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Hi,
All of a sudden Menu/Search, Home and Back have stopped working on my Galaxy 3. Although the lights does blink however they do not respond. Home button responses on its on will . I had official froyo running on it...and have tried Indroid v.6 ...but did not get any result...
need urgent help...
What do you see when you hold power button? see only the 'option "power off" or other things? (like on / off data connection etc. ....)
@ Ale_bot : when i hold thepower button..i get options for silent mode,datanetwork mode,flight mode and a power off option.
I've just flashed a original rom from samfirmware.com...home button has started working but not the back and menu ...
take it to a samsung service centre. flash a official rom before you take it
are roms available at samfirmware.com official ?? if yes..i've already flashed one..but the keys arent working..
take it to the samsung care... they'll fix it or replace it with a new one (!!! they did it wid my cousin !!!) or maybe an ace (!!for some people only!!)
the only reason i'm not willing to take it to samsung care is because...my phone is out of warranty
sonijd said:
the only reason i'm not willing to take it to samsung care is because...my phone is out of warranty
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Samsung's warranty for mobile phones is 2 years!! Why dont you have warranty?
Source: Samsung
kyrillos13 said:
Samsung's warranty for mobile phones is 2 years!! Why dont you have warranty?
Source: Samsung
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For india its 1....
yeah...its one years warranty...that just ended on 13 sept...
sonijd said:
yeah...its one years warranty...that just ended on 13 sept...
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Well, there's no way of fixing it by.. well... flashing anything... These stuff will only get fixed by the service center guys... No idea how much it will cost..... Try going there with an angry face... Might help P)
Alex664 said:
Well, there's no way of fixing it by.. well... flashing anything... These stuff will only get fixed by the service center guys... No idea how much it will cost..... Try going there with an angry face... Might help P)
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I'll remember this
if an angry face doesn't work you have any other suggestions?
well had to go to samsung.. with angry face...and that has worked...they said the touch screen needs to be replaced....same will be done free of charge...
Buttons not working = Changing screen?!
Keinbockwurst said:
Buttons not working = Changing screen?!
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^Yeah, he's right. A few weeks back, even I had faced the same problem with my i5801 model. Apparently they found some kind of liquid or something on the touch panel . Lucky for me, it was under warranty, so got it replaced for free.
Out of topic...but mine ended on 12th sept
lolz...manish best of luck...
go to Terminal Emulator and type
$su
#fix.sh
#reboot force
Hi. I Have no clue why this this started happening but when i press the power button sometimes it doesn't respond, sometimes it is as if it was pressed twice and sometimes it works ok.
What things can I check?
IceMan6969 said:
Hi. I Have no clue why this this started happening but when i press the power button sometimes it doesn't respond, sometimes it is as if it was pressed twice and sometimes it works ok.
What things can I check?
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you mean when you wanna wake up the phone/turn it off? do you feel i slight click when you press it?
When I want to wake it up I just need to press hard and it works.
To turn the screen off a lot of the times it turns off and lights up again.
I do feel a slight click when I click it but it seems that I need to press it harder to make it respond.
Sometimes I feel the click and it doesn't seem to receive it.
IceMan6969 said:
When I want to wake it up I just need to press hard and it works.
To turn the screen off a lot of the times it turns off and lights up again.
I do feel a slight click when I click it but it seems that I need to press it harder to make it respond.
Sometimes I feel the click and it doesn't seem to receive it.
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would you open the back cover and try pressing it directly? you might not find it quick, but it's up there. does it respond normally now?
same...
IceMan6969 said:
same...
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i fear there's a problem with the button then... if you're under warranty that shouldn't be a big issue...
The problem is that my screen broke a week after this problem started and I'm pretty sure fixing my screen will remove the warranty :-\
IceMan6969 said:
The problem is that my screen broke a week after this problem started and I'm pretty sure fixing my screen will remove the warranty :-\
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can't both issues be taken as one and fixed the same time?
arabology said:
can't both issues be taken as one and fixed the same time?
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because it will cost more I though maybe before I send it for repair I'll try and fix this one by myself (repairing the screen seems like a lot of work that can mess up my device for good...
hey man, read through this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235382
also check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271185
as it seems, this issue is software related. i'd suggest you to flash a custom ROM and try, but you need to take the phone for repair...that will remove your warranty :/
arabology said:
hey man, read through this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235382
also check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271185
as it seems, this issue is software related. i'd suggest you to flash a custom ROM and try, but you need to take the phone for repair...that will remove your warranty :/
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Yeah. seems like i'm not the only one with the problem... will try and flash a different rom after fixing my phone Thanks for the help!
Yep, I've got there too
My power button is acting up. When in the ROM it doesn't work completely. When I take out my battery and put it back in, it powers up by itself. ANy ideas? Will take it to the service this weekend? Any idea if it's just the button that's messed up or something more important?
Also, when on the lockscreen, sometimes, the touch buttons light up by themselves. Only those it seems..
andrei1015 said:
Yep, I've got there too
My power button is acting up. When in the ROM it doesn't work completely. When I take out my battery and put it back in, it powers up by itself. ANy ideas? Will take it to the service this weekend? Any idea if it's just the button that's messed up or something more important?
Also, when on the lockscreen, sometimes, the touch buttons light up by themselves. Only those it seems..
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This is a common problem of the Nexus S. Take it to your neareset samsung service center. The temporary solution is to set your volume rocker as the wake-up button, then Nexus Root Toolkit for shutdown/reboot/recovery.
Originally Posted by andrei1015<br />
Yep, I've got there too <br />
My power button is acting up. When in the ROM it doesn't work completely. When I take out my battery and put it back in, it powers up by itself. ANy ideas? Will take it to the service this weekend? Any idea if it's just the button that's messed up or something more important?<br />
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Also, when on the lockscreen, sometimes, the touch buttons light up by themselves. Only those it seems..
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This is a common problem of the Nexus S. Take it to your neareset samsung service center. The temporary solution is to set your volume rocker as the wake-up button, then Nexus Root Toolkit for shutdown/reboot/recovery.
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Wugfresh toolkit wouldn't boot it to recovery while it was boot looping. Any help ?
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Don't need reboot much. Taking it to my friendly neighbourhood service. Hoping for a quick and easy fix really. Any detailed idea of what happened?
Flowed from Nexus S
93fuelslut said:
Wugfresh toolkit wouldn't boot it to recovery while it was boot looping. Any help ?
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Well in my case it did. I'm on WIn7 with installed proper drivers, adb, android sdk, etc.. I had it fixed thru samsung service center in about 2hours.
andrei1015 said:
Don't need reboot much. Taking it to my friendly neighbourhood service. Hoping for a quick and easy fix really. Any detailed idea of what happened?
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Moisture.
ej8989 said:
Moisture.
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I see. Well, The service told me it's gonna be fine, and now I've gone back to my old Spica. Thank you for the information and help
Service said it's much worse than expected and I have to take it to an official samsung service. Doing that on Saturday. This means I have to put stock on it.. and re-lock the bootloader.
andrei1015 said:
Service said it's much worse than expected and I have to take it to an official samsung service. Doing that on Saturday. This means I have to put stock on it.. and re-lock the bootloader.
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I took it to an official samsung service center near my place while on a custom 4.2.1 rom. They didn't touch the software so i don't think you need to put stock on it, unless you're claiming warranty.
ej8989 said:
I took it to an official samsung service center near my place while on a custom 4.2.1 rom. They didn't touch the software so i don't think you need to put stock on it, unless you're claiming warranty.
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Yea, I'd like to claim warranty. They told me it's a motherboard problem so it should be pretty expensive to repair. I'm wondering if it's possible to relock the bootloader AND flash a stock ROM with a power button that's pressed all the time. Any idea?
andrei1015 said:
Yea, I'd like to claim warranty. They told me it's a motherboard problem so it should be pretty expensive to repair. I'm wondering if it's possible to relock the bootloader AND flash a stock ROM with a power button that's pressed all the time. Any idea?
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Nexus root toolkit.
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Nexus root toolkit.
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One click stocking? I am usually a fan of classic methods where I know exactly what every step does, but desperate times ask for desperate measures. Will look into it, thanks
andrei1015 said:
One click stocking? I am usually a fan of classic methods where I know exactly what every step does, but desperate times ask for desperate measures. Will look into it, thanks
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It's reliable and fast. I don't wanna risk messing up and/or bricking my phone using adb codes
ej8989 said:
It's reliable and fast. I don't wanna risk messing up and/or bricking my phone using adb codes
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It's actually fun and you say I can go back to stock AND relock the bootloader even if the power button is always pressed?
andrei1015 said:
It's actually fun and you say I can go back to stock AND relock the bootloader even if the power button is always pressed?
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Yes. On most cases. lol
There's always a bit of uncertainty in everything.
ej8989 said:
Yes. On most cases. lol
There's always a bit of uncertainty in everything.
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Ahh yes, but that's what makes it fun!
EDIT: my computer does not detect the phone in fastboot. and the volume keys are working in normal mode but not in fastboot
Last night I noticed my power button sometimes would not lock my screen on my phone. Even when it would, it would lock and quickly bring the screen back on. Even sometimes occasionally I would press the button once quickly and the power off/reboot menu would appear. This morning I found a tab for my quick settings panel that puts the phone into sleep and have been using it all day. This has been a real pita. Now my phone as I am using it randomly sleeps and then brings up the power menu. Is there any way to replace the power button? I found barely anything on YouTube on this and and not sure if it is an easy or hard fix. For now, is there an app that I can disable my power button so my phone does not make me rage?
-Thanks
shewantsmyduck said:
Last night I noticed my power button sometimes would not lock my screen on my phone. Even when it would, it would lock and quickly bring the screen back on. Even sometimes occasionally I would press the button once quickly and the power off/reboot menu would appear. This morning I found a tab for my quick settings panel that puts the phone into sleep and have been using it all day. This has been a real pita. Now my phone as I am using it randomly sleeps and then brings up the power menu. Is there any way to replace the power button? I found barely anything on YouTube on this and and not sure if it is an easy or hard fix. For now, is there an app that I can disable my power button so my phone does not make me rage?
-Thanks
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You can buy a power button, but replacing it ...you need skill and tool (not recommend for an average user). Try to bang the button on a hard plastic surface like washer/dryer surface. A number of people reported success with this method.(this is real, not a joke),
buhohitr said:
You can buy a power button, but replacing it ...you need skill and tool (not recommend for an average user). Try to bang the button on a hard plastic surface like washer/dryer surface. A number of people reported success with this method.(this is real, not a joke),
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Hmm.. I tried your method to fix it and it seems to have done nothing :/ thanks for the idea though. Also, do you know if any cellular companies would fix this part? I am rooted running the latest CM 11 nightlie and would like to not have to factory restore.
shewantsmyduck said:
Hmm.. I tried your method to fix it and it seems to have done nothing :/ thanks for the idea though. Also, do you know if any cellular companies would fix this part? I am rooted running the latest CM 11 nightlie and would like to not have to factory restore.
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There are many (google for locations near you), try this one http://www.cellphonerepairspecialists.com/samsung-repair-s/1833.htm you can get a free estimate on the website.
buhohitr said:
There are many (google for locations near you), try this one http://www.cellphonerepairspecialists.com/samsung-repair-s/1833.htm you can get a free estimate on the website.
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On the website you linked the repair cost is $150. I am not looking to spend near that. And the closest repair store near me is a little under an hour and a half away :/ Also, do you know of any apps to disable my power button?
shewantsmyduck said:
On the website you linked the repair cost is $150. I am not looking to spend near that. And the closest repair store near me is a little under an hour and a half away :/ Also, do you know of any apps to disable my power button?
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What rom version are you running?
buhohitr said:
What rom version are you running?
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CyanogenMod version 11-20140122-NIGHTLY-d2vzw
shewantsmyduck said:
CyanogenMod version 11-20140122-NIGHTLY-d2vzw
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Try this see if it works for you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
No, it says device not supported. The key number tracker thing however is recording my power button press with me not pressing it.
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shewantsmyduck said:
No, it says device not supported. The key number tracker thing however is recording my power button press with me not pressing it.
Sorry I downloaded the wrong one. I changed the button and now it does not turn off the screen, however occasionally the power menu still randomly appears :/
buhohitr said:
Try this see if it works for you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
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Sent from my SCH-I535 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Try this see if it works for you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464
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And can you find a video with the process involved to replace it? I do have some experience working with the circuits of cell phones, I cannot find a video to even see the steps though :/
shewantsmyduck said:
And can you find a video with the process involved to replace it? I do have some experience working with the circuits of cell phones, I cannot find a video to even see the steps though :/
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Not in English but you just need to see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfG9vrVJkY
To buy power button:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/galaxy-s3-power-button
If you know how to solder you can do it.
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Not in English but you just need to see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfG9vrVJkY
To buy power button:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/galaxy-s3-power-button
If you know how to solder you can do it.
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That does not seem like very much fun. Haha but I believe my phone is still under warranty (maybe?) So would you know how to unroot and install a stock clean rom with a home button that does not work? :/
shewantsmyduck said:
That does not seem like very much fun. Haha but I believe my phone is still under warranty (maybe?) So would you know how to unroot and install a stock clean rom with a home button that does not work? :/
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I have to test it out first, but I think I can disable the power button, however, it's only a work around, you need to replace the button for a permanent solution. If under warranty, it's the best way to go.
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I have to test it out first, but I think I can disable the power button, however, it's only a work around, you need to replace the button for a permanent solution. If under warranty, it's the best way to go.
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Yeah, I'm thinking of doing the warranty but with a broken power button I'm not sure of how this will work :/
shewantsmyduck said:
Yeah, I'm thinking of doing the warranty but with a broken power button I'm not sure of how this will work :/
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I don't understand, even with a broken power button they should still replace your device!
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I don't understand, even with a broken power button they should still replace your device!
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I bought my phone from a Best Buy Mobile store and have the warranty from them that covers all damages. Will they still fix it if I am rooted?
Just unroot it only take a second to do so
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Just unroot it only take a second to do so
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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That is the problem, I cannot unroot without a power button.
Why not, just open the supersu app and pick uninstall from one of the option.
Send from Galaxy S4
I pick my phone from my pocket and press to unlock.
After display on, phone gets to reboot.
Don't know what would be reason!?
Please help me
Yes, its happening sometimes. No need to open thread for this kind of reason.
asgz said:
Yes, its happening sometimes. No need to open thread for this kind of reason.
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This is a serious issue and it does deserve to open a thread. It just should have been open in the "help & troobleshooting" section...
I resetted THE PHONE FROM PHONE AND SONY PC COMPANION.
BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIT.
How old is the phone? I would send it to repair if you still have warranty
chitose_ndy said:
How old is the phone? I would send it to repair if you still have warranty
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No warranty.
arunkumarunicorn said:
I pick my phone from my pocket and press to unlock.
After display on, phone gets to reboot.
Don't know what would be reason!?
Please help me
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I have update in this.
While I shake the phone, I feel something is loose and feels it's movement.
I have this problem from beginning too