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Any Key Answer / Active screen

This one's got me stumped, I may just be overlooking a simple answer but it hasn't happened previously on my Magician or Vario before.
I carry my Vario III around in a large coat pocket for most of the time. I have a lot of appointments and calls which activate the screen when they occur. I then have the problem when fishing around for the device that a) I answer the call from touching the screen, b) End the call from touching the screen, c) Open a load of different apps where the appointments have made the screen go live and the movement in the pocket has brushed the screen.
All I want to do is use only the hardware buttons ie. Answer, End, Power button. Where can I find the settings for this? The "key settings" menu or "buttons" doesn't cover it so where is it? It's driving me mad!

Hold down the 'red' phone button to lock all but 'Power' and 'Unlock' soft key.
You can still answer a call as normal when it comes in with the with the 'green' phone key.

Thanks. I know about the standard lock, but then you're into multi key press territory to unlock it. I just wondered if someone knew of a way (or program) that once the screen was off it stayed off until the answer, reject or power button was pressed and then in the case of the power button the device returns to "normal".

I'm not sure if your idea would be very viable. The screen has to come on so that you can see who's calling!
Pretty pointless to reject a call when you don't know who it is.
I understand what you are trying to get at but wouidn't you still have the problem of not being able to use any other functions within a call like looking up a Contact or checking your Calendar. Hitting the Power button during a call to get back to normal use would be a bit 'hit n miss'.

Thanks for the reply. I agree it's not ideal and I guess if it was something everyone wanted someone would have brought a .CAB out for it. That my Q answered in any case. Thanks again.

Try searching the forum for 'S2U2'. It might be what you're looking for.

That should cover it just fine. Thanks for the pointer.

Nice one helterskelter
Didn't think he would want to open it to answer a call thats all as he seems to have big fingers and hit everything but 'Answer'
No, sorry, just my dark humour...
Hope you are sorted.

Power button not working right on HTC Diamond

Hi, I cleaned the screen of my HTC Diamond with a bit of alcohol and a pice of tissue and it seems that the alcohol got inside of the Power button. Now, every time I try to turn the screen on by touching the power button, it turns the screen on but it dispays a message that says: "Warning: Power will be turned off and you may lose data if you have not saved them. Do you want to continue?"
If I click YES, it reboots the phone, If I click NO, then its ok. That is fine, but the problem is when I want to turn the phone off. It's impossible. It will keep trying to reboot.
Does anybody know what can I do? I am really worried.
One solution could be to make some other button from the phone to act as the power button (like the Home button that is rarely used). How can I do that?
Please help!!!!
Thank you

Hi,
I have the same problem.
Did you already find an answer ?

No, I didnt find the solution. I tried to fix the hardware but didnt succeed. So, I created a dummy file to emulate the poweroffwarning.exe that pops up when you long press the power button.

Solution
Hello, I have one AT&T TITL 8925 that upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5
After the new software was loaded I saw same behavior on my phone.
When the phone is ON and I pressed the power button sometimes it do not respond, and others I received the warning message "power will be turned off and you may lose data if you have not saved them..." My first tought was that it is because the processor is slow to this new software release, or maybe my phone is damaged. I was working perfectly with previous (light version) release so my final guess is that this sw requires more uses of the processos.
Anyways what I have been doing is before turing it off I press the red button or hang up button, and after this if I press the power button it works fine (No more warnings). I have some theories but I will keep doing the same
Hope this partial solution helps you as it does for me.
Regards
Jerry

this is not working for me :| the problem is i can't use my power button not even to open my display when it goes to sleep :|:| i don't know what to do guys please help me

You can use the Stylus to awake the phone, instead of using the power button. You can also use TouchLockPro, to suspend the device, so you do not need the power button for that too.
Also you can set the phone to awake on pressing any key (Windows Mobile Setting), but be sure to have a good locking tool, which makes sure you do not have bogus calls and it goes to sleep again fast enough, otherwise it will drain battery.

I have the same problem.
Anyone solved this one?

I have the same issue and this is not a hardware problem. Strange since even updates/changes of the rom do not correct the issue. Did anybody find a solution for this...?

Well.. ive had this problem just ones.. I was walking downtown with my diamond in the frontpocket of my jeans (face down), after about 3min. of walk, it started to rain (big drops), and my clothes got completely wet, i turned around emidietly, to walk back to home. When i got home after 3 more min. i layed the phone on the table, and then i could hear there were somethibg wrong.. The "turn off" sound came, and the notification kept on coming up, even though i pressed No, as if i were just holding the power button down.. Then i began to press the power button continuesly for about a 100 times, and to my surprise then it stopped and have functioned perfectly for about 2 month now.. Something tells me theres some serius promlem with the smallest kind of moisture near the power button on this phone..

Yes this is hardware related.
If you take a look at the inside of the powerbutton, there are 2 points making contact when you press the button.
If you press it, the software will recognize this and the screen will turn off.
If you press it long enough you'll get the "Do you want to turn off your device" message.
But, if water gets underneath the button, the 2 points may be making contact, because water/alcohol conducts.
In this way you'll get that message.
The button is very weak. Due to this, it may not properly work if you have used it for a long time.
I think that could also be a reason why you constantly get that message.

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Yes this is hardware related.
If you take a look at the inside of the powerbutton, there are 2 points making contact when you press the button.
If you press it, the software will recognize this and the screen will turn off.
If you press it long enough you'll get the "Do you want to turn off your device" message.
But, if water gets underneath the button, the 2 points may be making contact, because water/alcohol conducts.
In this way you'll get that message.
The button is very weak. Due to this, it may not properly work if you have used it for a long time.
I think that could also be a reason why you constantly get that message.
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Hi! on one of my diamond, the power button off from the board. So the black little board with the button itself is not part of the complete circuit anymore... if someone know the hw testpoint for that it would great please.... i see a few TP around, but if i just start sorting them i just going to kill it...I use to flash phones with TP so is not new for me , but i find nothing for diamond.

I have a similar issue. Mine seems like it is almost stuck on, so it wakes its self up all the time, meaning a full charge lasts an hour or two. Then when it runs out of battery it tries to switch itself back on, so goes through a continuous cycle of vibrating and beeping until the battery is removed. The gf finds it very annoying at 3am lol.
Don't recall mine getting wet, but it's possible it could have got damp at some point, but it's been doing this now for about 3 weeks.
Tried a hard reset with no luck.

[ElCondor] said:
Yes this is hardware related.
If you take a look at the inside of the powerbutton, there are 2 points making contact when you press the button.
If you press it, the software will recognize this and the screen will turn off.
If you press it long enough you'll get the "Do you want to turn off your device" message.
But, if water gets underneath the button, the 2 points may be making contact, because water/alcohol conducts.
In this way you'll get that message.
The button is very weak. Due to this, it may not properly work if you have used it for a long time.
I think that could also be a reason why you constantly get that message.
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I can see that how to remove the power button from the video showing how to replace the screen. Any idea if once removed the button can be fixed, if not can you get replacements?

2004mark said:
I can see that how to remove the power button from the video showing how to replace the screen. Any idea if once removed the button can be fixed, if not can you get replacements?
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I think I should send it to HTC, and ask them to do it. Or go to a repair centre. But I should not try it myself, because it can be dangerous for the diamond.
Also try searching on ebay, there might be the parts you could use.
Good luck!

is there a way to remap the power button?

my diamond face same problem since this afternoon, arrrrgghhhh!!!
- blocking hwbutton1, hwbutton2, hwbutton3, hwbutton4, hwbutton5, hwbutton6, hwbutton7 >>>> NO LUCK
- hard reset >>> NO LUCK
guys, any of you solved the problem yet

youtube.com/watch?v=Q4SEQ6AUFOI

My Sony X1 have some strange problems with the power button. When it goes into sleep mode, I can not wake it up with the power button, all I can do is to soft reset. Sometimes it does not go into sleep mode either , it just "wake up" all the time. I don't know what's wrong with it, tried Hard reset but no use .
ANyone had this problems before?

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The only way to solve this is to leave the phone near your laptop heat vent ( fan) . hot air from it might help you to get the power button up and running. But if that to doesn't work then i'm afraid thats bad.
Current sol :
1. download SU2U ( search threads )
2. go to the settings and make the " lock when stylus inserted" option ON
3. Change the screen turn off time to 5 secs..
So , to unlock , remove stylus , to lock -> insert it back ( its turns off the back light within 5 sec )
Less annoying

elektros said:
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thanks for this link, i accidentally tear off my power button flex. now i could turn it on again. Thanks elektros

Down button on the D-Pad less sensitive?

I don't use the D-Pad that much at all, but I recently bought Zenonia, and I've noticed that the down button on the D-Pad is not that sensitive.
I then tried it out throughout the whole OS, and there is a clear difference between the Down button, and the rest of the directions.
It feels like I have to either press really hard, or on certain points on the down button.
Anyone else had this problem? Is there a way to fix this without having to send it to warranty?

just trying it on my droid, i just noticed that, i have to press down 10 to go down on the screen 5 times, its weird i agree

Well if it helps any I have to press my "J" button quite hard compared to the rest for it to register....
~PsyCl0ne

Question about the power key

First off, I'd like to mention I'm new here, so if I'm posting this in the wrong place, please forgive me.
Second, the topic: I've had a problem with my power key for at least half a year now. As far as I can tell, it started after I accidentally dropped it (No harder than I usually would if I ever did drop it which is rare) with my otterbox case on it. I picked it up and tried to turn on my screen and noticed a long lag before the screen came on.
I didn't think anything of it until the next day the key wasn't responsive at all. I looked, and the key is not cracked, and there's no visible damage from the outside. I figured out if I shook the phone, or tapped on the button a certain way, sometimes I could get the button to work, but that was just unacceptable. So i found a fix in the application "Button Savior". Coupled with the volume rocker wake feature of my ROM.
But after all this time, I'd still really like my power button to work, so here are my questions:
1. Is this a common problem? Have you yourself experienced this, or have you seen others have this problem?
2. Any ideas on what is actually wrong with the button, and how I could fix the button mechanism? I'm not against taking the phone apart to repair it if that's what it takes.
Thanks in advance guys!

Additional info: Maybe not a hardware issue?
I've found that while having to enter into recovery mode by using the three button combo, it seems to register the power button being pressed in order to actually get into recovery, but once in recovery I have the same old problem of not being able to use the power button (as in I have to shake it and tap it a lot for it to register, and even that is unreliable)

situation with the home button

I have a question for though who has the 8.0 version.
I have a situation with the main home button, it may not be a problem, but just the way it was made, when you press the home button whiles in a app, or the second menu, you have to press directly in the center of the button to return to the home page, at first I had to press twice, and I also notice if you press softly on the edge of the button left or right, there is no reaction (the button does produce a click, as the button seem to be pressed).
is this the same with anyone.

kms108 said:
I have a question for though who has the 8.0 version.
I have a situation with the main home button, it may not be a problem, but just the way it was made, when you press the home button whiles in a app, or the second menu, you have to press directly in the center of the button to return to the home page, at first I had to press twice, and I also notice if you press softly on the edge of the button left or right, there is no reaction (the button does produce a click, as the button seem to be pressed).
is this the same with anyone.
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I don't have this problem with mine. I suggest you might have a defective device.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-T710 met Tapatalk

gmaugham said:
I don't have this problem with mine. I suggest you might have a defective device.
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-T710 met Tapatalk
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The problem is hard to explain properly, but I think it's normal as my friends tablet is the same.
Lets put it this way.
Have you sometime even pressed the hardware home button, knowing you have pressed it with a click noise thinking it registered a press, then you noticed nothing has happened, then you pressed it the second time and this time the press reacted.
This is the situation with me, then I tested the it further and pressed the button slightly to the right or the left, with no reaction, then you press it direct in the middle and all is fine, it also depend on how firmly you press it.
I think the button is made that way especially since it has the finger touch sensor in the button.

i know what you mean. had this problem one time with an s4. the problem is, the button is not exactly placed on the switch inside. if you press not exactly in the middle, it hangs a little bit. If you can change, change it.

konsolen said:
i know what you mean. had this problem one time with an s4. the problem is, the button is not exactly placed on the switch inside. if you press not exactly in the middle, it hangs a little bit. If you can change, change it.
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I actually think it's normal, and as you say that the press must be in the middle, I'm ok with that, if it's on the side, then that a very good reason to change it, but it's on the middle, what can I ask for.
I'm just curious whether this situation exist with other units, and I will test this out later on today with many of the display units available at all the in store.

kms108 said:
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Have you sometime even pressed the hardware home button, knowing you have pressed it with a click noise thinking it registered a press, then you noticed nothing has happened, then you pressed it the second time and this time the press reacted.....
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NO such issues on t715..lightly pressed the very corners of the home button and it does what it is supposed to (left and right side...using fingers overlapping the main body and button and then just fingernail itself)
works just fine

Thanks for the reply, I actually see various result, may be mine has a glass protector which is seems like you have to press deeper, and I don't want to remove it just to test it.
Any way having to press right at the center is not really a bad idea, and there won't be any accidental press.
If anything is actually wrong, there is the warranty, or I can just change the home button myself, plenty of spare part available to buy in china.
Just need to know the proper way to open the tablet.

I have T710. The Home button works normally. Just press and it goes home.

I have a question for though who has the 9.7 version.
I have a situation with the main home button and the sleep/wake up button, it may not be a problem, but just the way it was made, when you press the home button and the sleep/wake up button while the tablet is locked in the right side some colorful lines apperas for approx. 0,1 s. Can someone help me with this?