[Q] Power button not working when powered down - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, I am having problems with my Atrix since I bought it.
It works great, but sometimes it powers down by its own, and then it takes many tries at the power button to get it running back again.
This also happens when I power it down, and sometimes when I connect the USB cable.
I have to repeatedly press the power button until it powers back on. I like the phone, and I really need it, so I would like to know what I can do.
Thanks

Did you try with another battery?

Yes I did, I actually have another Atrix and both batteries work well with that one

Same problem here.
Well I have the same problem with my Atrix too. Hope someone help us

Sounds like a hardware issie, when the phone shut down itself, it is hot?
What happens if when it powers off, you remove the battery, wait about a minute and try again?
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andresrivas said:
Sounds like a hardware issie, when the phone shut down itself, it is hot?
What happens if when it powers off, you remove the battery, wait about a minute and try again?
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I dismantled the Atrix and found nothing, when I was putting it back together, I tried to power it on to be sure nothing was left unpluged. And it powered immediately. When I finished arming it again, the problem returned, so I assume it has to do with a bad contact.
Anyhow, I ended selling it, and buying another one.

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Razr doesn't detect sim card and reboot continuously

Hello!!
I´m desperate, only two days with my razr and after the first time I turned off for sleeping, I wake up and the droid looks like doesn´t detect the sim card and reboot after more or less 30 seconds. Boots itself and do the same again and again.
Does anyone know what happens?
Thanks!
Tryholding the Power button and both volume buttons a the same time, you should be able to get into recovery mode, wipe the device from there.
I had a similar issue with my lumia 800. After swearing for two days, it was because of a defective microsim....
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talulon said:
Hello!!
I´m desperate, only two days with my razr and after the first time I turned off for sleeping, I wake up and the droid looks like doesn´t detect the sim card and reboot after more or less 30 seconds. Boots itself and do the same again and again.
Does anyone know what happens?
Thanks!
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Excactly the same thing happened to me, reboots and no SIM, so now it's in the shop.
Try turning wifi off, then reboot. Simcard should be recognised. Its one of a couple of bugs.
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[Q] please help!

Last night i fell asleep and my phone died all the way, and now when i plug it in all i get is a lg logo then it goes away and then a dark lit up screen. ive let it charge for awhile now and i still get nothing, i cant get into cwm either.. the phone is unlocked and rooted and im running the base rom. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Happened to me... leave it on the charger at least 3 hours and check it. The battery completely drains when you unplug the charger if you charged with the phone off. gl
Edit: If it still won't work, turn phone on and plug in charger.
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Pony Express said:
Happened to me... leave it on the charger at least 3 hours and check it. The battery completely drains when you unplug the charger if you charged with the phone off. gl
Edit: If it still won't work, turn phone on and plug in charger.
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This happened to me too. I completely drained the battery and it kept going into a loop (black screen, LG logo, battery screen). I left it plugged in and off and let it boot up.
FYI
This has happened to several people. I have confirmed through testing, even exchanging my phone 2 days ago that this is an issue created when unlocking the bootloader. Rooting does not cause it. Once the bootloader is unlocked, you can not get around this by re-locking the bootloader.
The workaround is simple. Either leave your phone on while it is charging or if you charge with phone off, unplug your charger and hit the power button- you will still see the charge animation running- this is what causes the battery to drain. All you have to do is power up the phone at least to boot then it is ok to turn off. You can confirm it worked by touching the power button again and not see the charge animation. Hope this helps.
Wow thanks so much for the reply and help! I've got it working now and I guess I'll just avoid it by not letting it die lol
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If you let it die all the way, its not a big deal. Plug it in, hold down the volume down button and the power button for 15 seconds, then it will work fine.
Threads like this makes this forum so great. Another potential problem to be avoided when using the phone.
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I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
thistimearound said:
I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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Dude i had the same isse like your did, so i search everywhere and endup here. I'd try many think like you said, when holding volume+ and power there nothing heapen but volume down and power, or just hold the power buton there red light of front led is flashed, and ... is realy dead.
I can't go to any sevice central, coz my friend bring this telus P973 for me from another contry, and im living at the mountian lol. So im about to take it to nake and try to reset by reputing the batery. Devil beside me, i have 2 extra LG Lu6200 but 1 got broken the touch system, the other been death after i take a shower, Optimus G is using small sim and i'hv cuted it, there no other phone i can use that sim for tomorow, my girlfriend sending me some monney tomorow, and i have to meet my new boss and taking a new job that's make me traveling alot, and i don't have a laptop.
Don't know what to say when looking at the black cold silent phone i used to like most....
Some body, please help!

samsung galaxy tab 10.1 will not power on please heeelllppp!!!! ;(

Hey guys my tab has been working great for weeks iv never dropped it or anything it charges brilliantly, its not rooted and it does not have a custom rom on it as i only use it for work today out of the blue it turned off and will not power on i connected it to the charger and nothing happens iv changed the charger and still nothing happens iv held the power button for 15 seconds plus and that didnt work and finally iv held the power button and touched the screen, still nothing worked
Thanks for the help guys
Oh als
What can i do is their anything i can buy to fix this e.g download jig
Are you on 3.2 or 4.0.4?
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eushaun99 said:
Are you on 3.2 or 4.0.4?
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Hi im on 4.0.4
Thanks
Interesting...I have no idea what to do..
Can you try booting into bootloader? Hold power down + power button.
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eushaun99 said:
Interesting...I have no idea what to do..
Can you try booting into bootloader? Hold power down + power button.
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That didnt work it seems totally dead but i have read a lot about it online. Will a download jig work?
Thanks for your help matey
I don't know what's that lol. Sorry but I can't help you with it. Given that you're stock and unrooted, you might wanna send it to Samsung to fix it.
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eushaun99 said:
I don't know what's that lol. Sorry but I can't help you with it. Given that you're stock and unrooted, you might wanna send it to Samsung to fix it.
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No worrys i think ill change the battery or something haha. Iv got no warranty. A downliad jig forces your device in to download mode to be used with Odin lol
If you find anything else let me know matey i appreciate your help
All depends on what the "deadness " is......
Could be dead dead, or could be screen dead in which case stuff is happening but you can't see anything happening.
If you have already had device connected to a computer that has the appropriate drivers installed (talking windows here) open device manager on the computer then connect the tab and see what, if anything happens and might be detected... That would show tab is working but you cannot see it... If nothing happens immediately once it's plugged in, take a fairly long press on power button and see if anything is detected then. A long press on power button (15 sec+) would put tab in apx mode which actually shows nothing on screen but again device manager would show it (this is used for nv flash). At least this way you'll know if it's dead dead or "just" something else...
Btw eushaun99 is a great and helpful dude here and has my respect but I think he gave you a bum steer via a typo with his button pressing...I think he meant press power button and volume down for boatloader, not "power and power" as he wrote, so that is worth a try also... Am I ok with that eushaun99?
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stinky73 said:
All depends on what the "deadness " is......
Could be dead dead, or could be screen dead in which case stuff is happening but you can't see anything happening.
If you have already had device connected to a computer that has the appropriate drivers installed (talking windows here) open device manager on the computer then connect the tab and see what, if anything happens and might be detected... That would show tab is working but you cannot see it... If nothing happens immediately once it's plugged in, take a fairly long press on power button and see if anything is detected then. A long press on power button (15 sec+) would put tab in apx mode which actually shows nothing on screen but again device manager would show it (this is used for nv flash). At least this way you'll know if it's dead dead or "just" something else...
Btw eushaun99 is a great and helpful dude here and has my respect but I think he gave you a bum steer via a typo with his button pressing...I think he meant press power button and volume down for boatloader, not "power and power" as he wrote, so that is worth a try also... Am I ok with that eushaun99?
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Thanks, you are also a very helpful person on the Q&A section and definitely have my respect as well. Unfortunately, I can't help this guy so it would be very kind of you to take over from here.
You're right, its volume down, not power down. Oops
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I have same issue too. My GT7500 starts only if I warm it till >45°C using a hairdryer or putting it under the sun (here in Italy very hot). But it's only for a normal boot, not in case of reboot when it goes all fine.
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5p10ng3r said:
I have same issue too. My GT7500 starts only if I warm it till >45°C using a hairdryer or putting it under the sun (here in Italy very hot). But it's only for a normal boot, not in case of reboot when it goes all fine.
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That sounds to me like the battery is tired, very tired and needs some help to produce current required, or a faulty connection somewhere. Once the tab is running the whole unit would tend to self heat so will reboot ok. Most fails are the opposite and are heating faults which is why someone came up with freezing sprays to track down which circuit comes back to life when cooled. Have you noticed any reduction of time that battery lasts between charges ?
Ciao
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No, it didn't change. This thing lasts since november and it's very annoying 'cause I have to pay much attention to not shut my tab off, elseway I have to get the hairdryer again and so on...
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What does it do/not do when it doesn't start? Blank screen? Nothing? Bootloop? Freezes?
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Nothing at all. I keep the power button while warming the tab and when it decides it's enough it starts with the normal boot screen (samsung galaxy tab etc.)
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stinky73 said:
All depends on what the "deadness " is......
Could be dead dead, or could be screen dead in which case stuff is happening but you can't see anything happening.
If you have already had device connected to a computer that has the appropriate drivers installed (talking windows here) open device manager on the computer then connect the tab and see what, if anything happens and might be detected... That would show tab is working but you cannot see it... If nothing happens immediately once it's plugged in, take a fairly long press on power button and see if anything is detected then. A long press on power button (15 sec+) would put tab in apx mode which actually shows nothing on screen but again device manager would show it (this is used for nv flash). At least this way you'll know if it's dead dead or "just" something else...
Btw eushaun99 is a great and helpful dude here and has my respect but I think he gave you a bum steer via a typo with his button pressing...I think he meant press power button and volume down for boatloader, not "power and power" as he wrote, so that is worth a try also... Am I ok with that eushaun99?
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Thanks for your help matey and thank you everyone else who's helped iv now sorted it :laugh: :highfive: cheers guys. I had to remove the screen to get to the motherboard then unplug the battery and pop it back in again charged it for 30mins and it sprung to life I have now flashed cm10.2 unofficial build that should sort it only problem was a destroyed the adhesive so I had to buy a load more but hey I should be happy it was nothing like a bead board etc thanks again :silly:
jmar8124 said:
Thanks for your help matey and thank you everyone else who's helped iv now sorted it :laugh: :highfive: cheers guys. I had to remove the screen to get to the motherboard then unplug the battery and pop it back in again charged it for 30mins and it sprung to life I have now flashed cm10.2 unofficial build that should sort it only problem was a destroyed the adhesive so I had to buy a load more but hey I should be happy it was nothing like a bead board etc thanks again :silly:
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Brilliant!! That's a far quicker way than normal where people drain the battery by taping down the power button to drain battery to achieve reset.... :highfive:
jmar8124 said:
Thanks for your help matey and thank you everyone else who's helped iv now sorted it :laugh: :highfive: cheers guys. I had to remove the screen to get to the motherboard then unplug the battery and pop it back in again charged it for 30mins and it sprung to life I have now flashed cm10.2 unofficial build that should sort it only problem was a destroyed the adhesive so I had to buy a load more but hey I should be happy it was nothing like a bead board etc thanks again :silly:
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Great!!
I'm too afraid of breaking my tab to remove the battery but maybe I'd have to.
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Phone is completely unresponsive

Went to restart the phone and now it appears to be completely dead. Won't switch on, and is completely unresponsive to any input: usb, hard reset switch, power etc. I have plugged in the phone to a computer as well and there is no "usb detected" on screen or anything. Is it reasonable to assume that this phone is fully bricked?
Did you try th red boton near the SIM card?
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danilos2k said:
Did you try th red boton near the SIM card?
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Yep
Try holding the power button for an extended time period. You can also do a ftf stock firmware.
Sebring5 said:
Try holding the power button for an extended time period. You can also do a ftf stock firmware.
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Holding the button for over a minute does nothing, and the phone is simply not detected by any computer I plug it into. The orange LED doesn't even come on when I plug it into a charger :/
Possible that the battery went completely flat? Try plugging it into an AC wall charger for at least 6 hours and see if anything happens.
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Possible that the battery went completely flat? Try plugging it into an AC wall charger for at least 6 hours and see if anything happens.
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I will give it a try, but I remember it being almost completely charged when i restarted it
RokkaMan said:
I will give it a try, but I remember it being almost completely charged when i restarted it
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Did you find a solution as i think i am stuck in the same situation as you did.
RokkaMan said:
Went to restart the phone and now it appears to be completely dead. Won't switch on, and is completely unresponsive to any input: usb, hard reset switch, power etc. I have plugged in the phone to a computer as well and there is no "usb detected" on screen or anything. Is it reasonable to assume that this phone is fully bricked?
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My wife's Z went dead during an update via PC Companion (light went out), and it didn't boot or show any life sign.
I used the Sony PC Service (only for PC), restored the phone to the original FW and all went well, nothing was deleted from it. Try it and see...
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[Q] Please help! Stuck in Bootloop, power button "stuck", no download mode!!

[Q] Please help! Stuck in Bootloop, power button "stuck", no download mode!!
I believe this has to do with the phone thinking the power button is constantly being pressed...
I'm looking for any advice. My s3 suddenly went into a boot loop this morning. It powers on for a few seconds and turns itself back off.. Doing a little research, came across similar issues online caused by the main board going faulty and the phone thinking the power button is constantly being held down.
I know this because I can remove my battery, put it back in, and without even touching any buttons, the phone will attempt to power up.
I'm currently rooted and can't get into download mode for more than 3-5 seconds before it turns itself off. I was only once able to apply the perfect pressure by squeezing the side of the phone which allowed it to boot normally, but about 30 seconds later, the power menu appeared by itself and it turned off a few seconds later.
Has this happened to anyone else?? Anybody know how to go about fixing it??
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When you take out the battery, wait for a few seconds before putting it back in. If it turns on automatically then this might be hardware issue and needs repair.
Yes,it turns on automatically...i have disassembled the phone and checked the power buttom and it seems to work right,i can't understand where is the problem
Edit. OK,the problem is that the power buttom is hyper sensitive..can i do something to reduce the sensibility?
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Replace the power button, it is worn out.
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I am having the same problem and just saw this thread. Thanks.
Is the power button known for wearing out on the phone? I take good care of my s3 afaik. Maybe it's time for a new phone.... =(
grungypoo said:
I am having the same problem and just saw this thread. Thanks.
Is the power button known for wearing out on the phone? I take good care of my s3 afaik. Maybe it's time for a new phone.... =(
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Happens from time to time. Maybe if it dropped or been pressed too many times.

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