Ok...I've discovered that instead of a battery pull you can hold up on the volume button the camera button and the power button and you will reboot the phone. Works anytime and comes in handy if your phone freezes.
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Ok...I've discovered that instead of a battery pull you can hold up on the volume button the camera button and the power button and you will reboot the phone. Works anytime and comes in handy if your phone freezes.
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This has been confirmed by me with a functional phone. My phone don't lock up so I can't test that
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Thanks! I've only had to pull the battery a couple of times, but I feel like the Epic's back cover might not handle being opened over and over again.
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It's sad that this is the best thread posted in development in the past few weeks.
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It's sad that this is the best thread posted in development in the past few weeks.
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Lol...tell me about it
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So I did this and I love being able to do this, especially testing my ROM out when I make small changes, but one correction, this shuts down the phone, not reboot. Either way, great find.
I actually like it turning off so I can easily boot back into clockwork to flash things.
That's awesome. Tho it did reboot, didn't shut down.
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It's surprising that this is news... I thought by now everyone would have known about it.
Wanna know another little trick? Hold all four buttons (Vol. up, vol. down, camera, and power) and you'll be thrown almost immediately into recovery.
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It's surprising that this is news... I thought by now everyone would have known about it.
Wanna know another little trick? Hold all four buttons (Vol. up, vol. down, camera, and power) and you'll be thrown almost immediately into recovery.
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I just tried this (with it plugged in charging, no less) and confirms that this works.. and the BEST part is that it's not just 'recovery' it throws you into clockwork recovery
keep holding them and you'll get there.. (took like 2 seconds I believe)
I find this annoying. My phone reboots at least once a day while I'm at work because of this. I keep it in the stock samsung holster, and if I lean down to pick something up off of the floor, shortly later I'm greeted to my phone rebooting.
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DevinXtreme said:
It's surprising that this is news... I thought by now everyone would have known about it.
Wanna know another little trick? Hold all four buttons (Vol. up, vol. down, camera, and power) and you'll be thrown almost immediately into recovery.
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Nice now i dont have to shutdown first, thanks for this and thanks OP For the tip on reboot.
So it's tap vol up, power, and camera to reboot. And hold the same three to power off? That's great news I already had to order a new back cover because of having to do all those battery pulls for my stupid mistakes.
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Great tip... Thanks!
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So it's tap vol up, power, and camera to reboot. And hold the same three to power off? That's great news I already had to order a new back cover because of having to do all those battery pulls for my stupid mistakes.
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Nope, tap, press, or hold, whatever you do you will be shuting down your phone, and it is not just a shut down it is essentially cutting the power so it is instant.
interesting.... if you do the 3 button reboot, and phone is pluged into power, it simply turns off and all you see is the battery charging icon.... if it's not plugged in, then it will reboot
This is great, and all, and if it works when the OS is hung or crashed, it's the only solution.
However, I find the Reboot Widget from marketplace (need to be rooted) to be much easier in most cases.
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interesting.... if you do the 3 button reboot, and phone is pluged into power, it simply turns off and all you see is the battery charging icon.... if it's not plugged in, then it will reboot
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Ah there's my problem I only tried while my phone was plugged in.
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My buddy has the EVO and on his he simply holds the volume/power buttons down (when the phone is turned off) and this boots his into recovery.
I tried holding down the volume/power buttons but nothing happens for me (i tried several combinations of this, no dice), any advice?
I know I can boot into recovery through the rom manager but I want to be able to do this with the buttons in case something goes awry from flashing.
Hold power and volume up/down until you see Samsung. Then move down to just holding power and volume down. I have better luck with this if the battery cover is off, but I have big fingers.
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Hold power and volume up/down until you see Samsung. Then move down to just holding power and volume down. I have better luck with this if the battery cover is off, but I have big fingers.
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Thanks very much, worked perfectly!
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Thanks very much, worked perfectly!
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Cool. Glad that made sense.
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I seem to have a problem with my power button. I think. My phone will occasionally shut off and vibrate once every 2 seconds, as if the power button is being held down. Taking the battery out and putting it back in stops the vibrations, but then after starting to turn on it will go back into the steady vibration.
I've noticed that sometimes when it's turned on it'll go into little fits where the power button menu will pop up rapidly. This usually precedes when it shuts off.
The severity of these "fits" varies. Sometimes it just requires popping the battery out and putting it back in, but sometimes it lasts for hours.
I don't know if it's a power button problem, or something in the wiring. I don't have a case on it, just a stick on skin. If you need anymore information, I'll gladly supply it.
Any information on what is happening and if theres a fix, would be greatly appreciated.
Sounds like a short somewhere
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Any way to fix that?
zgibbyson said:
Any way to fix that?
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You would have to open up the case and look at it. Could be some debris in there, button could be getting jammed. Few things could be happening.
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Tried to do a factory reset, cant even get past the boot screen.
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Tried to do a factory reset, cant even get past the boot screen.
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Either open it yourself or warranty it
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Also, whenever it shuts off a white line usually briefly flashes. Don't know if that helps.
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Also, whenever it shuts off a white line usually briefly flashes. Don't know if that helps.
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That happens to me to and it happened on my first bricked skyrocket. Usually when i do a battery pull or after download mode completes.
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I seem to have a problem with my power button. I think. My phone will occasionally shut off and vibrate once every 2 seconds, as if the power button is being held down. Taking the battery out and putting it back in stops the vibrations, but then after starting to turn on it will go back into the steady vibration.
I've noticed that sometimes when it's turned on it'll go into little fits where the power button menu will pop up rapidly. This usually precedes when it shuts off.
The severity of these "fits" varies. Sometimes it just requires popping the battery out and putting it back in, but sometimes it lasts for hours.
I don't know if it's a power button problem, or something in the wiring. I don't have a case on it, just a stick on skin. If you need anymore information, I'll gladly supply it.
Any information on what is happening and if theres a fix, would be greatly appreciated.
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I know I'm reviving an old thread but I came here trying to find a solution and I figured out what mine was.
It was indeed the power button, I took the phone apart twice, first time not messing with the power button, second time I pressed it quite a few good times and blew on it to try to blow anything out of there and to get my spit in it to lube any parts that needed lube...or what not.
I put it back together and still...same problem, it'd turn on when I put the battery in or plugged in a power source and then roughly 2 seconds later, it'd restart. The most I could get was maybe a full 10 seconds (but never further). But I realized that if I held the power button at the perfect time after the phone vibrated to turn on, it would go those 10 seconds way more often. So I mashed the hell out of my power button and shook and pounded the phone and it booted it up, was able to back up all my stuff and restore it. Now waiting for the replacement.
Why I told this like a story? I don't know...
OMFG this is exactly what is happening to me!!!! So exact. Lol any solution?!?
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OMFG this is exactly what is happening to me!!!! So exact. Lol any solution?!?
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Fix the power button
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Fix the power button
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lol
Same exact thing happened to my girlfriends Infuse, faulty power button. I took it completely apart and tried to clean the contacts between the power button and the motherboard as well as any junk that may have been lodged in the button itself. Unfortunately the cleaning didn't work, what did work is I took the god damn phone and whacked it against the counter top a few good times and it has worked ever since. Do I recommend doing this? NO! Just sharing my experience.
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Fix the power button
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yeah i guess that was a stupid question lol anyway i got my replacement today
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yeah i guess that was a stupid question lol anyway i got my replacement today
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Ah good news!
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Same exact thing happened to my girlfriends Infuse, faulty power button. I took it completely apart and tried to clean the contacts between the power button and the motherboard as well as any junk that may have been lodged in the button itself. Unfortunately the cleaning didn't work, what did work is I took the god damn phone and whacked it against the counter top a few good times and it has worked ever since. Do I recommend doing this? NO! Just sharing my experience.
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this actually worked for me lol. id hit the phone on my hand and it would fix my stuck power button.
i changed the title since that is not the issue any more. i re-melted the solder on the power button and it stoped the loops but now it just made it super ultra sensitive like its a touch screen button. any ideas?
so my phone just randomly shut off one night and it automatically turns on when i have my battery in and it just stays on the samsung logo for about 2-5 second and sometimes the touch key lights turn on but just turns back off and does the same. when i try to boot into download mode it doesnt go into it, it just show the image of the batter loading with the loading circle for about 5 second then shuts off. The phone its rooted but running stock. any help with be greatly appreciated!
If I searched for something like this I'd probably find info on the power button being stuck.
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Truckerglenn said:
If I searched for something like this I'd probably find info on the power button being stuck.
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Already tried that solution, im slowly starting to think it is a hardware issues. there is no water damage at all.
Hey.
So I have the EXACT same problem...
Phone was on CM10 Jellybean (no OC). Randomly shut off and started to bootloop. Phone will start bootloop when battery is plugged in.
1) Put in battery while holding vol+/-
2) Put in battery while holding power vol+/-
3) Put in battery while holding vol+/- and USB plugged in (I believe this is the correct method of getting download mode)
4) Put in battery while holding vol+/- and USB Jig plugged in
5) Put in battery while USB jig plugged in.
I am all out of ideas. When there is a USB jig, the phone DOES get into download mode, only to immedialtly bootloop back into download mode.
Did you Odin or Heimdall back to stock (since you are in download) and see if it still loops?
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Did you follow the OP? And where's your logcat?
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Did you follow the OP? And where's your logcat?
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Well i arrived at a new problem lol. I took the mainboard out of the phone and re-soldered the power button port which stoped the loops but now its literally ULTRA SENSITIVE i just softly touch it and it turn on the screen or just light hold my finder on it with out clicking it in and it bring up the power menu..
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Well i arrived at a new problem lol. I took the mainboard out of the phone and re-soldered the power button port which stoped the loops but now its literally ULTRA SENSITIVE i just softly touch it and it turn on the screen or just light hold my finder on it with out clicking it in and it bring up the power menu..
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Um. Maybe time to upgrade? Lol.
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Um. Maybe time to upgrade? Lol.
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Ehh i have other phones but i like to learn since i work for a electronic repair shop and this isnt the first time i ran into the bootloop issues but now i have some base on how to fix it... not not the ultra sensitive button part xD
Do you remember what the power button looked like? I think I am going to pay for this service. People have said they are reliable.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-infuse-4g-power-button-repair/
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Do you remember what the power button looked like? I think I am going to pay for this service. People have said they are reliable.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-infuse-4g-power-button-repair/
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Go read my guide in the general section I found a self fix for it.
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Hey guys, new guy to the nexus forums. My friend gave me his never rooted nexus to try and "Unbrick". Last year his power button stopped working and then he updated to JB. It was fine, power button still didn't work but at least it booted. One day back in December his phone froze so, to reboot, he pulled the battery, as he usually did. IT WOULD NOT BOOT BACK UP! I have soft-bricked a lot of my phones via rooting and stuff but i have never seen this before. It:
a) no vibrate when plugged in/ press and hold power
b) will not boot when plugged in
c) while charging, camera area gets hot (assume that's area where processor lies)
Any ideas guys? is it the circuit board? Bad boot?
Thank you from Me and my friend! .
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Rodya234 said:
Might be a stupid suggestion, but just for the heck of it, did you try replacing the battery?
If it still won't power on at all with a new battery, I'd say the silicon is fried.
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Hmm thanks for the idea, I don't know where to get a local battery cheap and he all ready moved on. Might just give up. I like it more than my s3 tho
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a) no vibrate when plugged in/ press and hold power
b) will not boot when plugged in
c) while charging, camera area gets hot (assume that's area where processor lies)
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So it does boot when unplugged?
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So it does boot when unplugged?
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No it does not....his power button didn't work so he had to pull battery and reinsert quick to boot when unplugged
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Update: I tried plugging into the computer holding down vol- (fastboot?) and still nothing.
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I have been rooted and using various roms for over half a year. I was using my phone and than my power button stopped functioning out of nowhere. I took my battery out and put it back in and it turned back on but the power button would sometimes work and sometime not. So I decided to reflash the rom so when i clicked the reboot button in my toggles and told to to go into recovery it turned off and did not go into recovery mode but instead it flashed the samsung logo briefly and said recovery booting at the top but it does not boot into recovery. I took the battery out and put it back in and it does the same thing just flashes the samsung logo once with the recovery booting and than goes dark. All this happened in 1 hour.
So i cant boot into recovery or get into download mode, and odin does not recognize that there is a device connected.
Help if you can.
So no lights at all? Take battery out. Hook phone into computer. What happens? Does you computer recognize it?
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Sometimes when I plug my charger in or plug it into computer the orange charging light flashes for a couple seconds and than nothing, and no the computer does not recognize a device. I tried charging the phone all night still nothing.
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Go open device manager on computer. Replug. Does anything show in device manager?
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Go open device manager on computer. Replug. Does anything show in device manager?
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Unfortunately no. Plugged it into computer, press power button and it vibrates one second and charging LED (red) flashes once and thats it. Nothing shows up on device manager.
Plugged it into computer and turned ODIN on... no result. It doesnt recognize that there is a phone connected.
Guys please help a guy out? ive gone through so much posts lately on Google, please if anyone knows even a hint of something that could help please mention it
Thanks ahead of time
Tried another S3 battery, maybe that was the problem but no. Pressed power button, Samsung logo flashes for less then a second. Then everything goes blank.
Next time i hit power button with this battery from another S3, all that happens is that it vibrates, the red LED flashes once and thats it.
Have also tried all combinations of Power+Vol+Home. They get only a vibrate from the phone as if only hitting the power button.
So you need to reboot into recovery but it won't.. Hmm my volume button is broken so I downloaded Quick Boot from the store and it let's you boot into recovery pretty easily. If it does the same thing you described then.. Dunno.. Flash a new recovery or bootloader with Casual one click root unlock and recovery. Hopefully you saved an image file on your pc.
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So you need to reboot into recovery but it won't.. Hmm my volume button is broken so I downloaded Quick Boot from the store and it let's you boot into recovery pretty easily. If it does the same thing you described then.. Dunno.. Flash a new recovery or bootloader with Casual one click root unlock and recovery. Hopefully you saved an image file on your pc.
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How can I flash anything if it won't even show any sign of life but vibrating.
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For some reason I thought you just couldn't get into recovery mode
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it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
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I would try to place the phone on a good flat, hard surface and then try to boot into recovery and just barely put pressure on the power button in the process. Not trying to sound smart mouth but hold vol+ with left thumb and use any right finger to hold home then use left pointer to press power. Thus you can use just the minimum amount of pressure on the power button.
If you get any further than you have been , I would bet on the button being bad. If not it may have been a partition messup. I was using the trim feature and mine goofed up the partitions and had to repartition in odin and everything. If it isnt the button find a jtag and have it done.
Good luck, Hope you can get it fixed.
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it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
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No the button is normal. Presses down just like always.
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bbolton_98 said:
it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
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I would try to place the phone on a good flat, hard surface and then try to boot into recovery and just barely put pressure on the power button in the process. Not trying to sound smart mouth but hold vol+ with left thumb and use any right finger to hold home then use left pointer to press power. Thus you can use just the minimum amount of pressure on the power button.
If you get any further than you have been , I would bet on the button being bad. If not it may have been a partition messup. I was using the trim feature and mine goofed up the partitions and had to repartition in odin and everything. If it isnt the button find a jtag and have it done.
Good luck, Hope you can get it fixed.
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Sounds like your phone just kicked the bucket as your opening post reads like the hardware bricked on you.
bbolton_98 said:
it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
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I would try to place the phone on a good flat, hard surface and then try to boot into recovery and just barely put pressure on the power button in the process. Not trying to sound smart mouth but hold vol+ with left thumb and use any right finger to hold home then use left pointer to press power. Thus you can use just the minimum amount of pressure on the power button.
If you get any further than you have been , I would bet on the button being bad. If not it may have been a partition messup. I was using the trim feature and mine goofed up the partitions and had to repartition in odin and everything. If it isnt the button find a jtag and have it done.
Good luck, Hope you can get it fixed.
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I'll try that when I get home.
Thanks for everyone who contributed
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bbolton_98 said:
it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
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I would try to place the phone on a good flat, hard surface and then try to boot into recovery and just barely put pressure on the power button in the process. Not trying to sound smart mouth but hold vol+ with left thumb and use any right finger to hold home then use left pointer to press power. Thus you can use just the minimum amount of pressure on the power button.
If you get any further than you have been , I would bet on the button being bad. If not it may have been a partition messup. I was using the trim feature and mine goofed up the partitions and had to repartition in odin and everything. If it isnt the button find a jtag and have it done.
Good luck, Hope you can get it fixed.
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Ok I did that but no results...
But I did figure something out that I didn't know: ok so when the phone is lying flat on its back and I tap it moderately 3 times very quickly the phone vibrates once and flashes just the Samsung logo for a split second.... That happens without even pressing any of the buttons. And then everything goes black. Sometimes it will do the vibrate and Samsung logo and then the "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo will show for couple seconds. Then like always it goes black.
So this must mean some of the hardware inside is disrupted. Its been dropped many times on ground. Never cracked screen but it must be the hardware inside. Does that sound logical? Or does someone else have a theory?
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spetzuu said:
Ok I did that but no results...
But I did figure something out that I didn't know: ok so when the phone is lying flat on its back and I tap it moderately 3 times very quickly the phone vibrates once and flashes just the Samsung logo for a split second.... That happens without even pressing any of the buttons. And then everything goes black. Sometimes it will do the vibrate and Samsung logo and then the "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo will show for couple seconds. Then like always it goes black.
So this must mean some of the hardware inside is disrupted. Its been dropped many times on ground. Never cracked screen but it must be the hardware inside. Does that sound logical? Or does someone else have a theory?
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Of course it sounds logical. You really should have mentioned the "dropped many times" right up front. No doubt it is physical damage. sucks sir. in the future, invest in a good case if you tend to drop your phone often....just sayin. or learn to not drop it? i don't know. sorry about your luck sir.
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Of course it sounds logical. You really should have mentioned the "dropped many times" right up front. No doubt it is physical damage. sucks sir. in the future, invest in a good case if you tend to drop your phone often....just sayin. or learn to not drop it? i don't know. sorry about your luck sir.
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So what you guys recommend for fix?? The one year warranty is gone...
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So what you guys recommend for fix?? The one year warranty is gone...
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www.swappa.com buy a new phone
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www.swappa.com buy a new phone
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You think maybe I should take apart the phone? Maybe I'll visibly see something disconnected and fix it.
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If you are smart enough to know what to look for, sure. Otherwise. I revert to my recommendation...
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sounds like power button is broken, only you know if your comfortable taking it apart. But there are videos that are good. If you think you can what do you have to lose? It ain't working now so what's the difference. I would look for some teardown videos and power button replacement vids and see if you want to try. Find out how much a button would be and then decide.
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