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Nexus One Power Button Solutions?!

Has anyone figured out a solution for the faulty power button? It is killing me i can't wake my phone sometimes and now that i have Froyo i get no blue light notification so my reply to peoples text messages are VERY slow.

DaUub said:
Has anyone figured out a solution for the faulty power button? It is killing me i can't wake my phone sometimes and now that i have Froyo i get no blue light notification so my reply to peoples text messages are VERY slow.
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Modaco-Paul is working on Trackball Wake! http://twitter.com/PaulOBrien/status/14543157295
You should still have light notifications in 2.2. Is yours not working?

I only get White notifications and it doesnt blink as fast and work sometimes

Has anyone worked out exactly why these power buttons are dying? Mine's dead as a doornail too

this is pretty funny to me cuz mine was not working in the morning anyways i THINK it has to do with some dust collecting on it (like the trackball) i blew on it a lil and it started working again also i read somewhere else about a wire that has a 90 degree angle so you might try pushing the power button forward then down

This is certainly the most annoying issue on Nexus one...
I use a combination of "no lock" and "lock 2.0" to enable trackball wake and turning off via home screen. And when I need to reboot I use the "plug-remove battery-replace battery" trick...
If someone has better solutions, we'll be glad to hear them, since it seems that this problem will eventually hit all Nexus one users.

I use fancy widget - In the clock settings, I selected application when clock pressed (lock enabler app). This solves the locking problem without pressing the power.
Use the usual trackball wake as the unlocker.

elio said:
This is certainly the most annoying issue on Nexus one...
I use a combination of "no lock" and "lock 2.0" to enable trackball wake and turning off via home screen. And when I need to reboot I use the "plug-remove battery-replace battery" trick...
If someone has better solutions, we'll be glad to hear them, since it seems that this problem will eventually hit all Nexus one users.
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My situation is:
My Nexus is with non funcioning power on switch.
What is the solution to power on phone after i need to switch battery or Sim Card,
Thank You.

I have the same problem.Is it hardware or software issue?

I used the call Google and get a warranty replacement trick
Seriously, just call and get it replaced under warranty, that's the only real fix. They are aware of the problem. My phone is rooted, I didn't mention that, and they didn't have a problem with it, and I got my replacement within a few days.
Now that they've stopped selling them, it may not be as easy, but worth a try.

This is a serious issue for people outside countries that sell the nexus one.
I live in brazil and I hope this problem doesn't appear to me because it's cheaper to try to fix it than travel to usa.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

As mentioned above, for people outside the US, replacement of the device is not an easy task; and even for those who get a replacement, the problem will eventually recur, since it seems obvious now that this is a hardware issue.
As for how to reboot the device: plug it to the charger (usb or main), wait for the orange led to turn on, remove the battery, as soon as the led will turn off replace the battery and the phone will boot.

I've had two bad power buttons, they were a hardware issue replaced under warranty.

Does anyone have any experience of getting a replacement from HTC in Singapore for this power button failure issue?

I bought my phone in the Google Online Store on my last vacations in US, I live in Mexico and call to HTC for the warranty but theres no solution outside US.
I use compressed air in the power button and works a little without the battery cover.
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I had exactly the same problem. then i read about it in the nexus one forum and some folks mentioned, that deinstalling the app "advanced task killer" solved their problem. i tried it and now my power button is back to normal and working like a charme!

there is a program in the market to get it to wake from the trackball but I can't remember the name. I had the same problem and had to send it back to HTC and they fixed it for free. They told me there has numerous problems with the wake/power button.

Are ALL N1 fated to have the power button break? I just bought a Nexus One and i wan't to know if i should return it whilst i still can.

Some background info:
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/09/...yscom+(AndroidGuys)&utm_content=Google+Reader
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Put me in the broken power button club. After going through a few months of the power button acting up, well it finally quit working. The good news is I still have 3 weeks remaining on my 1 year warranty, the bad news is the N1 has an unlocked bootloader. I called HTC last night and they emailed me an overnight shipping label. I chose the repair option instead of replacement. I did not discuss the unlocked bootloader with them. Since this is a hardware issue I can't see why they would deny the repair.
BTW, that is a great link on how to get the phone to turn on, I kept trying all last night to get it to come on by pressing the power button. If they deny the repair I will have them send it back and try one of the alternatives to turning the phone on and off.
I am currently using the Evil desire rom, should I flash back to a stock rom before sending it back.
Thanks.

Nexus One Power Button Issue

I have read many threads about the issues that the Nexus One has with the power button. I feel that my situation is a little different, so I wanted some opinions on this. My power button is completely unresponsive. I can't use it to turn the phone on, wake or lock my screen when the phone is on, etc. My phone has an unlocked bootloader and is rooted. I am currently using the track ball to wake my phone, so I'm not having any real issues with day to day operations of my phone. I was completely convinced this was a hardware issue (and still am), but I wanted to be 100% sure it was a hardware issue before contacting HTC. I downloaded Quick Boot from the android market which allows you to reboot your phone, boot your phone into your Bootloader, and boot your phone into Recovery. I decided to boot my phone into Bootloader mode to see if the power button would work there. The power button didn't work in the Bootloader, but neither did the volume button (prior to this test, I had no issues with the volume rocker at all). I pulled the battery and let the phone boot up to check and make sure the volume button was still working when the phone was running. Once the phone was booted up, I had no issues with the volume controls. My question is why would the volume rocker not work in the Bootloader? Also, could the issue that prevents the volume rocker from working in the Bootloader be preventing the power switch from working while the phone is booted up? If there is a chance that it's a software issue, how would I test/correct the issue? Thanks your help.

Most people I have seen complain about that problem, send the phone back for a free repair because it's a hardware problem.
The best way to test it is to flash a stock rom.

Thank you, I will try reflashing the FRF91 stock firmware and see what happens. Thanks.

Definatly sounds like the power button is broken. I had one like that. Send it back for a repair/replacement.

I've checked my immediate suspicion, and it turned out to be correct - so I'm posting the result:
Your power button is actually stuck in "ON" position (pressed).
Anyone can test it, press the power button to wake up the screen, keep it pressed, every operation is allowed in the system and volume buttons work. But when you reboot and try the same in bootloader, having power button ON disables the rest of the buttons.

My screen doesn't wake when I press the power button. Any other ways to check if it's stuck in the "ON" position?

It's 100% determined by your description. The only other check would be running any kind of SW that shows the current key states, and I'm not aware of any such SW.
I've posted the checking procedure for people with working power buttons, so they can verify the findings.

Any way to fix the issue?

If you're technically inclined and can't use warranty, I suppose that getting to the power button and repairing/replacing it wouldn't be very difficult. But no other way I can think of.

has anyone tried to repair this?

NEED a Do-IT-Yourself
Jack_R1 said:
If you're technically inclined and can't use warranty, I suppose that getting to the power button and repairing/replacing it wouldn't be very difficult. But no other way I can think of.
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defroster said:
has anyone tried to repair this?
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As much as it freaks me out
Pls assist with a DIY ...
As there's No HTC Service in my area
Thanks in advance

aseems said:
As much as it freaks me out
Pls assist with a DIY ...
As there's No HTC Service in my area
Thanks in advance
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A DIY can not be too difficult and you may be best to search YouTube. It can not be too terribly difficult as long as you can open it up and remove any connecting ribbons (I've had to replace my girlfriends iPhone digitizer due to phone falling out of back pocket onto concrete from three+ feet up). As long as you can open it, you're fine. Just going to need to re-seat the button. Good luck!

Greetings,
I had the same power button issue. I was able to wake my phone using the usb cable whenever the screen timed out but otherwise the phone worked 100% of the time in all ways. I got an RMA and label and shot the phone to them in an anti-static wrap with 4 inches of bubble wrap on all sides and foam padding on top of that. The phone was in perfect condition. Well to cut to the chase. I got a quote of 196.00 because they said there was water damage!? I treated that phone better than I treat my own body! There was no water damage when I sent it in. So one of their folks send me images of a phone that has a broken screen, water damage in the base usb port and no inscription. Interestingly all of the angles avoided showing the ein or s/n. My phone has a laser etched inscription with my name and a couple of bible verses. So what am I supposed to do here? Pay another 196 for an 800 dollar phone that had nothing wrong but a power switch? I am a T-Mobile customer and an Android developer in good standing. What the heck!? Can anyone give me a suggestion on how to get this squared away? My only other option is to send them $28 to get the phone back with the same power button issue. It's even under warranty until Jan 28th.

aseems said:
As much as it freaks me out
Pls assist with a DIY ...
As there's No HTC Service in my area
Thanks in advance
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why dont you contact htc of a nearby country and send them the phone? i know it is being done. of course you will have to arrange for the transport but it's still worth a shot imo

Here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=687397&page=3

Does anyone know if htc india supports the nexus one for after sales service

[Q] Help N1 won't Power on

Hey Guys I really need your help my N1 won't power on for some reason. I really need to get some things off the phone from certain software that I had in case I have to have it repaired or sent away. I'll try to be brief what happened I was exercising with my phone inside a protective case that covers the whole phone and I went to change the next song while listening to music and when i went to push the power button the screen remained black the whole time and I couldn't see anything at all the screen was black the whole time after numerous attempts at pushing the power button. So I held down the power button to try and reboot it and then the music stopped, so then I hit the power button again to turn it on and it hasn't turned on since yesterday. I even took the battery out and let it chill for a min and still doesn't work. when I plug it in to the charger the orange/green light comes on and as well with the USB connection too, but still can get it to power on.
Anyone have any Idea what it could be? I am assuming it's the power button but I am not for sure. Is there anyway to turn it on again in case i need to recover any files, etc. the reason i want to get it to work is that I don't want to have to go through the hassle of sending it away to be repaired if there is some way I can do it myself. I am trying to avoid sending it away with my carrier and I really need to access certain files on the phone if all else fails. If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it thnx to anyone.

If it's a power button failure, you can put the phone on charge, then remove and reinsert the battery... keep trying, it will turn on eventually...
http://www.androidguys.com/2010/09/08/manage-nexus-broken-power-button/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+androidguyscom+(AndroidGuys)&utm_content=Google+Reader
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it worked the first time I did it thank you so much well just in case it ever happens again how can I back up some things on my apps for example I have notes on AK notepad how would I back those up? and if I wanted to move some software to my sd card that doesn't allow it?
Hey thanks again you are a life saver!!!!!!!!

oh darn the X came up when I powered it up but still nothing just a black screen I got all excited for nothing

i got after 5 or so times of taking the battery out thnx again is there a way or software to make the N1 awake or power off with the trackball without rooting it since the power switch is buggy now?

Titanium Backup will backup apps and data to SD card.
Widget Locker has an option for trackball wake.
LockEnabler will let you turn screen off/sleep.
Quick Boot will let you reboot, boot into recovery etc. Be careful booting into recovery or boot loader, because power button is used to navigate (you have to use adb).
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

thnx again is there anyway to restart/reboot the phone if it is not rooted via trackball or another button?

Reboot is possible with Quick Boot (as noted above), but if you ever turn off then the battery toggle is your only option...
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[Q] Nexus One CM7 power button problem

I have an AT&T unlocked Nexus One that I recently flashed to CM-7.0.3-N1 . I have had a problem unlocking the device with the power button both when I was running stock Gingerbread and now that I have installed CM7.
When the screen is off and my N1 is in standby, I push the power button and the screen turns on and then back off almost immediately. Sometimes there is a half second delay before the screen turns on and then off. This usually goes on 2 or 3 times until the screen will stay on and I can unlock my phone.
Has anyone seen or heard of this problem, and maybe knows of a fix? It could be hardware related, but the button definitely sends a signal to the phone and it works fine to shutdown or turn on the device from completely off. Thanks.

ummm the power button on the nexus one has an incredibly high failure rate, all over the forum here. its a design defect from the factory. that's why it has always been recommended to root the device immediately, and use trackball wake, so you avoid using the power button as much as possible. you have to send the device to HTC for repair, that's your only option...

Thanks for the information. I will have to look into repairs.

You are already running a rooted rom with track all wake. Use it. To reboot the the phone use quickboot. At this stage you really don't need the power button on your phone.

pcflet01 said:
... now that I have installed CM7.
I push the power button and the screen turns on and then back off almost immediate
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This is a problem with CM7. Most advise turning off the screen off animation if it becomes a big problem for you. Make sure you are using the newest nightly and hope for a fix. I don't know if the RC's have this problem, but I would bet it appears on the 7.0.3 release.

At first glance that seems to have helped. Thanks for the advice!

No problem.

Also you can use widget locker to lock the screen then the trackball to wake, with that and quickboot I don't even touch my power button anymore. Although your problem doesn't sound like a broken power button so in your position I would switch ROMs and see what happens.

pcflet01 said:
I have an AT&T unlocked Nexus One that I recently flashed to CM-7.0.3-N1 . I have had a problem unlocking the device with the power button both when I was running stock Gingerbread and now that I have installed CM7.
When the screen is off and my N1 is in standby, I push the power button and the screen turns on and then back off almost immediately. Sometimes there is a half second delay before the screen turns on and then off. This usually goes on 2 or 3 times until the screen will stay on and I can unlock my phone.
Has anyone seen or heard of this problem, and maybe knows of a fix? It could be hardware related, but the button definitely sends a signal to the phone and it works fine to shutdown or turn on the device from completely off. Thanks.
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I'm experiencing exactly this too on the latest RC. It doesn't seem to be complete button failure but it's acting like I've pressed it twice sometimes. Disabling the screen-on animation does seem to prevent it from popping back on. But it still sometimes goes on-then-off when I wake it with the power button. So now I'm using trackball wake too.

As others have mentioned, this does not sound like a powerbutton issue, because the powerbutton still turns on the screen. The problem is that the screen turns off immediately after it turns on.
When you flashed 7.0.3, did you come from a previous CM verison? From stock? My first suggestion would probably be to wipe the /system partition (in CWM, it is under mounts and storage -- with Amon_RA, you need to find a flashable zip to do it) and reinstall CM and gapps. This will not cause any data loss. Sometimes, if you install a new ROM over an old one, the upgrade script in CM can get confused and carry over files that aren't supposed to be carried over. The system wipe fixes that.

I've been using this RC since it came out in late June. Only this week did it start flipping out on me.
Sent from my Nook Color!

It still can't hurt anything to do a system wipe, just in case something got screwed up (these things can be so temperamental at times). And, like I said, you won't lose any of your data.

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It still can't hurt anything to do a system wipe, just in case something got screwed up (these things can be so temperamental at times). And, like I said, you won't lose any of your data.
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I'm currently using S2E for apps2ext and some data2ext. How would a system wipe and reinstall interact with that? I'm a bit nervous on that front.

A system wipe shouldn't change any of that. It is one benefit of using S2E as it is a standard app that is stored in the /data partition without any changes to the /system partition.
Anyway, to be safe, it is a good idea to do a nandroid backup anytime you are doing something that involves the majority of the features in recovery.

It's a hardware problem for me. Failed completely as of today.
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

CM7 7.1.0
My power button seems to be in the process of completely failing. The new CM7 update to 7.1.0 has made it possible for me to lock the screen without using the power button using the "Notification power widget" -> "Go to sleep". Now the only times I have to use the power button are to shut the phone down or wake it up, which seems to be easier when the phone is plugged in to a wall charger. Are there any simple apps for shutting the phone down and maybe waking it up at a set time?

The only reliable trick I found to turn it back on was to plug into the wall and take the battery out/in a few times till it vibrated.
I ended up getting a replacement phone and then I sent the Nexus to HTC. They quoted a $55 repair cost off warranty which my credit card insurance would've covered, but when I asked for an invoice they offered to just waive the charges. Finally over a month later it came back fixed.
The app Easy Reboot can shut the phone down.
Sent from my Nook Color!

I also use an app called Lock Screen, which just locks the screen. I have it stored in my dock, because I don't like the space being used in the notification widget.

CM7 has an option for one of the items in the notification tray widget to be a lock screen button.

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I'm experiencing exactly this too on the latest RC. It doesn't seem to be complete button failure but it's acting like I've pressed it twice sometimes. Disabling the screen-on animation does seem to prevent it from popping back on. But it still sometimes goes on-then-off when I wake it with the power button. So now I'm using trackball wake too.
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THANK YOU!!!! This has been driving me crazy. Turning off the screen-off animations did nothing, but turning off the screen-on animation seems to have fixed the issue. My power button is toast (my new power button ribbon cable just arrived... time for surgery), and I've been using the trackball to wake my phone. Before the power button died, it did the same thing. I'm using CM7.2. I installed it after rooting and went straight to cm7.2 from stock, so obviously the cyanogemnod crew haven't fixed the issue since 7.0.3 when this thread started.

Galaxy S Captivate Lock Button Problem...Solved!

Okay Guy whats up! So it took me a while find a loophole to this problem. I am pretty sure some of you guys have problems with the Captivate's Lock/hold button (the button which you turn your phone off/on).
I realize there was two different type of same problem:
1. The lock button works but it seems like its always being pushed down. Like for example, when you pressed it once, the screen lights up & the pop-up menu(The menu with Airplane mode, data connection, slient, off/on) pops up even when you pressed it lightly! And you cant get it to turn off until wait for the screen lockout time.
2. The lock button does not work at all. You cant get it on or off, its totally unresponsive.
Now there are three solutions:
1. The most common one being if you have warranty , just drop by the store tell them the problem and they should either fix it or give you a new one.
2. Fix it yourself. You can dissemble the captivate yourself! If you go to youtube and search how to dissemble, there are couple of video that shows a step by step process of dissembling the captivate. Now the only problem is that there isnt a specific video locating the lock button and you will have to find that yourself. So after you dissemble your captivate, locate the lock and use CRC QD Electronic Cleaner I read that is the most reliable and decent one out of all sprays and all you need to do is spray around hold button area, and push the lock button 20-30 times and repeat the process a couple of times. After that you should let it dry for a couple of min and then put your phone back together and it should work fine!.
3. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST/SAFEST METHOD if you dont have warranty or dont want to risk dissembling your phone or pay money for the repair. This is just going to take a while to get used to! First you can go the market and download "No Lock". This app allows you to unlock your phone using the volume button. convenient eh? This is what I am using right now and the only problem I am experience is that sometimes (like 1 out of 10 times) it doesnt unlock when I press the volume button(just wait a couple min and try again) , and you wont be able to set up a screen lock or pw (every so often if you did have a screen lock or id pw already on captivate, it would just randomly pop up and you would have to put in your pw). Now you have a way to turn on your phone without using the lock button. NOW for turning your phone to sleep, You can get an app call "Screen Off and Lock", This app basically allows you to press the app, and then the phone goes to sleep. There is an another app that requires root called "virtual button bar" which cost 2 dollars i think. But this app is basically a small button bar that lets you put the phone to sleep at anytime. For the "screen off and lock" you have to go to that app and tap it, while the "virtual button bar" allows you to put the phone to sleep while playing a game to looking through photos, ect.
There you have it. Hopefully i didnt sound too confusing and I solve your problem. I was having this problem and it was very irritating.
*Side note: If you are not too comfortable about how you cant set up a pw for your captivate there is a couple apps like "Smart App Protector ( App lock)" which basically locks up an app. You can look that up in the market for more information.

I cant find No Lock app from market. Can you post a link?
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YellowYunicorn said:
Okay Guy whats up! So it took me a while find a loophole to this problem. I am pretty sure some of you guys have problems with the Captivate's Lock/hold button (the button which you turn your phone off/on).
I realize there was two different type of same problem:
1. The lock button works but it seems like its always being pushed down. Like for example, when you pressed it once, the screen lights up & the pop-up menu(The menu with Airplane mode, data connection, slient, off/on) pops up even when you pressed it lightly! And you cant get it to turn off until wait for the screen lockout time.
2. The lock button does not work at all. You cant get it on or off, its totally unresponsive.
Now there are three solutions:
1. The most common one being if you have warranty , just drop by the store tell them the problem and they should either fix it or give you a new one.
2. Fix it yourself. You can dissemble the captivate yourself! If you go to youtube and search how to dissemble, there are couple of video that shows a step by step process of dissembling the captivate. Now the only problem is that there isnt a specific video locating the lock button and you will have to find that yourself. So after you dissemble your captivate, locate the lock and use CRC QD Electronic Cleaner I read that is the most reliable and decent one out of all sprays and all you need to do is spray around hold button area, and push the lock button 20-30 times and repeat the process a couple of times. After that you should let it dry for a couple of min and then put your phone back together and it should work fine!.
3. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST/SAFEST METHOD if you dont have warranty or dont want to risk dissembling your phone or pay money for the repair. This is just going to take a while to get used to! First you can go the market and download "No Lock". This app allows you to unlock your phone using the volume button. convenient eh? This is what I am using right now and the only problem I am experience is that sometimes (like 1 out of 10 times) it doesnt unlock when I press the volume button(just wait a couple min and try again) , and you wont be able to set up a screen lock or pw (every so often if you did have a screen lock or id pw already on captivate, it would just randomly pop up and you would have to put in your pw). Now you have a way to turn on your phone without using the lock button. NOW for turning your phone to sleep, You can get an app call "Screen Off and Lock", This app basically allows you to press the app, and then the phone goes to sleep. There is an another app that requires root called "virtual button bar" which cost 2 dollars i think. But this app is basically a small button bar that lets you put the phone to sleep at anytime. For the "screen off and lock" you have to go to that app and tap it, while the "virtual button bar" allows you to put the phone to sleep while playing a game to looking through photos, ect.
There you have it. Hopefully i didnt sound too confusing and I solve your problem. I was having this problem and it was very irritating.
*Side note: If you are not too comfortable about how you cant set up a pw for your captivate there is a couple apps like "Smart App Protector ( App lock)" which basically locks up an app. You can look that up in the market for more information.
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I just tried the second solution and it did help power button functionality. It was fun taking the Captivate apart too! When I got to the spray part, I was hesitant to spray for one second. I think I did some micro-second sprays. In order to get the power button working more frequently, I did have to do one second sprays. I utilized the plastic straw that comes with the can in order to spray blast the the power button hardware. Try going from as many angles as you can. I'm sure pressing the power button right after spraying helps work the cleaner into the power button hardware. The majority of the help comes from the cleaner itself. Functionality is greatly improved. The button works about 75%-90% of the time instead of 5%.
I am glad I will not be paying $70 to Samsung or $65 with a local mobile repair shop to repair this anytime soon. My phone may be out of warranty, but why did the power button hardware degrade in the first place? Better QA Samsung! I will not be going with a new Galaxy II. And I will not be upgrading with ATT. Screw contracts and monopolistic companies!

YellowYunicorn said:
Okay Guy whats up! So it took me a while find a loophole to this problem. I am pretty sure some of you guys have problems with the Captivate's Lock/hold button (the button which you turn your phone off/on).
I realize there was two different type of same problem:
1. The lock button works but it seems like its always being pushed down. Like for example, when you pressed it once, the screen lights up & the pop-up menu(The menu with Airplane mode, data connection, slient, off/on) pops up even when you pressed it lightly! And you cant get it to turn off until wait for the screen lockout time.
2. The lock button does not work at all. You cant get it on or off, its totally unresponsive.
Now there are three solutions:
1. The most common one being if you have warranty , just drop by the store tell them the problem and they should either fix it or give you a new one.
2. Fix it yourself. You can dissemble the captivate yourself! If you go to youtube and search how to dissemble, there are couple of video that shows a step by step process of dissembling the captivate. Now the only problem is that there isnt a specific video locating the lock button and you will have to find that yourself. So after you dissemble your captivate, locate the lock and use CRC QD Electronic Cleaner I read that is the most reliable and decent one out of all sprays and all you need to do is spray around hold button area, and push the lock button 20-30 times and repeat the process a couple of times. After that you should let it dry for a couple of min and then put your phone back together and it should work fine!.
3. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST/SAFEST METHOD if you dont have warranty or dont want to risk dissembling your phone or pay money for the repair. This is just going to take a while to get used to! First you can go the market and download "No Lock". This app allows you to unlock your phone using the volume button. convenient eh? This is what I am using right now and the only problem I am experience is that sometimes (like 1 out of 10 times) it doesnt unlock when I press the volume button(just wait a couple min and try again) , and you wont be able to set up a screen lock or pw (every so often if you did have a screen lock or id pw already on captivate, it would just randomly pop up and you would have to put in your pw). Now you have a way to turn on your phone without using the lock button. NOW for turning your phone to sleep, You can get an app call "Screen Off and Lock", This app basically allows you to press the app, and then the phone goes to sleep. There is an another app that requires root called "virtual button bar" which cost 2 dollars i think. But this app is basically a small button bar that lets you put the phone to sleep at anytime. For the "screen off and lock" you have to go to that app and tap it, while the "virtual button bar" allows you to put the phone to sleep while playing a game to looking through photos, ect.
There you have it. Hopefully i didnt sound too confusing and I solve your problem. I was having this problem and it was very irritating.
*Side note: If you are not too comfortable about how you cant set up a pw for your captivate there is a couple apps like "Smart App Protector ( App lock)" which basically locks up an app. You can look that up in the market for more information.
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Solution # 2 worked like a charm, thanks!!
Now that one of my Captivate's problems have been solved I need to find a solution to the other one. The soft keys, specially the search button, randomly acts on it's own. I wonder if I can use the same method in the area without harming the phone?

There IS a 4th solution:
You can send it out to mobiletechvideos.com and they can replace the power button for $30 with free shipping back to you.
I just did this and they are very fast at repairing your phone and getting it back out to you asap. I highly recommend their services.

K... this sucks! I started having this problem on my phone TWO DAYS right after the warranty expired! Doesn't this suck?
Thinking of trying method #2 and wonder if I should get some CRC QD Electronic Cleaner at Radio Shack, Best Buy that kind of stores...
Where did you get yours? Any alternative solution than CRC QD Electronic Cleaner?

JDM STi said:
K... this sucks! I started having this problem on my phone TWO DAYS right after the warranty expired! Doesn't this suck?
Thinking of trying method #2 and wonder if I should get some CRC QD Electronic Cleaner at Radio Shack, Best Buy that kind of stores...
Where did you get yours? Any alternative solution than CRC QD Electronic Cleaner?
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If that doesn't work there is another solution.
You can send it out to mobiletechvideos.com and they can replace the power button for $30 with free shipping back to you.
I did this and they are very fast at repairing your phone and getting it back out to you asap. I highly recommend their services.

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If that doesn't work there is another solution.
You can send it out to mobiletechvideos.com and they can replace the power button for $30 with free shipping back to you.
I did this and they are very fast at repairing your phone and getting it back out to you asap. I highly recommend their services.
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Thank your for your suggestion. I would try the local phone store repairer before deciding to ship the phone to US while I am in Canada.

Or if you on most of the miui or cyanmod based rooms you have option to button unlock. Or remap keys and still have pin unlock
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

Or instead of number three remap the power button to the volume down button. This way it works exactly like the power button without fail. You can either use this app- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464 or using root explorer to modify the key layout manually which is the only way on some roms. You must be rooted which i figure most of us are to perform either method.

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Or instead of number three remap the power button to the volume down button. This way it works exactly like the power button without fail. You can either use this app- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464 or using root explorer to modify the key layout manually which is the only way on some roms. You must be rooted which i figure most of us are to perform either method.
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Thanks for that thread, I'm going to look into modifying my volume key to be a power button. However, I'm assuming that will only work in the OS and not before it is loaded (i.e. not in the bootloader, recovery, off-state, etc)?
I'm on ICSSGS.

Hey thanks for this thread. I have been having issues with the phone thinking the power button is always pressed. All I can say is that this issue always comes up at the worst possible times. I did manage to fix the issue once by wiping user data and cache in recovery mode, but now the issue has come up again and it doesn't fix it which makes me think it's become a hardware issue and not a software one. I'm using Cyanogenmod version 7.2 and am on GB 2.3.5.

thanks for the method, you are the man!

emcnelly said:
Or instead of number three remap the power button to the volume down button. This way it works exactly like the power button without fail. You can either use this app- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850464 or using root explorer to modify the key layout manually which is the only way on some roms. You must be rooted which i figure most of us are to perform either method.
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So I have used this, and IMO it is the absolute best method to use without a power button.

I had 2 separate Captivates with this issue. The clean method worked on 1 captivate on the other doesn't I sent it to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed for 30$

Editing key layout manually did not work for me. I may have gone about it incorrectly, though. I just edited the Aries-keypad.kl and Cypress-touchkey.kl files. I may have been using the wrong command for Power- I was able to change the Search key to the Wake command though, so the Search key will bring up the Lockscreen. Not much help I'm afraid. I would also assume, like m7ia, that these files only control the OS side. I have not searched any deeper, however.

Thanks for your solution i repair phones for living and cleaning button idea never came to me lol (always changing whole button), anyways PRF or any contact cleaner directly into button couple of times do the magic. Great solution Thanks boss