Re: Switching off a Samsung phone

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

Three days ago my Samsung phone froze, and yould not respond to any
input from the touch screen.
 
In the past when such a thing has happened I've found that it can be
cured by taking out the battery and rebooting.
 
But with this particular Samsung model one cannot remove the battery
without special tools.
 
Would it have the same effect if I wait a few days for the battery to
go flat, and then try to charge it and restart it?
 
Has anyone else foudn a way to switch off and restart a phone when the
touch screen doesn't respond and you can't remove the battery?

  Others already posted the volume-down+power buttons method to force a
reboot.

  As to the freeze/hang/crash/<whatever>: If that keeps reoccuring,
check in the Play Store app if Facebook has been recently updated, i.e.
in the last few days or so.

  If so, and if you (like me) don't need/use Facebook, then uninstall
it. You probably can not completely uninstall it, but you can uninstall
updates (three-dot icon in the App info screen) and Disable it. You may
also have to do the same for some Meta related apps, but start with
Facebook. Come back to me (here) if your problem indeed seems Facebook
related, but it has not been completely resolved, i.e. the phone still
crashes or/and reboots.