Anyone else have this issue? There have been a couple of times where I've pulled my phone out of my pocket to use, hit the power button and....nothing. I've attributed it to possibly accidentally shutting it down while in my pocket, but then I was using it today when it started to chug a little and the screen locked up. That eventually led to the phone shutting off completely. Is that a common android thing?
akhedraki said:
Anyone else have this issue? There have been a couple of times where I've pulled my phone out of my pocket to use, hit the power button and....nothing. I've attributed it to possibly accidentally shutting it down while in my pocket, but then I was using it today when it started to chug a little and the screen locked up. That eventually led to the phone shutting off completely. Is that a common android thing?
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yea, it happens but if yours is doing it daily it could be a bad unit.
mikeyinid said:
yea, it happens but if yours is doing it daily it could be a bad unit.
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It hasn't been every day, but I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks for your input!
This might actually be a big problem. I had to return my first phone because it would randomly "turn off" and there was no way to wake the screen or re-boot the phone. Even when trying to hold the power button, and/or power button + volume keys. Basically the phone was still "on" because you could call it and it would ring all the way through, but to use it again you would have to let the battery completely die and then re-charge the phone.
Hi everyone. Today i was chargin my phone at PC using a no-name usb cable. I've noticed while it was charging that the screen kept turning itself on and off. When i finaly took the phone, the screen was unlocked and when I tried to press the home button it did nothing but taking screenshots (like the power button was stuck). The power button was not wroking either.. After I took out the battery and restarted the phone, the power button didn't work at all. Tried to clean it off using this method but it did not work. Tried to clean the power off button using a method i've seen on google (can't post the link since i'm a new user) but its still not working
I'm desperate, please help
Are you sure, that the problem is only the power button? I have sometimes problems with this phone too. Sometimes you can't turn it on.
Try taking the battery out for at least one hour - then try to start it. I had always success with this.
ECAod 4 , 450
The batter has proven me to be fcked in the last week, had lots lots lots of random turn-offs and restarts. But for more than 5 hours the power off button didn't work.
I'll let my batter out through the night.
Thanks for reply.
PS: I'm running ARHD 7.3.
AbudyGhosty said:
The batter has proven me to be fcked in the last week, had lots lots lots of random turn-offs and restarts. But for more than 5 hours the power off button didn't work.
I'll let my batter out through the night.
Thanks for reply.
PS: I'm running ARHD 7.3.
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The restarts can also result from a loose battery. Try putting a folded piece of paper between the battery and the upper casing of the phone, so the battery is pushed against the pins. This is a well-known issue. It helped me a lot. Before I had also lots of reboots.
Yep, did that in the last 1,5 year and the random reboots stopped. But as i've said, now it happens even tho' i have a paper that keeps the battery steady.
Lol just took the phone to see if the power button works and currently i'm talking screenshos pressing the home button .
AbudyGhosty said:
Yep, did that in the last 1,5 year and the random reboots stopped. But as i've said, now it happens even tho' i have a paper that keeps the battery steady.
Lol just took the phone to see if the power button works and currently i'm talking screenshos pressing the home button .
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How did you turn on your phone if the power button doesn't work?
quaver erprilr
I take the battery out, put it back in and after a few seconds the phone turns on.
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I take the battery out, put it back in and after a few seconds the phone turns on.
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Well, this isn't normal. Is your power button constantly pressed?
Try the following: Hold the volume down-button while inserting your battery until the phone boots up.
Does it boot into the boot manager?
Just woke up, plugged my battery in and the power button worked almost normally. Could've pressed it 5 minutes and after that and a restart it didn't work anymore.
This means I should buy a new battery and everything is fixed? Are the Anker batteries worth it ? Or do you recommend me a HTC EVO 3D battery ?
AbudyGhosty said:
Just woke up, plugged my battery in and the power button worked almost normally. Could've pressed it 5 minutes and after that and a restart it didn't work anymore.
This means I should buy a new battery and everything is fixed? Are the Anker batteries worth it ? Or do you recommend me a HTC EVO 3D battery ?
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You can use the battery from the Sensation XE, which has 1.700mAh instead of 1.520 (or 1.560). At the HTC-Store they are about 50 € here in germany.
Always buy original batteries! Not the cheap ones from eBay. They usually don't have a temperature sensor, so the phone can't shut down, when it gets too hot while charging. This can be very dangerous.
I haven't got any experience with Anker-Batteries - sorry.
Pressed the volume down button and it got me into the boot menu (just like the power button is kept pressed).
Do you think that if I change my batter it will fix my problems ? Also noticed that my battery is altered, aka its not flat but swollen.
AbudyGhosty said:
Pressed the volume down button and it got me into the boot menu (just like the power button is kept pressed).
Do you think that if I change my batter it will fix my problems ? Also noticed that my battery is altered, aka its not flat but swollen.
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If it is swollen, it is definitively broken. Mine had the same symptoms...
I'm pretty sure, the powerbutton-problem isn't related. Does the button feel normal, if you push it? Or is there no "click"?
Maybe you can repair it with a needle by lifting the foil a tiny bit.
i dont think you need a new battery, same problem occurred with my phone, done some DIY fix and written that in a post for fellows like you in search of help.
here is the link to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBitE_48AuY
A new battery has fixed it.
No problems with the phones until now. It works perfectly
@predator_b4u:
Unbelievable!!! Thanks for the link above - it worked for me, the power button is fixed...
Sent from my GT-S7562 using xda app-developers app
This should help anyone with a Z3 or Z3 compact where their phone doesn't turn on or do ANYTHING.
In my experience I was using my 2 week old Z3, no problems, until one day I locked the screen using the power button and it wouldn't turn back on.
I tried everything, soft reset, hard reset, yellow button next to sim card tray, plugging it into my computer etc etc. Still nothing.
I knew the phone was working because it started to get quite hot towards the top of the phone.
Eventually came across a fix that worked for me and hopefully will for you, so don't think you've got a shiny new ornament just yet.
I don't know what is required and what isn't but this is what worked for me:
1. Hold the volume down button for 30 seconds
2. Keep it held and plug your phone into a power source (wall or computer) using the USB cable. No response?
3. Let go of the volume down button. Now press the volume down button and power button together for 5 seconds. Still no response?
4. Press the volume up button and power button together for 10 seconds. This should cause your device to vibrate 3 times and then show the battery charging screen.
5. Turn the device on using the power button as normal.
Alas!
I was ready to send mine off to Sony's awfully long repair service which last time took nearly 8 weeks (I could've personally driven to Japan/China and back from the UK)
Hope this works for someone!
I think the last step is all that's required. Holding the volume up button & power button for a few seconds (5? 10?) will cause it to vibrate 3 times and reset. It gets you out of pretty much anywhere; learned that from messing with my Z1C's bootloader.
Having the same problem
I'm having the same problem, my Z3 compact is nearly 4 weeks old.
during 5 in the morning, my battery is at 80%, then I lock the screen and went to sleep.
then I woke up around 4pm and my phone is dead as ****, doesn't respond to anything
I do. I've tried what you've said in this post and nothing happens.
I have few APPS in my phone and I never tried exposing my phone into water. can somebody please
help me
cheesecake2 said:
This should help anyone with a Z3 or Z3 compact where their phone doesn't turn on or do ANYTHING.
In my experience I was using my 2 week old Z3, no problems, until one day I locked the screen using the power button and it wouldn't turn back on.
I tried everything, soft reset, hard reset, yellow button next to sim card tray, plugging it into my computer etc etc. Still nothing.
I knew the phone was working because it started to get quite hot towards the top of the phone.
Eventually came across a fix that worked for me and hopefully will for you, so don't think you've got a shiny new ornament just yet.
I don't know what is required and what isn't but this is what worked for me:
1. Hold the volume down button for 30 seconds
2. Keep it held and plug your phone into a power source (wall or computer) using the USB cable. No response?
3. Let go of the volume down button. Now press the volume down button and power button together for 5 seconds. Still no response?
4. Press the volume up button and power button together for 10 seconds. This should cause your device to vibrate 3 times and then show the battery charging screen.
5. Turn the device on using the power button as normal.
Alas!
I was ready to send mine off to Sony's awfully long repair service which last time took nearly 8 weeks (I could've personally driven to Japan/China and back from the UK)
Hope this works for someone!
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One pretty important feature you left out here, which is as close as you can get as a battery pull, open the microsd slot, and inside is a little yellow button, push this in will 9 times out of 10 power cycle your phone.
Same problem
engr.emersoncruz04 said:
I'm having the same problem, my Z3 compact is nearly 4 weeks old.
during 5 in the morning, my battery is at 80%, then I lock the screen and went to sleep.
then I woke up around 4pm and my phone is dead as ****, doesn't respond to anything
I do. I've tried what you've said in this post and nothing happens.
I have few APPS in my phone and I never tried exposing my phone into water. can somebody please
help me
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I am having the same problem. I just bought the device through Amazon DE and i am thinking in returning it. Any way to solve this ?
I have noticed that in my case, at least, this is always happening when the battery percentage is getting close to 50% (half of the battery is consumed). I have KitKat 4.4.4 and i expect this problem to be solved with the new Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrade.
Sleep of death companion... other issues?
Hello all,
Xperia Z3 (Tmo D6616) since January. Super happy with the phone, especially being able to run long distance without worrying about sweat damage, listening to music in the shower, and other shenanigans otherwise impossible before. Anyways, yesterday morning i was showering, phone was alright. After shower dried the phone with a towel and put it on a shelf in the bathroom. Forgot about the phone for thirty minutes, came back and noticed that the camera had fog condensation inside the lens. Ohhhh! crap, so I open the ports and put the phone near a fan. Also, phone wont turn on... So my first thought is water damage. So I packed the phone in dry rice for a few hours. Take sim and SD card out. Next i decide to power cycle the phone with the yellow button on the sim port. Phone buzzes three times. But after that... nothing. Phone has been stored in rice since. When i plug it i get rapid red led blinking. I called Tmo and dude tells me that he has the same phone, and that it souds like deep sleep, not water damage, due to led and buzzing. Problem is i can't replicate buzzing and no combination of the above seems to work. At a loss. Any of you know what the red led blinking means while the usb charger plugged?
PS: condensation gone from phone, or so it seems.
Same problem
Hi all,
After 4 weeks my new Z3 would randomly shutdown and I would turn it back on, until of course it refused to switch back on.
I have attempted a hard reset using all 3 combinations of the power and volume buttons. The only response was 3 vibrations from holding all 3 buttons whilst plugged into a charger. The red light would flash intermittently whilst on charge, and constantly when either buttons are held down.
When plugged into a PC, the USB connection would repeatedly connect and disconnect.
Is there any hope? I need to recover photos from my mothers funeral.
UPDATE
uFito.cc said:
Hello all,
Xperia Z3 (Tmo D6616) since January. Super happy with the phone, especially being able to run long distance without worrying about sweat damage, listening to music in the shower, and other shenanigans otherwise impossible before. Anyways, yesterday morning i was showering, phone was alright. After shower dried the phone with a towel and put it on a shelf in the bathroom. Forgot about the phone for thirty minutes, came back and noticed that the camera had fog condensation inside the lens. Ohhhh! crap, so I open the ports and put the phone near a fan. Also, phone wont turn on... So my first thought is water damage. So I packed the phone in dry rice for a few hours. Take sim and SD card out. Next i decide to power cycle the phone with the yellow button on the sim port. Phone buzzes three times. But after that... nothing. Phone has been stored in rice since. When i plug it i get rapid red led blinking. I called Tmo and dude tells me that he has the same phone, and that it souds like deep sleep, not water damage, due to led and buzzing. Problem is i can't replicate buzzing and no combination of the above seems to work. At a loss. Any of you know what the red led blinking means while the usb charger plugged?
PS: condensation gone from phone, or so it seems.
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FYI, currently in RMA process through Tmo... gonna get a refurb... not the happiest camper with Sony's approach, however, this begs the question: Given the spate of issues with Z3's maybe a refurb would not be such a bad idea, especially if it addresses the issues that are most common... Anyone received a Z3 refurbished? Would you mind sharing your experience?
Try connecting a diff screen at a technician....dont pay unless it works..
Dannydinkles said:
Hi all,
After 4 weeks my new Z3 would randomly shutdown and I would turn it back on, until of course it refused to switch back on.
I have attempted a hard reset using all 3 combinations of the power and volume buttons. The only response was 3 vibrations from holding all 3 buttons whilst plugged into a charger. The red light would flash intermittently whilst on charge, and constantly when either buttons are held down.
When plugged into a PC, the USB connection would repeatedly connect and disconnect.
Is there any hope? I need to recover photos from my mothers funeral.
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Try connecting a diff screen at a technician....dont pay unless it works..
Doesn't help you, but as a side note, I had mine replaced twice using Jump and both times I received a brand new phone sealed in the box. BTW, last one has Dec 14 build date and the assembly is much better than earlier ones I had.
super thanks!!!
cheesecake2 said:
This should help anyone with a Z3 or Z3 compact where their phone doesn't turn on or do ANYTHING.
In my experience I was using my 2 week old Z3, no problems, until one day I locked the screen using the power button and it wouldn't turn back on.
I tried everything, soft reset, hard reset, yellow button next to sim card tray, plugging it into my computer etc etc. Still nothing.
I knew the phone was working because it started to get quite hot towards the top of the phone.
Eventually came across a fix that worked for me and hopefully will for you, so don't think you've got a shiny new ornament just yet.
I don't know what is required and what isn't but this is what worked for me:
1. Hold the volume down button for 30 seconds
2. Keep it held and plug your phone into a power source (wall or computer) using the USB cable. No response?
3. Let go of the volume down button. Now press the volume down button and power button together for 5 seconds. Still no response?
4. Press the volume up button and power button together for 10 seconds. This should cause your device to vibrate 3 times and then show the battery charging screen.
5. Turn the device on using the power button as normal.
Alas!
I was ready to send mine off to Sony's awfully long repair service which last time took nearly 8 weeks (I could've personally driven to Japan/China and back from the UK)
Hope this works for someone!
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hello, at last i found the answer,! tried all the suggested actions i searched on the blogs, but this one really worked for my xperia z3c and after that it updated to lollipop, i hope it would not shut down randomly again, i'll wait for maybe 2 months before i actually make it my main phone again, but at least it's back now and i really miss my xperia z3c, it's really the best for me thanks to you!!! God bless!
Sometimes (once/day), when i woke up my Z3C from sleep, the touch screen is frozen and the only way is to reboot it with power and volume buttons.
How can i debug this behavior ? I found nothing about that issue...
Thanks for this post!
I've managed to get to the point of three vibrations, but then it just burns the leds in three colors, and then vibrates 3 times again and so on.
I've also managed to get to a point where the led stays constant blue (by playing with the volume up/down).
But now what?
Worked for me
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the 4th step worked for me, thank you
4. Press the volume up button and power button together for 10 seconds. This should cause your device to vibrate 3 times and then show the battery charging screen.
Xperia Z3 keeps restarting when trying to charge
Hi all, I don't know if someone did encounter same problem as I. Yesterday my Z3 was 100% charged. Overnight the phone started to restart and battery % went nearly dead showing around 2% left and the red led light starting blinking as well. I tried to plug on charge to a wall source and now it keeps restarting and the "Sony" logo only would appear and it keeps to restart again.
Saw some solutions among which I have tried press holding the volume up button along the power button so as it should vibrate 3 time but in vain. The phone ain't charging anymore and it keeps restarting either plugged with my pc or wall.
Please can anyone help on this one?
Cheers
Kris
Need Help Sir/Madam XperiaZ3compactproblem
Hi!! Guys... i have a same problem here my xperia compact suddenly turn off after charging... before other remedy its working volume up + power button, the yellow botton near sim card, volume down + power button. Now its not working when i plug it to power source like laptop and others sometimes LED turn red but after 5mins it will be gone... by the way last month i able to connect it my laptop i was able to PC repair using Sony Companion but now since its only red light it can able to connect even though i hold volume down it cant connect... what should i do i want to use my phone guys need your help badly...
:crying::crying::crying: this phone is very expensive just to throw away
i had this for the first time last week, it was whilst i pulled the sim tray when the phone was switched on, the z3 said restarting and didnt come back on
a quick google at the time and i had to press the volume up button and power button together for 10 seconds which worked fine
In my sony xperia z3c when I connect it to an outlet/pc the small red light will light up and then nothing (no battery charging image), I've done the steps also pressed the yellow button beside the sim slot but still nothing... Help Please :crying::crying::crying:..... need my phone back asap.... thanks!!!
I decided using Flastools
Friends tive that same device problem is only with the red LED on.
The solution was to use the flastools , installing a new ROM ..
I hope this helps someone !!
Sorry for my bad english !!
Hello,
Yesterday my Nexus5 won't turn on when pushing the power button. After plugging it into the Charger it kept on bootlooping at the Google Logo.
When i got home i disconnected the battery and tried again - same issue.
Did some Research after that at and came to the conclusion that my internal power button got somehow "stuck". So i disassembled the phone and tried to pull out the white little power button on the motherboard but it didn't help - the button also doesn't seem to be stuck.
Any one of you with input regarding this Issue? It Phone now randomly boots up for 3-4 Seconds and turns itself off again after that.
Some people on reddit and xda recommened on "smashing" the phone a little bit on the table to unstuck the button but that didn't help either.
thank you
From what I've read the metal piece that the white power button is pushing in is getting stuck, not the actual button itself. I ran into this with my N5 a few weeks ago. People suggested a few fixes: flicking the power button with your finger and storing the phone next to a strong magnet. Not sure how good of an idea the magnet idea is, but the flicking temporarily helped for me, enough to break it from the loop at any rate. Sounds like that didn't really help for you though.
I ended up taking it to a repair shop (out of warranty) and they soldered on a new power switch for ~$60. They didn't seem overly confident it would work, but it's working just fine now.
I was running the latest stock image (MMB29V) since yesterday on my Nexus 5 and today I used the Nexus root toolkit as always to root the device. Well TWRP flashed once and it said it copied the root files to the device. I had it in my pocket for a few minutes and after that it went into a crazy constant boot loop. It will stop eventually but if I keep the charging cable in it won't stop. I cannot get into recovery because I get the "Start" screen but I cannot advance because it reboots too quickly. I have found a few you tube videos where people push the power button like they are playing the old school game "Track and Field" but this does not work for me nor do I think it's a power button issue. I think I stupidly might have hit some kind of button combo while I'm my pocket believe it or not. I pulled the cover off and was hoping to pull the battery but Im not a fan of doing that since its not a simple task. Any help appreciated. This phone is dead to me and that is NOT good. I need to get this working.
TIA
Bill
Will the phone stay in fastboot mode or does it quickly restart?
Possible power button problem?
audit13 said:
Will the phone stay in fastboot mode or does it quickly restart?
Possible power button problem?
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It quickly restarts. I want to say its not a problem with the power button because it has been fine for a few years now w/out issue and only happened after rooting earlier today. Right now the only way I can even get the phone to turn on is the plug the charging cable in and then the restarting commences. Does it sound like a power button issue? Possibly but its hard to believe, I dunno. Waiting on a call back from Google tech support to see if they are any help.
It could be a power button issue. You'll have to remove the motherboard to find out.
Once removed from the housing, quickly press and release the power button several times in a row using more pressure than normal. While the motherboard is out of the phone, clean around the power button with pure alcohol.
audit13 said:
It could be a power button issue. You'll have to remove the motherboard to find out.
Once removed from the housing, quickly press and release the power button several times in a row using more pressure than normal. While the motherboard is out of the phone, clean around the power button with pure alcohol.
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Is there a write up on that here somewhere? Guess I will have to search around for it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/nexus-5-power-button-broken-heres-to-t3049747
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/nexus-5-power-button-broken-heres-to-t3049747
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Did NOT want to screw up my phone so I sent it to LG. Took a few weeks but it cost me 78.00 total for them to repair the power button issue. Whatever they replaced also fixed the low volume issue I was experiencing as well so it worked out.