Android Reboot Bug - Try it youself

[Ozzz]

Just read about this bug, thought it was odd.
On any screen type "reboot" and press enter and your phone will reboot.

depending in what screen you're on you might need to hit enter type "reboot" and hit enter again

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[LAKERS]

thank god we found it in open source code.

here's a workaround from the blog.

"Open the keyboard and type these 5 keystrokes: <return>-c-a-t-<return>. That will cause the phantom shell to not listen to commands any more, at least until the next reboot."

[constellanation]

what happens if i type end task?

[MartinMtz702]

god to know and all, but honestly... how many times does the word reboot come up in a text msg or a chat?

[jake]

Tried, did not work, Oh well

[DDM123]

Worked for me.

[LGSilva]

They "fixed" that on RC30

[fhaines]

I believe you are correct. Tried the reboot did not work after receiving RC30.

[Novalux]

god to know and all, but honestly... how many times does the word reboot come up in a text msg or a chat?

ReBoot is one of my favorite TV shows, and they are doing a new comic based on it, and are developing new movies... so yeah, with my friends/family and I, it could come up fairly often, haha.

[retske]

I just heard this today and have tried it many times, doesn't reboot my system. I have not received any updates yet.