[Q] S4 buttons automatic presses - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. I am having a problem on my S4. For some reason, it automatically presses the buttons below the screen(home, back, search, menu) randomly! Does someone knows how to fix this?

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I have an issue with a friends Cingular 8525. The buttons below the screen only the center button (with up, down, left right) works none of the other buttons work can you suggest a way to fix this? If there is no way can someone point me to where I can source a new keypad?
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Soft Keys weird behavior

My soft keys are acting weird. sometimes when i press the home button right after a boot, it captures screen, meaning the 'menu' soft key is depressed. However, after that the softkeys don't respond anymore.
Also, sometimes while powering on, the Galaxy boots up in 'safe mode', meaning again that the 'menu' button is depressed (the way to enter safe mode is by pressing the menu button with the power button).
I have checked the key map in the clockwork recovery which show the 'menu' & 'back' key responding only once before going dead.
During general operation, the softkeys don't work at all and i'm left with only the home button.
Since the keys respond once, i'm sure they're not broken. Seems like a software error. I have tried different kernels & 3 diff roms, but the situation is the same.
Any help to ascertain / solve the problem will be appreciated
Similar issue
I had a similar issue on a brand new phone, the soft keys would detect my finger from about 1cm away, so holding the phone and moving you grip would cause them to activate, eventually they would lock up until you locked the screen and tried again. It was totally a hardware issue, I replaced the phone used the same ROM and no issues.
the reason i'm convinced its not a hardware fault is that the keys 'blink' when i touch them which means they are registering touch. its got to be something else.
the Galaxy has got to be the most mysterious device ever!
Sounds like you ought to send it in for a replacement.
You can try a touchkey firmware update.
Make sure you're on your device's stock ROM otherwise you'll lose your touchkeys.
ENTER *#*#2663#*#* in the dialer. Then update the touchkey firmware and reboot.
You should be able to return to your other ROM after this.
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[Q] Power Button broken

Hi guys,
As the title explains itself, my powerkey is sort of broken. It randomly "long presses", this means that I randomly get the phone options menu (Android). This is pretty annoying as the phone wakes up.
I managed to get the 'long home press function' acting as the sleep / screenlock command.
I have no warranty and 100% sure it's a hardware problem.
I tried buttonremapper to disable the power button, but did not succeed.
Can anyone help to permanently disable this button, or did someone else was able to fix this button?
Please help
Cissmayazz

[Q] phantom presses: menu and back activating randomly

Hey, my galaxy s4(snapdragon 600) is sufferig phontom presses of the menu and back buttons.
The phone vibrates and the backlight of the keys lits up. Anyone else experianced this error. Still stock firmwsre non rootet. Hope you can help me with that
any ideas?

[Q] Galaxy Note 3 Home Button Issue

Hi, I have an AT&T Galaxy Note 3. I am experiencing a weird issue with the Home button.
When I click the Home button, the Menu pops up. When I click the Menu button, the Menu comes up normally. So the home button is acting as a MENU button.
I reset the phone and that didn't solve the issue, I installed a different launcher and it didn't solve it either. I purchased 3 different Home button module replacements and plugged them in and that didn't solve the issue either.
It has to be a motherboard issue at this point. Has anyone experienced this issue before? Any suggestions or solutions?
No ideas huh?

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