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How to restart phone without removable battery?

Ok so normally if a phone were to freeze up or something happend you just pull the battery and then put it back in and start it up... is there a button combination or something that no matter what will alwaya restart the phone?
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volume up AND down AND power will force a reboot

Wrong
In official user manual on page 180 is that the when not responding press power button for 10 seconds then release to restart the phone
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Well my method works and its confirmed by others. Now the OP knows 2 ways to reboot
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azzledazzle said:
Well my method works and its confirmed by others. Now the OP knows 2 ways to reboot
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Your method works because you are holding the power button. The volume keys have nothing to do with it you don't have to press them.
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yeah i totally knew that
I was just testing you all
But seriously, Thats whats been mentioned a few times around here so thats always been the method i use...
hall of shame has me right at the top !

azzledazzle said:
yeah i totally knew that
I was just testing you all
But seriously, Thats whats been mentioned a few times around here so thats always been the method i use...
hall of shame has me right at the top !
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Sorry, I wasn't trying to sound mean. I hold volume up + home + power when my i9100 freezes up so I can boot it straight into recovery
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Sky ICA cannot screen cap

I just flashed to sky ics yesterday and I everythings works fine except I cannot take a screen cap and I have tried both method, volume down with power and power with home button. Also I can't seem to have my home keys button vibrate.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You
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How exactly are you trying to take the screenshot?? Are you pressing power + home at the same time and holding?? I just tried it and it worked
And as far as the vibrating goes, is "vibrate on screen tap" checked under sound settings??
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home+power . Timing is a little more critical than it should be AFAIK.. push power a split second before home and hold both for a second or so.

lilair said:
How exactly are you trying to take the screenshot?? Are you pressing power + home at the same time and holding?? I just tried it and it worked
And as far as the vibrating goes, is "vibrate on screen tap" checked under sound settings??
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stoopendis said:
home+power . Timing is a little more critical than it should be AFAIK.. push power a split second before home and hold both for a second or so.
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Thank You guys for that quick reply
The Vibrate thing was just me being stupid and could not turn it back on Thanks lilair and stoopendis, but yea i tried everything with the screen cap and still doesn't work, it used to work fine with just power button and home before i flash. My buddy who also flashed to sky ics and his screen cap worked fine too, he also has the same update.

Geez that's too bad. I gotta tell you though... it took me a while to get the sequence/timing down. I swore up and down it didn't work! But persistance paid off and I have my sc now although sometimes it takes a fee trys.
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i know it isnt a fix but i used to use an app called "screenshot" from the app store..it allowed you to shake the phone to get a screenshot

Yea think I will just do Third party app or just flash to CNET just for fun lol
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Ok my buddy just showed me how to do it on MY Phone sorry guys
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kkakckk said:
Ok my buddy just showed me how to do it on MY Phone sorry guys
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So what were you doing wrong ?
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kkakckk said:
Ok my buddy just showed me how to do it on MY Phone sorry guys
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stoopendis said:
So what were you doing wrong ?
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The easiest way to screencap on ICS is press home for a split second then hold power for roughly half a second while still pressing Home.

Power Button Problem

Hello guys, I just want to know is there any way through which I can increase the sensitivity of the power button? My phone is now one year old and I've found that the power button is very annoying. If any new person happens to use my phone, he is to be taught to apply a bit more force to the power button to lock the phone.
Also, long press is difficult! It's very difficult to take screenshots (with CM ROM that has power button screen shot option).
When I long press to take a screenshot, after releasing the button, the phone sleeps and gets locked. It happens several times and to take one screenshot I have to face it almost five times. I think it is because of dust that gets collected below the plastic button, is there any suggestion from you that can make my finger's life easy??? :banghead:
Uhh, and do not suggest opening the phone body and clean it!!!
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And how does a topic come under 'favourites' section of the xda premium app??? Such a stupid question but I am really not finding a way out!!!
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Same problem. Isn't much you can do with the power button. It's mechanical so to fix the actual button you would have to open up the phone and fiddle in there. (don't try this if you don't know what you're doing)
I, for one, am using this mod. It works on the rom level, not the phone itself so it needs to be flashed every time you install a new rom (even when it's the same one but different version) and it won't work when the phone is completely shut down, you still have to use the power button.

Oh yeah! I knew that mod but forgot!
Well then, for now I use a screen locking widget... but still to unlock power button is required...
Will have to stay with it only.. :banghead:
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Oh, and yeah, that same widget allows to lock the phone by long pressing search button.
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krazzyvishal said:
Oh yeah! I knew that mod but forgot!
Well then, for now I use a screen locking widget... but still to unlock power button is required...
Will have to stay with it only.. :banghead:
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Can't you just press any other button, like menu or the back key, and slide to unlock?

same problem with volume keys also

thatnextdoorboy said:
Can't you just press any other button, like menu or the back key, and slide to unlock?
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Yes I know I can, but sometimes just to see notifications or time, I don't take out the phone from the cover, only its head...

[Q] Power Button hard to press

For the last year or so my lock button has gotten harder to press and doesn't have that "click" feel to it. Does anybody know why this is or how to fix it?
EDIT: my power button stopped working all together. If anybody knows how to fix this or turn my phone on without adb(to switch batteries), it would be greatly appreciated.
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CerealFTW said:
For the last year or so my lock button has gotten harder to press and doesn't have that "click" feel to it. Does anybody know why this is or how to fix it?
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take off you back cover and see if the plastic button got somehow trim
try also to press the power button with a toothpick or with your finger
to check if you have the same hard pressing

I have 2 back covers and both of them seem fine. How can you tell if they got trim? I used my finger and a sharp object, they both turn it on but it feels the same
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CerealFTW said:
I have 2 back covers and both of them seem fine. How can you tell if they got trim? I used my finger and a sharp object, they both turn it on but it feels the same
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hmm, i don't know what else to suggest
did the device ever fell from your hands and hit in that spot?
if yes maybe it can cause that issue

well i tried to clean out the dust with a can of air and it blew out this little film thing and now it doesnt work at all hahaha but i got the device set up to use the vol up button as a power button but it is only recognized when it is powered on. does anybody know how to boot the device without adb? im currently using adb to start but its a pain to have a computer around to start the phone. i switch batteries a lot so its really inconvenient. btw i noticed that the phone doesnt turn off if you remove the battery in bootloader if it has a usb cable plugged in but i cant select any of the options without a power button

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[Q] Help Disabling Power Button?

My GS3's power button is jammed and i rebinded holding the home button down to turn off the screen. If I move the device or slightly touch the power button it thinks its being held down. I'm running a CM11 nightly, is there anyway i can edit a file and disable the button all together?

Try the xposed module Xposed Additions - you can rebind press/long press of the power button to do nothing.
Alternatively, you could edit the key files directly - check system/usr/keylayout, and open sec_keys.kl with a text editor and put a # in front of the power key line. You might have to comment out the power key line in generic.kl too, then reboot and power button will be totally disabled.
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VinBertinelli said:
My GS3's power button is jammed and i rebinded holding the home button down to turn off the screen. If I move the device or slightly touch the power button it thinks its being held down. I'm running a CM11 nightly, is there anyway i can edit a file and disable the button all together?
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I had this same problem on my gs3 a few months ago. It is a hardware problem, not caused by your rom.
What I did, is I found a guide ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867253 ) that walked me through flashing everything back to stock. I then took it to the store, and they hooked me up with a replacement.
The guy at the counter had never seen it before, but it was clear that it was a hardware malfunction, and therefore not my fault.
Maybe you can do the same
EDIT: added link for reference
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therobut said:
I had this same problem on my gs3 a few months ago. It is a hardware problem, not caused by your rom.
What I did, is I found a guide (use Google, I can't remember where it was) that walked me through flashing everything back to stock. I then took it to the store, and they hooked me up with a replacement.
The guy at the counter had never seen it before, but it was clear that it was a hardware malfunction, and therefore not my fault.
Maybe you can do the same
I would do this as well but I don't think I can flash the unsecure bootloader on the replacement.
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VinBertinelli said:
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I read it some where on this by ThePagel, he smacked his phone button against some hard plastic object and it fixed the button issue. I suggest to wrap your phone with a towel then smack the button against a wood table....do it at your own risk!! and ThePagel can chime in if you like..

scorchedsky said:
Try the xposed module Xposed Additions - you can rebind press/long press of the power button to do nothing.
Alternatively, you could edit the key files directly - check system/usr/keylayout, and open sec_keys.kl with a text editor and put a # in front of the power key line. You might have to comment out the power key line in generic.kl too, then reboot and power button will be totally disabled.
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I just downloaded that module and when I press add new button, it asks me to press it but it doesn't receive the input, the button just does what it normally does. Is this because I'm on kitkat?
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VinBertinelli said:
I would do this as well but I don't think I can flash the unsecure bootloader on the replacement.
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Good point. I don't know if the replacement would have the new bootloader that can't (as of now) be unlocked or not
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I'm gonna have to say its a software glitch for the power button. Its happen to me before. Wipe data and cache is the only thing that fixed it
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