Power Button Permanent Fix - Epic 4G General

Here ya go guys, $8 shipped to your door.
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I can confirm my power button works like the day I first got the phone!! (Keyboard buttons seem to have nicer feedback too!)
Ebay link to the part (ships from Florida):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290819579517?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Video with the teardown of the Epic (and reassembly is just the teardown backwards, **MAKE SURE NOT TO LOSE ANYTHING**)
Hope this is a great help to all of you who have been plagued by the dreaded half working or completely inoperable power button. Cheers!!

I fixed the video link and have a picture of the part from the ebay page too.

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Part No 54H00160-00M
Description Module Assy, Camera, CMHT-21400T, PREMIER
Substitute 54H00158-00P
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http://cnn.cn/shop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=camera&image.x=24&image.y=8
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