Long press in the power button doesn't do it.
Keep pressing power button with Bixby button AND volume down. Release all when phone goes black unless you want to enter download mode.
You only need to press and hold the Power button and Volume down buttons together(you don't need to press the Bixby button at this point) till the screen goes blank, then let go. When the next screen come up, then use the Bixby button to select Restart normally(which should be already selexted).
The only time you use bixby is to go into recovery or Download mode if download still exists
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Hello, according to Sprint customer service, my Photon apparently came shipped associated with my Sprint Airrave. It will not activate now. The Sprint rep says that we need to do a hard reset, however, we can't do it without getting past the initial activation screen, and I can't get past that screen because it is associated with the airrave. A vicious circle.
Does anyone know how to do a hard reset without being in the phone software. Is there a combination of buttons to press?
I'd love to get this phone activated tonight as it will be an inconvenience to try to get to a sprint store.
Thanks!
Dan
UPDATE: Answer available here: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/69069/kw/reset/p/30,6720,8063
Perform a factory reset using external keys
Note: It is highly recommended you use the above factory reset using the settings. Making a mistake using the factory reset using external key method could have very bad consequences.
If you are unable to navigate through the menu to perform a factory data reset, you can follow the steps outlined below:
Power off the phone, press and hold volume down button, press power button
Screen will come up with "Fastboot", press Vol down key to cycle through choices until you get "Android Recovery", then press Vol up key
Wait for the "triangle ! / Android" screen then go on to step 4
Press both Vol up and Vol down key simultaneously. A menu will come up
Tap on Vol down key until "wipe data/factory reset" is highlighted, and tap Power key. Another Confirmation screen will come. Tap on Vol down key until coming to Yes and tap Power key
After userdata is cleared, the "reboot system now" option will be highlighted by Default. Tap Power key
Phone will reboot to initial setup screen.
Power down
Hold volume down and power until you see fastboot
Press volume down until you see Android Recovery
Press volume up
When the triangle pops up hold volume down and press power(took me about a minute of pressing for a response)
A menu will pop up, scroll down with volume to factory reset and push the power button
Reboot and you should be good to go
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Thank you for your response!
I got as far as the triangle, but no further. I've tried twice, but will keep trying. Let me know if you have other ideas.
Thanks!
Dan
Just to confirm, at the triangle I hold volume down and press power.
Does this mean press and hold power or press the power button repeatedly? I've tried both for more than a minute (maybe more than two). Perhaps I'll try for longer.
UPDATE:
I seem to have gotten it to work by pressing both the up and down volume buttons at the same time from the screen with the triangle.
Thanks for your help!
Dan1922 said:
UPDATE:
I seem to have gotten it to work by pressing both the up and down volume buttons at the same time from the screen with the triangle.
Thanks for your help!
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That would explain why I was having problems. Thanks. Thanks for updating the op too so other people can see.
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Hello All,
This thread is for GIO users and this contains all secret keys for GIO.
1. Recovery Menu
Shutdown GIO and hold Center(Home) button and hold Power Key.
2. RAM Dump Mode
Shutdown GIO and hold Vol Up button and HOME button and Power Key.
3. Downloading Mode
Shutdown Gio and hold Vol Down and HOME button and Power Key.
4. Kernel
Shutdown Gio and hold Vol UP&Down both keys and HOME button and Power Key.
5. Taking Screen Shot (no shutdown required)
Hold Center(Home) button and fastly click Power Key.
Note: If you hold HOME button for long time and press Power Key it will take screenshot of Recent Apps screen.​
Why did you place this in Q&A? Also, you could at least use a more legible font.
thanks a lot man
very useful information
thank you bro
Hello all!!!
Is there a way to close apps with power button? I want to go to the start screen when I press the power button and unlock my phone, not back again to the app. Something like home button.
Hello all... long time XDA user, not enough time poster... Ok I had the (now to me) infamous power button issue this past weekend. I was able to get my phone going after beating the bejeezus out of it. With that said, I figured I would keep to using the power button to a minimal dosage. What I have is the following- S4 rooted, with ES File explorer installed with the root option enabled, quick boot, wanam, and mylock. The easiest stuff- I set a quick boot widget for power off and one for reboot (so no power buttons for that), I use mylock for locking the phone, wanam- added screenshot to power menu (among other mods that don't pertain to this), and home button for turning phone on (or Volume button- details coming).
I am going to attach a couple of screenshots too...
With ES File Explorer (going for forward, will be labeled ES) go to Device level / scroll down to system, go to usr, and then keylayout, in there go to Generic.kl. Once in there, scroll down to Key 116. Tap the little pencil in the upper screen of ES. Copy the contents of Key 116 - POWER WAKE (I recommend copying so you have all the spaces needed), delete out the key 114 option (I chose Volume Down) and paste that in there. Now you can leave both at POWER WAKE, or you can change 116 to the VOLUME_DOWN if you want to use the power button to turn down the audio. If you blank it out or add other characters it seems to kill the back button and menu button- SO I RECOMMEND TO HAVE SOMETHING THERE. OK good... so moving on-
Hit the back button and click to save the file.
Next-
in the same level as the Generic file, go to gpio-keys.kl).. Scroll down to Key 114 and replace the VOLUME_DOWN with the POWER WAKE that you should still have on your clipboard. Hit the back button and save text.
Final, you will have to reboot your phone in order for the changes to take effect.
Going forward, if you chose to use the power button for volume down, you will no longer be able able to use the power button while the phone is on for power purposes... it will be a volume down button now. Your volume down button will act like the power, so you can bring up the power menu for shut down/screenshots/etc.
To turn the phone one (if it is off), you have a few options... if the power button still works it will power the phone on (it doesn't matter that you have made this mod, it will not allow the volume down to turn a phone on from power off. If the button is shot shot, you can use the micro usb trick to turn it on ( hold down volume down and power, plug it in, then when download comes on put volume down to restart). Or you can use a jig...
Anyway, I hope this helps someone out. Thank you for checking this out.
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Turn off your ChromeBook.
Holding Esc + Refresh (F3) buttons while pressing Power button. Then release Power Button.
Your screen will display Recovery screen. Here, press Ctrl+D to turn on Developer mode. Then wait for couple of minutes.
It will reset all data though