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My andriod won't turn on. The phone is displaying a withe triangle with a yellow exclamation point inside the triangle. What does this mean?
Trouble.
You don't say what model phone you have, but that sounds like you are in recovery mode. Try pressing power and volume up together, see whether that brings up a menu (it would on an HTC when showing this).
If the phone is booting straight into recovery that's not a good sign - it suggests that something has been corrupted. If you can get a recovery menu you could try wiping cache, then reboot and see whether it's any better. Or if that doesn't work, you could try a factory reset (which will erase all of your apps and data). If the problem is a user app or data/settings, that should fix it. If it's that the system software has somehow become corrupted, it won't - in that case you'll need to load a fresh set of system software.
But before any of that, just try pulling the battery out for a couple of minutes, to give everything time to fully discharge, then see whether it is any better. Probably won't be, but sometimes you get lucky (the problem is a stuck bit somewhere, and this clears it), and it's easy and doesn't risk losing any data.
I can't tell you how to reload the phone software because I don't know what phone you have (network branding can also make a difference). If you want more detailed advice on that, the best would be to sign up so that you could ask in the forum here for your device - that way you can discuss it with someone who knows that phone model.
Good luck!
You don't say what model phone you have, but that sounds like you are in recovery mode. Try pressing power and volume up together, see whether that brings up a menu (it would on an HTC when showing this).
If the phone is booting straight into recovery that's not a good sign - it suggests that something has been corrupted. If you can get a recovery menu you could try wiping cache, then reboot and see whether it's any better. Or if that doesn't work, you could try a factory reset (which will erase all of your apps and data). If the problem is a user app or data/settings, that should fix it. If it's that the system software has somehow become corrupted, it won't - in that case you'll need to load a fresh set of system software.
But before any of that, just try pulling the battery out for a couple of minutes, to give everything time to fully discharge, then see whether it is any better. Probably won't be, but sometimes you get lucky (the problem is a stuck bit somewhere, and this clears it), and it's easy and doesn't risk losing any data.
I can't tell you how to reload the phone software because I don't know what phone you have (network branding can also make a difference). If you want more detailed advice on that, the best would be to sign up so that you could ask in the forum here for your device - that way you can discuss it with someone who knows that phone model.
Good luck!
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