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[Q] Bricked Nexus S. Faulty power button?

Hi guys.
I noticed a few weeks ago my power button started to work when it felt like it. Sometimes it would be fine, other times it would take about 30 presses before it registered I was attempting to use it..
Now it has completely failed.
The phone is currently off, whenever I try to press the power button it never turns on. But as soon as I attach a charger to it (AC and USB), without even pressing the power button, the phone vibrates and the google screen flashes up, but never gets past that screen.
If I hold the volume up button as I attach a charger it attempts to enter recovery/bootloader mode(?), but freezes as soon as it comes on. No buttons work and it requires a battery pull to turn it off.
The phone is also not recognised by my computer, or by odin, or anything.
Not really sure what to do. Would try and flash things back to stock, but can't find a way to do that. Not really sure it would help either?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance
Oh and I looked through current threads and searched on google but I couldn't find anyone with a similar problem :/

It seems, your power button is constantly pressed. Maybe you dropped it? You should try to carefully move the button in every direction instead of pressing it, hopefully it clicks back to its right place. Other option is taking it back to the shop, and get it repaired. It's a hadware problem, so you won't be able to use neither recovery nor the ROM. The bright side is, that probably it's an easily repairable problem, and won't take too long

mkoch820 said:
It seems, your power button is constantly pressed. Maybe you dropped it? You should try to carefully move the button in every direction instead of pressing it, hopefully it clicks back to its right place. Other option is taking it back to the shop, and get it repaired. It's a hadware problem, so you won't be able to use neither recovery nor the ROM. The bright side is, that probably it's an easily repairable problem, and won't take too long
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I thought it was a hardware thing, they guy at the shop told me it wasn't..
And yeah that's fair enough..
But yeah I will get it repaired, thank you very much

i kind of had the same problem....
are u runing ICS 4.0.3 update by google????
if yes then that is the problem,
even my power buton stoped working and then wheni went into recovery mode it freezed..
it was my luck taht suddenly the power button started working on its own and i formated the phone with clockworkmod and reinstalled 2.3.6..... and been working fine now...

karan_chopra said:
i kind of had the same problem....
are u runing ICS 4.0.3 update by google????
if yes then that is the problem,
even my power buton stoped working and then wheni went into recovery mode it freezed..
it was my luck taht suddenly the power button started working on its own and i formated the phone with clockworkmod and reinstalled 2.3.6..... and been working fine now...
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I was on an ICS ROM, can't remember which one, but the button started playing up when I was on a GB ROM..
Here's hoping the button just suddenly starts working though.. :L
Cheers for the reply

Just in case anyone else has this problem. My situation looked horrible.. but I brought a USB Jig from eBay and after months of problems. I got into recovery mode and flashed back to stock. Everything is perfect now
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Though I am officially out of the Nexus S great community (mine was sold) but a great lesson I learned here is to BABY the power button...I also disabled the screen lock so I can get screen to wake with vol rocker.... take care of the power button folks on Nexus S lol

AnthonyG92 said:
Just in case anyone else has this problem. My situation looked horrible.. but I brought a USB Jig from eBay and after months of problems. I got into recovery mode and flashed back to stock. Everything is perfect now
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Thats fix your power button?seriously?
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Well no lol. It started working on its own after I reflashed. It works on and off.. but I only flash roms now that have volume rocker wake and 'sleep' in the notification bar.. i.e CM based etc. Just in case the power button decides to fail completely
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AnthonyG92 said:
Well no lol. It started working on its own after I reflashed. It works on and off.. but I only flash roms now that have volume rocker wake and 'sleep' in the notification bar.. i.e CM based etc. Just in case the power button decides to fail completely
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Haha...okay...my power button already dead..
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AnthonyG92 said:
Well no lol. It started working on its own after I reflashed. It works on and off.. but I only flash roms now that have volume rocker wake and 'sleep' in the notification bar.. i.e CM based etc. Just in case the power button decides to fail completely
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Stock ICS has a feature to wake the screen using the vol rocker.
And you can search the market for "Lock screen widget" to shut the screen.
In this case you minimize the need for the power button..That what I was doing..

Power button broke

Guys my power button broke!!!
Any work around for this?
i need to turn screen of/on and shutdown and reboot without using my power button!!!
Strange thing is when i put my battery in phone it turns on by itself! ;P so thats no problem!

Rolando88 said:
Guys my power button broke!!!
Any work around for this?
i need to turn screen of/on and shutdown and reboot without using my power button!!!
Strange thing is when i put my battery in phone it turns on by itself! ;P so thats no problem!
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U can flash the bricked kernel to get the sweep to wake function and if u need to power the phone down just download the app quick boot
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The button on the back cover, or that actual micro switch on the phone?

thats so weird it happen to me yesterday too...
but it worked once but then stoped again so i dont think its fully broken.. like mine
for some reason, my power button is working again, so its not dead... after pressing down on the plastic things several time, it works perfectly now ;3
then sadly it stoped working

htc one xl wont turn on!

My phone is switched off and it wont turn on! if i connect it to a charger the led starts to blink. i tried volume down+ + power but the same thing happens as when i press the power button
the buttons flash 15 times and voila! Nothing happens!! Please help

UviZ said:
My phone is switched off and it wont turn on! if i connect it to a charger the led starts to blink. i tried volume down+ + power but the same thing happens as when i press the power button
the buttons flash 15 times and voila! Nothing happens!! Please help
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This is the 3rd thread you've opened with the same problem....
What are you doing to continually get yourself into this situation?
If you're not doing anything, follow the advice you've previously been given (more thane once) in the other threads and take your device for repair.

From what I've read of your previous posts; You have a hardware issue and your better off with a new phone. It happens. Remember that mis-printed Oreo or the one time you found a double cheez-it? Your phone is just that one that's bad in the batch.
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Pretty sure I already answered this in another thread -_-
I don't see why you'd post again...... Is it because I'm a noob!? D:

Phone does not turn on! Virus??

I have been rooted and using various roms for over half a year. I was using my phone and than my power button stopped functioning out of nowhere. I took my battery out and put it back in and it turned back on but the power button would sometimes work and sometime not. So I decided to reflash the rom so when i clicked the reboot button in my toggles and told to to go into recovery it turned off and did not go into recovery mode but instead it flashed the samsung logo briefly and said recovery booting at the top but it does not boot into recovery. I took the battery out and put it back in and it does the same thing just flashes the samsung logo once with the recovery booting and than goes dark. All this happened in 1 hour.
So i cant boot into recovery or get into download mode, and odin does not recognize that there is a device connected.
Help if you can.

So no lights at all? Take battery out. Hook phone into computer. What happens? Does you computer recognize it?
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Sometimes when I plug my charger in or plug it into computer the orange charging light flashes for a couple seconds and than nothing, and no the computer does not recognize a device. I tried charging the phone all night still nothing.
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Go open device manager on computer. Replug. Does anything show in device manager?
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Sandman-007 said:
Go open device manager on computer. Replug. Does anything show in device manager?
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Unfortunately no. Plugged it into computer, press power button and it vibrates one second and charging LED (red) flashes once and thats it. Nothing shows up on device manager.
Plugged it into computer and turned ODIN on... no result. It doesnt recognize that there is a phone connected.
Guys please help a guy out? ive gone through so much posts lately on Google, please if anyone knows even a hint of something that could help please mention it
Thanks ahead of time

Tried another S3 battery, maybe that was the problem but no. Pressed power button, Samsung logo flashes for less then a second. Then everything goes blank.
Next time i hit power button with this battery from another S3, all that happens is that it vibrates, the red LED flashes once and thats it.
Have also tried all combinations of Power+Vol+Home. They get only a vibrate from the phone as if only hitting the power button.

So you need to reboot into recovery but it won't.. Hmm my volume button is broken so I downloaded Quick Boot from the store and it let's you boot into recovery pretty easily. If it does the same thing you described then.. Dunno.. Flash a new recovery or bootloader with Casual one click root unlock and recovery. Hopefully you saved an image file on your pc.
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kaslopis said:
So you need to reboot into recovery but it won't.. Hmm my volume button is broken so I downloaded Quick Boot from the store and it let's you boot into recovery pretty easily. If it does the same thing you described then.. Dunno.. Flash a new recovery or bootloader with Casual one click root unlock and recovery. Hopefully you saved an image file on your pc.
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How can I flash anything if it won't even show any sign of life but vibrating.
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For some reason I thought you just couldn't get into recovery mode
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it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
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I would try to place the phone on a good flat, hard surface and then try to boot into recovery and just barely put pressure on the power button in the process. Not trying to sound smart mouth but hold vol+ with left thumb and use any right finger to hold home then use left pointer to press power. Thus you can use just the minimum amount of pressure on the power button.
If you get any further than you have been , I would bet on the button being bad. If not it may have been a partition messup. I was using the trim feature and mine goofed up the partitions and had to repartition in odin and everything. If it isnt the button find a jtag and have it done.
Good luck, Hope you can get it fixed.
Cruzin' tha Galaxy SIII via Obsessed Rom / "INAPPROPRIATE" Kernel

bbolton_98 said:
it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
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No the button is normal. Presses down just like always.
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bbolton_98 said:
it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
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I would try to place the phone on a good flat, hard surface and then try to boot into recovery and just barely put pressure on the power button in the process. Not trying to sound smart mouth but hold vol+ with left thumb and use any right finger to hold home then use left pointer to press power. Thus you can use just the minimum amount of pressure on the power button.
If you get any further than you have been , I would bet on the button being bad. If not it may have been a partition messup. I was using the trim feature and mine goofed up the partitions and had to repartition in odin and everything. If it isnt the button find a jtag and have it done.
Good luck, Hope you can get it fixed.
Cruzin' tha Galaxy SIII via Obsessed Rom / "INAPPROPRIATE" Kernel
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Sounds like your phone just kicked the bucket as your opening post reads like the hardware bricked on you.

bbolton_98 said:
it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
edit:
I would try to place the phone on a good flat, hard surface and then try to boot into recovery and just barely put pressure on the power button in the process. Not trying to sound smart mouth but hold vol+ with left thumb and use any right finger to hold home then use left pointer to press power. Thus you can use just the minimum amount of pressure on the power button.
If you get any further than you have been , I would bet on the button being bad. If not it may have been a partition messup. I was using the trim feature and mine goofed up the partitions and had to repartition in odin and everything. If it isnt the button find a jtag and have it done.
Good luck, Hope you can get it fixed.
Cruzin' tha Galaxy SIII via Obsessed Rom / "INAPPROPRIATE" Kernel
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I'll try that when I get home.
Thanks for everyone who contributed
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bbolton_98 said:
it sounds like the power button is your problem, like its stuck down. Can you tell if its sticking out about normal or does it seem shallow(like depressed a bit)?
edit:
I would try to place the phone on a good flat, hard surface and then try to boot into recovery and just barely put pressure on the power button in the process. Not trying to sound smart mouth but hold vol+ with left thumb and use any right finger to hold home then use left pointer to press power. Thus you can use just the minimum amount of pressure on the power button.
If you get any further than you have been , I would bet on the button being bad. If not it may have been a partition messup. I was using the trim feature and mine goofed up the partitions and had to repartition in odin and everything. If it isnt the button find a jtag and have it done.
Good luck, Hope you can get it fixed.
Cruzin' tha Galaxy SIII via Obsessed Rom / "INAPPROPRIATE" Kernel
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Ok I did that but no results...
But I did figure something out that I didn't know: ok so when the phone is lying flat on its back and I tap it moderately 3 times very quickly the phone vibrates once and flashes just the Samsung logo for a split second.... That happens without even pressing any of the buttons. And then everything goes black. Sometimes it will do the vibrate and Samsung logo and then the "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo will show for couple seconds. Then like always it goes black.
So this must mean some of the hardware inside is disrupted. Its been dropped many times on ground. Never cracked screen but it must be the hardware inside. Does that sound logical? Or does someone else have a theory?
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spetzuu said:
Ok I did that but no results...
But I did figure something out that I didn't know: ok so when the phone is lying flat on its back and I tap it moderately 3 times very quickly the phone vibrates once and flashes just the Samsung logo for a split second.... That happens without even pressing any of the buttons. And then everything goes black. Sometimes it will do the vibrate and Samsung logo and then the "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo will show for couple seconds. Then like always it goes black.
So this must mean some of the hardware inside is disrupted. Its been dropped many times on ground. Never cracked screen but it must be the hardware inside. Does that sound logical? Or does someone else have a theory?
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Of course it sounds logical. You really should have mentioned the "dropped many times" right up front. No doubt it is physical damage. sucks sir. in the future, invest in a good case if you tend to drop your phone often....just sayin. or learn to not drop it? i don't know. sorry about your luck sir.

Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
Of course it sounds logical. You really should have mentioned the "dropped many times" right up front. No doubt it is physical damage. sucks sir. in the future, invest in a good case if you tend to drop your phone often....just sayin. or learn to not drop it? i don't know. sorry about your luck sir.
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So what you guys recommend for fix?? The one year warranty is gone...
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spetzuu said:
So what you guys recommend for fix?? The one year warranty is gone...
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www.swappa.com buy a new phone
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faehsemc said:
www.swappa.com buy a new phone
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You think maybe I should take apart the phone? Maybe I'll visibly see something disconnected and fix it.
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If you are smart enough to know what to look for, sure. Otherwise. I revert to my recommendation...
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sounds like power button is broken, only you know if your comfortable taking it apart. But there are videos that are good. If you think you can what do you have to lose? It ain't working now so what's the difference. I would look for some teardown videos and power button replacement vids and see if you want to try. Find out how much a button would be and then decide.
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am i hard bricked?!?!?

last night got out of work tried to unlock my phone and screen wouldnt turn on so i though maybe it turned off by its self but i noticed the phone was VERY hot i tried to cool it down with my ac n the car it was cold then it began to be hot again slowly (phone is still off btw) theback power button lights up but screen is a no go.... i tried to cal my phone but it goes straight to voicemail so i know its off... but the power button light is on am i hardbricked?? its really weird im confused!! help?!!?

felix787 said:
last night got out of work tried to unlock my phone and screen wouldnt turn on so i though maybe it turned off by its self but i noticed the phone was VERY hot i tried to cool it down with my ac n the car it was cold then it began to be hot again slowly (phone is still off btw) theback power button lights up but screen is a no go.... i tried to cal my phone but it goes straight to voicemail so i know its off... but the power button light is on am i hardbricked?? its really weird im confused!! help?!!?
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What happens if you just hold the power button down for about 15 seconds?
Or, if you hold volume down and power for 15?
what about if you hold volume down and plug ausb cable in from your computer, will it enter download mode?
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I tried the power button and nothin i didnt try the volume down but too late now i sent.it.to lg.fingers.crossed they dont find root

felix787 said:
I tried the power button and nothin i didnt try the volume down but too late now i sent.it.to lg.fingers.crossed they dont find root
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Good luck dude.
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Thank you very much needed bro

As info, the AT&T thread is short of limited. I usually stick to the normal G2 thread, myself. You'll get more help and quicker responses I think.
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