Every time have to press it to switch on .....
That button is there for a reason, don't be afraid to use it.
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I have, but I think it was not from overuse... Mine had to go to asus for replacement. It was allways rebooting and i didn't know why untill i noticed it was the power button or something in that corner. Since that I didn't have a single reboot in the last month.
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I love my transformer so far, but my power button has gotten stuck. its kind of annoying. anyone got a similar problem or knw how to I fix it? I don't think I want toi open it up.
My power button is not stuck yet, but I've noticed it's getting harder and harder(requires little bit deeper) to turn it on.
Maybe it's matter of time before it gets stuck...
It is very very bad now...
It's out of return period and I may have to open it or send it to ASUS for repair.
AaarrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRR..........
When I opened up my TF, and put it back together again, I noticed that my power button had gone back at an angle and it no longer 'clicked' so I had to open up the case again and put them back into the correct position. It still worked, it just didnt function as it should. It sounds like yours has been pressed too hard at some point (at an angle) and has become stuck in this position. You might need to open up the case to set it straight, as it won't be able to right itself inside.
Have you tried pushing in and wiggling it around as its depressed to see of you can dislodge it?
Also if you don't want to open it to keep your warranty intact why not call Asus and have them take care of it?
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Here is something kinda funny. When I turn off my Asus or just the screen I hit the power button quick response and it works. When the unit is off I hit the button for a second and it doesnt turn on. sometimes I have to hold it for 5 seconds or so. I know the screen turns on after you release it but I am wondering what is normal since I dont have another one to compare it to. Or someone knows something I dont. I am running rooted 1.4 and acutally just installed clemsyn v12 but it has done the power button thing all along. I actually dont remember if it did it pre root.
I just started having issues with my power button, and did a search to see if others had issues. Is the upper left side of your back bezel creeky? My power button just got stuck, but I had something similar to what you described. I wonder if the creekiness contributed to inconsistent power button presses.
Actually I don't notice creekyness but boy my button has really gotten bad. the past few days I have had to push ans hold the button numerous. times to start. I think I may send it back.....
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secfincorp said:
Actually I don't notice creekyness but boy my button has really gotten bad. the past few days I have had to push ans hold the button numerous. times to start. I think I may send it back.....
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Same here. Have had the TF for more than a month. Been having this issue the last few days. I noticed it works fine when the battery is near full. The emptier ---> the worst. Does it have anything to do with the overclocked kernel (voltage-settings..) ?? May go back to stock kernel to check out.
I have had mine for a week and it started doing the same thing. After trial and error, I found that this seems to work. Press and hold the power button for two seconds, then release it. Immediately press and release it again without holding it down for any length of time. It has worked every time for me the past three days.
I've got a completely stock 3.1 tablet and a quick press (< 1 sec) while the power is off does nothing. A press of about 2 seconds will power up
i just rooted with prime 1.5 and started having the problems with power button. I may have to go back and check. I didnt have any problems 10 minutes ago in stock.
Edit: my power button seems to be back to normal, i am still rooted and all i did was to wait overnight, weird.
I read somewhere on xda that one has to hold the power button for 6 seconds from the turned-off state to start booting the device. Seems weird indeed, but doesn't really bother me, as long as it is consistent. The tablet will be in the sleep mode most of the time anyway.
My transformer stand by button doesn't work all the time. Some time my finger literally hurts from applying the button.. Any suggestions
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If you are rooted, install setcpu and create a profile for screen off and set the min to something in the middle 300's.
You could also verify you don't have a bunch of apps running.
I don't have that problem with mine. I just look at it and it wakes... maybe your button is broken?
I had the same problem with my first TF. After researching for a while, realized that it's the button. Returned it and got a new one. No problem with this one.
Same problem for me.
At the beginning I was thinking about a feature to avoid unaccidental power-on, then realized it is a bug (it got harder and harder, and after 40 days it ended up completely broken).
Just changed with a new one (thanks, Amazon): on/off button works like a charm on the new one.
I don't have a problem, but on a cold start there is a delay from pushing the button and something coming up on the display.
What I do is hold the button and count to 3 or 4. Then let go of the button. Within 5-10 seconds the information starts appearing on the screen.
When the unit is sleeping, it only takes a 1 second or less push of the button to get the screen back up.
Yesterday I have updated my TF101/US to 9.2.1.17 (not rooted, serial B50) and now my power button does not work at all. I cannot either shut it off (I can hold it for minutes, nothing happens), nor can I wake it up (the only possibility is to plug in the power). Reset to factory setting does not help
I talked to Asus, they suggested to send it to RMA, but I want to try to discharge it completely and check whether it helps.
Will keep this post updated if I find out something more.
Update: battery discharge did not fix the issue. Going to send the device to RMA.
Thanks for this post, this if for no other reason is why I will be dealing with my random reboots (they only occur once a week or so, if that often, for me so not a big problem, not like a broken power button would be) rather than updating the patch. However, this belongs in general or Q&A not development
Also for me you have to call assistance for a RMA: i could understand that power button does not turn off screen, but i can't understand, a part an hardware problem, how it does not shut down keeping power button down or why it does not turn on.
Yes, that sounds like hardware issue, but that must be very weird coincidence.
The complete story is that I just received device from RMA yesterday (LCD backlights were broken). I turned it on, it happened to have ICS already (it was sent with Honeycomb) and I was able to install all my software. Then a message re. new OTA update poped up, I decided to upgrade, and right after that power button stopped to work.
Yes, that can be hardware issue as well, that is why it goes to RMA. If I were 100% sure that this is software issue, I would wait some days hoping that ASUS will release bugfix for it.
Hmmm..the device will not power on if it is shut down? (How would you know this unless you shut down, and then can't turn it back on I don't know).
I re-read this and it is unlikely IMO that a firmware update could break your hardware, but I guess if a computer virus can break nuclear centrifuges anything is possible? Could be a coincidence..I feel for you, I had an over-discharge issue one night and my TF didn't want to boot up, and then flashed the red battery on the screen, but for those first few seconds my heart wasn't beating..I get the same feeling when I get a bad flash too lol
Luckily, the device wakes up when you plug the charger in. So, currently my choice is either to keep it running (disable sleep) or to have a charger and plug the charger in when I need to wake it up.
The bad thing is that the RMA "cycle" takes about two weeks.
Maybe it isn't a coincidence..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546640
Mine started this about two weeks ago before I picked up the update today... I thought i was the only one until I saw this post
I have misunderstood something: post says WAKE ON not TURN ON, ok this could be software related, but long press power button should be FORCE A SHUT DOWN...
Click this link on how to remove the front bezel. Then you can check the inside power switch to see if it's working:
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101/6270147
That's the way I fixed my TF101 after I dropped it and the power button got stuck in the chassis.
Also read this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391254
I think this is a solution to your problem, if it's not software related, which I doubt.
I get the same problem all the time, I leave it sitting for a couple hours come back and it won't turn on or off...
I also sometimes get the non functioning power button. I cannot consistently replicate it.
Sometimes it happens after it sleeps for awhile.
Sometimes it turns on when I open the tablet up while connected to the dock.
I have to hold the power button until it reboots itself. This is annoying after while. And even getting more so.
I'm also having a power-on related issue since the ICS update but didn't want to start a whole new thread for it. Ever since the update my Transformer boots into CWM by default. If I power it down completely then press the power button the EEE Pad logo flashes on the screen, I hear an audible "click" (best way I can describe it) from the device and it boots into CWM. If I select "Reboot device now" from the CWM menu it boots right back into CWM.
The only way to boot properly now is to hold the volume down/power buttons until the menu comes up to choose between Android and recovery and choose Android. (It actually defaults to this so I can just let it sit 10 seconds or so)
Any ideas?
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I'm also having a power-on related issue since the ICS update but didn't want to start a whole new thread for it. Ever since the update my Transformer boots into CWM by default. If I power it down completely then press the power button the EEE Pad logo flashes on the screen, I hear an audible "click" (best way I can describe it) from the device and it boots into CWM. If I select "Reboot device now" from the CWM menu it boots right back into CWM.
The only way to boot properly now is to hold the volume down/power buttons until the menu comes up to choose between Android and recovery and choose Android. (It actually defaults to this so I can just let it sit 10 seconds or so)
Any ideas?
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exactly same problem as me now. holding volume down and power is the only way to start it up if it has been left alone for awhile. since the update.
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exactly same problem as me now. holding volume down and power is the only way to start it up if it has been left alone for awhile. since the update.
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Apparently it's a pretty common issue with the new version of CWM, as explained in this here thread.
So far the only solutions I'm seeing involve ADB commands or flashing a custom ROM.
fixed for now....
I had the same issue the power button would only cold power off the device. The only way to power back on is by connecting the charger.
I solved it for no in the following way which i do no recommend to anyone. I have opened the device and disconnected the battery for 5minutes. After connecting it back the device powered on with the power button as it should.
In my opinion it looks as if there's some power related controller that was "hang" and ignored the power button .
Any ideas ? Asus ?
So everyone has talked about the reboot issues. I'm going to throw out something that HAS worked for me. My tablet was full stock, fully upgraded to Asus software as of about 4 weeks ago. I experienced random reboots at odd times, off, on, in my backpack. I could turn the screen off and on or reboot by pressing on various locations on the screen. I decided to pop off the back to look inside and noticed that the power button plastic sat VERY close to the power switch (think its a button type SPST?). So i took a razor to the power button plastic and took off about 1mm of the protruding plastic. Since then (about 4 weeks), I have gone from a reboot every day or so to one reboot in 4 weeks. The power button is still easy to depress, but has another 1mm of throw. I'd really hate to get pictures, but if anyone thinks they need them, I will try to make or find some.
I had the reboot issue a couple of months ago, it happened about once or twice a day. I RMA'd it to Asus, they made an appointment with me to pick it up from my home address and about 1,5 week later I got my tablet back. The repair letter said that my tablet was unstable because of a faulty mainboard, which they replaced. I haven't had a single reboot since
Yes, I noticed it to, I managed when I put my tablet into the backpack - sometimes it reboots/shutdown - my solution, put the tablet with the power button up. But a picture what did you the power button will be fine.
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