HELP!!! My MDA3's Power Button is COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE!!!!

[GhettoMAX]

Hi,

My MDA3's power button (on/off) stopped working!! Pressing the button does NOTHING!!! I had locked all keys except the power button, since the power button stopped working, the ONLY way i could turn device on was resetting it!!!!

I have tried upgrading ROM etc, but the power button still wont work!

Can anyone please help me with this?

[cruisin-thru]

How did you enter bootloader to flash the rom, is the power button not needed on the mda3 to enter bootloader.?

[GhettoMAX]

interestingly enough i was able to reset the device by just using the reset pinhole, even the hard reset they say by using recorder+power+reset i was able to do with out the power.

[irblinx]

It sounds like you have a hardware problem rather than software, I'd send it back & get it swapped before the warranty runs out if I were you.

We've had four units fail with dodgy buttons, you might even find that it's one the other buttons that is stuck in the pressed position thereby preventing use of the power button (try the sound recorder/camera buttons).

[GhettoMAX]

I was able to fix this problem by opening the phone, cleaning it with compressed air and putting it back together. I suspect this fixed the stuck button somehow.

[yodafreak]

I had simmilar problem. There must have been garbage in the button, as I noticed that it did not have the same 'click' feel to it when it stopped working. Luckily my phone was still under warranty, and I swapped it out (ugh)