My power button decided to die on me last night (had the phone since Feb). Luckily, I can wake the screen using the volume keys thanks to widgetlocker, and I am using a widgetsoid app widget to lock the screen. Still would like my power button back, I can't switch off the phone without battery pull, and to switch back on, i need to plug it into a charger. ANyone experience this? Do I need to open the damn thing and mess around with it to get the button to work again? Looks like a purely physical/mechanical problem here.
so I guess I'm screwed based on all the views without any replies :s
alizawi said:
so I guess I'm screwed based on all the views without any replies :s
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ive been using my phone with a dead power button since august. no problems here(lol). and the same thing with my nexus one the year before. cm has a volume rocker wake option, lockscreen widget turns off the screen, rootbooter boots into recovery, bootloader, and reboots(can power off in recovery or bootloader). but, im not on cm anymore, now im on ics. in ics, if you disable the lockscreen, you can wake with the volume rocker without any extra apps. also, im using the button remapper app to use my search button as the power button to turn off the screen. im using the twrp recovery instead of cwm recovery, because you dont need the power button in twrp recovery. to power on my phone from a cold start, i just give my phone a light smack on the backside, near the power button.
haha, interesting comment about the backside smack! Couldn't get that to work from a cold start. I have to plug it in..
unfortunately, I am using stock ROM, so I will have to make do with the apps available to me now.. widgetlocker manages ok with the volume buttons, but sometimes it fails, and I end up having to call myself from my landline from the office when I don't have my charger with me.
Guess I'll have to wait for ICS to come OTA (god knows when that will be, but can't be too far away now).
same issue here
even my power button died a month ago.. and have never rooted my phone
have been managing with "widget locker" and "screen off and lock" apps.
Did you get the OTA update of ICS for nexus s
Now that I can't manually update my phone, is there any way to force an OTA to the phone ?
Why not have the thing repaired?
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My Sensation has the Revolution HD3.6.2 by Mike. I started having issues with my sleep button where it would stop responding occasionally until eventually it would stop responding altogether when the phone was on and I could not put to sleep or wake up at all. Now, if I plug into charger with battery out then install battery it will not boot automatically or with holding power button at all. When removing charger it will boot automatically because the phone thinks the power button is always depressed. I have taken the phone case off and cleaned the area many times and it physically clicks normal with no response. I was going to try an updated ROM to see if this was a programming issue however since the phone thinks the power button is always depressed I can not use ROM manager, right when I click down or up it automatically loads that option. The rest of the phone works perfectly and do not want to replace due to a failed sleep/power button, are there options to working around the power button or anything else I should be doing?
Thanks
So I have a bricked Sensation?
ChillOutWayne said:
So I have a bricked Sensation?
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ok then
It's not bricked. Don't worry software is fine. Sounds like a hardware fault that the power button contact has worn out.
I think my Infuse crapped out on me. After about a week on Slimbean, while texting, my phone decided to shut off and start bootlooping. I sat there and was like... wtf
I tried entering recovery, couldn't get to it. I removed the battery and re-inserted it then another strange thing happened, it powered on by itself. Now I know something definitely going on. Tried getting into recovery for another 15mins and gave up. I then loaded up heimdall and tried entering download mode.... It doesn't work either! I've tried so many times too. What the hell is going on with my phone?! I was holding out until 2013 to upgrade because my infuse was doing well and I don't really like anything that's on the market right now. But with the recently announced Note II, I may find something extremely temporary and go to that, but main plan is to fix this and wait for 2013. So any ideas on what to do?
I had the same issue as you homie. Your power button is jammed. I had to take mine apart and clean out the power button. After I did that it wasn't rebooting by it self anymore. Or what you can do is when it turns on press the power button continuously until it stays on. Now I don't even touch the the power button at all. I use the power widgets to put it to sleep and I use the volume button to wake it up.
*Fi Mi JellyBean Gone Paro*
Yep...its the power button
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Opened up my phone and tried cleaning it, still same thing. Maybe the button itself is actually broken... Maybe I should desolder it...
Alright so it was the power button. I desoldered it and now the phone works... just without a power button. The only problem now is trying to flash a Rom via CWM. The home button doesn't work either, it just makes the menu disappear, as with the menu button as well. Is there another way to flash a rom Via heimdall or odin? I particularly would like to go the slimbean route but I need to flash ICS first. Any and all help would be appreciated!
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
my skyrocket has a broken power button. it has been finniky for a while now and basically will not boot the device 9/10 times.. with the combination of volume wake and search long hold to shut off screen I can live with it BUT I cannot get it to boot without taking it apart now. I am wondering if there is a software way to automatically have my device turn on if it has the power/is plugged in.
I do have another skyrocket (fully unjiggably bricked) but I think the transplant of the power switch will be to big a task.
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my skyrocket has a broken power button. it has been finniky for a while now and basically will not boot the device 9/10 times.. with the combination of volume wake and search long hold to shut off screen I can live with it BUT I cannot get it to boot without taking it apart now. I am wondering if there is a software way to automatically have my device turn on if it has the power/is plugged in.
I do have another skyrocket (fully unjiggably bricked) but I think the transplant of the power switch will be to big a task.
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Something like that would have to be created. That would need deep code changing, kernel hacking most likely. Just get your hands dirty.
Here's a video to get you started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKXRQFRH1eU
haven't checked the video so be careful and take your time and don't do anything you're not comfortable with.
Hit the thanks if this helps!!
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Its not at all surprising. Even in my skyrocket, I've experienced the same issue with power button. Finally I had got it replaced and believe me that was really much easier that having to put up with the 1000 failed attempts in trying to get that power button work once. The repair guy actually changed a spake power button within 15 minutes. It wasn't difficult at all .
To switch it on .. Its gonna have to be a pain because it involves a kernel change.. But if you have booted up you can use the software solution, play store these apps .. They are similar to the assistive touch on iPhone .. TouchMe , assistive touch, easyTouch
Recently, I've been having trouble with my phones power button, as in it doesn't work. I can click it all I want and it won't do anything. However, if I ever take the battery out or if the battery dies and I put the phone on the charger it automatically boots up as if I had hit the power button. This really isn't a big deal except I would like to change the rom on it and am not sure how to do so anymore without a functioning power button. You guys have any advice on what the problem might be or how to change the rom without a functional power button?
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Recently, I've been having trouble with my phones power button, as in it doesn't work. I can click it all I want and it won't do anything. However, if I ever take the battery out or if the battery dies and I put the phone on the charger it automatically boots up as if I had hit the power button. This really isn't a big deal except I would like to change the rom on it and am not sure how to do so anymore without a functioning power button. You guys have any advice on what the problem might be or how to change the rom without a functional power button?
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Download an app called flashify from the market, open the app, select zip file, pick to flash either with TWRP or CWM (depended what you have installed as recovery), then hit yes to reboot.
You could install xposed module and reassign the power button to another physical hardware button and then replace that button with something like LMT launcher. Sounds convoluted but my power button stopped working and now my home button is my power button and I have LMT taking care of the home functionality. But that won't work in recovery sorry.
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I had to rip my power button off from the motherboard. If I ever find a button worthy of soldering on I'll send you a link to it. Although I will probably wait until I get a new phone.
I tried using Flashify to flash a 4.4 ROM. Unfortunately, now the phone won't boot. It will get to the black screen that says Samsung SIII, stay there for a little bit and then shut off at which point it tries to turn on again since the power button must be stuck. Any ideas as to how I could fix it from my computer?
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Recently, I've been having trouble with my phones power button, as in it doesn't work. I can click it all I want and it won't do anything. However, if I ever take the battery out or if the battery dies and I put the phone on the charger it automatically boots up as if I had hit the power button. This really isn't a big deal except I would like to change the rom on it and am not sure how to do so anymore without a functioning power button. You guys have any advice on what the problem might be or how to change the rom without a functional power button?
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Unfortunately, not to my current knowledge. Power button fix's can be troublesome if you don't know how to put it on the motherboard properly.
Personally, I've repaired hundreds of power buttons on an S3.
Just wanted to give you guys an update. I was able to get my phone into boot mode and realized I could swipe right to make selections. I installed a couple old roms i had on the memory card but it would never get past the turn on animation. I finally just downloaded the adb sdk and used it to download a rom onto my phone using adb sideload through the terminal on my mac. I think that's what I did, basically just followed instructions on a screen. Anyways, updated to 4.4 so I'm happy.