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From: Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>
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Subject: Re: Switching off a Samsung phone
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:39:47 +0200
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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.  <https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/my-galaxy-smartphone-has-frozen-how-do-i-restart-it/>
>
>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.  <https://www.asurion.com/connect/tech-tips/samsung-galaxy-touch-screen-not-working/>
>
>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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!





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