Hi,
My MDA3's power button (on/off) stopped working!! Pressing the button does NOTHING!!! I had locked all keys except the power button, since the power button stopped working, the ONLY way i could turn device on was resetting it!!!!
I have tried upgrading ROM etc, but the power button still wont work!
Can anyone please help me with this?
How did you enter bootloader to flash the rom, is the power button not needed on the mda3 to enter bootloader.?
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interestingly enough i was able to reset the device by just using the reset pinhole, even the hard reset they say by using recorder+power+reset i was able to do with out the power.
It sounds like you have a hardware problem rather than software, I'd send it back & get it swapped before the warranty runs out if I were you.
We've had four units fail with dodgy buttons, you might even find that it's one the other buttons that is stuck in the pressed position thereby preventing use of the power button (try the sound recorder/camera buttons).
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I was able to fix this problem by opening the phone, cleaning it with compressed air and putting it back together. I suspect this fixed the stuck button somehow.
I had simmilar problem. There must have been garbage in the button, as I noticed that it did not have the same 'click' feel to it when it stopped working. Luckily my phone was still under warranty, and I swapped it out (ugh)
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Hey all, need some help here.
short story - can't power up my device, since power botton stopped working.
anyonw knows a way to turn on the device otherwise?
(tried reset by reset button, plug to pc, to charger..)
longer story- yesterday i realized i can hear only on speaker phone, so i thought it is a bug and tried to reset the device (soft) and realized the power button isn't working as well, which increased my suspicion of a bug, and smart enough i just unplugged the battery and since then can't turn it back on..
thanks
I have same problem several times, and I have no idea why these happen, any ideas?
When its happen, I try call from another phone to my, and nothing happen phone not ring, but I heard normal sound from calling phone.
I would see if I could get the phone to hard reset. I know you need to push the power button but it may work for this purpose just not tell the software to turn back on.
Hard Reset:
With phone off push and hold the send and end buttons while pushing the power button. Follow screen instructions.
If you cant then you will have to return it I am guessing.
Nothing
nope, i tried also to hard reset but nothing works, as time goes i get the feeling that the phone is ok but the power button is the one breaked.
i guess i have to take it to a lab sometime this week.
thanks anyways
After devunlocking last night, now my phone is messed up
The problem is the back,windows and search button no longer work, the portion of the screen that they take up is now like an extension of thescreen it just selects stuff as if it were at the bottom of the screen. Any help to reset all the files in root to factory, I tried to hard reset and soft reset.
Maybe I screwed up the registry or some files. Thanks for any help
try factory reset. hold camera + volume down + power. when phone vibrate release power button while holding the other 2 buttons. should prompt you to reset your phone. hope that works
Thx
I tried that but it enters USB Host mode, I also tried holding down up and down volume and power button to reset which resets it but doesn'tfixmy problem. it's acting like the part of the screen where the windows, search and back button are are now part of the regular screen and those 3 buttons no longer do anything.
This sounds rather like a hardware error. Your calibration of the touchscreen is messed up. I suggest you send it in. You still should have warranty?!
Btw. I don't think this has a connection to unlocking the phone!
If the phone hasn't been tampered with physically, it should be enough to just sync it without re-unlocking it, and it should be locked again.
Thx
I got a new one on the way. I didn't delete any files or regedit a bunch of stuff just a standard dev unlock and it started acting squirrly.
Hi guys,
I've been on xda for a long time and done all things on my trusty old desire, but recently, during a rainy day, i tried to listen to a call, and maybe some water got in..... I went turned off, went home, dried the phone for a couple of hours,
Now when i turned it on, there is a message overlay on bottom left of screen, :SAFE MODE:
SAFE mode disables your DATA partition and no other obvious side effects (but its a big problem itself)
I've googled i around and some say its hardware fault, some say they fixed it with some keypress combos.... i tried em all, no luck yet..... keys do work in rom, except the Vol down, trackpad, and power key(it reboots instead locking).
I tried several gb, ics roms, downgraded hboot, then upgraded, many wipes, many reboots...no luck as of now..... Any helpful suggessions are welcome. I love my desire very much and plan to use it (if repaired) for a year atleast....
If there is a workaround, tell me ill try it for sure. My phone out of warranty so i am also willing to open it up myself and in that respect, any guide or tutorial is also welcome. Please guys just anything, even for the sake of it. (i know i sound desperate, coz i really am. Being a student, u cant replace smartphones very easily)
Regards
A broken Desire owner:crying::crying::crying:
It seems your Vol down and trackpad are stuck, so they keep being pressed. Might be a contact problem, but might also be on the mainboard.
ok guys
Lets see,
I opened up my desire using a disassembly video, (pretty hard job finding right screw drivers).....
Now vol down, vol up working..... power key is acting normal (not rebooting the phone on key press),
Search, menu, home, back, all are working perfect......
Optical J-pad NOT working, not pressing, not moving,
And phone still in safe mode....
Now any tips !!!!
Regards
Yasir
Usually you'd go to safe mode when pressing the menu button while booting, but it may be the same with the trackpad (can't test that atm). You say menu button works fine? Try pressing Vol- and Power and see if it reboots, then your trackpad is still stuck (and you can probably fix it like you fixed the volume buttons).
thanks for reply
hi,
OK guys i have some update....
Desire can be put in safe mode by using MENU + POWER key combo, thats the normal process. BUT, if there is water stuck in ANY of the keys, may it be vol up/down, menu, home, optical joypad etc, the DESIRE will detect a Fault in hardware, and go in SAFE MODE ALWAYS, no matter whether u press a combo or not....
IN MY CASE, the optical joypad had the shortcircuit...... i opened my phone myself using a disassembly video, and cud clearly see the burn out wire in optical joypad. So i removed the optical joypad button cable from its connector.
For the rest of the keys, i JUST performed cleaning with cotton cloth, and packed the phone up.
Voila !!!! The phone booted up JUST FINE......
so for all you guys out there, if you encounter this, you know what to do.....
I'll attach the picture of removed OJ later.
Regards
Yasir
So I have a galaxy s iii, att version, where I accidentally put it into safe mode, but in a dramatic turn of events, I seemed to have broken the volume down key... Idk if the volume down is broken, or stuck down, but now, every time I turn on the phone it boots into safety mode regardless of what I do. So far, I have tried:
Resetting the phone.
Holding Volume-up as I reset the phone.
Holding every capacitive key on the device except for the power button as I reset the phone.
I have also hit the Volume-down button like 30 times before resetting it.
I took out the battery to reset the phone.
I reset the phone with the battery out and plugged into a charger.
PLEASE help me find a solution. Im begging. Begging.
Typically, safe mode is achieved by holding one of the capacitive buttons add the phone boots up. Try rebooting without touching any buttons. And if the volume rocker is broken, look into a warranty exchange
Hello,
My HTC One M8 power button suddenly went unresponsive yesterday - Nothing happens when i click it to turn on/off the screen or even get the power menu up. Sometimes it seems to be stuck (Pressing the home button triggers the screenshot function (Power + home ))
The button itself does not seem stuck or anything and i get normal response when clicking it hardware wise.
I already tried restarting which didnt solve the problem.
I'm running stock rom, unrooted version 2.22.401.5
Any idea what might wrong?
psycop said:
Hello,
My HTC One M8 power button suddenly went unresponsive yesterday - Nothing happens when i click it to turn on/off the screen or even get the power menu up. Sometimes it seems to be stuck (Pressing the home button triggers the screenshot function (Power + home ))
The button itself does not seem stuck or anything and i get normal response when clicking it hardware wise.
I already tried restarting which didnt solve the problem.
I'm running stock rom, unrooted version 2.22.401.5
Any idea what might wrong?
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My PC currently suffers from the same button stuck issue. All I do is power it off and keep pressing the power button something like 20 times gently and continuously. Give it a shot. Make sure the button is clean in the cut outs and do the same trick to your button. Make sure you [DONT] power off the device, as there's a chance of never booting up; just some friendly advice. :good:
Sorry to bump this, but might be helpful if anyone else gets the same problem.
I sent my HTC One M8 to repair where they replaced the power button - Everything seems fine now.