Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Hayes Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Switching off a Samsung phone Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:39:47 +0200 Organization: Khanya Publications Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: hayesstw@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 06:36:33 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1fd129bd0f15ba583fefd023e50edf65"; logging-data="4084768"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18eYzqoeSh5fJef+8rfZxDE+JD0cqh90Co=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:QEMretsRvVX/ggAhYFviHwA8ghU= X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 Bytes: 3401 On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:08:10 +1300, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote: >On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:18:23 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: > >> Three days ago my Samsung phone froze, and yould not respond to any >> input from the touch screen. >> >> In the past when such a thing has happened I've found that it can be >> cured by taking out the battery and rebooting. >> >> But with this particular Samsung model one cannot remove the battery >> without special tools. >> >> Would it have the same effect if I wait a few days for the battery to >> go flat, and then try to charge it and restart it? >> >> Has anyone else foudn a way to switch off and restart a phone when the >> touch screen doesn't respond and you can't remove the battery? > > >Mr. Google says to try these: > >1. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Samsung phone frozen - how to soft reset or hard reboot > > If your device is frozen and unresponsive, press and hold the > Power button and the Volume down button down simultaneously for > more than 7 seconds to restart it. When your phone resets, you > will feel it vibrate. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >2. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Restart your Samsung Galaxy > > It almost sounds too simple, but restarting your Samsung Galaxy > can sometimes fix your touch screen by clearing out what's > causing the issue. Here's how to do it: > 1. With your phone on, press and hold the Power button and > Volume Down button for 10+ seconds. On Samsung phones > without a dedicated Power key, press and hold the Volume > Down key and Side key for 10+ seconds. > 2. Hold until the Samsung Galaxy logo appears. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUOTE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Thanks very much, will try that! -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk