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[Q] Volume buttons broke!!!Need help

Can i flash roms without my volume buttons. Somehow they broke. The click part is snapped or something im not sure. Can i change roms SAFELY without the use of my volume buttons. Thanks, or even better, i have a bad esn htc hero, i opened both phones and htc uses the same volume buttons for both phones or at least it appears to. Can i switch these easily, is it possible, whats my best bet

Yes, you can flash safely. ROM Manager is your best bet. you're going to want to get that fixed very soon, though. RM can't flash everything.
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thank you so much!!!, how can i get it fixed, sprint store, computer store

iitreatedii said:
thank you so much!!!, how can i get it fixed, sprint store, computer store
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Well from what I was told it cant be fixed. Its connected to the mother board. A sprint tech messef mine up when they replaced the screen. They ordered a replacement phone but I didnt give up and he wad able to fix it. It wasnt broke but it wad bent.
If it would have been broken I would have a diff evo know.
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So is there any hope on repair
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If there is no physical damage (i.e. scratches, dents, water damage) then it will be covered under warranty. take it to an Authorized Sprint Repair Center.

It's been opened and guy swapped with a perfect condition evo physical housing...I'm looking for a paid for repair or self repair
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The volume button itself is simple to change, once you remove the six screws on the back and take it off it just pops right out, same with the power button.

No the plastic tabs on the metal clips on the motherboard...not the actual volume rocker
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no one can help me out?

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i think your sol your gonna need to get a new phone

wow really, this is retarded, some tech at a sprint store cant swap or fix broken volume buttons. What do they do when this happens to people just throw new phones all over the place

Capacitive menu button activating by itself

So a few times a day my phone will start bugging out, vibrating and the same menu that would pop up if you pressed the menu button would come up. I find it pretty weird, I can't reproduce it but it comes and goes.
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Same with me.
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This kinda sucks because I have a feeling it's a hardware issue, I'm over my 14 days and I'm scared that I might get a phone with LOS. Damn I thought I almost got away with a problem free epic.......
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Same is happening to me, I made a thread about it and no help, might be a hardware issue.
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tonight mine freaked out a little bit but not exactly the same as yours. My phone appeared to freeze up for a few seconds and then anytime I pressed any of the capacitive buttons the voice talk app would say "what would you like to do?" I had to reboot it to get it to stop.

Krnla said:
Same is happening to me, I made a thread about it and no help, might be a hardware issue.
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I Google's it a bit and it looks like others have this issue as well. It used to only happen once a day but lately it's more often. Issue seems to be getting worse. I know for sure tho when I bring it to sprint it won't happen at all and I'll have to argue with them.
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sorry for ressurecting an old thread. but anyone with a fix for this? i swear this hasnt happened untill like my 15th day lol..
someone help!

Im having the same problem.. But I can watch my menu open and close on its own. I cant figure it out to save my life. I got this oct 15th its now nov 4 th.. If I go to our sprint store & get a hassle, someone will be eatin this phone..
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Well front desk girl almost ate this phone.... I felt kinda bad abt it afterwards.. Repair guy stayed behind the glass window... So after some pressure, they decided it was a hardware issue with the touch screen, an replaced the phone.
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Yea, I get this issue every now and then. Some of the ROMs give me less frequency, but it always seems to happen again.

jmcghee1973 said:
Well front desk girl almost ate this phone.... I felt kinda bad abt it afterwards.. Repair guy stayed behind the glass window... So after some pressure, they decided it was a hardware issue with the touch screen, an replaced the phone.
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congrats on getting a replacement. unfortunately, im outside my 14- and 30-day period so i suppose im stuck with this issue

anyone with any more info on this? Mine starting doing this recently.
Factory Reset was a no fix.

This started happen to me too, my home button gets "stuck" when i press the power it would take a screen shot. I hope its not a hardware issue, i really baby my phone. I am calk rom 2.0. Also i belive samsungs warrenty should cover it for free.
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ranchosteve said:
This started happen to me too, my home button gets "stuck" when i press the power it would take a screen shot. I hope its not a hardware issue, i really baby my phone. I am calk rom 2.0. Also i belive samsungs warrenty should cover it for free.
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Damn, that doesn't sound right. I wouldn't wait if it happens anymore. If you don't have insurance, will they charge the $100 deductible?
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Request Dev help broke power button

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 think CM 10.1 killed my GS-III

Since December I've been running CM10 on my GS-III with little to no issues. I flash CM 10.1 mid January and even though it was an unstable nightly it was very stable.
Flashing the nightlies as they became available with no issues at all.
Then today my phone starts slowing down and froze up.
Keep in mind that I hadn't flashed a nightly in like a day or 2 do I had been using the past nightly as a daily driver.
When my phone decided to freeze I rebooted it and it booted just fine.
About 2 minutes in the screen goes black. Holding the power button it's unresponsive.
Now my phone is completely unresponsive to all button presses. I've tried the 3 button combos for recovery and download mode with no luck. I've even held the buttons for a full minute but nothing is working.
Is my phone dead or is there a possibility of resurrecting it?
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Are you positive the battery hasn't died. That would be the first thing I would check. Even if it showed it was charging doesn't mean the battery is good. I'm not trying to be insulting either by asking this. I'm a equipment tech at a large semiconductor company and you wouldn't believe the number of times the fix was as simple as turning a breaker back on when another tech wanted to replace something major. #1 rule of troubleshooting: Is there power. #2 rule: Double check rule #1. Sounds silly, but it is the easiest thing to overlook. Good luck and I hope it's as simple as a battery.
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Are you positive the battery hasn't died. That would be the first thing I would check. Even if it showed it was charging doesn't mean the battery is good. I'm not trying to be insulting either by asking this. I'm a equipment tech at a large semiconductor company and you wouldn't believe the number of times the fix was as simple as turning a breaker back on when another tech wanted to replace something major. #1 rule of troubleshooting: Is there power. #2 rule: Double check rule #1. Sounds silly, but it is the easiest thing to overlook. Good luck and I hope it's as simple as a battery.
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No you're not insulting by asking that. I use to record music and when something wasn't wasn't working that's the first thing we asked and re asked.
Unfortunately I do believe I checked that out. When I plug in a charger it doesn't even show me a battery charging logo.
I have noticed that when I pull out the battery and connect the charger the led turns red.
I'll see if i can't swap batteries with one of my friends and see if that helps.
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Can adb on your pc detect your phone by any chance ? I do not want to scare you but hopefully your not having a motherboard failure or a sudden death :/
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shahkam said:
Can adb on your pc detect your phone by any chance ? I do not want to scare you but hopefully your not having a motherboard failure or a sudden death :/
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I'm checking that right now
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Well unfortunately there's no response from adb or phone.
However the computer does make a usb device connected sound.
Not sure if that's just a standard sound from the computer or if the phone is triggering it.
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Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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This.
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Android_Monsters said:
Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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This.
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I have tried the 3 button combos for T-Mobiles variant of the GS-III with no luck either.... I even tried making a jig and didn't have much luck....
Next step is to buy a jig and see if that works
Thankfully I got a replacement GS-III from insurance. So I'm content... Also since I get to keep the other GS-III as well it feels even nicer.
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I have tried the 3 button combos for T-Mobiles variant of the GS-III with no luck either.... I even tried making a jig and didn't have much luck....
Next step is to buy a jig and see if that works
Thankfully I got a replacement GS-III from insurance. So I'm content... Also since I get to keep the other GS-III as well it feels even nicer.
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A usb jig should do it most of the time it do work and if it doesn't oh well you could sell it out for parts i guess ?
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You would probably make most of your back if you sold it for spare parts and may only have to pay $50 for a replacement. Good luck!
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I'm not sure I understand how a jig is going to help him when the phone won't turn on.
I would try another battery first. You said you were going to try this but I don't see where you confirmed that it wasn't the issue.

Hmm you could have ran into that now infamous mb crash and burn error although I'm not sure how since you were running aosp. Anyone else want to chime in?
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If the battery truly died plugging it in won't be any help
Try another battery, I'm betting that's the issue. T-Mobile will have one or two on hand in store so you can try

Hopefully I will be able to get my hands on a spare battery to test this with as soon as I'm off work.
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Yeah first of lets make sure its not the battery and the jig forces the phone to boot into download mode if im not mistaken.. It is intended for users having similar issues / unresponsive devices...
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Yeah first of lets make sure its not the battery and the jig forces the phone to boot into download mode if im not mistaken.. It is intended for users having similar issues / unresponsive devices...
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Well unfortunately the spare battery i used on my phone was no good in getting the phone to respond.
Now my next step is to attempt to hope that the jig will do something for my phone.
If not i guess that i will have a nice paper weight of luxury lol
Either that or i can sell it to someone.
So far those are the only options that i think i have at the moment.
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Flash STOCK or different ROM (Don't forget kernel too) think the issue is with the Cyanogenmod, mine did something similar, when screen went dark it took literally 5-10 Power button presses to wake the phone up, sometimes it wouldn't respond, other soft keys only would light up, Make backup, Wipe, install, check everything, that what I would do

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Flash STOCK or different ROM (Don't forget kernel too) think the issue is with the Cyanogenmod, mine did something similar, when screen went dark it took literally 5-10 Power button presses to wake the phone up, sometimes it wouldn't respond, other soft keys only would light up, Make backup, Wipe, install, check everything, that what I would do
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He cannot flash anything his phone doesn't answer to anything i don't see how he could do that..
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The phone is dead. My friend's gs3 died suddenly one day while I just happen to be using it. I plugged in an otg plug and few minutes later the screen just went black. I was sure it was dead when I plug in a charger and there was no sign of life from the phone.
I don't know if you have to pay a deductible but Samsung is supposedly replacing galaxy s3 for free because there is a known defect which cause the motherboard to go bad. My friend's was a Verizon model and they just replaced it free.
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Power button not working, replaced the button... still nothing

I bought the phone on Craigslist, knowing the button was broken. The phone itself was on, and worked fine while on CM10.1 (When you lose power, if you plug in to USB it will turn on automatically). Well I wanted to go back to stock so I did via recovery, and then afterwards realized that on stock, you have to press power button to turn the phone on.
So, I ordered a replacement button circuit, which cost about $4 shipped. Came in to day, popped it on, and... still not working.
Like I said I know the phone works, and this part SHOULD work since I just ordered it... When I plug the phone in it goes to the battery charging screen (Battery should be just about full anyway) and the power button does not get it to boot.

Might want to double check that ribbon cable that you had to plug in. When you replaced it! That's the only possible problem I could see it could be. Sometimes we rush to do things not realizing, we actually made a mistake!
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Bajanman said:
Might want to double check that ribbon cable that you had to plug in. When you replaced it! That's the only possible problem I could see it could be. Sometimes we rush to do things not realizing, we actually made a mistake!
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The ribbon cable is a snap-in type, and I double checked/un/replugged it twice...
The only thing it could be is the circuit on the board I guess, but the rest of the board is fine...

Aaaaah one of those types. Okay..Could just be a faulty board all together! I would have who ever your ordered it from send you out another one!
If they take returns??
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Bajanman said:
Aaaaah one of those types. Okay..Could just be a faulty board all together! I would have who ever your ordered it from send you out another one!
If they take returns??
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Some random asshole on Craigslist who won't respond to texts... Nah.

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Some random asshole on Craigslist who won't respond to texts... Nah.
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Careful with ya words here lol..
But yeah if it was a snap ribbon cable then you'll know if you installed it right.
Yeah try to find someone online instead of Craigslist. I've heard the horror stories from there.
Good luck with all that brotha!
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Careful with ya words here lol..
But yeah if it was a snap ribbon cable then you'll know if you installed it right.
Yeah try to find someone online instead of Craigslist. I've heard the horror stories from there.
Good luck with all that brotha!
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It sucks because I've bought... 2 HTC Vivid's, an HTC One X, a Galaxy Note (original), a Sony Xperia Ion all off Craigslist without a problem. Then I get one of my "dream phones" (always wanted a Galaxy Note 2) and this happens...

I don't suppose there is any other crazy way I can at least turn the phone on? Any way at all? That doesn't require power button? I know with CM 10.1 you just have to plug it in with battery out and it starts boot up automatically but such is not the case with stock Samsung.

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I don't suppose there is any other crazy way I can at least turn the phone on? Any way at all? That doesn't require power button? I know with CM 10.1 you just have to plug it in with battery out and it starts boot up automatically but such is not the case with stock Samsung.
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Nothing that I've heard of!:banghead:
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Nothing that I've heard of!:banghead:
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I just figured... I could use a jig to kick it in to ODIN mode then just cancel ODIN mode and it would boot in to OS.
I guess if nothing else I can sell it on Craigslist as such - power button doesn't work, as-is..

Sorry. ...
Bad luck for sure. ..
But a new power button assembly should do the trick. .
They are of course different between models. ..and you may have been sold the wrong one ..
Likely a pin out connection problem. ..
Good luck to you. ..g
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imranh101 said:
I just figured... I could use a jig to kick it in to ODIN mode then just cancel ODIN mode and it would boot in to OS.
I guess if nothing else I can sell it on Craigslist as such - power button doesn't work, as-is..
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Do you think if you call warranty they might help you.? The phones warranty follows the phone right?
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