I made the mistake of not turning it off immediately and tried pressing buttons.
The volume buttons and power buttons went crazy for a bit then the LED flash flicked on and off a while then eventually all the harware buttons failed.
What replacement parts do you guys suggest I try getting? Could the problem be isolated to the power/volume switch piece?
Did you leave it to dry for a week, if it's bought second hand I guess buying a device with a broken display but yet functioning and replace the circuit board..don't know if sammy still do repairs but I guess how much your willing to pay..
ebay should have what your looking for
that's a brilliant idea! no I didnt leave it out to dry for a week before I pressed buttons on my wet device (the absolute most essential part of saving a water damaged device, don't do it people!)
NightShadow02 said:
that's a brilliant idea! no I didnt leave it out to dry for a week before I pressed buttons on my wet device (the absolute most essential part of saving a water damaged device, don't do it people!)
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"Could the problem be isolated to the power/volume switch piece?" - No
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Hi,
My transformer has the power button which is terribly hard to press.
I was hoping it would have turned softer after some usage, but 1 month after, the power button is has hard to press as the first day.
Is that normal?
I' like to avoid RMA the tablet: it is perfect ( no light bleeds...)
Thanks for your suggestions
I just found this app https://market.android.com/details?id=cz.destil.fixbrokenpb to replace power button with volume for switch on... It will limit power button usage to the strict minimum (unfortunately I cannot totally switch off or reboot with it).
It will allow waiting before rma the device, hoping asus assistance getting more expertise in operating on such devices
wis38 said:
Hi,
My transformer has the power button which is terribly hard to press.
I was hoping it would have turned softer after some usage, but 1 month after, the power button is has hard to press as the first day.
Is that normal?
I' like to avoid RMA the tablet: it is perfect ( no light bleeds...)
Thanks for your suggestions
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If it feels like it's alot of trouble then it's probably broken. - If you're within a retailers return policy then act on it ASAP.
Otherwise, do a RMA because that's not normal and app should not be required to simply ignore the matter. Cross your fingers you get a newer hardware version during the RMA process
I think you already know the answer but want someone reconfirm what you should do so I'm suggesting that you do an RMA because you shouldn't settle for less.
Thanks.
Unfortunately I'm out the 30 day policy, but I'll try asking Amazon anyway (never knows).
Otherwise I'll go for an rma.
BTW, does anyone knows how much time takes for an rma in France?
wis38 said:
Thanks.
Unfortunately I'm out the 30 day policy, but I'll try asking Amazon anyway (never knows).
Otherwise I'll go for an rma.
BTW, does anyone knows how much time takes for an rma in France?
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When I modded my tablet I noticed the button can *easily* get mis-aligned. It is a simple plastic cap with trim edge. If you push it at an angle (e.g. sideways) it can slip a little sideways resulting in this problem. It also has a slot in the center (behind button) to align, if yours has been bad since day 1 it might have slipped out of the slot, too.
When I re-assembled my tablet I put the side with buttons together first after carefully realigning and my buttons worked great.
I think this can be a common issue. If I was you, I would try using a pencil eraser to grip the button and slide back into position. It can be easily fixed by someone with skills & tools to disassemble and reassemble the tablet.
Whatever choices you make.... good luck
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When I modded my tablet I noticed the button can *easily* get mis-aligned. It is a simple plastic cap with trim edge. If you push it at an angle (e.g. sideways) it can slip a little sideways resulting in this problem. It also has a slot in the center (behind button) to align, if yours has been bad since day 1 it might have slipped out of the slot, too.
When I re-assembled my tablet I put the side with buttons together first after carefully realigning and my buttons worked great.
I think this can be a common issue. If I was you, I would try using a pencil eraser to grip the button and slide back into position. It can be easily fixed by someone with skills & tools to disassemble and reassemble the tablet.
Whatever choices you make.... good luck
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My power button has a strange behavior: whem i push it, i clearly hear the click (not as loud as the volume one, but button here is smaller and finger is all over the button), but nothing happens.
Tablet is covered by warranty, so i'll avoid opening it: let me try the chance with Amazon, then the standard procedure with Asus.
It's just a pity: no light bleeds, no speaker problem, mic working, display perfect, just fixed the flash perfs...
I do hope rma will not break anything.
This is why I love Amazon
I wrote to Amazon this morning and... SURPRISE!
They replied they apologize for my problem, and an order is underway for a new tablet with shipping for tomorrow morning
Then I've the postage paid for returning the defective unit within 30 days...
This is why I buy almost everything from Amazon
Great service!
Yes, I also had the power button stop working. And, to make matters even better, I got into CWM (or CMW or whatever) to tried to put stock OS back on and got STUCK there. No power buttton, no ability in CWM to go to Backup menu to reflash stock, and no ability to reboot from the main menu!
The power button is cheap, cheap, cheap; you may have trouble getting it fixed if you've rooted (because rooting kills the warranty) and can't reflash stock.
Very disappointed with ASUS on this issue.
I searched the forums for this issue, but seems like no one else has experienced this yet..!? I'm not sure how it happened, but just 2 days ago, my power button stopped responding. In other words, no matter how much pressure I put on it, or how long I hold it, my tablet will not turn on or wake up from sleep..! I'm not even sure how it happened. I just left it near on the floor propped up near my night stand earlier this week and the next morning I noticed I had a tough time turning my tablet on... (However, I did notice before this that sometimes my power button was way too sensitive and would ask if I wanted to power off the tablet, when all I did was press it for a second to put it to sleep. Guess, that was signs of eminent failure?)
And it's definitely a hardware and not a charging problem, since I can make my tablet turn on by removing it from the dock for a few secs and then reconnecting it, but obviously this is not acceptable. And other than that I don't know how else to turn it on...
I bought my tablet from Amazon, so I can't take it back to any store. Has anyone here had this problem before and tried to repair it themselves? Or has anyone at least tried to send their tablets in for repair to ASUS after unlocking the bootloader, rooting and loading a custom ROM? How did that go for you?
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
amazon has a superb return policy - at least here in germany - should be no prob in the US - just call them so they open a RMA for you - or send it to asus directly.
good luck
cheers
power to the button
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I searched the forums for this issue, but seems like no one else has experienced this yet..!? I'm not sure how it happened, but just 2 days ago, my power button stopped responding. In other words, no matter how much pressure I put on it, or how long I hold it, my tablet will not turn on or wake up from sleep..! I'm not even sure how it happened. I just left it near on the floor propped up near my night stand earlier this week and the next morning I noticed I had a tough time turning my tablet on... (However, I did notice before this that sometimes my power button was way too sensitive and would ask if I wanted to power off the tablet, when all I did was press it for a second to put it to sleep. Guess, that was signs of eminent failure?)
And it's definitely a hardware and not a charging problem, since I can make my tablet turn on by removing it from the dock for a few secs and then reconnecting it, but obviously this is not acceptable. And other than that I don't know how else to turn it on...
I bought my tablet from Amazon, so I can't take it back to any store. Has anyone here had this problem before and tried to repair it themselves? Or has anyone at least tried to send their tablets in for repair to ASUS after unlocking the bootloader, rooting and loading a custom ROM? How did that go for you?
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
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My power button was giving me the power off / restart reboot which had been driving me crazy. Took the back off and investigated. The actual power button mechanism is flimsy and not well put together. After attempts with tape, with brief success the reboots returned. Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
Buster99 said:
amazon has a superb return policy - at least here in germany - should be no prob in the US - just call them so they open a RMA for you - or send it to asus directly.
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..Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
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Thanks for the input, guys. Glad to hear I'm not the only one and that it seems to be something I can try and fix on my own... I was mostly worried it was well known problem and ASUS wouldn't repair the devices that were tampered with or had unlocked bootloaders, but looks like they may not be thoroughly checking that. And my return window from Amazon expired in late June, so I figured it wasn't worth going through them anymore, but I've never had to that before, so I'm not sure...
jennies said:
My power button was giving me the power off / restart reboot which had been driving me crazy. Took the back off and investigated. The actual power button mechanism is flimsy and not well put together. After attempts with tape, with brief success the reboots returned. Today I looked again and took of the small bit of plastic with the silver button on it and noticed it was not central. Carefully peeled off the silver power button and attached it in the centre. Applied some tape and another piece in the plastic physical button mechanism to help it spring back. The result is my power button feels perfect and no more reboots so far.
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What kind of tape did you use?
Got the Power Button Working...
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What kind of tape did you use?
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I just pulled off the back (it has pressure pins, so i just use my nails, 'bcuz i don't have the plastic tool..), the Power Button is a 'lil switch, the top metallic part is held to the bottom part by a transparent piece of tape, if its not centered, just carefully remove it and place in the center.. If it the tape have enough glue to hold it back, You can use to same piece of tape to hold it back together.. If not, You can use a standard hmm (don't remember the name..) transparent tape to do the job... Hopefully the button keeps in place for while....
After completely shattering my original screen, I got a replacement from Etrade Supply and it's not working correctly at all. Only half of the screen works and it constantly registers touches all over. The one thing that has me worried that it's not the screen is if I hold the power button to shut the phone down, it starts right back up (as if there's a phantom power btn press)
Any ideas?
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After completely shattering my original screen, I got a replacement from Etrade Supply and it's not working correctly at all. Only half of the screen works and it constantly registers touches all over. The one thing that has me worried that it's not the screen is if I hold the power button to shut the phone down, it starts right back up (as if there's a phantom power btn press)
Any ideas?
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Send it back for repair or better yet exchange, serious hardware issues mate. Maybe you got a poorly refurbished phone.
I did get a refurbished device and it worked fine until I replaced the glass+digitizer after cracking the glass. I'm not sure they'd take it back a second time since I've opened the case and worked on it.
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I did get a refurbished device and it worked fine until I replaced the glass+digitizer after cracking the glass. I'm not sure they'd take it back a second time since I've opened the case and worked on it.
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Then either the digitizer is not installed/connected correctly or its faulty.
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Then either the digitizer is not installed/connected correctly or its faulty.
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That's my hope. The power button thing has me worried that a different component is to blame. I wish I could isolate the problem.
Hi All,
I have a Nexus 5 16GB that's about 14 month old.
The phone is now running Marshmallow 6.0.1 which was installed through OTA updates.
The device is stock and unrooted.
After accidently dropping the phone and cracking the screen, the phone was initially still working.
Then after a week or two the device began to reboot itself with increasing frequency until it became stuck in a loop.
I have attempted to enter the fastboot/recovery mode but as soon as the option appears the device reboots, so this was a no go.
I have investigated and ruled out the following issues i believe MAY not be the cause:
1. Battery - i have disconnected the battery and run on the mains but issue still occurs
2. Android - i have managed to boot the phone on a few occasions and it has functioned without issue for over 24 hours
I have removed the power button completely and the phone boots and functions fine. When it is placed back the reboot issue becomes intermittent.
I have now replaced the screen and initially the device was working for another 24 hours but the reboot issue has now begun again.
I have read many forums & the following guide by Eross - ''[SOLVED] Nexus 5 stuck in boot loop animation (Lollipop) , partially working with 4.4'' but my problem is the troubleshooting i've done so far does not conclusively point me in any one direction, as to what the possible issue could be.
My phone is out of warranty and i'm considering maybe sourcing a motherboard as a last resort, but only if this is what is required.
Please help!
Sounds like the power button is sticking or the outer plastic button is putting too much pressure on the power switch.
Where did you get the replacement screen? I purchased three from Aliexpress and the internal components didn't always line up properly.
I am using the original power button.
The replacement screen and frame was brought from Wholesaleworld on ebay.
I have read another thread on here were the user mentions SLIGHTLY separating the backing plastic material from the power button with a razor blade and this has solved the issue.
Has anyone else tried this with any success?
Or do you think its worth replacing the power button altogether?
Regards,
I had a power button on an n5 that was sticking, so I removed the motherboard from the phone, cleaned around the area with pure alcohol, and rapidly pressed and released the power button using slightly more pressure than normal for about 3 minutes. This solved the problem for me.
Replacing the motherboard power button would usually be a lot cheaper than a complete motherboard replacement.
If you want to replace the motherboard, I would look for a used n5 with a smashed screen and working internals.
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I had a power button on an n5 that was sticking, so I removed the motherboard from the phone, cleaned around the area with pure alcohol, and rapidly pressed and released the power button using slightly more pressure than normal for about 3 minutes. This solved the problem for me.
Replacing the motherboard power button would usually be a lot cheaper than a complete motherboard replacement.
If you want to replace the motherboard, I would look for a used n5 with a smashed screen and working internals.
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I have never had the need to clean any internal components with rubbing alcohol, but your method seems to be the cheapest & most practical to try first.
I'm assuming the alcohol will not damage the board in anyway, but is there a method to applying the alcohol & cleaning i.e. using a lint free cloth maybe?
Also, if i was to replace the motherboard power button would this have to be soldered on?
I used a cotton swab lightly damp with alcohol to clean around the power button. Don't soak the area, give it time to dry, and importantly, disconnect the battery before doing anything to the board.
The motherboard button can be desoldered and a new button soldered in place of the original.
Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but here it goes. But an old s5 for about 60 bucks. It had the screen pretty damaged but the LCD worked fine. So since I like to tinker with things, I decided to see if I could fix it. I bought an inexpensive lcd separator, bought me some LOCA glue. I was able to separate the glass from the lcd without any apparent damage......err ....so to speak....I assembled the phone back. When I plug in the phone to a charger, I can see all the appropriate LCD lights. The screen shows the battery icon that shows up when a phone is charging. But the pressing the power button does nothing. I am pretty much stumped. I took everything apart to make sure things were connected right but I am not sure where to go with this...can anyone provide any advice?
PS. taking the glass off with the lcd separator (which is basically a hot plate) and a wire was really efficient. and a lot easier than trying to separate the glass with a guitar pick
I also bought a 10 dollar new glass for the phone...first time trying loca glue and I am proud to say that I had no air bubbles
It's my understanding that the ribbon cables behind the screen are extremely delicate and easy to damage. It is possible that you inadvertently damaged or severed them while removing the broken screen.
Try this link below, if you haven't already, and look through the steps to see if you may have missed something.
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S5+Display+Assembly+Replacement/26914
thanks guys, if it is a problem with the power button, I have purchased the back tray which houses the power button. Maybe that will work.
I might have a method. Assuming the home and volume buttons still work, you can hold volume down and home and then plug the device into a computer or any power supply that charges it. This will then open up download mode. The power cord will be acting as the power button here. Once there, press volume down to cancel and then it should reboot your phone to the OS.