Hi, i recently got screwed, bigtime. The power button on my N5 seems dead. It is acting, like its always pressed in, it causes the phone to essentially bootloop, but sometimes I can manage to get so far as the PIN code, and the apps are starting, but the screen kepps getting locked, and stuff. I'm sure, that it is the power button, that is faulty. I dont want to wait weeks for a replacement, if I dont have to, so I'm left wandering, it there any tool / adb hack that I could use to remap the power button to say... volume up? On the absolute ground zero, so the device would even use it to power up, not just to use the volume + as the power button after it booted. Thanks.
You'll need to fix the button. Otherwise you're always going to have issues. Won't be able to use recovery or bootloader likely... On top of your current issues.
It shouldn't cost much. ?
The answer is no.
I'm fairly certain, that you can only change it with the whole motherboard. That should be around 200$, but since they can't do it locally in my country, it's 200$ + shipping, most likely. That could be around 300$ in total, depending on where they'll need the ship the cursed thing.
If the warranty covers it, than mabe I'll just have to pay shipping, or maybe nothing at all. But anyways, it's at least 2-3 weeks without a phone, and possibly a buttload of costs (I could buy one around 400$ right now.) Not really a good option.
@Lethargy well, thanks, at least I wont have to dig trough the whole internet
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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
Bob Smith42 said:
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.
Hey guys,
I have a small but interesting question. Some one is selling a galaxy S2 really cheap, which has supposedly been turned on by him for only a few minutes. Its factory unlocked and had all the stickers and stuff on it with a brand new box. One weird thing was it was already rooted. I was wondering if there was anyway I could find out how long the phone had been used. Something which isn't affected by .sbf flashing or anything of the sort. A fool proof way of knowing how much the phone was used. In the old nokia phones there was
Code:
*#92702689#
which showed the lifetimer. Does android have anything similar? Any help would be appretiated. Thanks
Either he us lying or he did actually turn it on for a few minutes, but whoever had it before him rooted and unlocked it. Make sure you get the whole story bc SGS2 is a top phone. If it is cheap, there must be a reason. Check for corrosion on the battery points and make sure it can get into download mode. Hold volume up + down and push power. When S splash comes up, release the power but keep holding volume rocker.
Hi guys,
I have TF and the power button got broken when I noticed that the bezel was slightly displaced. I just pressed on the edges and everything got fixed. However, the power button was pushed in and I didn't know the reason. I couldn't send my TF back to the company cuz I opened it to check the problem (silly me). I tried to fix it but apparently the button was actually broken. I thought of getting needed parts to fix the power button myself but I don't know where I can get them.
Any idea how can I fix the power button?
Thanks in advance
Doesn't matter if you took it apart, they will still repair it for a price - you wouldn't get a free repair anyway even if you didn't open it as it was physically damaged, rather than a fault of the device.
You can still power it on by plugging it into a power source
Agree. I also am sure they'll fix it for a price. I believe they would call it CID. Customer Induced Damage. Even if you got it that way, there's really no way to prove otherwise. Which is why whenever I ship an RMA I take a bunch of pictures and a statement I did so with the RMA paperwork. So far it's worked well.
So my phone was working ok (as far as a new phone having issues can be). I had plugged it into the charger and was setting some tasker settings when the screen started having issues responding to my touch. I put it to sleep and woke it back up and it wasn't responding to let me unlock it. I pulled the power cord and it started working again. So I plugged it back in and was doing the same thing. So I rebooted it and now the phone boots up and shows the notification bar and that I have messages. But it won't show anything else and when I try to tap on the messages in the notification bar, nothing happens. I tried tapping on settings and nothing happened.
So I looked up how to do a hard reset (tried both holding volume down + power as well as volume up down + up + power) and it powers down but nothing else happens. Do AT&T HTC One Xs have a different hard reset method? Is there a restore option I could do with my computer? Or should I just take it back to AT&T and have them replace it?
I am coming from an iPhone 4S and was about ready to sell my 4S but this is giving me cause to not sell it. This is my first android phone as I've always felt android to be a half built OS and this is certainly not making a case for itself.
Off topic question, but how are you going to sell your 4S? What is the best avenue for selling?
we have a classifieds ads website here that everybody buys stuff from. I actually repair and sell iPhones/iPads/iPods as a side job so I have my 4S fully customized with a different color frame as well as front and back glass. So if/when I sell it, should fetch somewhere around $600-$650.
I got $600 for my 64 GB 4s. I did it on Craig's List. I probably could have gotten more but I wanted it gone quickly.
ya, mine is as 32gb. I can't imagine anybody willing to pay $800 for a modified 64gb.
I'm selling my 16gb 4s factory unlocked, asking 550 on Craigslist but I hate using Craigslist. Sketchy as hell, I'd rather sell to a company or something.
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Phones in my past experiences have all mostly done this. Using your phone while charging has always been an experience for me. Just saying.
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Figured out how to do the hard reset. For some reason holding down the volume down button and the power button didn't work at first. I continued to hold them down then I let go of the power and left my finger on the volume down button. I then decided to let my finger off the volume down button for a split second and push it back in. Took a second but the screen came up and I was able to choose the factory reset. Fixed the issue.
Hi All!
Today is a very unfortunate day for me.
I was viewing whatsapp and all of a sudden my phone turned off, turned back on and it has been rebooting ever since.
I have tried all possible troubleshooting steps to see why it is happening but I can't even get into other screens like recovery, bootloader because it restarts right away.
Had a chat with Google and they wanted me to send my old phone and place a hold in my credit card -blablabla.
Obviously when they receive my defective Nexus, they will see the bootloader screen with an UNLOCKED icon.
That will be bad for me - because they could charge me money for a new device (the one they are sending ahead).
I would rather wait for the Nexus 6 instead of repaying for my defective 5.
Is there a way to maybe force it to be locked again before I send it in?
I have one of those JTAG connectors and I was just wondering if it will make any sense if I try that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It sounds like your power button is stuck. Mash it a number of times and see if that frees it up.
Also, if you have a case take it off
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Yup, seems to be an hardware problem with the power button.
By the way, if you can't fix it : Seems that Google doesn't care about unlocked bootloader if it's an hardware fault
I actually initially though it was the power button so I removed the case check and mashed it a lot but how it turns of turns ON doesn't make sense because if the power button is stuck usually you have to wait 3-4 seconds before it turns off.
The behavior is like this - Google Splash screen, 1 second pause, vibrate, turn off - Google Slash Screen, 1 second pause - NON stop.
Still it could be possible but I'm hoping they wont charge me anything if they send me a new phone. I would rather wait for the Nexus 6.
They actually asked me if I was rooted and I said NO. There was a chat log on it. Oh well.
I had a similar problem and I think it was the power button as well. I RMA'd it but I kept smacking the crap out of the back of the phone and around the area of the power button. I noticed it'd start getting further through the boot process and eventually I was able to get it to boot all the way through and actually stay. I guess I smacked it hard enough to knock out the button, but I still went with the RMA anyways.
Maybe try smacking it around and see if it stays on longer?
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I had a similar problem and I think it was the power button as well. I RMA'd it but I kept smacking the crap out of the back of the phone and around the area of the power button. I noticed it'd start getting further through the boot process and eventually I was able to get it to boot all the way through and actually stay. I guess I smacked it hard enough to knock out the button, but I still went with the RMA anyways.
Maybe try smacking it around and see if it stays on longer?
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I think you are all right. Now that I got home and observed it more. It is a stuck power button! I'll try to smack around it and have the bootloader locked in again and RMA it.
Do you think once they see it is being rooted, they will void the warranty even though it is obviously a power button issue?
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I think you are all right. Now that I got home and observed it more. It is a stuck power button! I'll try to smack around it and have the bootloader locked in again and RMA it.
Do you think once they see it is being rooted, they will void the warranty even though it is obviously a power button issue?
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Holy $hit I cant believe it! I smacked it like a crazy person and it worked!!!
I'm going to wipe out everything and put it to stock!!! and still RMA it yohooooo