So I broke my power button and can't turn the phone on. Any suggestions?
dcaples002 said:
So I broke my power button and can't turn the phone on. Any suggestions?
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You would have to open the phone up. Might as well buy a new power button first.
exad said:
You would have to open the phone up. Might as well buy a new power button first.
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I already opened the phone and ordered a new one from ebay. It is in china so it wont be hear for a week and a half but im wondering if there's an alternative way or trick to turn this phone on.
dcaples002 said:
I already opened the phone and ordered a new one from ebay. It is in china so it wont be hear for a week and a half but im wondering if there's an alternative way or trick to turn this phone on.
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How many contacts does the power button have?
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It depends where it's broken.
sweep2wake
ethantarheels123 said:
sweep2wake
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Sweep to wake won't turn a phone on if it's off.... It will only turn the screen on if it's asleep.
oh lol misread then.
exad said:
It depends where it's broken.
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The flex ribbon itself isn't broken. The plastic film with the black dot in it fell off so I can't push it in.
Take a picture.
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exad said:
Take a picture.
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the gold tape with the black dot in the upper left fell off
If it's what I think you're talking about, I don't think you can
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exad said:
If it's what I think you're talking about, I don't think you can
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Here's a pic of mine.
Ahhhh do you still have the piece that's supposed to go there?
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exad said:
Ahhhh do you still have the piece that's supposed to go there?
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No. I know if I had it I could just place it there and push it but i'm wondering if there are any alternative ways to manipulate the flex cable or tricks to power it on without using it.
dcaples002 said:
No. I know if I had it I could just place it there and push it but i'm wondering if there are any alternative ways to manipulate the flex cable or tricks to power it on without using it.
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Apple uses the same type of buttons on the iphone 4, 4s, 5 and ipod touch 4th gen. I have fixed quite a few power buttons on the 4 and 4s. You may be able to get a home button flex cable for an ipod 4g and use the tape and button from it. It may be worth a try.
Have you tried pushing a needle or paperclip?
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Will it turn on if you plug it into your computer?
thebobmannh said:
Will it turn on if you plug it into your computer?
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BAH! I never even thought of that.. that might actually do it! If I could thank you a hundred times I would.
exad said:
BAH! I never even thought of that.. that might actually do it! If I could thank you a hundred times I would.
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Ha, I only thought of it because I messed up my power button when I put my phone back together after replacing the screen, and plugging it in woke it up so I could at least see that the screen worked.
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Someone know how use hardware (power) button to take pictures? Is this possible?
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no. not without some kind of thirdparty app that allows that.
Do you know an app to do this?
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jrmendia said:
Someone know how use hardware (power) button to take pictures? Is this possible?
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This would be a cool app to have.
you might be able to find one that uses a volume button, like the iphone. im not sure you can have one that uses the power button as it would end up turning off the screen every picture. i dont know of any camera replacements anyways.
sorry am new to Andriod ,.... so pls forgive .......
BUT WHY use pwoer button to take pic ? Just curious
I thought the 'touch' is nicer
Ausmike said:
sorry am new to Andriod ,.... so pls forgive .......
BUT WHY use pwoer button to take pic ? Just curious
I thought the 'touch' is nicer
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The sheer size of the Infuse makes use of the hardware power button helpful. When holding the device to take a picture, it is easier to hold the edges and tap the power button than holding it and tapping on the screen. For me anyway.
I can chip in my two cents worth and say a unnamed Dev was working on getting power button shutter working on the infuse a few nights ago. So in due time maybe we will see a thread with a modified camera.apk. They were having issues keeping the phone from going to lockscreen, so maybe after the holiday weekend we might see results. Overheard on irc.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173190
there you go.
The Jack of Clubs said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173190
there you go.
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You beat me to this!
diablo009 said:
You beat me to this!
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(fudgein 10 characters)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173190
there you go.
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Does this work on the Rogers version of Infuse 4G? or just for AT&T?
Well you do now.
Just asking because I see screen shot in most of the power options in the ROMs for the HOX and I don't understand why. XD
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on mine it's power plus home.
FZ1Darren said:
one mine it's power plus home.
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That blew my mind. Lol.
No but seriously, it's built into stock as power volume down, you have to hold them.
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jphilippon said:
That blew my mind. Lol.
No but seriously, it's built into stock as power volume down, you have to hold them.
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What rom are you on? It's doesn't work for everyone I have only seen it work on cleanrom.
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Pretty sure default has always been power+home. Power down doesn't do jack for me....well, it turns off my screen after my phone goes to vibrate.
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[POWER] + [HOME] on stock 1.85.
Power + down is the stock ICS way of doing it and it works...sorta. You have to get the timing right or else it'll just turn off your screen, bring your power menu up, or mess with your volume.
Power + Home is just so much easier though...
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What rom are you on? It's doesn't work for everyone I have only seen it work on cleanrom.
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It worked for me on stock and still does on CleanROM 4.0
Hit them at the same time and hold them. Home is dumb for me I don't like the path it saves to.
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stnguyen09 said:
Power + down is the stock ICS way of doing it and it works...sorta. You have to get the timing right or else it'll just turn off your screen, bring your power menu up, or mess with your volume.
Power + Home is just so much easier though...
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Once you get it you won't mess up anymore. It's very easy.
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FusionTechFTS said:
Pretty sure default has always been power+home.
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Yup, power+home has been how HTC has done it for some time now, since before ICS.
redpoint73 said:
Yup, power+home has been how HTC has done it for some time now, since before ICS.
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Well geeze guys! Just sharing my discovery! XD
Also, I wish it'd get taken out of the power menu. Don't need 3 ways to take a screen shot.
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Well I'll be damned. I don't think I could do the ics way while drinking though. simul button push while under the influence of scotch could prove troubling.
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Well geeze guys! Just sharing my discovery! XD
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And nobody says there is anything wrong with that!
I was just pointing out the fact that HTC has included this feature since before Google decided to incorporate it in ICS.
Also, its interesting that HTC decided to include both their own method, and the Google way. HTC typically seems to prefer their own way of doing things, and removing the more "AOSP-ish" components.
where is it saved to then?
mcmb03 said:
where is it saved to then?
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Power+vol down ==> DCIM
Power+Home ==> Pictures>Screenshots
mcmb03 said:
where is it saved to then?
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Holding power and volume down at the same time is native to ICS and will save the screenshot to
/mnt/sdcard/pictures/screenshots
if I'm not mistaken. The One X can also take screenshots via home and power button. This will save the screenshot into a new folder DCIM or just drop them into /camera. I cant remember.
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Holding power and volume down at the same time is native to ICS and will save the screenshot to
/mnt/sdcard/pictures/screenshots
if I'm not mistaken. The One X can also take screenshots via home and power button. This will save the screenshot into a new folder DCIM or just drop them into /camera. I cant remember.
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Power home puts it in camera shots.
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I hate the volume down+home, lol. When I hold the phone in my left hand and go to press home with my thumb it sometimes takes a screenshot.
On a random note, I feel like the HOX and a lot of other phones are easy to use one handed. I have slightly larger than average hands, but people should just put their pinky right under the home key on the edge if they need to. ANYWAY
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I hate the volume down+home, lol. When I hold the phone in my left hand and go to press home with my thumb it sometimes takes a screenshot.
On a random note, I feel like the HOX and a lot of other phones are easy to use one handed. I have slightly larger than average hands, but people should just put their pinky right under the home key on the edge if they need to. ANYWAY
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Thats how I hold it too! And I agree it's easy to use with one hand, save texting.
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You have to hit power button and vol down at the same time and hold, it worked for me, I just wasn't waiting log enough before.
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Hello guys
i've just registered here
i only want to avoid abusing power button to unlock the phone
i set only 1 min to auto-lock
the only way to unlock is by using power button, everytime i push im afraid that the button will go crazy
do you guys know any way to avoid this issue ?
i've search many app but they all use proximity sensors and i've tried it and nothing worked
i installed smart screen off v3.3 and thing went worse.... the screen stucked and trying to off-on-off-on-off-on everysecond
You can unlock by removing the s-pen, too.
donleon said:
Hello guys
i've just registered here
i only want to avoid abusing power button to unlock the phone
i set only 1 min to auto-lock
the only way to unlock is by using power button, everytime i push im afraid that the button will go crazy
do you guys know any way to avoid this issue ?
i've search many app but they all use proximity sensors and i've tried it and nothing worked
i installed smart screen off v3.3 and thing went worse.... the screen stucked and trying to off-on-off-on-off-on everysecond
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I don't think using the word RAPE earns you much respect.
Oh and it's a tablet not a phone.
I use screen off fx for powering down, gives a virtual powerbutton on your screen with some nice off-effects, and its free! That halves use of powerbutton.
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I never get why peaople see this as an issue, iv never had a button break on me
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Chocu1a said:
You can unlock by removing the s-pen, too.
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essentialy it's the same as using button too often that will make the slot(pen?) broke like my NDS stylus, i rarely use pen too
apprentice said:
I don't think using the word RAPE earns you much respect.
Oh and it's a tablet not a phone.
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as you wish bro, english isnt my primary language so i dont know what word can describe this.. it is a phone+tablet bro, i can make a phonecall here......
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I use screen off fx for powering down, gives a virtual powerbutton on your screen with some nice off-effects, and its free! That halves use of powerbutton.
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what i need is for turning on the screen, for locking/screen off i use autolock so it halves the use of powerbutton
damonsmith666 said:
I never get why peaople see this as an issue, iv never had a button break on me
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u never had but u will
its just natural that anything that often used will be broke one day
im doing this for preventing that
damonsmith666 said:
I never get why peaople see this as an issue, iv never had a button break on me
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I went through 3 on my nexus ones.
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I use the app "rebooter" found in the app store to have a widget on screen that turns off, reboots or goes to recovery without using the powe button.... You do need to rooted to use this however...
I'm using the Embryo latest update.
One day I'm texting and suddenly my phone turns off. It will erratically turn itself on and off. Sometimes when it turns off, it will just vibrate in spurts continuously until I click the power button. I have re-flashed the phone and same issue.
Anyone know if this is a common problem? If so, any solutions?
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You my friend, have power button issues. Usually the phone turns off, vibrates every two seconds, and you have to send it in to samsung. This will probably end up happening to your phone.
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spitfire2425 said:
You my friend, have power button issues. Usually the phone turns off, vibrates every two seconds, and you have to send it in to samsung. This will probably end up happening to your phone.
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+1. Search stuck power button.
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ashaiba said:
I'm using the Embryo latest update.
One day I'm texting and suddenly my phone turns off. It will erratically turn itself on and off. Sometimes when it turns off, it will just vibrate in spurts continuously until I click the power button. I have re-flashed the phone and same issue.
Anyone know if this is a common problem? If so, any solutions?
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Do a battery pull. When you put the battery back in, if it turns on, you may have a stuck power button.
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jd1639 said:
+1. Search stuck power button.
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Crap. I didn't see your comment when I was posting. Sorry for reposting.
spitfire2425 said:
You my friend, have power button issues. Usually the phone turns off, vibrates every two seconds, and you have to send it in to samsung. This will probably end up happening to your phone.
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Thank you.
Do I need to do anything with my phone to get it repaired as it's rooted?
ashaiba said:
Thank you.
Do I need to do anything with my phone to get it repaired as it's rooted?
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If you can odin back to stock if you're going to warranty it.
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jd1639 said:
If you can odin back to stock if you're going to warranty it.
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If your going back to stock, here is the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
What happened to trying to clean the power button before turning it in
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mtdew said:
What happened to trying to clean the power button before turning it in
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I think the guy doesn't want to open his phone because he might mess up and not be able to put it back. I think.
If the guy wants to open the phone here it is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35316878&postcount=16
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I think the guy doesn't want to open his phone because he might mess up and not be able to put it back. I think.
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So you mean there are people so uncoordinated they can't pull out 6 screws and use something thin to pop the case.
If they wanna pay cool but its really an easy fix. Just blows my mind people will take the risk to root but won't bother with anything else.
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mtdew said:
So you mean there are people so uncoordinated they can't pull out 6 screws and use something thin to pop the case.
If they wanna pay cool but its really an easy fix. Just blows my mind people will take the risk to root but won't bother with anything else.
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I don't know. Thats why I mentioned "I think" twice.
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I don't know. Thats why I mentioned "I think" twice.
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Just guessing I guess
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Just guessing I guess
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Thanks. So are you going to try fixing it by hardware or software?
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Thanks. So are you going to try fixing it by hardware or software?
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Wtf? I'm not fixing anything.
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jd1639 said:
Wtf? I'm not fixing anything.
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Crap. Sorry. I got a cold. I'm not paying attention right now.
immaeetuu said:
if you want your warranty, you got to odin back to stock with stock cwm and 0 flash counter.
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JD isn't the op
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mtdew said:
JD isn't the op
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Yeah I'm sorry I got a little cold and I'm a little tired.
On a second thought, relating to the op, where is the guy? We're talking about a solution to a guy that isn't even here.
If the op does ever come back I posted some info on apps to get around a stuck power button
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191120
I know when I had power button issues it wasn't stuck or dirty cuz I pulled it apart and cleaned the hell out of it and nothing. Turned out parts in the button was bad. Then someone at samsung screwed it up and didn't do well at his/her saughtering class cuz the next day it went haywire and wouldn't turn on. Had to send it back and yell at some Indians that wouldn't listen to me on the phone on customer service.
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I know when I had power button issues it wasn't stuck or dirty cuz I pulled it apart and cleaned the hell out of it and nothing. Turned out parts in the button was bad. Then someone at samsung screwed it up and didn't do well at his/her saughtering class cuz the next day it went haywire and wouldn't turn on. Had to send it back and yell at some Indians that wouldn't listen to me on the phone on customer service.
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At lest u got warranty mines out of warranty and I have the issue so I just use a work around kinda a pain took me a long time to not use the power button out of habit.
Guys my phone was acting up. I tried to boot into recovery, and it wouldn't go. Splash screen came up and had recovery booting in upper left hand, than it just vibrated and kept doing just that. I pulled battery and put it back in and automatically vibrated. Now it just keeps doing that. I just wanted to clear cache and now it's doing this!
Every time I put my battery back in, it wants to automatically boot into recovery. But than just keeps vibrating.
EDIT: it booted into recovery and went back to its cycle. I think it has to do with my screwed up power button. Not sure what to do?!?
I had the same issue.
You can send it in to get fixed, our pull out the power button like I did.
Sucks either way
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s1mpd1ddy said:
I had the same issue.
You can send it in to get fixed, our pull out the power button like I did.
Sucks either way
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How do you operate recovery and getting into it? My phone is back up now. I just tried recovery again and had the same loop problem. Not sure if I should try going back to complete stock.
Does the phone have to be less than a year old to take it into Verizon? Its older than a year. Is it worth trying to go into Verizon?
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tu3218 said:
How do you operate recovery and getting into it? My phone is back up now. I just tried recovery again and had the same loop problem. Not sure if I should try going back to complete stock.
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I was able to turn the phone on after taking the power button out by sticking a pin in the hole and pushing down on the button within the hole.
This was also how I diagnosed it was my power button for sure. I could just flick the button in the hole without paying down and the screen would shut off.
I was told this is a hassle to fix because it could be a short on the power cable. I'm just sticking with my phone like this for now
s1mpd1ddy said:
I was able to turn the phone on after taking the power button out by sticking a pin in the hole and pushing down on the button within the hole.
This was also how I diagnosed it was my power button for sure. I could just flick the button in the hole without paying down and the screen would shut off.
I was told this is a hassle to fix because it could be a short on the power cable. I'm just sticking with my phone like this for now
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Ohhhh. Yeah, I'm afraid to take my power button off.
I thought it was software at first. I clean flashed BoneStock and it went away. Then when I double pressed the button today it started happening again. I wanted to try flashing CleanRom but I can't even get into recovery.
It's sds sudden death syndrome it's a known issue with the power button. It's defective.
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It's sds sudden death syndrome it's a known issue with the power button. It's defective.
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Oh ok thanks. What are the recommendations for dealing with the issue? I know the user above me took his actual button out. Anyway it could be covered? I'm about to go back to grad school and last thing I need is a defective phone.
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Take it to store they will repair it, in most cases it's covered.
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Take it to store they will repair it, in most cases it's covered.
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Even if the phone is over a year old? If so I can try flashing back to stock.
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tu3218 said:
Even if the phone is over a year old? If so I can try flashing back to stock.
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That I'm not 100% sure of but it is a defect with the device. Call them.
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edfunkycold said:
That I'm not 100% sure of but it is a defect with the device. Call them.
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Will do when I'm off. Thanks for the help. Will post back results.
EDIT: Well verizon can't do anything as I'm out of warranty and don't have insurance.
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