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So none of my buttons work except the Comm Manager button...

wtf?! They all worked fine an hour ago (power, camera, talk, softkeys, messages...) and now they don't. It isn't a hardware issue because when it goes into standby, I can press the power button to bring it out of standby. Now though, I can't open anything using their respective keys and can't power it off. Anyone have any issues like this? I hadn't installed anything or even been using the phone from the time they worked to the time they stoped working.

Try opening settings -> buttons ->lock and click in "dont lock keys"
Had similar problems that now for some reason went away.
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dodgy said:
Try opening settings -> buttons ->lock and click in "dont lock keys"
Had similar problems that now for some reason went away.
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Unfortunately, I tried that and it didn't fix it. It's so odd that the Comm Manager button works when the phone is on and that the power button will work to turn it on or to wake it up. Are there places in the registry that control what the buttons do? Maybe I need to reset this thing? I love this phone when it isn't locking or acting up.

So I reset the phone to it's factory settings. After I went through the calibration and setup, the keys still weren't working. Before I did the reset, I did notice the keyboard keys weren't working either . So after the reset, the buttons still weren't working. I kept just typing stuff in on the keyboard with Word open and it finally started working...all buttons are still working now, but I don't trust it much. Should I bring it in to Cingular to get a new one? I'm still within my 30 days

Yes. If you can get a new one do it. do it.

[Q] Best way to use HD2 without buttons? (hard buttons no longer work on my phone.)

So i've been dealing with this for the last week or so and I finally decided to stop searching and scouring the internet and ask for some help from my XDA brethren.
I don't exactly know how or why, but all the hard buttons on my HD2 do not work anymore. Volume up and down, pick up, home, menu, back, and hang up buttons... all not working. They all stopped working at the same time.
I don't really care except for the fact that I cannot wake my phone up after it locks/sleeps. I tried an app called Shake and Wake with no luck. Any sugguestions? or should I just look for a new phone? I really don't want to give up on my HD2... we've been through a lot! Thanks a ton you guys, I really appreciate it.

If I were you I would head on over to the nexus one threads and ask the question.
That phone only has one button, and some folk have had that not work, so they are used to the problem, and I'm sure they will have a solution for you. Worth a try anyway........

Button Savior - free from Market

Jadrobe, I really like button saviour but that still doesn't solve my problem, how do I wake the phone up without any buttons?!!

do your volume buttons work? if so, you could use ButtonRemapper (paid app) to remap one of your volume buttons to work as your power button and do the rest with button savior.

Nope, none of the buttons work!! I'm screwed!

Then yes, you are indeed screwed. Sorry for your misfortune.
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paolovazquez said:
Nope, none of the buttons work!! I'm screwed!
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Pretty much. If you have one working button then you could use an app called "button remapper"

Have you flashed back to stock/something different yet? Seems a touch coincidental that they all go at once. The bottom 5, or the two volume yea, cos they're on two separate input busses, but for both to fail together... not saying it couldn't happen, just saying it could be something else.

If there not working how do you turn on your phone?

When I slide the battery into the phone it automatically boots up as if I pushed in the power button.. it never used to do that before.
And also right after it powers up it sends me straight to slide to shut down which kind of makes me believe I may have the power button stuck on or something? I'm going to try to flash the stock rom and see what happens. I'll keep you all posted. Thanks!

Dude!! Proximity Screen Off (look in Abdroid Themes and Apps sub-forum) could fix you up in combination with button savior !
It has an option to use the prox sensor to put your phone to sleep and to wake it. The downside is it will drain your battery faster than normal because the prox sensor is in use when the screen's off. But it could keep your phone useable til you can get your buttons fixed (probly just your power button is malfunctioning it sounds like to me)
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Thanks a ton Huggs. I'll definitely look into it, as the main reason I love this phone is for Android roms!
So far i've had good luck with this Winmo 6.5 app. I had to revert to the base/stock Tmo rom and it works okay.
Shake and Wake
http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/shakenwake-mod-for-hd2/

[Q] UMI Zero issues - speaker and touch buttons.

Hi all,
since I am new in this forum I would appreciate if I am in the wrong section to raise my issues, please let me know and I will accordingly move my post. Thanks.
Following issues I face with my 2 month old UMI Zero.
1. can not make regular phone calls via speaker. my partner can listen, myself cannot hear a word. fact headset icon shows in the very top menue line, speaking via headset works fine but does not make life easy.
serveral factory resets done, updates etc. nothing worked.
2. yesterday, the next issues occured out of nothing. my touch buttons do not operate anymore at all. no function behind except the blue lights. Need to reboot if I would like to switch apps/functions.
Anyone who can help me to solve my problem or experienced same issue(s).
Thank you.
Best
StadenKarl

Same issue with buttons with my umi zero
My buttons stopped working as well all at once, considered as contact problem until one day they returned to respond unexpectedly.
After working fine for a while stopped responding once again.
Thinking it's might be software issue, I've installed a new rom material V 3.0 lollipop inspired 4.4 kitkat provided by umi Root joy tool. It didn't help, however, regardless to update the buttons now are lightened but not stable responsive therfore still useless.
For now used this post to enable soft keys: search Google for "enable-soft-keys-navigation-bar-android-phone"
Another free app which I found useful is called My home Button, can be downloaded from play store.
Hopefully a solution will be found soon

The only solution is to dissasemble the smartphone and connect properly the hardware components, you can dissassemble your phone with an hot air gun

Same issue and possible solution
Come on! Are u kidding?
My buttons stopped working yesterday but with a reboot everything was fine again. Until now. No signal from the buttons, light nor fucntion. I'll try flashing it and, if not, i will have to dissasemble and check the hardware.
If this doesn't work I'm thinking about downloading an xposed module that allows you to remap the phisycal buttons. I'll try remapping home, back and settings buttons into the power and volume ones. Let's see if it works.

First of all sorry for my bad english ( I'm french). For the problem with your touch bouton you can also use gravity box ! With this app you can enable the navigation bar and you gonna have touch bouton like the nexus phones. If you don't know how to do that you can ask me question in a next post.

Dear All,
Just want o let you know that after being hesitant for so long, I finally disassembled my Umi Zero and guess what? The back camera connector was not connected, and the touch button + speaker connector at the bottom was also not connected! I just connected them back, put the battery back, and touch buttons + mic were working fine. Tested with voice recorder, playing audio, and also few calls.
Disappointed though by the component assembly....most of the screws were very lose and one even came out without unscrewing. Also, the screws are of different sizes, so please please please take note where each screw goes (What I did is get an A4 paper, made a sketch of he phone outline, and placed the screws on each area where I removed them from).
Note : Most likely you will break the back glass cover so you might as well place an order on Aliexpress before you disassemble it. It is possible to remove it without breaking with lots of extra caution though.

No sound and no soft keys
I had the same problem with my daughters Umi Zero.
I found a work round for the buttons:
-temporarily install an app which emulates the keys so you can navigate. eg Handy Soft Keys from the Playstore
-enable in settings/accessibility
-reboot
-need to be rooted
-install file manager, eg ES file explorer
-in ES tools, activate Root Explorer
-navigate to local/device/system/build.prop
-drop to end, leave a couple of lines space then edit by adding: qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
-save and reboot
You have soft keys
Uninstall emulator app
Backup etc before you start
Haven't fixed the sound yet: nothing from the speaker, phone and headphone jack doesn't work.
Bluetooth does work.

Power button seems to be 'kinda' working

Hey guys, I have a problem with my power button, seems like it's working but at the same time it's like stuck, so I don't know, if I press the power button just for a bit, it restarts and goes on a loop just because of that, but If I don't press it, everything works fine.
What should I do?

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Hey guys, I have a problem with my power button, seems like it's working but at the same time it's like stuck, so I don't know, if I press the power button just for a bit, it restarts and goes on a loop just because of that, but If I don't press it, everything works fine.
What should I do?
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Go to a service centre and get it checked
Sent from my Moto G4 Plus using Tapatalk

Sorry to hear that. You could use the fingerprint sensor wake option, and double-tab home or empty areas of nav bar for screen off, I think Lineage OS has both of those. Not sure that's a complete solution though.
I was put off by motorola's locked bootloader in 2012 with a Droid X2, then it's mechanical "Back" button failed, making the phone useless. Being so cheap now and having changed its bootloader policy, I decided to give Moto another go. But I still don't trust the buttons, I want to limit their use as much as possible, using fps wake and double-tab home to sleep.

BlackBeats said:
Go to a service centre and get it checked
Sent from my Moto G4 Plus using Tapatalk
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Can't do, it's rooted
ComputerNmyPocket said:
Sorry to hear that. You could use the fingerprint sensor wake option, and double-tab home or empty areas of nav bar for screen off, I think Lineage OS has both of those. Not sure that's a complete solution though.
I was put off by motorola's locked bootloader in 2012 with a Droid X2, then it's mechanical "Back" button failed, making the phone useless. Being so cheap now and having changed its bootloader policy, I decided to give Moto another go. But I still don't trust the buttons, I want to limit their use as much as possible, using fps wake and double-tab home to sleep.
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Yeah, I'm doing that atm but eventually I'll need that button, what if I want to take screenshots or something?
A friend who's a technician will check my phone to see if it can be fixed, hope so..

Mi A1 Power Button Issue

When I click my Mi A1 power button once, it acts like it was clicked twice, which turns off the screen and isntantly turns the screen on to lock screen. This is really annoying and I would like to know if others are also experincing this issue.
I apologize if this has been asked before.

Most of users have this issue. I have that issue too. It seems that is hardware issue.

I have same issue, and I need to press it hard

I think we all have it. It bothers me sooo much when I'm trying to take a screenshot but since I'm on a custom ROM, I can avoid it altogether. AOSiP DerpFest gives you some pretty good options, so I made the device lock by holding the back button and a screenshot via a shortcut in Quick Settings. Now I don't mind it as much. I already ordered a Mi 9T from AliExpress, now just waiting for it to arrive.

nicolasmart said:
I think we all have it. It bothers me sooo much when I'm trying to take a screenshot but since I'm on a custom ROM, I can avoid it altogether. AOSiP DerpFest gives you some pretty good options, so I made the device lock by holding the back button and a screenshot via a shortcut in Quick Settings. Now I don't mind it as much. I already ordered a Mi 9T from AliExpress, now just waiting for it to arrive.
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I use home button shortcut from nova launcher to lock my screen. But how did you do screenshot via a shortcut in quick settings? Does it need root? I'm rootless

Probably need to replace the buttons. The spare part is quite cheap but its a hassle to open the phone up.

I also have this issue
Replaced the button with spare parts from aliexpress but the spare button,came low quality buttons, became wobbly and issue becamse far worse after few days of usuage. then replaced with original spare from a mobile repair shop and the problem still remains. if aint broken dont fix it.

My power button isn't working n I sometimes need to restart my phone because sometimes my phone lags so I need to refresh. But without the power button I cannot restart. My phone is not switched off bdw. I'm using it but I simply need to restart sometimes. Is there any alternate way to do this?
MI A1.

AndroidFan128 said:
When I click my Mi A1 power button once, it acts like it was clicked twice, which turns off the screen and isntantly turns the screen on to lock screen. This is really annoying and I would like to know if others are also experincing this issue.
I apologize if this has been asked before.
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Poor quality buttons

Junegonmei said:
My power button isn't working n I sometimes need to restart my phone because sometimes my phone lags so I need to refresh. But without the power button I cannot restart. My phone is not switched off bdw. I'm using it but I simply need to restart sometimes. Is there any alternate way to do this?
MI A1.
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If you have adb activated, you can connect your phone to computer, open command line and type "adb reboot". It takes some time, but you don't need to use physical button.
Alternatively, you can download some virtual button apps on Play Store, it keeps a virtual button (normally as a widget) from you can open the power/restart menu.

When you press the whole button, issue happens but for me when I press half of down side of button it works perfectly