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Hey!
First I have to say Thank You for all the contributions you have made to the forums. My girlfriend and I both just bought Vibrants 2 weeks ago, and being the techy I am, have been reading all sorts of stuff in the forums. I actually have been visiting the XDA forums since last year when I got my MyTouch 3G. I haven't posted anything, because usually by the time I have a question, I come to the forums and find an answers then in the moments of happiness, fail to say thank you to the community.
So it's time to start contributing.
I've been reading about the numerous processes on how to get into the Recovery mode for the Vibrant, and the possibility of the Hardware Locked phones.
After exhausting all options, I decided to call Tmo and see if they could help. Well long story short I went back to the store, and they gave me a new procedure (at least one that I have not seen on the forums so far) to test out. And it works!!
I've been doing it over and over for the last hour and each time I've been able to get into recovery mode.
Here it is...
Start with the phone ON and NOT plugged into the computer OR wall for charging.
1. Power down the phone as usual. Wait until the "Goodbye" disappears and then wait a few more seconds. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME.
2. Press and hold Vol+,Vol-, & Power.
3. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear.
4. Wait for the Vibrant logo to disappear.
5. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear again.
6. Release ONLY Vol+, & Power, and continue to hold Vol -.
RECOVERY MODE!!!
Most of the process I have seen tell you to hold down and keep holding both Vol+ and Vol-, but I could never get it to work.
Please let me know if this works for you.
And I also want to say that I"m sorry if I have posted this in the wrong spot, or this procedure is some where that I haven't read yet. But I finally found something that worked and wanted to share.
Good Luck!
Reg.
Didn't work for me. Lemme try again.
EDIT: Works! Awesome. I never heard of this way to enter recovery, but it's good. +1.
But I don't have a hardware locked Vibrant so maybe it's different for me.
I get in every time with every VIbrant i have used.
Power off phone
Power on holding power, vol up and vol down
When the Samsung logo appears let go of power and continue to hold vol up and vol down.
Works everytime for me..... *Shrugs*
acjames said:
I get in every time with every VIbrant i have used.
Power off phone
Power on holding power, vol up and vol down
When the Samsung logo appears let go of power and continue to hold vol up and vol down.
Works everytime for me..... *Shrugs*
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Granted. But this procedure does not work for all vibrants.
I think OP is saying this method would work with hardware locked phones, where the normal recovery mode method doesn't work.
I'm trying this on my hardware locked phone right now. Third time's a charm?
*Edit* Nothing, 10 times unlucky.
Tested on Hardware Locked Vibrant, doesn't work.
The Vibrant screen disappearing and coming back is nothing but the phone powering on and off, because you are holding down the power key.
I had already tried this in the T-Mo store (the CSR walked usthrough it on the phone - we tried it about 50 times, mind you), and I just tried it again about 30 seconds ago.
I wish these threads would stop.
If you get locked out of your phone, brick it, whatever, and it's hardware locked.
Just get a damn replacement.
You're not going to get into recovery or download mode on it.
Seriously.
You won't.
I've been waiting for a replacement for like 5 days now, and I've been basically living on this forum. I've tried everything there is to try. Making new threads is not going to do anything but frustrate more people, because none of these magic methods will allow them to get into recovery/download via the hardware keys on a boot-up.
Edit: Exception is if you root and can disable the lockout via adb, of course. Most consumers who find this site via Google will already have this issue, and will likely not be rooted with USB debugging enabled. The phone makes it way too easy to disabled USB debugging that even if it came enabled by default, most people who charge with a laptop will see the notification and click it ignorantly (ignorant of the benefits it can provide in the event of a catastrophe like mine).
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Edit: Exception is if you root and can disable the lockout via adb, of course.
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I actually saw someone in a reply mention something like this, but nothing ever came of it. They were looking for boot.bin and another file, which I can't remember at the moment.
Do you have any other info regarding a method to do this?
Reg
I think this is the latest fad for trolls. Post some crazy key combination that is supposed to work for hardware locked phones, claim it "WORKS 100%"! Bottom line, don't get your hopes up, it didn't work for me either.
nermie said:
I think this is the latest fad for trolls. Post some crazy key combination that is supposed to work for hardware locked phones, claim it "WORKS 100%"! Bottom line, don't get your hopes up, it didn't work for me either.
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I"m not trolling, just trying to help. If it only helps one person, I'll be satisfied.
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I"m not trolling, just trying to help. If it only helps one person, I'll be satisfied.
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it will only help you look like a troll, because the hardware locked phones domt evem attempt to read those key states on boot. The only way to fix it is with a firmware update.
there is no magic method to gettimg these phones in dlm/recovery.
so stop making threads about it.
to the person above: if u have usb debugging on u can use adb to disengage the lock, but in that case why even have a lock. the main issue is the android bug not allowimg legit owners to unlock their owm phones using their own google cred en tials.
if tjat didn't exist we wouldnt have to worry about these patt er n lockout threads.
a legit owner who gets the phone replaced would never sell the locked phone, unless they wanma pay t-mo or asurion an extra $300+ USD
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1. Power down the phone as usual. Wait until the "Goodbye" disappears and then wait a few more seconds. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME.
2. Press and hold Vol+,Vol-, & Power.
3. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear.
4. Wait for the Vibrant logo to disappear.
5. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear again.
6. Release ONLY Vol+, & Power, and continue to hold Vol -.
RECOVERY MODE!!!
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Didn't work for me. I've tried everything.
I'm new you the Vibrant and not very techy at all, so what is the purpose of the recovery mode, other than the obvious term?
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I wish these threads would stop.
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Obviously you don't, or else you would not have clicked the clearly marked title hoping for something. I mean...really?
Making new threads is not going to do anything but frustrate more people, because none of these magic methods will allow them to get into recovery/download via the hardware keys on a boot-up.
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Well why did you click on the post, read it, then try the stated method? Did you have any hope? Or, were you looking forward to being frustrated? Really man? Really?
Bottom line: I don't think the OP promised any "magic" fix or claimed it would certainly help all Vibrant users. I took it as he/she was hopeful to be able to contribute something to the community believing it might help. I wish the posts where people are complaining about other people's posts (hardware locks, Froyo, etc.) would stop. Stop clicking.
Did work for me
Did work for me Oddity in the system I guess
Thanks for the find
And from all looks the thing is completely stock, aside from being rooted. but thats it. my problem is the phone will not wake for any reason other than having a charge cable plugged in. If i'm away from a power/sync cable the phone is just pretty much wasting the battery. I dont know jack about these phones, so any help would be appreciated. Also, i tried the search, and didnt come up with any similar results
anyways, i'd appreciate some help.
Does the power button work when you have it connected? Some evos have problems with the power button.
If it's the power button, install "no lock". This will get rid of your lockscreen but allow you to wake the phone with the volume buttons.
If you want a lockscreen, you can use WidgetLocker and there's an option to wake with the volume buttons.
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DRFritch said:
And from all looks the thing is completely stock, aside from being rooted. but thats it. my problem is the phone will not wake for any reason other than having a charge cable plugged in. If i'm away from a power/sync cable the phone is just pretty much wasting the battery. I dont know jack about these phones, so any help would be appreciated. Also, i tried the search, and didnt come up with any similar results
anyways, i'd appreciate some help.
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flashing a rom might actually solve your problem. and sense you don't know much click on the link in my sig. hope it helps ^_^
The power button doesnt work what so ever other than to turn the phone off from a battery pull. But other than that, no dice. I've also come to discover that the volume down button has broken off on the inside. but i still got volume up. But as off now something is up with it and i can't even get it to turn on. The White evo 4g screen will pop up briefly and then go out just as quick as it came up. its been doing this for a few days now. So glad this isnt the only phone i have. oh and apparently this thing has taken a swim at some point in its career. Its a good thing i shave my head cause i'd be bald pulling my hair out at this point.
My power button has been malfunctioning for about 2 months now. That isn't to say it is 100% dead, but at times it'll work if I smack the button about a few times, and sometimes it will be completely unresponsive. I have read up on the subject and found a thread with a response from a guy claiming to be an engineer who said the micro switches they use in these phones are somewhat weak and only work for a limited number of presses. Recently, I changed roms, and to my surprise the power button worked great for a short period of time. Since then, I've found that when my power button starts acting up, wiping the dalvik cache put it back to normal. This lead me to thinking, and I've come to believe it could very well be a hardware problem that is meant to happen. I am by no means a coder/programmer but I have studied it enough to know that certain code can be written for a device that sets a "timer" for a piece of hardware to die out or malfunction. If that's the case with this, then it makes sense somewhat that wiping the dalvik cache resets this timer for a short time. Anyone have any thoughts? Am I crazy tinfoil hat wearer or does this make some sense?
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My power button has been malfunctioning for about 2 months now. That isn't to say it is 100% dead, but at times it'll work if I smack the button about a few times, and sometimes it will be completely unresponsive. I have read up on the subject and found a thread with a response from a guy claiming to be an engineer who said the micro switches they use in these phones are somewhat weak and only work for a limited number of presses. Recently, I changed roms, and to my surprise the power button worked great for a short period of time. Since then, I've found that when my power button starts acting up, wiping the dalvik cache put it back to normal. This lead me to thinking, and I've come to believe it could very well be a hardware problem that is meant to happen. I am by no means a coder/programmer but I have studied it enough to know that certain code can be written for a device that sets a "timer" for a piece of hardware to die out or malfunction. If that's the case with this, then it makes sense somewhat that wiping the dalvik cache resets this timer for a short time. Anyone have any thoughts? Am I crazy tinfoil hat wearer or does this make some sense?
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I AGREE! I thought it broke a while ago but I did a complete wipe and put a brand new rom on it. Heck I almost sent it to Sammy but for some reason it stared working. I dont think its the dalvik cache though. I have a feeling its ClockworkMod Recovery because sometimes it says a key was disabled and I had problems after that. I couldnt lock my phone.
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My power button has been malfunctioning for about 2 monthsnow. That isn't to say it is 100% dead, but at times it'll work if I smack the button about a few times, and sometimes it will be completely unresponsive. I have read up on the subject and found a thread with a response from a guy claiming to be an engineer who said the micro switches they use in these phones are somewhat weak and only work for a limited number of presses. Recently, I changed roms, and to my surprise the power button worked great for a short period of time. Since then, I've found that when my power button starts acting up, wiping the dalvik cache put it back to normal. This lead me to thinking, and I've come to believe it could very well be a hardware problem that is meant to happen. I am by no means a coder/programmer but I have studied it enough to know that certain code can be written for a device that sets a "timer" for a piece of hardware to die out or malfunction. If that's the case with this, then it makes sense somewhat that wiping the dalvik cache resets this timer for a short time. Anyone have any thoughts? Am I crazy tinfoil hat wearer or does this make some sense?
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well, you solved your own theory in your statement. since when does smacking your phone equate to a software issue? my power button went in august, mostly. it started showing the behavior that you described about 4-6 weeks beforehand. i say mostly, because the physical button doesnt work anymore(rarely a response from it). but ive figured out how to work it to my advantage/needs. i can wake my phone by shaking it now, and put the screen to sleep. also can be done with a light smack in the right place on the back of the phone. but to be practicle, i remapped my search button to use as a power button and wake my phone with the volume button. really, the only hard part is navigating in the bootloader menu since the volume buttons wont work there with the power button broken. so ive learned to work it by lightly, very lightly, tapping on a certain place on the back of the phone near the power button. this "loosens" the volume buttons and lets me navigate the menu. then i tap the phone again to make a selection. this in no way indicates a software issue/conspiracy to me. when it just started displaying this behavior, i thought it might be a software issue too. but it turned out to be all physical damage.
You know, the funny thing about when it stops working is that it's never all at once.
It's a degrading process of malfunction until it takes repeated button pressing, not so much force, to work. After that it works so seldom that I'm forced to do something about it. It's for those reasons I think it's something more than a hardware problem.
From your experiences, even after a full wipe/new rom installation, your power button still doesn't work, if only for a brief time?
P.S. The new touch based recovery from team win works really well for those of us who can't use our power buttons
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@simms22
Hmm my guess is that there are multiple issues that result in a malfunctioning power button. Props to remapping your search button to lock your phone. It would be a great work around if my phone ever had this problem again. Have search to lock the phone and volume keys to wake it. I'm unsure how you remapped your search button though. Maybe you can tell me how?
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P.S. The new touch based recovery from team win works really well for those of us who can't use our power buttons
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Agreed! If you have no access to a computer with adb/fastboot control the touch ClockWorkMod recovery would be very useful.
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You know, the funny thing about when it stops working is that it's never all at once.
It's a degrading process of malfunction until it takes repeated button pressing, not so much force, to work. After that it works so seldom that I'm forced to do something about it. It's for those reasons I think it's something more than a hardware problem.
From your experiences, even after a full wipe/new rom installation, your power button still doesn't work, if only for a brief time?
P.S. The new touch based recovery from team win works really well for those of us who can't use our power buttons
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ive been using twrp recovery for a while. even the non touch version has a no power button option. but i dont believe that theres anything else but hardware issues here. it is a degradation. at first it comes and goes, later it mostly just comes( ) and doesnt go. i can even hear a slight rattle in the power button area now if i shake the phone.
about after flashing.. at first, 50% of the time it would work after flashing, but it was just coincidence. but now no. btw, i flash many times a day, even then when it first started acting funny. flashing, wiping, it just doesnt make a difference, its coincidence.
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@simms22
Hmm my guess is that there are multiple issues that result in a malfunctioning power button. Props to remapping your search button to lock your phone. It would be a great work around if my phone ever had this problem again. Have search to lock the phone and volume keys to wake it. I'm unsure how you remapped your search button though. Maybe you can tell me how?
Agreed! If you have no access to a computer with adb/fastboot control the touch ClockWorkMod recovery would be very useful.
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ButtonRemapper app, available here on xda for free http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9399440&postcount=1
you want v0241. i have all the power button functionality with my search key except waking the device(volume rocker wakes my device). short press screen off, long press power menu, long press plus volume down for screenshots.
@tw1tchy, I totally agree it is multiple factors, which is why I can only speak for myself based on my experiences, although your overall experience seems to be similar to mine.
@simms22, I have never noticed a rattle in my phone, its likely that you and I have different causes attributed to the power button failure.
Not trying to beat a dead horse but just for the sake of being thorough, have you tried ODIN? I noticed a substantial difference when I ODIN'ed back to stock.
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Me everytime I drop my phone on concrete my battery door opens and the battery falls of my phone...And you know what's the most odd part ...I get scratches on my phone when I pick it up .....Does anyone else gets this ??
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I really like my Nexus S, but I kinda hope this power button self destruct kicks in soon. I see it as a feature - to make buying a Galaxy Nexus easier to justify. Good looking out Sammy.
I've had a similar problem for the last 4 months or so. It started when I dropped my nexus without the cover onto concrete floor. Not good I know.
But anyway...ever since then the power button been funny. Sometimes it didn't work at all and I couldn't turn the screen off and on. It was really bad. It took a while but now I kind of know how to handle it. Still annoying mind u.
Basically with mine the trick is to press the button really really hard towards the top end and it works fine. I've also noticed what some others are saying about changing rooms and doing resets etc. It seems to help as well.
But yeah...I still love my nexus. Lol. I think by me dropping it is the reason for my problems. It probably landed badly and loosened some part of the connection in that section or something. But as I said...all Is good now that I know the trick to it.
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I've had my NS since Christmas Eve 2009 and the power button completely stopped working 2 days ago. I did notice over the past few weeks that it wasn't responding properly. TBH, my NS has been through a LOT in the past 14-months (multiple impacts, spillages, kids etc), I'm surprised it's lasted this long
I'm now using the ButtonRemapper app to use 'search' as the power button. Works great! Plus my volume keys wake the phone up so all is ok.
I love my NS and wish I bought another one when CPW had them for £150 sim free!
It might be time for me to let go of the NS , just have to decide which phone is next (but thats for another thread lol)
ugh mine is under a year old. im very angry that this happened so quickly. im gonna try giving samsung a call. hopefully the will replace it. i shouldn't have to hack my phone in order to make it usable.
@rener78 You seem to have a vast misunderstanding of how sarcasm works. Just as future reference, posting dry, tasteless irony up on the internet as a smart-mouthed statement of ill will is about as practical as a chocolate teapot.
@staplebox Lol! Well played, sir or madam. I can't say posting a thread containing the words conspiracy theory doesn't grant me at least a well placed snarky comment. Although to be fair, I was kinda bored when I wrote it.
@ALL Yes, I get it, we've all dropped our phones before. I guess I expected a bit more from Sammy since my little old HTC hero that I beat halfway to hell is still going strong, while I pampered this nexus and its already giving me problems >1 year in but that's a whole different discussion I suppose.
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great mine just went out yesterday... had mine for a ltl over a year now.
No tapping certain areas or anything works.
I did notice it slowly degrade over the past few weeks.
I used the fix my power button app so my volume keys wake up my phone, but sometimes after using that 5 or 6 times it will stop working too so i have to plug my phone in the charger to turn it on. Is there another way of getting the volume keys to act as a wake button??
edit: i'm gonna try out that button remapper i saw in an earlier post.
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great mine just went out yesterday... had mine for a ltl over a year now.
No tapping certain areas or anything works.
I did notice it slowly degrade over the past few weeks.
I used the fix my power button app so my volume keys wake up my phone, but sometimes after using that 5 or 6 times it will stop working too so i have to plug my phone in the charger to turn it on. Is there another way of getting the volume keys to act as a wake button??
edit: i'm gonna try out that button remapper i saw in an earlier post.
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if you are using an ics rom go to the main settings, security, lockscreen.. now disable the lockscreen. you can now wake your device with the volume button. its a feature built into ics.
interesting did not know this. Thanks, I think I'm still gonna use the button remapper to change the function of the search key to the power so I can reboot and stuff and go into recovery and such easier since i'm running cm9.
tankmaster90 said:
interesting did not know this. Thanks, I think I'm still gonna use the button remapper to change the function of the search key to the power so I can reboot and stuff and go into recovery and such easier since i'm running cm9.
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thats what i do. my search button has all the features of the power button but being able to wake the device.
Here's another question what if i need to pull the battery?? I'm rooted and running CM9 what if i go into a boot loop and i need to pull the battery with no charger around (i know how to do it with a charger) would the button remap solve this?
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Here's another question what if i need to pull the battery?? I'm rooted and running CM9 what if i go into a boot loop and i need to pull the battery with no charger around (i know how to do it with a charger) would the button remap solve this?
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no. the button remapper app doesnt do anything when off or the screens off. honestly, i no boot many times a week(because i test the trinity kernel as its being developed before release), ive figured out a system of light taps near the power button to let the volume buttons let me scroll, and to select in the bootloader.so for me its a non issue. to power up from being powered up, i dont do anything. a, pluging in powers it. b, tapping the back powers it when no usb is available. c, it powers up by itself usually, seconds to a few minutes after powering off.
Being a heavy user of my nexus s since July 2011, the power button died last Sunday.
One of the most important problems i had after that was that i was unable to lock bootloader before giving the mobile to samsung service, because the stuck power button caused problems to fastboot commands and the bootloater usage(menu) in general.
Finally i decided to go to the service and give the phone. The result was that in about an hour they replaced the button and gave me back the mobile. The repair was covered by the 2 years warranty and the unlocked bootloader did not cause any problem to that.
Up to now i have a "brand new" nexus s and i hope that the new button will last much longer.
Hi guys.
My Galaxy Note 3 power button has just completely stopped working. Is there a setting that turns off the power button functionality that I might have accidentally pressed?
Cheers.
Edit: I should elaborate here. The phone is switched on, everything works as normal but no matter how many times I try it, the power button just not do anything (holding it down, pressing different areas)
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Hi guys.
My Galaxy Note 3 power button has just completely stopped working. Is there a setting that turns off the power button functionality that I might have accidentally pressed?
Cheers.
Edit: I should elaborate here. The phone is switched on, everything works as normal but no matter how many times I try it, the power button just not do anything (holding it down, pressing different areas)
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Did you try a battery reset? With the phone off, can you get into either Download or Recovery mode? That would eliminate the possibility of an OS issue.
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Did you try a battery reset? With the phone off, can you get into either Download or Recovery mode? That would eliminate the possibility of an OS issue.
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I kind of scared to turn the thing off in case I can't switch it back on. I'll try it though.
Edit: It's dead. Taken the battery but can't switch back on now. What a joke.
Bad luck brian i feel sorry for you
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Bad luck brian i feel sorry for you
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I know I kind of expect this bad luck these days after having two faulty Nexus 7's. My Galaxy S2 power button is still going strong after 2 and a half years but the Note 3 lasts 7 hours
DaveyT said:
Hi guys.
My Galaxy Note 3 power button has just completely stopped working. Is there a setting that turns off the power button functionality that I might have accidentally pressed?
Cheers.
Edit: I should elaborate here. The phone is switched on, everything works as normal but no matter how many times I try it, the power button just not do anything (holding it down, pressing different areas)
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It's a dud mate. Faulty unit.
Just send it back and get it replaced.
Just send it for replacement. There's a reason phones come with a warranty that covers manufacturer defects. Whining about it to strangers in the forum is not going to fix it for you.
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Just send it for replacement. There's a reason phones come with a warranty that covers manufacturer defects. Whining about it to strangers in the forum is not going to fix it for you.
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I was posting to see if any one else had the same problem or if it was a setting I'd missed. Arsehole.
Cheers everyone else I'll replace it tomorrow.
This is exactly the sort of thing that makes me worry about voiding my warranty. Decisions, decisions....
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I was posting to see if any one else had the same problem or if it was a setting I'd missed. Arsehole.
Cheers everyone else I'll replace it tomorrow.
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Yeah this is definitely the least friendly of all the Android forums. Sorry to hear you have a dud unit mate. Get it replaced.
My power button is not working to turn the screen off. Long press works to bring up the power down menu or to do a hard shut down. It works to turn back on though. Seems to happen after I plug it into the wall charger. Restoring a nandroid backup fixes the issue.
Not sure if it's related but my PC's USB crashed after trying to plug the phone in and use USB 3.0 to transfer files. I had to refresh my W8 PC to get the USB working again.
I have the Sprint version, rooted and running JellyBomb.
Hello bro...Me to facing same problem of power button issue.But my phone was able to get into recovery mode and it is also turning on.After doing hard reset also still the problem not solved.My phone is working perfectly but only problem is I'm unable to lock and power off the phone.Please help me dude.
ajayajay007 said:
Hello bro...Me to facing same problem of power button issue.But my phone was able to get into recovery mode and it is also turning on.After doing hard reset also still the problem not solved.My phone is working perfectly but only problem is I'm unable to lock and power off the phone.Please help me dude.
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I have the same problem. my power button is done for. whenever i need to start it. I plug it in and go into recovery and reboot from there. I also use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenoffpro&hl=en for screen timeout and lock. And you can also get exposed and gravity box and there is a status bar tweak to double tap the status bar to lock screen (put phone to sleep).
I tried everything then found the solution on another website
My note 3 has been with me for almost 2 years now and it's power button stopped working about 2-3 months ago. Until now I avoided draining the battery below 2% and was fine but just today I dropped my phone and it shut down. I knew that my power button didn't work because of hardware problems so a soft reset didn't work for me. What I found however is that if your power button is dead you can just very quickly remove and re-insert your battery and your samsung device (I have no idea if this works on other brands) automatically boots itself. I'll give the link too incase I wasn't clear enough and I hope this helps people who shared my worries.
http : // www . teckdiary . com / samsung / how-to-start-your-samsung-galaxy-phonewhen-its-power-button-doesnt-work/
You'll have to delete the spaces in that link sorry about that
Hey guys, I just joined and this is my first post so pardon any stupid questions/statements I made
My Essential phone suddenly switched off while driving and it seems like it self-bricked itself - there is (almost) no life to the phone besides it coming up as "Qualcomm" when plugged into my laptop.
I've tried the following:
Hard-resetting it with the volume down/up + power button many times, for longer than a minute, with no response from the phone, so I can't get to fastboot etc.
Charging it with different 3rd party chargers/cables
Using adb (but can not get debugging mode on)
Charging it for atleast an hour before repeating the above
I've read other forums/topics and I can't seem to find a solution.
Another thing, I've made zero mods to the phone.
Can someone please help me, I'm using an old LG G3 at the moment lol.
Thanks
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Hey guys, I just joined and this is my first post so pardon any stupid questions/statements I made
My Essential phone suddenly switched off while driving and it seems like it self-bricked itself - there is (almost) no life to the phone besides it coming up as "Qualcomm" when plugged into my laptop.
I've tried the following:
Hard-resetting it with the volume down/up + power button many times, for longer than a minute, with no response from the phone, so I can't get to fastboot etc.
Charging it with different 3rd party chargers/cables
Using adb (but can not get debugging mode on)
Charging it for atleast an hour before repeating the above
I've read other forums/topics and I can't seem to find a solution.
Another thing, I've made zero mods to the phone.
Can someone please help me, I'm using an old LG G3 at the moment lol.
Thanks
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came across this yesterday and remembered this post....try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEERGDgTw-M
Thanks for this ... Not sure how to proceed though, seems like each Android maker has their own specific solution (LG has their volume up battery out charger in, vs Samsung holding all of their buttons) so not sure what to do ... any suggestions?
juliangovender92 said:
Thanks for this ... Not sure how to proceed though, seems like each Android maker has their own specific solution (LG has their volume up battery out charger in, vs Samsung holding all of their buttons) so not sure what to do ... any suggestions?
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Were you by chance running the official stock January pie update?
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canodroid15 said:
Were you by chance running the official stock January pie update?
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Nope - the phone bricked in the last week of december
juliangovender92 said:
Nope - the phone bricked in the last week of december
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That sucks dude sorry to hear. Did you ever figure it out? My wife has the ph-1 & hers just shutdown on her running latest bone stock build. No root, no mods, it refused to boot for me. After several attempts I gave up for a while. I've been dealing with android for years. I was baffled. So I went back to it & held down power+vol up one last time & the damn thing boots after about 20 seconds. So far its doing fine. This just happened earlier this morning. Before it booted up I tried everything like you & it wouldn't respond. Weird. Definitely keeping an eye on it for now.
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canodroid15 said:
That sucks dude sorry to hear. Did you ever figure it out? My wife has the ph-1 & hers just shutdown on her running latest bone stock build. No root, no mods, it refused to boot for me. After several attempts I gave up for a while. I've been dealing with android for years. I was baffled. So I went back to it & held down power+vol up one last time & the damn thing boots after about 20 seconds. So far its doing fine. This just happened earlier this morning. Before it booted up I tried everything like you & it wouldn't respond. Weird. Definitely keeping an eye on it for now.
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Unfortunately it still isn't working - I'm trying as I type this out lol ... How long did your wife's stay off for? Yeah really love(d) this phone but no life to it ...
canodroid15 said:
That sucks dude sorry to hear. Did you ever figure it out? My wife has the ph-1 & hers just shutdown on her running latest bone stock build. No root, no mods, it refused to boot for me. After several attempts I gave up for a while. I've been dealing with android for years. I was baffled. So I went back to it & held down power+vol up one last time & the damn thing boots after about 20 seconds. So far its doing fine. This just happened earlier this morning. Before it booted up I tried everything like you & it wouldn't respond. Weird. Definitely keeping an eye on it for now.
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What happened when you tried to charge it while it shutdown on you guys?
juliangovender92 said:
Unfortunately it still isn't working - I'm trying as I type this out lol ... How long did your wife's stay off for? Yeah really love(d) this phone but no life to it ...
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It was a few hours. I tried for like an hour to boot it & gave up. Came back to it right after I made my first post quoting you here. Held the power+vol up x'ed fingers & it vibrated then powered on. Let me know if you get yours to boot. I'm going to look into this after work today. I'll talk to ya later. There's gotta be a way to figure your situation out.
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It was a few hours. I tried for like an hour to boot it & gave up. Came back to it right after I made my first post quoting you here. Held the power+vol up x'ed fingers & it vibrated then powered on. Let me know if you get yours to boot. I'm going to look into this after work today. I'll talk to ya later. There's gotta be a way to figure your situation out.
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Been trying for the past week ... can't seem to get it booted - I literally just put it into the fridge (zip lock bag to [hopefully] keep the moisture out). I've seen a post where someone tried this and it worked. Thanks man, I would appreciate any help I can get
Did anyone try asking essential support?
They've been very helpful to me.
Also had this happen to me, just left it overnight and then it booted. No probs since.
Zo0
ZooBaAr said:
Did anyone try asking essential support?
They've been very helpful to me.
Also had this happen to me, just left it overnight and then it booted. No probs since.
Zo0
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Yes I have, they told me to hold power+volume; try different USB cables. clean port etc. but nothing is helping ... really sucks!
juliangovender92 said:
Been trying for the past week ... can't seem to get it booted - I literally just put it into the fridge (zip lock bag to [hopefully] keep the moisture out). I've seen a post where someone tried this and it worked. Thanks man, I would appreciate any help I can get
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My post from her other day didn't seem to post .
In it I suggested you hold down power + vol down for 15sec (maybe longer) as I think that does a virtual battery pull, but you might need to try some other combos. You should maybe put phone in draw for a week or two, then try .
Also see,
https://forum.xda-developers.com/es...icked-essential-phone-regular-update-t3732566
If the "chilling" trick works you might have a bad solder joint, not good, likely cause intermittent problems if it does fix. Or maybe phone shuts down internally if too cold (
IronRoo said:
My post from her other day didn't seem to post .
In it I suggested you hold down power + vol down for 15sec (maybe longer) as I think that does a virtual battery pull, but you might need to try some other combos. You should maybe put phone in draw for a week or two, then try .
Also see,
https://forum.xda-developers.com/es...icked-essential-phone-regular-update-t3732566
If the "chilling" trick works you might have a bad solder joint, not good, likely cause intermittent problems if it does fix. Or maybe phone shuts down internally if too cold (
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thanks for the advice ... I tried all combinations for atleast a minute:
power + vol down
power + vol up
power + vol up and down
doesnt seem to have any life. I'm not sure if I mentioned but there's no sign of LED lights when charging - only sign of life is the Qualcomm port on device manager (windows) ... Sadly this country does not have any authorized entities to open up the phone
juliangovender92 said:
thanks for the advice ... I tried all combinations for atleast a minute:
power + vol down
power + vol up
power + vol up and down
doesnt seem to have any life. I'm not sure if I mentioned but there's no sign of LED lights when charging - only sign of life is the Qualcomm port on device manager (windows) ... Sadly this country does not have any authorized entities to open up the phone
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It sounds like your only choice is to try leaving it for a prolonged period eg a couple of weeks (don't charge it) & cross fingers you get lucky like some of the others have. Though it does sound like it may be bricked (might be worth installing Essential drivers on another PC & seeing if that gives you any thing more than the Qualcomm port)
I'd be in the same situation as you as I'm in Australia these days. It doesn't seem like local repair shops have any special Essential service tools, but if you have no chance of warranty repair local repair shop might still be able to identify some internal failure even if only basic electronic tests and order part (though might be hard/impossible to identify specific component failure without a circuit diagram or working phone to compare to), so long shot.
juliangovender92 said:
thanks for the advice ... I tried all combinations for atleast a minute:
power + vol down
power + vol up
power + vol up and down
doesnt seem to have any life. I'm not sure if I mentioned but there's no sign of LED lights when charging - only sign of life is the Qualcomm port on device manager (windows) ... Sadly this country does not have any authorized entities to open up the phone
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PS. You probably tried this already but just in case, try boot into recovery, hold down
vol up + vol down
(NOT power)
probably won't work, but just to cover all bases
IronRoo said:
It sounds like your only choice is to try leaving it for a prolonged period eg a couple of weeks (don't charge it) & cross fingers you get lucky like some of the others have. Though it does sound like it may be bricked (might be worth installing Essential drivers on another PC & seeing if that gives you any thing more than the Qualcomm port)
I'd be in the same situation as you as I'm in Australia these days. It doesn't seem like local repair shops have any special Essential service tools, but if you have no chance of warranty repair local repair shop might still be able to identify some internal failure even if only basic electronic tests and order part (though might be hard/impossible to identify specific component failure without a circuit diagram or working phone to compare to), so long shot.
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Apologies for the late reply ... Phone has been like this for about 3 weeks now ... still no luck; will try the Essential drivers now
Yeah I think I'll end up taking it to a local repair shop; hope for the best and expect the worst I guess
IronRoo said:
PS. You probably tried this already but just in case, try boot into recovery, hold down
vol up + vol down
(NOT power)
probably won't work, but just to cover all bases
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Haha read this at work and gave me some hope, but sadly nothing.
When my phone is plugged into my laptop, Windows makes that signature connection sound; and when I hold power+vol, it effectively makes the "disconnect" followed by the "connect" sounds again, which is surprising
juliangovender92 said:
Haha read this at work and gave me some hope, but sadly nothing.
When my phone is plugged into my laptop, Windows makes that signature connection sound; and when I hold power+vol, it effectively makes the "disconnect" followed by the "connect" sounds again, which is surprising
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My phone is also hard bricked not even showing led but detecting on PC . currently I don't have PC but yesterday I read about QPST tool . It has an option to backup and restore . I don't know I sound stupid but is there a way to restore firmware of another essential phone through QPST tool . I've tried every thing else .
Link to QPST tool: https://www.qpstflash.com/
mishal msl said:
My phone is also hard bricked not even showing led but detecting on PC . currently I don't have PC but yesterday I read about QPST tool . It has an option to backup and restore . I don't know I sound stupid but is there a way to restore firmware of another essential phone through QPST tool . I've tried every thing else .
Link to QPST tool: https://www.qpstflash.com/
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Sorry I can't offer any advice on your issue. However, can you or anyone here vouch for the reputability of the developer of this tool? I am suspicious as their website does not offer much info in that regard...
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