[Q] Buttons not working :( - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
So this Saturday my home, menu, back and search buttons suddenly stopped working... The search button was the last one standing but it eventually gave in. At the time I had a MiUi Rom that I installed that morning, so I thought it was a problem with the rom. But since I've tried Jelly Time and now I'm using CodeFireX. Both have the same problem.
Then I thought that enabling the on screen home button would solve the issue. At least for now. But to my surprise... they don't work either. The only button that does sometimes work is the multitask button. But I have to press it in a very specific way.
I have absolutely no idea what to do... Please help.
Here's a video showing the problem: http://youtu.be/NX_ZKux3dtY
Thanks!
Matt

Did you fix it?

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Desire acting very strange

Hello,
I have a problem with my HTC desire and would greatly appreciate any help. So, this is what happens:i've had the phone for about1 mo.th and had no probl until about 5 days ago when the pjone started acting as if the HOME, MENU and VOLUME UP keys were being pressed,but i didn't press any of them. Sometimes it happened for minutes. Then, it changed,if i pressed the home button, the phone would bring up the volume and the keypad, if i pressed the menu button, it would act as if i would hold down the home button for a few seconds and also, would bring up tje volume. Also, when this happens, the volume down button won't work. Very few times everything works fine sincd the probls started. I factory reseted the phone twice but no change. Everything else,calls, texting, internet works fine, but since the home button is being activated so often by itself, it will close the texting or the internet. No water damage. I dropped it once, but from e very small height.
What shall I do? Can anyone help? Has anyone had the same problem? I really like this phone.
Thank you
1st time I heard of this...
Suggest you to rule out any 3rd party applications.
If you still can't figure it out, you should be taking advantage of your warranty...
celcerut said:
Hello,
I have a problem with my HTC desire and would greatly appreciate any help. So, this is what happens:i've had the phone for about1 mo.th and had no probl until about 5 days ago when the pjone started acting as if the HOME, MENU and VOLUME UP keys were being pressed,but i didn't press any of them. Sometimes it happened for minutes. Then, it changed,if i pressed the home button, the phone would bring up the volume and the keypad, if i pressed the menu button, it would act as if i would hold down the home button for a few seconds and also, would bring up tje volume. Also, when this happens, the volume down button won't work. Very few times everything works fine sincd the probls started. I factory reseted the phone twice but no change. Everything else,calls, texting, internet works fine, but since the home button is being activated so often by itself, it will close the texting or the internet. No water damage. I dropped it once, but from e very small height.
What shall I do? Can anyone help? Has anyone had the same problem? I really like this phone.
Thank you
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sound suspiciously like water damage to me
Hi, I appreciate your prompt reply to my post. I disabled any third-party applications and also, it hasn;t been water damaged, I was careful this shouldn't happen. however, it still continues to act strangely. I found someone describing the same issues with their phone while googling this malfunctioning
If you can think of anything how I can solve this, please let me know,
Cheers,
tim

[Q] Buttons stopped working.

All of a sudden, the home button menu button, and sense pad stop working. At first it just started with the pad, and now menu and home. Back and Genius still works. I've read on about it, and wiped and reflashed, but nothing.
Edit: Wow, an hour after i posted this, the genius and back button stopped working. Yelp
Can anyone help? o.o
If reflashing and stuff doesn't do the trick, then it could be a hardware problem.
How could it be a hardware problem? It clicks when i press them. No water damage or anything.
the buttons can click all they want, but if the connections are bad, clicky button means nothing
Wow that sucks.
yup, better move fast and have your carrier replace it for you.
it happened to me, get a replacement
I dont have warrenty.

[Q] Power Button not working(HTC Desire).!!!!!!

hello fellow desire user's..
i been using my desire for about 6months and suddenly the power button stop responding, i tried to go back to original state (e.g out of the box) and still the power button not working, i also tried to reflash same thing happen nothing,,,
Q: is this a hardware problem?
please help!!!and tnxs in advance..
You are complete stock, so call htc.
ianthugs19 said:
hello fellow desire user's..
i been using my desire for about 6months and suddenly the power button stop responding, i tried to go back to original state (e.g out of the box) and still the power button not working, i also tried to reflash same thing happen nothing,,,
Q: is this a hardware problem?
please help!!!and tnxs in advance..
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Same thing happened to me though mine was due to me dropping my phone. I would give HTC a call in the first instance and try and get it fixed for free under warranty
My phone is rooted and has a custom rom so i am able to bypass this issue by having the phone wake on track ball and i have downloaded a few apps
screen off and lock (this is then mapped to long press on the search key
quick boot (to restart the phone, this requires root access to work)
after a few hours you get used to the alternative way to switch the screen on and off.
ianthugs19 said:
hello fellow desire user's..
i been using my desire for about 6months and suddenly the power button stop responding, i tried to go back to original state (e.g out of the box) and still the power button not working, i also tried to reflash same thing happen nothing,,,
Q: is this a hardware problem?
please help!!!and tnxs in advance..
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I had the same problem with the desire HD, happened suddenly installed nolock as a tempory solution, and was going to take it in under warranty for repair. It is caused by a stuck power button. Heres how I fixed mine. As a last resort, I removed the battery sim card cover and battery cover so that all I was holding was the Ali uni body section. with my finger and thumb I began flicking the chrome button with my nail, as if you were flicking a pea accross the table, after about 30 seconds of flicking the little chrome button popped out slightly, when holding it by your ear and pressing it you can now hear a click. Maybe a dust particle or something from my pocket caused mine not sure, but it was moisture or software related. Hope this helps someone who maybe hasthe same problem.
Paul.
i'd say give htc a call
hope u find a solution soon..

[Q] Sleep Issue with BlackJelly Rom V. 08 LIH

Hi guys.
Recently I saw a recommendation to get the Blackjelly ROM V. 08 LIH so I flashed it on my phone and it's been working great. However I am noticing one particular problem with this ROM and need help with fixing the issue.
Occasionally when I lock the phone via the power button, the menu button and back button both light up but the screen doesn't. It's almost like it doesn't want to wake up from sleep except that the phone is functioning in the background. This has happened when I've received a text message while the phone was locked and I couldn't see what my message said because the screen wasn't turning on.
The temporary solution I've found with this has been to hard reset the phone by holding down the home button until the menu and back buttons turn off.
Then turning back on.
I don't want to have to keep doing this if the phone is acting up but I also don't know if this is a ROM-based issue or something else I'm not aware of. Please help? Thanks in advance.

[Q] Home button does not work!

I have looked under the settings for hours and have not found anything! Need help :/
The only way for me to get back to home is to press back a bunch of times, I can't hold the home button to pull up recent apps either.
I am new to android, or just phones in general and my friend flashed my phone with AOKP.
Any help is appreciated!
Alright guys, I was the one that flashed his phone, and he's new to forums so I'll address the problem he's having.
We live far apart so can't really fix his phone for I don't have an S3 myself. His home button was working as it should, home would exit, long press would bring up the multitasking etc.
Today randomly his phone wouldn't respond to the home button. The thing is, I told him to wipe dalivk, do a factory reset, etc. and hes able to use the home button in the recovery but not the ROM itself.
There's a huge probability that he has possibly changed the settings somewhere binding the home button to do absolutley nothing on keypress, but I am just unsure of his settings on his phone. Could anyone help out please? Thanks.
what rom?
Flash stock? See if it's working again?
knifeproz said:
Alright guys, I was the one that flashed his phone, and he's new to forums so I'll address the problem he's having.
We live far apart so can't really fix his phone for I don't have an S3 myself. His home button was working as it should, home would exit, long press would bring up the multitasking etc.
Today randomly his phone wouldn't respond to the home button. The thing is, I told him to wipe dalivk, do a factory reset, etc. and hes able to use the home button in the recovery but not the ROM itself.
There's a huge probability that he has possibly changed the settings somewhere binding the home button to do absolutley nothing on keypress, but I am just unsure of his settings on his phone. Could anyone help out please? Thanks.
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what rom and launcher.
Op says its aokp.
Next thing id try is reflashing the rom.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
with CM10, you can configure what the home button does, or you can assign "nothing" to it. aokp is basically cm10 with more options, just fiddle with the settings and find that option, it should say something like "hardware keys"

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