i see is the a red or orange LED light on the power button. Does it mean it is short circuited?
Can Someone confirm that this is normal.
I didn't bother charging straight away, with modern batteries there really isn't any need as far as I'm concerned. Of course people will tell you different but that's my opinion.
I had no issue with first boot, literally touched the power button for a second and on it came. Sounds like yours is no good.
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Turned on!! Thank god!!!
Haranzo said:
Turned on!! Thank god!!!
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huzzah, I'm happy for you.
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Sounds busted to me OP. When I got mine I was going to let it charge fully before turning it on but as soon as I plugged it in it started booting. So I ran through setup while charging and just let it sit after that until fully charged...
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Sokonomi said:
Could be your charger derping, there's more people with this issue.
Put it in a plastic bag and huck it in the freezer for a bit,
the thermal protection could be stuck.
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Hi,
I researched a little bit more about the charger issues and to discard that, I left it charging today with another charger (I have two other Transformer 1). But I'm not holding my breath on that, the LED status is green, so I dont think is going to take more charging that what it currently have.
Thank you.
mutiny said:
Your screen could be defective. Or the ribbon might not be connected to the board.
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Hi,
Any way to check this withouth voiding the warranty?...
coolbomb said:
How much time?... I mean, the LED changed from orange to green... That means its fully charged right?
right now is reaching out almost 3 hours plugged into the wall...
BTW, the screen does not shows anything... some people mentioned a red battery icon, or something like that, but my screen is dead....
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Hey man, that sounds a lot like what happened to mine. I was able to turn it on and set it up but then I fully charged it and rebooted..it never came back. The LED was green, I tried all the button combos etc...wouldn't even be recognized by my PC.
I've RMA'd it, you may need to do the same thing, sorry man...
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Hey man, that sounds a lot like what happened to mine. I was able to turn it on and set it up but then I fully charged it and rebooted..it never came back. The LED was green, I tried all the button combos etc...wouldn't even be recognized by my PC.
I've RMA'd it, you may need to do the same thing, sorry man...
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Hey, thank for the reply...
I'm going to try to plug it to the PC and see if I can get something from it.
I was also thinking about trying to drain the battery (as some other have done when the update came), but I dont see any decent way to do it...
The screen does not shows anything (so no battery drain in there), I dont see any other decent way to drain the battery but to burn my finger pressing the power button causing the the thing to vibrate and somehow drain the battery little by little... But I dont know how much is going to take to achieve it ... I'll probably lose my finger first.
Make sure you try holding the power button down for a long time. I had a similar reoccurring issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427461
Try holding it down, there will be a buzz but don't stop holding it down until you see the boot logo. It can take holding it down a while. I kept thinking it was broken, but was just letting up too soon after the buzz.
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Make sure you try holding the power button down for a long time. I had a similar reoccurring issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427461
Try holding it down, there will be a buzz but don't stop holding it down until you see the boot logo. It can take holding it down a while. I kept thinking it was broken, but was just letting up too soon after the buzz.
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I holded the power button, for about 2 min, and still I got nothing, I think this is going to end up as a return/refund
I'm so sad
Doesn't sound promising
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I holded the power button, for about 2 min, and still I got nothing, I think this is going to end up as a return/refund
I'm so sad
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Sorry man, after the huge wait we all had and the expectation, I have seen too many of these for comfort. I am no Apple lover, but somehow I can't imagine this kind of thing happening with iPads. Sure the occasional one in a thousand, but this is at least the 5th or 6th DOA I have read about. Seems that QC takes a back seat when demand is high: What? Those won't turn on? Throw them in a box, we need to get as many as we can out to Best Buy, they oversold the pre-orders. Let the poor guy RMA it!"
I was seriously afraid mine would be one of these, especially after they shipped it ground instead of the overnight I paid for. I guess I was a LITTLE more lucky, but no cigar either. I got one with no GPS functionality at all. Cannot even SEE, nevermind lock on any satellites both pre and post 8.3.33 update. Sigh. A "Premium Tablet" with horrible build and QC"
I hope you get a working replacement quickly. The guy who had an amber LED I knew would boot. Yours sounds like its running with no display like a few others I have seen. On guy had it drop 2 feet from on top of a pile of towels to a carpeted floor and his went into the same state. I think perhaps the video ribbon cable is easy to dislodge. Who knows... Get a new one, and give them hell to get it to you fast.
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Just got my prime in the mail yesterday from best buy and I had the same problem. Wouldn't turn on right away so I charged it the full 8 hours and it still won't turn on at all...regardless of how long I hold down the power button. It only ever vibrates.
Called Asus tech support and he had me hold the power button for 8 seconds, let off power button, then hold down again until it turned on...but it never did. They want me to send the tablet in for repairs. That could take weeks. Best Buy won't do anything as they are backordered.
Many others have had this problem on androidforums.com. Asus really needs to address this
I found a couple posts about this but people seemed to just return or RMA it. Thought maybe my experience might help others and was curious if anyone else has this problem.
A few times I have picked up the Prime and hit the power button and the display would not come on. If I plugged it in I would see the green light on the power button come on and go off when unplugged. It appeared to still be attached to the WIFI. If I held the button down it would buzz, but nothing else.
I found out that if I held the button down, waited for it to buzz then continued to hold it down for another 30 secs or so (seems like it takes forever) the Prime would then reboot and I would get the Eee Pad boot screen.
I have been storing my Prime in the box to keep it clear of kids and cats until I get a case. My wife ended up picking up this cheap case from Walmart which used rubber bands around the corners, and this triggered the problem by holding down the volume up button. I have not been able to reliably reproduce it, but it seems like holding down the volume button (or combo of power and volume button) puts the device in some diagnostic mode or something that shuts off the screen.
The natural tendency to release the power button immediately after the buzz while trying to reset made the device seem like it was broken. Luckily I figured out how to start it back up so I did not return it or RMA; however I wonder how many others experienced this problem.
This appears to be a software problem and not a hardware issue. I have not had this happen since I started being cautious about the volume buttons, but have not tried to reproduce on the last firmware update.
I have had no other issues with the Prime. It runs great, WIFI works for me and I could care less about the GPS issue. However, this display thing has scared me a handful of times until I figure out how to reset it.
Anyone else have this kind of issue? I was going to wait for ICS and then see if I could reproduce it before calling ASUS, but it has not been crippling especially once I figured out that when all else failed just hold down the power button until the screen came back on.
I've had this problem as well, three or four times so far. Actually, it happened to me on the first full day I had mine, and was really freaking me out. I've been using the pinhole reboot button to get it working, but it sounds like you were more patient with the power button than I was.
I can't replicate it either, exactly, but I've noticed that it's only happened after extended periods (6+ hours) of inactivity without charging. I also looked at my battery usage last night, and saw that my device constantly is awake; maybe somethint's happening when it tries to sleep?
Anyway, I feel the same way you do - I'm waiting for it to happen on 4.0(.3?) before I really worry.
I've had this happen twice. held down the power button to reboot. I can't reproduce it either, but I don't have any problem with the device sleeping. I'm at 50 hours of uptime now (15 on current charge) and have not run into it. Mildly glad to see its not just me though.
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Only once tonight. Scared me until I saw the boot screen. Interesting since it has been rock solid until this. No other problems just didn't turn on. Glad to be back working.
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never had that issue...have used it quite a lot in many different situations
This morning it didn't wake up. I got it to turn on by holding get down the power and volume down button. Hopefully it doesn't happen again.
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happened to me tonight freaked me out for a while - had to use the reset pin hole
I've had the same exact problem andthe funny thing is I also have a case from Walmart with the rubber bands. Is yours the case logic? Since reading this post, I've removed the upper left band. I wish my case would ship already!
guys if you're familiar with transformer 1 and hacking\custom ROM tegra devices power + vol up = apx mode kind of download mode blank screen, nothing wrong with the device just working like it should. now just a blank screen with sound when u plug in could be defective screen has happened to me
Awesome to know this is expected behavior.
I didn't have the original transformer, and googling has just led me to people who can/can't get into the mode, so I'll ask here: what exactly is apx mode? I get what it's for, sort of, but what is it?
also happened to me while it was in a case. maybe the power button was pressed too long or something...
this happened to me yesterday, except the screen is still off....tried everything mentioned and it wouldnt turn back on, its fully charged...i get no buuz sound or anything...
LOL, I was just searching for a thread like this.
Mine has been working flawless for the last 4 days. This morning, would not turn on. I tried every combo and button push I could think of.
No LED charging lights, nada.
I finally reverted to the paper clip in the reset hole. Booted right up.
Don't know what the issue is.
reset button wont even work for me...
Yes It happend to me yesterday twice... i think if we leave it for an extended period without out charge , the screen is getting locked somehow... both the times i have held the power button till the buzz.. then it rebooted....
Same behavior here, was fully charged in the Morning, and plugged in, when i got home Both LED's (Dock and Tab) were green but the Screen won't turn on, pressing the Power button for 10sec rebooted the device, maybe some kind of power saving feature... hopefully it will be fixed with ICS
Okay, rockstatus90's problem seems different, but the rest of us, pceasar explained that we're likely entering APX mode, right? It's designed behavior? Now I just want to know what APX mode is, and if there's an easier way to exit than rebooting.
Happened twice for me so far.
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Okay, rockstatus90's problem seems different, but the rest of us, pceasar explained that we're likely entering APX mode, right? It's designed behavior? Now I just want to know what APX mode is, and if there's an easier way to exit than rebooting.
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Yes this is normal. Although most other Android devices seemed to give some sort of on screen message.
It is mentioned here as a process of rooting the original TF:
http://eeepadhacks.net/transformer-hacks/how-to-root-your-eeepad-transformer/
Basically, this is a mode that outputs to your PC and is supposed to blank your screen. You are supposed to reboot afterwards, so there is no other way out.
I have not had the problem since being sensitive about pushing volume+ and power at the same time.
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reset button wont even work for me...
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Unfortunately it looks like return or rma is your solution. I would try to call Asus and see if they can troubleshoot it. Best case they can reset it for; worse case its dead.
Really wish you could pull the battery. Thats the sure fire reboot.
I've had this thing for a good month or two and its ran like a champ. Never had issues really. Never Rooted, its basically stock and its been nothing but great to me.
This brings me to this evening. I decided to record my 2 year old dance and really havnt used the camcorder before. Gave it a go, recorded him, and as soon as I hit the STOP button on the camcorder, the tablet basically froze on me. Couldn't do **** for whatever reason.
So I figured ok, I'll shutdown by holding the power button. As soon as I fired it back up, I get a Encryption Unsuccessful message. It basically tells me my data is corrupt, can't be restored unless I do a factory reset. It gives me a button to reset and I push it.
It basically reboots and comes back to the same dam screen. I have no idea what the hell to do. I'm so screwed....
press and hold volume down and power. When the tablet reboots, keep holding both buttons until you see writing in upper left corner of boot screen, let go of buttons. Now press volume down and it should bring you to a menu with some options. Press volume down( I believe) to select factory reset/wipe date, then press volume up to select it.
If this doesn't work, and your boot loader is still locked, try to manually update the tablet(put factory Asus update on external SD). If that don't work, you may be screwed.
Its fixable with an unlocked boot loader.
I can try to help you. But first, lets document some things.
Where you on the latest version of ICS? (.15)
What were you doing when this happened: Already stated that
Do you have an SD card in your Prime:
Also, let's accept right now your data is lost, and is most likely not recoverable. Basically, this screwed up the /data and /sdcard folder. If you RMA the Prime, you will most likely get a new device, as it is not bricked, but beyond software fixing it. Someone please tell me I'm wrong, but I have gotten this before, I had no way of recovering, and had to get a new Galaxy Nexus.
But try these steps:
Turn the Prime off. Hold down both the Power and Volume Down.
Once you see text in the top cornor of the screen, press volume down.
Select Factory Data Rest, and hit the Volume Up confirm the change.
Let me know if that works.
Good luck!
I was still on the .13 build. I dont have an SD card either. Like I said, this **** happened outta nowhere and I'm dumbfounded right now.
Please tell me I don't have to F'in factory reset and wipe? UGH!
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I was still on the .13 build. I dont have an SD card either. Like I said, this **** happened outta nowhere and I'm dumbfounded right now.
Please tell me I don't have to F'in factory reset and wipe? UGH!
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Try these steps for me
Turn the Prime off. Hold down both the Power and Volume Down.
Once you see text in the top cornor of the screen, press volume down.
Select Factory Data Rest, and hit the Volume Up confirm the change.
Let me know if that works.
Losing all your data right now, unfortunately, is the least of your worries. This is also something that needs to be reported to ASUS ASAP.
If you are getting to a screen, you are most definitely NOT bricked. If you see a light on, if you plug it on and the light comes on...you are not bricked.
Try the steps mentioned to get you into the menu where you manually select the options.
Good luck
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chugger93 said:
I was still on the .13 build. I dont have an SD card either. Like I said, this **** happened outta nowhere and I'm dumbfounded right now.
Please tell me I don't have to F'in factory reset and wipe? UGH!
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Oh yea, least of your worries for sure. Hopefully most of your important stuff syncs to the cloud or you have a recent backup. Resetting your personal settings, screens, etc will be a huge relief when/if you get it up and going.
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Please tell me I don't have to F'in factory reset and wipe? UGH!
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I know what you mean..lol hate having to set everything up again. but its needed though to bring back your tablet. once it gets back to normal I'd suggest updating to latest update .15. has most of old bugs fixed and more stable. plus you might get an updated camera firmware also.
good luck n post back how things went.
Well I would love to try all these steps guys, but now the F**cker wont turn on. Just vibrates. Tried plugging the charger in, same thing. Wont even turn on.... !
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Well I would love to try all these steps guys, but now the F**cker wont turn on. Just vibrates. Tried plugging the charger in, same thing. Wont even turn on.... !
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try plugging your prime up to t.v. through HDMI connection. see if prime might actually still be on but the screen is off. if you can see prime screen then if it lets you, try a factory reset that way by going into settings then backup/factory reset.
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try plugging your prime up to t.v. through HDMI connection. see if prime might actually still be on but the screen is off. if you can see prime screen then if it lets you, try a factory reset that way by going into settings then backup/factory reset.
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Well I wouldn't be able to go to settings and factory reset, because I can't get into ICS...we've established that. When I get home, I'll try my hdmi cable I guess.
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Well I wouldn't be able to go to settings and factory reset, because I can't get into ICS...we've established that. When I get home, I'll try my hdmi cable I guess.
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that was when your prime was on and you could see the screen. could be possible the reboots stopped but now the screen doesn't want to come on..worth a shot.
No matter what screen your prime is on, whether the prime is turned off or on, press and hold volume down and power. What does that do? Keep holding it until something happens.
Tried the HDMI cable, nothing came up either.
When I hold down volume and power, it vibrates after about 8-10 seconds. Then nothing. I havn't held it down much longer than that.
tried holding it down for a minute after that...still black screen.
How does a friggin tablet BRICK itself, STOCK? Please enlighten me!
Guess I'll leave it on the charger all night just for hells sake
I've seen this situation here before. your best bet might be to keep doing what you doing to make it vibrate and drain the battery somehow. once its dead or doesn't vibrate anymore, let it charge up till the led light is green at full capacity. then try cutting it on. that has worked for a few members who seemed tl have same issue as you.
The led light doesn't come on tho at all when plugged in. Should it? Or only when it's fully charged?
it should at least be on and be a red color to indicate it's charging. a green color to indicate its fully charged.
is it still vibrating when you attempt to put it in recovery mode? if not then the power might be drained already. sometimes when battery is really dead, indicator light will not cut on until it has a decent enough charge. like some people who received their prime couldn't get it to cut on even plugged up. their battery was that dead and needed to charge for a while before it finally cut on.
constantly rebooting tablet does drain battery. maybe you already drained it, especially if it no longer vibrates anymore.
Naw it still vibrates just no led indication whatsoever. Holding down the power button only makes it vibrate and that's it, no display. I coulda swore I had like 50 percent right before I used my camcorder...weird.
I'll let it sit on a charge for a bit and see what happens. If I get this fired up I need to decide on rmaing it or not. Argh.
Thanks for the help....and to all...
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Naw it still vibrates just no led indication whatsoever. Holding down the power button only makes it vibrate and that's it, no display. I coulda swore I had like 50 percent right before I used my camcorder...weird.
I'll let it sit on a charge for a bit and see what happens. If I get this fired up I need to decide on rmaing it or not. Argh.
Thanks for the help....and to all...
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no problem. it might be best just to RMA it anyways. so you won't have to deal with the risk of this happening again. plus chances are good they will send a replacement unit if they can't fix it. good luck!
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Naw it still vibrates just no led indication whatsoever. Holding down the power button only makes it vibrate and that's it, no display. I coulda swore I had like 50 percent right before I used my camcorder...weird.
I'll let it sit on a charge for a bit and see what happens. If I get this fired up I need to decide on rmaing it or not. Argh.
Thanks for the help....and to all...
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No big deal, you were just out of battery and your charger is not working. Put you charger in a freezer for 2 hours and recharge your ATP 2 hours with It. problem will be solved after that.
I'm having a problem. At first I thought I was just closing the "lid" too quickly and not watching it fully shut down like in windows sometimes things will crash and if you don't click on shut down again it'll just sit there waiting for you to ok the force close. But then I started to make sure it was fully off before closing the lid. Friday I shut it down dock and tablet fully charged. Today I open the lid and the thing has been on for a long time. The dock has been fully depleted and tablet at 52% meaning it turned back on not much longer after I shut it down.
Is anyone else having this problem? I don't have it to wake with keyboard thing. I can't figure out what's wrong. I'm not accidentally turning it back on either b/c that power button takes quite a lot of depressing to turn the unit on. The power button is also facing toward the top of my briefcase. My briefcase has no closing flap either.
Sorry for posting it in general. I was browsing both the QA forum and this one to see if anyone posted.. apparently hit the make new thread button in general instead of QA. If a mod can move it instead of deleting I would appreciate it!!
I think this answers your question.
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I've found if I shut it down before I close the lid and give it a few seconds after it vibrates to say that its shut down. Then close the lid it stays shut off after that
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Sorry it doesn't. I mentioned that I made sure it was shut down before I closed the lid I watch it shut down, vibrate, leave the lid open while I pack the rest of my stuff up. Then I tap on the keyboard/swipe my finger across the touchpad and it's still not responding then I close the lid. I've even tried pressing the power button quickly enough that if it were on it would immediately light back up but nothing happens. I don't press it long enough to make it boot back up. I watch it for a few seconds after that too before storing it. I really thought I solved it too last week when I would try all that and watch it turn off but I was so surprised to open the lid on Sunday and see its been draining all weekend.
It works for me if I wait at least 10 sec after it vibrates.
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This has what i've been doing to stop it restarting and its been fine. Maybe you've got an app or something starting it back up?
geon106 said:
This has what i've been doing to stop it restarting and its been fine. Maybe you've got an app or something starting it back up?
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Nothing special. I had the same question as you. I applied as suggested and it worked. Nothing more I can say.
Sorry
Since this happens when you have the dock connected, did you try changing this setting:
Settings > Asus customized settings > Battery Saving > "Disable wake-up function on keyboard when the tablet is asleep to save more power."
Check this box and then turn your tablet off and see if it restarts itself. There might be a stuck key on the keyboard that is registering as a key press which could be turning your tablet back on.
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Since this happens when you have the dock connected, did you try changing this setting:
Settings > Asus customized settings > Battery Saving > "Disable wake-up function on keyboard when the tablet is asleep to save more power."
Check this box and then turn your tablet off and see if it restarts itself. There might be a stuck key on the keyboard that is registering as a key press which could be turning your tablet back on.
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It is checked.. maybe I'll try unchecking it lol
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Since this happens when you have the dock connected ...
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I talked about how to do when disconnected. Would you give a try ?
About when it is connected, I don't understand the point. Who cares if it is really turne off or not ? It charges anyway. No ?
Laurentwb said:
I talked about how to do when disconnected. Would you give a try ?
About when it is connected, I don't understand the point. Who cares if it is really turne off or not ? It charges anyway. No ?
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If the tablet is connected to the dock and is left on and unused, it will still drain the battery on the tablet and the dock. The longer it is left on and unused the more battery will be drained. If you completely deplete your batteries in such a manner and leave them depleted long enough you will destroy the cells and they won't be able to hold a charge.
Also, the tablet should complete the shutdown process even if you close the lid before it finishes shutting off. That is the way that it works on my tablet. Even with the lid closed, my Prime completes the shut down process, vibrates once and then it is off. When I open it back up later, I have to press the on-button for the device to restart. There shouldn't be any waiting period necessary.
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Misera said:
It is checked.. maybe I'll try unchecking it lol
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If it doesn't work you might wanna do a hard reset on your tablet. This sounds like a software issue and hard resets are usually pretty good at resolving small software issues like this one.
Just back up your date first.
Mine works fine. Cut it off, waited a few seconds, and closed it for half an hour. Had to cut it back on when I opened it up.
I still have the issue on some boots where it'll never enter Deep Sleep, so my dock will get eaten before I notice it, but nothing like this.
I'm having the same issue, turns back on
Not the same as the OP but I've noticed that if I power off my Prime and then plug it into the wall charger it turns on and boots back into ICS. At first I thought that I had hit the power button with the hand that I was holding the tablet with when I plugged in the cord to the socket on the bottom of the tablet but I was careful doing it subsequent times and it happens every time.
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dejrfan said:
Not the same as the OP but I've noticed that if I power off my Prime and then plug it into the wall charger it turns on and boots back into ICS. At first I thought that I had hit the power button with the hand that I was holding the tablet with when I plugged in the cord to the socket on the bottom of the tablet but I was careful doing it subsequent times and it happens every time.
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Mine does that too but I think its supposed to depending on the manufacturer? My bf's galaxy nexus phone and his old Droid did that too. My evo stays off though. It makes me feel like I'm saving the battery from discharge recharging as much if I can keep it off. But at least it will turn off if you leave it plugged in when you shut down. The Droid didn't seem to let you do.. kept wanting to be on anytime it was plugged in.
Thanks almighty! I'll try the reset... Time to back it up!
My Nexus S phone, if powered off first, stays off when plugged into AC. The Prime is my first Android device that exhibited this behavior... Had a Motorola phone before the Nexus S that would stay off when charging as well. Seemed weird to me when it first happened...
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Brand new s3.
power button doesn't seem to work. Anyone else?
not a known issue, take it back.
You realise you need to hold the POWER button down for a length of time?
Same problem. I haven't installed any apps or anything not either previously installed on another phone or tablet. Button isn't stuck, just totally unresponsive. Guess a trip to best buy is in my future
Add me to the list. My power button stopped working a few days ago.
I thought mine had died until I realised the batter had gone flat but I'm quite sure that's not the issue here.
Yea happened to me too. Maybe some water spilled. If not you have been abusing the power button. Better get a sleep wake cover like a finite and don't let the battery die. Power button issues went away after a few hours. Trick is to keep insisting the tab that power button still works don't give up.
Also press it in centre don't go wayward while pressing.
If you got issue with power button and got warranty get it changed for a replacement device... DO NOT GO FOR REPAIR SAME DEVICE.
Also if you connect charger and remove and connect trick is to learn how it works tab s3 should turn on without power button required. Just make sure you got that fingerprint unlock also keep screen timeout less if u don't have auto sleepwake cover