My power button has started acting funny... when I press it it doesn't work. And worse, it turns the screen on and off by itself (like I was pushing it).
Also sometimes the back button takes screenshots instead of "back".
For the moment I use a setting in ViperS that allows me to turn the screen on with VolUp and and off with VolDown, and also attributed another action to the power button so it doesn't turn the screen on and off by itself (with Button Remapper).
The problem appeared when I was on Bruce's CM10 (though i don't think this is the problem), and then I hardly flashed ViperS.
Has anyone had this problem? Any solutions?
I hope this isn't hardware related... (It isn't under warranty)
did you check if the back cover is pushing the button somehow and it is always pressing the contact for screen off/on the device?
rzr86 said:
did you check if the back cover is pushing the button somehow and it is always pressing the contact for screen off/on the device?
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Yes. It's the same thing with the cover off.
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For the people who read this the problem was solved by a custom rom (in my case).
The problem can either be two things,
1. Your power button has corrosion in it by humidity damage in your pocket and you need to replace it.
2. Its some weird bug in the old htc ruu stock rom, update it or use a custom rom.
I replaced my ruu stock rom and it solved the issue.
It goes on and off without touching the power button? Do you mean that?
If you press the power button and it turns off and on instantly then you have the old upper part board with the famous (I think) buttons bug...
So, you can try restore your phone with the RUU. If this still happens I suggest you to send it for service again!
iJo09 said:
It goes on and off without touching the power button? Do you mean that?
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Yup thats what i mean the display light goes on and off while i turned it off/stand by mode. (By pressing the power button once)
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NiTrOwow said:
Yup thats what i mean the display light goes on and off while i turned it off/stand by mode. (By pressing the power button once)
NiTrOwow
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My Sensation does this in CM9 so I think this is a firmware problem. Try to restore your phone with the RUU
My Sensation has the Revolution HD3.6.2 by Mike. I started having issues with my sleep button where it would stop responding occasionally until eventually it would stop responding altogether when the phone was on and I could not put to sleep or wake up at all. Now, if I plug into charger with battery out then install battery it will not boot automatically or with holding power button at all. When removing charger it will boot automatically because the phone thinks the power button is always depressed. I have taken the phone case off and cleaned the area many times and it physically clicks normal with no response. I was going to try an updated ROM to see if this was a programming issue however since the phone thinks the power button is always depressed I can not use ROM manager, right when I click down or up it automatically loads that option. The rest of the phone works perfectly and do not want to replace due to a failed sleep/power button, are there options to working around the power button or anything else I should be doing?
Thanks
So I have a bricked Sensation?
ChillOutWayne said:
So I have a bricked Sensation?
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ok then
It's not bricked. Don't worry software is fine. Sounds like a hardware fault that the power button contact has worn out.
I dropped my NS the other day and now the power button has became very finicky. I've read about others with power button problems but from the issues I'm experiencing I think the problem might be software related and not caused by dropping it.
When the screen is off, hitting the power button always turns the screen back on but sometimes brings up the power menu
When the screen is on, press and long pressing the power button doesn't do anything
When the phone is off, pressing the power button turns the phone on, and I can get to the bootloader using the power + volume up
The power button issues I'm having only seem to happen when the screen is on, otherwise the power button works like it should. I've clean installed my rom twice but the porblem stays the same.
red_skittles said:
I dropped my NS the other day and now the power button has became very finicky. I've read about others with power button problems but from the issues I'm experiencing I think the problem might be software related and not caused by dropping it.
When the screen is off, hitting the power button always turns the screen back on but sometimes brings up the power menu
When the screen is on, press and long pressing the power button doesn't do anything
When the phone is off, pressing the power button turns the phone on, and I can get to the bootloader using the power + volume up
The power button issues I'm having only seem to happen when the screen is on, otherwise the power button works like it should. I've clean installed my rom twice but the porblem stays the same.
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Hardware.
It will probably fail on you completely eventually.
hi
is it possible for the galaxy s3 powre button to stop working? i used a aftermarket battery not sure if it play any part in the dead power button. but want to tell you that too. the power button seem dead to me or something is wrong with it, i take out the battery and put it back and the phone vibrate and a quick flash of the word "samsung" and stay fully dead. it turn on by itself when i insert the battery without pressing the power button. i can do that many times and sometime the phone work and it get to the home screen and all buttons work except for the power button. no matter how hard i press it it wont turn off the screen or anything. anytime i got lucky and it boot to home screen, i plugged in the charger so that way everytime the screen shut off i can turn it back on by unplugging the charger, and that turn it back on... otherwise i cannot turn it back on with the power button...
anyone solved a problem like this power button issue? what could be wrong? i know the phone is not dead ,, so could the powwer button issue trigger multiple issues for the phone?
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hi
is it possible for the galaxy s3 powre button to stop working? i used a aftermarket battery not sure if it play any part in the dead power button. but want to tell you that too. the power button seem dead to me or something is wrong with it, i take out the battery and put it back and the phone vibrate and a quick flash of the word "samsung" and stay fully dead. it turn on by itself when i insert the battery without pressing the power button. i can do that many times and sometime the phone work and it get to the home screen and all buttons work except for the power button. no matter how hard i press it it wont turn off the screen or anything. anytime i got lucky and it boot to home screen, i plugged in the charger so that way everytime the screen shut off i can turn it back on by unplugging the charger, and that turn it back on... otherwise i cannot turn it back on with the power button...
anyone solved a problem like this power button issue? what could be wrong? i know the phone is not dead ,, so could the powwer button issue trigger multiple issues for the phone?
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Seems like I just got this exact same problem! dunno what the deal is. Weird.
tainle said:
hi
is it possible for the galaxy s3 powre button to stop working? i used a aftermarket battery not sure if it play any part in the dead power button. but want to tell you that too. the power button seem dead to me or something is wrong with it, i take out the battery and put it back and the phone vibrate and a quick flash of the word "samsung" and stay fully dead. it turn on by itself when i insert the battery without pressing the power button. i can do that many times and sometime the phone work and it get to the home screen and all buttons work except for the power button. no matter how hard i press it it wont turn off the screen or anything. anytime i got lucky and it boot to home screen, i plugged in the charger so that way everytime the screen shut off i can turn it back on by unplugging the charger, and that turn it back on... otherwise i cannot turn it back on with the power button...
anyone solved a problem like this power button issue? what could be wrong? i know the phone is not dead ,, so could the powwer button issue trigger multiple issues for the phone?
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i got the phone to work by using app to auto detect sensor and turn on the phone for now
antiseen said:
Seems like I just got this exact same problem! dunno what the deal is. Weird.
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if you can get it to turn on u can use a app to wake it up by sensor.
Could be related to the 3rd party battery but hard to tell without checking out the internals to see if anything on the PBA got fried.
If you're able to get it to turn on with an app and not able to unlock the screen without use of the charger it may just be somethin to do with your power button itself.
Did anything happen around the time of the issue starting? (New apps, physical or liquid damage, software updates, etc)
Have you tried a known working OEM battery?
Sent from CM 10.2 optimized sph-l710
SO I looked around and diddn't see my particular issue posted already.
My S III has a broken power button: when I gently tap the power button the phone locks, then turns back on, and then shows the power off options as it would if I held the power button down. I dissasembled the phone and tried using the hardware button itself (without the actual plastic button over it) and I had the same issues.
I am broke and really want CM on this phone. As you would expect, If I even try to get into download mode to flash CWM Recovery, the power button forces the device to restart.
I was wondering if anyone knew of a way that I could install CyanogenMod without the use of this button or maybe any other way.
All help is appreciated,
Thanks!
Edit: If it helps, I just noticed that i'm on 4.3. Is there even a way to unlock or roll back the bootloader at this point?
Thanks again.