Woke up to a dead phone

peregrina2000 · May 20, 2017

my phone had been charging in the wall of our Casa rural. This morning I woke up and nothing works. It had very little juice in when I plugged it in last night. The docket works.

Any ideas?

We will be in Pamplona in three days so I will get help then but maybe there is someone with a magical idea.

Thanks from the sad one of the Baztan five.

HighlandsHiker · May 20, 2017

peregrina2000 said:
my phone had been charging in the wall of our Casa rural. This morning I woke up and nothing works. It had very little juice in when I plugged it in last night. The docket works.

Any ideas?

We will be in Pamplona in three days so I will get help then but maybe there is someone with a magical idea.

Thanks from the sad one of the Baztan five.

Laurie, if it's an iPhone, you can try holding down the power on button at the top and at the same time hold down the round place where you push to revive your screen and go to your screen of icons (I don't know what it's called, but it's the main essential button on an iPHone) - for 15 seconds. That forces a reboot. What rotten luck! I hope you can get some help. The same thing happened to my phone about 10 days ago for the first time for no apparent reason. The reboot worked, and then it needed to be recharged.

NualaOC · May 20, 2017

Yes it's an iPhone. We will try this trick but Nuala says the problem may be that the battery is dead now so that won't work. But we will report back. Many thanks!

Buen camino from Laurie (signed in as Nuala)

peregrina2000 · May 20, 2017

Oh my goodness! It works!!! Thank you a million times over highlands hiker!!!

timr · May 20, 2017

NualaOC said:
Yes it's an iPhone. We will try this trick but Nuala says the problem may be that the battery is dead now so that won't work. But we will report back. Many thanks!

Buen camino from Laurie (signed in as Nuala)

You could give it a try with the adapter plugged in, and it should work, even with a flat battery I think.
I guess you have already tried using somebody else's charger, just to exclude that it is a charger problem?
I cannot get worried about your situation

- given the stalwart companions you have along with you!!!!
Although I know it is annoying and contact with home may be important.
Hoping it resolves....

timr · May 20, 2017

At the top of my screen, in the slightly truncated tabs on the browser, there is the icon of the forum and the words. "Woke up to a dead..." Given that you are in serial killer country, Laurie, it sounds like a very compelling chapter in your story!!

HighlandsHiker · May 20, 2017

peregrina2000 said:
Oh my goodness! It works!!! Thank you a million times over highlands hiker!!!

Delighted to help, Laurie. I only know that because the tech guy I took mine to (and then worried that it would die hiking in some remote place) taught me about doing the reboot. Mine is doing fine since, so I hope yours will be fine also. He said there's no real rhyme or reason to when it happens and to just reboot it. You're back in business then:0))!!

nathanael · May 20, 2017

never have that problem and am proud to say am one of a few rare individuals who does not have a cell on the Camino.

Coleen Clark · May 20, 2017

timr said:
At the top of my screen, in the slightly truncated tabs on the browser, there is the icon of the forum and the words. "Woke up to a dead..." Given that you are in serial killer country, Laurie, it sounds like a very compelling chapter in your story!!

Last week NPR had a funny segment on the one sentence that would instantly improve every book ever written. It was:
"And then the murders began."
Put it as the second sentence in any book you have read, and it will change the tone of the book.
Let's see....
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. And then the murders began.
Call me Ishmael. And then the murders began.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. And then the murders began.
In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul. And then the murders began.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And then the murders began.

timr · May 20, 2017

Coleen Clark said:
Last week NPR had a funny segment on the one sentence that would instantly improve every book ever written. It was:
"And then the murders began."
Put it as the second sentence in any book you have read, and it will change the tone of the book.
Let's see....
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. And then the murders began.
Call me Ishmael. And then the murders began.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. And then the murders began.
In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul. And then the murders began.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And then the murders began.

I love this....

RobS · May 20, 2017

Coleen Clark said:
Last week NPR had a funny segment on the one sentence that would instantly improve every book ever written. It was:
"And then the murders began."
Put it as the second sentence in any book you have read, and it will change the tone of the book.
Let's see....
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. And then the murders began.
Call me Ishmael. And then the murders began.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. And then the murders began.
In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul. And then the murders began.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And then the murders began.

LOL -- especially the last one!

freespirit · May 20, 2017

peregrina2000 said:
my phone had been charging in the wall of our Casa rural. This morning I woke up and nothing works. It had very little juice in when I plugged it in last night. The docket works.

Any ideas?

We will be in Pamplona in three days so I will get help then but maybe there is someone with a magical idea.

Thanks from the sad one of the Baztan five.

Look in any shops for a solar charger, it may help

Jeff Crawley · May 20, 2017

Coleen Clark said:
Last week NPR had a funny segment on the one sentence that would instantly improve every book ever written. It was:
"And then the murders began."
Put it as the second sentence in any book you have read, and it will change the tone of the book.
Let's see....
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. And then the murders began.
Call me Ishmael. And then the murders began.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. And then the murders began.
In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul. And then the murders began.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And then the murders began.

"IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

And then the murders began."

LOVE it! (and glad Peregrina2000 is back on line).

JMac TO · May 20, 2017

peregrina2000 said:
my phone had been charging in the wall of our Casa rural. This morning I woke up and nothing works. It had very little juice in when I plugged it in last night. The docket works.

Any ideas?

We will be in Pamplona in three days so I will get help then but maybe there is someone with a magical idea.

Thanks from the sad one of the Baztan five.

Hold down the home button and the power button together for at least 5 seconds. This resets the phone.

grayland · May 21, 2017

peregrina2000 said:
Oh my goodness! It works!!! Thank you a million times over highlands hiker!!!

Laurie posted above that the advice above by @HighlandsHiker worked for her.

Holding the "home" and "power" button for about 15 seconds worked.
An Apple icon normally appears and the phone resets.

Jeff Crawley · May 21, 2017

Coleen Clark said:
Last week NPR had a funny segment on the one sentence that would instantly improve every book ever written. It was:
"And then the murders began."
Put it as the second sentence in any book you have read, and it will change the tone of the book.
Let's see....
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. And then the murders began.
Call me Ishmael. And then the murders began.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. And then the murders began.
In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul. And then the murders began.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And then the murders began.

A contribution from my daughter:

"Where's Papa going with that axe?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. And then the murders began.

(Charlotte's Web)

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