kashif 350 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Hi Gurus Just want to get technical opinion about a silly question. Does shutting down pro1 using powere button several times a day can cause any damage or any issue in the long run? thanks for your help 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netman 1,424 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Naw that is fine to do, why would you though? 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,988 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 hours ago, netman said: Naw that is fine to do, why would you though? I think he speaks about long-pressing the power button which will do a hardware poweroff and not a software one. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netman 1,424 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 hours ago, VaZso said: I think he speaks about long-pressing the power button which will do a hardware poweroff and not a software one. Eek, hadn't considered that, that could be harmful to userdata/sd integrity i guess. Also it could cause trouble during updates, although a/b system should make it so nothing bad happens. In short: if you mean shutdown by longpressing power rather than from menu there is a chance you could lose files from userdata or on sd card (especially fat32/exfat formatted sd), hardware would be fine though. You can decide for yourself if that is a risk worth taking in the situation. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silversolver 849 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 hours ago, netman said: Eek, hadn't considered that, that could be harmful to userdata/sd integrity i guess. Also it could cause trouble during updates, although a/b system should make it so nothing bad happens. In short: if you mean shutdown by longpressing power rather than from menu there is a chance you could lose files from userdata or on sd card (especially fat32/exfat formatted sd), hardware would be fine though. You can decide for yourself if that is a risk worth taking in the situation. I still can't understand why anyone would do it unless they were having a problem though. I've only done it a few times ever on all the devices I've owned. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kashif 350 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 Thanks Guys and netman How do you shut down from the menu though? i cant find any shutdown option 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VaZso 1,988 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 39 minutes ago, kashif said: How do you shut down from the menu though? When the phone is unlocked and press power button for a few seconds, a menu appears where there is a shutdown option. Isn't it good for you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kashif 350 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 yeh thats the only way i know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silversolver 849 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 hours ago, kashif said: yeh thats the only way i know That option should be harmless. If you hold it longer, the board will drop power immediately (some devices require an additional keypress to trigger this behavior, such as volume down) akin to unplugging the power from a device with no battery. This is the dangerous one that was being described earlier. What you're doing is the usual way. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netman 1,424 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 3 hours ago, VaZso said: When the phone is unlocked and press power button for a few seconds, a menu appears where there is a shutdown option. Isn't it good for you? For reference here is how that menu looks like: Shutting down from there is perfectly safe and shouldn't have any adverse effects. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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