How to power off an Samsung Google Nexus S

If you need to turn off your Samsung Google Nexus S, either because you need to save battery at night, get on a plane, protect your privacy, or switch it off to take it in for repair and you don't know or remember how to do it, in a few simple steps we show you the instructions to completely turn off your device.

In recent updates to the Android operating system, the power button is no longer used to turn off the Google Nexus S, but has been replaced by the virtual assistant, so the shutdown option has been a little more hidden.

Table of Contents:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

With the Samsung Google Nexus S locked or unlocked, long press the power or unlock button until a screen with several options appears.

Press Samsung power button

2- Second step:

Various buttons will appear on the screen such as "Power off", "Restart" and "Emergency mode". Among the options displayed on the Samsung Google Nexus S screen, choose "Power off".

Samsung turn off button

3- Third step:

The "Power off" button will appear again to confirm that you want to turn off your Google Nexus S, press to confirm.

Screen turn off samsung

4- Fourth step:

The screen will go dark and the Samsung Google Nexus S will turn off, wait a few seconds or minutes for the shutdown to complete. When it is turned on again, it will request the PIN code of the SIM card and the pattern, fingerprint or unlock code.

Shutting down Samsung

If the Google Nexus S power button does not work or activate the assistant.

1- First step:

First of all, display the quick access or settings bar of your Samsung Google Nexus S. To do this, with the Samsung Google Nexus S unlocked, you can slide your finger from the top of the screen downwards, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

Open Android quick panel

2- Second step:

You will see at the top right a button with the on/off symbol, click on this button to continue, the screen will appear with the options to turn off, restart or Emergency mode.

Shut down button on quick panel Android

How to turn off Samsung Google Nexus S if it is not responding?

If you cannot turn off the Samsung Google Nexus S since it is blocked and the previous method does not work, you must proceed to turn it off and on again using the physical buttons.

To force shutdown your Google Nexus S press and hold the power button (or unlock button) for at least 8 seconds until the Samsung or Android logo appears on the screen and release the button as it powers up again.

As a last resort, if you can't turn off the Google Nexus S with any of the above methods and you need to turn it off, you should wait for the battery to run down. You can keep the screen on and do heavy usage to drain the battery faster.

If the device still does not respond, does not turn off, or is stuck in a loop, it may indicate a hardware issue, such as a malfunctioning motherboard, memory, screen, or power button. In this case, you may need to have it repaired or use your warranty.

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