I was snowboarding this weekend, and when I took a break I realized my power button broke (it wouldn't lock the screen). When I took the phone out of my pocket, it was all wet, but still worked perfectly fine.
However, it wasn't completely broken. If I pulled the battery, the phone would automatically turn on.
Any ideas?
Phone: Desire Z
ROM: RCMix3d v4 Runny
edit: phone automatically turns on if i put the battery in. acts as if the power button is permanently pressed down?
Factory reset, if that doesnt work then try reflashing rom, if that dont work i would say your power switch is broken. Good luck!
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Will a factory reset affect my phone being unlocked or rooted?
No it wont, it delets all installed apps and you have to resync your google account... Maybe its a better idea to reflash the rom using superwipe inbetween but if its a hardware problem it wont help at all
have a look (thats what some other xda user did to clean his phone):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341622
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okay, a friend of mine had dz out in the woods while he was hunting and it was raining and got wet. Power button was not working, according to him. He was going to get it repaired, but before that, i had to copy his contacts to old nokia communicator, well, i noticed the power button was actually working on his DZ.
I would say the button got wet, water is short circuiting it so its like its fully pressed all the time, so try dry it/wait, and it could work soon.
Whippler said:
okay, a friend of mine had dz out in the woods while he was hunting and it was raining and got wet. Power button was not working, according to him. He was going to get it repaired, but before that, i had to copy his contacts to old nokia communicator, well, i noticed the power button was actually working on his DZ.
I would say the button got wet, water is short circuiting it so its like its fully pressed all the time, so try dry it/wait, and it could work soon.
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thanks, this is kind of what i think is happening
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So, I was having some FC issues using the 806 oc kernel on MyFroyo6. I switched to the 768 kernel and was fine. I tried another 806 kernel and had to go back, once again to 768. No big.
WELL, from out of nowhere, I was getting some unresponsive buttons (Home, back, etc...) they'd work eventually but were sluggish. I rebooted the phone and now it goes straight to the hboot screen. That'd be fine except my buttons do not work.
I just want to nandroid back to an earlier state but without the volume or power buttons working, that's impossible. The power button must work in some capacity otherwise it wouldn't turn on at all.
Any ideas?
I forgot to mention that it's going straight to fastboot without any help from me.
Does the trackball work? Is device visible in adb?
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Does the trackball work? Is device visible in adb?
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No and no.
It just sits in the fastboot menu. The volume buttons barely worked for a second and I managed to wipe but it's back to square one again. Stuck on the fastboot screen with no way to select the options.
I used roomie's phone to put ESPRNG.zip on the sdcard just to see if everything else is working and it is. From what I can tell, the phone is working but it's almost as though all the buttons are constantly going because it automatically went through the options I would have had to press "up" for. However, I can't control anything it's doing...
Water damage, mime did the same thing when I dropped it in the pool, give it time in a ziploc bag of white rice for about 2 Days that should do the trick
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Thanks! I think that might have been it. It's a moot point now seeing as how T-Mobile replaced the phone on the spot when I went in. I wasn't expecting that! I was going to ask them if they could shed some light on the problem and they just whipped out a new phone. Oh, well.
Hi all
My lock screen is going crazy. Every time I lock the phone, and the screen goes off, it immediately comes back on again - just like I've pressed the power button. It's very odd. The phone actually reboots if I press the power button a couple of times.
Any suggestions? I've even reinstalled the rom bit it's still happening.
I've checked the timeout and it's set to 30 seconds. Also there are no apps running and no animated wallpaper. There is no issue with the power button - the phone works fine apart from this.
I'm running CM7 on my HTC Desire. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jonny
Do a backup then wipe. Still happens?
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Do a backup then wipe. Still happens?
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Yes still happens. ALso installed a new rom from scratch. Still happens!
Very bizarre. Incidentally my down-volume button on the rocker no longer works. And reboots are more frequent, mostly when the phone has been locked for a few seconds and I press the power button...
I've screwed about with it a lot over the year so I think I'd like to unroot and install stock HTC rom again. I'd like to give it to my Dad when I get my galaxy nexus anyway.
Are there any instructions/steps available detailing how to unroot and put back to the factory rom?
Thanks again for all your help.
Jonny
I dont think that will fix it. Sounds like a hardware issue on the motherboard. Perhaps water damage...
But yes, search for RUU to return to stock. You can use the GB 2.3.3 one from HTCDev.com
Having read your first post I thought it was the accelometer that might be faulty, but now I'm not sure. As the previous user said it may be water damage.
To remove root, just install the latest official RUU. Normally found in the Android Dev Forums
Hi!
I have a problem with my Desire. Any help appreciated.
Got root and CM installed. Somehow moisture (sweat) came in the phone while sports. Then it rebooted and the vol down key was stuck (not mechanical stuck, i think shortcirut or something). That held on for one hour or two.
Then everything went fine for half a day. Then it suddenly rebooted but only to bootloader (Revolutionary), no keys working. After some time i managed to enter Clockwork and recovered the stock Rom. That helped for a day. Then it again rebooted to Bootloader. Same thing as above. Again problems wit vol down key stuck. Ysterday it crashed again after 12 hours of flawless working.
Now nothing goes anymore. Only can enter the bootloader, but no buttons working at all.
My assumption is, that there is a problem with my vol down button. Because of that the device always starts the bootloader (power+voldown = bootloader). Do you think it would help to open the device and simply cut the buttons off? I would sacrifice my Vol buttons for a working device?
aahammer said:
Hi!
I have a problem with my Desire. Any help appreciated.
Got root and CM installed. Somehow moisture (sweat) came in the phone while sports. Then it rebooted and the vol down key was stuck (not mechanical stuck, i think shortcirut or something). That held on for one hour or two.
Then everything went fine for half a day. Then it suddenly rebooted but only to bootloader (Revolutionary), no keys working. After some time i managed to enter Clockwork and recovered the stock Rom. That helped for a day. Then it again rebooted to Bootloader. Same thing as above. Again problems wit vol down key stuck. Ysterday it crashed again after 12 hours of flawless working.
Now nothing goes anymore. Only can enter the bootloader, but no buttons working at all.
My assumption is, that there is a problem with my vol down button. Because of that the device always starts the bootloader (power+voldown = bootloader). Do you think it would help to open the device and simply cut the buttons off? I would sacrifice my Vol buttons for a working device?
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Actually you may have no need to cut them off but to unstuck the interior button(the button that we push the exterior button on)
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Thanks, but as said:
It's no mechanical problem. The button itself works fine and isn't stuck. Seems to be a defective contact...
Okay this post isn't helpful, but LOL - I read your username as "asshammer"
Also, when your phone gets water damage, it locks you in the bootloader without any way of getting out. So you may have an expensive paperweight on your hands. Try taking it apart and sticking it in some rice.
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So today my phone started to power it's self off. When I power on it shows the kernel screen for a few secs then powers off. I can boot into Recovery (CWM) and when I select reboot it does the same. If if I boot in to Download Mode, it only stays on a few secs.
Is it the power button? Any ideas?
I'm running the BMS Kernel and C-Rom 6.6. I have had this same rom and kernel for weeks with no issues.
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So today my phone started to power it's self off. When I power on it shows the kernel screen for a few secs then powers off. I can boot into Recovery (CWM) and when I select reboot it does the same. If if I boot in to Download Mode, it only stays on a few secs.
Is it the power button? Any ideas?
I'm running the BMS Kernel and C-Rom 6.6. I have had this same rom and kernel for weeks with no issues.
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Sounds like your battery is dying. Might wanna look into getting a new one.
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Sounds like your battery is dying. Might wanna look into getting a new one.
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Interesting, I have not had any issue with the battery. I'll look into it. Any way to test without using another battery?
Anything else it could be?
Using CWM built in key test it seems it is the power button, when I touch the power key it reads as if it is being touched multiple times or heklod down. Any Fix without replacing the button?
Not that I know of I have only seen replacing it fixes it
Ive seen several people report that opening it up and jiggling the button can help, but when it does it is only temporary.
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Using CWM built in key test it seems it is the power button, when I touch the power key it reads as if it is being touched multiple times or heklod down. Any Fix without replacing the button?
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It's fairly easy to replace. You can buy a button off ebay for fairly cheap and look on YouTube to replace it.
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I agree it sounds like a stuck power button. My experience with this problem first showed in a captivate of my moms. It was very bizarre tho. On stock ROM it would constantly do the vibrate, cycle, vibrate etc. On a custom ROM however, it has had zero problems with the power button. Maybe try that? Not a sure fire fix, just telling what happened with the Cappy. ☺
If this is power button problem you can try (what i did and worked, but it is your choice and you can damage your phone) drop little of oil in power button and press couple time with out battery in phone.
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If this is power button problem you can try (what i did and worked, but it is your choice and you can damage your phone) drop little of oil in power button and press couple time with out battery in phone.
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That's actually fairly dangerous for your device. I would suggest an air duster if you think it's dirty.
I'm actually having the same problem. It just started his morning.
The phone won't boot normally. I get the kernel boot screen, sometimes a Samsung screen, and then it turns off. 2-3 seconds max.
I can get it into download mode, but after 3-4 seconds, it spontaneously shuts off.
Recovery mode (CWM) is completely stable. I can get in, make back ups, perform a key test, etc. When I run a key test, it shows that the power button is a little sensitive, but not crazy. If I jiggle it some (mostly back a little) it registers a key press, even if I'm not fully pressing it. If I do press it fully, sometimes it doesn't register.
If this is really a button issue, why is recovery stable? Even if I put the phone on a flat surface with nothing that could touch the button, the phone still doesn't stay in download mode (it just shuts off.) When I put the phone in recovery, place it on a flat surface, and perform the key test, the phone isn't registering a key touch.
I've tried 3 different batteries, kept the phone plugged in, popped the battery and held the power button to discharge everything, wiped the cache, wiped dalvik cache, and used CWM touch to reboot (and avoid the power button all together.)
The only think I can think of that's maybe different is that gapps was FC'ing more than normal this morning (before the phone crapped out.)
I'm running StockMOD ROM 4.4.2 R2 with the Ktoonsez Kernel for TouchWiz 4.4.2.
EDIT: Also, when it's plugged in, the LED doesn't light up. I'm not sure that it's actually charging. I do have a wall charger, so I can verify that the batteries I'm using are charged.
Try flashing a different rom from recovery to see if it still happens. Also try a factory reset. If you get as close to stock as possible and it still happens it raises the probability thst its hardware.
If you put the battery in and wait a few moments does it turn on by itself?
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@DocHoliday77 I messed with the phone a little later tonight and recovery became unstable. I'm convinced it's a power button problem now. I think the internal mechanism gets stuck and that's the issue.
When I put the battery in, the phone does try to boot by itself.
I used the advice in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53915864 and I was able to get up and running again. I opened the phone up, blew some compressed air on the button, tapped the flat side of the button lightly a few times with the end of my screwdriver, and put everything back together. I was able to get back into recovery, and then reboot normally.
I ordered a new power button and I plan on replacing it next week when it gets here, just to be on the safe side.
You guys at xda are life savers!
The booting up on its own after inserting the battery is a classic symptom of the power button going bad. Glad to hear you got it working for now, and that you are ordering a replacement. Everyone ive heard about getting it to work using any number of methods have always found it to only be a temporary solution.
Just a thought, in case it starts up again, maybe remove the plastic piece until you replace the switch. Hopefully that would help prevent it from getting accidentally pressed in your pocket or by bumping it into something. (You could probably still access it with a toothpick or something like that if needed)
I agree it's the power button. I just posted about my little experience on Google+
I tried seriously whacking it on the floor and everything. I wouldn't recommend that but I had no warranty and no funds for repair. Others had said that beating the crap out of it worked so I thought why not lol...
https://plus.google.com/116004961340303353216/posts/ig2ogLeUWJ8
Long story short, my beating it up didn't work but it did wake it up. It falling on the floor however, jarred whatever was stuck and it now works like a charm...good luck
Hello,
I was looking through the XDA, but haven't found anything similar, so I hope somebody could have an idea what could it be.
First of all, phone is HTC One X-32GB International version.
Few days ago, I noticed that after some idle time, my HOX touch screen becomes unresponsive.At first, I didn't pay too much attention, because everything was fine after restar by power button, but problem continued to repeat.I thought it could be because of the heavy use, so I started to disable app by app but nothing changed.I restarted it several times after that and noticed that if I try side buttons, they show volume is going up and down when I press them.Also a big screen clock is normally working, so my next guess was that maybe a factory reset would solve the problem,but it didn't.
So what i shappenintg?
When I surf the net,or dialling numbers,or whatever else, everything works fine to the moment I stop touching it and leave it idle for a while.After few minutes, screen is unresponsive, doesn't matter if I put screenlock on or of.I can't even answer the call when it rings.Everything looks just as it should look,but is unresponsive.Except side buttons.Then again I have to restart it with long press power button.If I don't touch the screen after phone restarts, after minute or two it goes to unresponsive state again.
I hope somebody has idea what could or what should I do.
Thanks in advance
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Sometimes helps if I press power button...
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Now it's not helping any more if I press power button, seems that power button is not reacting at all sometimes, only if I hold him long enough to restart it.
In fact, now even restart is not helping.
I'm sorry, what ROM do you have? And do you have sweep2wake function on? 'cause I also have had problems with touch, when s2w was on, but I am not sure, what was the ROM that time...
VaskivskyiYe said:
I'm sorry, what ROM do you have? And do you have sweep2wake function on? 'cause I also have had problems with touch, when s2w was on, but I am not sure, what was the ROM that time...
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It's a stock ROM-And sweep2wake is not on.
Have no idea what else to try.I tried to unlock bootloader,put CWM in because you can control it with buttons, made a backup of everything to USB, format everything, put everything back, but problem is still here.Now I also noticed that it has a delay when push power button for example when I press it screen goes off immidiately,but when I press it again, sometimes it takes 20 seconds just to turn screen on again.And of course, it still not reacting.
Now my last hope is that a ROM became corrupted somehow,so I will try to delete everything, and put some other ROM in.
Since, I am a noob, there will be a lot reading for me .
Everything wiped, unboxed ROM on, and a problem still persists.
Newest discovery:if I twist upper right corner a little bit, everything works fine.
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Open up your phone and check the connector for the digitizer is properly connected, even remove it and blow into the connector to make sure there's no dust causing problems.
You can test the screen response before putting the back cover on again, its pretty easy and there are videos on YouTube showing how to remove the back, good luck.
intel007 said:
Open up your phone and check the connector for the digitizer is properly connected, even remove it and blow into the connector to make sure there's no dust causing problems.
You can test the screen response before putting the back cover on again, its pretty easy and there are videos on YouTube showing how to remove the back, good luck.
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I found some time to open it yesterday evening, and connectors are as they should be.I also tried to remove them, and blow them out, but no use.
Thank you anyway.
I think I will sell it like this for parts.