not a technical question at all but need a desire s owner, i have just brought one for my gf, however cant tell if there is something wrong with the power button. It doesnt provide a reassuring click feel like on the sensation or the volume rocker on this device. Sure enough it works but you have to make good contact with the button, its not 'how it should be'
is this standard for the desire or should there be some sort of click to the power button
i should add it seems to be the same size and shape as the sensation button but some what more resessed, unevenly too.
If you bought this new, then take it back.
If you didn't then root it with a ROM (Like Reaper or Fallout) which provides wake-on-volume as an option. My power button is like that now and many other people get a similar problem with high usage.
I completely agree with Simon's advice I'd recommend that you take it back if you can and get a new hand set, the power button on my wife's is broken now and she has had to install a shake to wake application as she won't let me root it...although she intends to return it in the next few weeks for a replacement under warranty.
Sywepd form my DsereiS
Mine is simmilar. After about year i sent phone for repair because of lifting screen, and also mentioned the power button "problem" - from beginning the button was "unsure".
I got repaired phone but after 2 months, the situation is same. The button is not as "sure press" as on for example HTC Desire.
you could take it back..
next time when you find some error on htc, you can normally use power button to enter recovery mode
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I switch on my phone and there comes the lock screen after a very long time to boot(Much much longer than usual). Any solution besides sending it to HTC?
When I click the the power button (not hold it) HBOOT shows up in which the power button also stops working.
Your best bet would be to send it back. If your phone is under warranty, then you may as well send it back before it expires
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No actually it isn't under warranty
Devedue said:
I switch on my phone and there comes the lock screen after a very long time to boot(Much much longer than usual). Any solution besides sending it to HTC?
When I click the the power button (not hold it) HBOOT shows up in which the power button also stops working.
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Explore the possibility of contact problems with your volume keys. Or the power button. If that's too tough, find the nearest HTC service shop & be not afraid of parting with a few dollars.
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?
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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.
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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
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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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Hello my volume buttons seem to be defected (when I press either the up or down key, the volume on my sensation goes up, then a split second later goes down again so I have no way of lowering and raising the volume. This happens even when I take off the case and just press the buttons on the main unit.
If nobody has any suggestions I think it best I take it back to HTC to get fixed. My phone is rooted and using Revolution HD rom though so I'd like to return it to stock. My CID has been super CID'd to 11111111 however it originally used to be HTC__053 (Thailand).
I have attached a screenshot of my software information - could someone please recommend which stock rom to flash from here?:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c87a2330449af512/
Thanks :angel:
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Hello my volume buttons seem to be defected (when I press either the up or down key, the volume on my sensation goes up, then a split second later goes down again so I have no way of lowering and raising the volume. This happens even when I take off the case and just press the buttons on the main unit.
If nobody has any suggestions I think it best I take it back to HTC to get fixed. My phone is rooted and using Revolution HD rom though so I'd like to return it to stock. My CID has been super CID'd to 11111111 however it originally used to be HTC__053 (Thailand).
I have attached a screenshot of my software information - could someone please recommend which stock rom to flash from here?:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c87a2330449af512/
Thanks :angel:
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I had the exact same problem a few weeks ago after driving through a rainshower; a reflash of my mod unfortunately didn't solve the problem, so I think you are experiencing the same hardware failure I had.
I managed to solve the problem, but for doing so I had to open my sensation and during the process destroy the "void"-label which sits on one of the screws. As I suspected a water damage because of the rain I was driving through before I didn't hesitate too long to take apart my sensation - my warranty was gone either way for me.
If you don't want to risk damaging your phone or losing your warranty you might want to keep your sensation the way it is now. I also kind of arranged myself with the situation before I decided to have a look at the inside of my sensation and actually repaired it succesfully.
If you press one of the volume buttons, the volume might not change, but the volume slider appears and you can change the volume by dragging the dot to your desired volume level. By drawing all the way to the left you have set up complete silence. If you want to turn to vibrate mode, you can press the volume-down button once. For me this worked quite well and I was able to set all volume-levels and modes without any problem.
But as having my sensation in a state it should not be quite bugged me I decided to have a go and try to solve the problem. I watched the tutorial videos available on youtube and saw that the volume-buttons are sitting on a separate board. I then took away the back plate and released the upper mainboard. After that I could pull out the volume-buttons-board, blew off the dust of it and reinserted it. After these steps both volume buttons worked as intended again. So if you think you have the required tools and are a bit handy in taking apart expensive stuff you might consider doing the same as I did.
Of course I want to emphasize that if you decide to take apart your sensation I will in no way take the responsibility for neither any damage that might happen during the process nor for the void warranty. I also can not guarantee, that what worked for me will work in your case.
If you only use the volume buttons for changing the volume (and not for rebooting in case your sensation freezed or starting in bootloader mode) you might consider learning how to live with the new "feature" of your sensation as I described in my third paragraph
Yes I've been using the method you described, tapping a volume button then dragging the volume on the screen. I'd quite like to get it fixed though and I'd rather not void the warranty - my device has been plagued with problems and I fully expect something else to go wrong with it in the future in which case I'd like to keep the warranty. Also the HTC service centre is literally round the corner from me so its not a big deal to get it repaired!
Could anyone please recommend which stock rom to flash my phone and return it to its original state so I can take it back to HTC?
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I watched the tutorial videos available on youtube and saw that the volume-buttons are sitting on a separate board. I then took away the back plate and released the upper mainboard. After that I could pull out the volume-buttons-board, blew off the dust of it and reinserted it. After these steps both volume buttons worked as intended again.
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I have started having this problem today. No water damage or anything, it just started happening. Tried re-flashing ROM etc but no fix as you said.
I really would like to try to get it working properly again and I'm sure I could do this as I used to be a wiring tech for an electronics company. I'm just hesitant in case I fluff it up.
I'm experiencing the same issue with my volume up button, I can 'click' the volume up command but it is not recognised. The funny/annoying thing is that this happened to me before. Like a month ago, I had this same issue for two weeks, but then it disappeared. My guess is there's some dust or oxidation preventing the click to be recognised.
Stupid volume up press is being recognised again. I've tried to think of anything I might have done to achieve this but cannot think of anything. At least it was not the removal of the battery. I tried that but that did not make a difference.
n I had my infuse in my pocket and when I pulled it out it shut down on me, and ever since then all it does is reboot all the time. When I pull out the battery and put it back in, then phone just turns on by it self. When I try to charge it it shuts off then turns back on with the charging symbol and it does it over and over. I cant put put it and download mode and I can't put it into flash mode either. I brought it too two places to get it fixed and one person says the board is fried and the other tells me that it's bricked and he can't fix it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1872444
He people you took it to are terrible repair people...its just a bad power button...like the actual inner button (not the part you can see) is stuck down
Some one haduck by rapidly pressing the power button to get it unstuck
Another guy took his phone apart and sprayed the power button with compressed air to remove dust and other things that may be getting it stuck
And another guy replaced his with one from a different infuse
And another guy sent his in to some repair shop for I think $50 to get it fixed
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He people you took it to are terrible repair people...its just a bad power button...like the actual inner button (not the part you can see) is stuck down
Some one haduck by rapidly pressing the power button to get it unstuck
Another guy took his phone apart and sprayed the power button with compressed air to remove dust and other things that may be getting it stuck
And another guy replaced his with one from a different infuse
And another guy sent his in to some repair shop for I think $50 to get it fixed
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Thank you guys, I'm gonna go and pick it up right now and check it out I will keep you guys posted ..
So, I got my phone back and I took it apart myself. I tried blowing out the phone with a dust remover spray and pressing the button to un-stick it and nothing happened. So I think it might be the actual button that is connect to the board on the phone. I don't know who to bring it too down here, cause it seems that everyone is afraid to change it for me. So I guess my Infuse is no longer in service and I'll be looking for another phone
Update, so it is the power button, I had booting up, but then it started to boot loop again. I just need to get the button replaced.
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So, I got my phone back and I took it apart myself. I tried blowing out the phone with a dust remover spray and pressing the button to un-stick it and nothing happened. So I think it might be the actual button that is connect to the board on the phone. I don't know who to bring it too down here, cause it seems that everyone is afraid to change it for me. So I guess my Infuse is no longer in service and I'll be looking for another phone
Update, so it is the power button, I had booting up, but then it started to boot loop again. I just need to get the button replaced.
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Check out link in op of this thread $30.00 plus shipping.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756467
Good work by mg to recgonize the symptoms.
Not relevant to op, but something for everyone to consider: using a software tool to turn off your screen instead of power button.
If you put an icon on your homescreen to turn the display off (without pressing the power button), you save up to 50% of the cycles on your power button (or somewhat less if you tend to let the screen timeout instead of turning it off).
It can easily be done with tasker. The tasker command is called "System Lock" (sounds ominous, but just turns off the screen). I have that on my home screen, just above the home button. That makes it an easy two press maneuver to turn of the screen.
It looks like there are some free Apps on the market that do the same thing. Here's one (I haven't tried this one myself, just posting for info)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seltzer.screen_off_widget&hl=en
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Good work by mg to recgonize the symptoms.
Not relevant to op, but something for everyone to consider: using a software tool to turn off your screen instead of power button.
If you put an icon on your homescreen to turn the display off (without pressing the power button), you save up to 50% of the cycles on your power button (or somewhat less if you tend to let the screen timeout instead of turning it off).
It can easily be done with tasker. The tasker command is called "System Lock" (sounds ominous, but just turns off the screen). I have that on my home screen, just above the home button. That makes it an easy two press maneuver to turn of the screen.
It looks like there are some free Apps on the market that do the same thing. Here's one (I haven't tried this one myself, just posting for info)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seltzer.screen_off_widget&hl=en
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Here is one that is recommended often, I haven't used it though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey
Hey guys, I fixed my infuse.
I took that bad boy apart and cleaned out the power button now its working like brand new . Thank you for all you help and happy flashing .
*Fi Mi JellyBean Gone Paro*
Basic problem with a simple solution you'd think. Because my phone is in my pocket all day and I do a lot of rolling about on the floor at work and crouching behind cupboards cabinets, and even just sitting down, the power button ends up being pressed which I've realised is why my battery is sometimes down to 30% by 5pm. Some days it can be 100% after 12-15 hours at work if I don't keep catching the power button so this is clearly a massive design flaw.
I've had a look around and not found any information that is useful. I've installed keyremapper and that doesn't do anything more than what I did when I had a play with the Generic.kl file. I can disable the power button wake function but then I can't wake the phone up with swype (or whatever that thing is where you unlock it with the soft buttons). I then tried reassigning the wake function the volume keys and this didn't work either.
Is there a solution to this or do I just have to put up with this massive failing of an otherwise decent phone?
jngfjngfvng said:
Basic problem with a simple solution you'd think. Because my phone is in my pocket all day and I do a lot of rolling about on the floor at work and crouching behind cupboards cabinets, and even just sitting down, the power button ends up being pressed which I've realised is why my battery is sometimes down to 30% by 5pm. Some days it can be 100% after 12-15 hours at work if I don't keep catching the power button so this is clearly a massive design flaw.
I've had a look around and not found any information that is useful. I've installed keyremapper and that doesn't do anything more than what I did when I had a play with the Generic.kl file. I can disable the power button wake function but then I can't wake the phone up with swype (or whatever that thing is where you unlock it with the soft buttons). I then tried reassigning the wake function the volume keys and this didn't work either.
Is there a solution to this or do I just have to put up with this massive failing of an otherwise decent phone?
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can't you get a pouch? you think only about your power button. you never thought about the screen and the phone's body itself. one day you might take it out from your pocket and find the screen crack or heard something break in your pocket while you are working.
Yea I would look into getting a TPU case since it is much harder to press power button and doesn't really affect size of phone.
Or one of those big bulky leather pouches that you put your phone in like for belt loops and stuff.
Unfortunately that isn't going to work. I wear some Snickers work trousers and the phone goes in the phone pocket. There isn't room for a case in there as well. Plus my phone is already big enough, and it is insured so in the unlikely event it breaks I will get a new one.
I believe they're is a app in the play store called something like tap tap app. It allowed you to bypass the power button and user can use screen to turn on device. Don't know too much about the app but came across it one day. You might want to look into trying that. Hope this helps. Best wishes update, just checked the app and yes it definitely does control screen off and on. I think this could be the solution your looking for!
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I believe they're is a app in the play store called something like tap tap app. It allowed you to bypass the power button and user can use screen to turn on device. Don't know too much about the app but came across it one day. You might want to look into trying that. Hope this helps. Best wishes update, just checked the app and yes it definitely does control screen off and on. I think this could be the solution your looking for!
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Doesn't disable the power button.