Hey all,
I have a question, that may seem out of the oridinary but it does apply to me.. Ever since i sent my phone to my provider to fix an issue it has come back and the front half of the phone (the screen) has been very loose, when i press the power button i have to pretty much use both my hands otherwise the screen will move slighty and i cant press in the power button to take the phone out of standby..
My question is, would it be possible to remap the power button to something like, say the button in the middle of the phone at the bottom? (in between the answer and hang up buttons). And have it work if i hold it down for a few seconds or so?
I am just getting frustrated when i have to take my phone out of standby to check it and have this issue..
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thankyou!
you could try this: http://www.fuzemobility.com/wake-up-your-fuze-without-the-power-key/
why don't u go take it back to your provider and have them fix what they broke?
Thats an option as well right?
It is an option, only problem is is that they will have my phone for 3 weeks (as they did last time) and i will be without it. They will give me a loan phone but its an old ****ty one and i need email etc. for work so its no good.
Hi guys,
I have a little problem where my phone's power button will not function in any way, long presses, short, almost embedding my thumb in it, all to no avail. This is doubly dissapointing as I have just installed the latest dexter plus patch to fix the problem. I still had the problem on the previous version and I thought a clean start may fix it. The only way I can get the screen on is to press the media play button! Which of course isn't doing anything on dexter.
Hunches:
I have been playing with a light sensor program and using a 3 second press to turn the phone off, I am only thinking this is related as when I re-installed then turned off the phone using a battery pull, that now the media gallery button will now not work at all, so that is a change.
Second, the power button is buggered. Seems unlikely as everthing feels normal, no big drops have occurred from heights, and the button is travelling in and out as usual.
I have also noticed that as soon as I re-insert a battery that the phone starts immediately, the M pops up as if it is already posting. So maybe it is stuck down?? Again, I don't think so, as the mechanism is working per usual.
If anyone can help it would be fantastic, you guys haven't let me down yet, and this thing is purring, but unfortunately I cannot use it lol. Just my luck.
Thanks in advance
another thing, still not solved
Another thing is happening, the phone screen turns on "after" pressing the power button, it may be once or a few times, and then pressing the gallery button.?!?!
Also, at random times it plays a podcast on my phone, the exact same podcast, and from the start, though the duration may be a few seconds then repeat, or it may go for ages, its quite a rude podcast too which has caused me to throw my phone under the car seat to shut it up when people have been trying to talk to me, as you can imagine its quite embarassing.
There are no services or apps running that I can find related to music, it may happen after pressing the camera button, or opening a website.
It is still going really fast though. And I have also reinstalled the light sensor program so I can turn it on and off without causing damage to the power button.
Thanks again everyone.
pisceanblue said:
Another thing is happening, the phone screen turns on "after" pressing the power button, it may be once or a few times, and then pressing the gallery button.?!?!
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sure, so the only way I can get the screen to turn back on, after turning off as per display power saving preferences, is by pressing the power button, maybe a couple of times, then following that up by pressing the gallery button next to the shutter button, pressing the gallery button doesn't seem to be working to turn the screen on now, but this combo is.
I hope that helped.
Cheers.
EDIT:::
The gallery button alone is working again. sorry guys.
You might just want to reflash it to stock to see if this resolves the problem.
Yeah I think I may have to.
Before I do., I was reading a post on a different forum where another person was having a similar issue. They seemed to solve the problem by using rom manager to boot to a manual restore menu where there was a button tester section, after using it the power button worked for them. I tried but after resetting it displayed a triangle graphic then rebooted.
Is there any way to do this with our open recovery program or any other utility to test the functionality or maybe reset the button or apply a patch etc.
Thanks again :-D
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Getting Frustrating
Alright so I followed your advice on your videos on how to reflash to stock, so of course my bootloader does not show up the same as yours on the video. I can get to the bootloader fine, using the button combo or by using quick boot > bootloader, both have the exact same result, the boot loader screens as follows:
Bootloader Fastboot mode
80.89
and that is it....
Also, my computer using rsdlite does not acknowledge the phone, not omap drivers loading etc. Followed your instructions exactly.
This is frustrating me to no end lol.
I am guessing that because I can get to the bootloader with combo no problem, that the buttons physical connections are working.. At least thats a positive.
Can I flash to stock with openrecovery? Or maybe to an earlier version of Dexters froyo? Other ideas?
Any help would be much appreciated guys, trying to use this phone at work with light sensors to turn off screen is not as easy as they say. OMG....
Thanks so much
pisceanblue said:
Bootloader Fastboot mode
80.89
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The fastboot bootloader isn't the right one. So... if you hold volume up + camera shutter while powering on you end up in fastboot? That's really weird.
Maybe your keys have been remapped somehow? Does anyone know a chord to boot fastboot? Perhaps check to see if your USB port is clean?
Lmao
Just my luck to have a weird problem. I thought it may have been remapped so I have been trying the program buttonremap. It doesn't seem to let me do anything except stop the buttons I re assign doing anything :'(
Does anyone have a proper key mapping file that I can replace with my faulty one to hopefully fix it?
Or any other ideas?
Cheers everyone
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Just checked my system / user / keylayout folder. How many files are supposed to be inside, there are a few. I checked the contents of some and they seemed to be the same. Just an idea.... thanks again.
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Ok installed anyunlock it allows you to use any physical button to unlock the screen. It doesn't respond when the Power button is pressed, it responded fine to volume rockers, gallery and shutter though.
Anyone know if this would mean for sure its a physical problem before I crack it open and try and fix it.
Thanks guys.
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No one has any solutions for me? Come on guys.
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Breakthrough!
I am pretty sure I have fixed the problem, I tapped the phone fairly hard on its sides and back, and lo and behold after a battery pull and replacement it didn't turn itself on, I waited, nothing, so then I held the power button and it started up!!!!
But....I have another problem that happened before that, I am stuck in the boot animation that open recovery uses before going into its program (i.e. where you can load nandroid, wipe dalvik cache etc).
I was about to load a new rom, and was in open recovery, had installed it and about to do the reset and the phone turned itself off, and thats when I got the problem with the sticking boot animation.
So just to be clear, I am stuck in a boot loop, but not with the M logo, the restore logo.
I hope the power button solution can help someone else, as random as it is.
If anyone could help me get out of this boot loop without flashing stock that would be great. ( i can get to the real bootloader now btw)
Thanks again everyone.
Solved it all
Just took the sd card out and rebooted. And the power is getting better after banging it.
Thanks to all.
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pisceanblue said:
Solved it all
Just took the sd card out and rebooted. And the power is getting better after banging it.
Thanks to all.
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So, is your conclusion is that the button was stuck and the banging freed it? It doesn't restick?
The Button is not perfect still. Sometimes over sensitive Occasionally it will not even work but it works most of the time. I am just wondering what cleaning solution I could use to free it some more.
It has certainly been a trying problem. Cheers for the help.
Now I need to figure out why I have this strange ghosting on the top of my screen.....
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Power Button Not Working
Hi Guys,
Any solution for the power button problem? Current latest Android 2.3.3 Samsung Galaxy S2 also having the same power button problem. Most of the time I can't use my power button to turn on/off the screen (wake/sleep) and there's no menu for long tap as well. Luckily it does wake when i press the only physical Samsung center button.
What i have already tried: Factory Reset, disable Power Saving Mode, Spare Part+ (apps), Screen Off and Lock (apps), and all won't help.
Is there any current updates or patches to allow the power button to work as usual?
Thank you.
take it to the samsung technical centre
Thats if you still have warranty
archer88 said:
take it to the samsung technical centre
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won't help because this is the 3rd phone replacement from the shop with the same problem. 100% Android software problem.
I have not found the answer for my question anywhere on the net, so I will ask here, since this seems the place where people know what they are talking about regarding HTC Sensation.
Couple of days ago something went completely wrong with my Sensation. 1 moment im using it, no problem, put it in my pocket.
I get it out to use it again, screen doesnt respond AT ALL. I cannot unlock it by touch, I cannot turn if off (off button just puts the screen on 'sleep' and back again on 'locked'.) Volume buttons dont work.
I do keep getting all the messages, calls, whatever, I see everything happening, but cannot do anything.
As I learnt its either the digitzer that is done with it (why? nothing happen, it was just in my pocket, not hit, not wet, no cracks...), or its a software problem. (If someone have a idea what it is, you can jump in here and help me out).
But firstly, I would like to do a backup of all my stuff on the HTC. Ofcourse when I plug it in the PC it asks which mode it has to go in, tethering, usb device, sync, but I cannot choose this (touchscreen not working remember).
Is there some way to backup all my contacts, and stuff on the phone without being able to use it? The device is not rooted, so no nAndroid backup... (can I maybe to the root/nAndroid backup from the PC?)?
The thing with the 'pin' and contact in the cover doenst solve my issue, nor anything else I have found up until now. (Took also a look inside the phone, no connectors seem to be loose/broken..)
Any sort of help is very welcome since I do not really not where to start to fix this issue.
hi,
take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239238
it might help you
rzr86 said:
hi,
take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239238
it might help you
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Yeah already had a look at this, this is the 'pin with contact to the back cover' I was referring to. This is not it I think (I tried already, nothing happened). But also in my case the phone doens't respond AT ALL on touch (in most cases that this method work, the response was bugging/late/blabla).
Nobody knows how to backup data from a not-rooted HTC Sensation with a non-working touchscreen??
dborota said:
Nobody knows how to backup data from a not-rooted HTC Sensation with a non-working touchscreen??
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Don't think its possible, unless perhaps you have USB debugging enabled already?
If you do then perhaps it's possible to do juponut bear S-off, install clockwork mod or something and do a nandroid if you get the key presses right... But you say the volume keys aren't functioning? So that might not work.
Ok so with nobody to help for over a month, I just decided to do some stuff.
First I replaced the digitizer, new digitzer, nothing changes. Same issues. Screen doesnt respond, volume buttons neither, nothing works, power button just gets it off the sleep mode. (In bootloader Volume buttons work...)
So second, unfortunately lost all my data now, I did the factory reset. Result: nothing changed! Screen still does not respond, volume buttons neither, power button just gets it off the sleep mode.
What is wrong with this phone? Why does it not work anymore? All of a sudden it stopped responding, and these nor digitzer nor software seem the issue. What is it then?
Please help me out!
Hey guys,
Well, this sucks. Randomly today my power button decided not to do anything anymore. I've done some googling, and found people who have some problems unlocking with it, but i can't even use it to lock my phone.
For now, I can use the phone by letting it autolock, and unlocking by double tapping the screen, but obviously this is not something I will be able to keep on doing.
My main problem is, I wanna try the good old haaaveyoutriedturningitoffandonagain, but the only way to shut it off is probably to just let the battery run out.. And then I'm scared that I won't be able to turn it back on again
Is this a known issue? Or is it probably just random hardware failure. Can any of you wizards help me out?
Thanks a lot in advance!
well that's odd never heard anything like this before...did you try to use your power button when you r not in OS...for instance try to go to recovery using volume- and power....or fastboot by volume + and power...
Hey guys,
strange and frustrating problem. I was using my phone pretty extensively today (although nothing crazy), mostly thanks to Pokemon Go. Tonight after using my phone normally, I went to press the power button to turn the screen off and nothing happened. I was able to reboot (by changing one of the long-press actions to bring up the power menu via GravityBox) and then was unable to power on the phone. It seems like my hardware power button has suddenly become unresponsive. This leaves me unable to power on/off the phone, including booting into the bootloader. Also, I seem to be unable to wake my phone up by double tapping the screen or swiping up.
The phone otherwise functions fine. If I get a notification, the screen wakes up and I can use the phone. Otherwise, the only way I've been able to get into the phone is by connecting it to a computer and issuing ADB commands. The IR blaster functions fine which makes me think it's not the hardware button?
Has this happened to anyone else before? Can the power button just break like that without any water / physical damage? The fact that I also can't wake the screen makes me think it's a software issue. One other thing I suspect is that my phone abruptly died yesterday (battery died despite software thinking it still had juice left). In the past, with the modified kernel / rom, this has resulted in some nasty issues, including 4G not working and the Android system process basically exploding. I thought I lucked out when I powered it on after that, but maybe it just took a day for this issue to manifest itself.
I'm going to make a NANDROID backup and try flashing a few different things to see if I can fix it. I'll post my progress here.
Current build:
- Verizon M8, S-OFF
- TWRP
- Android GPE 6.0 (MRA58K.H13)
Edit: I haven't been able to find a fix. I'm a bit afraid to try a full RUU since I can't use the hardware keys to reboot into the bootloader should something go wrong. It may just be that my PWR hardware button is f'd which really sucks. I'm not sure I'm up to cracking open the phone to fix it. In the meantime I downloaded an app called Gravity Screen On/Off which uses the phone's proximity sensor to wake the screen up and it seems to work ok for now.