Ok so iv had my GN for four days now and its developed a problem with the power button.
Sometimes when i try to turn the screen on via the power button it wont respond, at first. It happend last night for the first time, i tried to unlock it and nothing happend, then after trying about 5_6 times it rebooted. Same thing happend this morning.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Does anyone think this could be software or hardware issue?
The phone is completely stock running 4.0.1 on tmoble uk.
Anyones help or opinion would be appreciated.
Try updating to 4.0.2 before you write it off as hardware problem.
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Thought about that but it would mean rooting , my fear is that it becomes permenant , then my warrenty would be void , i did have it on face unlock when this was happening i have now changed to slide and as yet ive had no problem , i will post here if the problem is fixed for anyone who is interested
I thought the stock build is 4.0.2?
Have you tried pinging for an update in the settings menu?
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Rooting is not permanent. You can remove it by delete the SuperUser apk and binary; that's what root is. Or if you're paranoid, flash a stock image.
Then lock the bootloader. Hooray, your device is stock.
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I thought the stock build is 4.0.2?
Have you tried pinging for an update in the settings menu?
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yeah several times, and its defo 4.0.1
chirea.mircea said:
Rooting is not permanent. You can remove it by delete the SuperUser apk and binary; that's what root is. Or if you're paranoid, flash a stock image.
Then lock the bootloader. Hooray, your device is stock.
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Yeah i do understand that, my fear is while rooted that the problem becomes permanent (at least for me) then while off for repairs they see that its rooted and tell me to get lost!
Iv had a few problems with this phone like locking up while adding widgets to home screen, locking up half way though a phone call, browser hanging all the time and of course the power button all of which resulting in a battery pull.
Id come to expect this kind of behavior over the last year & 1/2 from my hd2 as it wasnt ment to run android in the first place, but this is a google flagship.
Maybe i just got a dud or maybe its the stock 4.0.1 has anyone on custom rom had any of the above problems?
i think the point is that you can unroot it and they cannot tell the difference that it was ever rooted in the first place. and get your warranty fix.
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i think the point is that you can unroot it and they cannot tell the difference that it was ever rooted in the first place. and get your warranty fix.
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Yes, but his point is if the power button becomes unresponsive while he is attempting to root/unroot the phone then he wont be able to complete the process.
I haven't experienced anything like what you're describing on my Galaxy Nexus, even while I was running 4.0.1. Does the power button only become unresponsive when you're turning the phone on/off? Or does this happen while trying to lock/unlock the phone as well? If it only happens while you're using the face-unlock feature then it could be a software bug and flashing could fix it...
I would call either Samsung or your carrier about it before deciding to root/flash it myself. Perhaps your carrier will just switch it out for another one they have in stock.
I have experienced this problem as well with the power button. I have the GSM version and I haven't received the 4.0.2 update but I did receive the ITL41F update. After about three or four presses of the power button it becomes responsive again. I think you might be getting the resets if you press the power button repeatedly without waiting a few seconds I'm between presses to get it responsive again. I also do not think it is hardware related and may be some kind of software bug. I am waiting patiently for the updates.
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Yes, but his point is if the power button becomes unresponsive while he is attempting to root/unroot the phone then he wont be able to complete the process.
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yes thats exatly my point, although i really am leaning toward software as tk123456789 pointed out if i wait a few seconds it will come on though only after i got rid of the face unlock, using face unlock it was a lot worse. Im thinking if it were hadware it would either work or not,
BTW this problem is when i unlock the phone and not when turning it on, i dont think i made that clear.
my power button has stopped working....it only works sometimes but it usually acts like im holding it down....if i pull the battery and put it back in, it boots up by itself and i dont even press anything...idk what to do and im freaking out
I wonder if this is becoming a known problem with Samsung devices. Do me a favor and shake your phone a few times. Try it every now and then until it wakes your phone or the power menu pops up. Means the switch is busted and the contact is floating around. This is what was going on with my Captivate and I haven't found a fix, nor do I want to solder on a new power button.
I left it in rice overnight and now everything is working perfectly! Hopefully it stays that way! It may have gotten wet from my XO skin application! Never ever ever again with a wet apply! NEVER!
Edit: its still doing the same thing again...spoke too soon
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I got my GSM Unlocked Galaxy Nexus from the Play Store two days ago and am experiencing the same issues with the power button. It worked fine for the first 24 hours.
I'm on the phone with Google right now to get a replacement phone which is nice because they're contacting Samsung on my behalf.
(I'm within the 14-day replacement policy for new devices)
Flash manually the official 4.0.4 IMM76I.. And relock your bootloader after that and try.. Thats it
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similar Issue:
I bought a used, rooted Galaxy Nexus. Due to my own (drunken) stupidity not long after my purchase I caused a scratch on the glass covering the display. As I did not want to pay for a out-of-warrenty repair, I left the device as it was.
Some time after, my power button became unresponsive. As it took 3-5 presses to activate the screen I installed the app "PGM Galaxy Nexus" that allows to wake the device with a swipe gesture. Not to long after, the power button stopped responding all together. While researching a permanent solution, my battery died.
In order to be able to use my phone as soon as possible, I brought it to a local (and unfortunately, unauthorized) repair shop. The repair shop tested quicky for any further defects (by plugging the phone into a wall charger - I had done the same at home) and quoted me 50€ for the repair. Some time after, they emailed me that the replacement of the power button did not repair the device. They said however, that the "main power supply IC" is most likely at fault and that a replacement would cost about 120€. As I could not find this chip in the teardown pictures at ifixit, I am not sure if I should invest further trust in the repairshop. In addition and as writen above, charging the device was no problem at all. In fact, I charged the battery that was in my Galaxy Nexus to 100% before bringing it in.
This is where my questions start:
1.: Is a defect of the "main power supply IC" a known defect at all? If there are known defects of the "main power supply IC" are those defects linked to a faulty power button?
2.: Currently, my plan of action is to collect the device and contact Samsung to have it repaired by Samsung itself. Does this mean sending it in? Do they have authorized repair centers like Nokia used to have (NSC) where I could just bring it in?
3.: What might the cost of the repair be? Can it be noticed that the device was opened before? Is root a problem when sending it in for repair?
I would be greatly thankfull for any device and in case I forgot to provide any details, please feel free to ask.
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Galaxy Nexus GSM unlocked, bought in Germany
Android 4.2, running no custom firmware but rooted
Purchased by the first owner on 24th March 2012
Running on E+ (simyo) and o2 networks
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I was using the phone today and the screen suddenly locked up on me. It wouldn't respond to any button presses so I just did a battery pull to reset it. However, the phone won't turn back on now. It doesn't do anything, even when plugged into the charger, the phone doesn't even indicate that it's charging or anything at all. It's like it has been completely bricked.
It was completely stock, never unlocked it or rooted and never installed any custom rom or anything of that nature. I've only had the phone for a couple of months and I'm completely baffled as to what could have happened. It certainly wasn't anything that I did.
Any ideas? Or does anyone have any experience with this type of thing happening to their phone?
So I've left the battery out for over 30 minutes and it still won't turn on. I have an extended battery and the regulary battery that came with the phone and it won't turn on with either battery.
I have also tried the volume down and power button method and that doesn't do anything at all either.
Plugging the phone into the computer with the USB cable also does nothing.
How long have you had the phone. Did you buy it from a store?
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Mine did the exact same thing! It was realy weird, however all i did was keep the power button pressed and it rebooted fine.
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How long have you had the phone. Did you buy it from a store?
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I got the phone when it was released and I ordered it online right from Verizon's website.
I hope that you have the warranty from the carrier!
gulmat said:
Mine did the exact same thing! It was realy weird, however all i did was keep the power button pressed and it rebooted fine.
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I wish it was that simple for me.. I held the power button down for over a minute and still, nothing happened. This is really frustrating.
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evolishesh said:
I hope that you have the warranty from the carrier!
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I'm not sure about that one. I know I don't have insurance thru verizon but isn't there a manufacturer warranty? Like I could get a refurb from verizon instead of a brand new one?
I've never had a smartphone just stop working for no reason at all and I was never really into modding them so I thought I was safe. I guess I was wrong.
Really disappointed in Samsung right now. This is my first nexus device, not sure if I'll get another.. That's totally lame to have a crap product that just stops working for no reason. This is an unmodded phone, completely stock, never been dropped or anything of that sort. The only thing that I did was swap the regular battery out for the extended version.
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I'm not sure about that one. I know I don't have insurance thru verizon but isn't there a manufacturer warranty? Like I could get a refurb from verizon instead of a brand new one?
I've never had a smartphone just stop working for no reason at all and I was never really into modding them so I thought I was safe. I guess I was wrong.
Really disappointed in Samsung right now. This is my first nexus device, not sure if I'll get another.. That's totally lame to have a crap product that just stops working for no reason. This is an unmodded phone, completely stock, never been dropped or anything of that sort. The only thing that I did was swap the regular battery out for the extended version.
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I'd definitely go to Verizon with this. Most definitely manufacturer defect.
Hold down volume up and volume down and the power button. Does it boot into fast boot? Id say if it doesn't do anything then go ahead and call your carrier because its a faulty unit. You can also try plugging it in without a battery and then Inserting the battery. That also saw sends a power up signal to the device. Though I don't know if this trick works on a nexus three. This was an old trick to "jump start" a nexus one that had a faulty power button. But aside from all this, it sounds to me like you've got a faulty unit whether you get it running or not. Probably just need to swap it , sounds like something went pop.
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You should be able to get a refurbished phone.its probably just a manufacturer defect.
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Hold down volume up and volume down and the power button. Does it boot into fast boot? Id say if it doesn't do anything then go ahead and call your carrier because its a faulty unit. You can also try plugging it in without a battery and then Inserting the battery. That also saw sends a power up signal to the device. Though I don't know if this trick works on a nexus three. This was an old trick to "jump start" a nexus one that had a faulty power button. But aside from all this, it sounds to me like you've got a faulty unit whether you get it running or not. Probably just need to swap it , sounds like something went pop.
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Thanks for the tips, I tried the volume up, volume down, and power button method just now and it doesn't do anything. I Also just tried plugging it in and then putting the battery in and nothing as well.
The thing is, I don't have insurance thru Verizon (i.e. the $5 a month thing). Would going to them even benefit me at all? Do you know if they would offer a refurb or something?
The phone has a 1 year warranty on it. You shouldn't have to pay anything but you might just get a refurbished replacement.
I think I had the same thing happen to me a few days ago. However, I have the GSM version that I bought from amazon (thru a third party seller), so no warranty. Yeah, I know. Smart. Also, in my case, I unlocked the bootloader so I could flash the official yakju so I would get updates faster from google. Despite some lagginess with 4.0.2, it had been working great for a month+.
When mine crashed, all I did was press the back button and the screen went crazy and froze up, then started glitching and made a buzzing sound. I pulled the battery and tried a reboot. The Google logo would glitch and "ghost" and then the animation would start, but it was slower and choppy. After a few seconds, it froze and the screen was all low-rez looking and I could see what I can only describe as strange pixelation or scan lines (with a few of them moving from the top of the screen down to the bottom in a continuous loop). The only way to get it to stop was another battery pull.
I tried to use fastboot to get back in and reflash to the original firmware, but I kept getting a usb error (didn't have that when I first unlocked the bootloader using a mac, so not sure what the problem was). Now, the phone won't get passed the Google logo and just sits there for 30+ minutes without making any progress (that I can see). I keep trying to get back into the bootloader using fastboot, but now it won't even do that.
I've contacted Samsung/UK (as that's where mine originated), but don't think I will be getting any help based on their initial response. And, since my bootloader is unlocked, that probably voided the warranty anyway. I have no idea what happened, but it seems like some sort of combination of hardware/software problem. So, basically I'm screwed and out $700.
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Thanks for the tips, I tried the volume up, volume down, and power button method just now and it doesn't do anything. I Also just tried plugging it in and then putting the battery in and nothing as well.
The thing is, I don't have insurance thru Verizon (i.e. the $5 a month thing). Would going to them even benefit me at all? Do you know if they would offer a refurb or something?
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I'd say go contact Verizon and see what they say. If they can't help you out then you gotta contact Samsung and I believe (if my memory serves me right) all their products have a one year warrenty from the day the phone was used. So you should see what they have to say.
Similar thing happened to me, it rebooted itself, as it has been doing quite a bit of lately, and then wouldnt turn on no matter what I did.
Eventually just help the POWER and VOL DOWN button together to reboot, and it worked fine again. I'm completely stock wtf.
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I think I had the same thing happen to me a few days ago. However, I have the GSM version that I bought from amazon (thru a third party seller), so no warranty. Yeah, I know. Smart. Also, in my case, I unlocked the bootloader so I could flash the official yakju so I would get updates faster from google. Despite some lagginess with 4.0.2, it had been working great for a month+.
When mine crashed, all I did was press the back button and the screen went crazy and froze up, then started glitching and made a buzzing sound. I pulled the battery and tried a reboot. The Google logo would glitch and "ghost" and then the animation would start, but it was slower and choppy. After a few seconds, it froze and the screen was all low-rez looking and I could see what I can only describe as strange pixelation or scan lines (with a few of them moving from the top of the screen down to the bottom in a continuous loop). The only way to get it to stop was another battery pull.
I tried to use fastboot to get back in and reflash to the original firmware, but I kept getting a usb error (didn't have that when I first unlocked the bootloader using a mac, so not sure what the problem was). Now, the phone won't get passed the Google logo and just sits there for 30+ minutes without making any progress (that I can see). I keep trying to get back into the bootloader using fastboot, but now it won't even do that.
I've contacted Samsung/UK (as that's where mine originated), but don't think I will be getting any help based on their initial response. And, since my bootloader is unlocked, that probably voided the warranty anyway. I have no idea what happened, but it seems like some sort of combination of hardware/software problem. So, basically I'm screwed and out $700.
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That's awful man. I've been reading more and more about random reboots happening with this phone and what not.. I just don't know what to think right now, I thought this was supposed to this beast of a phone and now after only a couple of months, it has completely stopped working for no apparent reason at all. Pretty lame, and this has definitely never happened to me before as I always take care of my phones. I just figured that if something were to happen to this phone, it would be from my own doing, just as it has been with every other phone that I've ever owned (ie from modding, from a drop, etc.). Samsung gets a thumbs down from me, I paid a lot of money to get this phone and now I'm going to be stuck with a refurb because they have put out a crap product.
As for you, I wouldn't even tell Samsung that you unlocked it. They probably won't be able to tell if you did or not since the phone won't boot properly. They should offer you a refurb, so you'll be in the same boat as me. I went into Verizon today and that's the best that they could do. I have to wait til Monday for it to come in the mail. I'm stuck without a phone til Monday.
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Similar thing happened to me, it rebooted itself, as it has been doing quite a bit of lately, and then wouldnt turn on no matter what I did.
Eventually just help the POWER and VOL DOWN button together to reboot, and it worked fine again. I'm completely stock wtf.
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Yeah, it's looking like this phone has been giving many people similar problems. Samsung must have let a bad batch slip out or something. I was completely stock as well, no unlock, no root, no custom rom, just a plain old basic user here and mine took a dump on me.
Mine does this about every other day and I have to pull the battery and restart, sorry to hear yours won't reboot. Ouch
I recently received my phone back from Samsung. It was send in to replace external speaker that stopped working for no reason. Samsung fixed the speaker (or replaced it) however my volume keys don't work anymore.
I can get by using any widget or volume slider control to adjust the volume but the problem is I booted into bootloader mode (adb) and tried unlocking bootloader. By default option "No" was highlighted and in order to toggle between "Yes" or "No" volume keys are required and I don't have those working.
Is there any other way to achieve the same control functionality using touch screen to highlight "Yes" or "No" option on the unlock bootloader screen?
Any help would be appreciated. I want to explore some ideas before sending it back to Samsung again or try opening the phone and replace or fix keys myself.
(by the way, I am in US and it took 2+ months for my phone to come back after first repair because expansys-us had to send it back to Samsung UK to get it repaired.)
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I wanted to post a quick update on this thread to help out anybody who might run into a similar situation.
So I received my phone back and the note from my shipper (expansys-usa) says that phone couldn't be fixed because the volume key ribbon is ripped off the main board. Now funny thing is that either Samsung or Expansys-USA opened up my phone to repair the external speaker (reason it went out the first time) and when I received it back the volume keys were not working. So much for getting your device repaired by the OEM.
Only way to repair this sort of problem is to change the board which is technically possible but not possible because your motherboard carries information like IMEI etc . They never offered to send me a new phone or anything but just a note saying that ... can't repair. Also, to make things worse, they flashed Yakjuxw (samsung) image on my phone to restore it back to stock. Which killed the updates for me.
Anyways, I kept looking and ran into a post where chainfire posted a thread with roms packaged into ODIN. Now most important thing about this sort of thing is that it unlocks your bootloader in the process. Once I got that things started getting better and better.
I got the ODIN rom. Used the USB jig to initiate download mode, from there I flashed the rom package. Once I got the rom flashed and bootloaders unlocked. I downloaded Gnex toolkit from the main development thread and flashed custom touch recovery.
Well after having custom recovery I was back in the game and the rom flashing game started again. Only difference is that I have to be now very careful before flashing anything because if any rom fails to boot then I am stuck and can't do anything other than to just to break out my USB jig and fire up ODIN and start from zero ... all the way to JB 4.2.
Hope this helps anybody who is or will be facing the same problem (which I hope not).
No, there is no way to unlock the bootloader without the volume and power keys.
But you can still root if you are running 4.0.1 or 4.0.2. See link in my sig.
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Thanks efrant for the suggestion. I tried looking into that method but my rom is already updated to the patched kernel version.
So, I have sent it out again for repair. Let's see if Samsung can fix it without giving me anymore trouble.
enaybee said:
Thanks efrant for the suggestion. I tried looking into that method but my rom is already updated to the patched kernel version.
So, I have sent it out again for repair. Let's see if Samsung can fix it without giving me anymore trouble.
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Demand they pay for shipping, or depending how long you've had your device, that they send you a new one.
Supposedly, its 14 days and they'll ship you a new device as long as you provide credit card info and ship the old one back. I was 21 days in, the power buttons stopped working, and all they could offer me was a repair. Idiots at Samsung (not reps, the ones that tell them what to do/say) told me to call T-Mobile to give me a "loaner" phone while Samsung fixes it.
I immediately said "One, I bought this phone without a contract, so they have no obligation. And two, why should T-Mobile have to deal with me for your faulty device?". Then I told them I would just sell it as is and get the HTC One S since HTC phones don't have these issues, and the rep immediately passed me over to where they set up a warranty phone.
Again, this depends on how long you've had it. Rules say a Max of 14 days, they bent it only a week more for me. I wouldn't expect any more than that.
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enaybee said:
Thanks efrant for the suggestion. I tried looking into that method but my rom is already updated to the patched kernel version.
So, I have sent it out again for repair. Let's see if Samsung can fix it without giving me anymore trouble.
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Although I haven't tested it out, this may work for you:
On the Nexus One, we were still able to flash signed images, even with a locked bootloader. If this holds true for the Galaxy Nexus, you can flash an older version of the stock images (say 4.0.2), then you can root, and once you have root, we have figured out how to unlock the bootloader without the physical keys. I can guide you through it all if you want.
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Although I haven't tested it out, this may work for you:
On the Nexus One, we were still able to flash signed images, even with a locked bootloader. If this holds true for the Galaxy Nexus, you can flash an older version of the stock images (say 4.0.2), then you can root, and once you have root, we have figured out how to unlock the bootloader without the physical keys. I can guide you through it all if you want.
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This signed images tidbit is intriguing. Not that its needed anymore on gnex anyway but who knows when that may come in handy again. Good to know.
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This signed images tidbit is intriguing. Not that its needed anymore on gnex anyway but who knows when that may come in handy again. Good to know.
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I finally tried it and It doesn't work on the GNex.
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I mainly figured for a future phone model or a friends phone or something it may come in handy. Thanks for response tho sir.
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You actually don't need fastboot or volume buttons to unlock the bootloader this way: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41612401#post41612401. HTH!
So I purchased my GSM Galaxy Nexus in March of this year thru Amazon. From a Samsung seller, Yapper Wireless.
My power button has suddenly stopped working, don't know why as I can't even remember the last time it's been outside of it's Otterbox. There's no moisture or anything, it's just stopped responding. I've been able to set it up in AOKP so my volume buttons wake the device but it's just a pain to live with.
I call Samsung today since they have a Limited 1 Year Warranty on defective Hardware. Apparently per my IMEI number my Galaxy Nexus is an International Galaxy Nexus, and the only place I can get them to fix the power button is by making an International Call to Samsung Europe and sending the phone to Europe???
The Girl was no help, I'm trying to explain that it's just the power button this is a common issue apparently. Nope gotta make an International call and ship it to Europe.
Anyone else have this kind of issue with repairs for the phone and have possible some kind of workaround getting it repaired with Samsung? Like I said I'm living with it for now but it's just a pain.
Thank you
As an update, I called the Samsung Repair Center in Europe from my work phone since we have international calling. They won't take the phone because I'm in the US and there's potential problems returning the device to me. And Samsung in the US won't fix it because the phone is from Europe.
Well played Samsung.
The paid version of PGM app lets you lock and unlock your screen using swipes on your screen. Have you tried that ?
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The paid version of PGM app lets you lock and unlock your screen using swipes on your screen. Have you tried that ?
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+1. Highly recommended. My power button isn't dead (yet), but I have to press down on it until it feels like it's underneath the housing to get it to respond. Been like that for a while now, but it hasn't got any worse because I have been using that app. Swipe halfway down the screen from right to left to wake, across the bottom from right to left to lock. If the screen times out a simple tap wakes it back up without locking. You can also customize the gestures so you can swipe it wherever you want. It also has very very very little drain on battery, if any at all. I still consistently get 4hrs screen on time with a 4G connection 100% of the charge, GPS, sync & sometimes Bluetooth ON. Stream Pandora for a bit as well as YouTube, Facebook and XDA browsing. That's getting off topic though. This app will take that pain you're suffering right away. Totally worth it, check out the reviews on play store. PGM Nexus
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Well for now I've set the timeout on the screen to 15 seconds and use the volume buttons to wake it up. I've worked around it already it's just a pain to have it broken and the manufacturer stonewall me on getting it fixed.
My T-Mobile contract is up for renewal right now, looking at the Nexus 4, but it's LG...
Worse case, power buttons are inexpensive and I don't think too difficult to replace. Good luck.
Head on over to the N4 forum and see how others feel about it to get a better decision as to whether or not you want it. Couldn't help you there, haven't visited those forums once yet. However in the meantime I would still look into PGM Nexus. I had the free version from day 1 since I bought the phone. Power button started to die so I bought the full app. Now I couldn't really care less about returning it or getting it fixed. It just works, and well. Sets upon reboots too so you don't have to wake it with the volume keys and then turn it on. It's great lol. I swear by it. Also pretty cool because I chill with a lot of iPhone users and they all thought it was cool how I turn my phone on and off.
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I purchased the PGM Nexus app, works really well and I like it for what I need it for.
But the power button is apparently now working fine after over 24 hours of not functioning. I've had some mild panic attacks over it and it just started functioning again. I'll keep PGM Nexus though, appreciate it.
Hahaha I think your nexus is messing with you.
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I use pgm nexus to turn the screen on and Standby Touch shortcut in my dock to quickly turn the screen off.. I've been using this setup for quite sometime now to save my power button and I really like it.
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Mine was broken as well. Slowly giving me problem then one day dead...I had to plug it in in order to turn on...anyways was able to root again and then it came back to life a little bit when I changed rom for the OTA 4.1 worked still almost never and then while trying to root again in order to flash a 4.2 custom rom at the begining i couldn't select anything with volume...suddenly I was able to scroll with volume button and now the power button works as if nothing never happend...Odd anyway just thought i'd share
Think I just borked by AT&T Galaxy S3, and yes it is completely my fault. This is probably a dead end, buy I figured I'd ask as a last resort.
I've got a lot of experience rooting and flashing ROMS and flashing custom recoveries and was rushing a proceedure when the problem occurred. I was trying to flash the CWM touch recovery using the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
I tried to do all this through my phone using Terminal Emulator and typed in the portion "mmcblk0p18" one letter off from what I should have (I think I typed in "mmcblk0p08" ... sick sinking feeling my stomach right now). The code went through as I started to power down the phone as I was looking at the code I wrote. Noticed the mispelled line of code right as the screen was powering off. Now my phone is completely unresponsive, after I rebooted. The phone does not power on, cannot boot into recovery mode, and worst of all seemingly will not boot into download mode. I've had boot loops before and am familiar with how to traditionally boot into Download mode via POWER + Vol Down + Home Button and used Odin to flash a fix.
Are there any other options, short of taking it to a repair shop, that I can try? I'm guessing it's completely bricked, but I just wanted to see if there were any options I was missing that are worth trying.
About to start calling repair shops to see if they can take a look at it as well.
Warranty replacement. Just say you don't know why it won't turn on. I did this after dropping my rooted phone and they asked no questions.
On the phone now, I'll let you know if they're able to assist with troubleshooting or otherwise.
I did the same thing.... I had insurance through att reported the phone lost... I repeat lost not stolen.. Got a replacement in 2 days brand new white and used that to pull the stock rom and flash it to my old phone. The then turned around and sold the replacement phone
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That doesn't make sense why the phone won't even turn on, were you trying to flash on a low battery?
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Mphill46 said:
That doesn't make sense why the phone won't even turn on, were you trying to flash on a low battery?
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I agree that it doesn't make sense. It's behaving almost as if the battery is just flat out dead. I have a spare battery, but when I tried that one it made no difference. I plugged the phone into a couple of different chargers while the AT&T rep was helping me troubleshoot and the charging light wouldn't turn on. The phone was not responding to anything at all, no matter what we tried.
They declared it hardware failure and are sending a replacement, as part of the original warranty. It did not have any physical damage, scratches, no water damage, etc.
Let this be a lesson to others: Be very very VERY careful with ADB and read your commands carefully. Those warnings about bricking your phone are real and shouldn't be taken lightly. I've rooted 6 devices and flashed what I'd estimate as over 60 ROMs over all my Android devices. I let my guard down and rushed things, and really my carelessness is all to blame at this point.
Hi there,
I got my Z5 Premium with unlocked bootloader, root and Xposed v85 bricked. My phone kept on freezing all the time and rebooting the system. I had to reboot the phone many times by holding the power button and pressing volume up for 3 seconds. After that I could turn the phone on and it would boot fine.
But now, after I did that reboot my phone won't go on anymore. Also when I connect my phone to my PC the drivers are not found.
Any ideas what might happened and how to fix this?
So the system was running fine, and then after a reboot stopped working all together? When you say the phone does not turn on at all, do you see the screen although black light up? Do you see any signs of life? maybe it's in a boot loop?
Yes it was running fine. I had some trouble now and then that Nova Launcher failed or the systen did a soft reboot. Now I dont have any signs of life (no led, no flickr or smth]. The reboot was after pressing power button and vol + fopr 3 seconds. Seems like a hardware problem I guess
I see no other way than sending it to costumer repair centre. Now the big question is; Can Sony find out I unlocked my bootloader? Even if the hardware is broken? Let's hope they won't find out. Just play stupid
Killastyle said:
I see no other way than sending it to costumer repair centre. Now the big question is; Can Sony find out I unlocked my bootloader? Even if the hardware is broken? Let's hope they won't find out. Just play stupid
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I was thinking the same keep me updated
The motherboard is broken. But warranty is void because the damage comes from pressure on the phone. Probably you cant carry the phone in your jeans pocket. Bye sony
Alright.... Update here. I did not agree with Sony and made a complaint. They made a case of it and their managers took a look at the case. They now said the phone should be repaired under warranty.
The phone is repared and I will probably have it tomorrow.
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Alright.... Update here. I did not agree with Sony and made a complaint. They made a case of it and their managers took a look at the case. They now said the phone should be repaired under warranty.
The phone is repared and I will probably have it tomorrow.
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Sweet, good to know that they fixed it under warranty.
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