Back, Home and Search buttons not working...

---

First of all, I have been using this phone for over 18 months without any issues it is an amazing phone, but, all of the sudden all lower buttons (back, home and search) are not working anymore. It all started a few days ago and only the Home button started to fail but worked again after a phone restart, and now even after a restart all 3 buttons does not work

So far I have tried:

1. A hard reset, lost all my data but that did not fixed the buttons.
2. Opened the phone uncovering the display and mainboard trying to see if a cable was not fully plugged in but no, then I assembled it again. This made the buttons works for almost a day but then failed again.

My phone is already out of warranty, does somebody has/had the same issues?, what can I do to resolve or should I just get a new phone???

Originally Posted by TJBoy

First of all, I have been using this phone for over 18 months without any issues it is an amazing phone, but, all of the sudden all lower buttons (back, home and search) are not working anymore. It all started a few days ago and only the Home button started to fail but worked again after a phone restart, and now even after a restart all 3 buttons does not work

So far I have tried:

1. A hard reset, lost all my data but that did not fixed the buttons.
2. Opened the phone uncovering the display and mainboard trying to see if a cable was not fully plugged in but no, then I assembled it again. This made the buttons works for almost a day but then failed again.

My phone is already out of warranty, does somebody has/had the same issues?, what can I do to resolve or should I just get a new phone???

Just let the phone rest for a day, or 3 days, then check it but dont turn it on until the days passes. Usuall this works for all phones with touch panel.

Originally Posted by stevediaz

Just let the phone rest for a day, or 3 days, then check it but dont turn it on until the days passes. Usuall this works for all phones with touch panel.

can somebody confirm that this works?? because i have the same problem but i really need the phone so i have to be sure that leaving it for three days will fix that

Same problem

---

My back, search, camera, home, & up volume is not working at all. I have to turn off and on my phone if I want to go to a different app. I have took the battery out, tried turning it off, and 100% rebooting it (and loosing everything) but nothing seems to be working.
Not sure what to do now. I really need my phone and cant afford to get a new phone. It sucks having to turn it off and on so much and it is killing the battery....

Originally Posted by KT72889

My back, search, camera, home, & up volume is not working at all. I have to turn off and on my phone if I want to go to a different app. I have took the battery out, tried turning it off, and 100% rebooting it (and loosing everything) but nothing seems to be working.
Not sure what to do now. I really need my phone and cant afford to get a new phone. It sucks having to turn it off and on so much and it is killing the battery....

try to flash a new rom, such as dyanamics rom posted here, it may repair any damage

I am also having same issue on my focus ... any suggestions!

Sent from my MB526 using xda app-developers app

Bump

Sent from my MB526 using xda app-developers app

Can't it be a hardware problem??? there are replacement parts for cheaper price in ebay