Ran into problems where my phone got wet, the volume up button is stuck so it's always try to adjust the ringer and the ringer volume screen keeps appearing. This is annoying because I can't really see my screen and it keeps making that beeping sound. Until I get a replacement (if I can) is there a way to disable the volume up key? My phone is rooted so is there some kind of modification I can make in the system?
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could you possibly take the phone apart and unstick the volume button or maybe even without taken the phone apart. you could also find/create an app that takes over for the the stock volume control with an option to disable physical changes to volume
mikeyrave said:
could you possibly take the phone apart and unstick the volume button or maybe even without taken the phone apart. you could also find/create an app that takes over for the the stock volume control with an option to disable physical changes to volume
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Since water got into it I dont know if it's actually stuck? I just think it got fried somehow because it just randomly adjusted the volume. I was trying to find an app but I was unsuccessful, I wish I knew how to create an app.
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The other day my infuse's power button started dying, apparently i have bad luck with samsung buttons as my captivate's power button broke on me too. It started out just randomly lighting up as if it were touched, then moved on to rebooting, and now it just continuously plays the samsung logo over and over again, even when trying to go into recovery mode. Even with the plastic phone shell off, the problem persisted, so the plastic power button itself i know is not the issue.
I'm wondering if anyone knows of any possible way to render the power button useless, and remap one of the volume keys or something as the power key instead.
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated, I really don't want to have to pay samsung to repair it.
There's an app called button remapper or something along those lines. But I believe it will kill any other function that the volume button does, like volume control. If you don't use it for that purpose, then try it out.
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I have a weird problem where the power and volume buttons don't work when the screen is locked. I know it is not a hardware issue because I had this problem for a couple days, then the power button started working again perfect the next day and now its back to not working. When the screen is unlocked, the volume keys work perfect and controls volume as it normally would. I downloaded some apps to enable the volume keys to work as an unlock button, but they fail to work.
As a last resort, I was going to flash a new rom to see if it would help, however when I boot into recovery mode, the volume keys don't work and i cant move up and down through the options. In addition, I've noticed that when I do a battery pull and put the battery back in, the phone automatically boots up as if the power button was held down.
phila83 said:
I have a weird problem where the power and volume buttons don't work when the screen is locked. I know it is not a hardware issue because I had this problem for a couple days, then the power button started working again perfect the next day and now its back to not working. When the screen is unlocked, the volume keys work perfect and controls volume as it normally would. I downloaded some apps to enable the volume keys to work as an unlock button, but they fail to work.
As a last resort, I was going to flash a new rom to see if it would help, however when I boot into recovery mode, the volume keys don't work and i cant move up and down through the options. In addition, I've noticed that when I do a battery pull and put the battery back in, the phone automatically boots up as if the power button was held down.
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Your power button is failing. It is a hardware issue. Send it for repair.
polobunny said:
Your power button is failing. It is a hardware issue. Send it for repair.
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Do you have an idea of why the volume buttons aren't working though as an unlock button with apps tho? I also question whether it is a hardware problem because this has happened in the past before and then suddenly the power button works again perfect for months. It is just very annoying for me to sit here and hope for it to start working again.
phila83 said:
Do you have an idea of why the volume buttons aren't working though as an unlock button with apps tho? I also question whether it is a hardware problem because this has happened in the past before and then suddenly the power button works again perfect for months. It is just very annoying for me to sit here and hope for it to start working again.
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It's a known issue that when the power button stay stuck the other buttons don't work. It sucks, but that's what it is. Nexus S always had this power button problem and usually you can send it to samsung to get it fixed. Some people have tried to fix it themselves without too much luck...
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I have this bug with my OnePlus One. When I press volume up or down, the usual volume panel doesn't appear and requires a reboot to work again. This happens around two times a day. If I press both up and down buttons, I can turn the phone on vibrating mode and back to normal. Really annoys me to have to reboot phone to change volume level.
Anyone having this bug?
Aksuli said:
Hi!
I have this bug with my OnePlus One. When I press volume up or down, the usual volume panel doesn't appear and requires a reboot to work again. This happens around two times a day. If I press both up and down buttons, I can turn the phone on vibrating mode and back to normal. Really annoys me to have to reboot phone to change volume level.
Anyone having this bug?
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I'm having a similar problem with the sound. It doesn't make the beeping sound when I increase or decrease the volume, so it's difficult to know the volume level unless i'm on a call or open the settings. Also the haptic feedback has stopped working even though it's enabled. Still had the same problem after restarting.
I can´t figure out what´s wrong, obviously "do not disturb" is off, the slider is always on "ring" and I am missing a lot of calls due to this issue. It happens randomly, I can´t really pinpoint at anything that seems to be the culprit.
I am wondering whether the full cover is somehow silencing the phone or if an app is doing it. Are there any default gestures for vibrate only I am not aware of?
Are you accidentally hitting Power Button + Vol Up? This pops up a toast that says "Calls and notifications will vibrate."
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Are you accidentally hitting Power Button + Vol Up? This pops up a toast that says "Calls and notifications will vibrate."
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Any way to turn that off? ... I think that could be it, the way the full cover is made it would very well explain what happens when I sit down. The hinge is just above the power button.
After 5 years of heavy usage and not a single hardware issue my volume (down) button just started acting weird and pressing by itself.
Everything else still works fine and I don't want to say goodbye to my beloved Nexus 5 just yet.
What are my options?
Should I open it up and try cleaning it or should I disable the volume buttons entirely?
PS: Already tried to disable Volume down through root via System>Usr>Keylayout>Generic.kl but it didn't work.
Disabled Volume down via Button remapper app until I figure out what to do.
I'd say open it up, I had the same problem, but with the power button, ended up opening it and placing a piece of plastic to act as a "spring").
The Nexus 5 is really easy to open up, just watch some videos on yt and take it slow.
So I've open it up, cleaned all the gunk around the buttons, turned it on while still open so I can see if it actually made any difference but it didn't. Volume down is still all-time active though the actual button is clicky like it's nothing wrong with it. What now?
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So I've open it up, cleaned all the gunk around the buttons, turned it on while still open so I can see if it actually made any difference but it didn't. Volume down is still all-time active though the actual button is clicky like it's nothing wrong with it. What now?
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I imagine the pcb was in the casing while you powered it on, so the ceramic piece was still touching the button right?
Try holding the ceramic piece away from the pcb and see what happens then