Tab 2 10.1 won't stay off

[Peter Wilson4]

I have also tried an update my problem is that most apps only want to respond when my internet is connected and some touch is not resognised in my browser neeed urgent help!!!!

But also my tab shuts down only when i use restart instead of shutdown.

Check and see this tab is back to front everything is in the opposite place of the last version

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[Dave Simpson1]

i had the same problem. what worked for me was pluging it in with the charger and hold the power button untill it shuts off. hop this will work for you

 

[mugenlude19]

I just did a factory reset last week and it still cycles. I tried while plugged in to no avail!
Our tablets can have flash which rock the socks off of any Apple product!

I sell for vzw and showing off free live sports streams on first row make mactards drool.
I had customers watch UFC ppv live and All NFL, NBA, MLB streams. Apple sucks!

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[jrc2]

I have a P5113 and did not have this problem with the 4.2.2 update. I downloaded it though Kies and installed it that way since the OTA failed. I have since rooted it and installed CM 10.2 (Android 4.3) on it. I will post instructions on how to root and install 4.3 WITH TABLET UI!

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[SeanPenn]

My Tab2 started seeing these automatic reboots a couple months ago. I accidentally ran into a workaround which may have worked 80-100% of the time. I played a movie from the mini sd card (I think mp4 file) for a minute or so and without exiting the movie I hit the power button and selected ok. It worked for me almost every time. The only time it probably did not work is when I played a video from the tablet and not from the external card. Can you guys please try this and see if it works?

 

[curio212121]

Samsung! Do they really think they are fooling anyone by denying that this 4.2.2 update is bogus! I just rooted my Galaxy Tab2, and if I can't find
a fix I will reinstall either the older Android version, or perhaps CyanogenMod. BTW I will never buy another Samsung product unless they stop
INSULTING their customers and fix the problem THEY created with THEIR automatic update! What assholes!

 

[skipandkim]

Ever since I updated my notebook three days ago it wont stay off. It shuts down then automatically turns back on two minutes later..

 

[arc2013]

Same problem Samsung response "we understand you cannot turn your tablet on" after I told them the table would not power down......I rest my case.....

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[BinSKy]

I am so frustrated right now. My tab just updated a couple of weeks ago and now I'm having these same problems. Used online chat for customer support and he sent me the link to request service. Today, after spending all morning searching for my receipt to get my purchase date, I filled out the request and it said that since I am out of warranty I would have to pay all costs for repair. I am a senior citizen who has purchased a lot of Samsung products over all these years, but if this is how they treat their customers then I'll never buy their products again. They should have pulled this update as soon as they became aware that there was a problem with it instead of letting more and more people fall victim. Thank goodness my husband is willing to share his Kindle with me because I will not pay them to fix their problem. I loved my tablet before this update. Why can't they just send you the old version like they do the updates?

 

[jrseydev1]

You can turn the ipad off. (enough said)

 

[redtater]

I have talked to a couple of "Samsung" people who say they are aware of the problem and a "Fix" is on the way...I have been dealing with this for just over 3 months now and still nothing but talk from Samsung. Very frustrating......Really don't think a Samsung product will be bought by my family this Christmas season.
On a side note I used to be able to eventually get the device to shut off while it was connected to the charger, but that doesn't even work any more......

 

[MarkHirt]

What still works for me....
Turn off (it reboots), then the lock screen shows turn off again.
Works every time

 

[mrip]

I have been having the same issue until about 10 minutes ago tried it twice and the unit shut down. Click on the WiFi in the settings in the upper right hand corner is a drop down menu click on advanced settings check the box that says WiFi stays on even when sleeping to never.

 

[MarkHirt]

I fixed the problem by installing CM 10.1, works like a charm now

 

[Mark Kreutsberg]

I have been having the same issue until about 10 minutes ago tried it twice and the unit shut down. Click on the WiFi in the settings in the upper right hand corner is a drop down menu click on advanced settings check the box that says WiFi stays on even when sleeping to never.

That didn't work for me.

I've also recently run into an issue where I cannot turn on my wireless at all. So, now not only can I NOT power down my tab but I can't get wireless. Wow. I've got a really friggin expensive door stop now.

 

[mrip]

Try doing a cache wipe 3? then turn on the unit, in the drop down menu turn off everything then restart turning on one by one and restarting after each choice is made.

 

[Ben Vallefuoco]

Found this on another forum and it seems to be working for me...
If you have an SD card inserted, remove it. (I removed it while my tablet was in sleep mode)
Then try shutting your tablet down - either from the lock screen or from the active home screen. Your tablet should shut down completely - mine did. Then power it back on without the SD card and shut it off again. I cycled it on/off several times and it stayed off each time. I then re-inserted the SD card while it was shut off, re-started, then tried turning it off again. It's worked every time (so far).

 

[BinSKy]

Found this on another forum and it seems to be working for me...
If you have an SD card inserted, remove it. (I removed it while my tablet was in sleep mode)
Then try shutting your tablet down - either from the lock screen or from the active home screen. Your tablet should shut down completely - mine did. Then power it back on without the SD card and shut it off again. I cycled it on/off several times and it stayed off each time. I then re-inserted the SD card while it was shut off, re-started, then tried turning it off again. It's worked every time (so far).

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for posting this. I have tried everything everyone has suggested that was technically within my grasp and nothing made any difference..........Till Now! I did exactly what you said and it's shutting off fine now with ONE shut down. I am still not happy with this update in general, but I am thrilled it is now shutting off properly. Thank you so much Ben Vallefuoco.


UPDATE: This worked great for about one day. By the next evening it began restarting itself again. I took the sd card out, did a couple of cycles of shuts downs till I got it to stay off with the firt try again, and this time I left the sd card out. By the next day it was back to restarting itself again. I've got an update notification from samsung, but I'm afraid to even try. I think I'm going to just try to build up enough courage to try to downgrade.

 

[Rick Stotts]

I turned off my hp printer driver and mine stays off now

 

[Camilo]

Found this on another forum and it seems to be working for me...
If you have an SD card inserted, remove it. (I removed it while my tablet was in sleep mode)
Then try shutting your tablet down - either from the lock screen or from the active home screen. Your tablet should shut down completely - mine did. Then power it back on without the SD card and shut it off again. I cycled it on/off several times and it stayed off each time. I then re-inserted the SD card while it was shut off, re-started, then tried turning it off again. It's worked every time (so far).

Thanks for the pointer, but ... I tried this last night (removed SD card, and followed your workaround) and it didn't work. 8-( Still re-starts. So far, I've tried every fix mentioned in this thread and some of them work once or twice or even sporadically, many of them no effect, no permanent "fix" for my tablet yet.

My vent aimed at Samsung: This is just a travesty of a defect by Samsung and an insult to all of their customers that these sort of work arounds have to be discovered.