Force turn off Lenovo Vibe P1

[adhammagdy]

We all know how to force restart Vibe P1 which is by holding down the power button for 10 seconds..

But say you're in a boot loop or a forced recovery or a diagnostic mode and you want to unbrick the phone using Qfil..

Now you can wait for the phone to completely discharge and it will turn off by itself..

But I found another way by accident..

Steps:

1- hold both power button along with vol down button for 10 seconds to make the phone restart (this works anywhere.. in Android or recovery or bootloop) and don't remove your fingers

2- keep the buttons pressed while the phone is restarting it will boot to the green "Lenovo" logo and after a second it will power off.. you can lift your fingers now

3- now you can hold volume up and connect the phone to PC to flash stock rom with qfil or hold power and volume down to go to qualcomm test mode or hold power and volume up and down to go to recovery..

Please test if it works for you.. I tested it on my P1a42..

In Lenovo P2 it goes a little differently..

1- Do step 1 from above.. keep the buttons held when restarting until you see a black screen saying "AP fastboot flash mode"

2- Press the vol down button once until you see the word "power off" on screen.. press power and the phone will turn off.

3- Proceed to step 3 as above

 

[renjujvcool]

Tested and working!!

Thanks for this one adhammagdy.:good:
I was stuck in a bootloop and this one helped me turn my phone off and I successfully flashed with qfil to restore my phone.

Just a quick addition for clarity...
After step 4, the phone kept bootlooping even after the volume down and power buttons were kept pressed.
Once we reach this stage, we need to release both the keys simultaneously when the screen goes dark in between. Then the phone will stay turned off and we can proceed as given in step 5.

 

[adhammagdy]

Thanks for this one adhammagdy.:good:
I was stuck in a bootloop and this one helped me turn my phone off and I successfully flashed with qfil to restore my phone.

Just a quick addition for clarity...
After step 4, the phone kept bootlooping even after the volume down and power buttons were kept pressed.
Once we reach this stage, we need to release both the keys simultaneously when the screen goes dark in between. Then the phone will stay turned off and we can proceed as given in step 5.

Thanks, updated OP with an easier method...