Pixel 5a: Stuck in Boot Loop? Keeps Restarting? Easy Fixes!

[@simonmasse7840]

Thanks a lot for this man. Spamming the power button did it for me. Definitely feels like some dust got where it shouldn't and made it reboot constantly.

[@MisterKnightly]

Same. This video was a god send.

[@Lou98976]

Agreed, thanks man

[@bigjosh797]

All i would add for myself - Took me 2 x to figure out: make sure you are doing it AGGRESSIVELY! I am a big guy and it only worked when I was pressing the POWER button as fast and as hard as I could. Good luck!

[@unicoleunicron]

holy shit, thank you, that worked.

[@WillyPWilin]

Same here, was about 15 mins from buying a new phone

[@robbiehunt4081]

Like others here, this video saved my Pixel 3. It just started the reboot loop out of nowhere. I came across this video, saw the parts about tapping on the screen, massaging the phone, and spamming the power button. I thought it sounded wacky but what did I have to lose. And damned if it didn't work. Thank you so much!!!!

[@krayzie5230]

You just saved my phone, the laying the phone on its side and tapping the power button is what did it for me. I was stuck in a reboot loop for almost 2 hours prior to this

[@MinamiProductions]

You're a hero! It didn't work until the "massage" part, then all of a sudden it's fixed.

[@teby80]

This is unbelievable. I was stuck on the Google screen on my Pixel 5, on/off all the time. I saw the taps and thought "yeah, sure" and it worked!!! Thank you so much for the video and for helping me have my phone for another day

[@MarkKincaid-lz8ht]

Very helpful video. Just thought I would share that while repeatedly pressing the power button my phone started sounding an alarm and called 911. Was not expecting that. During this exercise the SD card was removed. I am still working to resolve my black screen, only on round 2/7. Thanks

[@antonykennedy1001]

Spamming the power button while charging did it for me! It broke the boot loop and the phone started up. I had tried pressing the power button and volume down button simultaneously but that didn't work. Same with the power button and volume up button. No combination of pressing and holding worked. Thanks a lot!

[@ServerDestroyers]

Started looping out of nowhere, spamming the power button aggressively fixed it for me

[@intrepidus3378]

Same and same. This video saved me.

[@XxJamesXD]

@@intrepidus3378 it worked :D

[@1301407gl]

Thank you lol

[@minusculewop]

Spamming the power button on a pixel 4a did it for me. On the second try. I really didn't believe it before trying. Thanks a lot !

[@AUChase]

Thank you for this video. My Pixel 5 cut off and wouldn't cut back on, I thought it was a battery issue and even filed a claim through AT&T. I was dreading it because Asurion is a terrible service (much like everything else AT&T) and this video saved me a lot of headache.

[@revstone]

Spamming the power button....incredible. Wasted hours on every variation of power + volume down and power + volume up ad infinitum, but the power button spamming did the trick. THANK YOU!

[@David-u7m7u]

step 2 did the trick for me.... very nice & helpful tipp! never thought that would bring my pixel back to life !!!

[@kazkim9152]

I cannot believe this worked. It's like back in the day when people used to smack their TV for a better reception. (Really, this was a thing for older folks.) Thanks for posting.

[@aclaypot3349]

Absolute life saver! I have a very impatient father who was having a meltdown because his 4a went into bootloop on the way to take my mother to the airport. Hard reset didn't work for him so then I looked this video up and the power button spam saved it!! Thank you!!

[@adlirenhoren8795]

My wife's pixel 3 is stuck in a boot loop and she did the screen tapping method and it worked! Thank you.

[@JohnBehrens]

This worked for me with a Pixel 5. The spamming the power button was what did it for me. Thanks!

[@corybauman9]

I was skeptical about the time you started tapping into your hand. I followed along and found spamming power while plugged in did the trick for my pixel 4a. Thank you!!!

[@Grumptr0nix]

Spamming the power button did it for me. My man!

[@ReadySetJoe321]

Went through everything the first time and I was still stuck. Freezer killed the battery but it booted up in a loop again. After seeing the power button spam working for a lot of people in the comments, I repeated that step and I'm up and running again. Thanks for the video

[@KaitlynCormier]

Step two saved my pixel 3... Shit was resetting for two straight days. Didn't think was that simple. Thanks boss 😊

[@saurabhzodgekar]

You saved my phone man. Thanks a ton. My pixel 3 started boot loop out of no where. Spamming the power button solved the issue.

[@vondapolack1697]

Thank you!!! I seriously thought I was going to have to buy a new phone. "Spamming" the power button fixed it. I had no idea what to do or that THAT would work, of all things. Crazy! THANK YOU!!!!!

[@ScarySquirrel]

Thank you so much. I went through every step and it wasn't working. I was convinced it was to do with the power button, so I did the power button spam again and within a few seconds it booted up. 👍🏻 This was on a Pixel 5.

[@totallytubular618]

Thanks homie. Spamming the power button as per step 2 worked. Did not expect that lmao. A well earned like

[@justinarthur8742]

Great video - saved my pixel 2 XL! When he started the tapping/massaging/slapping methods, I was just about to ditch the video...BUT THE SLAPPING METHOD WORKED!! Thank you WoT!!

[@ajkkjjk52]

Pixel 4, spamming the power button worked. You're a hero!

[@curtislarsen7288]

This worked wonders! I was able to spam the power button on my Pixel 4, and eventually it came out of the boot loop!! You're the best!

[@ashleyriggs1583]

Bless you! I kind of thought I was being trolled by the time I got to the tapping the screen part, but then my login screen popped up! Thank you!

[@DreazyBK]

pixel 5 here. Spamming the power button worked for me. Thanks so much!

[@FreedomCenterLive]

Thank you. I have a Pixel 4. I thought it was done! Thank you Again. God Bless You!

[@Jallabb]

WOW! You are a lifesaver! Can't believe this worked. For me it was 15 min in the freezer, plug in the phone to charge and then tapping the on/off button like a crazy person. It worked. No idea why, but it worked. Thank you!

[@Aferal]

Power button spamming worked. Thank you again so much for your video. Thumbs up!

[@lumikhamedia]

GENIUS!!!! I was bootlooped for 1 hour and the power button pressing worked!!! You just saved me $$$. Keep up the content. This is KZbin value at its finest!!! THANK YOUUUUU!!!

[@RIJINKP-j1p]

Absolute life saver..my new pixel 5a device fall into endless reboot loop problem.The massaging technique really saved my device.thank you so much bro

[@rorpreston8994]

Thanks so much for making this video - step 2 spamming worked for me

[@arch3223]

Thanks for the video. I was looking at repair shops in my area before I found this video. You saved me a trip to the shop.

[@notabird]

Fixed it! Amazing. Was stuck in this damn loop for hours, tapping the power button multiple times fixed it for me. Cheers.

[@DarkNugget]

Spamming the power button seems to have worked for me - what an absolute star, thank you so much! My phone is my alarm for work and its after midnight right now so I thought I was gonna be late in the morning!

[@michelleheld7101]

Thank you SO much, thought my phone was toast, but repeatedly hitting the power button finally got me going again!

[@nicolemoon-keca7047]

When I tell you my jaw DROPPED at the fact that spamming the power button worked?? That's hilarious... thank you so much.

[@lorenbauerband6394]

After hours of trying to figure out on my own, reading tutorials and retrying reboot... I just got my phone on thanks to this video. THANK YOU.

[@cheychc]

thanks the spamming the powerbutton worked for me, which is so weird. Thank you!!

[@TPGummyH]

I was really hyped about spamming power button after reading the comments, unfortunately that did not do the trick for me, even after exhausting most of tips on-line. I found a single forum post advising to lightly hit the power button against something solid, like a table edge, and it actually worked! I'm not sure I would try that if I did not hear about spamming from your video, so points to you. (Just remember to add some padding inbetween if your table is made of softer wood - learnt that the hard way, lmao)

[@The_Giant_Dad]

We had a Pixel 5 stuck in the boot cycle. It looked pretty grim, nothing from the video worked. But after letting the phone complete die over night then plugging it in and spamming the power botton it work! Thanks for the help

[@gemons_DM]

Spamming the Power-Button while charged did it for me. Thank you.

[@intrepidus3378]

Thanks for this man. Spamming the power button fixed it. I was ready to buy a new phone. I probably still will but at least now I can do it on my terms. I was hoping to wait for Black Friday deals.

[@danielband8954]

Genius! Can´t believe tapping the back and jamming the power button worked. Simple solutions are the best ones.Thanks!

[@JPGutierrez]

THIS WORKED. wtf i thought you were a stoner telling me to do all this. i spammed the button and hit the back of my pixel 4xl phone and it worked. bless man, thanks!

[@buzzyapyear]

I cannot believe the tapping worked. I can confirm that worked on a pixel 3. Insane. Thank you 🤣

[@daspic1974]

Dude thanks for this video. my phone was going absolutely apeshit and i could tell the power button was being activated nonstop but didnt think to beat the shit out it. worked like a charm!!

[@bconnerly]

Bro, I was just about to buy a new phone.. Stuck in boot loop for the past hour, trying several different things, but couldn't get the boot menu to actually do anything.. Spamming the power button finally worked for some reason! Thank you!

[@madsenkyle]

It took three full rounds of all the instructions including three 15 minutes rounds in the freezer. And then it worked. Thanks for saving me (at least for now) from buying a new phone!

[@mokciellato5482]

Thank you very much! It worked! The power button spamming helped me also. I just did it for 10-15 seconds and it booted. Pixel 4a, it was in a case always. When I took out, it was dirty, probably some particles from my pocket got stuck somewhere there.

[@godlover9096]

Thanks for posting this video! It definitely solved my issue as it seems there was some dust in the power button! you are a life saver!

[@justinemery3374]

Fixed my phone. Tapping power button while plugged in worked!!! Thanks man

[@andreagill3517]

THANK YOU! It worked after spamming the power button and then rebooting!

[@DavidKinskey]

Thanks so much! The multiple, fast taps on both sides cured it on my wife's Pixel 4a (5G). :)

[@Dogfoody]

The spamming the power button worked! (Google Pixel 4a) You saved my life, thanks :)

[@zaccy6467]

The spamming strategy just saved my phone. Thank you so much you legend!

[@felipehdez1b]

The tap test did it for me, can't believe it. Thanks!

[@rileycarizey1942]

You just saved my day from being ruined. Super thankful. It was the spamming the power button that did it for me.

[@erizaum]

Saved me big time bro. Great stuff, spamming the button was the one that worked for me. Thanks!

[@ronitmohapatra6]

Thank you so much, had to aggresively tap the shit out of the screen multiple times, but it worked, you saved me man

[@hatzi22]

Double tapping step fixed my bootloop issue.... im absolutely shocked dude. TY!!!!

[@ia0728]

Wow thanks bro! I can't believe my phone started working after massaging it. Sounds ridiculous but it actually worked!

[@mstov8490]

Outstanding! Thanks for the help! Tapping back and front got my 3a out of boot mode. Now I need to start looking for a new phone!

[@liamn5446]

I was hilariously skeptical but massaging my fucking phone did it? Jesus, I'm incredibly thankful regardless.

[@irisreyes-barrera6143]

Spamming the power button while plugged in helped my G pixel 4!!!! thanks so much your a GGGGGG

[@AlinaCalifornia]

*Man, thanks for all these brilliant ideas! Helped me a lot to safe money for a new phone.*

[@tracyscott3822]

Spamming the power button worked for me - thanks for the video!

[@bradders3535]

Brilliant video, I think it was some lint stuck in my partner's phone's power button as the spamming solved it immediately! Thanks so much

[@jenniterp12]

tried all the things.... wasn't hopeful as I had been stuck in the boot loop for two days and phone wouldn't even charge. THE FREEZER WORKED!!! thank you.... I thought all was lost.

[@ravipatijahnavi7198]

Thanks alot..It worked for my pixel5. Spamming the power button did the magic!!

[@anthonyjopse9231]

For me it was the power button stuck. Took the case off and spammed the power button and it finally finished booting up. Thanks for the video! Very useful.

[@Tmon_media]

Thank you sooooo much! Spamming the Power Button worked very well. My phone was already heating up....

[@TylerRyuujin]

Thank you so much! Spamming the button did it for me. I really appreciate you taking the time.

[@SteveIsSleeve]

Thank you! Spamming the power button was the winner.

[@Dadstin]

subbed and liked, spamming power key worked. I've installed many ROMS and have a degree in Cybersecurity. Just needed this idea Thank you. Pixel 4 XL

[@allianngong4415]

This technique has helped me immensely, you deserve an award sir and God bless you

[@PoloDaBear]

Slapped the sh*t out of my phone, spammed the power button a thousand times, I was starting to think this method was a load of nonsense then BOOM my lock screen appeared. You saved my Pixel 5 thank you man 🙏🏻

[@ZaDrAx]

I am not used to leave comments, but thanks man. I had a rebooting issue with my Pixel 3 XL, and I cannot acces Safemode or other maintenance menu without the phone rebooting, making it dead. I haven't thought about tapping it on the power button, and it worked for me !

[@collinc.1799]

Spamming the power button did it, this was amazing! Thank you.

[@Jessicateal]

thank you!! went through the whole process with no luck, stuck it in the freezer and tried again worked the second time through

[@davidbishop2383]

It works! Especially the tapping and massaging method. I have to do this about every 4 months. Be careful with the spamming button method, your phone is default to call 911 when you press the button 5 times in a row. It happened to me. You can turn off that function in settings

[@guillaumeurtecho2747]

2nd strategy worked for me! Power button must have gotten stuck... Thank you!!!

[@micahvignolle]

Thank you! Spamming the power button worked for me

[@HazelGupta26]

Hi, My name is Nipun n this is My daughter Account. Thanks for sharing this video. I have google pixel 6, today my phone has stuck for half n hour n i was like in deep trouble, Sitting in office i have seen your video n does the same thing, n within 15 20 min my phone is back on line . Once Again Really Thanks a lot for sharing this video

[@kaylawhite3628]

Thankyou so much!! Ive had some recent issues with my google 4a restarting but never stuck in a reboot loop like that, this saved my life

[@sopheapthoan5232]

Wow !!!!! You help my phone. It saves my google Pixel 3 xl... Thank You so much!! You are the best!!👏🏻Thank for making this video

[@HogBody]

verizon in nebraska had no recommendations, the data recover store they recommended wanted me to ship the phone to California and quoted me $900 - $3900 for data recovery. Smashed the power button 150 times and then chugged a beer while turning it on- ill give you credit on this one but we cannot discount the power of prayer and cold beer.

[@shishirsharma9569]

Dude, Thanks a lot, you just saved me 1000$, there was possibly debris in power button, spamming saved it.

[@princenirwal9063]

Great hack buddy. I got some water in the phone 3 weeks prior and my proximity and light sensors were dead since then. Somehow, my pixel 4a went crazy an hour ago with all the bootlap thing (out of the blue). Found your post and 5 mins into the video - bam !! Even the sensors work again. PS: Could it be a sort of a system feature/bug saving itself from water damage by shutting down a few components or did I just got lucky.

[@hayisha29]

Okay I don't know how, and I don't know why and I rarely ever leave comments on KZbin videos, but this one worked and saved my life (re: my phone). Thank you so much!

[@ShiloBuff]

Wow I was very doubtful and almost gave up after I heard about the "freezer" method that sounds dangerous. But It somehow started working after slapping the phone. Thank you! I've never had this happen before with any phone ive had, including Nexus phones. I am starting to doubt the quality of Google phones now.

[@JuliaJurchenko]

Thanks! I didn't really believe it would help and my husband was already silently laughing at me, but it worked!!! I think spamming the power button helped

[@MarcSalles]

wow, I was a bit skeptical but somehow the first step fixed my restart loop of death! Thanks!

[@hanifzainiabdullah7478]

me too.

[@ThatGirlNoOneKnows]

Thanks so much! I was really worried I was about to have to get a new phone. But the power button worked for me - I just wasn't holding it long enough before. Thanks again!

[@ThyWillBeDone001]

So I actually found a old pixel I had and this fixed the problem. Thanks now I have access to some photos and text I needed.

[@subpr86]

At first I thought you were trolling when you spoke about tapping the screen. But guess what, that saved my phone. Weird, but it works. LOL.

[@deancasey9843]

Worked on my second time through, step two spamming the power button. Probably didnt spam it enough or quickly enough the first time through. Thank you.