This is old now, but I thought I should report what the fix turned out
to be -- regrettably, the ONLY fix that worked:
I first took it to one of Samsung's authorized repair stores (Best Buy
in Colma, California) who told me that, despite what Samsung claimed,
they were NOT authorized to work on the Galaxy A54, but they strongly
suspected it was a hardware issue. They recommended taking it to
another authorized Samsung repair store, Samsung Experience in Palo
Alto, California.
Samsung Experience first tried all the prescribed methods listed below.
Those methods didn't work for them, any more than they had for me.
So, unfortunately, the ONLY solution was the "solution of last resort" -
a complete factory reset. BUMMER!
(Since then I have had another issue with the same phone and, again,
Samsung phone support was no help whatsoever but, again, Samsung
Experience is fixing it. If you live anywhere near Palo Alto,
California [I'm an hour away] I highly recommend them.
I don't think I'll start a thread about that problem, since it's being
fixed, so I don't need any advice. But I am tempted to start a thread
merely to say how disgusted I am with Samsung phone support's inability
to solve problems, when Samsung Experience fixed them so easily.)
On 9/16/23 3:25 AM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
On 9/13/23 8:43 PM, Wally J wrote:
Dudley Brooks <[email protected]> wrote
I have been unable to get rid of this screen for three days.
I have a thread on a similar topic for another Samsung of mine.
How to un-freeze an unresponsive Samsung Galaxy A32 5G with reboot,
reset,
factory reset, odin mode, download mode, android recovery mode & debug
mode
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/how-to-un-freeze-an-unresponsive-samsung-galaxy-a32-5g-with-reboot-reset-factory-reset-odin-mode-download-mode-android-recovery-mode-debug-mode.4526629/
Hope it helps. Let us know what you find out as we all learn from each
other and we all help each other - so that we can do anything we need to.
Thanks. Some of this looks familiar for the A54 5G as well.
VolumeDown+Power was supposed to work ... and does not.
The above, immediately followed by still holding Power down and pressing PowerUp *does* work.
The problem is that the "Reset" option means "Factory Reset" (according
to Samsung Tech Support).
I'm not willing to do that until I check that the Automatic Backup to my online Samsung account has actually been working, and see how much got
backed up before the problem happened.
I won't bother you with the details of why trying to access the account
has not worked. To summarize, it started with Two-Factor Authentication texting a 6-digit code to the cellphone ... which, of course, I can't
access.
Then followed an hour or more of Samsung Tech Support trying all kinds
of things, none of which worked.
It ended with "I have sent a request to <whatever department> to cancel Two-Factor Authentication. They will notify you about it in 48 business hours."
I forgot to ask how many business hours in a business day. I assumed
that "48 business hours" meant "two business days". But perhaps there
are only 8 business hours in a business day, in which case we're talking *six* business days! >:^(
I will call tomorrow (now today) to find out.
(The only upside of this is that I have been on the phone (landline) to
Tech Support for several hours a day, every day this week! At least I
will now have "48 business hours" during which I will *not* have to talk
to Samsung Tech Support ... which, btw, I am starting to have a very low opinion of, since I'm having the usual experience of different (and conflicting) information from different personnel.
The other problem is that I don't have access to a Windows computer,
only my Macbook Pro. I know that I was not able to get the Macbook to connect to the phone with the standard software (can't remember the
name, late at night), which Samsung had me download for another problem
last month (!)
But the link you provided shows a lot of options, so I will try to check
them out. Thanks for that link!
--
Dudley Brooks, Artistic Director
Run For Your Life! ... it's a dance company!
San Francisco
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