So my phone was working ok (as far as a new phone having issues can be). I had plugged it into the charger and was setting some tasker settings when the screen started having issues responding to my touch. I put it to sleep and woke it back up and it wasn't responding to let me unlock it. I pulled the power cord and it started working again. So I plugged it back in and was doing the same thing. So I rebooted it and now the phone boots up and shows the notification bar and that I have messages. But it won't show anything else and when I try to tap on the messages in the notification bar, nothing happens. I tried tapping on settings and nothing happened.
So I looked up how to do a hard reset (tried both holding volume down + power as well as volume up down + up + power) and it powers down but nothing else happens. Do AT&T HTC One Xs have a different hard reset method? Is there a restore option I could do with my computer? Or should I just take it back to AT&T and have them replace it?
I am coming from an iPhone 4S and was about ready to sell my 4S but this is giving me cause to not sell it. This is my first android phone as I've always felt android to be a half built OS and this is certainly not making a case for itself.
Off topic question, but how are you going to sell your 4S? What is the best avenue for selling?
we have a classifieds ads website here that everybody buys stuff from. I actually repair and sell iPhones/iPads/iPods as a side job so I have my 4S fully customized with a different color frame as well as front and back glass. So if/when I sell it, should fetch somewhere around $600-$650.
I got $600 for my 64 GB 4s. I did it on Craig's List. I probably could have gotten more but I wanted it gone quickly.
ya, mine is as 32gb. I can't imagine anybody willing to pay $800 for a modified 64gb.
I'm selling my 16gb 4s factory unlocked, asking 550 on Craigslist but I hate using Craigslist. Sketchy as hell, I'd rather sell to a company or something.
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Phones in my past experiences have all mostly done this. Using your phone while charging has always been an experience for me. Just saying.
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Figured out how to do the hard reset. For some reason holding down the volume down button and the power button didn't work at first. I continued to hold them down then I let go of the power and left my finger on the volume down button. I then decided to let my finger off the volume down button for a split second and push it back in. Took a second but the screen came up and I was able to choose the factory reset. Fixed the issue.
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Well, I've owned my transformer and the volume button just broke. It I push Vol. down it just keeps going down even if I push it once. Sometimes it even acts as if I'm pushing the Vol. Down button for some time. Other time it will go down one level and back one level.
Kinda of pissed at how fragile the buttons where.
I may go to Best Buy and try to exchange it tomorrow. Not sure what to do yet.
Anyone else experience this yet?
Go back to Best buy and do an exchange ASAP. Exactly the same thing happened to my power button but i had to RMA it because my one month warranty had expired by 4 days . You're lucky that yours is only one week old in that sense so i would suggest do an exchange pronto.
Checked the dates today was actually day 13! I promptly took it back and got a mew one. Just installed Audio Manager and plan to avoid using the volume buttons.
I'm glad it happened just before my 14 day return policy ended, but it has shaken my confidence a bit. Man I hope the power button doesn't break!
I thought about Getting a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, but the lack of a MicroSD card is just a deal breaker for me. $100 more and no MicroSD card, some on Samsung.
Glad you got the exchange. To be honest I'm still scared to press the power button too many times. Even after the repair it feels little flat but oh well I still love this tablet.
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Alex9090 said:
Glad you got the exchange. To be honest I'm still scared to press the power button too many times. Even after the repair it feels little flat but oh well I still love this tablet.
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Yeah, Me too. I have installed Audio Manager for quick access to the volume controls with out having to use the physical buttons.
The power button I have no choice but to use, and I'm a bit fearful now. If that breaks, that would be a hassle!
+1, I also always feel that the power button will stuck someday
I have my TF for quite a while now and I dont have any of this, mabay a glitch in later builds of the tablet?
Nope. I have an early one and the power button is half way gone..you need to push it 4 or 5 times to make it work. It's just a really bad design/cheap build.
Is there a software button to shutdown and reboot the TF. Anything to avoid using the physical bottoms as much as possible?
I'll be exchanging my TF for another at best buy after my display developed a black line all the way across the entire screen. Its near the bottom and most visible on white backgrounds. Its visible at all times. Just seems like a bad display. I've had my TF for about 3 weeks. Interesting how it showed up now...
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Is there a software button to shutdown and reboot the TF. Anything to avoid using the physical bottoms as much as possible?
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Do a search for shutdown in the market.
Quick Shutdown (app)
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Reboot (widget) working fine on my TF (gotta have root for both)
DilloDroid said:
Do a search for shutdown in the market.
Quick Shutdown (app)
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Reboot (widget) working fine on my TF (gotta have root for both)
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Thanks but don't I have to be rooted for this to work?
After my exchange I got a B7 device, so no rooting for me.
Ever since I installed the latest firmware (basically it forced it right out of the box on 7/20) I've been having issues getting out of sleep mode. About 80% of the time, when I hit the power button to wake it up, instead of the home screen I get a grey, snowy looking screen. Usually if I let it go back to sleep and hit the power button again, it comes up normally. Sometimes it takes 3 or 4 tries before it works. I contacted Asus and they want me to send it in for diagnostics. I refuse to send this in after only having it for 4 days. If anything, I'm taking it back to Best Buy for a refund.
I'm hoping someone has experienced something like this and can help me so I don't have to return it. I waited so long just like everyone else for this thing and I just want it to work. I've attached two pictures of the problem. Any ideas?
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Ever since I installed the latest firmware (basically it forced it right out of the box on 7/20) I've been having issues getting out of sleep mode. About 80% of the time, when I hit the power button to wake it up, instead of the home screen I get a grey, snowy looking screen. Usually if I let it go back to sleep and hit the power button again, it comes up normally. Sometimes it takes 3 or 4 tries before it works. I contacted Asus and they want me to send it in for diagnostics. I refuse to send this in after only having it for 4 days. If anything, I'm taking it back to Best Buy for a refund.
I'm hoping someone has experienced something like this and can help me so I don't have to return it. I waited so long just like everyone else for this thing and I just want it to work. I've attached two pictures of the problem. Any ideas?
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One thing I forgot to put in the first post, I have done a cold boot and it did not solve the problem.
Sounds like a hardware issue to me. You can try a factory reset first, just yo be safe though....
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Sounds like a hardware issue to me. You can try a factory reset first, just yo be safe though....
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I tried another Cold Boot first, and it was working fine for most of yesterday afternoon. Then it happened again, so I did the factory reset. Got my stuff loaded back on and was using it for a few hours before bed. Got up this morning, picked it up and hit the power button......grey screen. Waited a minute, hit the button again, everything was fine. Got ready for work, had some cereal, picked it up and tapped the power button...grey screen. I gave it a minute and once I got the home screen to come up I hit factory reset and once it was wiped I powered it down, cleaned off the screen and put it all back in it's original packaging. It's going back to Best Buy.
Here's the nice part. I called Best Buy customer service and this is why I love Best Buy. They're sending me a UPS return label to ship this one back at no cost. They're also sending me a brand new one today via next day air at no cost to me. They're not charging me up front for the new one and then refunding me when the old one gets to them. This was a very smooth transaction. Very happy with Best Buy right now! :good:
Let's hope the new one doesn't suffer the same issue (or a different one!).
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
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Hi All!
Today is a very unfortunate day for me.
I was viewing whatsapp and all of a sudden my phone turned off, turned back on and it has been rebooting ever since.
I have tried all possible troubleshooting steps to see why it is happening but I can't even get into other screens like recovery, bootloader because it restarts right away.
Had a chat with Google and they wanted me to send my old phone and place a hold in my credit card -blablabla.
Obviously when they receive my defective Nexus, they will see the bootloader screen with an UNLOCKED icon.
That will be bad for me - because they could charge me money for a new device (the one they are sending ahead).
I would rather wait for the Nexus 6 instead of repaying for my defective 5.
Is there a way to maybe force it to be locked again before I send it in?
I have one of those JTAG connectors and I was just wondering if it will make any sense if I try that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It sounds like your power button is stuck. Mash it a number of times and see if that frees it up.
Also, if you have a case take it off
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Yup, seems to be an hardware problem with the power button.
By the way, if you can't fix it : Seems that Google doesn't care about unlocked bootloader if it's an hardware fault
I actually initially though it was the power button so I removed the case check and mashed it a lot but how it turns of turns ON doesn't make sense because if the power button is stuck usually you have to wait 3-4 seconds before it turns off.
The behavior is like this - Google Splash screen, 1 second pause, vibrate, turn off - Google Slash Screen, 1 second pause - NON stop.
Still it could be possible but I'm hoping they wont charge me anything if they send me a new phone. I would rather wait for the Nexus 6.
They actually asked me if I was rooted and I said NO. There was a chat log on it. Oh well.
I had a similar problem and I think it was the power button as well. I RMA'd it but I kept smacking the crap out of the back of the phone and around the area of the power button. I noticed it'd start getting further through the boot process and eventually I was able to get it to boot all the way through and actually stay. I guess I smacked it hard enough to knock out the button, but I still went with the RMA anyways.
Maybe try smacking it around and see if it stays on longer?
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I had a similar problem and I think it was the power button as well. I RMA'd it but I kept smacking the crap out of the back of the phone and around the area of the power button. I noticed it'd start getting further through the boot process and eventually I was able to get it to boot all the way through and actually stay. I guess I smacked it hard enough to knock out the button, but I still went with the RMA anyways.
Maybe try smacking it around and see if it stays on longer?
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I think you are all right. Now that I got home and observed it more. It is a stuck power button! I'll try to smack around it and have the bootloader locked in again and RMA it.
Do you think once they see it is being rooted, they will void the warranty even though it is obviously a power button issue?
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I think you are all right. Now that I got home and observed it more. It is a stuck power button! I'll try to smack around it and have the bootloader locked in again and RMA it.
Do you think once they see it is being rooted, they will void the warranty even though it is obviously a power button issue?
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Holy $hit I cant believe it! I smacked it like a crazy person and it worked!!!
I'm going to wipe out everything and put it to stock!!! and still RMA it yohooooo
My phone was at about 26% battery left... Next thing I know I try turning it on after watching a half hour of TV and get no response. Removed/re-seated battery, tried booting into recovery, kept the power cord plugged in for a half hour thinking it was a dead battery.. No luck.... It just wont turn on! Completely stock.. No abuse,drops,spills whatsoever..
Any tips on what else I could try save for taking it back to the store to get it replaced?
Thanks.
Mine wouldn't turn on when I unboxed it. I plugged it in for an hour but never saw any lights or led or acknowledgment of charging then I pushed up and down volume and it turned on. I thought it was dead
Interesting... I left it plugged in overnight..Booted right up but it shutdown right away.. Maybe a bad battery...I guess it's going back today.
I've had my phone up and going for about 3 days now and haven't had a problem since taking it out the box.
No problem here
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Mine got progressively worse. It started with the lock button not locking the first try then the second and then the third. Then the fingerprint scanner went. And then the power button/ lock button completely went. I sent it back to T-Mobile and they sent me a new device. It did however cost me some money like $5 or $10.
So if you got insurance it's 5 dollar processing u can call 611 and they can send it out like the guy above me said If u don't have insurance T-Mobile can process the warranty extchange for 20$ through lg or u can do it or self through lg for free but if your in 14 days it's free through the store
yeah 5 or 20 bucks to tmobile, 150 to asurion lol
I bought mine from a wholeseller and brand new and it just died completely for no reason at all. Nothing powered it on.
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Sadly, I had this happen to me back in May. Spent the day taking pictures and got back home to place it on the charger. After an hour or so, when to use the phone and it locked up. Had to do a battery pull and could never get it to start again. Ended up calling T-Mo tech support even though I didn't have insurance on it and was past 30 days, they still shipped a new one out. Made sure to put insurance on just in case it happened again.
My power button died during my recent Europe trip.
It started displaying the power menu (like the power button was being held down) several times in a row, and using it as a screen-off button became more and more erratic.
Finally the button stopped working at all. I pulled battery, even tried a factory reset. By some miracle I was able to press the button just right, and it came back on.
Thank goodness for double-tap, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to keep taking photos of my trip!
Rather than deal with T-Mobile and (no) insurance, I just submitted a repair report and Fedex'd it directly to LG (free shipping). I'm currently on my old Samsung Galaxy S4 that I unlocked from Sprint.
Right before I sent it in, I pulled the battery again and was able to get the button to respond about 3 out of 10 presses. I didn't want to risk this on my trip, and this is obviously not acceptable, so I boxed it up- hopefully they are able to recreate the problem and not pass it back to me with no repair/replacement (don't want to be the guy whose car only makes noises when the mechanic's listening).
Hopefully this is a hardware problem that LG can recognize and diagnose for a more robust device, like the boot-loop epidemic on the G4.
Other than that, I love this thing! Great photos during my trip. The wide-angle and long-exposures are my favorite.