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Smashed on/off button solution?

Hi guys, I am not sure if it's the place I should post this, if not mods plz move my thread to the appropriated message board.
Recently my phone fell off my desk head on. Right on the top of the phone. Now the button on/off is not functioning. I can still use the phone but as soon as it close the screen I can't light it up again. In the options I manage the let the screen open at all time but...
Bell is asking for a couple hundred bucks for repair or couple hundred to cancel my contract.
I was wondering if it was possible to some how make the camera button the on/off fonction.
I haven't open the phone yet (screws) to check the damage internally, I may be able to fix it but I doubt it.
I'll post pictures later tomorrow.
Do you guys have any ideas?

yes, check out AE button plus, you can't set it to power on the phone however you can set it to power the screen on and off. However to turn the screen on with a button other then the power button you must change the settings in key lock under settings/system/key lock you must set it do not lock buttons, otherwise no button will function, the only thing is that your call end buttons work as well.
get AE button plus
set whatever button to power on/off the backlight
disable key lock on screen power off
good luck

wow jeez thx.
I had a very hard time to find it for free so here's the cab

Maldrien said:
Hi guys, I am not sure if it's the place I should post this, if not mods plz move my thread to the appropriated message board.
Recently my phone fell off my desk head on. Right on the top of the phone. Now the button on/off is not functioning. I can still use the phone but as soon as it close the screen I can't light it up again. In the options I manage the let the screen open at all time but...
Bell is asking for a couple hundred bucks for repair or couple hundred to cancel my contract.
I was wondering if it was possible to some how make the camera button the on/off fonction.
I haven't open the phone yet (screws) to check the damage internally, I may be able to fix it but I doubt it.
I'll post pictures later tomorrow.
Do you guys have any ideas?
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Same thing happened to me. This is what I did and I fixed it.
1. Take the battery cover off
2. Look at where the power button is, if you look closely you will the the button "hinges on the right side"
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How to unlock without using touchscreen??

My touchscreen suddenly stopped working, and I have a lock code on my phone. Is there any way to unlock it with only the keyboard??
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HDR said:
My touchscreen suddenly stopped working, and I have a lock code on my phone. Is there any way to unlock it with only the keyboard??
This is the lock screen I have:
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Try Pulling Your Stylus Out Or Slide The Keyboard Open 1 Of These Should Work!!!

HDR said:
My touchscreen suddenly stopped working, and I have a lock code on my phone. Is there any way to unlock it with only the keyboard??
This is the lock screen I have:
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What happens when you slide out your keyboard? It should unlock the phone.

I have a password, sliding out the keyboard only rotates that screen to horizontal, I still have to slide it. I lost my stylus a long time ago, is there any way to trick the sensor?

HDR said:
I have a password, sliding out the keyboard only rotates that screen to horizontal, I still have to slide it. I lost my stylus a long time ago, is there any way to trick the sensor?
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I don't use a password on mine; sliding out the keyboard brings it out of lock.
Try putting in the password via the keyboard after you slide it open.
BTW replacement stylus are really cheap on ebay or amazon.

Try using MyMobiler - you can then connect to your PC and operate your mob from a PC window.

just throwing this out there
I just had this happen to one of the phones at my office. I could not get past this lock screen (btw this phone is crap). Unfortunately for me and the guy we had to completely wipe the phone to make it work.
Remove the battery hold down the "send" and the "end" buttons and when you are sure that they are sufficiently held down press and hold the power button and get ready with the volume up button just in case the phone decides it doesn't want you to reset it (I did this about 8 times before I could get it to wipe). Once this is done go through the initial setup and enjoydelay banging your head against the desk for a few weeks.
The only downside to this is that everything is gone, the upside . . . you can now use your phone.
that's all I got
Oh yea put the battery back in after you remove it otherwise no dice.

there is also a really good desktop program called mDesktop that interfaces beautifully with the phone and lets you see and interact with the screen using your mouse.. It is also a very lightweight program only exe, no install necessary.

camera button to unlock (IN touch keys devices)

Hey guys
In most devices (eg htc trophy)
There is no physical button below the device to unlock, (When the device is in sleep mode) like the iPhone "home button" just touch keys
It's very annoying to reach up to sleep button to unlock.
What do you think?
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I don't really see the hassle...
I have an Omnia 7 and i never wake the phone up using the windows key. I always hit the power key :S

Er....I'm confused, what's the problem?

I've an Omnia 7 and I always use the Window button to wake my phone (for example : just to use one finger when the phone is on the table !)

Freypal said:
I don't really see the hassle...
I have an Omnia 7 and i never wake the phone up using the windows key. I always hit the power key :S
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To Omnia 7 has a physical button like the iPhone "home button"
htc trophy does not have any

How is it so difficult just to press the power button?

andrewkeith5 said:
How is it so difficult just to press the power button?
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It's difficult and annoying
For example : takes out of pocket and want to check the time and return IT.
the device upside down, and sleep button in the pocket
Try doing it with one hand when you're on a bike...

IL200 said:
Try doing it with one hand when you're on a bike...
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I have a Trophy and do it all the time, no hassle... on the bike and even while driving (don't quote me on this).

I have an HD7 which is bigger and it doesn't bother me..
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IL200 said:
To Omnia 7 has a physical button like the iPhone "home button"
htc trophy does not have any
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Which is exactly my point... My phone has one and I never use it. I had no problem on my old HTC Touch HD either.

[Q] Power off button doesn't work

Hi guys!
I update my z1 compact to kitkat, and after that I can't turn off my phone with power off button, is it a bug of kitkat?sry for bad eng

Kingm4N said:
Hi guys!
I update my z1 compact to kitkat, and after that I can't turn off my phone with power off button, is it a bug of kitkat?sry for bad eng
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Try holding power and volume up button together until you feel 3 vibrations. Failing that, hard reset by pushing the little red button by the side of the SIM card slot under the flap.

Z1 compact refuses software shut down
I never ever managed to turn my Z1 Compact off the by using the default method (hold power button until shutdown menu appears) However I do get a visual on this operation but after poking turn off nothing happens. I also upgraded to official Kitbag but that did not resolve this issue. The only (known) method to shut down is powerbutton on the side combined with volume up/down. I feel that this isn't a clean modus operandi and call for assistance here among others.

Just to let you all know in case of nothing works, there is a physical Hard Reset button to use.
Sony Manual
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Kingm4N said:
Hi guys!
I update my z1 compact to kitkat, and after that I can't turn off my phone with power off button, is it a bug of kitkat?sry for bad eng
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This was a bug that mine suffered from after upgrading to kitkat despite a full wipe. The thing that fixed it for me was to do a Repair using the Sony PC Companion. I wrote about my experience here.
Of course, the long press power button menu is SUPPOSED to work. Any of the above workarounds are just that, I wasn't happy until I fixed it (as well as all the other problems I was having).

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Pull Down Menu problem

I've owned S5 to S7 Samsung phones and a long time, old ass Android user here, but I can't seem to configure the pull down menu to swap in preferred shortcuts. For some reason, my phone defaults to crap like FTP Server and LiveCaption. So, I swiped down twice, hit the three button menu key and hit Button Order. I then drag the four buttons I'd prefer to the top and hit Done.
Nothing. As soon as I go back to the home screen, I'm still getting the same useless shortcuts that my phone has randomly defaulted to. I've gone in to button order (and when it takes me to the option to pick which shortcuts I want, it's showing all of the ones that I had selected on my previous attempt) and hit reset and selected them again by dragging them to the top. When I hit Done, it exits back, but no change.
I've soft reset the phone, I've booted into safe mode - both times I tried to change the button order - both times no change. The phone is completely up to date. Samsung Tech Support isn't giving me any answers. Do I have to try a factory wipe or is there some other step I've missed along the way?

Damocles66 said:
I've owned S5 to S7 Samsung phones and a long time, old ass Android user here, but I can't seem to configure the pull down menu to swap in preferred shortcuts. For some reason, my phone defaults to crap like FTP Server and LiveCaption. So, I swiped down twice, hit the three button menu key and hit Button Order. I then drag the four buttons I'd prefer to the top and hit Done.
Nothing. As soon as I go back to the home screen, I'm still getting the same useless shortcuts that my phone has randomly defaulted to. I've gone in to button order (and when it takes me to the option to pick which shortcuts I want, it's showing all of the ones that I had selected on my previous attempt) and hit reset and selected them again by dragging them to the top. When I hit Done, it exits back, but no change.
I've soft reset the phone, I've booted into safe mode - both times I tried to change the button order - both times no change. The phone is completely up to date. Samsung Tech Support isn't giving me any answers. Do I have to try a factory wipe or is there some other step I've missed along the way?
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It works fine on mine.
Here is my screen shots. I moved my flight mode to the blue tooth location and click on done.
It is swapped.
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