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[Q] Mytouch 4g power button doesn't work

I've been using this phone for about four months brand new back in July. I was using my phone just perfectly yesterday with my power fully fuctional. Then it seemed like the button got stuck without a click and limited use, when i pushed down really hard. Now it seems like it feels like it did normally but now it does't work. My phone died and i tried to power it back on and nothing happened. Please help!! ):

The phone is borked. Call t mobile. They should send you another one.
The power button isnt something you can work around. And you might be able to fix it if you cracked the phone open....but why void the warrenty when they will give you a replacement now?

Faulty Power button is apparently on their list of known issues with the mt4g. I had to replace mine as well over the summer.
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RAF_BYS said:
I've been using this phone for about four months brand new back in July. I was using my phone just perfectly yesterday with my power fully fuctional. Then it seemed like the button got stuck without a click and limited use, when i pushed down really hard. Now it seems like it feels like it did normally but now it does't work. My phone died and i tried to power it back on and nothing happened. Please help!! ):
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You don't need to press it very hard..I have never had any problems with it.

My power button has been hard to push for a couple months and I finally decided to call in cuz my year is almost up. After being hassled and having to call three times, I'm somehow getting a replacement (this will be my 4th MT4G in a year) and also a new phone for shipping costs, $5.99.
I picked the Amaze, but I'm not certain on it and can trade it if I want. If you had to pick a new tmo phone right now, what would you get?
And also, call tmo and keep telling them you're not happy. Worked for me...
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RAF_BYS said:
I've been using this phone for about four months brand new back in July. I was using my phone just perfectly yesterday with my power fully fuctional. Then it seemed like the button got stuck without a click and limited use, when i pushed down really hard. Now it seems like it feels like it did normally but now it does't work. My phone died and i tried to power it back on and nothing happened. Please help!! ):
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Just a few questions are you rooted, if you so what are you running. I had an issue where my home key stopped working,I just restored an old back up, an it worked after that. Try fixing permissions.
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
........Death before dishonor........

eliasadrian said:
My power button has been hard to push for a couple months and I finally decided to call in cuz my year is almost up. After being hassled and having to call three times, I'm somehow getting a replacement (this will be my 4th MT4G in a year) and also a new phone for shipping costs, $5.99.
I picked the Amaze, but I'm not certain on it and can trade it if I want. If you had to pick a new tmo phone right now, what would you get?
And also, call tmo and keep telling them you're not happy. Worked for me...
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The Amaze or Sensation are the direction I'd go. I'd probably steer toward the Sensation just because it's a little older and the rooting hacks have been found (not sure if they have for the Amaze yet) and because there's a CM7 available for it that's not perfect, but it's supposed to be good enough for a daily user.
I don't know how you pulled that off. I've had my MyTouch for 3 months and am already on my 4th one and they refuse to offer me anything but the 4GSlide, which I REALLY don't want with the thicker chassis and smaller screen. Plus I hate slidey keyboards.

Skipjacks said:
The Amaze or Sensation are the direction I'd go. I'd probably steer toward the Sensation just because it's a little older and the rooting hacks have been found (not sure if they have for the Amaze yet) and because there's a CM7 available for it that's not perfect, but it's supposed to be good enough for a daily user.
I don't know how you pulled that off. I've had my MyTouch for 3 months and am already on my 4th one and they refuse to offer me anything but the 4GSlide, which I REALLY don't want with the thicker chassis and smaller screen. Plus I hate slidey keyboards.
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They're getting there with the Amaze, no s-off but there's.ROMs and kernels...hopefully the dev scene grows.
I'm amazed it happened, too. I've been with tmo for like 12 years, but they also put the whole contract (5 lines) in a new 2 year, without telling me, ha. I think I told them about ten times I wasn't happy and that they needed to make me happy, so they finally did.
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I just called on Friday... Offered me a sensation & I took it. Will be here Monday. I loved this phone but have touchscreen responsiveness issues. I figured I'd take the sensation & if I don't like it, they have a higher resale value than the glacier. Gonna miss these forums & AMAZING devs tho...
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cbutt said:
I just called on Friday... Offered me a sensation & I took it. Will be here Monday. I loved this phone but have touchscreen responsiveness issues. I figured I'd take the sensation & if I don't like it, they have a higher resale value than the glacier. Gonna miss these forums & AMAZING devs tho...
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It might be a grounding issue for the screen, which is fixable. Are they making you send your mytouch 4G back?
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Yes, I'm sending it back. This is my 4th or 5th phone in a year... I tried that grounding thing with the pin/foil, nothing seemed to work. I took the sensation figuring if I hate it, I could sell it for more or trade + cash for something I'm into... Naturally the steps I'm taking are: open box, root phone, enjoy.
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Best of luck to you. Development is rocking and rolling for the sensation from the looks of the dev forum.
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You can find power buttons ways here :
http://himax.ca/?p=96

Everything Comes to an end.

So did my Nexus S (9020) Tonight, I Just tell how the story went on I believe. You geniuses Might help.
So Yes. I got My Nexus s from my teachers wife in a "defective condition" for 35 euro Back eight months ago, the front glass was cracked. it didn't bother me though so i used it until two weeks ago When i dropped it while i was in the city fooling around with an friend and the glass Literary "Shattered" i replaced it for 45 euro on an Ebay Discount, it was great Until last weekend.
Here is where my *story* gets tricky lol. I went to visit my best friends dad with him over the weekend, his father lives so far away from the city that the internet connection is an Modem with about 60kb/s of speed. before i went on i flashed the first ota of jellybean, yet when i at my friends dad's house wanted to use Adhoc from my Laptop (connected through Ethernet) it didn't work, Stock Google's Roms don't find these kind of connections. so i decided to flash back to cm9 which i had on my Internal Memory, it worked fine! i connected to the network i had setup and it went fine all night, then next morning my phone was shut off, even if it had been on the charger all night. so i turned it on and found a screen saying "Encryption Unsuccessful" and a Big fat "reset phone button" I thought it couldn't be that bad. every android has its days so i did what it said but got "Couldn't wipe data" in Clockwork mod's log. I did a full wipe and flashed my zip again, nothing. still the same damn error. i couldn't move files to my sdcard from the memory anymore either, neither formatting it. everytime i made any changes to it and unmounted it everything was back to normal. all the files where back for some funny reason, i searched it up and found some captivate users having the same issue, yet their way of fixing it using odin and stuff is as i know not available for the nexus s.. so i did the probably dumbed thing i could after coming home, i downloaded a zip with the stock nexus everything's, bootloader recovery and whatnot, and then flashed them using fastboot. realizing this hardbricked the device. it doesn't do anything anymore. so when i get home from vacation i try Adam Outler's Resurrector, or whatever its called. i have ubuntu on an netbook at home... Now tell me guys, do you think i can fix my phone again or is this a no-go? I would love to fix it as secondary phone as i Ordered an Galaxy nexus by now.. lol. x)

Will it power on at all?
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Xaelius said:
Will it power on at all?
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Nope, it flashes quickly on the screen when you press the power, like it used to do before powering up, but the storage corruption doesn't seem to be fixable anyways on the nexus s. so i get another nexus s from my teacher himself for a little more money and use the old for replacement parts...

Battery is messed up??

g1user101 said:
Battery is messed up??
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I have two and both are charged to 100% xD Anyways, got back on my lovely desire which is preferable and ordered an Galaxy Nexus straight away. It was time for an upgrade anyways!

So... is this the flicker problem

Sometimes while watching the screen, every now and then I get a flicker, I only noticed it when I was staring at the screen reading a book, if so I am sad because my OTG cable just arrived and I was having so much fun

Your life is ruined.:thumbdown:
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well... at least it works and theres no other horrible problems so I can still play with it until google send me a new unit :silly:
Reckon I should wait a few months so I guarentee a unit from the new batch, or just do it now?

You know what. As I was reading your post I started to see tons of flickering. Thanks a lot. Lol jk. Better now than later. I'm still in my 15 day window

I'm stuck dealing with Asus.
I'm leaving the country for a 3 week vacay so I can't deal with a 4th exchange from Google Play.

davidcampbell said:
well... at least it works and theres no other horrible problems so I can still play with it until google send me a new unit :silly:
Reckon I should wait a few months so I guarentee a unit from the new batch, or just do it now?
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I think it's worth a shot. My replacement is perfect, much like many of the initial batch / recipients. Risk you take, right?, jumping on that first wave. Seems like things have settle down, think the negative outcry is just more easily heard thAn the positive.
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Definitely going ahead and do an exchange now. Got my replacement unit today and this one doesn't have a flicker problem at all. My last one had really bad flicker.
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Well I only got it last week so that makes it better if I submit that its faulty at this point..

might seem like a stupid question, but where the hell do I go to organize a replacement

I've seen the flicker on mine and called to replace it. I was told to try a factory reset to see if it was hardware or software. I said I'd try tomorrow and call back/set up replacement if it doesn't work. What do guys think? Could it be software?
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Urgent screen replacement question. Please help!

So last night, around 7 or 8, I was waiting for my train at the station in philadelphia.
All of sudden, right before i got onto the train, this one black dude runs upto me and snatched my g2 out of my hands and started to run. Wtf.
I ran after him and tripped his legs while he was running. he fell hard, and my g2 flew. I wish that dude at least got a broken nose.
Anyways, I quickly recovered my g2 and got onto the train, and checked if it was okay.
I noticed the screen got cracked on the bottom right corner. FML.
The crack was really bad, but "luckly", I dont think the falling tempered with any functions of the phone. Everything was working fine.
Im thinking of sending the phone in for a warrenty.
But i rooted my phone a day before.
I was just wondering, would going back to completely stock take care of the root counter, or whatever it is called?
If not, someone please recommend me another option to fix my phone.....
Ps. Do not pull ur phone out alot, if not all in public places (especially in bad neighborhood and/or in the city). People will not help you if this ever happens to you. There was over 30+ people when this shiit happened.
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ILLHYHL said:
So last night, around 7 or 8, I was waiting for my train at the station in philadelphia.
All of sudden, right before i got onto the train, this one black dude runs upto me and snatched my g2 out of my hands and started to run. Wtf.
I ran after him and tripped his legs while he was running. he fell hard, and my g2 flew. I wish that dude at least got a broken nose.
Anyways, I quickly recovered my g2 and got onto the train, and checked if it was okay.
I noticed the screen got cracked on the bottom right corner. FML.
The crack was really bad, but "luckly", I dont think the falling tempered with any functions of the phone. Everything was working fine.
Im thinking of sending the phone in for a warrenty.
But i rooted my phone a day before.
I was just wondering, would going back to completely stock take care of the root counter, or whatever it is called?
If not, someone please recommend me another option to fix my phone.....
Ps. Do not pull ur phone out alot, if not all in public places (especially in bad neighborhood and/or in the city). People will not help you if this ever happens to you. There was over 30+ people when this shiit happened.
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I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. Based on what you've stated, you only rooted, meaning you still have the original recovery, which is more imperative than the root, as root is easy to get rid of. All you got to do is based on what SuperSU you're running, you hit menu or go to it's respective settings, and there should be an option to unroot! Easy as 1, 2, 3! :victory:
Hope it helps, if not specify the app you're using and I will be able to do more direct instructions!

Kenchi* said:
I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. Based on what you've stated, you only rooted, meaning you still have the original recovery, which is more imperative than the root, as root is easy to get rid of. All you got to do is based on what SuperSU you're running, you hit menu or go to it's respective settings, and there should be an option to unroot! Easy as 1, 2, 3! :victory:
Hope it helps, if not specify the app you're using and I will be able to do more direct instructions!
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thanks for the info.
I flashed TWRP as well though. well, i'll look more into it.
do you happen to know how long does the warrenty fix/replacement would take?

ILLHYHL said:
thanks for the info.
I flashed TWRP as well though. well, i'll look more into it.
do you happen to know how long does the warrenty fix/replacement would take?
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That's crazy man, i've been a little paranoid myself taking my phone out in public (i also live in philadelphia) and now i see that im not just paranoid.
Anyway, if you have AT&T it depends on the shipping you select. the first two replacement Xperia TLs i had only took 3-5 days. the third replacement the guy gave me free one day shipping (the third time i went to a different device support center) the previous two replacements required you to pay for one day shipping.
So its fast depending on what you choose. if you have verizon though then im not sure, but its probably similar.
As a side note, i do not recommended the Sony Xperia TL lol. i would not question my luck that i got three defective phones in a row, but most likely i think Sony just needs to get their **** together. very glad i went with the G2 to say the least.
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Just Bought One in Australia

I got the White 32GB version from Kogan, a major online retailer over here.
I will be rooting, but not until the money back 14 days thing is over. Just in case I have light bleed, battery or other issues. In which case I will probably return and get an iPad. My last and only tablet was a Kindle Fire 1st Gen, which I rooted and ROMed. Unfortunately it had a broken USB port, which resulted in it getting bricked.
I'll post my first impressions later

I to came from a first gen Kindle Fire.
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I to came from a first gen nexus 7
lol

joshuabg said:
I to came from a first gen Kindle Fire.
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Cool! I think it was a nice device, but the lack of microphone, GPS, camera or even an ambient light sensor made it a little limited in what it could do. The lack of hardware volume controls didn't help either. I'm hoping that the N9 gets better battery life than my fire used to get.
Update: I got an email last night saying that the package had left the warehouse, so I should be getting it within 3-5 business days.

jji7skyline said:
I'll post my first impressions later
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Do please post an update again. I'm in Australia and got one (white/16Gb/wifi) I pre-ordered on first release. It ran warm just browsing and emptied the battery in around 3-4 hours. It went back a week ago to google.
I don't want to go back into the water until it's safe..

deepskydiver said:
Do please post an update again. I'm in Australia and got one (white/16Gb/wifi) I pre-ordered on first release. It ran warm just browsing and emptied the battery in around 3-4 hours. It went back a week ago to google.
I don't want to go back into the water until it's safe..
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Sure thing.