Out of the Blue

I was annoyed at my phone this morning when the alarm didn't go off. This annoyance grew when I realized that the phone was refusing to power up, and is now a brick. There is no identifiable reason for this as it has not suffered any problems, trauma, or a recent OS upgrade, so this is apparently just one of those random things. This is an iPhone (I've already taken abuse for this, so lay off), and for some reason I ended up with third-party insurance, rather than AppleCare, so now I have to worry that getting it fixed or replaced will be a hassle. Fingers crossed that this won't be more of a headache than necessary.

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Blue wrote on May 12, 2015, 09:42:
Quinn wrote on May 12, 2015, 09:34:
Hold the power button + home button for a couple of seconds. No result? Keep trying for a few times. Worked like a charm for my father last week, same issue.

Thank you *very* much. I could kiss you.

That was the only version of pressing and holding various buttons I failed to try. Phone came back like a champ, and only had 28% battery remaining (it never gets that low how I use it), but it seems none the worse for wear.

This is awesome! This is how a super popular website author gets his tech support. "So, hypothetical, but highly urgent issue... Has anyone heard of something called CryptoLocker?" {Hordes of Blue fans yelling to turn off your computer}

On a similar note, I had the exact same thing happen to my Surface Pro. I was in the middle of using it and it hard powered off. It was plugged in and battery at full. Nothing I was doing fixed anything. The fix was to press and hold the volume down button and the power button for THIRTY SECONDS! I thought the article was hooey, because I tried that combo for the usual 3-5 seconds. But sure enough - 30 seconds later, it comes back online. The BIOS clock was reset, so it must have been some sort of equivalent to removing your BIOS battery on a desktop.
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