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I opened this app (battery booster, can't post link because I am new) after downloading it excited to hoping it was better then a previous one I was trying that seemed to do next to nothing.
I saw the brightness button and hit it. It showed 11%. I was like oh I thought I had this all the way down...so I use the scroller to take it all the way down assuming 0% meant that it was the lowest it could possible dim the screen...well it sure is a battery saver considering I can't even see my screen as its completely BLACK...............................
1. Why would you even allow something like this in a app.
2. Please help me fix it...
I have tried for about an hour to assume where the scroll down, and mounting the phone to my computer so that I could possibly uninstall it via computer with no luck...
anyone????!
I don't want to piss you off or anything, but I had read a comment on another thread saying they could never get it to come back, even when they went back to stock.
You may need to head down to the Verizon store :/
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I don't want to piss you off or anything, but I had read a comment on another thread saying they could never get it to come back, even when they went back to stock.
You may need to head down to the Verizon store :/
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son of a...this is so stupid! What a bad feature to have in a app for idiots like myself apparently
if you have adb debugging you might be able to fix it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785603&highlight=horror
If you have usb debugging on, you can use adb to delete the app you downloaded I think. Did you have it enabled?
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If you have usb debugging on, you can use adb to delete the app you downloaded I think. Did you have it enabled?
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I didn't have debugging on i checked via adb and long story short...i was still within 30 days of purchase ;-)
All may not be lost!!
If you're still in your 30 days take it back and exchange it.
If not, try booting into recovery mode and reset the phone. I don't think you need root to do that much and it should put the phone back to the way it was when you took it out of the box.
Hold down the volume button so that you are pressing both up & down volume at the same time (easiest to do with the battery cover off).
While holding the volume keys down press and hold the power button too. When the Samsung screen comes up release both buttons. A couple seconds later you will see the "Android system recovery" screen.
Press the volume down button until you have highlighted "wipe data/factory reset".
Press the "Home" button to select it.
You will then be told to press the volume up button to wipe the phone or press the volume down button to exit/cancel. Press volume up and follow any additional instructions. That's as far as I go to guide you (I want to keep my stuff as is ).
If that doesn't take care of the issue then you should take it to verizon and tell them what happened. Good luck and let me know if this worked for you!
~Johnny
So I have a major problem. My power button on my phone stopped working out of nowhere. I went to put my phone on the charger last night, my hand was pressed against the power button, so as normal the Reboot / Recovery / Shutdown menu popped up. After I couldn't get my power button to work at all. When my phone would sleep, I'd have to pull the battery out and put it back in (strangely, my Cappy would turn on by itself once I put the battery in). From there, I figured out how to reprogram the hard keys, so I used root explorer to get into the system folder on my internal SD and I remapped the 'Volume Up' key to work as the power key, so now I have a working power key. The only problem is, is I can't flash anything now.. well, I can, but since I no longer have a Volume Up key, I can't boot into D/L mode or into Recovery if something goes wrong during flashing. My phone also freezes on shutdown when I use the new remap. So I'm not sure what is going on with it. This is really troublesome, I was considering paying the $399 and getting the Galaxy Nexus GSM from Google and putting my SIM card in it, since it works with AT&T, but I really don't want to buy a new phone.
Any help at solving this and getting the normal power button working again would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Edit: I am running ICSSGS[RC4.1], if anyone needs to know the ROM. I am using whatever the stock kernel is that comes with it.
Make or buy a Jig (see my sig below for links) and Odin or Heimdall back to a Stock i897 Firmware, KK4 was the latest GB (see Dev Forum One Click Sticky Thread). See if that fixes the problem.
If not, then see here... Samsung Captivate Power Button Repair . This is a reliable and trust worthy company to do this job and more.-- (see here for references, etc. ). The guy who runs this biz is known as connexion2005 on XDA.
I'm sorry this happened to you, it's a bummer when hardware dies.
If you do this I am in no way responsible for your phone.
two options:
#1
follow the teardown guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740022
and see if there's any crap messing with the contact for the power button. if there is clean the crap out and re install everything.(my brother fixed his button this way)
#2 if the first way doesn't work
go here and but a new power button module.
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Samsung-Captivate-i897-Replacement-Repair-Parts-s/6412.htm
or search other sites for a power button
and order yourself a new power button module and re install it.
follow the teardown guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740022
and see if you can find out a way to replace your power button.
I've taken my phone apart many times it's pretty easy, just be extremely careful, once again I am in no way responsible for any damage YOU cause.
hope it works! let me know! just be careful, it's really not that hard though.
It is not a good sign when HW faults. In General section there's also a thread on remapping Search button as Power. I'm going to include it in my future ROM - good use for useless Search button.
I just began flashing my Sprint HTC One with CleanROM SPR 1.5, but it's locked up at the "Installing" section, with the progress bar stuck on the first increment. Before installation, I was sure to wipe and clear out the caches, etc and also checked the md5sum of the .zip file from the developer. I'm not sure what to do!
Please help! Thank you
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I just began flashing my Sprint HTC One with CleanROM SPR 1.5, but it's locked up at the "Installing" section, with the progress bar stuck on the first increment. Before installation, I was sure to wipe and clear out the caches, etc and also checked the md5sum of the .zip file from the developer. I'm not sure what to do!
Please help! Thank you
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Most likely you ran just into an issue due the often used aroma installer by amarullz.
This problem is well known and is annoing, but it's all okay. You only need to restart the phone to recovery mode.
Press power and vol down button together, hold them until the phone goes off and kepp on holding until the phone turns on in recovery mode.
Then you can do it all again.
For me a flash needs sometimes 2-5 tries to be successful, some people need more than 10.
Some part of aroma installer is bad, but i can't understand why the developer doesn't solve this issue...
As developer i stand behind my work, even if it's a job without financial benefit.
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Press power and vol down button together, hold them until the phone goes off...
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Thank you! This was what I was so scared about: I didn't realize how long I had to hold down power, and I didn't know I had to hold down Vol Down at the same time. What a useful bit of knowledge! (Alas, I'm spoiled by user-removable batteries).
In the meantime I think I determined the cause of the issue - I went back a dialog box and this apparently can cause some hangs in the installer. I went through again without trying to go "backwards" in any of the menus, and everything worked!
Again, thank you so much!
Just to add a bit more info:
I've found it much easier to hold the power button until the phone turns off, then let go press volume down. Holding them both down together often made my phone select the "reboot phone" option when it finally got to the bootloader.
Additionally, using the volume and power buttons, as opposed to the touch screen, seems to help keep Aroma stable. It's not foolproof, but I've had more successful attempts this way. It is a pain when you have to make a bunch of selections though. I honestly wish devs stopped using it at this point. Ever since ROMs started being released with Aroma I've always had problems with it. I avoid it as much as possible, but for the most part that's not an option with the One
Hey folks, I bought a droid 3 for my son off ebay. Its more of a toy than anything.
I think it might be a lemon but wanted to check here before I toss it.
Whoever had the phone last locked it, it says "Too Many Unlock Attempts". Which isn't that big of a deal, I was thinking I could just reset it, as it needed to be reset anyway. So I look up how I can get into maint mode by holding X and the power button with the phone off. All goes well, I get to the exclamation android screen and I should be able to hit the power button and volume up and it'll pop into the maintenance menu. This has not worked. I have hit many different combinations of keys and I can't seem to get the maintenance menu to come up.
I am thinking that is why it wasn't reset when the guy sent it from ebay, because there is some bug that doesn't allow him to reset the phone and get into it.
Any thoughts?
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Hey folks, I bought a droid 3 for my son off ebay. Its more of a toy than anything.
I think it might be a lemon but wanted to check here before I toss it.
Whoever had the phone last locked it, it says "Too Many Unlock Attempts". Which isn't that big of a deal, I was thinking I could just reset it, as it needed to be reset anyway. So I look up how I can get into maint mode by holding X and the power button with the phone off. All goes well, I get to the exclamation android screen and I should be able to hit the power button and volume up and it'll pop into the maintenance menu. This has not worked. I have hit many different combinations of keys and I can't seem to get the maintenance menu to come up.
I am thinking that is why it wasn't reset when the guy sent it from ebay, because there is some bug that doesn't allow him to reset the phone and get into it.
Any thoughts?
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Power down the phone. Hold X, then Power. When the little triangle pops up ya gotta hit both volume buttons.
If that dont work. u may have flash an SBF. Thats the only two things i know to do.
hope this helps!
I just rooted my turbo with Moforoot and it's been O.K. yesterday except the fact that i couldn't install xposed after hours upon hours. I was tired and decided to sleep and my phone fell off my bed and this morning it was dead although the battery was alright. I have a case on my phone and i've dropped it other times. It is also noteworthy saying that today i FELT as if my power button was sort of permanently jammed in my phone - it feels like the power button doesn't come out as much as it should- .
Main concern: my phone has been freezing every so 7-10 minutes after turning it back on, even after deleting and undoing everything that I had done since the day I rooted my droid.
Second Concern: I'm not sure whether my droid's power button normally came with a somewhat deep power button. If anyone can, can you check to see if, when you push in your power button, whether or not the button gets pushed PASSED the phone as in it gets pushed into the phone, unlike the volume buttons. Thanks guys. This problem has made my weekend quite hectic.
It is also worth noting that my phone has had no problems before, so it is fair to conclude that this problem is either due to the rooting, the tampering, or the dropping of the phone.
If anyone would be so generous and would post a video of them pushing their power button, that would be of great help too. Thanks everyone.
-Qarie
Hey - saw your post - I also rooted recently. Separately, was also critical of the right side buttons on a naked XT1254. They are too easily engaged, pocket-pressed or could be "over-pushed" or jarred in a drop.
Buttons: Put your naked phone in a good case that has its own buttons that overlay those on the phone. I use a Tudia hard case. It's bit thick & heavy but the Tudia's buttons take some pressure to push & cannot be pocket-pushed. The case's buttons balance the too-soft touch on phone's buttons nicely. Totally solved over-pushing and no more pocket-pushes.
Root:
I had a couple of crashes post-root too, but tracked it down to a SU conflict between AirPlay and AirAudio BT streaming music or vids from GMusic or DoubleTwist on android>Apple TV>hifi system. Problem solved, gave SU access to AirAudio and took it away from AirPlay and all's right since. Be cautious which apps get SU access and which do not. If your phone crashes, besides a regular restart w/ power button, consider a hard restart pressing screen + both volume buttons at same time. See if the ensuing rooted restart makes the phone behave. It did for me and I've had no probs since. Root freedom has its price! Good luck.
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It is also worth noting that my phone has had no problems before, so it is fair to conclude that this problem is either due to the rooting, the tampering, or the dropping of the phone.
If anyone would be so generous and would post a video of them pushing their power button, that would be of great help too. Thanks everyone.
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Hey - saw your post - I also rooted recently. Separately, was also critical of the right side buttons on a naked XT1254. They are too easily engaged, pocket-pressed or could be "over-pushed" or jarred in a drop.
If your phone crashes, besides a regular restart w/ power button, consider a hard restart pressing screen + both volume buttons at same time.
-Qarie
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Unfortunately, my power button was "over-pushed" in a drop (putting phone in pocket with gloves on, missed the pocket...oops phone managed to land precisely on the power button) and no longer works. The button is now limp/loose and no longer makes any "clicking" tactile response when pressed. Obviously it does not control the power anymore. I have been afraid to take it into Verizon as there is some clear physical damage near the power button and I am sure I will need to pay to have it warrantied. I wish I would have seen your advice to put it in a case that protected the buttons before it was too late!!
I just wanted to reiterate your point and also ask a follow-up question about your hard restart advice? I have never heard of this method before (pressing screen/both volume buttons). I am a habitual resetter of my devices as I feel like starting with a clean slate always makes them run faster, but unfortunately can't do this anymore unless I let the phone run out of battery completely (which is pretty much impossible with this unit LOL).
Thanks in advance.
I just wanted to reiterate your point and also ask a follow-up question about your hard restart advice? I have never heard of this method before (pressing screen/both volume buttons). I am a habitual resetter of my devices as I feel like starting with a clean slate always makes them run faster, but unfortunately can't do this anymore unless I let the phone run out of battery completely (which is pretty much impossible with this unit LOL).
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I'm not sure what your question is. I discovered 3 button method of reset and found it worked. Had a few crashes the first days post root but since all's well. Zero crashes in 2 weeks. . Not expert enough to tell you why is works, it just did in my case. If you're apprehensive about verizon repair, find a local phone tech, it shouldn't be that tough or costly to replace a power-on button. Then buy a good case!
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I'm not sure what your question is. I discovered 3 button method of reset and found it worked. Had a few crashes the first days post root but since all's well. Zero crashes in 2 weeks. . Not expert enough to tell you why is works, it just did in my case. If you're apprehensive about verizon repair, find a local phone tech, it shouldn't be that tough or costly to replace a power-on button. Then buy a good case!
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I am wondering what exactly this three button method is? I am not rooted so it might not work for me (scared to root with the broken power button! thanks for the advice re: local phone tech, I will look into that), but how does it work? Where do I press on the screen, etc? If you could give me a step by step it could prove very helpful.
Thanks.
jfrostad said:
I am wondering what exactly this three button method is? I am not rooted so it might not work for me (scared to root with the broken power button! thanks for the advice re: local phone tech, I will look into that), but how does it work? Where do I press on the screen, etc? If you could give me a step by step it could prove very helpful.
Thanks.
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If your power button is toast, then this is not going to work, but if the power button is functional...
In any screen, just hold down Power + VolUp + VolDown simultaneously for about 3 to 5 seconds or until the phone goes dark.
Then release all 3 buttons and the phone will restart itself in a few seconds with the usual DROID animation screen. No need to press Power-on again.
I'm not a tech but suspect this kind of restart clears a few caches and the phone should run normally on restart, rooted or not. I've done this about 4 or 5 times with no issues. This method will also work if an app "freezes" the phone. It's just another way to restart. Let me know if it works out for u.
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If your power button is toast, then this is not going to work, but if the power button is functional...
In any screen, just hold down Power + VolUp + VolDown simultaneously for about 3 to 5 seconds or until the phone goes dark.
Then release all 3 buttons and the phone will restart itself in a few seconds with the usual DROID animation screen. No need to press Power-on again.
I'm not a tech but suspect this kind of restart clears a few caches and the phone should run normally on restart, rooted or not. I've done this about 4 or 5 times with no issues. This method will also work if an app "freezes" the phone. It's just another way to restart. Let me know if it works out for u.
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Got it. Ya, I guess that won't work for me - I got confused because earlier you said "press screen" so I thought perhaps that might just be the phone screen itself (not the power button). I will look into a local phone tech, this is getting ridiculous!
Workaround . . .
Qarie said:
I just rooted my turbo with Moforoot . . . today i FELT as if my power button was sort of permanently jammed in my phone . . .
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jfrostad said:
Unfortunately, my power button was "over-pushed" in a drop (putting phone in pocket with gloves on, missed the pocket...oops phone managed to land precisely on the power button) and no longer works. . .
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Just FYI, I'm using an app+widget called Power Toggles (link below) that offers on-screen tap functions, including power, for rooted devices. The widget bar is customizable, to include adding a button that will give you pretty much all options for restarting your phone: Power off, Reboot, Reboot to Recovery, etc. You have to scroll way down the "Add" list to find the power-related buttons, but there's a "master" button that provides several options on pop-up.
I believe it could serve as a good temporary (or permanent) workaround for a broken power button, as long as the phone is never actually turned off ('cause then you really would need a working power button).
There may be other apps that do some of the same things, but I've been using P.T. for a month or more and I'm extremely happy with it. Here's the app info (browser link):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.painless.pc
( PS: I don't have a Turbo yet, I'm just browsing the forum for info. )
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Just FYI, I'm using an app+widget called Power Toggles (link below) that offers on-screen tap functions, including power, for rooted devices. The widget bar is customizable, to include adding a button that will give you pretty much all options for restarting your phone: Power off, Reboot, Reboot to Recovery, etc. You have to scroll way down the "Add" list to find the power-related buttons, but there's a "master" button that provides several options on pop-up.
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Thanks for the helpful and informative post. I already use PowerToggles but am not currently rooted.
No problem. Yeah, I didn't realize it was using root (on my Razr M, at least for the power functions) till I installed it on my unrooted Moto X.