Press Volume Up and Volume Down 3 times

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Hello everyone, I was unsure regarding where I should post this, currently I have a Lumia 630 with Windows 10 Mobile and I have noticed that when I press both Volume Up & Down 3 times the phone vibrates 3 times and the screen flickers, does anyone know what's this for?
 

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It's the tickle test, and your phone passed.

This happened in Windows Phone 8.1 as well, I think it's just a diagnostic hardware test.
 

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That's the 'force close' shortcut for unresponsive apps

No, it's not. It doesn't close any apps. You're probably confusing this with the soft reset where you press and hold the volume down and power buttons to force a power cycle.
 

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Tests the button responses, the vibration module and the screen. There might well be other hardware tests happening for which the vibration/screen flash are the confirmation signal. For example, something being broken might result in a different number of vibrations/flashes. I've asked this before from contacts in Microsoft and never got an answer.
 

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No, it's not. It doesn't close any apps. You're probably confusing this with the soft reset where you press and hold the volume down and power buttons to force a power cycle.

Probably not. But okay, my mental reddit cache led me wrong. I know it's been discussed in there.
 

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oh ok, thank you for clarifying this :) been checking the buttons, was wondering if one of the combinations would trigger the take picture on the camera when all of the sudden that happened (3 vibes and screen flicker), wouldn't be a bad idea for phones without camera button lol.

thank you, once again.
 

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I doubt it'll do anything you'll notice. Unless you keep hammering on the keys long enough to run the battery flat.
 

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Hello everyone, I was unsure regarding where I should post this, currently I have a Lumia 630 with Windows 10 Mobile and I have noticed that when I press both Volume Up & Down 3 times the phone vibrates 3 times and the screen flickers, does anyone know what's this for?

I always wonder how people find out these things... I mean, why do you press these buttons, and then 3 times?.....
 

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I always wonder how people find out these things... I mean, why do you press these buttons, and then 3 times?.....

Volume Up + Power Button = Screenshot
Volume Down + Power Button = Screenshot to the Windows Feedback app

If these exist, other possible combinations might exist as well, it's just a matter of testing. I left the explanation to how and why I got to that combination @ #9
 

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Hello everyone, I was unsure regarding where I should post this, currently I have a Lumia 630 with Windows 10 Mobile and I have noticed that when I press both Volume Up & Down 3 times the phone vibrates 3 times and the screen flickers, does anyone know what's this for?
does it only work for some models? I do the same thing on my 950xl but nothing happen.
 

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It works on my Moly X1...BTW, it is pressing both the volume up and down buttons at the same time, do it 3 times in a row and phone vibrates 3 times.
 

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