I figure this has been mentioned at some point but since I just got my hands on my watch I am serveral months late to the 'party'...
Use ADB to "press the power button" while in the cradle:
adb shell input keyevent 26
adb shell input keyevent 4 = BACK button
complete list of keyevents I found here:
http://publish.illinois.edu/weiyang-david/2013/08/08/code-numbers-for-adb-input/
This has saved me a lot of time and opening/closing the cradle latch.
I have seen the drill mods for the charger but using those buttons less might not be a bad idea.
walscobry said:
I figure this has been mentioned at some point but since I just got my hands on my watch I am serveral months late to the 'party'...
Use ADB to "press the power button" while in the cradle:
adb shell input keyevent 26
This has saved me a lot of time and opening/closing the cradle latch.
I have seen the drill mods for the charger but using those buttons less might not be a bad idea.
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This little thing enlighten my day. Thank you for this usefull tip.
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I was in TWRP recovery flashing Xron rom b2.9 and the recovery said the zip file cant open. So it just kept doing its thing and would not let me go back to the main menu. I tried hitting home and back buttons, but no luck.
This was not found by me. I am giving credit to this amazing person who somehow found a trick to reboot the device even if your not in an OS.
"The reboot solution that I found to work all the time is to simultaneously hold the power button, volume down button and the big HP button for 30 seconds."
credit to
5th post- http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-HP-Consumer-Products-and/How-to-reset-HP-Touchpad/td-p/852893
I had an issue with my Touchpad where the touchscreen stopped responding in CM7. Volume rocker worked and power button would turn the screen on and off, but I was stuck with no touchscreen and no means to reboot. After a mild panic attack, I plugged it into my computer and luckily had debug mode enabled so I was able to adb reboot it.
But this... this is incredibly useful. Thank you for the post. I'm glad to see that the manufacturers making devices without removable batteries are giving us a trump card to hard reset the devices. My 7" Galaxy Tab has a similar function where holding the power button down for long enough eventually resets the device.
..or you can just hold power + card button for 6 seconds. no volume button needed.
Hi,
When doing a long-press on the power button of my Galaxy SII, after a few seconds, it powers off. This happens whether it is locked or not, and without asking for confirmation on the screen.
I'm using a Sena leather case, which presses on the power button. Each time I put it in the case, it powers off, then it restarts, and stays on "enter SIM pin code" screen. I may have discovered a new way to switch to Airplane mode but I'd like to avoid that.
Moreover, there is a distinction between :
- long press (2 seconds) : brings the power menu (Airplane / Reboot / Switch OFF)
- very long press (approx. 8 seconds) : switches the phone OFF
Also, these two keys are active even when the phone is locked.
Here's what I would like to do : disable both the 2 seconds press and the 8-seconds press when the phone is locked
I found some threads about key remapping applications or direct edit of keymap files, but none of them were successful.
Could someone point me out an application / a way to achieve that ? Does someone know if it's ever possible ?
(For now, the only workaround I found is a hardware one : disassemble the phone and sand the power button to reduce its height, so that it stays inside the casing)
Thank you in advance. Kind regards
My old HTC Hero used to do that too, which leads me to believe it is something hard-coded into Android itself. I'd suggest there is nothing much you can do, but wait and see if a dev replies or something.
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I don't know if it's possible but if it is it has to be something in the kernel.
The 8 second power off function works the same way as the on on your PC and is used if your phone stops responding so I don't see a way to disable it with an app because it's ment to turn the phone off even if an app freezes your whole phone.
Hi,
If the 8-seconds press is hard-coded, I think precautions should have been taken to avoid unwanted power off each time you put the phone into a leather pouch !
On iPhone f/ex, you have to press both power and home button during several seconds to trigger hard reboot, which makes unwanted action hard to happen unexpectedly.
It's always frustrating to encounter such a basic problems on a $600 phone using the latest state-of-the-art technology, which powers off each time you put it into your pocket ;-)
I hoped some developer has found a way to workaround this. I googled a lot, but I didn't find anything.
So, if the power button features are hard-coded, the only solution may be to hard-remove the entire power button
Problem solved.
I disassembled the phone, I removed the power button, I carefully grinded it to reduce its height, and I put it back into the phone.
(For those who may already owned an iThing, disassembling a Galaxy SII is very easy, it's a matter of seconds with a good old mini-screwdriver; proceed carefully when grinding, because if you reduce the height too much, the buttom may break)
Now my power button height is just below the casing. It's still possible to press on it with a finger, but it does not press by itself when putting the phone into my leather pouch.
Thank you for explaining it I had an issue with my S II and it went to service to solve it, they totally changed the board and was shocked when I found the short press on power button doesn't show the power menu I used to have and it switched off immediately!
I've got to return it to service and your post made me thinking it's a simple issue! It won't take time
Regards,
Any thoughts?
The ONLY area it seems to work is to power up the device.
I cannot do the following by pressing it or holding it...
1.) Wake device up
2.) Pull up the shutdown menu
3.) Hold down to power off device
...and most importantly...
4.) cannot select options in CWM (but if I hold volume and power it'll get me into CWM)
Any idea how to flash it back to stock? I have a jig if that helps. Thanks.
Currently the only way I can wake the phone is to plug into a charger.
This had happened to me like 3 times. What I did in order to get back to work, was opening the phone and blast some air with those cans of compressed air use for computers.
Nosferatu. said:
Any thoughts?
The ONLY area it seems to work is to power up the device.
I cannot do the following by pressing it or holding it...
1.) Wake device up
2.) Pull up the shutdown menu
3.) Hold down to power off device
...and most importantly...
4.) cannot select options in CWM (but if I hold volume and power it'll get me into CWM)
Any idea how to flash it back to stock? I have a jig if that helps. Thanks.
Currently the only way I can wake the phone is to plug into a charger.
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Most likely the power button is going bad. I get these a lot. I can solder a new power button on for $50 including return shipping. You can email me @ seivad17 [at] msn.com
Electrical Cleaner
"Go to youtube and search how to dissemble, there are couple of video that shows a step by step process of dissembly. Now the only problem is that there isnt a specific video locating the lock button and you will have to find that yourself. So after you dissemble your phone, locate the lock and use CRC QD Electronic Cleaner I read that is the most reliable and decent one out of all sprays and all you need to do is spray around the button area, and push the lock button 20-30 times and repeat the process a couple of times. After that you should let it dry for a couple of min and then put your phone back together and it should work fine!."
This worked for me. I found it in the captivate forums. Been going 1 month strong after the cleaning!
adillar2 said:
"Go to youtube and search how to dissemble, there are couple of video that shows a step by step process of dissembly. Now the only problem is that there isnt a specific video locating the lock button and you will have to find that yourself. So after you dissemble your phone, locate the lock and use CRC QD Electronic Cleaner I read that is the most reliable and decent one out of all sprays and all you need to do is spray around the button area, and push the lock button 20-30 times and repeat the process a couple of times. After that you should let it dry for a couple of min and then put your phone back together and it should work fine!."
This worked for me. I found it in the captivate forums. Been going 1 month strong after the cleaning!
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okay I'll check that out. How about the USB port? I need a solid connection to the computer. If that's the case I can jig it, place it in download mode, and re-install my ROM and get out of the boot loop I have the phone is in. The power button then is irrelevant because I'm sure I can set the phone to wake with the volume keys thus eliminating the need for the power button. That's the other issue (and more important issue). Otherwise, I have a paper weight.
Nosferatu. said:
okay I'll check that out. How about the USB port? I need a solid connection to the computer. If that's the case I can jig it, place it in download mode, and re-install my ROM and get out of the boot loop I have the phone is in. The power button then is irrelevant because I'm sure I can set the phone to wake with the volume keys thus eliminating the need for the power button. That's the other issue (and more important issue). Otherwise, I have a paper weight.
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If you fix the power button and you can get into CWM (like your first post says) then you should have no problem. The power button is probably shorted out (like mine was) and you cannot use it for selection.
adillar2 said:
If you fix the power button and you can get into CWM (like your first post says) then you should have no problem. The power button is probably shorted out (like mine was) and you cannot use it for selection.
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no I can no longer get into CWM
Short story I tried returning phone to stock and went to flash a stock image file via ODIN and it's stuck on the bootup screen.
today I re-S-ON, removed tampered and disable logcat.
after 9 hour, my phone suddenly got blank display after I woke up from sleep, all the button not functioning.. tried to call my phone from my another phone..call came through but I can't pickup, can't reboot.
but I still can access my phone through adb shell.
reboot command in adb shell wont reboot it,
adb reboot / adb reboot bootloader also wont do anything.
any suggestion guys?
Hold both volume buttons with power button until back and home buttons lights flash. It will restart after that. Happened to me a few times.
Jiggity Janx said:
Hold both volume buttons with power button until back and home buttons lights flash. It will restart after that. Happened to me a few times.
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thanks, it works!
Hi reader xD.
So here's the thing.. I have an S3 with a nightly of cyanogenmod 13. After I installed it everything worked and was all nice and shiny. This is a kind of a backup phone that I only use sometimes specially when I want to try cyanogemod new releases. So this phone spends practically 90% of the year off. A few weeks ago, I turned it on because I was gonna set it up to loan the phone to a friend and I noticed that the volume key was not working (wasn't able to go into recovery mode). I also tried it in a music app and still could not control the volume with the button. Went to check the buttons settings and "control the volume with the button" is ticked. I also updated with another nightly through phone settings "check update".. but still.. no sings of life for the button.
So I opened the phone and took the button out.. and tried with a thin plastic tool to press directly where the volume button is placed (to check if it was a bad contact thing) and nothing happened.
I am guessing this is an hardware problem but don't know what to look for. Any suggestions on what more can I check? Any thoughts on this would be very much appreciated!
I see that I am f...ed xD.. ( T_T )
Is it possible to get into recovery mode without the volume keys? Because I would like to clean it all up.. install a cyanogenmod update and then find some kind of app to allow anyone that uses the phone to easily control de volume without those buttons and without going to the settings.. I think I've seen a forum talking about something like that.
Yes, by using either terminal ( if you have cm13 enable it in developer settings) or by using adb (adb reboot recovery). Easy. But you'd want to consider finding the component and buying it. It's cheap as chips and easy to replace. It has the volume buttons, the LED on the front and the earpiece.
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Yes, by using either terminal ( if you have cm13 enable it in developer settings) or by using adb (adb reboot recovery). Easy. But you'd want to consider finding the component and buying it. It's cheap as chips and easy to replace. It has the volume buttons, the LED on the front and the earpiece.
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Sure.. I guess I don't have much to lose if I try your suggestion. Gonna search for tutorials on how to do that and then just get my hands dirty.
Thank you!!