Menu and Back Button BROKEN ? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I didn't find anything about that, but it seems that I have a problem with Menu and back button... mainly the back button.
Normaly, when a I press menu or back button, both illuminate. Since today, sometime, only the menu or back button illuminate. The one that does not illuminate is not working.
I tried to press everywhere on the phone, shake it, removing sim, rebooting, etc... didnt find what cause that. Could be hardware or software (I have stock rom).
Anyone have seen this?
Thanks !

well... playing a bit with it today. I hold it flat in my hand, turning left or right... light were blinking on menu or back button... sound like hardware problems

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Capactive buttons?

I dont know if its the viper rom or my phone, but either these things are sensitive as hell all of the sudden cuz of this rom or maybe its just a defective phone.
Recently my phone will be vibrating by itsself while its in my hand, and the menu button might popup or the search button. If i press the back button once, it performs like a double tap and goes all the way to the home screen lol
Has anyone else noticed this?

[Q] Power button problem

Heey i have a problem with my power button. Had this problem before but it was gone after one day. The problem is my powerbutton isnt functionaly like it has to be. It changes from time to time.
Sometimes it doesnt work at all when i push the powerbutton.
Sometimes it works slowly. And when i have pushed te button couple of times, i get a phone with screen on, off, on off etc. Like it has lag or something.
When my powerbutton wasnt working yesterday, I saw that the button was pushed the whole time. I mean when you push powerbutton and homebutton you make a screenshot. If i only pushed the homebutton it was making a screenshot.
This things change from time to time. Any one got any ideas????
Im not even sure if its my button that is failing or it has to do something with software.
btw i already tried reflashing rom and kernel with no result.
thx in advance
It's the button, not the software that is the problem. Try taking off the back cover and cleaning out whatever dirt/lint that could be under the button.
i tried that already but it doesnt seem to work. Looks like i have to go back to stock rom for warranty. Hope this is going to be possible since my powerbutton isnt working.

Broken Home Button

I've installed cyanogenmod 7 on my vibrant and the home button randomly stopped working. Now, it only works when all the buttons are lit up. In other words, if I click the back button first to light up the soft buttons and then click the home button, it works (I can keep clicking it repeatedly and get a vibration feedback until it goes dark).
This has happened to me on previous installations of cyanogenmod 7. I'm guessing if I reinstall it again it will work for awhile and eventually stop working.
Any suggestions on what's going on?
That sounds like a very interesting problem. I read somewhere that our capacitive buttons aren't very sensitive. One way to ensure you're pressing the button is if you slide your finger over the button.

[Q] Menu button started acting like Home button -- any fix?

My HTC Hero was working fine without incident for quite some time. I did not introduce any software changes to it. But suddenly, for no apparently good reason, I'm seeing two things happening now:
Menu button pressed acts like Home button, no matter what screen you are on (this is terrible, as in some screens the menu button is required to access certain options)
Search button acts like the green call button, bringing up the recent call list and the dial menu.
Volume button decrease goes nowhere. Actually, one click bumps the volume up then down one notch. The increase button is fine. One must click and hold the decrease button to get the volume to go down.
I'm not all that bothered by the volume button, but the menu button is critical.
I searched the Internet extensively and found one other person mention this simultaneous fault of the volume button and menu button. But unfortunately, they weren't able to get a resolution, or they simply never came back to the thread to update.
I did a full shutdown and restart, but no change. The only environmental change has been an increase in humidity. I am by the shore for the weekend. I took my phone kayaking, but it was sealed in a plastic bag and never got wet. But perhaps moisture in the air has something to do with it? It does seem more like a hardware issue than software problem.
Has anyone run into this problem and been able to rectify it?
I discovered another peculiar behavior.
When the phone was idle for some time, I awoke it with the END button, then a screen swipe to get to the main screen. Pressing "Menu" brought up the proper sub menu toolbar. However, going back and pressing it again showed the wrong behavior again (acting like the HOME button).
Then for a stretch of time, if you tapped the menu button lightly and quickly, the sub menu toolbar would appear. A standard button push will cause it to act like the HOME button. But unfortunately, this did not last. I set the phone down, came back later, and this "light tap" would only act like the HOME button.
I did NOT see any erratic behavior prior to this, like the MENU button mostly working fine and only occasionally acting like the HOME button. It was a rather sudden change. Given the behavior, I'm starting to wonder if something has built up inside under the button bezel that is doing this. Perhaps taking it apart and giving it a good cleaning would resolve it?
I've been finding that every once in a while the MENU button function momentarily goes back to normal operation. It's usually after having left the phone untouched for a few hours. But it works just once or twice, then starts behaving like the HOME button. From this behavior, I can't figure out if this is hardware or software related.
Anyway... I don't see anybody having offered a solution for this, either here or on other forums. I guess I'll just have to retire this phone.
I'm really baffled by this very strange behavior.
My Hero is still experiencing this problem most of the time, but sometimes the menu button will work properly. When it does, I can click the button again in the exact same way, and it will stop working right. Other times, I can dismiss the pop-up menu, then click the menu again and it works maybe 2-3 times. Then after that, it's back to the "HOME" button behavior. Once it does it again, I cannot coax it to work properly again, no matter how many different variations I try. I have to wait for a long while before trying again and finding that it works properly again. If it was a hardware problem, the behavior should be pretty random. Given how it behaves, I have to believe this is software. Now... how the software (firmware) could become corrupt like this is beyond me. I'm thinking that maybe restoring the phone back to the original ROM and then rooting it all over again could get things back to normal... anyone reading this agree or disagree?
Try ButtonRemapper: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9399440&postcount=1
If needed, KeynrTracker.apk will allow you to identify the code for individual buttons.
lost101 said:
Try ButtonRemapper: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9399440&postcount=1
If needed, KeynrTracker.apk will allow you to identify the code for individual buttons.
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Thanks for the suggestion. But somehow, miraculously, the problem resolved on its own. I guess it must be a hardware issue, as I didn't make any software changes. I can press the menu button repeatedly and it works normally now. Really weird. I guess that perhaps there was some debris or residue buildup inside that eventually worked itself out.

Power Button locks and then wakes up phone with one press

Hey guys, so basically when I am locking my phone with the power button it locks and the phone will then wake up like .5s after the screen turns off and is locked. I start with my phone unlocked and it does everything correct except it wakes the screen after it is locked. I am running stock standard MIUI Global, no root or anything special. I have tested this to no end to make sure I am not double tapping the button and I am not holding it down or anything. Any thoughts as to what it might be?
What version MIUI global rom you're using it..?, is it official or mod/ custom version..?
You can try flashing latest global fastboot rom..with MiFlash Tool (Clean All method)..then see if that issue still apear..
This does happen to me too once in a while. Same as you, stock, MIUI 8.0.5.0. i suspect that "Wake with volume keys" option does this. You have this option ON?
mine does this. The power button seems to be a bit loose. Press it a bit harder and see what happens.
This is hardware problem, it happened to me too. You probably (like i did) at some point pressed and held power button really hard. I fixed it by opening phone and realigning power button contact plate. Fortunately, i did not break it so it was quick & easy fix.
Just open your phone, disconnect battery and buttons flex cable, remove tape from power button and realign plate a little to one side. I noticed that my power button did not react if i pressed it at bottom side (i heard mechanical click but screen did not turn on/off), at middle (normal press) and at top it reacted but most times it was like as if i pressed it twice really fast so screen turned on/off fast. So thats why i pushed plate a little to bottom where button did not react, now it works perfectly no matter how i push button - just like it did on first day when i bought this phone.

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