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Power button broken!! Need help.

We dropped one of our wing's and now the ONLY thing not working is the power button at the top. I had psshutxp so I mapped "Display Switch" program to my camera button and I am using camera button to turn off the screen.
The problem I have now is when I took the battery out to change the SIM card - I don't have any way to start the phone.
I can hold the camera button and plug into my computer usb and get to the color screen where it shows the SPL and IPL numbers, is there any program or way to reboot the phone from command line, so that it can boot up?.
Please help.
Thanks.

try not holding the camera button when you plug it in.
The camera button links to the bootloader, so by not pressing it, it will skip the bootloader screen and jump to the os.

fzzyrn said:
try not holding the camera button when you plug it in.
The camera button links to the bootloader, so by not pressing it, it will skip the bootloader screen and jump to the os.
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If I don't hold the camera button, the phone won't start.

How to hard reset xperia

theguvnor11 said:
About hard reset.
1. turn off the phone
2. Hold both right and left buttons (the ones right under the screen, dont know the name)
3. press power button, while still holding the others
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maybe it's usefull for someone, dont' let it starving in tomtom compatibility thread

Weirdest combo ever

left and right button and soft restart = hard restart

thank for the advice, really easy way to reset if i remember to my blueangel

it works...
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maybe it's usefull for someone, dont' let it starving in tomtom compatibility thread
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thanks... i just followed your instruction.. and i have my xperia phone reset...
ive been trying to input the simple password key, which obviously i forgot since last night...and now i am back on line... thnks

Can not hard reset my device.
Guys, I've tried both methods,
Turn phone off, press left key, right key and power button, all at the same time..
and also have tried
Turn the phone off, press left and right key and using stylus to press reset button..
Tried both so many times, but just can not hard reset my device. Any ideas where I may be going wrong?

Hard Reset
Yes, i have same problem,i can t make hard reset.If i try i have only white dispay with blue sign .....pres R on keyboard for reset or press X for cancel....But i don t see any keyboard and if i try press any button nothing happen.For way go out from this situation i take out battery.Later i put back this battery turn onn and everythink return to normal. Out of reset.

I have the same problem. After two hard resets I can't hard reset. Problem is the phone restarts after entering PIN. I even tried an othen SIM card or no card at all but nothing happened. When I try to hard reset with the stylus it does absolutely nothing. If I try with the power button it doesn't hard reset, it starts normally. Any suggestions? Please help me, I've got the phone for just about 30 hours.

danny1975 said:
Yes, i have same problem,i can t make hard reset.If i try i have only white dispay with blue sign .....pres R on keyboard for reset or press X for cancel....But i don t see any keyboard and if i try press any button nothing happen.For way go out from this situation i take out battery.Later i put back this battery turn onn and everythink return to normal. Out of reset.
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That's entirely right. If at the point that you get the display making you choose between reset or cancel, slide out your keyboard and press the given keys Should work just fine, have done it myself several times.

Hard reset
Thank you,perfect work.

arnisv said:
left and right button and soft restart = hard restart
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Thanks

stZ said:
Thanks
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That also didnt work for me..
Ive tried:
- left&right + power button
- left&rigt + soft reset (power + volume button)
- left&right + stylus in back
Ive never got a hard reset, what am i doing wrong?

I just use the Clear Storage option in settings! Am I missing something?!

Both methods dont work..... TRY THIS ONE
FalkenX said:
That also didnt work for me..
Ive tried:
- left&right + power button
- left&rigt + soft reset (power + volume button)
- left&right + stylus in back
Ive never got a hard reset, what am i doing wrong?
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I had same problem with hard reset. I used all the ways to reset mentioned in this post but nothing helped me untill i tried a bit different way, you can also try this may be it solve your problem.
Step by step
1. switch off your phone.
2. enter in bootloader by press and hold volume down key then press and hold power on button keep holding both untill four colour bootloader screen shows up. (release power on and volume down)
3. press and hold both left and right silver keys at front while holding them press and hold hardreset button located under battery cover untill white screen with warning shows up.
4. open keyboard and press "R"
5. Follow instruction on screen.
Its Done. Hope this will help you

saved by malik80
dude thank a lot, i was getting upset, mad and scared, dunno why it got stuck at the green windows mobile screen, not going further.
that was hard to perform lol, hard-reset the "hard way" al by myself.

I have also experienced problems hard resetting the device and have resorted to Start>Settings>Clear Storage and it seems to have the same effect, no?

malik80 said:
I had same problem with hard reset. I used all the ways to reset mentioned in this post but nothing helped me untill i tried a bit different way, you can also try this may be it solve your problem.
Step by step
1. switch off your phone.
2. enter in bootloader by press and hold volume down key then press and hold power on button keep holding both untill four colour bootloader screen shows up. (release power on and volume down)
3. press and hold both left and right silver keys at front while holding them press and hold hardreset button located under battery cover untill white screen with warning shows up.
4. open keyboard and press "R"
5. Follow instruction on screen.
Its Done. Hope this will help you
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thanks, this works!

yeah.. clear storage is the same right??? hardreset ya?

can someone take a video on this 'hardreset'
i think this could be very helpful
thanks.

just hard reset my xperia after trying so many times like the others out there.
just wanna add additional info, you have to keep on pressing and holding the 3 keys (2 front keys and the reset button) until you get the blue screen.
if you press then simultaneously for just a few sec w/o waiting for the blue screen, you'll just soft reset your unit.

Crazy volume problem

Basically, it is as if the top volume button is held down, and the volume is continuously going up on my HD, even when I try to turn it down, it shoots back up again, and is stuck on the volume screen. Sometimes, if I turn it down to silent, it will stay silent for a few seconds, then the volume goes up again and keeps going up.
Really annoying as it means the phone is basically unusable as I'm pretty much always trapped in the volume screen!
Any ideas?

I would suppose that a button is stuck!
Take of the back cover and take a good look at the buttons to see if anything could be wrong!

Wavac said:
I would suppose that a button is stuck!
Take of the back cover and take a good look at the buttons to see if anything could be wrong!
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That's what I thought, but it looks fine to me

I had the same problem as you but I then realize that when I was putting down the volume while in a conversation was my face pressing the screen and increasing again the volume...could it be your same problem?

pureheart said:
I had the same problem as you but I then realize that when I was putting down the volume while in a conversation was my face pressing the screen and increasing again the volume...could it be your same problem?
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Nope, because it happens if I don't touch the phone and just leave it on the table

Have you tried a hard reset?
Do a backup first.
Turn off the phone. If you can't pull the battery out.
Hold the volume up + down at the same time then press the power on button for about 1 second. Let go of the power button while keeping the volume up and down still pressed down.
You should see a blue / green / red screen then just follow the instructions on screen.
If this doesn't solve your problem then most likely something is keeping your volume up button depressed internally. Take it back for repair...

The volume slider malfunctioning is a big one on HTC devices known issues. I've had the same problem with my elf....and I've seen plenty that do too. Your best bet would be to take it to an authorized service rep. Sucks I know

Try to remove the cover and use it... the pressing mechanism is on the cover...

sectorlord said:
Try to remove the cover and use it... the pressing mechanism is on the cover...
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Tried that, still the same problem.
I'm going to try a hard reset today, if I still get the problem, going to ask Orange to replace it. I wonder if they'll let me pick another phone, I'm getting a bit fed up with the HD!

I have the same problem, it occurs randomly and I discovered that if I quickly press the power button to stand by the phone and press it again to exit from stand by, the volume bug disappears and phone starts working well again. I thought it was a software bug but I still have it on 1.19. It rarely happens now on 1.13 was more frequent.

[Q] Broken Power Button

I Know there are more threads with a broken power button but nobody has given an answer to the problem. I have a HTC Touch HD. The power button (on the top left) won't work. Usually , when you press the power button, you can feel it click, and the screen turns on and off. But now, the button just goes down when i press it, and you dont feel it "clicking". So now I can't turn it on.
Does anyone know how I can get it on or fix it?
Thanks...
Update: ive opened my mobile, so now can i see whats beneath the power button. I don't have a clue what mechanism it should have (how the click works)... How it normally looks.. any suggestions?

[Q] unkown reason

i own a hd2 EU version (end call and answer call are not colored with green and red , they're all white ) tried to get android on my phone but the procesed stopet coze i got bluescreen on my pc now i cant get my hd2 into colored screen to start again from the 1st stem (mgdlr)
i tried
Step 2. Hold the Volume Down Button and press the End (red) key once.
but my phone turn on and stuck at htc logo ?
what else to try

lummujaj said:
i own a hd2 EU version (end call and answer call are not colored with green and red , they're all white ) tried to get android on my phone but the procesed stopet coze i got bluescreen on my pc now i cant get my hd2 into colored screen to start again from the 1st stem (mgdlr)
i tried
Step 2. Hold the Volume Down Button and press the End (red) key once.
but my phone turn on and stuck at htc logo ?
what else to try
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I don't think there should be a 'HTC' screen when you're booting into bootloader? I'm not sure, but just try holding down both the power button and the volume down button, as I think people have been able to restart the process after their phone has run out of battery or something similar. Hopefully everything should be OK once you've managed to access the bootloader.
Oh, and I don't mean to be rude, but use a better PC next time

phone wont go into bootloader , phone just turn on NORMALLY , but while there is no system at all on his memory he just stuck at HTC (green) on white background !
im suspecting that my VOLUME DOWN button is broken ?

Have you tried the back key?

power (end call) + back key ?

If you have magldr installed it should bring you to magldr menu which would point towards faulty vol down button ....

lummujaj said:
i own a hd2 EU version (end call and answer call are not colored with green and red , they're all white ) tried to get android on my phone but the procesed stopet coze i got bluescreen on my pc now i cant get my hd2 into colored screen to start again from the 1st stem (mgdlr)
i tried
Step 2. Hold the Volume Down Button and press the End (red) key once.
but my phone turn on and stuck at htc logo ?
what else to try
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If I remembered correctly, some of the people mentioned that HD2 is quite difficult to brick. I think that you could still try to work with your phone unless you still suspect that you have a faulty volume down button. I noticed in your statement in Step 2 coloured red that you press the end key once. I haven't flash in a while but I think you should hold the end key with the volume down button until you get into bootloader mode (screen with tri colour). Don't just press the key once. I hope this helps.

lummujaj said:
... tried to get android on my phone but the procesed stopet coze i got bluescreen on my pc ...
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I am sorry, but I think you may have bricked your device.
Sure thing, the european HD2 is quite difficult to brick. But your PC had frozen while you were in the middle of flashing. (right?)
It is like pulling out the USB cable while flashing. You can try flashing from sdcard. Are you sure you are not able to go into bootloader?

To get to bootloader press and hold vol down button and then press the power (end call) button. I do a lot of flashing lol

lol...i just noticed the threadstarter's point of saying he pressed the power key "once". So i thought that was a mistake. Could be surely from the faulty volume button. Don't see any reply yet from him.