Is it possible to make the G1 automatically switch on, when power is available?
The situation is that I have a G1 that needs to be left on constantly, and is left on charge, however should the power go off, for more than the battery life of the G1, the phone will obviously power down. Is it possible to have the phone auto switch on when power is reconnected?
Any help most appreciated?
dragonflyservices said:
Is it possible to make the G1 automatically switch on, when power is available?
The situation is that I have a G1 that needs to be left on constantly, and is left on charge, however should the power go off, for more than the battery life of the G1, the phone will obviously power down. Is it possible to have the phone auto switch on when power is reconnected?
Any help most appreciated?
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Something that makes the G1 turn on when it's off? I'm sure it's possible, but not with software (obviously, you can't run software on a device that's off and has no power). You'd need to take apart your phone, and install some kind of circuitry that simulates pushing the power button when current passes through it....
The point is, this is pretty far-fetched and probably way more effort than it's worth. It's impossible to do with software. Although... if you did make it work, be sure to make a YouTube video and send me a link, that would make the geek in me very happy!
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Is there an application that turns the phone off via software rather than holding the power button down?
Ideally, with a small battery, it would be cool to have the phone auto power off at say 11:00pm time and then come back on at say 06:00am.
There are various apps than can power off the device (amongst other functions) - they are usually a secondary function of what its primary purpose is. One such example is SPB Pocket Plus - it includes various little tools, one of which is PowerOff which can be run from a shortcut, or scheduler etc.
I'm sure you'd have no problem getting the device turned off automatically at 8pm, but back on in the morning will be rather tricky given that the device is off hence unable to tell itself to turn back on!
Perhaps if you elaborate on what your ultimate goal is (i.e. why you want it turning off at night) then there may be another, better, way of achieving it.
Mathew
Thanks Mathew.
I dont take calls at night so its best to turn the phone off. With the battery not lasting that long it would be great.
I know that Sony Ericsson phones can turn on and display a reminder even when they are off. And I used to have a Siemens phone which had an auto-off function whereby I was able to set a time at which it would go off. A minute before the scheduled off time, a dialogue would appear on screen to say that the phone would turn off in 59 seconds. Then it would proceed to countdown the seconds. I had the opportunity to overide the auto power off if required otherwise when the countdown got to 0 seconds the phone would turn off. Cant remember if the siemens had an auto on function!
I think theres two ways of looking at this thread...
phone off - physically like a blackberry can do at a set time each day etc
or phone off as in the actual phone function. I think this is more suited to your needs and I really can;t think it would be that difficult to do for the average programmer.
You are in theory making something to switch "phone" on or off as you would in the communication manager
And then tie this in to an alarm style program
Okay i was out in the rain the other day and my Diamond was in my pocket.
Ever since my power button has stopped working. I guess my phone got wet somehow...
Now i always get the " Power will be turned off and you may lose data if you have not saved them. Do you want to continue?"
It just keeps popping up every minute or so it and wont bloody go away.
My power button wont turn the phone off/on or even lock my phone. So I'm guessing it's dead.
I'm guessing there is a part in the phone I can replace to fix this. Can one of you gurus point me in the right direction on which part I would need to buy?
I'm from the UK..
Thank you in advance.
Little bit of an update. My battery died last night. So I put it on charge when I woke up.
I obviously had to use the power button to turn it on. And for some strange reason it worked!
But It wont allow me to lock my phone when it's turned on. And i also get the same issue with the message popping up as I posted above. Could anyone help
anybody know what part i would need to fix this?
So recently, my Nexus One's LCD cracked while playing cricket.. BOHOO! So I took it to the repair shop, and he fixed my LCD. YAYY! But the repair guy messed up my power on button. Before it used to be so soft and easy to turn on, but now it only turns on if i press it on a certain spot, which is very ANNOYING! I took it back to him and he didn't really fix anything. I just want to ask you if you know any easy solution to this. No, not the trackball wake. Like would it be easy for me to open my phone up and repair the button myself? Or do you think i'm out of luck?
Thank you
Psychokilz said:
Like would it be easy for me to open my phone up and repair the button myself? Or do you think i'm out of luck?
Thank you
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Do it yourself!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k74D4dGGf4U
well, sadly; my power button has given up finally.
Can anyone help me out by telling me how i'm supposed to turn my phone off completely. I'm using an app which allows me to turn my screen off and lock the phone, but is there one to provide me options for powering off and booting into recovery, bootloader etc? It's essential because i need to be able to turn my phone off to switch my battery packs, and to install new firmwares. Thanks.
Most importantly, how would i turn on my phone when it's completely turned off, since the power button wouldn't do any good
Try "Quick Boot" to switch 4-ways reboot function.
To turn on your N1, simply connect it to charger, whether it is wall, usb, or powerbank one. When the led lights up, pull your battery. As soon as the led down, insert your battery immediately.
My N1 has been "happily" running that way for months.
Sent from my Nexus One
My power button is on the fritz now too. Is there someone who fixes this? Can I make a insurance claim?
As the title reads I am quite sure that the power button is broke in some way or another on my HTC Desire C. I believe this since the phone is off and I cannot start it up with the power button. The reason I think that it is the power button that is broken and not something else is that when I plug it into the charger the battery shows up on the screen as always and says its charging.
Now, I wont be able to have it in for service in a couple of months and I really need the phone right now.
I could probably live with a broken power button if I just got it to boot up, which is the big problem here! I have googled for answers and found some saying for example that to charge it while popping out/in the battery in different ways will make it automatically boot up but nothing seems to work.
Is there any way to power it up without using the power button?
(Probably a good thing to say that I am not using any kind of custom rom or whatever, everything is stock)
Would be really awesome if someone could help!
My power button is stuck in the fully extended position. The phone is on. So my main problem right now is that I can't turn the phone off, except perhaps with an app. But then if I use an app to turn it off how do I turn it back on? (Maybe I just leave it on forever, charging it when needed, and use an app to restart it from time to time, if one exists? That doesn't seem optimal though.)
Another post suggested sucking on the power button to fix it. It was gross but I tried it. It didn't work.
FYI I bought the phone over a year ago directly from Google.
Please advise.
So how do you wake your screen?
I'd pull it apart and see what's making it stick.
I agree with above, replacing it is very easy too and costs around $5.