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[Q] Blank screen on recovery mode?

My streak is still running the stock software, no clockworkmod or anything yet. When I hold both volume buttons and power to access recovery mode, the three touch buttons along the side of the screen light up, but the screen itself stays blank, no matter how long I wait. The only way I have found to get out of this is to stick a pin in the reset hole. Am I doing something wrong? Is this a common problem? My screen seems a bit inaccurate, I wanted to calibrate it, but still haven't been able to.

Vol up + power fastboot
Vol dn + power recocery
No three bot combo
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Thats called apx mode
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Be careful people get stuck there
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(Strange) Note only reboots In my pocket.

So my Note only reboots itself in my pocket. Whenever i bend down to pickup my dog or crouch down.
Ive tried pressing buttons and squeezing the device in my hands to see if any pressure or buttons pressed force the phone to reboot but nothings does it.
Is there a button combination to make the device reboot?
If i hold down the power button i only have the Power Off option. No Reboot option on this rom.
Anyone have any idea what this is? It has never rebooted itself outside my pocket.
Thanks
Neil
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It could be a really long press of the power button. I use that to get unstuck from whenever I manage to get it stupidly frozen with the apps I'm developing...
Try it, but keep in mind it should be close to 6 seconds or more.

Yep, long press on the power button will reboot your phone.

I could make so many off-colour remarks here, but I shall restrain myself. The long press of the power button is doing it (as suggested).
Oddly, I had a strange issue where having the screen in toward my thigh caused a press on the screen activating the speaker when on a call. As I was connected to the 'phones, it was irritating. I now keep the screen facing away from me to avoid this. I dislike exposing the screen to potential damage in this way, but thin jeans pockets make it a requirement.

I have exactly the same issue - I was just in the garden and my phone rebooted three times in about five minutes while inside my trouser pocket. There's nothing else in my pocket except a hanky, so how does the power button get pressed?
Like others, I too have the screen towards my thigh. It's happening so often recently that my three old son asks me every time what my phone is doing in my pocket!
I've never known a phone with such badly positioned buttons - fiddly to use volume controls, and now this - it's just really crap design. :-(
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chasmodo said:
Yep, long press on the power button will reboot your phone.
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interesting...
but to get the power button depressed while in the pocket is very unlikely for me.

Do you guys keep your vibration on as well?

[Q] Some questions in dead power button

I have a dead power button that I think is broken or have a dust in it that can't make it work.
I have read several threads about it.
For example the phone is off and i cant turn it on by power button is there any way to make it on?
using ADB?
or using a CM7/CM9 ROM? (some says that if you plug the charger it will automatically turn on)
or any methods that you can recommend?

I can relate, it's becoming quite common. Mine is slowly dying. I have volume rocker wake enabled and touch wake also. My understanding from reading other peoples problem is that it should turn on when plugged in with ics.
But if you are not on ics then i don't know how you'll turn it on to flash.
Sorry i cant help more
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Mine died to....get a rom that can utilize the volume wake feature to use ur power buttons...I did that for a while until I got it fixed like last week
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Thanks you too. Im using legend 5 and got MIUI locker for a while that it can wake up by using vol buttons. Used button remapping also for the power function. XD
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Do at your own risk:
It's really easy to use a small( I mean correct size for the screws) screwdriver and pull the back plate off the phone and give everything a good cleaning out. You won't believe the junk you find in there. Chances are there's junk up in the power button. I used to have power button issues till I took it apart and cleaned it.
There is a guide(with pics) to tear it down and put it back together somewhere....
I've probably disassembled mine 3 or 4 times. Never had any trouble i only use 3 of the 6 screws to hold the back plate on. it's easier to deal with only three.
also you can use your fingernail to peel back the plastic by the screen and power button area. once you do this try your best to press your lips up to the phone and blow air through the crack. I use this almost every two weeks to get my power button to behave properly.
I think it's possible to replace the power button, might require soldering. I'm not sure, I've never needed to do it.
Hope this resource helps

Power button cracked

Anyone else had this ? Normal use, not been dropped and the power button has cracked in the middle. It works still but its sunken on one side which is annoying.

Yes, same here. My power button bricked in normal use too. Right in the middle like urs. Sometimes its unpushable
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Home button?

For those that got the phone.
Does the 10 series still have pressure sensitive home button under the screen?
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NO

no, its gone.

Well that sucks Imo. I like the thing.
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you get double tap to wake now if that helps

The home pressure button was nice, it was the quicker way to exit any app or game, with this you have one more step to do