Ok here's the problem
My brother's GS2 is on stock gingerbread, just rooted. For a long time over 4 months it worked fine. Just randomly since 2 days if u turn it on it keeps buzzing. It might turn on go through the splash screen but halfway through it will buzz again. If i hold any buttons it might go into odin mode or cwm but just restart by itself after. Anyone have any suggestions how to fix this? I can't afford another phone.
Also if I put the battery in the phone buzzes and starts to boot itself without me pushing the power button. I tried taking the board out. Took some alcohol and cleaned up the power button and charging port. Let it dry for a few hours then plugged everything back together and its still doing the same thing. Power button seems like a tight solder so i dont want to mess with it unless I absolutely need to
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Please any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You
Read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
Its the power button.
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hi. i got a tmobile samsung galaxy s2. I am out of my warranty. i had my phone for about six month thru a warranty exchange.
I was browsing espn.com, then out of no where the phone turned itself off and started to vibrate. I have tried to power it on, and it just vibrates. it turns on a quarter way then begins to vibrate. i left the battery out since the problem started waited the whole night to pass, still just beeps.
I googled how to put phone into discovery mode, but when I do the steps, it also powers the discovery mode quarter way then turns off and starts to vibrate. Is it a sticky power button. The power button presses normally,doesnt resist when i press it.
bojackson2015 said:
hi. i got a tmobile samsung galaxy s2. I am out of my warranty. i had my phone for about six month thru a warranty exchange.
I was browsing espn.com, then out of no where the phone turned itself off and started to vibrate. I have tried to power it on, and it just vibrates. it turns on a quarter way then begins to vibrate. i left the battery out since the problem started waited the whole night to pass, still just beeps.
I googled how to put phone into discovery mode, but when I do the steps, it also powers the discovery mode quarter way then turns off and starts to vibrate. Is it a sticky power button. The power button presses normally,doesnt resist when i press it.
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Sounds to me like a sticky or stuck power button. If you can take it apart...clean around the button that might help. There are a few guides in the Skyrocket forum on how to do it. Search for sticky power button or look at the stickies by Vincom. I have a T989 as well and used some of these methods and it worked. Good luck!
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I think taths the power button.
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To be honest your probably going to have to the the button replaced I had same issue I tried everything to cleaning it and around it and even prying it away from the connector and nothing worked I had to send it into Samsung and they had to replace the motherboard thankfully it was still under warranty its worth a shot to call em n ask if yours is
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I had the same issue, took it apart and tried cleaning to no avail. I called a local cell repair shop and as soon as I said I had an S2 and started to describe the issue, he stopped me and said it was a short in the switch, which had to be replaced, and gave me a quote. Seems to be something of a common issue.
jeremyo83 said:
I had the same issue, took it apart and tried cleaning to no avail. I called a local cell repair shop and as soon as I said I had an S2 and started to describe the issue, he stopped me and said it was a short in the switch, which had to be replaced, and gave me a quote. Seems to be something of a common issue.
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How much was it for the shop to fix this?
I am looking at buying an S2 for $100 that is doing this shut off & vibrate.
bojackson2015 said:
hi. i got a tmobile samsung galaxy s2. I am out of my warranty. i had my phone for about six month thru a warranty exchange.
I was browsing espn.com, then out of no where the phone turned itself off and started to vibrate. I have tried to power it on, and it just vibrates. it turns on a quarter way then begins to vibrate. i left the battery out since the problem started waited the whole night to pass, still just beeps.
I googled how to put phone into discovery mode, but when I do the steps, it also powers the discovery mode quarter way then turns off and starts to vibrate. Is it a sticky power button. The power button presses normally,doesnt resist when i press it.
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I got something similar happening to a S2 I have. I was using it, it just shut down and won’t boot anymore. As soon as I plug it in it'll start vibrating indefinitely, pull the battery and re-insert it, and it'll keep on vibrating indefinitely. Sometimes I see the SAMSUNG logo but that as far as I can get. RECOVERY doesn’t work, ODIN doesn’t work, no button combination works... seems kind of dead to me.
You guys think it’s worth sending it to SAMSUNG and getting a quote to get it repaired?
EDIT: sometimes i can get into download mode for about 3 seconds then it blue screens and reboots. I can get as far as pressing the VOL+ up and then reboots...
So did anyone find a solution or was it a "short in the switch"?
Solution
bojackson2015 said:
hi. i got a tmobile samsung galaxy s2. I am out of my warranty. i had my phone for about six month thru a warranty exchange.
I was browsing espn.com, then out of no where the phone turned itself off and started to vibrate. I have tried to power it on, and it just vibrates. it turns on a quarter way then begins to vibrate. i left the battery out since the problem started waited the whole night to pass, still just beeps.
I googled how to put phone into discovery mode, but when I do the steps, it also powers the discovery mode quarter way then turns off and starts to vibrate. Is it a sticky power button. The power button presses normally,doesnt resist when i press it.
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SOLUTION !!! Hey i share your pain... i have an
S2 as well and have been facing the same
problem... my phone is rooted so at first i
thought the problem was due to an unstable
custom rom... anyway the REAL problem is
called a "STICKY POWER KEY". all you need is a
bright light, a can of CRC (the none conductive
type) and a Phillips head screw driver.. you need
to remove the back cover of your phone, remove
your battery and or charger , sim and sd card
then remove the six screws that is holding the
phone together. after that , carefully pry open the
phone and remove the circuit board that has the
power button and the volume Buttons.. this is a
little tricky because in order to get the circuit
board out you will need to detach some
connectors.. now you need to spray some CRC
on the power button using the fine tip straw that
comes with the CRC CAN .. then you just need
to press the power button until you get tired... i
use CRC intermittently while i press, be careful
not to get too much on the circuit board tho..
when you are done , put the phone back together
and let it sit for an hour then replace the battery
and turn on your phone voila ..... feel free to
inbox me if you require further assistance...
[email protected]
My power button has been broken for the last month and I have been trying to wait it out for my update to get a new phone in September. On android 4.2 I was able to turn on the phone with pulling out the battery and putting it back in with the initial bootup. I've had no luck trying any possible way to turn on my phone with the new 4.3. I've even tried pulling out the power button and giving it an alcohol bath but had no luck.
Without buying a power button and waiting a week has anyone had any luck turning on your phone without a power button?
Thanks for any help.
scribb1er said:
My power button has been broken for the last month and I have been trying to wait it out for my update to get a new phone in September. On android 4.2 I was able to turn on the phone with pulling out the battery and putting it back in with the initial bootup. I've had no luck trying any possible way to turn on my phone with the new 4.3. I've even tried pulling out the power button and giving it an alcohol bath but had no luck.
Without buying a power button and waiting a week has anyone had any luck turning on your phone without a power button?
Thanks for any help.
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My volume rocker has been broken after some minor water damage. I've given it an alcohol bath, put it all back, still didn't work.
So I just pressed as hard as I could. It works now xD
My tmobile galaxy s3 was turning on by itself as soon as i put the battery in it. The phone would stay on for about 5 seconds then turn off. This repeated itself over and over again as soon as i put in the battery in.
I took it in to get repaired and the guy told me its the power switch so he replaced it.
I rooted my phone and put a 4.3 rom on it. Everything started up fine and installed properly.
2 days later the same issues on it turning on by itself and turning off. I took it in to the same shop and they are blaming me for a bad root.
Any thoughts?
Hackit5 said:
My tmobile galaxy s3 was turning on by itself as soon as i put the battery in it. The phone would stay on for about 5 seconds then turn off. This repeated itself over and over again as soon as i put in the battery in.
I took it in to get repaired and the guy told me its the power switch so he replaced it.
I rooted my phone and put a 4.3 rom on it. Everything started up fine and installed properly.
2 days later the same issues on it turning on by itself and turning off. I took it in to the same shop and they are blaming me for a bad root.
Any thoughts?
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It could be a problem with the power button. I had a similar problem with my gs3 when I bought it used. If you take the battery out and then put the battery back in and the phone boots up by itself without touching the power button then it might be the same problem I had..
I don't recommend this fix for everyone with a power button problem but in my case it fixed it and it's been perfect ever since I did this..
I fixed mine by taking my phone apart and taking my dremel tool with a fine grinding wheel and sanding just a millimeter or two off of the face of the internal power button. The silver power button that you see on the outside of the phone is just a cover that presses on the internal button which is just a tiny micro switch. I found that the external button was always putting pressure on the internal button and causing the phone to constantly reboot. By sanding a bit off of the internal button it gave it some space so it wasn't always putting pressure on the button. There's a few video's on youtube that show how to take the phone apart to get to the power button. It's very easy.
Hello friends,
Unfortunately my phone fell in water and now I'm not understanding what to do with it. Here is my situation:
1. Phone was in water for 15-20 minutes.
2. When I came to know about it, I took it, it was switched off.
3. I removed battery and removed the water that I could remove.
4. Kept it in rice for 6-7 hours. Tried to put battery and saw that there was red light even before I switch it on. The phone did not switch on after pressing power button.
5. Kept the phone again in rice for more than 24 hours. Also kept it in sunlight.
6. Tried to switch it on. Still I could see the red light even before pressing the power button.
I'm not getting what to do now? Can any one help/ suggest me in this regard?