Hi, is there any other way how to wake up nexus S from black screen/sleeping mode-normally pressing by power key button, is it possible to wake up nexus other way by pressing e.g. home key? Thanks for advice
shockwave22 said:
Hi, is there any other way how to wake up nexus S from black screen/sleeping mode-normally pressing by power key button, is it possible to wake up nexus other way by pressing e.g. home key? Thanks for advice
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if you go to the phones main settings, security, lockscreen, then turn off the lockscreen, you can wake the device with the volume buttons.
Well thx a lot, I wanted to know that in case that would something happend to power button. Thx one more time
shockwave22 said:
Well thx a lot, I wanted to know that in case that would something happend to power button. Thx one more time
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cool.
my power button died last august. there are actually many other option for a dead power button out there(apps).
simms22 said:
if you go to the phones main settings, security, lockscreen, then turn off the lockscreen, you can wake the device with the volume buttons.
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Yes, this is a way.
There is a lot of way to wake up the phone, for example you can flash a kernel with Touch Wake support (just touch the screen to wake the phone).
_Limbo_ said:
Yes, this is a way.
There is a lot of way to wake up the phone, for example you can flash a kernel with Touch Wake support (just touch the screen to wake the phone).
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yea, but with touchwake youre phone never goes into sleep(not good for battery life). its awake, just the screen is off. plus you cant keep it in your pocket with touchwake, youll just end up turning the screen on.
simms22 said:
yea, but with touchwake youre phone never goes into sleep(not good for battery life). its awake, just the screen is off. plus you cant keep it in your pocket with touchwake, youll just end up turning the screen on.
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Yeah, it's only to suggest alternative methods.
keep it in your pocket with touchwake, youll just end up turning the screen on.
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Why? Nexus s has a capacitive screen, so if you don't touch it with your fingers or with something that's an electrical conductor, the screen shouldn't turn on...am I wrong?
_Limbo_ said:
Yeah, it's only to suggest alternative methods.
Why? Nexus s has a capacitive screen, so if you don't touch it with your fingers or with something that's an electrical conductor, the screen shouldn't turn on...am I wrong?
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i would think so too, but..
tell that to my phone that not only opened applications while in my pocket, when i was using touchwake, but once opened the rootbooter app then booted into recovery and wiped my dalvik
You can check al_madd's guide on Nexus S with Power button broken:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524858
You can call your phone, then it will wake up
simms22 said:
i would think so too, but..
tell that to my phone that not only opened applications while in my pocket, when i was using touchwake, but once opened the rootbooter app then booted into recovery and wiped my dalvik
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Your phone must have a own will or something like that lol.
biergaizi said:
You can call your phone, then it will wake up
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Of course...but this way is "uncomfortable" ehehehe .
You always need another phone only to wake up your nexus s.
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i know there is a setting to use the volume rocker buttons as unlock buttons, but that does not always work, but besides that is there anyway on the g2x to lock the screen but not have to use any button to unlock it? any app that will let you swipe a pattern to unlock the phone when the screen is off?
dodgefan67 said:
i know there is a setting to use the volume rocker buttons as unlock buttons, but that does not always work, but besides that is there anyway on the g2x to lock the screen but not have to use any button to unlock it? any app that will let you swipe a pattern to unlock the phone when the screen is off?
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Settings/security
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How would this be possible? If the screen is off, you can't use it, and thus you can't input anything, and if you can't use any buttons, then there's no way you can unlock it. What are you thinking about, voice recognition?
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no, i still want the phone to lock, i just dont want to have to push any buttons to get it to unlock, for the screen to come back on.
for example, i had a nokia nuron that had a slide switch on the side that would lock the phone, it turned the touchscreen off so you didnt accidentally start something. but it also had a screen timeout that would just blank the screen, then you could touch it and it would come back on without having to use the slide switch
i want to blank the screen without locking it. turning off screen lock you still have to use the button to turn the screen back on
I'm speechless!
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dodgefan67 said:
no, i still want the phone to lock, i just dont want to have to push any buttons to get it to unlock, for the screen to come back on.
for example, i had a nokia nuron that had a slide switch on the side that would lock the phone, it turned the touchscreen off so you didnt accidentally start something. but it also had a screen timeout that would just blank the screen, then you could touch it and it would come back on without having to use the slide switch
i want to blank the screen without locking it. turning off screen lock you still have to use the button to turn the screen back on
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This would also cause another problem. The screen being blank but still active would kill the battery really quickly.
shovelhead83 said:
I'm speechless!
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LOL guess im asking the wrong question or not conveying what im thinking
GTWalling said:
This would also cause another problem. The screen being blank but still active would kill the battery really quickly.
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well thats true, but it did work like that on my nokia. but really how much more battery would it use if the screen blanks but doesnt sleep? not anymore than if i was using it, probably even less
oh well, guess its just wishful thinking
How can you lock something, and use nothing to unlock it?
For example, you use a key to lock your door, you must use a key to unlock it. Or, you can leave the door open (leave the screen blank), but risk getting robbed (battery drained). I'm sorry if the analogy is bad, what you're asking for is ridiculous.
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theking_13 said:
How can you lock something, and use nothing to unlock it?
For example, you use a key to lock your door, you must use a key to unlock it. Or, you can leave the door open (leave the screen blank), but risk getting robbed (battery drained). I'm sorry if the analogy is bad, what you're asking for is ridiculous.
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ok, i think what im doing is confusing blanking the screen with locking the phone, 2 different things. im just concerned that button is gonna get a lot of use and wish the volume rocker wake would work better. oh well
thanks for everyone's input, was just hoping
Blanking the screen like it reduces the brightness after a while? If so, there might be an app for it, but it will definitely reduce your battery greatly.
Either way, don't worry about the button. You probably won't have the phone that long, or you'll break something different.
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theking_13 said:
Blanking the screen like it reduces the brightness after a while? If so, there might be an app for it, but it will definitely reduce your battery greatly.
Either way, don't worry about the button. You probably won't have the phone that long, or you'll break something different.
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well i hope to have it that long, just got it
I usually have to press the lock button twice to lock or unlock the screen.
Does this happen to anyone else?
intae1129 said:
I usually have to press the lock button twice to lock or unlock the screen.
Does this happen to anyone else?
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Sounds like maybe the button is wearing out.
I have the same issue
voluptuary said:
Sounds like maybe the button is wearing out.
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I dont think the button is wearing out, I think its how its suppose to work, I have a Samsung Focus 1.3 and it needs to clicks to wake up from when I click the button to turn it off. However when it shuts off on its own, I only need one click to wake it up.
I did test this for about a week because I never noticed until I saw this post about a week ago.
I've had my One S since it's come out, always keep in a case and I've noticed it's been harder and harder to push the power button down to wake it up.
I see Expansys has a replacement sim cover here http://www.expansys-usa.com/htc-one..._productfeed&gclid=COvFrtXItbACFUMCQAodJx8-7g
This should include the power button mechanism but I'm not sure if I'm ready to spend $20.
And I certainly don't want to go through the hassle of a replacement from TMO.
Anyone else having issues? Are there possible solutions?
I dont know if there are any solutions, but I notice a difference too from when i first got it to now.
I had the same problem occur to me on the HTC Sensation.
Might just be wear and tear from how much you keep on pressing the button. A solution to slow down this 'wear and tear' would be to unlock the phone by means of the softkeys or volumekeys.
Just to add gas to the starting flame: the Nexus 1 had massive widespread power button failures...
how do you unlock from the volumerocker or soft keys?
Xdpker06 said:
how do you unlock from the volumerocker or soft keys?
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The Sensation had a feature in some custom ROMs called Swipe-to-unlock, basically you swipe your finger across the softkeys and the screen turns on. Swipe the other way to turn it off.
But I'm not sure if this is also on One S ROMs
i had to exchange 4 of them for various reasons and only my last unit has a perfect power button that still works as new. but it would be great to have swipe-to-unlock just because how tall this phone is.
usaff22 said:
The Sensation had a feature in some custom ROMs called Swipe-to-unlock, basically you swipe your finger across the softkeys and the screen turns on. Swipe the other way to turn it off.
But I'm not sure if this is also on One S ROMs
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Yep, Swipe-to-Unlock is a great option! Hope to get it for our One S soon, and as sources are released, we'll probably get this option with some custom Kernels or additions...
Don't know if a "soft" solution is really good, but it will eat some battery for sure as the system is "waiting to be touched" and not really sleeping as it should be. Some has huge drain, some not... But I didn't test all these options, and not sure that they work with our phone.
Another popular solution for the sensation was using the Volume + button hack to wake the device.
I never had that issue with my sensation and after one month with the ONE S my power button still works fine.
(On his sensation) A friend of mine placed a small piece of paper under the power button to raise it and it seemed to work for him, maybe you can try something similar?
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how do you unlock from the volumerocker or soft keys?
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Ummm....I believe there is an app in the google play store that will let u wake the phone up with the volume buttons
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I cannot restart my One S as the power button is no longer responsive.
Is there any other way to restart the device? And no I am not rooted.
Try taking the sim cover off and press the little power button directly
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Try taking the sim cover off and press the little power button directly
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Thanks for the reply. I have tried that and it only works to turn the screen on and off. Cannot get it to restart.
Hi,
I understand your phone is still on? From the subject one might understand it is off and you can't (re)start it...
Anyways, I've just learned you can do a soft restart by holding the power button for 15 seconds. You will get a countdown on the screen, after it will shutdown and restart (actually, it's more like 10 seconds, but 15 seconds is what HTC support told me - probably in case people count too fast ).
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Hi,
I understand your phone is still on? From the subject one might understand it is off and you can't (re)start it...
Anyways, I've just learned you can do a soft restart by holding the power button for 15 seconds. You will get a countdown on the screen, after it will shutdown and restart (actually, it's more like 10 seconds, but 15 seconds is what HTC support told me - probably in case people count too fast ).
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Correct the phone is on.
What you have suggested I cannot do as the power button is the problem. I cannot get a response from it unless I take off the cover and fiddle with the actual button. In ahort holding the button down yields no result with or without the cover.
if you have USB debugging turn on, u can do
fastboot reboot
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adb reboot-bootloader
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and reboot from bootloader
cat2115 said:
if you have USB debugging turn on, u can do or and reboot from bootloader
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Thanks. That's what I'll do as soon as I get a new computer.
Looters took everything after the Sandy hit.
Fiasco said:
Correct the phone is on.
What you have suggested I cannot do as the power button is the problem. I cannot get a response from it unless I take off the cover and fiddle with the actual button. In ahort holding the button down yields no result with or without the cover.
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Ah, sorry, I wasn't sure if the problem was with the button physically being broken or the software being in a convoluted non-responsive state. In the latter case my suggestion might have helped (in case you can't restart because the menu is not popping up, but the button still works).
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Ah, sorry, I wasn't sure if the problem was with the button physically being broken or the software being in a convoluted non-responsive state. In the latter case my suggestion might have helped (in case you can't restart because the menu is not popping up, but the button still works).
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Right. The issue seems to be with the button itself. Looks like I'll have to send it in.
Had a similar issue when I had a Sensation 4G. So now I'm a little leary about getting another HTC device.
I guess I have to find another phone to buy. Maybe I'll pick up a Galaxy Nexus again
If you're rooted search the market for a reset app and put the button on a second dock. That's what i did for my mytouch that has the same problem. But either way send it in for repair
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tgtoys said:
If you're rooted search the market for a reset app and put the button on a second dock. That's what i did for my mytouch that has the same problem. But either way send it in for repair
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I'm not rooted.
I will send it in for repair as soon as I buy a new phone to replace it.
Out of the blue - or so it seems - my screen will no longer turn on.
I was listening to music and pushed the power button to change the station and the screen would not turn on.
When I push and hold the power button the phone will vibrate briefly, indicating that the shortcut menu to reboot/ mute the phone has come up, just that the screen remains black.
When I try calling myself the screen will not turn on nor will the phone ring.
When I plug the USB cable into the phone, the screen remains black instead of turning on like it normally would.
The screen will turn on randomly on the rare occasion, but the screen wont respond to touch.
Help!
Sounds like a good candidate for rma
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long press the power button for 30-45 seconds..
jd1639 said:
Sounds like a good candidate for rma
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Not sure that will fly Google. I dont believe there is a warranty beyond the 30 days you have for return. Worth a try though!
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long press the power button for 30-45 seconds..
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Thanks. That rebooted the phone and fixed the problem for now. Now it works most of the time, but now and then the screen will still fail to turn on when pressing the power button.
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Not sure that will fly Google. I dont believe there is a warranty beyond the 30 days you have for return. Worth a try though!
Thanks. That rebooted the phone and fixed the problem for now. Now it works most of the time, but now and then the screen will still fail to turn on when pressing the power button.
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There's a one year warranty, where are you located?
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Caebron said:
Not sure that will fly Google. I dont believe there is a warranty beyond the 30 days you have for return. Worth a try though!
Thanks. That rebooted the phone and fixed the problem for now. Now it works most of the time, but now and then the screen will still fail to turn on when pressing the power button.
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there are apps thatll cause this to happen, mods as well. its like a sod, sleep of death.
simms22 said:
there are apps thatll cause this to happen, mods as well. its like a sod, sleep of death.
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And when will google fix this issue?
markdapimp said:
And when will google fix this issue?
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i wouldnt say its googles issue. id say its an issue of app coding.
Caebron said:
Not sure that will fly Google. I dont believe there is a warranty beyond the 30 days you have for return. Worth a try though!
Thanks. That rebooted the phone and fixed the problem for now. Now it works most of the time, but now and then the screen will still fail to turn on when pressing the power button.
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boot into safe mode and see if the issue persist.( long press power button then long press power off)
Caebron said:
Out of the blue - or so it seems - my screen will no longer turn on.
I was listening to music and pushed the power button to change the station and the screen would not turn on.
When I push and hold the power button the phone will vibrate briefly, indicating that the shortcut menu to reboot/ mute the phone has come up, just that the screen remains black.
When I try calling myself the screen will not turn on nor will the phone ring.
When I plug the USB cable into the phone, the screen remains black instead of turning on like it normally would.
The screen will turn on randomly on the rare occasion, but the screen wont respond to touch.
Help!
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what app were you using to listen to music with? and why would you press the power button to change the station?
OP give more details about your phone. is it unlocked/rooted or custom Rom? Google replaces unlocked/ re-locked phones anyways, I think it wouldn't hurt to reflash stock image.
simms22 said:
what app were you using to listen to music with? and why would you press the power button to change the station?
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Spotify. And I wasn't pushing the power button to change the station, I pushed the power button to turn the phone on so that I could change the station. There is not much interaction possible while the screen is turned off
With any luck it wont happen again. Although I dont normally rely on luck much.
Caebron said:
Spotify. And I wasn't pushing the power button to change the station, at least directly. I pushed the power button to turn the phone on so that I could change the station. There is not much interaction possible while the screen is turned off
With any luck it wont happen again. Although I dont normally rely on luck much.
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it couldve been just a derp as well. if it happens again, post it in this thread.
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i wouldnt say its googles issue. id say its an issue of app coding.
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I Think Google should fix it I have never experienced this sort of issue on other Android devices but it seems very present in Nexus devices especially pandora and sometimes snapchat
markdapimp said:
I Think Google should fix it I have never experienced this sort of issue on other Android devices but it seems very present in Nexus devices especially pandora and sometimes snapchat
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ive never experienced it on my n5. i use pandora often, never an issue. are you undervolting by chance? or it could be your setup(what apps you chose to install as well).
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ive never experienced it on my n5. i use pandora often, never an issue. are you undervolting by chance? or it could be your setup(what apps you chose to install as well).
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No I'm completely stock I am however using this equalizer app maybe thats the root cause?
markdapimp said:
No I'm completely stock I am however using this equalizer app maybe thats the root cause?
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possibly. try without it for 2 days or so.
simms22 said:
possibly. try without it for 2 days or so.
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Just FYI, the problem stopped after flashing a new ROM and Kernel (from Franco's Kernel to Cyanogenmod Kernel). Been running Cyanogenmod for a few weeks now and I haven't had the problem since.
markdapimp said:
I Think Google should fix it I have never experienced this sort of issue on other Android devices but it seems very present in Nexus devices especially pandora and sometimes snapchat
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I don't think it's Google's responsibility to fix 3rd party apps.
bblzd said:
I don't think it's Google's responsibility to fix 3rd party apps.
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I think the issue isn't with third party apps its with Android itself
Android OEMS such as Samsung,LG and HTC, Sony have all this fixed
I own a LG G2 and a Samsung Galaxy s4 and both are on 4.4.2 and they always respond when I wake the screen
my Nexus 5 on the other hand 100% stock with the same app's loaded has troubles and requires a reboot atleast twice per week