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EVO won't stay "asleep"

My phone died today and when I got home to charge it, I noticed that after pressing the sleep/power button, the screen turns off and then about a second later comes back on. It does this regardless of if it's plugged in or not. I took it into Sprint and they're going to give me a new one when they get their paws on some. Right now I'm just looking for ANY possible work around to the problem.
I've done a factory reset, added a pattern/code, and installed NO LOCK but nothing can keep the screen from coming back on after pushing the power button...
(I also had another problem with the phone, the camera has a HOT PINK tinge about 85% opacity. I can go without the camera for a few weeks until the new one gets here but any help with that is very welcome)
~ ACE

are you running a rom ?

freddyamazin said:
are you running a rom ?
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Everything is stock.

Mine had a similar problem when I was on 2.1 I would charge the phone overnight and at some point in time the phone would turn the screen on and not turn back off. Or sometimes it would sitting on my desk and just randomly turn the screen on. After I upgraded to 2.2 it stopped. I never could figure out what was causing it to wake.

Are you using ChoiceDialer+? There is a known bug where the screen will not shut off after making a call with ChoiceDialer, though a reboot does fix it.

[Q] Help my N1 won't turn on

Hey Guys I really need your help my N1 won't power on for some reason. I really need to get some things off the phone from certain software that I had in case I have to have it repaired or sent away. I'll try to be brief what happened I was exercising with my phone inside a protective case that covers the whole phone and I went to change the next song while listening to music and when i went to push the power button the screen remained black the whole time and I couldn't see anything at all the screen was black the whole time after numerous attempts at pushing the power button. So I held down the power button to try and reboot it and then the music stopped, so then I hit the power button again to turn it on and it hasn't turned on since yesterday. I even took the battery out and let it chill for a min and still doesn't work. when I plug it in to the charger the orange/green light comes on and as well with the USB connection too, but still can get it to power on.
Anyone have any Idea what it could be? I am assuming it's the power button but I am not for sure. Is there anyway to turn it on again in case i need to recover any files, etc. the reason i want to get it to work is that I don't want to have to go through the hassle of sending it away to be repaired if there is some way I can do it myself. I am trying to avoid sending it away with my carrier and I really need to access certain files on the phone if all else fails. If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it thnx to anyone.

Responded to your other post...
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Screen timeout killing phone!

Recieved my HD yesterday, and this is the symptom of the issue:
When the phone reaches its screen timeout (whether its 30 secs or 10 mins) period it the phone turns off completely. It is not possible to then turn the phone back on using the power switch or any other way. The only way the phone can be turned back on is to take the battery out and put it back in.
Initially i thought maybe it was the battery and somehow it didnt have proper connection with the copper contacts. However if i turn off the screen timeout off completely then the phone stays on and doesnt turn off. So as long as the phone doesnt go into power save mode or screen timeout its fine and stays on. Its also not the power switch as the switch works fine other wise.
I rang HTC support, spoke to some clueless call centre lady who tried to tell me it might be a proximity issue. I dont think it is as i dont have any issues when making or receiving calls. The problem is for some reason screen timeout causing the phone to completely shut down. I have searched on a few forums and cant seem to find anyone else with this issue.........FML

Forgot to add, i have also done the following:
- Reset to factory default
- Checked for udpates (get a message saying my phone is up to date)
- Made sure phone sim cover and battery cover are properly secured
Nothing has worked so far

tk79 said:
Its also not the power switch as the switch works fine other wise.
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So the switch turns the phone off and on again, or just off?

switch turns phone on and off any other time but after screen lockout kicks in it doesnt do anything, i have to take the battery out to turn the phone back on.
In a normal scenario if i want to power the phone down and then power it back up again then it is fine
Hope that makes sense

It really sounds like a software issue.
Is your DHD branded or unlocked?
Maybe try install some of the custom roms from arround the forum.I use LeeDroid 1.2 and it works like a charm.
Go to "ROM Development" thread. There are a few HOW-TOs on the top. There is always a risk u mess things up but it's small and from how it sounds, u don't have much of a choice anyway good luck

Its a branded "Orange" phone from the UK. I think im just going to return it and get a replacement and if i still have issues then ill try your suggestion thanks. Really disappointing, Desire HD seems to be riddled with issues.

Phone won't charge and won't turn on. Suggestions?

I don't know what just happened.
My phone has syndicaterom 1.1 and visionkernel 1.2. The phone was hanging for some reason so I held the power button down and pressed reboot. It isn't turning on. The red light doesn't come on when I plug it in.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have the tep. Will they replace it without me paying anything, even though its rooted and romed? Can they even tell now?

fhurricane said:
I don't know what just happened.
My phone has syndicaterom 1.1 and visionkernel 1.2. The phone was hanging for some reason so I held the power button down and pressed reboot. It isn't turning on. The red light doesn't come on when I plug it in.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have the tep. Will they replace it without me paying anything, even though its rooted and romed? Can they even tell now?
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I had same issue...but with the power off instead of reboot..but it might be related...Ive pulled battery plenty of times with no issue..but this once i decided to poweroff and this happened :/

If it were me I would yank out the battery for a minute then put it back in. Next, I would either try to boot it or put it into download mode and flash stock back in and see if it boots. If a fresh install from odin of a stock rom doesn't fix it then I suspect the phone is hosed. I don't think that's the case if I had to guess. Stock recovery and kernel and rom. Like I said, if that happened to me, that would be my next step to troubleshoot myself if the phone is bricked or what. If that doesn't fix it then I would think that it might be permanently bricked. If that was the case I would take it to a sprint repair center and tell them the phone locked up while trying to turn it off. I pulled the battery out for a minute or two and tried booting it up but nothing happened. Before you get there, take out your memory card. Don't offer any more information and don't act like you know what's going on. I did that and it worked for another phone. Be brief in explanation of what's going on, don't try and help them, keep my mouth shut and only answer questions if asked. Don't go into great details. Have a old backup phone with you to activate if they want to keep the phone to test or send back. If not, you might be without a phone for a few days.
When the replacement comes, power it up and play with it for a minute before leaving to make sure everything works and looks good. If there's a problem with the replacement phone, it would be best to point that out before leaving otherwise you will have to go through this all over again. Sometimes refurbs have flaws or stuff that doesn't work so cover yourself.

See the other thread in general about this, other people with the same problem, running the same rom/kernel configuration. Unfortunately nothing fhurricane suggested for troubleshooting worked for me. Time to go down to the Sprint store!

Please see the other thread on this topic, and please note that the ROM has absolutely nothing to do with it. Thanks!

[Q] Power button stop working

Hello, recently my phone has been having issues. The power button stopped work, it started first when I would unlock my phone, it would give me the power down screen then a few seconds later it would shut off.
Now it wont turn on... I have to pull the battery out and then put it back in then it shows the samsung logo and shuts off. To get pass the samsung logo I held the volume up button and then it will start up. I can only use my phone when I unlock with the camera which is very annoying.
I have tried just about everything and I have scoured the web to look for any sort of solution. I have hard rest, and I even tried flashing it with a rom. But the phone just shuts down.
I hate being a pain, but is there any solution?

megaalgos said:
Hello, recently my phone has been having issues. The power button stopped work, it started first when I would unlock my phone, it would give me the power down screen then a few seconds later it would shut off.
Now it wont turn on... I have to pull the battery out and then put it back in then it shows the samsung logo and shuts off. To get pass the samsung logo I held the volume up button and then it will start up. I can only use my phone when I unlock with the camera which is very annoying.
I have tried just about everything and I have scoured the web to look for any sort of solution. I have hard rest, and I even tried flashing it with a rom. But the phone just shuts down.
I hate being a pain, but is there any solution?
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Sounds like a hardware problem. Are you under warranty?

unfortunately, no I am not...

megaalgos said:
unfortunately, no I am not...
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Luckily, I think the button is easy to change and it's cheap. But I'd go to a phone shop to confirm first (like this one in US - no affiliation, found via search).

experiencing the same thing
megaalgos said:
Hello, recently my phone has been having issues. The power button stopped work, it started first when I would unlock my phone, it would give me the power down screen then a few seconds later it would shut off.
Now it wont turn on... I have to pull the battery out and then put it back in then it shows the samsung logo and shuts off. To get pass the samsung logo I held the volume up button and then it will start up. I can only use my phone when I unlock with the camera which is very annoying.
I have tried just about everything and I have scoured the web to look for any sort of solution. I have hard rest, and I even tried flashing it with a rom. But the phone just shuts down.
I hate being a pain, but is there any solution?
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Hi im actually getting the exact same symptom. Did you ever get to fix yours??