My power button stopped being reliable two days ago. It acted as though it was always pressed. I could hear/feel the mechanical clicking but the software acted as though the button was never fully released.
I followed a teardown guide on another thread and took the plastic button insert out of the outer chassis. I cleaned that whole area with alcohol and a qtip. Put it back together and it's been flawless since.
Not sure if it'll help anyone else but it sure makes my phone less frustrating.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium
Related
Anyone know any at home fixes for a broken power button? I don't want to mail it off to some one i have another phone I just would like to get this one working.
well i got it to work i took it apart and sprayed like a half can of air duster on the switch and contacts its working.... for now
My Infuse power button stuck about six months ago. I fixed it with some positive reinforcement (smacking it against the windowsill) but that only lasted for about a month. I ended up having to use my old iPhone 3G until a voltage problem killed it this past Sunday. My solution for fixing the Infuse? Ripping the power button right out. I pried off the plastic button, revealing a tiny metal bracket holding the white button itself. I promptly removed both parts and the phone booted after being plugged in for a while. Obviously, it didn't get stuck in the bootloop. I installed an app called No Lock which allows me to wake the phone with the volume rocker and it's been smooth sailing from here. Probably not the fix you guys wanted to hear, but it worked for me.
The day people actually take the time to search will be the day the world ends lol
About 10 threads below this one is a nice guide for fixing it with different methods http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996709
Glad you figured it out though
Sent from my HTC Holiday using Tapatalk 2
I searched the forums for this issue, but seems like no one else has experienced this yet..!? I'm not sure how it happened, but just 2 days ago, my power button stopped responding. In other words, no matter how much pressure I put on it, or how long I hold it, my tablet will not turn on or wake up from sleep..! I'm not even sure how it happened. I just left it near on the floor propped up near my night stand earlier this week and the next morning I noticed I had a tough time turning my tablet on... (However, I did notice before this that sometimes my power button was way too sensitive and would ask if I wanted to power off the tablet, when all I did was press it for a second to put it to sleep. Guess, that was signs of eminent failure?)
And it's definitely a hardware and not a charging problem, since I can make my tablet turn on by removing it from the dock for a few secs and then reconnecting it, but obviously this is not acceptable. And other than that I don't know how else to turn it on...
I bought my tablet from Amazon, so I can't take it back to any store. Has anyone here had this problem before and tried to repair it themselves? Or has anyone at least tried to send their tablets in for repair to ASUS after unlocking the bootloader, rooting and loading a custom ROM? How did that go for you?
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
amazon has a superb return policy - at least here in germany - should be no prob in the US - just call them so they open a RMA for you - or send it to asus directly.
good luck
cheers
power to the button
d0ubl3_d1zzl 3 said:
I searched the forums for this issue, but seems like no one else has experienced this yet..!? I'm not sure how it happened, but just 2 days ago, my power button stopped responding. In other words, no matter how much pressure I put on it, or how long I hold it, my tablet will not turn on or wake up from sleep..! I'm not even sure how it happened. I just left it near on the floor propped up near my night stand earlier this week and the next morning I noticed I had a tough time turning my tablet on... (However, I did notice before this that sometimes my power button was way too sensitive and would ask if I wanted to power off the tablet, when all I did was press it for a second to put it to sleep. Guess, that was signs of eminent failure?)
And it's definitely a hardware and not a charging problem, since I can make my tablet turn on by removing it from the dock for a few secs and then reconnecting it, but obviously this is not acceptable. And other than that I don't know how else to turn it on...
I bought my tablet from Amazon, so I can't take it back to any store. Has anyone here had this problem before and tried to repair it themselves? Or has anyone at least tried to send their tablets in for repair to ASUS after unlocking the bootloader, rooting and loading a custom ROM? How did that go for you?
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My power button was giving me the power off / restart reboot which had been driving me crazy. Took the back off and investigated. The actual power button mechanism is flimsy and not well put together. After attempts with tape, with brief success the reboots returned. Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
Buster99 said:
amazon has a superb return policy - at least here in germany - should be no prob in the US - just call them so they open a RMA for you - or send it to asus directly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
jennies said:
..Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the input, guys. Glad to hear I'm not the only one and that it seems to be something I can try and fix on my own... I was mostly worried it was well known problem and ASUS wouldn't repair the devices that were tampered with or had unlocked bootloaders, but looks like they may not be thoroughly checking that. And my return window from Amazon expired in late June, so I figured it wasn't worth going through them anymore, but I've never had to that before, so I'm not sure...
jennies said:
My power button was giving me the power off / restart reboot which had been driving me crazy. Took the back off and investigated. The actual power button mechanism is flimsy and not well put together. After attempts with tape, with brief success the reboots returned. Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What kind of tape did you use?
Got the Power Button Working...
trevor7428 said:
What kind of tape did you use?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I just pulled off the back (it has pressure pins, so i just use my nails, 'bcuz i don't have the plastic tool..), the Power Button is a 'lil switch, the top metallic part is held to the bottom part by a transparent piece of tape, if its not centered, just carefully remove it and place in the center.. If it the tape have enough glue to hold it back, You can use to same piece of tape to hold it back together.. If not, You can use a standard hmm (don't remember the name..) transparent tape to do the job... Hopefully the button keeps in place for while....
Any suggestions on further fixes or something I'm not doing right when opening up the case to clean it?
Read through the threads here on stuck power button. Removed the case backing, used compressed air on the white power button, pressed it hard a couple times, checked the seating of the outer button assembly. Tried lighter or harder presses when I reassembled.
For some reason the issue has gotten worse and my Skyrocket will go into the bootloop nearly every time I unlock the screen or put it to sleep. Which means my phone is largely unusable.
Looking into ways to wake the device using volume rockers (recall this being an option in Cyanogen and Sky ROMs, can't seem to find it in CM 10.1) and disabling the power button to try and get around it that way.
Alcohol and dental pick
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks...so where is it you scrape around using the above? Around the white button?
WCS you may have to open it up. Not a hard task though I have done it a few times. There's a few diy's floating around here.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks - I did unscrew the backing and pop it off to get access to the white power button underneath and the two rubber strapped external covers to the power and volume buttons. Did you mean dissasembling it further and cleaning another part? I looked through all the guides and posts I could find but didn't see anything more detailed. If someone could provide a link that would help - looked at the post linked in Vincom's sig and some other threads matching "stuck power button" as I know it is a common issue.
Sent off my busted device to Mobile Tech Videos and just received it back - seems to be sorted out. Adding a note here for anyone else looking for a solution when the standard advice does not work. Am fairly convinced given the timing and number of threads on the subject that many people just wore the button out or it reached its failure state, so physical replacement is the only option.
haloeight said:
Sent off my busted device to Mobile Tech Videos and just received it back - seems to be sorted out. Adding a note here for anyone else looking for a solution when the standard advice does not work. Am fairly convinced given the timing and number of threads on the subject that many people just wore the button out or it reached its failure state, so physical replacement is the only option.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Out of curiosity, how much did it cost? I have a local guy who wants $40.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
I paid for the express shipping which put total cost at $85. The power button repair itself is $40, so same as what your local guy is offering.
Hi all, so many of you are probably familiar with the power button issue on our Infuse. I have searched on every forum and have done every possible thing except soldering cause I don't trust myself with that. But before anything else, let me tell you what all I've done.
I have removed the back, and the power button and put in my battery, so the power button isnt even holding anything down. I even checked the little white clicker thing that gets pushed in, and it was not pushed in. So I figured it must be on the motherboard.
I stripped the motherboard, picked it up, blew everywhere around it as hard as I could for about 5 minutes, then screwed it all back in. Then again, still not even having the button attached, it did it's normal bootloop.
I have tried everything, from chucking my phone across the room, to removing the power button and putting it back in after cleaning it, to blowing on the motherboard. Have I missed anything? Am I done for good?
Over time the power button can get in a state that it is always on, regardless of outward appearances.
Try spraying gently with CRC electronics cleaner while working the button then allowing to dry before reassembly of phone.
If this doesn't do it, mobiletechvideos.com can replace the button for approx. $35-40.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
For the last week or so my power button/lock button has been intermittent, sometimes having to hit it 5 times or so to get the screen to unlock. Yesterday it all of a sudden stopped working and I couldn't unlock.
I am making this post to share my fix I found for the problem. Seeing how my phone is not under warranty because I have already replaced the screen, I took to tearing it apart and seeing what's going on. Hoping I could order a new power button, unfortunately the button is soldered onto the main board. Upon taking it apart I realized I had put a little shim in between the power button and the plastic button in the housing as a "rattle fix". This is what I am thinking caused the problem, this caused me to be putting too much pressure on the power button and caused it to over time break apart the back of the actual buttons metal housing on the main board. I removed the shim and it still did not work. I was going to take the main board and heat it at a low heat in the oven in hopes to reseat solder points, but before I did that I tried using a fine pair of needle nose pliers to crimp the back housing of the button back together. Luckily this worked. Unfortunately I do not have pictures, but if someone else has the same issue you should be able to see what I'm referring to by comparing the power button to the volume buttons on the mainboard, there is a metal housing around the actual button that is soldered to the main board, it has a slit down the back side of it that allows it to spread apart. The volume keys should be tight.
THE PROBLEM: Power/Lock button stops working
THE CAUSE(assumed): Nexus 5 power/lock button rattle fix
THE FIX: Using needle nose pliers to crimp the metal backing of the power button housing good and tight.
I hope this helps others out in the future as I'm sure I wont be the only one with this problem.
Thank you!!!
nadrojcote said:
THE FIX: Using needle nose pliers to crimp the metal backing of the power button housing good and tight.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
Bumping this with thank yous because I went to a whole lot of other xda threads that suggested soldering on a new button or going for warranty etc. THANK YOU!!!
Super easy fix, works so well :good::good::good:
Just an FYI this worked for me for a short while, then I my power button stopped working again, I tried applying pressure with pliers again with no luck. Ended doing an RMA on my phone. Had a new one sent to me and they didn't say anything about my phone being opened up. I had even replaced the whole front half of the phone including screen, cameras, battery etc.