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Hi guys.
I noticed a few weeks ago my power button started to work when it felt like it. Sometimes it would be fine, other times it would take about 30 presses before it registered I was attempting to use it..
Now it has completely failed.
The phone is currently off, whenever I try to press the power button it never turns on. But as soon as I attach a charger to it (AC and USB), without even pressing the power button, the phone vibrates and the google screen flashes up, but never gets past that screen.
If I hold the volume up button as I attach a charger it attempts to enter recovery/bootloader mode(?), but freezes as soon as it comes on. No buttons work and it requires a battery pull to turn it off.
The phone is also not recognised by my computer, or by odin, or anything.
Not really sure what to do. Would try and flash things back to stock, but can't find a way to do that. Not really sure it would help either?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance
Oh and I looked through current threads and searched on google but I couldn't find anyone with a similar problem :/
It seems, your power button is constantly pressed. Maybe you dropped it? You should try to carefully move the button in every direction instead of pressing it, hopefully it clicks back to its right place. Other option is taking it back to the shop, and get it repaired. It's a hadware problem, so you won't be able to use neither recovery nor the ROM. The bright side is, that probably it's an easily repairable problem, and won't take too long
mkoch820 said:
It seems, your power button is constantly pressed. Maybe you dropped it? You should try to carefully move the button in every direction instead of pressing it, hopefully it clicks back to its right place. Other option is taking it back to the shop, and get it repaired. It's a hadware problem, so you won't be able to use neither recovery nor the ROM. The bright side is, that probably it's an easily repairable problem, and won't take too long
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I thought it was a hardware thing, they guy at the shop told me it wasn't..
And yeah that's fair enough..
But yeah I will get it repaired, thank you very much
i kind of had the same problem....
are u runing ICS 4.0.3 update by google????
if yes then that is the problem,
even my power buton stoped working and then wheni went into recovery mode it freezed..
it was my luck taht suddenly the power button started working on its own and i formated the phone with clockworkmod and reinstalled 2.3.6..... and been working fine now...
karan_chopra said:
i kind of had the same problem....
are u runing ICS 4.0.3 update by google????
if yes then that is the problem,
even my power buton stoped working and then wheni went into recovery mode it freezed..
it was my luck taht suddenly the power button started working on its own and i formated the phone with clockworkmod and reinstalled 2.3.6..... and been working fine now...
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I was on an ICS ROM, can't remember which one, but the button started playing up when I was on a GB ROM..
Here's hoping the button just suddenly starts working though.. :L
Cheers for the reply
Just in case anyone else has this problem. My situation looked horrible.. but I brought a USB Jig from eBay and after months of problems. I got into recovery mode and flashed back to stock. Everything is perfect now
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Though I am officially out of the Nexus S great community (mine was sold) but a great lesson I learned here is to BABY the power button...I also disabled the screen lock so I can get screen to wake with vol rocker.... take care of the power button folks on Nexus S lol
AnthonyG92 said:
Just in case anyone else has this problem. My situation looked horrible.. but I brought a USB Jig from eBay and after months of problems. I got into recovery mode and flashed back to stock. Everything is perfect now
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Thats fix your power button?seriously?
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Well no lol. It started working on its own after I reflashed. It works on and off.. but I only flash roms now that have volume rocker wake and 'sleep' in the notification bar.. i.e CM based etc. Just in case the power button decides to fail completely
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AnthonyG92 said:
Well no lol. It started working on its own after I reflashed. It works on and off.. but I only flash roms now that have volume rocker wake and 'sleep' in the notification bar.. i.e CM based etc. Just in case the power button decides to fail completely
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Haha...okay...my power button already dead..
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AnthonyG92 said:
Well no lol. It started working on its own after I reflashed. It works on and off.. but I only flash roms now that have volume rocker wake and 'sleep' in the notification bar.. i.e CM based etc. Just in case the power button decides to fail completely
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Stock ICS has a feature to wake the screen using the vol rocker.
And you can search the market for "Lock screen widget" to shut the screen.
In this case you minimize the need for the power button..That what I was doing..
Guys my power button broke!!!
Any work around for this?
i need to turn screen of/on and shutdown and reboot without using my power button!!!
Strange thing is when i put my battery in phone it turns on by itself! ;P so thats no problem!
Rolando88 said:
Guys my power button broke!!!
Any work around for this?
i need to turn screen of/on and shutdown and reboot without using my power button!!!
Strange thing is when i put my battery in phone it turns on by itself! ;P so thats no problem!
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U can flash the bricked kernel to get the sweep to wake function and if u need to power the phone down just download the app quick boot
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The button on the back cover, or that actual micro switch on the phone?
thats so weird it happen to me yesterday too...
but it worked once but then stoped again so i dont think its fully broken.. like mine
for some reason, my power button is working again, so its not dead... after pressing down on the plastic things several time, it works perfectly now ;3
then sadly it stoped working
My galaxy R behaves weirdly. I switch on the phone and then it turns off immediately after booting. I am on indian stock ROM 2.3.5 and never rooted or installed any infected ROMs on my phone.
I would be very thankful if someone can help me fix this.
saroj405 said:
My galaxy R behaves weirdly. I switch on the phone and then it turns off immediately after booting. I am on indian stock ROM 2.3.5 and never rooted or installed any infected ROMs on my phone.
I would be very thankful if someone can help me fix this.
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Is battery charged..??
kataria.vikesh said:
Is battery charged..??
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29% charged. But when I restarted now shows 9% and again turns off.
saroj405 said:
29% charged. But when I restarted now shows 9% and again turns off.
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try to plugin charger & wait till 15 min & then restart again. let see:fingers-crossed:
kataria.vikesh said:
try to plugin charger & wait till 15 min & then restart again. let see:fingers-crossed:
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I am on USB cable, charging via PC.
Moreover I removed the SIM card and tried to switch on. Now it said 23%, stayed ON for few more seconds than before, but again switched off.
saroj405 said:
I am on USB cable, charging via PC.
Moreover I removed the SIM card and tried to switch on. Now it said 23%, stayed ON for few more seconds than before, but again switched off.
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What have you done b4 doing this..?? also pls charge it through charger buddy & let me know:angel:
kataria.vikesh said:
What have you done b4 doing this..?? also pls charge it through charger buddy & let me know:angel:
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I had the proximity sensor issue. I answered a call and then my phone was blank with the proximity sensor blinking red. I pressed the power and Home button for 8 seconds to restart the phone. It started well but then after few minutes when I checked back, it was turned off. That is how it started.
Just remove the battery, SIM card and Memory card and replace the Battery after 3 Min and try starting it and update us....
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saroj405 said:
I had the proximity sensor issue. I answered a call and then my phone was blank with the proximity sensor blinking red. I pressed the power and Home button for 8 seconds to restart the phone. It started well but then after few minutes when I checked back, it was turned off. That is how it started.
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Proximity Sensor issue is because of Scratch/Screen Guard covering Proximity sensor so remove the Screen Guard and check it should be working fine...
mj.vikram said:
Just remove the battery, SIM card and Memory card and replace the Battery after 3 Min and try starting it and update us....
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Sure will do that. But need to confirm one thing. I also tried to hold Volume up button + Home button + Power button for 4 seconds thinking that would restart the phone. Has it anything to do with this??
mj.vikram said:
Just remove the battery, SIM card and Memory card and replace the Battery after 3 Min and try starting it and update us....
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Proximity Sensor issue is because of Scratch/Screen Guard covering Proximity sensor so remove the Screen Guard and check it should be working fine...
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I do use a screen guard but that doesn't cover the proximity sensor and the front camera of the phone.
saroj405 said:
Sure will do that. But need to confirm one thing. I also tried to hold Volume up button + Home button + Power button for 4 seconds thinking that would restart the phone. Has it anything to do with this??
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That shouldn't be the problem because its will just boot you into Recovery Mode....
mj.vikram said:
Just remove the battery, SIM card and Memory card and replace the Battery after 3 Min and try starting it and update us....
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Proximity Sensor issue is because of Scratch/Screen Guard covering Proximity sensor so remove the Screen Guard and check it should be working fine...
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Tried removing battery and sim for more than 5 minutes. (Don't use a memory card), Charged the phone through a charger for more than 15 minutes. Still no luck. The phone starts but switches off right after "Preparing USB storage" notification. Battery 50% charged now.
Totally helpless. Any other solutions?? :crying:
I had one issue regrading power button (holding it was not rebooting my phone), which I presumed hardware problem but I found following steps from iFixit
1) remove battery (you can wait 5 minutes)
2) plug USB (USB wire with laptop/PC )
3) wait for 1-2 minutes (It may give beep sound)
4) insert battery with USB connected
5) Switch on phone
It solved my problem you try this if it helps, and give update.
if it doesn't help try to enter
download mode : Press power button as you see "Samsung Galaxy R" press Down volume + Menu button together
Recovery mode : Press power button as you see "Samsung Galaxy R" press Up volume + Menu button together
give update about same
Try formatting the internal memory few apps may be reason
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saroj405 said:
Sure will do that. But need to confirm one thing. I also tried to hold Volume up button + Home button + Power button for 4 seconds thinking that would restart the phone. Has it anything to do with this??
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saroj405 said:
I do use a screen guard but that doesn't cover the proximity sensor and the front camera of the phone.
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saroj405 said:
Tried removing battery and sim for more than 5 minutes. (Don't use a memory card), Charged the phone through a charger for more than 15 minutes. Still no luck. The phone starts but switches off right after "Preparing USB storage" notification. Battery 50% charged now.
Totally helpless. Any other solutions?? :crying:
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thats means it not the problem of Charging buddy. Till then you wont use your USB cable, your phone awake & after connecting it, switched off..??
is this right..??
charan132 said:
Try formatting the internal memory few apps may be reason
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buddy read title "Galaxy R switches on and then immediately turns off." so he/she can not perform that.
charan132 said:
Try formatting the internal memory few apps may be reason
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How do i do that when the phone won't start up at all?? Can you please provide me the steps..
kataria.vikesh said:
thats means it not the problem of Charging buddy. Till then you wont use your USB cable, your phone awake & after connecting it, switched off..??
is this right..??
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Didn't get you. Even if I am charging via USB or the charger, the phone turns off immediately after starting it.
saroj405 said:
Didn't get you. Even if I am charging via USB or the charger, the phone turns off immediately after starting it.
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I had one issue regrading power button (holding it was not rebooting my phone), which I presumed hardware problem but I found following steps from iFixit
1) remove battery (you can wait 5 minutes)
2) plug USB (USB wire with laptop/PC )
3) wait for 1-2 minutes (It may give beep sound)
4) insert battery with USB connected
5) Switch on phone
It solved my problem you try this if it helps, and give update.
if it doesn't help try to enter
download mode : Press power button as you see "Samsung Galaxy R" press Down volume + Menu button together
Recovery mode : Press power button as you see "Samsung Galaxy R" press Up volume + Menu button together
give update about same
saroj405 said:
How do i do that when the phone won't start up at all?? Can you please provide me the steps..
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saroj405 said:
Didn't get you. Even if I am charging via USB or the charger, the phone turns off immediately after starting it.
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Do one thing last time buddy, Try to let your phone switched on without USB, charger, SIM & SDCARD. if problem persist the there is a Final step buddy, If you are not able to Switched on the phone then go to SSC & ask them for let it done. Coz your mobile is not rooted & perfect. Just go there. Dont worry, they will definitely help you out.
i have HTC inspire phone with vibration only 7 times . no physical damage and working fine before 2 days. any solution . no idea for me because i am new to HTC phones. plss help
lm_irfan said:
i have HTC inspire phone with vibration only 7 times . no physical damage and working fine before 2 days. any solution . no idea for me because i am new to HTC phones. plss help
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what?? when does it vibrate 7 times? is the phone booting? stuck in the splash? What did you do? Be precise..
nothing happen no any screen. just vibrate only
lm_irfan said:
nothing happen no any screen. just vibrate only
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Have you tried another battery? What happens with the phone plugged?
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when i plug to computer automatically vibrate 7 times. not detected phone by PC
lm_irfan said:
when i plug to computer automatically vibrate 7 times. not detected phone by PC
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If I'm understanding you correctly, the phone vibrates 7 times when you plug it into the phone. So what happens when you reboot holding power and volume down? What happens when you just reboot the phone? Please be more specific and give more details.
i try with power on + volume down. nothing happen only vibrate again for 7 times
lm_irfan said:
i try with power on + volume down. nothing happen only vibrate again for 7 times
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Screen is totally dead? Have you tried a different battery?
yes also with power supply same problem. nothing on screen
vibro
lm_irfan said:
yes also with power supply same problem. nothing on screen
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remove the battery and insert 1-2 days, may help
I am having the same issue on stock software. I bought this used off craigslist a few weeks ago, I used it for a day to check it out and swapped to a Galaxy Nexus. I tried last week and it started doing the 7 vibration thing, so I ordered a new battery and no luck.
ok so your phone maybe briked on a slow task \
step 1 take out battery
step 2 put battery back in
step 3 put this file go this ling scroll down till u see attachment PD98img.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037474
step 4 then put it on the root of your sd card
step 5 hold down the volume and power at same time for about 20 minute till the white screen pop out then leave it there charging
till it ask u for update click volume up for yes and let it do its thing but ill take long procces
Hope this helped ^_^
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glevitan said:
what?? when does it vibrate 7 times? is the phone booting? stuck in the splash? What did you do? Be precise..
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mine does the same thing. it never goes to bootolader. always stays stuck on htc screen. vibrates like heck for a couple minutes. after awhile, the phone goes to the rom i flashed...i get temp access to it, then it keeps restarting. i took the sim card out and sometimes the phone is operable, then others it is not. i totally think i bricked my phone.
when i am able to get into the restart part(holding power down and restarting with bootloader or recovery) and all it does is restart over and over.
had the same problem.
hey there....
yesterday i had the same issue i was on FB (hehe) when the phone just froze.
i tried to reboot it and then got the 7 wonderful vibrations,
now i tried to reset it buy many ways and nothing seems to work. still black screen 7 vibrations and nothing more.
im really lost don't know what to do next i haven't change the phone rom or updated it and didn't install an app lately that could have caused this mess.
what are my options? yes of course i can go to a lab and try to fix it but im trying to keep it to the last resort.
thanks !
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hey there....
yesterday i had the same issue i was on FB (hehe) when the phone just froze.
i tried to reboot it and then got the 7 wonderful vibrations,
now i tried to reset it buy many ways and nothing seems to work. still black screen 7 vibrations and nothing more.
im really lost don't know what to do next i haven't change the phone rom or updated it and didn't install an app lately that could have caused this mess.
what are my options? yes of course i can go to a lab and try to fix it but im trying to keep it to the last resort.
thanks !
Hi
I had a problem with my nexus 5 yesterday.. It was at 45% battery, and suddenly it shutdowns and I can't boot it again
I've tried the power button +/- volume buttons, Charging it ... nothing is happening.
What weird is, when i plug it in my pc , i hear a voice (USB voice) , but it can't recognize it
Any idea what the problem may be ?
Thanks
try long pressing the power button, for 20-30 seconds.
simms22 said:
try long pressing the power button, for 20-30 seconds.
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Usually this happens with an emmc brick....
Seems like a Sudden Death eMMC brick.
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hsaithan93 said:
Hi
I had a problem with my nexus 5 yesterday.. It was at 45% battery, and suddenly it shutdowns and I can't boot it again
I've tried the power button +/- volume buttons, Charging it ... nothing is happening.
What weird is, when i plug it in my pc , i hear a voice (USB voice) , but it can't recognize it
Any idea what the problem may be ?
Thanks
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Probably eMMC died on the phone. When did you buy your phone? Where did you get it?
Thanks for the replies guyz ... What is eMMC brick
I bought it from google store ... In jan maybe i dont remember really
I've tried the powet button and every possible way lol nothing is happening .. I think thats it for this phone maybe
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