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[Q] Can you access the power button from the inside?

I guess my question is: If I take the phone apart, can I get to the power button? Earlier today my phone started rebooting itself like it had been hard reset (power button for 8 seconds..) and wouldn't even make it past the "Galaxy SII" screen before it reset again. I ruled out any software problem after I got rough with the power button and it stopped. But, now when I lock or unlock my screen the power button gets stuck again and causes the endless resets. I'm wondering if I can take my phone apart and mess with the power button from the inside to maybe clear things up a little. Hope I explained that clearly enough. Thanks for any help!

Take it back to the sprint store and have them fix it! I bet they could fix it in no time.

rwright64 said:
Take it back to the sprint store and have them fix it! I bet they could fix it in no time.
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Thanks but I thought of that already. I have it rooted and ROM'd and what not. Can't access ODIN or recovery because of this too.

I don't think they will care. I bet they fix it no problem
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rwright64 said:
I don't think they will care. I bet they fix it no problem
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Got a big ass crack (pause) in the screen too. I might try to convince them to replace it.

do you have tep?
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rwright64 said:
do you have tep?
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Sadly, no.

Maybe just have them fix the power button!

[Q] Permanent Reboot Bug?

Hello all. I am seeking help in trying to rid of a reboot bug that has been plaguing me for almost a month. I am not sure if this is a hardware bug or a software bug, but I had never encountered this problem before. I bought my phone two weeks after launch day.
Ok, first of all, I was on CM9 Alpha 4 for a week when my phone started rebooting itself at random times. Also, if I pressed on the power button to lock my phone, it would instead bring up the power menu. If I pressed the power button again it would reboot or reboot 1 minute later. I was getting more than 5 random reboots a day which affected my battery life drastically. Thinking this was a software issue, I used sfhubs EG30 full restore one click to go back to stock. Unfortunately, the bug still remained and my phone still had these same problems. I flashed Calkulins EL29 rom, and Blazer rom as well but the reboot bug still remains. Has anyone else experienced this or do you think this is a hardware issue? Any help would be appreciated.

By the sounds of if you might have a problem with the hardware power button
That can explain the reboots, your device might be hard rebooting because it thinks the power button is pressed in.
Any warranty on it?
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AlwaysDroid said:
By the sounds of if you might have a problem with the hardware power button
That can explain the reboots, your device might be hard rebooting because it thinks the power button is pressed in.
Any warranty on it?
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That's what I had in mind, thanks. Yes, I have TEP. Will I have to pay for a replacement phone?

Mimis_69 said:
That's what I had in mind, thanks. Yes, I have TEP. Will I have to pay for a replacement phone?
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Yeah that's most likely the problem, I have heard of another guy who had the same problem. And sorry, what it TEP?
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I had random reboots because of kernel, dont know about the power button. Try to ask on xda.
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LilProphet said:
I had random reboots because of kernel, dont know about the power button. Try to ask on xda.
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That's where he is . Lol but he tried many different roms all of which gave him the same problem, so I think its hardware related.
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Had the same issue with another phone, stuck power button can be really annoying. Just making sure though...do you have a full body case on the phone? I did that once and my case was actually depressing my power button when I squeezed the sides of it!! Just something to check.

If you decide to get a replacement, consider using the factory warranty vs TEP. I think TEP has a high deductible. Bringing it to the Sprint store so they can do the warranty for you should cost about $35. Ask about turnaround time also.
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Just bought a S3 from Craigslist -- May be bricked?

Hi,
I just bought a Pebble Blue S3 from craigslist without checking it out properly. (I know, shame on me). The phone is in physically mint condition, the water damage tab is not red and there are no signs of dropping.
The phone's screen does NOT turn on. When I hold the power button to have it load up normally, I can hear the T-mobile jingle and then a constant blue indicator would stay on the top left corner.
I have tried flashing it back to stock through download mode (Power, volume down, and home --> volume up mode) and it seems to make no difference to the screen's issue.
Flashing it back to stock might have made it worse because I can't even access the phone's internal memory through USB anymore.
Any help towards fixing my screen would be great!
Thanks.

So out of curiosity how much did you pay for a phone that you did not check to see if it turned on?
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I paid $250 for it, came with original box and accessories. I thought it was too good to be true, and it seems that way. At worse I can probably break even and sell it as-is.

Is the battery low?
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What does windows report it as in device manager?
If you can get to download mode it may not be hard bricked.
You could flash twrp recovery with idin, then boot recovery and try flashing something from thrre.
Also twrp has a builtin file manager so you can try to see if you can find sny problems that way. (Look for logfiles)
Are you sure its an SGH-T999?
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DocHoliday77 said:
What does windows report it as in device manager?
If you can get to download mode it may not be hard bricked.
You could flash twrp recovery with idin, then boot recovery and try flashing something from thrre.
Also twrp has a builtin file manager so you can try to see if you can find sny problems that way. (Look for logfiles)
Are you sure its an SGH-T999?
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I was able to access download mode by clicking around in the dark.
Positive it is a SGH-T999, before I flashed the stock PDA in ODIN, Windows Device manager would list that. How do I flash TWRP? Do I need the screen to do it?
Oh the battery is fully charged.

Xiaoazn said:
I was able to access download mode by clicking around in the dark.
Positive it is a SGH-T999, before I flashed the stock PDA in ODIN, Windows Device manager would list that. How do I flash TWRP? Do I need the screen to do it?
Oh the battery is fully charged.
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Here is the thread for TWRP. But you get to download mode by starting with the device completely powered off, then pressing the volume down, home and power button at the same time until it powers on. I dont understand what you meant by "I was able to access download mode by clicking around in the dark"

Button mashing I guess?
And just fyi, to boot recovery from power off
Hold volume up, home and power. When you see blue text flash on top of the screen release.
Also, flashing recovery in Odin will trip the flash counter. Prob doesn't matter considering the situation, but just so you know.
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If you can get the phone in download mode, odin back to stock. Then boot into recovery using power +home + vol up and do a factory reset. This step is important. I borked my phone with a bad jb install and using odin on its own doesnt completely reset the phone. Using the factory reset fixed this in my situation
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Send it to Samsung and cross your fingers?
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By saying I'm able to access recovery mode, I got in by basically doing the sequence of buttons, without seeing any display on the screen. I know it is in download mode because it reads on ODIN.
No matter what I click or what mode it is in, the screen is still completely off. Sorry for the confusion.

Xiaoazn said:
By saying I'm able to access recovery mode, I got in by basically doing the sequence of buttons, without seeing any display on the screen. No matter what I click or what mode it is in, the screen is still completely off. Sorry for the confusion.
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Well that's a different story lol. Seems like a hardware fault. If you feel comfortable, take it apart and check all connections. And use a very bright light to look for any cracks on the LCD (not the digitizer) but the underlying LCD.
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elesbb said:
Well that's a different story lol. Seems like a hardware fault. If you feel comfortable, take it apart and check all connections. And use a very bright light to look for any cracks on the LCD (not the digitizer) but the underlying LCD.
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Ugh, I guess it might come down to that. If anyone else have any more tips before I go a head and check the connections, please do tell!

Or you can see if Samsung can repair it under warranty
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Is there no way you can contact the seller? Woulda been the first thing I did!
You may not resolve anything but you could at least try to find out what they did to break it in the first place...then have some fun and blow off some steam till they hang up on you!
Just a thought.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Is there no way you can contact the seller? Woulda been the first thing I did!
You may not resolve anything but you could at least try to find out what they did to break it in the first place...then have some fun and blow off some steam till they hang up on you!
Just a thought.
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That was the first thing I tried. Seller is dodging my calls / not replying to my texts -.-.. Shady guy.

Just contact samsung and send it for repair. Still uder warranty.
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mike102871 said:
Just contact samsung and send it for repair. Still uder warranty.
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I tried that with my s2. Warranty only applies to original buyer :\
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elesbb said:
I tried that with my s2. Warranty only applies to original buyer :\
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I've had Samsung service my SGS1 that I bought off Kijiji while it was still within its one-year warranty. It doesn't just apply to the original owner, just call them and tell them it was a gift, they'll ask for the phone's IMEI, and then they'll be able to tell if it is still within its warranty period.

adslee said:
I've had Samsung service my SGS1 that I bought off Kijiji while it was still within its one-year warranty. It doesn't just apply to the original owner, just call them and tell them it was a gift, they'll ask for the phone's IMEI, and then they'll be able to tell if it is still within its warranty period.
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Thanks for the info, I'll give it a shot!

[Q] HTC One wont turn on

I was on twrp on my rooted htc one and i did a system reboot from twrp and it shut down and it wont turn back on. The led doesnt even light up anymore. I dont know what to do or how to resolve this pleaseeee help!!

What happens when you plug it in?
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jason1332 said:
What happens when you plug it in?
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Nothing happens, the led doesnt even turn on...

Try this: plug in the phone, hold power and volume up and down for anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes and see if that works. When I got my One it was completely dead, no charge light, nothing. I was all set to return it when I found this solution in a help discussion thread. Took mine about 2 and a half minutes but it turned on.
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jaydubbs said:
Try this: plug in the phone, hold power and volume up and down for anywhere from 1 to 5 minutes and see if that works. When I got my One it was completely dead, no charge light, nothing. I was all set to return it when I found this solution in a help discussion thread. Took mine about 2 and a half minutes but it turned on.
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I tried it with both volume up and down and still nothing?? Do you know if its common for things like this to happen or other problems occurring when a system reboot on twrp is done?

Did you do all three at the same time? That and the amount of time that you keep them pressed is the key here. Supposedly it resets the battery. No idea about the TWRP angle.
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jaydubbs said:
Did you do all three at the same time? That and the amount of time that you keep them pressed is the key here. Supposedly it resets the battery. No idea about the TWRP angle.
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Yea i just tried both of em at the same time still nothing, ill keep trying though. And also im awake that rooting a phone voids the warranty but if im not able to even turn on the phone my provider most likely cannot either so do you think I could go get a new one if this problem persists??

If you're going to take it into a store, I'd think you're chances are pretty good that they'll give you a new one. Provided ,of course, that it's within whatever the return period is.
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jaydubbs said:
If you're going to take it into a store, I'd think you're chances are pretty good that they'll give you a new one. Provided ,of course, that it's within whatever the return period is.
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Okay thanks for the help! Ill keep trying to restart my battery and if that doesnt work ill guess ill have to go and try to get a new one. Thanks again though!

Vectorist said:
Okay thanks for the help! Ill keep trying to restart my battery and if that doesnt work ill guess ill have to go and try to get a new one. Thanks again though!
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Plug your phone in and hold it under a bright light and power it on
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Vectorist said:
Yea i just tried both
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I just want to clear something up, forgive me if this seems redundant, but...
"Both" generally implies 2. Did you press all *3* buttons at the same time for at least 5 minutes? Power, volume up, and volume down?
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josh995 said:
I just want to clear something up, forgive me if this seems redundant, but...
"Both" generally implies 2. Did you press all *3* buttons at the same time for at least 5 minutes? Power, volume up, and volume down?
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it seems that he doesn't understand both volume up + volume down need to be help down.
is kinda hard to explain.
sorry in advance if this isn't the issue.

josh995 said:
I just want to clear something up, forgive me if this seems redundant, but...
"Both" generally implies 2. Did you press all *3* buttons at the same time for at least 5 minutes? Power, volume up, and volume down?
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Edit. Removed due to redundancy
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phone wont charge or turn on.
Hi,
I am having the same problem with my new HTC ONE. The phone ran out of battery so died, but wouldn't charge again - the charge light didnt come on, and so it won't turn on anymore. I didn't use twrp.
However I sent it to HTC Repair as they said it can be fixed under warranty and they sent it back to me in 10 days but it still didn't work. So I called up and they said send it to them again and now they said its a damage not under warranty. So they want £264 for repair! or £26 to return it. What should I do?
Is there any chance they'll fix it for free or shall I just pay £26 and try get it fixed elsewhere? I read online about how awful the customer service for the repair centre is but now its too late, they may have already purposely damaged my phone :'( I am so sad

[Q] Can you hard reset the phone since the battery is non-removable

Hello,
How do you hard reset the phone since the battery is non-removable.
Thank you!

3f62011 said:
Hello,
How do you hard reset the phone since the battery is non-removable.
Thank you!
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Just like the M7 and the DNA. Hold down volume and power for 10 seconds or so.

I think just power needs to be held down, don't need both meest
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grim489 said:
I think just power needs to be held down, don't need both meest
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Just power doesn't work. Tried that yesterday when I got stuck in a bootloop. Has to be power+vol.

My mistake :/ That's weird on my original one it was just power. Thanks
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If you try just holding power for 10 seconds, it prompts you to use vol up + power lol. How I found out