USB power cycling refers to the process where USB devices repeatedly disconnect and reconnect, often leading to device unresponsiveness. If you've experienced this problem, this blog post will explore how to solve it.

Let’s start simple power cycle issue what’s look like. Check System Logs via dmesg command to view kernel messages related to USB devices:

As you see usb device always try to attempt power cycle but error code is occurred.

Use lsusb to list all connected USB devices

Then use usbreset command to reset on USB devices

After the usbreset command the usb device issue should be resolved and working properly.

Some people who get power cycle issue, change boot order and decrease the usb priority. Link

For instance, change data variable

data = "usb,nvme,emmc,sd,ufs";

to

data = "nvme, usb,emmc,sd,ufs";

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