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My phone was bought off Craigslist and I can't afford a new phone my hardware power button got conductive oil inside of it now whenever pressed it acts like. Held and hard restarts, I found an app called any unlock or something like that on the market my problem is when my phone sleeps it kills the process and I cant wake it is there a Dev who can help me make this program start in foreground I read about it but am clueless so I could really use help also if anyone knows where I can order the hardware button part that would be killer cause I could pay a shop to do the circuit soldering, I use this as my work phone and am worried I as I need to invest 500 into tools for work this month and can't afford repair, also my phone is on boost so there is no warranty, I can not take it to sprint, thank you
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If you use CM9 you can set the volume buttons to wake the phone up. Could be a temporary fix for your problem.
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That sounds good but with it is now I'm not sure I can get it into download or recovery, I can't remember the buttons off the top of my head, but if I can that sounds like a good temp solution, thanks ... do you know if there is a one click Odin for that and if I can just flash it over stock rooted el29 also if its ice based apn settings are an issue for me I need to be able to change them to boost mobiles, I contacted a store that does button soldering and replacement so I may give that a shot on Friday
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Have you tried this app yet?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.wsleep
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So far that is working, I think the screen off in the notification bar keeps the system from killing it, thanks
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Digglez said:
So far that is working, I think the screen off in the notification bar keeps the system from killing it, thanks
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Good deal. Hope you get it worked out!
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Yep I found a place that will replace the button for me, I'm thinking about ordering a custom back since I gotta take it apart anyways
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I cannot turn on my phone at all, the Samsung logo comes up, screen blacks out and the phone just vibrates once every couple of seconds. If I'm lucky the phone will sometimes boot up but freezes and turns back off. It's nearly impossible for me to boot into recovery and do anything as the phone shuts off seconds later. Anyone have any advice, I've looked all over and only found one other person with this problem and no fix
Are you doing the combo correctly, release power after vibrate continue holding volume keys? Did you drop the phone causing this? Try pulling battery first then try recovery
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Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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Someone on here recently had the same problem.. It ended up being a faulty power button..
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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Lmao great minds think alike
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rymanh said:
Lmao great minds think alike
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Or we are both spending way to much time on XDA!
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Or we are both spending way to much time on XDA!
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I hate to say it but your right.. I got the Android app and I compulsively check it all day.. Lol. Time to find a new hobby I guess lol
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rymanh said:
I hate to say it but your right.. I got the Android app and I compulsively check it all day.. Lol. Time to find a new hobby I guess lol
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Now that I'm playing around with it, it makes perfect sense that its the power button. Thanks guys
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Thats exactly what was wrong with mine. I just got it exchanged
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I had this issue before. Battery was completely dead. I just charge for a while and it was fine. Same also happened to a friends and she let hers charge and it was fine.
Fly2Deaf said:
Thats exactly what was wrong with mine. I just got it exchanged
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I'm guessing that it's a fairly common thing
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otter5 said:
I cannot turn on my phone at all, the Samsung logo comes up, screen blacks out and the phone just vibrates once every couple of seconds. If I'm lucky the phone will sometimes boot up but freezes and turns back off. It's nearly impossible for me to boot into recovery and do anything as the phone shuts off seconds later. Anyone have any advice, I've looked all over and only found one other person with this problem and no fix
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yea im having the same problem with my phone and its for sure not the battery or the power button.
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FloggingChamp said:
yea im having the same problem with my phone and its for sure not the battery or the power button.
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i also tried running unbrick on it and that didnt do it either
LoopDoGG79 said:
Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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yeah, that thread had helpful info. i tried the one guy's suggestion of gently working a tiny flat-head screwdriver around the power button, and it fixed my issue.
hopefully it won't come back too often, but at least i know what it is (faulty power button) and can send it in for repairs if need be. at this point, i'm just relieved i have another chance to backup my data!
well, the issue came back, and working a screw driver around the button isn't solving the problem. it'll go away for a very short period of time, and then come back.
more recently, i've started losing settings for open apps when the phone reboots randomly. freaking awesome. just lost my handcent settings, and can't figure out where the config file/db is so i can restore it from a backup. looks like i'll have to spend another hour or more fully customizing the blasted thing again.
Its gotta be a bad motherboard I had same issue and Samsung warranty it out and fixed it for free or you can find em on eBay i just bought a used one for 90 and works perfect
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Power button could be stuck again. I fixed mine my flicking it with my finger every second and finally my phone would start up again. Guess screw driver would have been easier, haha. Would work for a month then the same issue would start again. Do you happen to use a D30 case?
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I had the same problem because I used the d30 case haha
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I'm new to this phone, bought it two days ago and just rooted it today. Ever since I got the phone there's always been a 1-2 sec delay from the time I press the power button to when the screen unlocks. I've searched around but every thread I've found turns into a bunch of mindless arguing over to whether it's a problem or not. I would just like to know if there's a way to get rid of it or if it's something I just have to learn to live with. Any help and advice is greatly appreciated :]
I've never noticed / never takes more than a second from push power to unlocked screen.
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There is no fix other than changing the minimum cpu but that would drain your battery. I guess the issue has gone unnoticed for me after using this phone for about a nine months.
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It could be noticeable when coming from other devices but if you have stuck with Samsung for your smartphones for sometime it will probably go unnoticed. I thought that too when I first came over.
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Download soft locker from the app store it helped me
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=otis8.softlocker
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Hello everyone, I have a problem with my GSIII but I'm not sure if its worth the effort or time to trade it in, or if they will even allow me. Whenever I press the hone button towards the right side of it, it gets stuck and then eventually pop us back up its really annoying. But should I trade it in for a new one??
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..yes if it brothers you exchange it.
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Don't really understand the issue you're having but you should try flashing a new rom first.. I wicked v4 is good.
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Crisisx1 said:
Don't really understand the issue you're having but you should try flashing a new rom first.. I wicked v4 is good.
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You really didn't understand the question lol. it has nothing to do with the software the phone. His home button sticks when you press is it down, but only when you press it on the right hand side of the home button. And to the OP if that was my phone I would exchange it, as long as you didn't spill anything on it then it's a manufacture defect that would irritate the hell outta me.
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My power button has been on the fritz. My contract expires in sept and I do not want to stay with sprint and don't feel like getting a new phone at the moment.
What are my option to fix it or alternative roms I can load that use another button to unlock my phone.
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dbldown768 said:
My power button has been on the fritz. My contract expires in sept and I do not want to stay with sprint and don't feel like getting a new phone at the moment.
What are my option to fix it or alternative roms I can load that use another button to unlock my phone.
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How about this thread to start.
Download button savior from the market
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dbldown768 said:
My power button has been on the fritz. My contract expires in sept and I do not want to stay with sprint and don't feel like getting a new phone at the moment.
What are my option to fix it or alternative roms I can load that use another button to unlock my phone.
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Most aosp ROMs like cyanogen to AOKP will have a volume wake mod so you can use the volume rocker to wake the device.
Edit: hmmmmm . . thought I saw this within my current ROM (root box) but now cannot find it now. It was very common on my last device (nexus s 4g) so I would think it should be possible here too.
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I took mine back to sprint and they are shipping me a new one (refurb probably) for free. This is the second time the power button has broken.
Try Gravity Screen Off. You don't have to touch the power botton. This is only if you use you power botton to wake up your phone.
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I took mine back to sprint and they are shipping me a new one (refurb probably) for free. This is the second time the power button has broken.
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Same here. Got my wife's ET4G replaced by Sprint last month due to the power button taking a dump.
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I don't pay for insurance on this phone. I dont want to pay sprint any more money for this phone suck as a $35+ refurbished phone. a phone should be able to last more than 2 years without issue. The sprint store repair guy told me he never heard of this issue. At because at the time I brought the phone in the button wasn't acting up. Also he said that the fee was not $35 but greater. But I dont think he had a clue
There isn't any software way with root to trick use one of the volume buttons as the power switch and say make the power button act as a volume down action? Or another example is the screen turns on when headphones are plugged in. Is there a way to simulate that?
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Most aosp ROMs like cyanogen to AOKP will have a volume wake mod so you can use the volume rocker to wake the device.
Edit: hmmmmm . . thought I saw this within my current ROM (root box) but now cannot find it now. It was very common on my last device (nexus s 4g) so I would think it should be possible here too.
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I am now running cm10.1 wild as the night and it does have the volume wake mod available. It is in /settings/display/Volume rocker wake
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Thanks I'm trying 10.1 right now. I'm liking the rom but the volume wake mod doesn't seem to be working for me. I can press the rocker for quite some time and the screen doesn't feel like waking back up.
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I had this issue as well. I just took it apart and cleaned the power button. I don't pay for insurance either, and the sprint rep was a prick to me as well... I complained but by then I was too heated to care any longer. Just YouTube a vid and fix yourself. You are pretty much out of options unless you feel like paying a hefty little fee.
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Try using the go to sleep option for quick settings to lock it. There's also an app called intellicover that uses the proximity sensor to lock and unlock it. My power button went out a few months ago and I had to work around it til I got a replacement
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noobtoob said:
I had this issue as well. I just took it apart and cleaned the power button. I don't pay for insurance either, and the sprint rep was a prick to me as well... I complained but by then I was too heated to care any longer. Just YouTube a vid and fix yourself. You are pretty much out of options unless you feel like paying a hefty little fee.
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Try gravity screen off in the play store. You don't have to use the power button for nothing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenoffpr
Go to the play store and type "gravity screen off"
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