I've had my E4GT for a while (upgrade is in July) and of course it would do this a month before my upgrade. My power button is not working at all. I can't hold it for reboot options, can't wake or sleep the phone and can't take screenshots. The power button presses but just doesn't work and the only way I can wake my phone is if I plug it into a charger and unplug so the screen comes on. So is there an app where I can wake/sleep it using the menu or home button? Or is this a common problem that can be fixed?
I'm running Jellyverse v3.0 GB27.
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It is a very common problem. A quick search would yield lots of results on xda. Try looking through the other hundred threads on this same issue. Different users did different stuff. Too much to list. Search for it
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My power button has been unresponsive more and more. This morning my battery fell out and the power button is not working yet again. I took it apart and the button seems to function properly but it is unresponsive for some reason. The phone works fine other than the power button issue. I'm wondering if there is a different way to power up my phone other than the power button.
Thanks
Some custom roms will power on the device when you plug in the charger. There's also roms that'll let you wake the screen with the volume buttons (may even be an app for that). Sorry I can't name specific roms...I just can't remember which ones do it.
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If the power button isn't working properly, take it back in to Sprint. It's under warranty.
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I sometimes (1 out of 20 times) have problem with the power button to wake up the screen, it only happens once a while, so I press the button, nothing happened, and I press another time, then it woke.
I personally thought it is a software issue rather than hardware. Do you guys have similar experience.
Yep, all the time.
Same thing for me.
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I also have the same issue but its rare.
thank god, then I should not panic about my power button at all
Ditto. I posted this in the JellyBean general thread too.
This is one of many things wrong with JB. There's still microlag, the keyboard has taken a dramatic step backwards (missed autocorrections, randomly repeated letters and words!, and backspacing glitches galore; it did none of these things with ICS keyboard), and the aforementioned power button issue.
We really need 4.1.2 that addresses these issues.
Noticing this too.
I've noticed the power key thing two times. A second press woke the phone just fine.
No issues with keyboard here though.
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+1 for power button. Was starring to think it was hardware til I read this
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Same here.
Happnes very regularly for me though... More times than not.
Me too
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I noticed with mine that when I hit the power button and touched the screen where the sliders will be, I feel vibration. From there it will take another 4-5 hits to unlock and sometimes just time.
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count me in :good:
+1
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Lol same Here. The keyboard fails too lol
Never happened me before even if I press on power button very fast while the screen is on (screen goes off and on again).
I'm using swiftkeyx as my keyboard. So I feel fine for both.
Yep, happens every now and then to me too.
ya...happens once in a while...thought i was the only one though...
my phone started to do this a couple of days ago. (I was running JB) I went ahead and reset my phone back to stock ICS and the power button still needs to be pushed multiple times in order for the phone to wake up or turn off. I called Verizon and they are sending me a replacement phone.
It seems to be a general design issue with the power button. Because of the nature of that switch (it seems to rock a little) you have to press the button much harder if you press it on the ends. If you press it in the middle, the switch actuates essentially 100% of the time.
Have an DInc2 with a broken power button (doesn't work/respond, but phone will turn on when receiving a phone call) and phone is out of warranty. Are there any alternatives to powering on the device such as a USB wake command (this phone is non-rooted) or any other suggestions?
You can get a new button on Ebay. I have not done it but have read about others successfully repairing the power button.
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You can root it and get button replacement like saviour
You might be able to set volume wake up though I'm assuming you're stock and I haven't used that since I got the phone
Easy wake is what you'd want to enable widget locker has an option for it and so do some roms
Also you can set widget locker to lock on search long preas
Theoretically there are other options like external hardware
Button replacement is a good idea if it won't respond at all otherwise once you turn it off it becomes a paperweight
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As much as this pains me to say this I dropped my phone =O ha and the only thing that stopped working was my power button, its really weird if I press it really hard sometimes it registers the press. Has this happened to anyone else? Obvious work around is the toggles to lock the screen and home button to wake screen but it is a little annoying I guess ha kina miss being able to push the button or hold it for reboot options ( which can be worked around wiyh the toggles once again)
I suppose if you are rooted you could flash an AOSP rom and enable the navigation bar. Then you could remap the home button to power...
It isn't ideal but it's better than nothing.
Edit: if you need help remapping the buttons, PM me.
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Is there any apparent damage? I would be taking it back to where I got it and ask them what to do.
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If any Devs get a chance can you please MOD the new update to include Volume Rocker Wake. Or show me how to do it step by step? it would be greatly appreciated since my power button is dead. Thanks in advance
how do you restart your phone if the power button is dead? How is normal use affected? Curious because im always paranoid about mine breaking lol
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how do you restart your phone if the power button is dead? How is normal use affected? Curious because im always paranoid about mine breaking lol
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Besides having to wake the phone, the power button is useless to me. I use apps like RomToolBox to restart and go into recovery. Goo.im App can go into recovery as well. When the phone dies during business ours, which never happens, I can plug it into a usb and boot up by holding vol+and vol- to boot or just put into my cars dock and it boots without power button. I use CM based roms with volume rocker wake. besides that, the phone also wakes from unplugging and plugging chargers...Power button doesn't really matter to me as long as volume rocker wake is enable.
im interested in this as well, my power buttom died once already and got it fixed, but I try to press it as little as possible.
so op, your power button isnt 'stuck' but totally broken? im just scared the my button will stick and stay in a bootloop. Btw you can use 'spob' app to wake the phone using the proximity sensor. Right now im using switch pro and lock the phone and spob to wake it - dont have to use the powee button at all haha
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