My Tablet has been telling me it is downloading for 3 days now ! What can I do about this?

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My Tablet has been telling me it is downloading for 3 days now !

How do I get this to go away ? All it shows is my android little man with his belly open saying downloading , do not turn off target !! on the left side of the screen there is the start and device info but won't do anything or I can't do anything with it ! Does anyone know how to get this to go away ?

 

[itguyjax8430]

Re: My Tablet has been telling me it is downloading for 3 days now !

Seems like it is stuck, you might need to hold down the power until it turns off and try rebooting again.

 

[SpookDroid]

Re: My Tablet has been telling me it is downloading for 3 days now !

Might sound silly, but have you tried turning your device off by long-pressing the power button and then turning it back on?

 

[belodion]

Re: My Tablet has been telling me it is downloading for 3 days now !

^^^That doesn't sound silly.

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[SpookDroid]

Re: My Tablet has been telling me it is downloading for 3 days now !

When your device is warning you in bright yellow with a picture of a belly-flopped, internals-exposed Android on the floor that you must NOT turn off the target... it may sound silly to actually do so

 

[Rukbat]

Re: My Tablet has been telling me it is downloading for 3 days now !

It's warning you that if you're downloading something to it, you shouldn't turn it off. (Google needs some less geeky message writers, so the non-geeks can understand the messages. This one isn't the only one that leaves most people scratching their heads.)

 

[SpookDroid]

Re: My Tablet has been telling me it is downloading for 3 days now !

Yup, that's why that message is so scary, because it's not actually well redacted. It should only appear if you're actively downloading stuff IMHO