Damn Captivate

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Well all has been fairly well with my cappy up until yesterday. Out of nowhere my freaking power button stopped working, so when I get a text message I cant unlock the phone to view it. I had to plug it into the charger or wait for an incoming call to unlock the phone which sucks. Good news is that the custom rom I have installed allowed me to use my volume keys to unlock the phone but still no power button to reboot or anything. Even with a battery pull the phone just automatically boots up when I put the battery back in but oh well. On the good side, I will have my HOX very soon, on the bad side I wont be able to sell my cappy since the power button is tripping. Hopefully it will fix itself over the next few days so I can sell it. Even more reason that I need my HOX asap.

Originally Posted by UMGixxer

Well all has been fairly well with my cappy up until yesterday. Out of nowhere my freaking power button stopped working, so when I get a text message I cant unlock the phone to view it. I had to plug it into the charger or wait for an incoming call to unlock the phone which sucks. Good news is that the custom rom I have installed allowed me to use my volume keys to unlock the phone but still no power button to reboot or anything. Even with a battery pull the phone just automatically boots up when I put the battery back in but oh well. On the good side, I will have my HOX very soon, on the bad side I wont be able to sell my cappy since the power button is tripping. Hopefully it will fix itself over the next few days so I can sell it. Even more reason that I need my HOX asap.

Funny thing, I gave my old Captivate to my mother since she never uses the GPS anyways, and last night she texted me about the same thing. She said it has been doing this for a month at least... funny two of them would start acting up at about the same time- nearing upgrade time (but not quite there yet , and shortly before the announcement for the GSIII...
I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but it is notable...

Oh I am one to believe that things tend to run out of juice on purpose. Just like cars, they tend to mess up right as the warranty expires lol

this happened to me as well, in mid january. This is why my captivate is now officially retired. Thrown at the cement as hard as I possibly could retired. The charging port also stopped working so it was useless and I felt like taking out the anger it caused rather than parting it out.

I took mine apart, and blew out the lock button with compressed air and that worked alright for a bit, until it ended up stopping working completely and I mapped the volume up rocker to wake the phone. That worked for awhile.

Happen to have a guide to open this thing up?

I actually had something similar happen to me. My power button magically stopped working back about six months ago. It was somehow still under warranty, so I sent it in for repair. They repaired it and flashed it with their latest version of Froyo and I've never been able to flash a ROM since I've gotten it back.

It's been slowing down and crashing more lately and it's been driving me crazy. I really do believe in the conspiracies.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740022

That's the teardown my brother put up. It was his captivate, and he sent it down to me after he moved to verizon.

It's also the teardown I used, lol.

I have the same issue... What I tried was to resolder the button to the board. I wish I had a heat gun though, that would definitely have made it work.

I fix these buttons every day. Contact me if you need yours fixed.

My wifes button stopped working yesterday. It's there a diy fix for this? Sounds like it is becoming a common problem.

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