I'm completely new to this forum and like to apologize upfront if I happen to post this in the wrong section. However, my Mytouch 3g(not under warranty anymore) decided to pretty much stop working. No matter what I do, all I can manage is to make the LED light turn blue, red, or blue. However, I have also managed to install the bootloader onto my computer( no clue what that does). So, basically I want to know if there is any hope for phone,or is it a useless brick.
Not too much info to work on, but Found this that helped some before:
On the QWERTY keyboard, press and hold the left "SHIFT" key.
While holding the left "SHIFT" key, press and release the power/lock button of the phone.
From there, your phone should turn on.
Note: The power/lock button will not work any longer. However, it will still work if you use the same instructions of turning on your phone. That means, you might get annoyed locking your phone because the locking process may lag. In addition, you will see some lag when loading the "Power Off" menu.
If this doesn't work:
Instead of holding the left "SHIFT" key, press and hold the left "FN" key.
While holding the left "FN" key, press and release the power/lock button.
From there, your phone should turn on.
If this still doesn't work, try doing the same thing with other keys or any other button on the phone. Good luck!
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I've read through several posts regarding resetting my HTC Touch pro but nothing is working. My touch screen stopped working - it doesn't do anything when I tap the icons on the screen. The keys still work but the screen is not working.
With the power off I tried holding down the volume button while pressing the round "enter" button and then pressed the power on button. The only message I get is "you are about to power off the device, you will lose any information not saved". I've also tried holding down the down volume button while holding the enter button and then using my stylus hit the "reset" button on the bottom. This didn't do anything either - I hate this phone!
The phone is on the Alltel network.
How I hard reset my 6850 HTC Touch Pro
Using the recommended method I was not able to hard reset my phone after installing a custom ROM I maid using PPC Kitchen. But what I tried that did work was, Phone off (not just asleep), holding the volume down button, while holding down the round "enter" button, while holding down the power button, then also holding down the reset button holding down all these buttons worked. I did not have to hold them for long till the text instructions came up and I followed them. Let me know if this works for any of you.
Frustrated HTC Owner said:
I've read through several posts regarding resetting my HTC Touch pro but nothing is working. My touch screen stopped working - it doesn't do anything when I tap the icons on the screen. The keys still work but the screen is not working.
With the power off I tried holding down the volume button while pressing the round "enter" button and then pressed the power on button. The only message I get is "you are about to power off the device, you will lose any information not saved". I've also tried holding down the down volume button while holding the enter button and then using my stylus hit the "reset" button on the bottom. This didn't do anything either - I hate this phone!
The phone is on the Alltel network.
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Welcome to the forum
Here instructions on hot to hard reset
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Raphael_For_Beginners#Hardx20.Reset
It´s highly recommended to read the Wiki!
Hope it helps
Good luck,
p.d. If you hate your phone please dontate to me
I had the same issue. And it did not work for me either. I found this alternative way to hard reset from another site.....
Start/Settings/System and find Clear Storage and that will hard reset your device.
My power button does not work at all. It doesn't put the phone to sleep nor can it wake it up. Holding it down doesn't even give me an option to shut it down and presumably it can't turn the phone on either.
So basically I think I just wore the button down. Now in spite of that, is there a way to reflash a new ROM without being able to turn it on using the button? I mean, if I remember the procedure correction, you just have to turn it off to take the sim card out and to put it back in. Can I forgo this step?
I mean, I am just sliding out my keyboard to wake it up but I fear if my battery ever fully runs down.
Try to Hard reset your device..
To perform a hard reset
1. Pull out the stylus.
2. With the device turned on, press and hold the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons, then press the RESET button with the stylus tip.
3. Release the RESET button, but continue pressing the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons until you see this message on the screen:
This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel.
4. Release the VOLUME DOWN and ENTER buttons, then press the VOLUME UP button to perform the hard reset, or press any other button to cancel the reset.
Yup, didn't work. Am I boned if my phone ever turns off? Jeez, and I just received that extra battery too.
Is there a way to remap the sleep button to the PTT key?
you dont have to pull out the stylus or have the device on to do a hard reset. just turn on the device and immediately hit volume down and center. once the screen lights up you can let go then wait for the reset message and press volume up.
anyways, if you have a att fuze, take it in, its under warrenty, theyll replace it. in any case you need it fixed. you cant live your live hoping your battery will never die. you cant turn it on or flash a new rom or anything without a working power button. if you dont have att im sure you can call htc and tell them you want it fixed and theyll mail you the supplies to get it shipped. just hope you can live without it for a couple days. its youre only options if you want it working.
I came back here all excited to post that it suddenly started working but it is back to the way it was.
The phone is really old so it's just of warranty and I don't think it is worth it to have it fixed when so many other problems are wrong with it. I guess it's time to be looking at new phones.
And now the power button is working. This phone just boggles the mind, people. I'm sure it'll stop working in a couple of hours though. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? Maybe a short due to rain or something? Worn down contacts?
Same power button over here.
Sorry for reply on an old article but Google won't help me. I'm havin' the same problem. Na responds on the power button neither can i do a hard reset.
Anyone has a sollution. Phone is out of warranty ...
Is it a hadware problem of something with the software. Still has the (updated) stock rom. I've tried to reflash it with this latest rom but this didn't solved the problem.
Solved (for the time being..) The button seemed to be stuck. With my fingernail I managed to 'lift' it.
Hey, guys, I've used this website for my Fuze maintenance for a while and it's always been great, so I have a quick query for anyone interested.
My Fuze's power button seems to be, in some way, stuck. It frequently activates the "Sleep/Wake" command, turning the screen on and off in the middle of some task I'm doing, and will sometimes even bring up the "Are you sure you want to power off", and if I press any button other than pressing "No" on the screen, it restarts the phone.
It does this even when I first turn on the phone, and is horrifically annoying. Is there any way to re-assigned the power button functions, to, say, the ptt button? Thanks very much!
Had exactly the same issue. Removing and inserting the battery, the phone would come on automatically.
HTC repaied the phone within 4 days, that including transit time.
They have excellent after care support with there warranty.
i have samsung SGH i780 windows mobile phone. it has a problem power button not working correctly. power button touch a bit mobile is switch off after difficult to switch on when i remove a battery and plug again mobile is switch on without pressing power button. have any solution to fix the problem.
thanks
sounds like you need to open the device and look inside, my guess is that the plastic power button is not inserted/aligned properly.
(which is why it turns off and on the way it does)
(probably due to a recent drop of your device)
you should view the wiki for your device on how to get inside to have a look.
im pretty sure this is whats wrong with your power button dude = sometimes this happens to me when putting my device back together.
(power button needs re-aligning)
Rn
Red Hook and press the green call key while pressing the power key, hard reboot confirmation screen appear, press the space bar to confirm, and then the phone restart. After the initial setting, the screen calibration (points 5 times the cross), the initial state of the mobile phone back to just brush up ROM. After loading the program, and personal information are lost, so hard before the restart must be careful to save personal information.
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i do not think his device needs a hard reset.
(it is defo the alignment of the power button inside the device!)
Rn
So Honor 6+ my power button had been kinda stuck for a while and sometimes it would take holding it in for 20-30 seconds, but I always got it on eventually and used apps like 'Volume Power' to use the volume buttons to unlock the screen if the power button was stuck.
The key was basically to try to avoid letting the phone go off, but last weekend I'm on a plane no plug and it happens. I knew it was a matter of time before the power button simply didn't respond at all and that's what has happened. I've been pressing and holding it in hope constantly but nothing.
Phone is only 6 months old so I contact Huawei (in UK) to arrange repair. They offer me a new one but obviously I would rather my own fixed. Here's the killer - as a policy they wipe every phone that comes to their repair centre. I mean are you serious?! They send me detailed instructions on how to back my phone up before sending it out. However, obviously no instructions as to how to get the freaking thing on without the power button to back it up.
I would be hugely appreciative if anyone has any suggestions as to how I can get it on without the button, even just once, and back up tons of vacation snaps and a lifetime worth of contacts. I'll try anything before I give up and send it off to them to get back blank . Thanks!
My phone(PE-TL10) is similar now. Its power button is not working. I think it's broken because I changed the region code (CHN to EU).To switch on when the phone is switched off, I connect to the PC with the data cable while the volume up key is pressed. I use the "titanium backup" application to turn off or reset the phone. I press the volume down button long to open the screen. Disgrace :angel: