I just switched to my Touch Pro 2 and flashed Energy Cookie 2.5 GTX. I'm at work so I cant flash back to the stock rom or I would. Its also difficult for me to search the forum because everytime i want to use my phone I have to reset it
Basically what is happening is that once I hit the power button or the phone puts itself to sleep, it will not wake back up without being rebooted. If i press the power button then the back key, the four keys at the bottom light up. Also if I open the slide out keyboard the phone makes the xylophone noise. So its waking everything but the screen. I dont think its hardware because the screen comes back to life when you hit reset. It has to be a software issue.
Can anyone help me with this so I can get through this day lol? I would greatly appreciate it!
djowen6565 said:
I just switched to my Touch Pro 2 and flashed Energy Cookie 2.5 GTX. I'm at work so I cant flash back to the stock rom or I would. Its also difficult for me to search the forum because everytime i want to use my phone I have to reset it
Basically what is happening is that once I hit the power button or the phone puts itself to sleep, it will not wake back up without being rebooted. If i press the power button then the back key, the four keys at the bottom light up. Also if I open the slide out keyboard the phone makes the xylophone noise. So its waking everything but the screen. I dont think its hardware because the screen comes back to life when you hit reset. It has to be a software issue.
Can anyone help me with this so I can get through this day lol? I would greatly appreciate it!
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Try preforming a task29 and then re-flashing. Make sure to back up your data as this will erase the device memory.
Not to long read this posting : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=648134
it called SOD = Sleep of Death, and as cajunflavoredbob suggest, do task29 first, everytime you want to flash a ROM.
Hi guys,
I have a little problem where my phone's power button will not function in any way, long presses, short, almost embedding my thumb in it, all to no avail. This is doubly dissapointing as I have just installed the latest dexter plus patch to fix the problem. I still had the problem on the previous version and I thought a clean start may fix it. The only way I can get the screen on is to press the media play button! Which of course isn't doing anything on dexter.
Hunches:
I have been playing with a light sensor program and using a 3 second press to turn the phone off, I am only thinking this is related as when I re-installed then turned off the phone using a battery pull, that now the media gallery button will now not work at all, so that is a change.
Second, the power button is buggered. Seems unlikely as everthing feels normal, no big drops have occurred from heights, and the button is travelling in and out as usual.
I have also noticed that as soon as I re-insert a battery that the phone starts immediately, the M pops up as if it is already posting. So maybe it is stuck down?? Again, I don't think so, as the mechanism is working per usual.
If anyone can help it would be fantastic, you guys haven't let me down yet, and this thing is purring, but unfortunately I cannot use it lol. Just my luck.
Thanks in advance
another thing, still not solved
Another thing is happening, the phone screen turns on "after" pressing the power button, it may be once or a few times, and then pressing the gallery button.?!?!
Also, at random times it plays a podcast on my phone, the exact same podcast, and from the start, though the duration may be a few seconds then repeat, or it may go for ages, its quite a rude podcast too which has caused me to throw my phone under the car seat to shut it up when people have been trying to talk to me, as you can imagine its quite embarassing.
There are no services or apps running that I can find related to music, it may happen after pressing the camera button, or opening a website.
It is still going really fast though. And I have also reinstalled the light sensor program so I can turn it on and off without causing damage to the power button.
Thanks again everyone.
pisceanblue said:
Another thing is happening, the phone screen turns on "after" pressing the power button, it may be once or a few times, and then pressing the gallery button.?!?!
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sure, so the only way I can get the screen to turn back on, after turning off as per display power saving preferences, is by pressing the power button, maybe a couple of times, then following that up by pressing the gallery button next to the shutter button, pressing the gallery button doesn't seem to be working to turn the screen on now, but this combo is.
I hope that helped.
Cheers.
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The gallery button alone is working again. sorry guys.
You might just want to reflash it to stock to see if this resolves the problem.
Yeah I think I may have to.
Before I do., I was reading a post on a different forum where another person was having a similar issue. They seemed to solve the problem by using rom manager to boot to a manual restore menu where there was a button tester section, after using it the power button worked for them. I tried but after resetting it displayed a triangle graphic then rebooted.
Is there any way to do this with our open recovery program or any other utility to test the functionality or maybe reset the button or apply a patch etc.
Thanks again :-D
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Getting Frustrating
Alright so I followed your advice on your videos on how to reflash to stock, so of course my bootloader does not show up the same as yours on the video. I can get to the bootloader fine, using the button combo or by using quick boot > bootloader, both have the exact same result, the boot loader screens as follows:
Bootloader Fastboot mode
80.89
and that is it....
Also, my computer using rsdlite does not acknowledge the phone, not omap drivers loading etc. Followed your instructions exactly.
This is frustrating me to no end lol.
I am guessing that because I can get to the bootloader with combo no problem, that the buttons physical connections are working.. At least thats a positive.
Can I flash to stock with openrecovery? Or maybe to an earlier version of Dexters froyo? Other ideas?
Any help would be much appreciated guys, trying to use this phone at work with light sensors to turn off screen is not as easy as they say. OMG....
Thanks so much
pisceanblue said:
Bootloader Fastboot mode
80.89
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The fastboot bootloader isn't the right one. So... if you hold volume up + camera shutter while powering on you end up in fastboot? That's really weird.
Maybe your keys have been remapped somehow? Does anyone know a chord to boot fastboot? Perhaps check to see if your USB port is clean?
Lmao
Just my luck to have a weird problem. I thought it may have been remapped so I have been trying the program buttonremap. It doesn't seem to let me do anything except stop the buttons I re assign doing anything :'(
Does anyone have a proper key mapping file that I can replace with my faulty one to hopefully fix it?
Or any other ideas?
Cheers everyone
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Just checked my system / user / keylayout folder. How many files are supposed to be inside, there are a few. I checked the contents of some and they seemed to be the same. Just an idea.... thanks again.
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Ok installed anyunlock it allows you to use any physical button to unlock the screen. It doesn't respond when the Power button is pressed, it responded fine to volume rockers, gallery and shutter though.
Anyone know if this would mean for sure its a physical problem before I crack it open and try and fix it.
Thanks guys.
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No one has any solutions for me? Come on guys.
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Breakthrough!
I am pretty sure I have fixed the problem, I tapped the phone fairly hard on its sides and back, and lo and behold after a battery pull and replacement it didn't turn itself on, I waited, nothing, so then I held the power button and it started up!!!!
But....I have another problem that happened before that, I am stuck in the boot animation that open recovery uses before going into its program (i.e. where you can load nandroid, wipe dalvik cache etc).
I was about to load a new rom, and was in open recovery, had installed it and about to do the reset and the phone turned itself off, and thats when I got the problem with the sticking boot animation.
So just to be clear, I am stuck in a boot loop, but not with the M logo, the restore logo.
I hope the power button solution can help someone else, as random as it is.
If anyone could help me get out of this boot loop without flashing stock that would be great. ( i can get to the real bootloader now btw)
Thanks again everyone.
Solved it all
Just took the sd card out and rebooted. And the power is getting better after banging it.
Thanks to all.
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pisceanblue said:
Solved it all
Just took the sd card out and rebooted. And the power is getting better after banging it.
Thanks to all.
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So, is your conclusion is that the button was stuck and the banging freed it? It doesn't restick?
The Button is not perfect still. Sometimes over sensitive Occasionally it will not even work but it works most of the time. I am just wondering what cleaning solution I could use to free it some more.
It has certainly been a trying problem. Cheers for the help.
Now I need to figure out why I have this strange ghosting on the top of my screen.....
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Power Button Not Working
Hi Guys,
Any solution for the power button problem? Current latest Android 2.3.3 Samsung Galaxy S2 also having the same power button problem. Most of the time I can't use my power button to turn on/off the screen (wake/sleep) and there's no menu for long tap as well. Luckily it does wake when i press the only physical Samsung center button.
What i have already tried: Factory Reset, disable Power Saving Mode, Spare Part+ (apps), Screen Off and Lock (apps), and all won't help.
Is there any current updates or patches to allow the power button to work as usual?
Thank you.
take it to the samsung technical centre
Thats if you still have warranty
archer88 said:
take it to the samsung technical centre
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won't help because this is the 3rd phone replacement from the shop with the same problem. 100% Android software problem.
hello, yesterday i was changing rooms and i was wiping everything trough cwm 5.0.2.3 carebear.jrodd.
After wiping i went to choose zip and then i was sent back to main menu, i could choose any option from main menu, but behind options was waiting for me, tiny android fella with open box and some sort of a arrow sign.
I tried at least 15 times to get past that android fella and his freaking box with arrow jumping out of it , but i could not.
i could use nexus s soft buttons and at the bottom of screen was message saying "back button disabled".
i had to remove battery{ i didnt know what to do/i didnt actually have any other options, that i knew about}, then i powered back in to CWM and flashed rom.
everything works fine since then.
did any of u knows what happened?
i flashed lots of roms and i always trying to do everything up to code, but something like this happened to me for the first time.
it wasnt the most pleasant expierence
the same thing happened to me once on my ns4g. I had to pull the battery.
try flash recovery img at fastboot and then see if you can get in recovery
greg2826 said:
hello, yesterday i was changing rooms and i was wiping everything trough cwm 5.0.2.3 carebear.jrodd.
After wiping i went to choose zip and then i was sent back to main menu, i could choose any option from main menu, but behind options was waiting for me, tiny android fella with open box and some sort of a arrow sign.
I tried at least 15 times to get past that android fella and his freaking box with arrow jumping out of it , but i could not.
i could use nexus s soft buttons and at the bottom of screen was message saying "back button disabled".
i had to remove battery{ i didnt know what to do/i didnt actually have any other options, that i knew about}, then i powered back in to CWM and flashed rom.
everything works fine since then.
did any of u knows what happened?
i flashed lots of roms and i always trying to do everything up to code, but something like this happened to me for the first time.
it wasnt the most pleasant expierence
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As long as it is working OK now then all is good.
Happens every now and again.
Ok this has happened to me a couple of times and from what i have found if i press both up and down volume buttons and power button in random combos after about second or third try it sorts it self out. I have tried to create the error and from what i have seen its if you are a lil heavy handed and either press the volume up and down together to start with or the power with one of the others at the same time it does some weird lock on going back or rebooting or anything really. don't think its isolated to the version of CW as i've had it on older builds
bigmem said:
Ok this has happened to me a couple of times and from what i have found if i press both up and down volume buttons and power button in random combos after about second or third try it sorts it self out. I have tried to create the error and from what i have seen its if you are a lil heavy handed and either press the volume up and down together to start with or the power with one of the others at the same time it does some weird lock on going back or rebooting or anything really. don't think its isolated to the version of CW as i've had it on older builds
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that happened to me before, i got a mini heart attack, and some what i pressed the both volume button by accident and it worked lol
allenxx said:
that happened to me before, i got a mini heart attack, and some what i pressed the both volume button by accident and it worked lol
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I swear the amount of random errors i have had in CWM and i always leave the battery pull to last thing, battery pulls have led me to partial bricking and having to learn quick that its not a good thing lol
bigmem said:
I swear the amount of random errors i have had in CWM and i always leave the battery pull to last thing, battery pulls have led me to partial bricking and having to learn quick that its not a good thing lol
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try twrp recovery
greg2826 said:
hello, yesterday i was changing rooms and i was wiping everything trough cwm 5.0.2.3 carebear.jrodd.
After wiping i went to choose zip and then i was sent back to main menu, i could choose any option from main menu, but behind options was waiting for me, tiny android fella with open box and some sort of a arrow sign.
I tried at least 15 times to get past that android fella and his freaking box with arrow jumping out of it , but i could not.
i could use nexus s soft buttons and at the bottom of screen was message saying "back button disabled".
i had to remove battery{ i didnt know what to do/i didnt actually have any other options, that i knew about}, then i powered back in to CWM and flashed rom.
everything works fine since then.
did any of u knows what happened?
i flashed lots of roms and i always trying to do everything up to code, but something like this happened to me for the first time.
it wasnt the most pleasant expierence
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It's caused by scrolling through the menu options 3 times. It's actually a feature. I forget where I read it but apparently back in the day there was a dude with a broken power button who couldn't select things in CWM so Koush put in that feature just for him. I believe one of the other buttons works to select items when that's enabled. To get out of it just keep scrolling up or down through the menu options 3 more times.
You ended up in the stock recovery. Hold power then press volume down OR volume up (cant remember which) and you'll be in stock recovery.
Also, the physical buttons are disabled when you press vol up and vol down at the same time. Do it again to return to normal.
happened to my yesterday again, after six months of problems free.
anyway nothing to be scared about.
thank u for answers, i kinda forgot about that thread... LOL
I've just installed the new Revolution HD 3.2.1 and the latest Kernel 16b.
The tablet is very fast and stable now, no more reboots. There are only two things that happens and that's Dolphin browser crashes sometimes and when my tablet is off and I want to start it up, I have to use my power cable otherwise it won't start up. If I want to use the battery only it won't start up. Is the anybody else with the same issue?
how long are you holding down the power button waiting for start up?
slackhouse said:
how long are you holding down the power button waiting for start up?
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20 or more seconds. Normally it worked fine but lately it went from bad to worse to nothing!
Same here
Mine is doing the same thing. I flashed another ROM (was using Revolution) thinking it was the ROM, but no. I have done a lot of reading and still am not sure of what is causing it. Some say the power button is wonky and the tablet needs to be sent back to Asus, but when it is booted up the button reacts just fine to sending it into and bringing it out of sleep. I am perplexed.
gbweller said:
Mine is doing the same thing. I flashed another ROM (was using Revolution) thinking it was the ROM, but no. I have done a lot of reading and still am not sure of what is causing it. Some say the power button is wonky and the tablet needs to be sent back to Asus, but when it is booted up the button reacts just fine to sending it into and bringing it out of sleep. I am perplexed.
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Exactly, the only time the button refuses to work is when the tablet is off and I want to turn it on when it's not on mains power. But as soon as I put the main power cable in the tablet I don't even have to push the button it just goes on
and if I want to flash something and I push the power button and the volume down button, it works. But the main power cable must be plugged in.
RMA'ing mine
After researching until I was blurry-eyed I decided that it has to be a hardware issue. I unrooted following the Unlockr guide and flashed the most recent stock build (.24) from Asus's support page so I could send it in for service. (I couldn't get a download for the stock ROM from the Unlockr link and that's why I used the one from Asus...just unzipped main folder and moved to SD card from my PC, then inserted card into the TF101. As soon as SD mounted a notification popped up saying that there was an update ready to install.)
Also, another strange thing is that I can't connect it to my PC. It just says USB device unrecognized. I tried EVERYTHING and no luck. I really would have thought that returning it to complete stock would have solved that issue but no. Hopefully when it comes back I'll have that functionality back too. I have my doubts but we'll see. Maybe one of those custom kernels I flashed that were associated with Megatron's ROM did something with the firmware that flashing stock couldn't change. I really have no idea and I don't recall trying to connect to my PC with it while I was on Megatron's ROM so I don't really even know at what point it stopped working. I will say that it was my favorite ROM.
Hey, having issues with this danged phone. Long time reader, finally joined! So! My issue goes off of another user's on this site which was not covered-link is below. On to the problem!
'Menu, Home, Back, Search, Power, and Camera Button are not functioning correctly!
Volume Up and Down work fine.
So here is what I've tried with no luck
-trying to get to download mode but can't because buttons do not work
-attempted recovery mode, again, can't select an choice
-tried using the ButtonRemapper apk with no use, it makes all buttons useless (has a restore option, thank goodness )
-tried RebootMenu apk, screen turns black -> phone needs to be reset by taking battery out**. I thought for sure this would work!
**after taking battery out and replacing, phone boots itself up with not a single button being pressed
I am just trying to do what it takes to restore functionality. Rooted currently via OneClickRoot. Superuser and Busybox are fully updated. My guess is to try and reinstall the ROM?? Ummm, let's see...did not try installing any ROMS, bootloaders, and etc..just did the root a couple days ago and it started acting up over the past 2-3 days..driving me bonkers I swear.
Currently using the Button Savior apk when booted up which is life saver for my dead buttons; tried opening up and cleaning the hardware..to no avay....what may I have missed chaps?
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Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
ThePolak