Broken power button how do I turn my device on? - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

How do I boot my phone if I have a broken power button?
thanks

See if the power button contacts are visible, then bridge them with a wire/paper clip
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try..
1. plug it in. might have to plug it in and out then back in.
2. pull the battery then put it back in.
3. it might need a smack on the back to boot up.
my power button is dead, since august. it usually boots up when plygging in or giving a smack on its backside.

another method that works.
If your phone is powered off(not standby)
hold down volume up/down and plug in usb from computer. It will power up on its own and enter download mode.
Then pull the battery and immediately put back in and will boot up normal

I put a video tutorial up on how to turn on and use the Nexus One for daily use without a power button, hope it works for the Nexus S as well. It's a short clip and shows exactly what to do, it can be found: here
Hope it helps.

demo23019 said:
another method that works.
If your phone is powered off(not standby)
hold down volume up/down and plug in usb from computer. It will power up on its own and enter download mode.
Then pull the battery and immediately put back in and will boot up normal
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it dint work it continues to charge after putting the battery back

clozecall said:
I put a video tutorial up on how to turn on and use the Nexus One for daily use without a power button, hope it works for the Nexus S as well. It's a short clip and shows exactly what to do, it can be found: here
Hope it helps.
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doesnt work on nexus s

You might want to check al_madd's guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524858
Qoute:
"7.If my nexus have to pull battery or battery die..How I going to power on it???
All you have to do is plug in the phone to an AC charger, and the phone should come on.
Sometimes, however, it will show the boot logo, then go to a screen showing you your battery percentage, and not actually boot. No problem. Just pull the battery and unplug. Replace the battery, and while holding the "x" button on your keyboard, plug the phone back in .
If not working..
plug you nexus to USB cable..then restart your pc/laptop without unplugged your nexus..it will power on automatically..."
He even has a video

i tried dint work, it worked on his i9020t not on mine i9023

Use online. Ex dropbox
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Im sorry 10 reply
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working solution to this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538001

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Power button failure?

Im running CM7 on my cappy and today my power button started failing. Volume and such work though.
Im trying to get it to stock so i can trade it in. Would a jig get me in to download? i can normally do the key combo, but when i put in the battery, it just starts up. maybe because of cm7?
You might still be able to get it into DL mode. Fire up Odin 1-click, and plug your usb cable into your computer. Remove the battery cover, sim, external sd and battery, then replace the battery. Hold down both volume rocker keys and plug your mini usb into the top of the phone. That normally will put you in DL mode.
clemmie said:
You might still be able to get it into DL mode. Fire up Odin 1-click, and plug your usb cable into your computer. Remove the battery cover, sim, external sd and battery, then replace the battery. Hold down both volume rocker keys and plug your mini usb into the top of the phone. That normally will put you in DL mode.
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i tried that, but as soon as the battery gets put in, the phone starts up and download mode wont come up. maybe because of CM7?
- i really dont mind getting a jig. but wouldn't want to waste money. should i?
biggem001 said:
i tried that, but as soon as the battery gets put in, the phone starts up and download mode wont come up. maybe because of CM7?
- i really dont mind getting a jig. but wouldn't want to waste money. should i?
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i had this problem too at first. this worked for me
1. remove battery, sim and microsd card
2. plug micro-usb cable into your computer and the phone
3. hold volume up+down
4. insert battery
for some reason cm7 doesn't like to turn off while plugged in so for me putting the usb in before the battery did the trick
hm, tired that. all it does it stay on the loading screen thing when u plug in ur phone as its charging and off.
then it goes to black and the loading screen comes back..
biggem001 said:
hm, tired that. all it does it stay on the loading screen thing when u plug in ur phone as its charging and off.
then it goes to black and the loading screen comes back..
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If you have one of the captivates that has the 3 Buttons disabled you will get this. I have the same issue with my captivate but I bought a JIG and now it works just fine.
1. Remove battery, SIM
2. Launch ODIN
3. Insert JIG into phone
4. Plugin battery and wait for Download Mode
5. Remove JIG and connect to laptop with regular USB cable
kay, i'll try that!

HELP!!! Battery died yesterday and phone won't turn backon!

Last night I ran my battery down to the point where it said Powering Off or whatever. I charged it all night and nothing. When I plug it in, sometimes it has a red LED in the upper left for a econd or two, then does one vibrate, then becomes completely unresponsive.
I've tried a battery pull and hooking it up that way. Same thing - red LED, one vibrate, then nothing. Some times when it is plugged in, it will show a battery picture with no juice for just a second then it all goes blank again.
I am running AOKP build 4 with Slim Kernel.
HELP!!!!!!!!!
I would try another battery, sounds like the one that you have us showing up as dead even after charging overnight.
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Just unplug the phone... pull the battery... put the battery back in and WITHOUT plugging the phone in turn the phone back on (may have to hold the power button for a little while).
Strange plugging in the phone without a battery should bring up the charging screen with a question mark in it I think
So the problem has been remedied, though I would like a little input to better document this problem and solution...
I took the battery out, plugged the phone in, then popped the battery in. Really quickly, I got it to enter the weird screen where it is an exclamation point in a yield sign (I forget what combination of buttons I pushed to get here). It said Volume up to continue or Volume down to do something else. This is where it was fuzzy because I was freaking out about having to buy another phone.
Anyways, I hit the volume button that was supposed to reboot and it went through the boot sequence and showed me charging at 98%. This is strange because it was plugged in all night but non-responsive - not power, no heat, no nothing.
So long story short, if running this ROM/Kernel combo - DO NOT LET THIS THING GO TO 0%!!!
And if anyone can tell me what combo I pressed to enter that screen, it would be very helpful. Thanks guys!
The screen you got to is called Download Mode..
Download Mode - This is a setting in which you will put your phone when using Odin. There are other ways, but most people will reach download mode by powering down, removing the battery, and holding volume down while plugging the factory usb cord into the computer and phone. Odin can only communicate properly with your phone if the phone is in download mode.
For future reference you have to
1. hold volume down + power + home button
2. Per on screen instructions, press volume down to reboot/restart device.
This is a documented problem and one that has been posted about numerous times, glad you figured it out. Also, this will always fix the problem so you should not worry if the phone running this ROM/Kernel combo runs down to 0%.
too bad samsung doesn't have a genius bar.....lol

ATT HTC One X won't boot and no lights

So I recently went to Viper 4.0 and it was running just fine. I had recently just S-off'd the phone and everything was going good. Then it reboots twice in a short amount of time and now I can't get it to turn on (have tried the volume and power and nothing happens). When I plug in the charger I don't get any lights. When I plug it into the computer I hear the computer do it's sound when USB is plugged in but I just get an unknown device in device manager.
Is there anything I can do to get this phone working. I already have a Nexus 4 on the way but I would love to clear this phone off and sell it if possible. Even if it doesn't work I would love to sell it on ebay but I don't feel safe with all the info just sitting on the phone. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and let me know if you need more info and I will try and dig up what I can.
It doesn't show up as QHSUSB_DLOAD on your pc? If not it could just be the power management bug. Try charging it for a few hours (ac outlet) and powering it on. If it doesn't power on normally try holding volume down + power for a minute.
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timmaaa said:
It doesn't show up as QHSUSB_DLOAD on your pc? If not it could just be the power management bug. Try charging it for a few hours (ac outlet) and powering it on. If it doesn't power on normally try holding volume down + power for a minute.
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Doing this now. I left it plugged in last night and still didn't get it to boot up this morning but I left it plugged in and will try again when I get home from work.

[Q] nexus 5 red light

hi guys,
2 days ago I got a nexus 5 loved it until today I was playing a game (asphalt 8) and it just turned it self off don't know why just did now all im getting is a flashing red light I was on holiday with the phone could the plane have done something to it anyway guys please help me
thanks
Prime
No, the plane didn't do anything to the phone.
Did the battery die? Did you stick the phone on a charger after it turned off?
Best guess is that it's overheated to the thermal shutdown limit.
Leave it a while then try powering it back on
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Alex240188 said:
Best guess is that it's overheated to the thermal shutdown limit.
Leave it a while then try powering it back on
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ive already tried all of that but 1 think ive not tried is a reset but I have data on my phone that I don't wanna lose can anyone help
Alex240188 said:
Best guess is that it's overheated to the thermal shutdown limit.
Leave it a while then try powering it back on
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na, when you hit the safety shutdown temp, all it does is shut down, you can boot it right after. ive reached it many times(on purpose), it works.
what the op is describing sounds like the rlod on the nexus 4(red light of death). it happens when the phone thinks it went below 0%. on the n4 there are two solutions, one works sometimes, the other all the time. the one that works sometimes is leave it on the charger for several hours, then try to boot into the bootloader, then shut off the phone from there and keep charging. the method that works 100% is to remove the back cover, disconnect the battery, then reconnect it. this is a hard reset for the battery, and works 100% of the time on the nexus 4.
simms22 said:
na, when you hit the safety shutdown temp, all it does is shut down, you can boot it right after. ive reached it many times(on purpose), it works.
what the op is describing sounds like the rlod on the nexus 4(red light of death). it happens when the phone thinks it went below 0%. on the n4 there are two solutions, one works sometimes, the other all the time. the one that works sometimes is leave it on the charger for several hours, then try to boot into the bootloader, then shut off the phone from there and keep charging. the method that works 100% is to remove the back cover, disconnect the battery, then reconnect it. this is a hard reset for the battery, and works 100% of the time on the nexus 4.
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im a newbee I cant open a phone up anyway ive tried to get in to bootloader should I just RMA the phone.
PRIME667 said:
im a newbee I cant open a phone up anyway ive tried to get in to bootloader should I just RMA the phone.
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if it was something that happened on its own(without you tinkering with your phone), then yes.
thanks
simms22 said:
if it was something that happened on its own(without you tinkering with your phone), then yes.
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right ill do that thanks for your help guys
PRIME667
You may want to give this procedure a try, its copied directly from Google's product support page for the Nexus 7.
Make sure there isn’t any dust or lint in the power port.
Using the original power adapter and USB cable, plug your Nexus 7 into a functioning power outlet. Nexus 7 has specific power requirements, and the USB cable and power adapter that are included are designed to meet those requirements.
Ensure the power cord is securely connected to the tablet and the power adapter.
After 1 minute, check to see if a battery icon appears on the screen.
If the battery icon appears, press & hold the Power button for 15 to 30 seconds to see if the device turns on.
If the battery icon doesn't appear, try accessing the Android bootloader menu:
Press & hold the Volume down button. While holding Volume down, press & hold the Power button for at least 10 seconds until you see an Android robot and the word Start on the screen.
Press the Volume down button until Power off is highlighted. Press the Power button to select that option.
Disconnect the charger and reconnect it within 10 seconds. A battery icon should appear on your screen.
Once the battery icon appears on the screen, allow your tablet to charge for at least 1 hour before turning it back on.
returned it
sluflyer06 said:
You may want to give this procedure a try, its copied directly from Google's product support page for the Nexus 7.
Make sure there isn’t any dust or lint in the power port.
Using the original power adapter and USB cable, plug your Nexus 7 into a functioning power outlet. Nexus 7 has specific power requirements, and the USB cable and power adapter that are included are designed to meet those requirements.
Ensure the power cord is securely connected to the tablet and the power adapter.
After 1 minute, check to see if a battery icon appears on the screen.
If the battery icon appears, press & hold the Power button for 15 to 30 seconds to see if the device turns on.
If the battery icon doesn't appear, try accessing the Android bootloader menu:
Press & hold the Volume down button. While holding Volume down, press & hold the Power button for at least 10 seconds until you see an Android robot and the word Start on the screen.
Press the Volume down button until Power off is highlighted. Press the Power button to select that option.
Disconnect the charger and reconnect it within 10 seconds. A battery icon should appear on your screen.
Once the battery icon appears on the screen, allow your tablet to charge for at least 1 hour before turning it back on.
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I got a new one thanks for all your help
I just had a red blinking light and no charge indicator situation, as well. Nothing seemed to work: plugged it in for 20 minutes, unplugged it for 20 minutes, plugged it back in...and after another hour on the charger I finally noticed the blinking red light had gone away, and hitting power brought up the charging indicator as normal. Booted right up and has been fine since.
My Nexus 5 just started doing this. I was in the middle of playing a game while my phone was on the charger (Brave Frontier) and suddenly the screen went dead and I had the red flashing light. I'm guessing I was using the juice faster than the charger could fill it so I killed it. I couldn't get the battery indicator to come back but as I was typing this the red light finally stopped flashing and the phone rebooted.
This happened to my N5 today. I was on a Hangouts video chat while plugged in from wall charger and I noticed the battery was actually draining rather than charging. So I figured hangouts was discharging the battery faster than the charging. Eventually it went to 0% and stayed that way for a while and suddenly the screen went off and the LED started blinking red. Followed the steps posted here, plugged in, left for a while and the blinking stops and phone boots up.
Never Hangout-ing with low charge ever! D:

HTC EVO 3D it automatically switched off and i cant able to power on

im using HTC EVO 3D GSM it automatically switched off and i cant able to power on--pls help me
when i connected with charger red light is flashing but cant power on
i tried
1.vol - key + power button
2.remove battery and inserted & tried
3.removed sim and sd card and tried to power on
4.tried using different charger and i even conned with my lap bt no use
please help me
This happened to my old HTC phone, and the red light flashed. I left it as is for a day, then charged it and it turned back on.
Try and give this a go, maybe it'll help.
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If you want to power on your phone
Then open your phone take your battery and charge it with a battery charger
And put it back to your phone and power on
It will works
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