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Any way to save my phone?

I was running Fusion 1.1 recently, and when the Core v1 kernel was released, I flashed the 1.2ghz version, but experienced freezes.
I figured my phone couldnt handle the OC, so I flashed the 1ghz version, my phone started freezing worse. I tried rebooting and it froze during the Galaxy S boot animation.
I then adb'd into recovery and tried flashing Fusion 1.1 again, but my phone froze during the flash and now it wont boot past the Vibrant screen. When plugged into the computer, it only boots up enough the show the battery charge screen, but freezes before it even displays a battery level.
ADB doesnt seem to recognize any connected devices.
Maybe Im getting the hardware button combos wrong, as far as I know, a device that wasnt previously hardware locked cant become locked, right? I know for a fact mine wasnt locked before.
If someone could post the exact hardware button combos, cause Ive seen conflicting posts on this. Or any help for that matter, Im desperate.

try turning the phone off, holding volume up and volume down, while holding those two plug the usb cable in.
see if that gets you into download mode.

rbirg said:
try turning the phone off, holding volume up and volume down, while holding those two plug the usb cable in.
see if that gets you into download mode.
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Nope, just pops up the battery screen and freezes.
A question about hardware locked phones, the combo Im using to get into recovery is, hold down vol up + vol down + power, and when the Vibrant screen disappears, release the power button, but keep holding the volume buttons.
However when I do this, the Vibrant screen just pops up a second time, which wont happen unless Im holding the power button. If I am to take "hardware-locked" literally, then the power button wouldnt even do that, right?

thegreatcity said:
A question about hardware locked phones, the combo Im using to get into recovery is, hold down vol up + vol down + power, and when the Vibrant screen disappears, release the power button, but keep holding the volume buttons.
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Hold Vol+/Vol- and Power. Release Power when first Vibrant screen comes up. Works for me..

fearmonkey said:
Hold Vol+/Vol- and Power. Release Power when first Vibrant screen comes up. Works for me..
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I just get stuck on the Vibrant screen.

Unless your Vibrant is actually hardware locked, this method should get you into download mode. I have always entered download mode using this method.
1- Power off your phone.
2- Make sure you have the correct drivers installed on your PC for the phone. (I assume you do if you were using ADB).
3- Open Odin on your PC. (I recommend using Odin3 v1.3 or higher, v1.0 has issues)
4- Remove the battery from your Vibrant.
5- Plug the USB cable into your computer.
6- Plug the USB cable into your Vibrant.
7- With one hand (holding the Vibrant on it's side) hold down the Volume up, Volume down, and power buttons all at the same time.
8- While watching the screen, and holding all 3 buttons, place the battery back in the vibrant.
9- Once the battery has been inserted you will likely see one of two things, the "swirly" thinking icon (most common) or the battery icon will pop up. Keep holding the buttons until the initial icon disappears and you see a full black screen is shown.
10- As soon as you see that black screen, release ONLY the power button, continue to hold the volume keys and if done correctly, the Vibrant will go into download mode.
11- Verify Odin sees the device. There will be a box that turns yellow with a Com port shown
12- Load up the .pit & .tar files for the stock rom and flash away. (May have to use re-partition, not sure though)
Hope this helps/works! Good Luck!

Dragoth12 said:
Unless your Vibrant is actually hardware locked, this method should get you into download mode. I have always entered download mode using this method.
1- Power off your phone.
2- Make sure you have the correct drivers installed on your PC for the phone. (I assume you do if you were using ADB).
3- Open Odin on your PC. (I recommend using Odin3 v1.3 or higher, v1.0 has issues)
4- Remove the battery from your Vibrant.
5- Plug the USB cable into your computer.
6- Plug the USB cable into your Vibrant.
7- With one hand (holding the Vibrant on it's side) hold down the Volume up, Volume down, and power buttons all at the same time.
8- While watching the screen, and holding all 3 buttons, place the battery back in the vibrant.
9- Once the battery has been inserted you will likely see one of two things, the "swirly" thinking icon (most common) or the battery icon will pop up. Keep holding the buttons until the initial icon disappears and you see a full black screen is shown.
10- As soon as you see that black screen, release ONLY the power button, continue to hold the volume keys and if done correctly, the Vibrant will go into download mode.
11- Verify Odin sees the device. There will be a box that turns yellow with a Com port shown
12- Load up the .pit & .tar files for the stock rom and flash away. (May have to use re-partition, not sure though)
Hope this helps/works! Good Luck!
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Followed the directions (used Odin 3 1.70), but when I release the power button at the black screen, the battery screen just comes back up again.

thegreatcity said:
Followed the directions (used Odin 3 1.70), but when I release the power button at the black screen, the battery screen just comes back up again.
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You are 100% sure you aren't hardware locked? My wifes phone was hardware locked and I couldn't get her's into download mode with that method. If you are hardware locked you may have to make a jig to get up and running....i should have bookmarked that thread....now I have to search.
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Dragoth12 said:
You are 100% sure you aren't hardware locked? My wifes phone was hardware locked and I couldn't get her's into download mode with that method. If you are hardware locked you may have to make a jig to get up and running....i should have bookmarked that thread....now I have to search.
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I havent had to use to the hardware keys in a while, so maybe I am.
I thought you couldnt use volume keys to navigate recovery if you were HW locked?
If it turns out I am locked, do you think Id be able to access download with this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

thegreatcity said:
I havent had to use to the hardware keys in a while, so maybe I am.
I thought you couldnt use volume keys to navigate recovery if you were HW locked?
If it turns out I am locked, do you think Id be able to access download with this method?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
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That is the exact thread I went looking for. It should get you into download mode no problem. Worth a shot anyway.
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This kernel nearly bricked me much like the problem you're experiencing. It does seem like you may be hardware locked...it locked me out of recovery with the use of 3 hardware buttons, but luckily Odin came through.
You do have the samsung drivers installed on your computer correct? This might be the reason why you can't get into download mode. I also noticed that even though I got into download mode it did not immediately show the COM notification showing I was connected...I hit start anyway and it immediately started flashing the other kernel I used to recover (JAC OC/UV 1.0). There is something seriously wrong with this kernel on certain Vibrants and I don't think I'll be flashing it again, even after updates.

Sdobron said:
There is something seriously wrong with this kernel on certain Vibrants and I don't think I'll be flashing it again, even after updates.
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I would definitely have to agree with you there, it froze during a flash with me, which is anything but safe.
Either way, I went out and bought the correct resistors, but I've never done any soldering so I got the micro usb breakout board since its a little easier. I suppose that will come in a week and then Ill have to put it all together and see if the homemade jig works. Wish me luck!

Sdobron said:
This kernel nearly bricked me much like the problem you're experiencing. It does seem like you may be hardware locked...it locked me out of recovery with the use of 3 hardware buttons, but luckily Odin came through.
You do have the samsung drivers installed on your computer correct? This might be the reason why you can't get into download mode. I also noticed that even though I got into download mode it did not immediately show the COM notification showing I was connected...I hit start anyway and it immediately started flashing the other kernel I used to recover (JAC OC/UV 1.0). There is something seriously wrong with this kernel on certain Vibrants and I don't think I'll be flashing it again, even after updates.
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Did your phone get hot? One must be careful when flashing oc kernel. It is quite possible to ruin your phone if the temperature gets out of control...
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Good luck man. I too had Fusion 1.1, flashed Core 1.2 which caused freezes, I flashed back to stock and when attempting to reload Fusion I messed up the USB and it bricked, and I was hardware locked. I made the "Jig" and it worked fine after a couple tries plugging it in, got to download and flashed back to stock without any problems.

fearmonkey said:
Hold Vol+/Vol- and Power. Release Power when first Vibrant screen comes up. Works for me..
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Strange, I release after the second Vibrant screen.
OP: it certainly sounds like you're hardware locked. And no, I don't think it means you can't navigate recovery, it means the buttons don't work when trying to get into recovery in the first place (I was hardware locked and couldn't enter recovery/download without adb; I used the flashable fix to remove the hardware lock).
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dbacchus said:
Did your phone get hot? One must be careful when flashing oc kernel. It is quite possible to ruin your phone if the temperature gets out of control...
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Used the 1 ghz kernel
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this happened to me, 1.2 kernal was very unstable, flashed back to stock and bricked hardware locked vib....getting another one sent to me...

[Q] Oh no Bricked!

I tried to update my firmware last night using odin (I've used it several times for my Galaxy S) and it failed, the error message was something along the lines of "write operation failed"
after waiting 25mins to see if my tab would reboot it didn't so I held down the power button to restart it and it switched off and now it won't switch on again ....
I've tried plugging it into all my usb slots, charging through the wall charger and tried using android commander but nothing makes the screen pop up with that little image of a computer and phone.
I can't even get into download mode, and odin doesn't pick it up. I think it's bricked for good,
I had a issue with the USB cable and had to get it replaced by samsung, now my ELF (Early-Life Failure) is up so I don't know what to do.....
Any Suggestions?

It's ok buddy its not bricked just plug in to the usb on the pc with odin3 on and leave at for a wile and it will come right back up.
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I left it plugged in for about 10/15 mins and nothing happened after that I tired to to the whole power+volume down+home button to turn it off and back on, didn't work and just tried to ADB it and the device isn't found.
So I think its a costly paperweight atm

Ok well plug it in to the wall outlet and leave it for a few hours. I had tbe same prom you had and thats what work for me.
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rattenzadel said:
I left it plugged in for about 10/15 mins and nothing happened after that I tired to to the whole power+volume down+home button to turn it off and back on, didn't work and just tried to ADB it and the device isn't found.
So I think its a costly paperweight atm
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Im so sure of it that id buy your paper weight from you.
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lol I liked my paperweight too much Ok I'll leave charged at home while I go to work for 7 hours, Thanks for your help bulldebeerman, Hopefully this fixes the ubertab (yes I nicknamed this paperweight!)

Ok so It's still bricked.... I forgot to mention the buttons don't work eg. I push and hold the power button and it does nothing. I charged it for the day so it should be 100% battery and now odin isn't finding it still. Also I didn't have USB debbuging enabled :/

Now I will admit I don't have a Tab(til next month) but wouldn't you un brick it the same way you do a Samsung Vibrant?
(Am not trying to be smart, just trying to find out everything I can before I buy it)...And on that note is there a 32GB version out?

rattenzadel said:
Ok so It's still bricked.... I forgot to mention the buttons don't work eg. I push and hold the power button and it does nothing. I charged it for the day so it should be 100% battery and now odin isn't finding it still. Also I didn't have USB debbuging enabled :/
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Have you tried dropping the phone into Recovery Mode?
There is some confusion on what buttons to press where some say to press and hold the Volume Up AND Power Buttons simultaneously, whereas others mention pressing the above AND the Back Button.
If you can get into Recovery Mode you may be able to restart the phone.
If not and Revery Mode works try dropping the phone into Download Mode which is the same for RM but you press the Volume Down instead of Up.
With DM you will then be able to use third party software (Odin & a suitable ROM image from samfirmware'com) to bring the phone back up and running.

Yep tried all that tried
Power + Volume Up
Power + Volume Down
Power + Volume Up + Down
Power + Volume Down + Home
Power + Volume Domn + Up + Home
so um.... nothing makes the phone start

rattenzadel said:
Yep tried all that tried
Power + Volume Up
Power + Volume Down
Power + Volume Up + Down
Power + Volume Down + Home
Power + Volume Domn + Up + Home
so um.... nothing makes the phone start
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You mentioned Home button but not the Back Button.
I take it that does not work either?

Sorry forgot to menton that ... tried all possible combos for that too .... and adb won't detect the tab which kinda really make me think its brick for good :/

Its not bricked.
Power it off, and power it back on holding the vol down button and the power button.
When you see the computer---!---phone icon, release the keys, and connect it to a pc with an open odin. It will get recognized ( even though you dont get the download mode, you are in it ).
After that, flash whatever you need.
Try that and let me know.

sedde said:
Its not bricked.
Power it off, and power it back on holding the vol down button and the power button.
When you see the computer---!---phone icon, release the keys, and connect it to a pc with an open odin. It will get recognized ( even though you dont get the download mode, you are in it ).
After that, flash whatever you need.
Try that and let me know.
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I don't believe he is getting any power indications at all.... I've already mentioned pressing these keys.

Beards said:
I don't believe he is getting any power indications at all.... I've already mentioned pressing these keys.
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Oh then it must be hardware fault. Return it and get a new one back.

yep no way of seeing if the tab is on or not . other than after the whole day of charging the tab gets hot on the back :/

rattenzadel said:
yep no way of seeing if the tab is on or not . other than after the whole day of charging the tab gets hot on the back :/
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Where's your nearest Service Centre???

Beards said:
Where's your nearest Service Centre???
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texas you have to send it to samsung

Shame..... In the UK we are quite lucky in having an abundance of centre's.
I have three within 10 miles.

I think mine is only 15 minutes away ... would it be covered in warranty?

[Q] Black screen, no response

Hi,
I use Odin to install stock rom. After Odin finished (0 Fail) the phone tries to restart. Since then I have a black screen, no response to USB, Charger, Battery in or out or every 3 button combinations. What else can I do ?
Thx Sven

i guess you hard bricked your phone. my brother had the same thing. he had to send it to samsung headquarters to texas so they could get it fixed

How much was it ? Because I might try to jtag it myself, but have no clue so far

rebirthan1x said:
How much was it ? Because I might try to jtag it myself, but have no clue so far
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I had a completely bricked vibrant and had somebody JTAG it for me. It cost me 40 bucks but i'm pretty sure that's a lot less than what Samsung would have charged to fix it. I was out of warranty period.
If you know how to JTAG then I would give that a shot first. The phone is already bricked so I don't think you have much to lose.
In order to JTAG you need some special equipment. If you don't know how to JTAG chances are you don't have the required equipment.
EDIT: this is the link to the service I used. Just click on JTAG for the vibrant. If you purchase it 40 bucks plus 5 or so for shipping, they will send you an email with the instructions. You could even contact them before you buy.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant/?fullSite=1
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rebirthan1x said:
Hi,
I use Odin to install stock rom. After Odin finished (0 Fail) the phone tries to restart. Since then I have a black screen, no response to USB, Charger, Battery in or out or every 3 button combinations. What else can I do ?
Thx Sven
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try to odin back to stock
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
Or try that same method without holding the power button, just the volume rocker (up and down) when plugging into usb that works for some ppl

If you get NOTHING on your screen it is hard bricked. If there's anything at all, you're soft bricked.
You can also try applying this mod if you're hard bricked: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273083
Supposedly phones with it can't be bricked... short of being set on fire/eaten at least.

[Q] Need some help

Hey people's
my girlfriend has got a samsung galaxy y s5363 anrdoid phone, and all of a sudden one day while in her bag, the screen went black.
so i presumed something was wrong with the screen, so i ordered a replacement lcd screen and installed that only to find the phone still had the same problem (black screen, everything else works)
whilst looking online to try to find a solution, i installed kies and it tells me that i need to upgrade the firmware, so im thinking ok maybe thats why it went black, so i tried to update through kies and it fails at the end.
so with my continued looking around, ive downloaded the firmware i need and i decided to flash it myself with odin, but for the life of me i cannot get the phone into download mode so i can use odin, ive even tried "adb reboot download" and the phone just reboots like normal (i can still hear everything)(but cant see anything due to a black screen)
ive also tried all the different button combinations to get it into download mode but without joy
im now wondering if i can flash the firmware through adb commands?
or if there is a better way to get the phone to boot into download mode? (with a black screen) (cant see what im doing, just hoping)

To force download mode
remove everything from phone (battery sim card sd card)
Connect phone to pc
open odin
on phone hold volume down home button & power button at same time
Whilst holding these buttons reinsert the battery
if there's no other problem with phone it will enter download mode

marcussmith2626 said:
To force download mode
remove everything from phone (battery sim card sd card)
Connect phone to pc
open odin
on phone hold volume down home button & power button at same time
Whilst holding these buttons reinsert the battery
if there's no other problem with phone it will enter download mode
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ok im trying that now, how long should i hold them in for?? do i have to press vol + to enter download mode after doing that?
EDIT: tried that, nothing happened, windows didnt even detect it

Daethlok said:
ok im trying that now, how long should i hold them in for?? do i have to press vol + to enter download mode after doing that?
EDIT: tried that, nothing happened, windows didnt even detect it
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Take it to service centre then if you can't see screen & it's not being detected - worst place for a phone is a woman's bag - it can get crushed & water damaged easy
Nothing else to suggest if you can't see anything

marcussmith2626 said:
Take it to service centre then if you can't see screen & it's not being detected - worst place for a phone is a woman's bag - it can get crushed & water damaged easy
Nothing else to suggest if you can't see anything
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i purchased a download mode jig from amazon, just waiting for it to come in the post, will see if that does the trick

[Q] Lock/Power Button not working. Software issue?

So I've searched around and couldn't find anything similar to my problem. Here it is:
About a month after a fresh install of 9-30-14 Gummy ROM Nightly, my power/lock button stopped working. I don't believe that the button contacts are physically broken because I can still reset the device by holding the power/lock and volume down buttons for about 6 seconds and it resets. No water damage or anything like that either. I literally woke up thinking my phone was just dead when i tried to unlock it. I've tried going into CWM recovery and the button does not work there either so using recovery to re-flash the ROM is out of the question since all of recovery is pretty much useless since I cannot select anything. In the meantime I've changed the settings to have the volume buttons wake the device and use the double status bar tap to sleep/lock the device (thanks to the Gummy team for adding those features lol). I'm debating fastboot adb pushing a new or different recovery to see if it fixes my issue. The only reason I'm hesitant is because if I re-flash the recovery and it still is useless, I run the risk of having to re-flash the ROM (potentially becoming corrupt after Recovery Flash) which I wont be able to do if the button still doesn't work. I've also tried a factory reset within the ROM with no luck.
Any Ideas on how to get that button functional again? My upgrade is in January so I may just wait it out...
Thanks!
KK BL unlocked, Rooted

discharge
When I discharge razr m totaly to phone selfshutdown and charge it after couple of hours, button work again normal for me. I have this issue only once.

kumencz said:
When I discharge razr m totaly to phone selfshutdown and charge it after couple of hours, button work again normal.
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I'm giving it a shot as we speak. Brightness is set to full with no screen sleep, navigation on, streaming pandora. Hopefully I can kill the battery pretty pretty quickly. I'll let it remain dead for two hours before charging it.

I don't understand... why would your ROM become corrupt if you flash a different recovery?
Flash TWRP then dirty flash your ROM & Gapps and see if that fixes the problem.
TWRP 2.8.1.0 > http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/51942-recoverytwrp-2810-11-01-14/

ATTACK said:
I don't understand... why would your ROM become corrupt if you flash a different recovery?
Flash TWRP then dirty flash your ROM & Gapps and see if that fixes the problem.
TWRP 2.8.1.0 >
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You're absolutely right, changing the recovery doesn't tamper with the ROM, but with murphy's law being alive and well and with my luck... I'm more curious to see what others come up with.
I'm not too convinced flashing the recovery would fix the solution - although I'll be trying it next after the dead battery technique. Thanks for your input!

I may be out of luck guys and gals.
I drained the battery using one of the apps in the play store and let the phone sit for a couple hours. I then let it charge for a couple minutes to give it enough juice to startup etc. Button still didnt work.
I then kept charging and did a couple hard resets, because why not. Still no luck.
the charge got up to about 25% so I downloaded the TWRP recovery in the link ATTACK provided. Then tried to get into fastboot from the bootloader - just gave me a black screen with no responsiveness. So it looks like fasboot no longer works on my phone... Did another hard reset and downloaded the RAZR M Recovery Flasher V6 tool - that worked but then the phone did a boot loop failing to launch the recovery and loaded the Rom (I tried it a couple times with different recoveries as well renaming them to make the utility run properly). Tried it 3 times with the same result. Luckily i saved the CWM recovery file v6.0.4.9 since that was the only recovery that worked for me in the past.
Back to square one... Any thoughts on the fastboot issue, or why only the one recovery works?
Thanks,

sticklizer said:
...my power/lock button stopped working. I don't believe that the button contacts are physically broken because I can still reset the device by holding the power/lock and volume down buttons for about 6 seconds and it resets.
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This doesn't say anything specific about your power button physical health, only that your volume buttons are OK.
When the power button stops working (a hardware problem), quite common situation is that it actually stays in permanently pushed state.
What if you hold just the volume down button for several seconds? Does the device resets itself (even if you don't hold the power button)?
You can check the power button events by running
Code:
getevent -l /dev/input/event0
in adb shell
you should see something like:
Code:
[email protected]_u:/ $ getevent -l /dev/input/event0
getevent -l /dev/input/event0
EV_KEY KEY_POWER DOWN
EV_SYN SYN_REPORT 00000000
EV_KEY KEY_POWER UP
EV_SYN SYN_REPORT 00000000
EV_KEY KEY_POWER DOWN
EV_SYN SYN_REPORT 00000000
EV_KEY KEY_POWER UP
EV_SYN SYN_REPORT 00000000
EV_KEY KEY_POWER DOWN
EV_SYN SYN_REPORT 00000000
EV_KEY KEY_POWER UP
EV_SYN SYN_REPORT 00000000
when you repeatedly press and release the power button.
To check the volume buttons, you can use:
Code:
getevent -l /dev/input/event5
/dev/input/event0 is "pmic8xxx_pwrkey" (power key is wired here)
/dev/input/event5 is "gpio-keys" (volume keys are wired here)
You can also check all input devices by running:
Code:
getevent -l
Flashing different recovery as e.g. Philz would make sense as you don't need the power button at all to use it as you select by touch in it.
Philz is still CWM based, so there's a good chance it will work for you (just make sure to use kkbl one).
EDIT: On Razr M, the /dev/input/eventX numbering may be different, check which device is "pmic8xxx_pwrkey" by
Code:
getevent -lp

My power button issue was little bit different. When i was on trip (far from PC) power button stop working. I was able to shutdown phone with power button + volume button. About one day later, phone "self pushing" power/sleep button randomly(including self boot up after self or manual shutdown). Battery was empty very quickly. I let phone for total discharge. I connect charger to razr m tomorrow. Power button issue has been gone.

kumencz said:
My power button issue was little bit different. When i was on trip (far from PC) power button stop working. I was able to shutdown phone with power button + volume button. About one day later, phone "self pushing" power/sleep button randomly(including self boot up after self or manual shutdown). Battery was empty very quickly. I let phone for total discharge. I connect charger to razr m tomorrow. Power button issue has been gone.
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I'd say it was caused by humidity affecting your power button, fixed by drying up later...

kabaldan said:
This doesn't say anything specific about your power button physical health, only that your volume buttons are OK.
When the power button stops working (a hardware problem), quite common situation is that it actually stays in permanently pushed state.
What if you hold just the volume down button for several seconds? Does the device resets itself (even if you don't hold the power button)?
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I feel pretty dumb now. Kabaldan, you hit it on the head. I'm not sure why I ruled out hardware. I held down just the vol - and the phone reset. The button is stuck in. I have no idea why I didn't give that a shot. Sorry all for my erroneous assumptions.
I'd rather look dumb and find the problem then go through a run-around and not learn anything.
Thanks all for the help. I'll post back with pointers once I can get my hands on a torx 5 bit.
Best,

sticklizer said:
I may be out of luck guys and gals.
I drained the battery using one of the apps in the play store and let the phone sit for a couple hours. I then let it charge for a couple minutes to give it enough juice to startup etc. Button still didnt work.
I then kept charging and did a couple hard resets, because why not. Still no luck.
the charge got up to about 25% so I downloaded the TWRP recovery in the link ATTACK provided. Then tried to get into fastboot from the bootloader - just gave me a black screen with no responsiveness. So it looks like fasboot no longer works on my phone... Did another hard reset and downloaded the RAZR M Recovery Flasher V6 tool - that worked but then the phone did a boot loop failing to launch the recovery and loaded the Rom (I tried it a couple times with different recoveries as well renaming them to make the utility run properly). Tried it 3 times with the same result. Luckily i saved the CWM recovery file v6.0.4.9 since that was the only recovery that worked for me in the past.
Back to square one... Any thoughts on the fastboot issue, or why only the one recovery works?
Thanks,
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FYI, trying to do anything to your phone with less than a full battery might give you a hard brick. Fastboot probably won't even work correctly at 25%.
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kabaldan said:
I'd say it was caused by humidity affecting your power button, fixed by drying up later...
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It is possible. I will be more careful later!
(In Czech language: Jo je to možný, protože přes noc byla rosa a já spal pod širákem Naštěstí se opravilo samo. ale je divný že nejdřív nefungovalo a pak si dělalo co chtělo. Doufám že neporušuju pravidla fóra češtinou.)

I thought I'd go ahead and follow up with my solution. Fixed the button around the 29th of November and the power/lock button has been performing as it should.
I YouTubed a video on how to disassemble the razr m: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34v1UmdvFP8
The screws use a torx 5 bit that can be bought at a hardware store - At the time I only had much bigger automotive torx bits so I had to buy one.
Once the screen half of the phone is taken off carefully (be gentle with the ribbon cable and connector), you'll be able to get to the pushbutton which functions as the lock/power button.
I used a Qtip and rubbing alcohol and applied a drop of alcohol to the button. When the button was covered and still very saturated with alcohol, I then pressed the button with the alcohol soaked Qtip about 20 times. That allowed the alcohol to get worked into the button and clean the contacts. I let it try for about 5 minutes and reassembled. Problem solved. hopefully this helps others. :good: