Dear tweakers,
I have a difficult problem to solve. Namely, last week at a party some dumb women mentioned to spill her full beer glass "in" my pocket. Of course I always have my PHONE in my pocket. So I tried to clean it as much as I could, however now I have a big problem, and I hope you guys can help me find a solution.
The volume button does not function correctly anymore. It is kind of constantly pushing vol down, and if I try to push up it sometimes works, however most of the time it does not. Luckily it does not push down all the time, so I can still receive calls (Silent mode etc.)
My question to you is:
Is there any way in which I can solve the beer sticking issue (At least thats what I think it is) of my volume buttons? (Opening the device? howto? or putting some other stuff on the buttons, or releasing the buttons or something?)
Is there any way to turn of the volume buttons, so I can use the touch screen to alter the volume, so I can still use my phone?
How do I hard reset now? The vol up button does not work anymore. Any ideas?
If I start the device, and the vol down button is down, then it starts in bootloader menu. Can I disable this somehow?
Thanks for your answers in advance!
you most likely have to take your touch pro apart. it looks quite difficult but in fact it's very easy. you can download the disassembly guide here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3IOVUX7P
if you're afraid of doing this on your own and you don't know anyone else and if you're willing to ship the device to germany i would definetely help you
Thank you for your reply and link. This really helps a lot. I will try to seek it out. If I am not succesful, maybe I will take your generous offer of sending it to Germany
Hehe, one question more though. Even if I do get it to open, with what should I clean the buttons then?(What is the best way?) Spiritus or something? hehe..
i always use isopropyl alcohol (from the pharmacy) for cleaning such devices. just thoroughly rinse or flush the buttons with it and be sure they are dry before you put them back in. this shouldn't do any harm. at least i was succesful with a whole lot of other cellphones
Some people even say it does not hurt to put your phone in a bowl of water when it is turned off. Just make sure it is dry when you turn it on. Is this true?
And can beer solve in water, so my problem be solved? (Personally I do not believe this rumor because of the erosion thing)
you really shouldn't put your phone in water because water contains minerals which conduct electricity and forward corrosion. and because of its high surface tension it will stay under the chips. alcohol evaporates much faster, does not conduct electricity and will solve the fat and sugar much better.
Has this been solved? I have a similar issue, but with soap water...
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Hi,
Ive been browsing the forums for a while covertly and have found the answers to a lot of my questions. However there are some that still elude me. I thought maybe someone may know the answers if i start a topic.
I recently managed to get my TP wet in the washing machine. I am sure that the majority of my problems may be due to this but its worth a try.
1. My keyboard no longer works, i think this is defiantly the hardware failing, ive had the phone apart and there is some corrosion on the connectors however i currently lack the tools to clean them up fully. Its not a big issue as i used the touch screen in the past but a little gripe
2. My gps is very sporadic, could this be water damage? It will pick up satellites through gps tools but wont lock even after leaving things for 20min or so.
3. Can i remap the hardware buttons at the bottom of the phone again i think some corrosion has caused a few bridged connections causing the home button to be the down button, would be useful to move the home button to the back button if possible.
Btw i use energy rom (latest version) and radio: 1.02.35.32
Any help would be great.
Wow dude, seriously? Your phone is pretty well shot. I'm sure you'll start to see some more funky behavior real soon. Go out and buy a new one.
My only advise to you is to keep your phone in a tupperware bowl of rice WHENEVER you are not using your phone for the next month or so just to ensure all moisture is extracted from the phone. Even then you're still screwed, the corrosion has already begun.
Your phone is now worth about as much as an auction for one unprotected night with Brittney Spears
Cassetti said:
Your phone is now worth about as much as an auction for one unprotected night with Brittney Spears
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That's awesome and scary.
@ Wantan, I was lucky with my phone. I completely disassembled and cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol. As I stated in another thread, the only thing that doesn't work is my g-sensor. I think I will disassemble it again to try to find/fix it if I can.
ah that sounds like a good idea, ill search and see what i can find. To be honest the phone works fine generally its just the buttons that are buggered.
Wanten said:
ah that sounds like a good idea, ill search and see what i can find. To be honest the phone works fine generally its just the buttons that are buggered.
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That's what happened with me at first also. I thought I could live without the buttons, but it just got annoying. That's whay I did the disassembly. If you decide to, the link to the tech manual is in the wiki. Good luck.
Hey everyone!
Hope you can help me
I have a HTC touch cellphone, I think the 3470. Well it turns out that I usually take a bath with music so I take it with my cell in the bathroom, but now something happen and the "on/off" button (the one on the top of the cell) doesn't work, please can you help me guys? I'm a Medicine student so I'm out of home all day and I need that my battery last and now I had to keep my screen on the whole time, because if I turn it off I can't use my phone until someone calls or texts me.
Thanks a lot! Ill be really gratefull
Well, first off, why would you bathe with an electronic?
Anyhow, I would try to do a hard reset on it, if that doesn't work re-flash back to a stock ROM. If to no avail, you have most likely gotten your phone moister damaged and the power button shorted out. But, on the upside, if you do have a Pharos, your most likely ready for an upgrade because that's a pretty dated phone. You can always try taking it apart and replacing the damaged piece.
It must be water problems.
Try this little trick:
Put your phone in a bowl or glass, and fill it with rice.
Then let i stand in the sun.
The heat should make the water evaporate and the rice should absorb it.
I have never had the "chance" to test it myself, but I have heard about it.
Let us know if it really works
Hai everybody, i am a new member to forums, so i am intereseted
and want to gain knowledge on this topics..........................thank u
Hi,
My transformer has the power button which is terribly hard to press.
I was hoping it would have turned softer after some usage, but 1 month after, the power button is has hard to press as the first day.
Is that normal?
I' like to avoid RMA the tablet: it is perfect ( no light bleeds...)
Thanks for your suggestions
I just found this app https://market.android.com/details?id=cz.destil.fixbrokenpb to replace power button with volume for switch on... It will limit power button usage to the strict minimum (unfortunately I cannot totally switch off or reboot with it).
It will allow waiting before rma the device, hoping asus assistance getting more expertise in operating on such devices
wis38 said:
Hi,
My transformer has the power button which is terribly hard to press.
I was hoping it would have turned softer after some usage, but 1 month after, the power button is has hard to press as the first day.
Is that normal?
I' like to avoid RMA the tablet: it is perfect ( no light bleeds...)
Thanks for your suggestions
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If it feels like it's alot of trouble then it's probably broken. - If you're within a retailers return policy then act on it ASAP.
Otherwise, do a RMA because that's not normal and app should not be required to simply ignore the matter. Cross your fingers you get a newer hardware version during the RMA process
I think you already know the answer but want someone reconfirm what you should do so I'm suggesting that you do an RMA because you shouldn't settle for less.
Thanks.
Unfortunately I'm out the 30 day policy, but I'll try asking Amazon anyway (never knows).
Otherwise I'll go for an rma.
BTW, does anyone knows how much time takes for an rma in France?
wis38 said:
Thanks.
Unfortunately I'm out the 30 day policy, but I'll try asking Amazon anyway (never knows).
Otherwise I'll go for an rma.
BTW, does anyone knows how much time takes for an rma in France?
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When I modded my tablet I noticed the button can *easily* get mis-aligned. It is a simple plastic cap with trim edge. If you push it at an angle (e.g. sideways) it can slip a little sideways resulting in this problem. It also has a slot in the center (behind button) to align, if yours has been bad since day 1 it might have slipped out of the slot, too.
When I re-assembled my tablet I put the side with buttons together first after carefully realigning and my buttons worked great.
I think this can be a common issue. If I was you, I would try using a pencil eraser to grip the button and slide back into position. It can be easily fixed by someone with skills & tools to disassemble and reassemble the tablet.
Whatever choices you make.... good luck
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When I modded my tablet I noticed the button can *easily* get mis-aligned. It is a simple plastic cap with trim edge. If you push it at an angle (e.g. sideways) it can slip a little sideways resulting in this problem. It also has a slot in the center (behind button) to align, if yours has been bad since day 1 it might have slipped out of the slot, too.
When I re-assembled my tablet I put the side with buttons together first after carefully realigning and my buttons worked great.
I think this can be a common issue. If I was you, I would try using a pencil eraser to grip the button and slide back into position. It can be easily fixed by someone with skills & tools to disassemble and reassemble the tablet.
Whatever choices you make.... good luck
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My power button has a strange behavior: whem i push it, i clearly hear the click (not as loud as the volume one, but button here is smaller and finger is all over the button), but nothing happens.
Tablet is covered by warranty, so i'll avoid opening it: let me try the chance with Amazon, then the standard procedure with Asus.
It's just a pity: no light bleeds, no speaker problem, mic working, display perfect, just fixed the flash perfs...
I do hope rma will not break anything.
This is why I love Amazon
I wrote to Amazon this morning and... SURPRISE!
They replied they apologize for my problem, and an order is underway for a new tablet with shipping for tomorrow morning
Then I've the postage paid for returning the defective unit within 30 days...
This is why I buy almost everything from Amazon
Great service!
Yes, I also had the power button stop working. And, to make matters even better, I got into CWM (or CMW or whatever) to tried to put stock OS back on and got STUCK there. No power buttton, no ability in CWM to go to Backup menu to reflash stock, and no ability to reboot from the main menu!
The power button is cheap, cheap, cheap; you may have trouble getting it fixed if you've rooted (because rooting kills the warranty) and can't reflash stock.
Very disappointed with ASUS on this issue.
I searched the forums for this issue, but seems like no one else has experienced this yet..!? I'm not sure how it happened, but just 2 days ago, my power button stopped responding. In other words, no matter how much pressure I put on it, or how long I hold it, my tablet will not turn on or wake up from sleep..! I'm not even sure how it happened. I just left it near on the floor propped up near my night stand earlier this week and the next morning I noticed I had a tough time turning my tablet on... (However, I did notice before this that sometimes my power button was way too sensitive and would ask if I wanted to power off the tablet, when all I did was press it for a second to put it to sleep. Guess, that was signs of eminent failure?)
And it's definitely a hardware and not a charging problem, since I can make my tablet turn on by removing it from the dock for a few secs and then reconnecting it, but obviously this is not acceptable. And other than that I don't know how else to turn it on...
I bought my tablet from Amazon, so I can't take it back to any store. Has anyone here had this problem before and tried to repair it themselves? Or has anyone at least tried to send their tablets in for repair to ASUS after unlocking the bootloader, rooting and loading a custom ROM? How did that go for you?
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
amazon has a superb return policy - at least here in germany - should be no prob in the US - just call them so they open a RMA for you - or send it to asus directly.
good luck
cheers
power to the button
d0ubl3_d1zzl 3 said:
I searched the forums for this issue, but seems like no one else has experienced this yet..!? I'm not sure how it happened, but just 2 days ago, my power button stopped responding. In other words, no matter how much pressure I put on it, or how long I hold it, my tablet will not turn on or wake up from sleep..! I'm not even sure how it happened. I just left it near on the floor propped up near my night stand earlier this week and the next morning I noticed I had a tough time turning my tablet on... (However, I did notice before this that sometimes my power button was way too sensitive and would ask if I wanted to power off the tablet, when all I did was press it for a second to put it to sleep. Guess, that was signs of eminent failure?)
And it's definitely a hardware and not a charging problem, since I can make my tablet turn on by removing it from the dock for a few secs and then reconnecting it, but obviously this is not acceptable. And other than that I don't know how else to turn it on...
I bought my tablet from Amazon, so I can't take it back to any store. Has anyone here had this problem before and tried to repair it themselves? Or has anyone at least tried to send their tablets in for repair to ASUS after unlocking the bootloader, rooting and loading a custom ROM? How did that go for you?
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
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My power button was giving me the power off / restart reboot which had been driving me crazy. Took the back off and investigated. The actual power button mechanism is flimsy and not well put together. After attempts with tape, with brief success the reboots returned. Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
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amazon has a superb return policy - at least here in germany - should be no prob in the US - just call them so they open a RMA for you - or send it to asus directly.
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..Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
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Thanks for the input, guys. Glad to hear I'm not the only one and that it seems to be something I can try and fix on my own... I was mostly worried it was well known problem and ASUS wouldn't repair the devices that were tampered with or had unlocked bootloaders, but looks like they may not be thoroughly checking that. And my return window from Amazon expired in late June, so I figured it wasn't worth going through them anymore, but I've never had to that before, so I'm not sure...
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My power button was giving me the power off / restart reboot which had been driving me crazy. Took the back off and investigated. The actual power button mechanism is flimsy and not well put together. After attempts with tape, with brief success the reboots returned. Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
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What kind of tape did you use?
Got the Power Button Working...
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What kind of tape did you use?
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I just pulled off the back (it has pressure pins, so i just use my nails, 'bcuz i don't have the plastic tool..), the Power Button is a 'lil switch, the top metallic part is held to the bottom part by a transparent piece of tape, if its not centered, just carefully remove it and place in the center.. If it the tape have enough glue to hold it back, You can use to same piece of tape to hold it back together.. If not, You can use a standard hmm (don't remember the name..) transparent tape to do the job... Hopefully the button keeps in place for while....
Been a watcher on the forums for awhile, now I actually had to sign up and get some help, LOL.
Anyway, dropped my s2 skyrocket, noticed that it kept trying to reboot every now and then when I used it the same day. The next day, I plugged it in in the evening, and shut off, rebooted, but the screen would go black and the phone would vibrate with 2 seconds in between vibrations. It gets to the "Samsung" word, then the screen goes black in the style of an old tube TV (with the thin white line at the end). Then the vibrations start. So far a useless phone. Took it apart and checked connections carefully (I'm used to working with processor boards quite a bit).
What do you guys suggest? Damaged memory? Should I attempt to reflash? Stuck power button (seemed ok, though)? Bad screen?
Well, probably some kind of physical damage, but hard to say. Anyway, you posted in the forum for SGH-I777 but you have the SGH-I727, so I would suggest that you look in the correct forum.
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Well, probably some kind of physical damage, but hard to say. Anyway, you posted in the forum for SGH-I777 but you have the SGH-I727, so I would suggest that you look in the correct forum.
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Oh, thanks for the heads up. Yeah I just figured out that the i727 isn't in "Top Devices" or "Legacy," so you have to go to all forums. Ugg. Already moved. Thanks to whoever notified mod.
Anyway, yeah, any help would be AWESOME. What physical damage would prevent booting past the "Samsung" screen and default to a black screen that intermittently vibrates?
I'll be honest, if ur asking that question probably something u don't have the current skill set to fix. Try to Odin back stock, but if it started post-drop you may be SOL and in need of a new phone.
Got it into download mode after multiple failed attempts. Each time I would get it into download mode, the screen would shut off after about 5 seconds of being on. I tried several combinations of plugging it in first, then installing the battery, or holding down the button while I plugged it in with no battery, etc. I had just given up after getting it into download mode briefly for the 20th time, when I gave it one more go while rocking the on and off button. Technically that is recovery mode, but I let off right before plugging the phone in and it hit download mode and stuck.
So what I am thinking is the power button got jammed internally. I have heard of it happening on other forums. Even though it looks good and clicks upon external examination, the pressure circuit on the inside might be in contact. Anyway, just one theory.
For future though, I did discover that you don't HAVE to have the USB unplugged prior to getting into download mode. On the contrary, a power source must be present in order to register that the keys are pressed PRIOR to initiating USB input. Thus, you can actually remove the battery, plug in the USB (power source), then hold the volume keys while replacing the battery. Goes into download mode that way, too.
Will keep you guys updated. Might need a bit more help if the phone starts acting up again.
At this point, if the Download mode still holds ok, should I consider CyanogenMod, or is it easier to get back a good ROM from stock?
icenight:
Thanks for the reply. I don't understand much about smart phones or how they work, but trust me when I say I have had AMPLE experience with electronics, circuit boards, hardware, etc., particularly in the computer/laptop world. I code quite a bit of websites, and understand almost all things networking and OS. Just never really got into it with the phones.
Getting super excited to see the sheer amount of modding you can do though. Would love to break into a hardware modding world if it ever comes available. That's where it's at with electronics for me.
Well glad u got it sorted, lucky guy you are lol.
As for boards and the like, if it didn't work I would've suggested replacing the motherboard and/or power daughter board. But for a skyrocket may not be worth the money.
Since you're a hardware guy, maybe mess around with the phone and JTAG? Finding a way to unbrick without it would be very helpful
Since the problems started after a physical damage (fall) , I wonder how would Odin or wipe and flash might work !
Definitely a hardware damage...
Yeah, it kinda puzzled me, too. I believe the power button might have been internally stuck, but that's just one idea. Could have been a loose connection, too.
Can you lose some solid state memory with firmware on it, but the SS memory still be OK to right another copy on?
More than likely it was your power button
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