[Q] Back-light only working in Recovery Mode - HTC Incredible S

I was using Viper Vivo ROM from sometime, it worked flawlessly. But yesterday my battery died out, after which I am not able to boot properly. It Vibrates when I power ON, but no back-light. So I tried to go in boot-loader (No Back-light), then I pressed Vol-DN then power and strangely the backlight came and I am able to use recovery (4EXT) properly. It seemed like software issue to me, so I tried wiping data and cache and installing different ROMs (Android Revolution HD 5.3 then Stock "vivo_signed_WWE_4.14.405.2_ICS_SENSE36_1.zip") but its the same issue.
Could any one please help me with this.

jaickyt said:
I was using Viper Vivo ROM from sometime, it worked flawlessly. But yesterday my battery died out, after which I am not able to boot properly. It Vibrates when I power ON, but no back-light. So I tried to go in boot-loader (No Back-light), then I pressed Vol-DN then power and strangely the backlight came and I am able to use recovery (4EXT) properly. It seemed like software issue to me, so I tried wiping data and cache and installing different ROMs (Android Revolution HD 5.3 then Stock "vivo_signed_WWE_4.14.405.2_ICS_SENSE36_1.zip") but its the same issue.
Could any one please help me with this.
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Leave phone off.
Charge phone for 15 minutes.
Boot up.

072665995 said:
Leave phone off.
Charge phone for 15 minutes.
Boot up.
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I tried the same several times, but no luck. Recovery works fine, nothing else has back-light (not even in Boot-Loader).

Try this maybe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711537
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JELLYZ said:
Try this maybe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711537
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This will not work as it is addressing the button backlight, whereas the OP does not have a screen backlight.
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You are right LamboBull.. The screen backlight itself is not coming except in recovery.
Could there be a problem in Bootloader?

jaickyt said:
You are right LamboBull.. The screen backlight itself is not coming except in recovery.
Could there be a problem in Bootloader?
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Im thinking it might be hardware related.. Did you screw around with anything prior to the backlight not responding?
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Nah.. Didn't do anything with the hardware.
But what could be possibly wrong with hardware? Display and Touch both are working fine in recovery.

jaickyt said:
Nah.. Didn't do anything with the hardware.
But what could be possibly wrong with hardware? Display and Touch both are working fine in recovery.
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Yeah tru that... Try wiping everything except SD Card, and then flashing a stock rom..
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LamboBull said:
Yeah tru that... Try wiping everything except SD Card, and then flashing a stock rom..
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Tried what you said. Still in same state.
Any other opinions? or should I change the LCD Screen?

jaickyt said:
Tried what you said. Still in same state.
Any other opinions? or should I change the LCD Screen?
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Hmm. I dont think that is the problem... have u tried flashing RUU?
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Try cranking up the brightness of the display .
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Derrick21 said:
Try cranking up the brightness of the display .
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-_- there's a difference between cranking up the brightness and not being able to see anything at all on the screen (in other words, completely black screen as if the phone was off).
Just a question but do the key backlights work?? Like, a lot of the ROMs come with default vibration for the keys. If you do feel your phone vibrate, then it might be the screen display or recovery maybe??
Im assuming you can boot up past splashscreen...

Derrick21 said:
Try cranking up the brightness of the display .
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UmadBrah? How would that work in any way whatsoever?
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LamboBull said:
UmadBrah? How would that work in any way whatsoever?
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FYI , I have met such problems with a rom before (I forget what rom it is ) . I thought my backlight was dead . But then I turn the display brightness up , it came back alive . So I'm just guessing if its gonna work .
072665995 said:
-_- there's a difference between cranking up the brightness and not being able to see anything at all on the screen (in other words, completely black screen as if the phone was off).
Just a question but do the key backlights work?? Like, a lot of the ROMs come with default vibration for the keys. If you do feel your phone vibrate, then it might be the screen display or recovery maybe??
Im assuming you can boot up past splashscreen...
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Read the reply I typed above ^^
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Derrick21 said:
FYI , I have met such problems with a rom before (I forget what rom it is ) . I thought my backlight was dead . But then I turn the display brightness up , it came back alive . So I'm just guessing if its gonna work .
Read the reply I typed above ^^
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But how could one increase brightness if his phone does not appear to boot?
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LamboBull said:
But how could one increase brightness if his phone does not appear to boot?
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Oops . My bad ..
Is he able to see splashscreen / enters hboot ?
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Derrick21 said:
Oops . My bad ..
Is he able to see splashscreen / enters hboot ?
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He is able to do that, but as soon as phone "boots", the display turns off...
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LamboBull said:
He is able to do that, but as soon as phone "boots", the display turns off...
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Hmm ... With that said , I don't think I can help . Because I might have a solution if he was stucked at splashscreen with display on and was able to enter hboot . But definitely not this case ..
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I am not even able to see HTC logo, it just vibrates. And when I go to boot loader i.e Vol DN+Power (No Back light) and press volume down once then power button once then I get to recovery and the back light turns on.
Also KEY backlight works only in recovery nowhere else.
I guess this clears the issue which I am facing.
I tried at some repairing shops but even they don't have any clue.
Any other suggestions are appreciated.

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How to Force Restart

What is Force Restart?
When phones is not responding and hanged up, most of users pull battery out and start their phone up. This action cause serious damages to eMMC Chip. So, most of smartphone manufacturer include a key combination to do force restart in their product.
How:
Volume Down + Volume Up + Power for few sec.
My Test: On Icecoldsandwitch 7.2, Cyanogen 7.1 and Virtuous Quattro RC3 custom roms
You can also test on your phone; test it and replay your result with roms' names
I'm very interested to know how it works on Official rom
good to know - im one of the battery pulling majority and as a result the indent on the case where you put your nail in to prise the case off has become quite rough with the black plastic coming off!
wish i'd known this 14 months ago!
This will not work when your phone is hung fyi.
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itsbeertimenow said:
This will not work when your phone is hung fyi.
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what do u mean by "hung fyi"??
sam.yaghoubi said:
what do u mean by "hung fyi"??
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When adb doesn't respond and you have to pull the battery
Yeapp, does not work when phone freezes and adb does not respond.
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inSaN1Ty_X said:
Yeapp, does not work when phone freezes and adb does not respond.
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Rom's name? and is it hard freeze , caused by memory dump and etc. or soft one?
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sam.yaghoubi said:
Rom's name? and is it hard freeze , caused by memory dump and etc. or soft one?
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Playgound ICS, newest version. And it is a hard freeze. Even the charging light remains on, until battery literally runs out or gets removed. No button (soft or hardware) is responding to anything.
Tested on Virtuous Quattro RC3 , works successfully even in hanging
sam.yaghoubi said:
Tested on Virtuous Quattro RC3 , works successfully even in hanging
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That's odd... you would think that during a hang when all digitized buttons and soft buttons were unresponsive that this would not work.
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itsbeertimenow said:
That's odd... you would think that during a hang when all digitized buttons and soft buttons were unresponsive that this would not work.
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It doesn't work on Ics icecoldsandwich and playground. I have tried it before
itsbeertimenow said:
That's odd... you would think that during a hang when all digitized buttons and soft buttons were unresponsive that this would not work.
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Yes, It will, let me give you an example, It's not perfect one but it's similar situation. when your computer does not respond, you hold the power button and computer turning off, or in laptops when your system is hanged up are you holding power button or pull your laptop's battery?
ofcourse we cannot compare smartphones with computer systems but what should you do if - for example - htc one s hanged up? (soft freeze) you can't pull battery out
so according to my tests, in soft freeze situation, you can force restart
incrediblealex said:
It doesn't work on Ics icecoldsandwich and playground. I have tried it before
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I'm using icecold and in soft freeze situation it worked, I'll make a video in next freeze
Works perfectly fine on ARHD 2.3.0
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sam.yaghoubi said:
I'm using icecold and in soft freeze situation it worked, I'll make a video in next freeze
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When my phone is freezing I give it a blanket... if that doesn't work I throw it in the sauna.
Anyway, I've to pull the battery if it hangs since no buttons/keys are working.
No, it doesn't work to hold volume up/down+power.
Yea, I've tried. Like each time it happens just in case it might work once.
Can't think of any other answers I might get to answer
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according to other froum users, Force Restart fully worked in UI hanging, the order is V down + V up + Power for 6 sec.
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Sometimes this method does not work. Sometimes my phone freezes, and does not respond to anything. In these cases I recommend an adb reboot or something
markj338 said:
Sometimes this method does not work. Sometimes my phone freezes, and does not respond to anything. In these cases I recommend an adb reboot or something
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Yeah, That is Hard Freeze, caused by memory dump, chipset shock, and etc. But in Soft Freeze, UI is not responding, application lock, games, and etc. this method works perfectly
sam.yaghoubi said:
Yeah, That is Hard Freeze, caused by memory dump, chipset shock, and etc. But in Soft Freeze, UI is not responding, application lock, games, and etc. this method works perfectly
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Learnt something today
It occurs when I experiment with things... like UV or something
Hasn't occurred in a while ever since flashing CM7.2
Works on stock (OS 2.3.3 and sense 2.1 for me)
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Power button is about to death

Hi, my device's power button is almost dead. I want to wake my phone by using volume rockers.
My phone is not rooted. Is there any application or method to do this?
cenkcnk said:
Hi, my device's power button is almost dead. I want to wake my phone by using volume rockers.
My phone is not rooted. Is there any application or method to do this?
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I thing Go-Locker allows volume wake.
I think.
Try and see. No root required
No, go locker needs go installer and i don't want to use it. btw i tried bunch of apps bu no joy
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285187
Try it .
It might be useful
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JELLYZ said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285187
Try it .
It might be useful
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Looks like a good link, but he's not rooted and this guide is for root access modification.
But I think that rooting would be the best solution to get what the OP is after.
Mine is half death, and hopefully not about to death.
Seriously though, if you're not going to claim warranty to get it fixed (I did) root it and get vol wake and sweep to wake/sleep. I've set mine to do both and I don't have to use the power button unless rebooting
ok. here the dumbest question: how can i root it?
cenkcnk said:
ok. here the dumbest question: how can i root it?
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There are many guides here on xda, use the search function and if you still don't know what to do, come back here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705913
Root and s-off guide
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markj338 said:
Mine is half death, and hopefully not about to death.
Seriously though, if you're not going to claim warranty to get it fixed (I did) root it and get vol wake and sweep to wake/sleep. I've set mine to do both and I don't have to use the power button unless rebooting
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Mines in the exact same boat. I couldn't use this phone without vol wake or s2w.
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JELLYZ said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705913
Root and s-off guide
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do i have to complete section1 and section2 both?
and first download link dosen't work
what is your hboot version (remove battery then put it again then hold power button + volume down button to see it ) if your hboot is 1.13.0000 s-on skip them
if higher start from beginning
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Yeah my power button died 2 months ago. Root and install venom. It's the only Rom with both vol wake and vol sleep.
If somebody knows how I could make all roms have vol sleep that's be great lol.
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Some custom ROMS have tweak, which allows you to wake by volume buttons
you'd better root your IS or replace a power butern
you can use Go locker
i tried CPR but its of no use .. its almost dead :silly:

Long press power button

I don't know if it's a problem or not but even if my screen off, when I long press on the power boutton (perhaps 6 or 8 seconds) my phone reboot. So sometimes, in my pocket, it reboots. It is normal? If yes, any way to change this feature? I'm rooted and I've rXtrem rom V3.0 on Stock Kernel.
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It's normal. You can't change that.
mastertiti2000 said:
I don't know if it's a problem or not but even if my screen off, when I long press on the power boutton (perhaps 6 or 8 seconds) my phone reboot. So sometimes, in my pocket, it reboots. It is normal? If yes, any way to change this feature? I'm rooted and I've rXtrem rom V3.0 on Stock Kernel.
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just tested and done the exact some thing. not rooted stock rom. believe it's a low level function built in to do a hard reboot
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mastertiti2000 said:
I don't know if it's a problem or not but even if my screen off, when I long press on the power boutton (perhaps 6 or 8 seconds) my phone reboot. So sometimes, in my pocket, it reboots. It is normal? If yes, any way to change this feature? I'm rooted and I've rXtrem rom V3.0 on Stock Kernel.
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Weird, I'm using Pandoriam ROM and nothing like this happening... You can hold Home Button for ages and wont reboot... Try to change ROM
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Ok i will try with a another rom.
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djembey said:
Weird, I'm using Pandoriam ROM and nothing like this happening... You can hold Home Button for ages and wont reboot... Try to change ROM
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read the title. It's the power button he's talking about, not the home button.
It doesn't depend on the ROM, it'll be like that even if you have no ROM installed.
I've changed for Pandoriam ROM and it's the same "problem". I've not see you was talking about the home button, it's the power button i'm talking about. Son anyone can make somethnig with a little flash for exemple?......
mastertiti2000 said:
I've changed for Pandoriam ROM and it's the same "problem". I've not see you was talking about the home button, it's the power button i'm talking about. Son anyone can make somethnig with a little flash for exemple?......
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no, nothing can change that, it's on a very low level.
mastertiti2000 said:
I've changed for Pandoriam ROM and it's the same "problem". I've not see you was talking about the home button, it's the power button i'm talking about. Son anyone can make somethnig with a little flash for exemple?......
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Uuuups.... Power Button its a different story...
Glebun said:
no, nothing can change that, it's on a very low level.
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Sorry for Home Button.. You're right, can't change it...
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[Q] power button has to be pressed very far in

The power button isen't working anymore. I have to use my fingernail to press the very right edge soooo far in the phone just to get it to work. Has anyone tried to repair it yourself? Or is it not worth it? The res of the phone is still in great working condition, screen is still new, plastic shows signs of wear around the edges and corners. Its a heck of a phone!
Repair or sell used for parts?
If you are on a Cyanogenmod Rom, there is an option to turn on the screen using the volume rocker keys, which might help you. If you are on another ROM, than I'm not sure what else I can suggest. Good luck.
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lolcakes203 said:
If you are on a Cyanogenmod Rom, there is an option to turn on the screen using the volume rocker keys, which might help you. If you are on another ROM, than I'm not sure what else I can suggest. Good luck.
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Thanks, that might do the trick.
lgnationrc said:
Thanks, that might do the trick.
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Mine is failing also,which part do i have to order(searched everywhere,can't find the right part) ?
Physical button is ok but the switch has to be pressed harder,and with angle? Tnx for advice
I would like 2 order it and self replace it
Guys my power button is failing hard and i love this PHONE and COMMUNITY,can some expert tell me is this a part i need 2 order for repalcement of faulty power button?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Earpiece-He...x-Cable-LG-P990-Optimus-2X-Star-/281073749703
Thank you in advance friends

Hardware Issue?

Hello guy im facing a trouble!
My Galaxy Mini S5570 is having issues with 2 buttons:
- 1st is: The Power On/Off is not working, the phone turn on itself alone (when removed the battery).
- 2nd is: The Volume Up is very sensible like touch screen, you need to be careful when you use the phone because if u don't u accidently touch (not press) the Volume key then the volume up alone.
And another trouble (result of button issue) is:
When my phone power up (itself) sometimes this screen appears
(see attachment)
Maybe fixing the buttons this error disappear?
And what i have to do!? Please help guys i'm getting crazy with this phone
EDIT: i already flashed another stock rom, downgraded to 2.3.4, used custom rom and nothing, is really hardware problem.
Thanks guys!
up
xferpa said:
up
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Only solution is get it repaired from samsung customer support
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arpitkh96 said:
Only solution is get it repaired from samsung customer support
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can't i do it by myself?
i will buy another housing+touch screen (incluiding buttons+keypads) and change it, maybe this solve the problem, right?
xferpa said:
can't i do it by myself?
i will buy another housing+touch screen (incluiding buttons+keypads) and change it, maybe this solve the problem, right?
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If u are confident that u can do it then u should do it
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guys it didnt work, no one have a solution?

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