How To Reboot a Frozen Epic

[ragnarokx]

I saw this over at XDA but I don't think I've see it here. If your phone locks/freezes up, instead of pulling the battery you can hold: up volume + camera + power buttons. Should work every time.

 

[androidtrain]

Just tried it to be sure; and thank you so much! I've been looking for a workaround to always having the pry the back plate off and (briefly) remove the battery. As "tough" as the phone is built, I felt that I would eventually snap some part of it if I did it too much!

Now why couldn't they just include that in the manual? It's not too much more complicated than resetting a frozen iPod (at least the first-generation Nano that I have).

 

[sndplace]

thank you been looking for a way to do this too .. haven't had my phone free on me , but with experience from the pre on rebooting i wanted to be ready.

 

[jngai]

Quick Soft Reset

I did a quick search and didn't this on the forums. Great if you already know it, but if you don't, this is how to perform a quick soft reset (a la the 3 finger salute like ctrl+alt+del in windows).

Power button + Camera Button + Volume Up button

Now I can stop breaking my cases (the notches wear out) to get to the battery to reset my phone.

 

[ragnarokx]

Thank you for the tip - I did post this a couple months ago however, so I've merged your thread with the existing one.

 

[rando991]

I did a quick search and didn't this on the forums. Great if you already know it, but if you don't, this is how to perform a quick soft reset (a la the 3 finger salute like ctrl+alt+del in windows).

Power button + Camera Button + Volume Up button

Now I can stop breaking my cases (the notches wear out) to get to the battery to reset my phone.

You probably already know this, but if your case is a Sprint case, it is warranteed for a year...already had both mine and my wife's cases replaced.

 

[Paul627g]

I saw this over at XDA but I don't think I've see it here. If your phone locks/freezes up, instead of pulling the battery you can hold: up volume + camera + power buttons. Should work every time.

Nice alternative to pulling the battery when you screw up flashing something the wrong way and lock er up! hahaha

 

[Skunkape60]

Very good info... I was having to pull the battery twice a day.

 

[Donmeister85]

Awesome. Glad this was brought up. Not very often i have to reset like that, but nice to know for the near future! Thanks!

Sent from my Epic 4G

 

[fareal]

Thanks for this one, definitely can use it.