I have an Epic 4G with a power button that will not respond, period. Phone is off and responds to the charger/usb cable being plugged in and all other keys cause the phone to "light up" when charging, but the power button istelf does nothing.
So, assuming the power button was bad, I ordered a new power button assy and installed it. It too will not work. There appears to be no physical damage to any of the ribbon cables, connectors, or boards inside the phone. The phone was Manufactured a month ago, so is fairly new and has gotten little use.
The phone's esn is bad, and my intentions were to flash it to cricket for a customer, so sending it Sprint is abviously not an option. Sending it to Samsung is also not an option since the phone has now been disassembled.
Is there any way to get the phone to "POWER ON" with any other button combination?
I have tried:
Plugging in USB Cable while holding 1 key: Does nothing
Holding VOL-DN + Camera + PWR while pluggin in USB: Does nothing
The phone only responds with the charging indicator (which the battery is now full).
Is there any other way to Force it into Download or Recovery Mode without a working power button?
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I know a jig will work for download mode but I'm not too sure about recovery other than using rom manager to boot into recovery.... worst case senerio sell it for parts the screen etc etc.
I remember hearing someone using odin for turning the screen on search about it?
Would be really cool if you could remap the power button to something else but I know certain lockscreen apps or ROMs will allow for phone to be awaken by the camera button.
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Hold 1 and then plug the phone in to USB. It will then boot into download mode. For recovery, hold vol down, camera, and then plug into USB.
Edit: just read that didn't work. Try taking out the SD card and battery and letting it sit for 2 hours then try again with the battery and SD out.
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Hold 1 and then plug the phone in to USB. It will then boot into download mode. For recovery, hold vol down, camera, and then plug into USB.
Edit: just read that didn't work. Try taking out the SD card and battery and letting it sit for 2 hours then try again with the battery and SD out.
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I was able to get it to boot up by plugging in the USB cable and unplugging it at the right time. But the phone doesn't respond to the slider, power button, or 2nd "click" of the camera button. However 1st click of the camera button and volume buttons work.
while playing around with it after about 10 mins the display switched itself to landscape mode and the keyboard backlight comes on, as if it has been "slid" open. If I slide it open and closed, it remains in that mode, as if it still thinks its slid open. However not all the keys on the keyboard are responding/working, but most are.
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I was able to get it to boot up by plugging in the USB cable and unplugging it at the right time. But the phone doesn't respond to the slider, power button, or 2nd "click" of the camera button. However 1st click of the camera button and volume buttons work.
while playing around with it after about 10 mins the display switched itself to landscape mode and the keyboard backlight comes on, as if it has been "slid" open. If I slide it open and closed, it remains in that mode, as if it still thinks its slid open. However not all the keys on the keyboard are responding/working, but most are.
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I don't think there's any hope for that phone... seems like its going to hell one "key" at a time
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Biggoron said:
I don't think there's any hope for that phone... seems like its going to hell one "key" at a time
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hmm, the problem isn't progressive, so it not getting better or worse. The only thing I can think of is a bad connection or the replacement Chinese cheap ass power button assembly is also bad.
the phone is only a month old.
Originally Posted by marcusant
Hold 1 and then plug the phone in to USB. It will then boot into download mode. For recovery, hold vol down, camera, and then plug into USB.
Edit: just read that didn't work. Try taking out the SD card and battery and letting it sit for 2 hours then try again with the battery and SD out.
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I was able to get it to boot up by plugging in the USB cable and unplugging it at the right time. But the phone doesn't respond to the slider, power button, or 2nd "click" of the camera button. However 1st click of the camera button and volume buttons work.
while playing around with it after about 10 mins the display switched itself to landscape mode and the keyboard backlight comes on, as if it has been "slid" open. If I slide it open and closed, it remains in that mode, as if it still thinks its slid open. However not all the keys on the keyboard are responding/working, but most are.
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When you get it to notice the keyboard slid open, pull the battery or turn it off then hold 1 and plug the phone in? That's my guess
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I replaced the power button assy with the stock one from samsung knowing the power button is faulty, and got the phone to power back up jigging the usb cable in/out until the samsung logo appeared. The slide open/closed works perfect, and all other buttons and keyboard keys work fine as well (except the power button of course.)
This would leave me to believe the cheap chinese replacement board from ebay is bad to begin with. So ill have to order another one from a different seller/manufacturer.
I had installed the rooted UrbanPrecision X2 Gingerbread EI22 ROM with CWM Recvovery 5 before the power button failed a couple of weeks ago, and its working fine, but Id like to install the stock EC05 GB Rom to it through odin/recovery.
So my next question: Is there a way to emulate the power button with an app or something? Or enter Download/Recovery Mode from an app within the phone without using the power button?
Thanks again.
maybe this?
If worse comes to worse you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274999 which allows access to the most basic parts of the phone from what i understand. The only issue is you would have to use the ressurector every time to boot. also if you get it to boot with out this you can just use adb commands to boot into recovery and download mode if its powered on. The commands are adb reboot recovery, and adb reboot download
Wait that's right there's commands for download mode that you can put into the terminal emulator right?
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i dont know how that would work, because they are adb commands, but he could try going into terminal emulator and simply typing reboot recovery or reboot download
Update Good thinking ac16313, just tested it. If he types su to get full system access reboot recovery definitely works( tested). Unfortunately download mode will not work though ( at least on cyanogenmod it just reboots). That would required adb reboot download via computer.
How could the Esn be bad if the phone was manufactured a month ago?
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How could the Esn be bad if the phone was manufactured a month ago?
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Stolen.....
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what happened
Have you found a solution, will it boot, and do the commands through terminal emulator or adb work?
I just got back from the sprint repair center where thankfully they told me there was an issue with there latest updates for the epic 4g with these symptoms. They downgraded the phone back to EC05 and now i have none of the symptoms anymore! Aside from feeling a bit sheepish for only trying to ODIN back to EL30 i'm very happy about the free fix! Fortunately it's my wife's phone so it's not too big a deal for it to remain downgraded. Hope this info helps somebody else!
Hey,
So I just got this GNex from eBay and it won't boot at all. If I plug it into the wall it will show the battery charging and show it filling up 3 times and then go black. I've tried plugging it into the computer and pulling the battery quickly to get it to boot and nothing. Is there anything I can do to flash/boot into the device or am I stuck relying on the store to do something about it? I've done several searches on the forum and google and I haven't found anything beneficial.
Thanks!
I would say it's dead. Try holding down the power button while holding down the volume up and volume down buttons all at once. If it should vibrate let go of the power button and see if it will enter fast boot. If not send it back.
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Hey,
So I just got this GNex from eBay and it won't boot at all. If I plug it into the wall it will show the battery charging and show it filling up 3 times and then go black. I've tried plugging it into the computer and pulling the battery quickly to get it to boot and nothing. Is there anything I can do to flash/boot into the device or am I stuck relying on the store to do something about it? I've done several searches on the forum and google and I haven't found anything beneficial.
Thanks!
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thats the normal behavior when you plug it in, 3 times filling up then black. then when you press the power button, three times fill up then black. to me it sounds like your power button is broken.
I think power button is broken. Possibly volume keys as well. I'm able to boot if I plug into the PC and then wiggle the battery. There's a lock pattern so I can't get past it but I'm unable to adjust volume or turn the screen off/on. I'm going to bring it to the sprint store tomorrow and say it won't turn on.
Thanks!
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Looks like the phone got wet. I can boot it up with the PC as mentioned before but its locked and I don't know the pattern/gmail account. Is there anyway to put a phone into USB debugging without getting into the phone? How about fast boot/recovery/download mode without volume down or power buttons?
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Hi guys just got a brand new Note 10.1 p600 out of box for 1st use and it did not turn on.
So i put it on charge for past 6hours. The samsung galaxy note splash screen appears on and off every few seconds while charging but the tablet is not turning on.
If i press and hold the power button then its shows me the battery charging icon but still doesnt turn on
I am new to tablets but i dont know why this happening. Is this normal? Any ideas? Please help. Thank you.
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kuljit55 said:
Hi guys just got a brand new Note 10.1 p600 out of box for 1st use and it did not turn on.
So i put it on charge for past 6hours. The samsung galaxy note splash screen appears on and off every few seconds while charging but the tablet is not turning on.
If i press and hold the power button then its shows me the battery charging icon but still doesnt turn on
I am new to tablets but i dont know why this happening. Is this normal? Any ideas? Please help. Thank you.
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Probably a decharged battery in the box. with the old firmware it wont charge while off and when you plug it in, it boots up and uses too much battery to keep itself on, so it shuts down. try holding Volume + , home button and then powering on. this should take u to the recovery, which uses less battery and might be able to charge up a bit.
Edit: HOLD (VOLUME + AND HOME BUTTON TOGETHER, THEN PUSH/HOLD THE POWER BUTTON) once it boots into a recovery mode, u can let go, MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU TABLET PLUGGED IN.
If that doesn't work, take it back and demand a new one.
Sorry for the noob question, I've been trying to search everywhere with no luck.
I recently found a Sprint Note 7, and was wondering if I can still revive it.
It's currently at 0%, however, If I plug it in, it shows the battery icon.
If I try to go into download mode, while plugged in, by holding vol -, home, power, it just does a bootloop.
Is it still possible for me to revive this? Maybe a guide somewhere I havent found?
Thanks!
I can help you brother
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I can help you brother
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Nice, thanks. What do I need to do?
Hello.
Here are the steps to force the download mode after the kill update :
Connect it to the pc
Volume down, home and power keys for 3 seconds then remove your fingers (3times)
Congratulations you're in download mode now [emoji6]
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Hello.
Here are the steps to force the download mode after the kill update :
Connect it to the pc
Volume down, home and power keys for 3 seconds then remove your fingers (3times)
Congratulations you're in download mode now [emoji6]
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Im not sure if I understand you correctly.
I connected it to PC, phone vibrates, then shows the battery icon with the lightning bolt, computer does the USB sound, but on device manager it says "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
Anyways, I press and hold Vol- home and power key together for exactly 3 seconds, and nothing happens. I did this up to 10 times, nothing really happens.
Alternatively, I tried holding the buttons till something happens, which is the screen turns black, USB disconnect sound on PC, I release the buttons, phone vibrates and shows the samsung splash screen, then phone vibrates and shows battery icon again. I did this around 10 times as well, but no luck.
Also worth mentioning, I didnt disconnect the usb cable at any point. Am I supposed to?
Is there something I am doing wrong?
Update - It seems I can get it to boot into the the screen before the download mode when plugged into an outlet. However, if I hit Vol+ to go into download mode, it restarts.
A few ideas
I've had largely the same experience with mine. It seems to need an excessive amount of power in order to boot into download mode. I managed to get it into download mode while plugged into a computer by using a y cable to plug it into an outlet first, then swap the one usb input to the pc. However despite my efforts, the pc still would not recognize my phone, and Odin would not acknowledge that it was plugged in.
hello guys.
Is there any way to boot z2 without using power and volume buttons like using cable and pc or something?
from the last month, just the home button was working and I was using the phone and didn't let it turn off until yesterday. now it's turned off and I can't turn it on.
when I plug it in charger or pc it just charging and nothing happens.
the phone is unlocked and TWRP is installed too.