So I was streaming music through the browser and when I disconnected the phone from the car charger it didnt start up it looked dead, the screen was black, and the power button didnt work but........ I didnt have to take out the battery and restart, I held the volume up button and power for about 10-15 seconds and the phone restarted - like new . So, next time your phone powers off for no reason try holding the volume up and power for 15 secs before you try taking out the battery.
I think just holding the power button does it...don't think you need to hold vol-up
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I think just holding the power button does it...don't think you need to hold vol-up
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Yup, no need to hold the vol up button. Long press power will do it.
pettigrew95 said:
I think just holding the power button does it...don't think you need to hold vol-up
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Yup, no need to hold the vol up button. Long press power will do it.
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actually, try it while the phone is on.. It's a reboot option... which you cannot do with just the power button alone. I think that's what he experienced.
I don't get a reboot option.
Just had my first "power lost" as well. Except mine was idle, charging overnight. Tried to turn it on but no go. Long press power button only didn't work as well so I had to pull the battery. Thanks for the tip. Why does it do this? Hardware or software problem?
I'm almost sure that its software. Every new phone that omes out has bugs eapecially if u buy it near its release date.
I believe all the bugs will eventually be fixed
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donutman said:
Just had my first "power lost" as well. Except mine was idle, charging overnight. Tried to turn it on but no go. Long press power button only didn't work as well so I had to pull the battery. Thanks for the tip. Why does it do this? Hardware or software problem?
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Alot of people, including myself, were experiencing this random shutdowns when the first batch of G2x's came out. Only solution was battery pull or exchange. I got tired of pulling the battery andi didn't want to wait for a software patch update to fix the issues so I exchanged it and my current one is fantastic.
Many theories came out regarding the spontaneous random shut downs; overheating, wifi, gps, charging, etc. although, no definite reason as to why this is happening
If you are experiencing this numerous times, you should exchange it if you have the option of doing so
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I'm inclined to think it's software, I was running the stock OS for 2 weeks and didn't have a single shutdown, then I flashed eaglesblood and it's been shutting down twice a day. Probably one of the drivers???
I had a power off last night while, charging. I woke up and it was off and power button didn't do anything. I just did a battery pull. Running eagleblood 1.0.3. Also had my first reboot last night
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I'm inclined to think it's software, I was running the stock OS for 2 weeks and didn't have a single shutdown, then I flashed eaglesblood and it's been shutting down twice a day. Probably one of the drivers???
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Could be custom software. But even people with stock experienced shutdowns. There was a big thread about shutdowns in the tmobile g2x forums and most of them ran stock.
However, It seems a though this issue is resolving as there is less talking and complaining about it
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I live in Northridge, Cal.
My first G2X I screweed up. I installed a p990 rom, and well you know the rest.
Exchanged for another, NO ISSUES!! Ive rooted, CWM, removed some crapware.
I use wifi at home, mixed g/n. wifi at work g, bluetooth for the helmet on the bike.
I havent experienced any random reboots.
My question is this:
COULD it be related to where these phones are shipped to?
NJ vs CA, or east coast/west coast?
Just a thought, without the caffiene in bloodstream yet...
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I live in Northridge, Cal.
My first G2X I screweed up. I installed a p990 rom, and well you know the rest.
Exchanged for another, NO ISSUES!! Ive rooted, CWM, removed some crapware.
I use wifi at home, mixed g/n. wifi at work g, bluetooth for the helmet on the bike.
I havent experienced any random reboots.
My question is this:
COULD it be related to where these phones are shipped to?
NJ vs CA, or east coast/west coast?
Just a thought, without the caffiene in bloodstream yet...
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If your thought is correct, then tmo screwed the west side lol. Nah. Im from hawaii and my first g2x was filled with reboots but my second was fine (same manufactured date). So I don't think shipping location is a factor.
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New to the forum. Love you guys' work. Been a follower since the G1 days. I got the xoom on Thursday (like a lot of you) and have loved it, until last night. My battery was going low (20% or so) and I used it for about 10 more minutes when the whole thing just shot off. I'm not sure what happened. I tried to charge it and nothing happened. If it was my G1 or Nexus, I would have just pulled the cover off and taken the battery out and rebooted, not so easy on the xoom. I think I might have to take it back, but anyone have any ideas as to how I can get it working again?
exact same thing happened to me, I pressed and held volume up and power and it booted up.
Morkai Almandragon said:
exact same thing happened to me, I pressed and held volume up and power and it booted up.
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That did the trick thanks man!
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That did the trick thanks man!
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Same problem. Same fix
I just had this happen to me today, so as of March 11 its still an issue. The system appeared to be locked in sleep mode and no amount of pressing or holding the power (or any other) button wakes it up. The little light top right just keeps flashing slowly. It wasn't on a low battery either. lets hope all the other users are savvy enough to search for the answer online. I found it here on xda forum in another thread - hold down power button and volume at the same time. Which interestingly is a trick i wouldn't find in the manual, and i couldnt find an explanation for the blinking light in the manual or PDF guide either. There will be some very very worried xoom owners around until this is fixed.
My xoom does not respond to my touch, so everything seems still alive, and when I hold on the power button it does ask me if I want to turn it off, but since it does not respond to my click, I cannot reboot the system. Same trick as above solved the problem.
More information would be helpful.
1. Does this happened before or after the update.
2. Rooted, modified in any way etc etc...
AFAIK Mine still working fine. I haven't done anything to mine, so is still pretty stock.
At least there's a way to deal with this.
So this just happened to my wifi Xoom. Except the forced reboot method (volume up + power) doesn't get any response. Any quick ideas before I go exchange this at Costco?
edit: This is a completely stock Xoom.
Morkai Almandragon said:
exact same thing happened to me, I pressed and held volume up and power and it booted up.
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Thanks this fixed mine as well. It's a little unnerving that it wouldn't boot to begin with, though.
Yep had this happen on mine a couple of times now.
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Thank you so much! I thought my xoom was bricked!
Yep its only happened once to me since launch day, but power + volume up did fix it. No idea why it happened, havent had any problems since though.
yeah, its a lil scary. i remember when i had it happ3n. glad its working for you.
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Yesterday while toggling airplane mode I got a reboot. First yet and it was on gingerbread..i just had another one while accident pressing power for too long..
the phone reboots just holding power even if the screen is off. Maybe just maybe this button is getting pressed for too long I their pockets or just pressing power to toggle airplane mode and its rebooting. Or maybe something with this function bugging out...
Anyone else notice phone reboots just holding power for too long?
Edit:Im almost positive this is what caused my reboots
My phone was on the charger last night only for me wake up and it was off. Full battery when I powered it on.
Doubt its being turned off my accident.
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My phone was on the charger last night only for me wake up and it was off. Full battery when I powered it on.
Doubt its being turned off my accident.
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As I said, some people.. Maybe some is legit but others are this issue..
Or like I said, something related to that. Maybe bugging out or something.. Just seems weird that holding power causes a reboot.
A lot of my reboots were spontaneous when I wasn't even touching the phone. Also when it was charging overnight.
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A lot of my reboots were spontaneous when I wasn't even touching the phone. Also when it was charging overnight.
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Maybe somehow the phone off has a bug thinking the power button is being held in or just that function bugging out when the phone is off...
Dont know just a thought.but I'm positive this rebooted mine.
Definitively not by accident!! And the damn thing reboots by itself every 5mn for a few times while I was watching it doing that while plugged in, then turns off by itself in the middle oh the night, I'm getting another one, and another one until I get a working one with no light bleed. I'll receive my 3rd one in a few days.
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Mine just did it again. I didn't have the problem on the stock rom, CM7, EaglesBlood or any other rom aside from the unofficial Gingerbread leak.
The rom itself it very nice considering CM7 has weird issues of its own, but resetting/locking up is a big no-no.
As I said earlier my phone was off this morning after flashing the leaked rom last night. I wiped several times this morning, flashed Eaglesblood, wiped again, and again, flashed the leaked Gingerbread, wiped and wiped again.
Set the phone up but didn't install any apps (testing). Cooked breakfast; fine, watched a TV show; fine, took a shower; fine, got dressed; fine, stepped outside for a second; locked up.
The phone was on because when I pressed the power button the touch panel lit up. The lockscreen showed for a second then went out. Then it was unresponsive. I held the power button down for a few seconds, which turned the phone off, then held it again to turn it back on.
Sucks. Must be the rom. Weird why the stock didn't do it, nor others. Others are claiming theirs are fine.
It is SO weird how these problems aren't across the board and are so random. Everything points to a kernel which wasn't included in the lacked build. Hopefully when the official one comes out, we'll get an updated kernel to go with it.
I think it's the overheating problem. My first phone was very hot and had 3 reboots in 5 days. New one I have has no reboot yet and doesn't get as hot like the other one. PCs get BSOD or freezing when overheating. G2X gets Black Screen of Death and freezing.
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I think it's the overheating problem. My first phone was very hot and had 3 reboots in 5 days. New one I have has no reboot yet and doesn't get as hot like the other one. PCs get BSOD or freezing when overheating. G2X gets Black Screen of Death and freezing.
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This could very well be. especially since a lot of people have reboots when charging and that generally makes the phones temp higher...
Luckily I'm good...
If I had the rebooting problem, I would definitely exchange my device. I haven't had any reboots or freezes though.
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I think it's the overheating problem. My first phone was very hot and had 3 reboots in 5 days. New one I have has no reboot yet and doesn't get as hot like the other one. PCs get BSOD or freezing when overheating. G2X gets Black Screen of Death and freezing.
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U could be right but my phone shuts down a few times right after charging. But then for the rest of the night it won't shut down anymore. Sometimes it shuts down in the middle of the night too, it's very randomly. How do u explain that?
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If I had the rebooting problem, I would definitely exchange my device. I haven't had any reboots or freezes though.
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I would too. That **** would annoy me...
So, out of nowhere, my Samsung Infuse 4G decided to power on unless I have a USB cable plugged in and I hold the volume down button simultaneously with the power button. Which then brings up the standard powered off charging screen. The I hold down the power button for about 5 seconds and it powers up.
Any suggestions? My phone was stock build when this started. I have since rooted it and installed some roms (currently running Infused v2.2.3) to see if that would help, but no luck.
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So, out of nowhere, my Samsung Infuse 4G decided to power on unless I have a USB cable plugged in and I hold the volume down button simultaneously with the power button. Which then brings up the standard powered off charging screen. The I hold down the power button for about 5 seconds and it powers up.
Any suggestions? My phone was stock build when this started. I have since rooted it and installed some roms (currently running Infused v2.2.3) to see if that would help, but no luck.
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If it started before you modded your phone, it sounds like it could be hardware, that or you could try letting it charge down and back up, or a different battery.
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So, out of nowhere, my Samsung Infuse 4G decided to power on unless I have a USB cable plugged in and I hold the volume down button simultaneously with the power button. Which then brings up the standard powered off charging screen. The I hold down the power button for about 5 seconds and it powers up.
Any suggestions? My phone was stock build when this started. I have since rooted it and installed some roms (currently running Infused v2.2.3) to see if that would help, but no luck.
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Try GTG's Ultimate Unbrick and see if that fixes anything. If not, I'd be willing to bet that it's a hardware issue.
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Try GTG's Ultimate Unbrick and see if that fixes anything. If not, I'd be willing to bet that it's a hardware issue.
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Thanks, I did try GTG's Ultimate Unbrick and that hasn't fixed it either. I'm going to have to bring to AT&T tomorrow and see if this is covered under insurance.
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Thanks, I did try GTG's Ultimate Unbrick and that hasn't fixed it either. I'm going to have to bring to AT&T tomorrow and see if this is covered under insurance.
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Just make sure its back to stock before you take it up there, and it definitely would be covered if it's hardware.
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Thanks, I did try GTG's Ultimate Unbrick and that hasn't fixed it either. I'm going to have to bring to AT&T tomorrow and see if this is covered under insurance.
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Dang. Sorry to hear that man :/ But yeah, it will definitely be covered if it's hardware related.
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Thanks guys. Yes, it was no problem, AT&T swapped it out for me. Only took about 5 minutes. They determined it was a hardware issue as well.
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Thanks guys. Yes, it was no problem, AT&T swapped it out for me. Only took about 5 minutes. They determined it was a hardware issue as well.
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Glad to hear everything worked out for you at&t's usually pretty good with fixing issues, at least the store I work at is
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Thanks guys. Yes, it was no problem, AT&T swapped it out for me. Only took about 5 minutes. They determined it was a hardware issue as well.
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Nothin like a shiny new phone!
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Two4motion,
Did the AT&T rep happen to tell you what exactly was broken? I just bought a phone off of craigslist and it came with a bad battery, but when I replaced the battery it still had issues.
My phone did this also. Only turn on when USB was plugged in. I was getting know where, tried unbrick and still nothing. 2 days later I put my friends battery in my phone and it booted right up! Shut it down and swapped battery's back out and haven't had a problem since. Its been about 4 months now. Really weird problem and I don't know if anyone else has ran into this.
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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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Bronk93 said:
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.
My phone is bone is stock. It has never been rooted or anything.
It got it wet a few months ago, but it continued to work fine. It's been dropped a couple of times, but has a case.
In the last 2 weeks it has shut off by itself a handful of times, and wouldn't power on unless I pulled the battery.
Last night it shut off, I pulled the battery, and it still wouldn't turn on. Tried a different battery, and nothing. Plugged into the wall, and I got the drained battery symbol, then the almost charged battery symbol, then a blank, and finally after that, the phone would boot. However, as soon as you pull the charging cable the phone shuts off. Also now when you get it to boot up, there is no wifi and no mobile data. I tried booting it from the computer and all I get is the vibration like it wants to turn on, then nothing.
The only thing I have done is a factory reset and it still has the same problems.
I also don't have the latest update from Verizon since I'm in South America. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
Please help! Thanks in advance.
Nobody has nothing?
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Nobody has nothing?
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can you get into odin/download mode?
if so flash the latest image and see if it works. if not then you probably have a hardware problem.
good luck
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can you get into odin/download mode?
if so flash the latest image and see if it works. if not then you probably have a hardware problem.
good luck
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I tried getting into Recovery Mode and Odin/Download Mode with zero success. I was afraid it was a hardware problem. Is there anyway of figuring out what hardware issue it maybe, if in fact it's hardware related?
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I tried getting into Recovery Mode and Odin/Download Mode with zero success. I was afraid it was a hardware problem. Is there anyway of figuring out what hardware issue it maybe, if in fact it's hardware related?
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It's probably either a bad battery or a broken power button, if you're still under warranty go get it exchanged.
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It's probably either a bad battery or a broken power button, if you're still under warranty go get it exchanged.
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I have 2 batteries. The same issue with each battery. I'm not under the warranty. I have a service plan from Best Buy, but I'm in Argentina. Is there anyway to figure out for sure if it's the power button with out taking it to a technician?
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I have 2 batteries. The same issue with each battery. I'm not under the warranty. I have a service plan from Best Buy, but I'm in Argentina. Is there anyway to figure out for sure if it's the power button with out taking it to a technician?
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There are YouTube videos that show you how to unstick a power button on the S3. Normally you have to bang it fairly hard against something, search for the video and see if it works for you. If it makes the situation better it's your power button.
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There are YouTube videos that show you how to unstick a power button on the S3. Normally you have to bang it fairly hard against something, search for the video and see if it works for you. If it makes the situation better it's your power button.
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Apparently it was the power button I'm suspecting. I pressed on it firmly on the edge of the counter last night, tried to turn it on this morning, and it powered up. Should I replace the power button?
Also I would like to root the phone now, but I think I'll start another thread for that one if I have any questions.
Thanks a ton guys!