Is there any way to set the power button not to work while the phone is locked?
I constantly facing the problem that the phone switches off and restart in my pocket. It happens when I lean my body to tight the shoes or squeeze the phone in my pocket in some other way.
Thanks
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Senbration said:
Is there any way to set the power button not to work while the phone is locked?
I constantly facing the problem that the phone switches off and restart in my pocket. It happens when I lean my body to tight the shoes or squeeze the phone in my pocket in some other way.
Thanks
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Eh?
Whilst your phone is in your pocket, you can press power button, then swipe to unlock (before screen timeout) & then long press power button till it restarts - all whilst in your pocket?
I highly doubt this, sounds like you have software issues - are you running a unstable OC/UV?
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I can restart the phone by long press the power button. Even when the lock is on. Without unlocking it.
I checked on my friends htc v, which is even not rooted, and it works the same. While the phone is locked long press on the power button causes restart..
I was just wondering if can change that. Never had that problem with the sensation, but that one is a bit smaller
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Senbration said:
I can restart the phone by long press the power button. Even when the lock is on. Without unlocking it.
I checked on my friends htc v, which is even not rooted, and it works the same. While the phone is locked long press on the power button causes restart..
I was just wondering if can change that. Never had that problem with the sensation, but that one is a bit smaller
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Yeah, sorry.
I didn't think you could reboot whilst locked, just checked on my own and your correct.
Wish I had a solution for you, but at least my reply has bumped you to the top. LOL
I havnt heard anyone have this problem before, the power button only sticks out a little bit, and it needs a bit of force to push
Maybe this is an overlooked request to be submitted to some of the custom rom developers.
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Yeah, I've also looked in goggle but nobody seems to have similar problem.. .
It may be a fault of my cover. The lock of the cover is right above the power button and mayby they just didn't design it correctly..
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chrisjcks said:
Yeah, sorry.
I didn't think you could reboot whilst locked, just checked on my own and your correct.
Wish I had a solution for you, but at least my reply has bumped you to the top. LOL
I havnt heard anyone have this problem before, the power button only sticks out a little bit, and it needs a bit of force to push
Maybe this is an overlooked request to be submitted to some of the custom rom developers.
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Besides a phone case no solution
the reason for the long press is it is a life saver.
As we cannot take the battery out of the one x like the sensation, if you are frozen or stuck on bootscreen, you cant exactly pull the battery and put it back in, so by holding the power button for seven seconds, it simulates a battery pull forcing the phone to restart no matter what!
without it if you were frozen on bootscreen or just frozen or needed to restart by cutting off power to the battery and then power up. you would not be able to do it.
I'll have to find a way how to not pushing it so .
Thanks people
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Hi there,
I experienced the same thing, when sitting in the car or tighting the shoes.. i'm hearing starting up sound of HTC ... quietly bla bla..
well, I dont like cases i'm not using such, thats why i found a solution for me and till now its working
so if you putting your phone in left pocket, then try to put it with display forward, but if you dont like it that way, then you should start using your right pocket ..that way the power button is staying at the outer side of you and wont be pressed when you "do" something.
hope this could help
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The phone is stuck at HTC logo.. and gets switched off.. And I also can't enter Bootloader.. ( is this what is called many say BRICKED ?? ) Please help me out guys.. I was flashing ARHD 7.0.3 and it's S-OFF
Thanks in advance..!
Take out the battery then hold down power and volume down should boot into recovery.
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ben hogin said:
Take out the battery then hold down power and volume down should boot into recovery.
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No luck mate done that many times.. If I hold the UP Volume button.. the phone vibrates for 3-4 times and the orange LED flashes... No luck with DOWN Volume button with power Just phone switches off..
Hold volume down button and while holding it down then press the power button. Phone must be off for that to work.
Edit: Grant barker, you deserve a thanks just for taking your time to write all of that
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I agree with ben hogin and Teichopsia.
1. Make sure the battery is charged enough.
2. Take the battery out and put it back in. This resets something. (Make sure the battery cover is secure too.)
3. Hold down the volume down key and then press the power key (while still holding down the volume down key).
4. (I usually do this with the phone usb disconnected. Not sure if it makes a difference.)
I'd also take out the SD Card just to eliminate some contact issue or something with that. When I'm desperate I try anything..
I did all those and I just went to the mobile store where I always buy phones ( kinda close ) so he said he has to do this ztag..
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harsharockzzz said:
I did all those and I just went to the mobile store where I always buy phones ( kinda close ) so he said he has to do this ztag..
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It´s jtag...anyway, to be bricked means that u can´t even turn the phone on. The question is how did u get to that state? have u installed anything or was just stock?
If you tried flashing something then the file could have been corrupted or maybe was not for your phone. That won´t brick your phone unless u flash a bootloader (included in RUU's) that is not for your device.
If you were stock, then the most common issue is a messed volume rocker, but could be something else related to hardware. :good:
My bets on volume rocker problems.
it happend to me as well try to use RUU its the only way.
I'm on Liquid Smooth v2.1, Android 4.2.2. No custom kernel, just whatever it comes with. Been running fine for months.
This morning I dropped my phone in my car (a few inches drop) and it went into a bootloop. It eventually booted into Android and I backed up all my apps and texts to my SD card. But afterwards it went into another bootloop and now its stuck there. It will start booting, and then restart (most of the time before the boot animation even comes up). I need to get into recovery so I can restore an older Nandroid or maybe try wiping the cache. I have tried using power/volumeup/home, but it bootloops by the time recovery is starting up. ADB on my computer will not pick up the phone. Sometimes for a few seconds it will show up, but it has an "offline" next to it and by the time I enter "adb reboot recovery" it says no device found.
If I take out the battery for 30 seconds, it makes it pretty far into the boot.
What steps should I take next? I know ODIN is last resort, but I'd prefer not to go there. Thanks guys.
I have a similar problem I think the power button may be the issue, when it's boring up tap on the power button with your bail as you would on a table. Also try to put your sideways with power button down that may help.
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aamir123 said:
I have a similar problem I think the power button may be the issue, when it's boring up tap on the power button with your bail as you would on a table. Also try to put your sideways with power button down that may help.
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Wow. That sounds like a possibility. Dropped from my lap to my cupholder, could've landed on the button. I'll try it in a bit.
aamir123 said:
I have a similar problem I think the power button may be the issue, when it's boring up tap on the power button with your bail as you would on a table. Also try to put your sideways with power button down that may help.
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I was able to get it to boot for a few seconds, and the power menu kept on coming up until it died. Does the phone turn off if you hold down the power button for a long time? Seems like I gotta get that fixed. I'll try the sideways suggestion in a bit.
Yeah, if you hold power and never let go, it'll reboot over and over. It's intentionally like that so if you ever have the system lock up you can still do a kind of hard reset. (Better than a battery pull, though that can still be necessary if you want it to just turn off)
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DocHoliday77 said:
Yeah, if you hold power and never let go, it'll reboot over and over. It's intentionally like that so if you ever have the system lock up you can still do a kind of hard reset. (Better than a battery pull, though that can still be necessary if you want it to just turn off)
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That's what I thought. Anyone know the difficulty of repairing this myself? Or a cost estimate? Holding the button at an angle seems to make it work for a bit. Sideways didn't help.
I've heard there's some YouTube vids that may help. I've seen a few people say they were able to do it themselves.
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this seems like a similar job for the s2, I would imagine that the s3 is very much like this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xMMn1DRWs
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I've heard there's some YouTube vids that may help. I've seen a few people say they were able to do it themselves.
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this seems like a similar job for the s2, I would imagine that the s3 is very much like this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xMMn1DRWs
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Anyone know if I were to remove the power button completely, would the phone work without it? I don't really need it, and removing it would make the phone usable. Just wanna make sure the phone doesn't run a check or something. I'll order a new power button in the spare time and install it later.
twolves14 said:
Anyone know if I were to remove the power button completely, would the phone work without it? I don't really need it, and removing it would make the phone usable. Just wanna make sure the phone doesn't run a check or something. I'll order a new power button in the spare time and install it later.
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it'll prolly work but if phone shuts off not sure if you will be able to turn it back on without a power button, what I did for the time being is get the phone of and basically tap on the side of the phone with the power button towards the floor kind of like trying to get gravity to push the power swith inside to be back to the normal position. Then don't touch the power button, there are apps in the play store that can function as your power button.
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it'll prolly work but if phone shuts off not sure if you will be able to turn it back on without a power button, what I did for the time being is get the phone of and basically tap on the side of the phone with the power button towards the floor kind of like trying to get gravity to push the power swith inside to be back to the normal position. Then don't touch the power button, there are apps in the play store that can function as your power button.
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Yeah, I watched a YouTube video and he fixed it like that. So I basically hammered the button as hard as I could with my nail for a minute straight and now it doesn't bother me anymore until you press it. I can live without the power button, but I'm probably going to have to remove/replace it since I can't risk bumping into the button on accident. Thanks for the help though!
Does anyone know of a method to turn the phone on without the power button? I know on my Nexus One you could Insert the battery while it was charging to force a reboot.
Afaik you'll just have to restart every time till it's fixed.
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Afaik you'll just have to restart every time till it's fixed.
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Yes, but how would I go about restarting it without the button?
There's apps in the play store. Button savior might be one. Can't recall names for sure.
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There's apps in the play store. Button savior might be one. Can't recall names for sure.
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My bad, I meant starting the phone from powered off state.
I honestly don't know of any way to do that....sorry.
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Hello people I am desperate with my HOX.
After spending one month in service my HOX returned to me with new board and new battery last Friday of September.
One week later I already had 2 problems.
At first battery didnt last longer than 5 hours.
After a few full charges over the days this was fixed as the phone lasted at least 14 to 15 hours which is fine by me.
Today I turned it on in the morning and everything was fine.
Due to excessive work load I did even touched my phone for the next 8 hours.
After finishing work I tried to check if I had any calls or anything but to my surprise the HOX was off !!!!!!!!!!
I tried turning it off but it was dead.
I performed a full charge and this time the phone made the sound of the turning on but only the menu buttons turned on but the screen remained black.
Is there something I can do about this?
Your help will be very much appreciated.
sounds like your board has screwed up again, mine was same issue
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sounds like your board has screwed up again, mine was same issue
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Well it shouldnt be the board because the phone is working behind the screen. I reboot holding the power button down and the phone vibrates and makes the htc sound turning on.The screen came up once or twice but it was unresponsive. The clock and weather was right on but the phone also showed that it was on airplane mod.Pushing all around I even heard the navigation welcoming me.
Its really bizzare.I cant understand what is causing this and I suspect it should be pretty simple.....
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Well it shouldnt be the board because the phone is working behind the screen. I reboot holding the power button down and the phone vibrates and makes the htc sound turning on.The screen came up once or twice but it was unresponsive. The clock and weather was right on but the phone also showed that it was on airplane mod.Pushing all around I even heard the navigation welcoming me.
Its really bizzare.I cant understand what is causing this and I suspect it should be pretty simple.....
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http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/htc-one-x-help/1124-htc-one-x-black-screen-problem-3.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468023
i have this problem for a few weeks just after updating to sense 5 ( i dont know if its the source of the problem) ... and no way ... try to press corner and on capacitive buttons it maybe helps for you too ...
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http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/htc-one-x-help/1124-htc-one-x-black-screen-problem-3.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468023
i have this problem for a few weeks just after updating to sense 5 ( i dont know if its the source of the problem) ... and no way ... try to press corner and on capacitive buttons it maybe helps for you too ...
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Tried every trick and gimmick I read about from a dozen forums but nothing worked.All of the sudden at some point the screen appeared and it even let me unlock but trying to bring up the htc clock and apps got stuck in the middle of the screen and hitting the power button dissapered and went to black again.Off to service it goes on Monday for the 3rd time since May and the 2nd for the last month.I hope they will accept to replace it this time......
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Hello HTC One M8 Owners, I have a question for you.
Right now, I have a Galaxy S3. Being that I root and often flash things, there have been times where I have gotten stuck in boot-loops and had to do battery pulls. The fact that I cannot do that on this phone is one thing holding me back from getting it, so I would like to know, does the lack of the ability to pull the battery ever frustrate and or detract from the value of the phone? Quite honestly, if I got in a boot-loop with this phone I wouldn't know what to do besides let the battery die. I'm wondering if it's been an issue for anyone here.
Thanks!
Holding the power button and volume up for 10 seconds simulates removing the battery, this works at all times even when your stuck in a bootloop.
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That was the only reason I almost didn't trade my S4 for an HTC One. Honestly, it was never an issue for me. On the m7, you held the power button for 10 seconds and it shut off.
Scared me at first when the M8 didn't do the same, but with a little experimenting, I found you just Power and Volume Up for a few seconds and it does the same thing.
Personally, I came from an S3 to an S4 to an HTC M7, and now my M8. I have never regretted going from Samsung and their Touchwiz UI to HTC's Sense. Hardware isn't much of an issue to me, since a massive majority of the apps will never reach the capabilities we have now. I would suggest making the switch
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That was the only reason I almost didn't trade my S4 for an HTC One. Honestly, it was never an issue for me. On the m7, you held the power button for 10 seconds and it shut off.
Scared me at first when the M8 didn't do the same, but with a little experimenting, I found you just Power and Volume Up for a few seconds and it does the same thing.
Personally, I came from an S3 to an S4 to an HTC M7, and now my M8. I have never regretted going from Samsung and their Touchwiz UI to HTC's Sense. Hardware isn't much of an issue to me, since a massive majority of the apps will never reach the capabilities we have now. I would suggest making the switch
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Holding the power button and volume up for 10 seconds simulates removing the battery, this works at all times even when your stuck in a bootloop.
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Thank you both for your answers, and thanks Ryno for your advice! :laugh:
Baz Scotland said:
Holding the power button and volume up for 10 seconds simulates removing the battery, this works at all times even when your stuck in a bootloop.
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I am stuck in Entering Recovery mode, closing down and restarts again loop. If I do the volume up, it does turns off or it does anyway to restart, so it turns on shortly after and I cannot do volume down to entering fastboot again.
Any ideas?
Edit: Nvm. It seem to solve itself when it gets low enough on battery.
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I am stuck in Entering Recovery mode, closing down and restarts again loop. If I do the volume up, it does turns off or it does anyway to restart, so it turns on shortly after and I cannot do volume down to entering fastboot again.
Any ideas?
Edit: Nvm. It seem to solve itself when it gets low enough on battery.
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If it is restarting itself, just hold vol down, and don't let go, until you see the bootloader screen. Once it goes through a full "reboot" cycle next time, it will go to bootloader.
Essentially, holding vol down during any power-on or reboot, will trigger going to bootloader. Regardless of how that power-on or reboot was initiated.
My new HTC 10 (bought from HTC UK) is completely dead it seems. I've not tried to unlock or anything and it's a standard HTC supplied model.
The phone had just powered off completely via black screen with no input from me whilst inserting the phone into a car holder. Possibly the side buttons were pressed but in any case it powered off via a screen with small text at the bottom 1/3 of the screen. I didn't get a chance to see the text.
Now it seems that no combination (that I have tried) of button presses will power-up the device - not even boot to recovery (volume-down and power button). If I do attempt to boot to recovery then the 2 capacitive buttons either side of the home button flash on then off about 2 times per second. When plugged into the supplied HTC charger the charge light does not show!
I am about to call HTC UK - I have had it less than one week. Any advice would be most welcome as my brand new HTC 10 has failed on me .
Plug the phone to a wall socket and keep the power button pressed until the buttons stop blinking (10-15 seconds maybe?). Phone should vibrate and boot again.
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Plug the phone to a wall socket and keep the power button pressed until the buttons stop blinking (10-15 seconds maybe?). Phone should vibrate and boot again.
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:good: :victory: - Thank you. That did the trick and it's now booted up again and all looks so far OK.
Have you any idea what may have happened and caused it to go to this state where it would not (normally) power-up? Just keen to know what might have happened and more about this situation? Could I have a fault? I ask because I contacted HTC and they may replace the phone as it was logged as DoA.
Many thanks.
I don't think anything serious happened. The phone was just frozen. It wasn't turned off. You just needed a cold reboot and that's it. Hard to say why it froze though. I'm no hardware expert .
If you feel like that, you could try replacing it, but in my opinion the device is okay.
The phone is still working fine so I'll be keeping. I'm very impressed with this phone, but miss a few of the HTC apps such as the Gallery.
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The phone is still working fine so I'll be keeping. I'm very impressed with this phone, but miss a few of the HTC apps such as the Gallery.
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This site was mentioned somewhere. Download it and install.
http://www.fulmics.com/htc-sense/
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tony.wheeler said:
The phone is still working fine so I'll be keeping. I'm very impressed with this phone, but miss a few of the HTC apps such as the Gallery.
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You can always download the HTC apps from the Play Store.
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You can always download the HTC apps from the Play Store.
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Most of the legacy apps (gallery, music, sense input etc) all show up as incompatible when I check the store for them. Apk mirror on the other hand has them all for download.
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