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.
Damn Captivate
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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...
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.
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.
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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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://xdaforums.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.
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 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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I think I found an answer to my power button problem here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20910029
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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20910029
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Here is what I want to do. I want to completely disable my power button and use my volume down as a dedicated power button. I see everywhere about button remapper but I can't get it to work on ics. Anybody know how to manually do it. Or know of an app?
Believe me I have searched and tried just messing with it to figure it out no luck.
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Believe me I have searched and tried just messing with it to figure it out no luck.
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I did the following, but I don't remember if on ICS at the time or not :/
I use a jig for 1sec to power on if completely turned off.
---------------------------------------------------------------
baksmali.jar and smali.jar
http://code.google.com/p/smali/downloads/list
1. Use adb to pull out /system/framework/android.policy.jar
2. Type the following command
java -jar baksmali.jar -x android.policy.jar -o android.policy
==================================================================
volume wake (doesn't unlock)
find section:
private isWakeKeyWhenKeyguardShowing(I)Z
delete lines:
0x18
0x19
==================================================================
6. Use the following command to compile the changes back
java -jar smali.jar android.policy -o classes.dex
7. Copy the newly made file classes.dex into android.policy.jar
open with 7zip (do not extract); drag new file into archive and close.
8. Push the file (android.policy.jar) to /sdcard
9. On your phone, do:
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cd /sdcard
# cp android.policy.jar /system/framework/android.policy.jar
# sync
I use a jig for 1sec to power on if completely turned off.
---------------------------------------------------------------
baksmali.jar and smali.jar
http://code.google.com/p/smali/downloads/list
1. Use adb to pull out /system/framework/android.policy.jar
2. Type the following command
java -jar baksmali.jar -x android.policy.jar -o android.policy
==================================================================
volume wake (doesn't unlock)
find section:
private isWakeKeyWhenKeyguardShowing(I)Z
delete lines:
0x18
0x19
==================================================================
6. Use the following command to compile the changes back
java -jar smali.jar android.policy -o classes.dex
7. Copy the newly made file classes.dex into android.policy.jar
open with 7zip (do not extract); drag new file into archive and close.
8. Push the file (android.policy.jar) to /sdcard
9. On your phone, do:
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cd /sdcard
# cp android.policy.jar /system/framework/android.policy.jar
# sync
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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.1I did the following, but I don't remember if on ICS at the time or not :/
I use a jig for 1sec to power on if completely turned off.
---------------------------------------------------------------
baksmali.jar and smali.jar
http://code.google.com/p/smali/downloads/list
1. Use adb to pull out /system/framework/android.policy.jar
2. Type the following command
java -jar baksmali.jar -x android.policy.jar -o android.policy
==================================================================
volume wake (doesn't unlock)
find section:
private isWakeKeyWhenKeyguardShowing(I)Z
delete lines:
0x18
0x19
==================================================================
6. Use the following command to compile the changes back
java -jar smali.jar android.policy -o classes.dex
7. Copy the newly made file classes.dex into android.policy.jar
open with 7zip (do not extract); drag new file into archive and close.
8. Push the file (android.policy.jar) to /sdcard
9. On your phone, do:
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cd /sdcard
# cp android.policy.jar /system/framework/android.policy.jar
# sync
