Hi a couple days after tmoble pushed an update my power button stopped working, the fingerprint still works and it will wake but it will not shut off with the power button I have to double tap. I have not dropped nor has it gotten wet, it still makes a click when I push it and is not loose. Any idea what could be wrong with it?
Kaitlin4 said:
Hi a couple days after tmoble pushed an update my power button stopped working, the fingerprint still works and it will wake but it will not shut off with the power button I have to double tap. I have not dropped nor has it gotten wet, it still makes a click when I push it and is not loose. Any idea what could be wrong with it?
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Did you try factory reset?
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sorry for getting this up so long after but i have the same thing and wanted to know if factory reset helped?
My powerbutton didn't response either. I opened the phone. Lifted gentley the 10 pins who connects the powerbutton. It works
The same i did with the gps pins (another tread)
What a bad constructed phone.
Hope it helps you
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Hi All,
Anyone else having this issue? I installed cm7 and everything was working fine. I was playing with it and installing a few apps for a few hours. Then I plugged it into its charger and forgot about it for a few hours.
Then I went to check something on it and it would not turn on. No combination of Power + Up volume or any other buttons will work. Plugging it into the computer using the same supplied USB cable into a working USB slot doesn't yield any results.
It's almost as if all of the power has drained from it (it was at 50% power when I plugged it in last before all of this happened) and it's not being recharged. Just completely dead and unresponsive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
jon928 said:
Hi All,
Anyone else having this issue? I installed cm7 and everything was working fine. I was playing with it and installing a few apps for a few hours. Then I plugged it into its charger and forgot about it for a few hours.
Then I went to check something on it and it would not turn on. No combination of Power + Up volume or any other buttons will work. Plugging it into the computer using the same supplied USB cable into a working USB slot doesn't yield any results.
It's almost as if all of the power has drained from it (it was at 50% power when I plugged it in last before all of this happened) and it's not being recharged. Just completely dead and unresponsive.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Have you tried the POWER + HOME combo.
Remember to long press.
That is a known fix.
atapia984 said:
Have you tried the POWER + HOME combo.
Remember to long press.
That is a known fix.
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Thanks for the reply.
I've tried every combination of long button presses to no avail. But ill try again when I get home. Maybe within the 5-6 hours it'll "wake-up". Not bloody likely though.
jon928 said:
Thanks for the reply.
I've tried every combination of long button presses to no avail. But ill try again when I get home. Maybe within the 5-6 hours it'll "wake-up". Not bloody likely though.
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Hopefully it will. This issue got me all freaked out the first it happened, but it has not done it ever since.
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atapia984 said:
Hopefully it will. This issue got me all freaked out the first it happened, but it has not done it ever since.
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So the exact same situation happened to you and you were able to fix it it by long pressing the power and home button?
jon928 said:
So the exact same situation happened to you and you were able to fix it it by long pressing the over and home button?
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Yes Holding POWER + HOME Buttons for about 15 secs did the trick for me.
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atapia984 said:
Yes Holding POWER + HOME Buttons for about 15 secs did the trick for me.
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Just got home and tried it. It worked! Thank you SOOO much. I did in fact try the power + home combo. I just didn't hold it down for that long. I counted until 25 alligators before the HP icon came on.
Thanks again!!
+1. 15 sec hold power and home
Hi guys,my brother has the active,and today he just found it dead in his pocket.No turn on,no lights,just a small vibration bump when holding the power key.Any clues?
I've changed battery,SEUS won't detect the phone.However,Flashtool detects a SE phone when I'm holding the volume key.
It was never rooted,just stock firmware.
Any clues?Please help
G.Trenchev said:
Hi guys,my brother has the active,and today he just found it dead in his pocket.No turn on,no lights,just a small vibration bump when holding the power key.Any clues?
I've changed battery,SEUS won't detect the phone.However,Flashtool detects a SE phone when I'm holding the volume key.
It was never rooted,just stock firmware.
Any clues?Please help
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This thread should go in general not development.
Now i would say that if he never modified the phone and if it still have warranty to take it to a sony ericsson service center that would be his best option.
Try taking the battery out for a few minutes, and by a few i mean something like 5 minutes, then try turning it on.
buneech said:
Try taking the battery out for a few minutes, and by a few i mean something like 5 minutes, then try turning it on.
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Remember to try to turn it on, while the battery is out... that will help to drain the capacitors for energy.
G.Trenchev said:
Hi guys,my brother has the active,and today he just found it dead in his pocket.No turn on,no lights,just a small vibration bump when holding the power key.Any clues?
I've changed battery,SEUS won't detect the phone.However,Flashtool detects a SE phone when I'm holding the volume key.
It was never rooted,just stock firmware.
Any clues?Please help
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If you have unlock bootloader.. And you try to update over the Air then you brick your mobile.. For that just relock your bootloadet
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Thank you for the replies guys!The phone is completely untouched,no mods,unlocks etc.
SEUS detected the phone and reinstalled it!But...it's the same again.Just small vibration when pressing the power button.
G.Trenchev said:
Thank you for the replies guys!The phone is completely untouched,no mods,unlocks etc.
SEUS detected the phone and reinstalled it!But...it's the same again.Just small vibration when pressing the power button.
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i really think you should take to warranty before trying anything else
G.Trenchev said:
Thank you for the replies guys!The phone is completely untouched,no mods,unlocks etc.
SEUS detected the phone and reinstalled it!But...it's the same again.Just small vibration when pressing the power button.
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Small vibration when pressing the power button is completely normal. It means, that you don't have to hold the button more...
What happened before this occured?
Someguyfromhell said:
Small vibration when pressing the power button is completely normal. It means, that you don't have to hold the button more...
What happened before this occured?
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it was in his brother pocket i don't think he done anything they never do when something goes wrong
just kidding i think there's something wrong from factory and if he don't want to take it back for me the next step will be to try and flash generic firm using wotan server.
Because smaller brother's tend to lie, and since this is a waterproof phone, before sending it to get fixed, make sure that the humidity stickers on the inside of the phone and on the battery are still white and not pink/red.
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Because smaller brother's tend to lie, and since this is a waterproof phone, before sending it to get fixed, make sure that the humidity stickers on the inside of the phone and on the battery are still white and not pink/red.
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And if in service they notice, that phone was opened before?
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What? You dont have to unscrew anything to see them. The one on the phone is just on top of the SD card, and the battery one is visible with the battery inserted, from the gap that the Sim card hole has.
Be cool guys,I've "interrogated" him,and I don't think he done anything.
Stickers are fine,and the phone is just 3 months old.Well,it's going to service on Monday.It's just so strange to die like that.
By the way,yesterday in the evening it started to blink red.I've put it on charger and the led soon became yellow,but hte phone still won't turn on.I've replaced the battery with a fresh 100% one from my X8,and still no effect.The battery from the Active is also fine,my X8 works with it,and it's about 70%.
What happens after the vibration during the power button?
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So last week my phone started acting a bit strange. The side power button began not functioning properly. Basically - when I press the button to turn the screen off it is unresponsive 90% of the time, or it will load the "Shut-Down Menu" on even the slightest touch. Furthermore, my phone will constantly just shut off. Sometimes this happens when I am using the phone or other times when I'm just trying to turn the screen off the whole phone will just shut down.
There seems to be no constant circumstance that makes the phone shut off, it happens all the time!
I have had it ROMed for the last several months and the ROM I was using at the time it started had absolutely no issues at all. I upgraded to a JB ROM a few days ago and the SAME problem is still there.
Even further, when I am in the CWM Recovery the Power Button (which is used for Enter) is a bit funky (works about half the time) and it will STILL force shut down in CWM.
Also, this happens when phone is plugged in so I don't think it's a battery thing?
Does this seem like a software or hardware problem.... thanks for the thoughts.
dsebbs said:
So last week my phone started acting a bit strange. The side power button began not functioning properly. Basically - when I press the button to turn the screen off it is unresponsive 90% of the time, or it will load the "Shut-Down Menu" on even the slightest touch. Furthermore, my phone will constantly just shut off. Sometimes this happens when I am using the phone or other times when I'm just trying to turn the screen off the whole phone will just shut down.
There seems to be no constant circumstance that makes the phone shut off, it happens all the time!
I have had it ROMed for the last several months and the ROM I was using at the time it started had absolutely no issues at all. I upgraded to a JB ROM a few days ago and the SAME problem is still there.
Even further, when I am in the CWM Recovery the Power Button (which is used for Enter) is a bit funky (works about half the time) and it will STILL force shut down in CWM.
Also, this happens when phone is plugged in so I don't think it's a battery thing?
Does this seem like a software or hardware problem.... thanks for the thoughts.
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It appears it is a hardware problem with solely the power button. When you press and hold the power button, it will reboot the system without warning, so it could be constantly "depressing" the power button.
Volcomstone000095 said:
It appears it is a hardware problem with solely the power button. When you press and hold the power button, it will reboot the system without warning, so it could be constantly "depressing" the power button.
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Yeah that would make sense... ughhh...
Well, I guess it's a good excuse to get the S3.
dsebbs said:
Yeah that would make sense... ughhh...
Well, I guess it's a good excuse to get the S3.
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Haha quite possibly! I'd try calling AT&T and maybe see if you can get a refurb if it's under warranty.
Same thing started happening to mine. The power buttons ****ed. Yesterday, it stopped working almost completely. I'm sending it in for warranty tomorrow. It was a ***** trying to reset the phone in recovery after flashing stock, I had to press the power button repeatedly to get the click the register and it powered down a few times.
If you can't get it fixed under warranty. Do a search for power switch problems on captivate. The switch on that phone has the same problems. I have cleaned my captivate power switch a few times using contact cleaner and it works good. Sorry I'd post a link but I'm using the phone app now.
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Hey everyone, all of a sudden, the power/sleep button on my gear fit seems to not work at all....
has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions?
gonna try and run the battery down and then attach it to the charger, but afraid that it will no longer turn back on if I do that
its been about a months since I bought it so I won't be able to return it unless I buy a new one and do a dishonest switcharoo
Everything about the watch appears to be working properly except for the fact that the power sleep
no damage or anything
any suggestions?
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Hey everyone, all of a sudden, the power/sleep button on my gear fit seems to not work at all....
has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions?
gonna try and run the battery down and then attach it to the charger, but afraid that it will no longer turn back on if I do that
its been about a months since I bought it so I won't be able to return it unless I buy a new one and do a dishonest switcharoo
Everything about the watch appears to be working properly except for the fact that the power sleep
no damage or anything
any suggestions?
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That happened to me a month or so ago. Just hold down the power button for twenty seconds or more. Eventually it will totally power off. All worked when I powered it back up. Hope it works for you.
From my Galaxy Note 2
TheFletch said:
That happened to me a month or so ago. Just hold down the power button for twenty seconds or more. Eventually it will totally power off. All worked when I powered it back up. Hope it works for you.
From my Galaxy Note 2
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Hey that worked!
you're a life saver lol
i'm sure I would have tried that eventually but thanks again for your quick help!
Glad it worked for you too. It took me forever to try holding the button down for so long. Live and learn.
L.
Same thing happened mine. I had to send it to repair and they replaced it
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just happened to me
only responded by Bluetooth operation and touch screen, but not work by button, try several times but failed even I reset the gear fit, also I can't charge it. failed only 1 month from I bought it, finally I hold down the button for long time and it show rebooting! after rebooting everything is back.
and then I found this thread
Thanks for advice. It just happened to me too. I didn't expect to find a fix this fast. And I didn try to turn it off. It worked for me with 10 seconds of holding down the button. It restarted and then everything went back to normal.
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Same thing happened mine. I had to send it to repair and they replaced it
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Would you be able to remember how much it cost to send in and what that was dependent on. The button on mine seems to be permanently pressed in and I'm trying to figure out what to do next. Please and thank you.
If your button seems to be permanently pressed holding it down for 20 25 seconds should help it recover. It also resets your phone.
Reviving an old thread but my button stopped working after a few days in Disney with the family. It had started randomly rebooting while there and then on the last day.. couldn't even hit the power button on the flight home (was fully recessed in) It was 1 day..no joke..1 day after the 1 year warranty expired.
I tried heating it in a hot pack and that would pop the button out but only for a single press then it stuck in. iFixit showed a hole in step 4 (you'll have to google for the article since there is no linking allowed) well.. given the warranty was up and its pretty useless without a power button... i poked the hole with a pin and while i'm sure I broke the vacuum seal and waterproof-ness at least it working. Since its a tiny tiny hole and with that plastic cover back on it i'm betting it'll last at least a while longer.. i'll just be a bit more careful about water exposure.
Good luck to anyone else with this problem
Brand new s3.
power button doesn't seem to work. Anyone else?
not a known issue, take it back.
You realise you need to hold the POWER button down for a length of time?
Same problem. I haven't installed any apps or anything not either previously installed on another phone or tablet. Button isn't stuck, just totally unresponsive. Guess a trip to best buy is in my future
Add me to the list. My power button stopped working a few days ago.
I thought mine had died until I realised the batter had gone flat but I'm quite sure that's not the issue here.
Yea happened to me too. Maybe some water spilled. If not you have been abusing the power button. Better get a sleep wake cover like a finite and don't let the battery die. Power button issues went away after a few hours. Trick is to keep insisting the tab that power button still works don't give up.
Also press it in centre don't go wayward while pressing.
If you got issue with power button and got warranty get it changed for a replacement device... DO NOT GO FOR REPAIR SAME DEVICE.
Also if you connect charger and remove and connect trick is to learn how it works tab s3 should turn on without power button required. Just make sure you got that fingerprint unlock also keep screen timeout less if u don't have auto sleepwake cover