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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 5:55 am
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Originally Posted by angatol
The Razr? It's probably got smarter software and builds in a 25s delay when pretending to turn on from pretend-turn-off state
Sorry, I just noticed I was unclear. No, that was my iPod. The Razr is still trying to get some volts on-board!!

Originally Posted by angatol
You have to time the equivalent of a bettery pull. There should be a key sequence that does a hard reset somewhere.
Which device?

In any case, the reason for this discussion is what?
That some people have such frantic lives that the >1 minute delay in device activation is critical? That the contract will be lost? WW3 will be declared without you receiving an SMS message? Or was Kipling supposed to be taken literally?
Originally Posted by Rudyard Kipling
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
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