Power button stuck!!! Please help!!!

[Rjp20]

The power button on the side of my 8525 is stuck in and cannot be pressed! I cannot turn my phone off. I have tried to pry it very softly but it wont budge. The phone works perfectly, just the button cannot be pressed at all...

What can I do to fix it??? I have tmobile, so would cingular help me at all if I took it to them? Should I try to take it apart? I got the phone last feburary so ive had it for a while. Should I try to contact HTC America to see what they could do???

Thanks in advance for all your help!

 

[Rjp20]

PLEASE!!! Does anyone have any suggestions?? My phone hasnt been turned off and i dont know what to do! Is there any way i could assign the power function to another button???

Please help!

 

[hanmin]

Well, the phone should shut down itself after a while (i.e. suspend), go to your Settings -> .. somewhere on the Power / Battery settings. But, before you do that, make sure you do not have your button locked. . or else you will not able to wake your unit up (since you have a dead power button).

Anyway, there is no way of mapping the power button to another button. BUT, there is a software approach. Called ShutDown, (i.e. http://myitforum.com/articles/9/view.asp?id=6766), which seems to able to give you a shutdown thing like Windows. It does cause some problem though (i.e. hanging WM6 phones, in the Start->Programs).. not sure if it will cause problem with yours. But you can always reset your phone anyway (i.e. poke the reset button).

If you are comfy of taking it apart, I think you can do it. I think there are service manual for this. Look for "mikechannon" (a mod here) for his webpage for manuals. Or harrass him by PM him Note your warranty though. Or, you can buy a cheap Cingular PAYG card (if they have it there, I'm not in US) and pretend to be their customers? Try HTC US first? You have to make your own decision.

 

[MikeChannon]

Look for "mikechannon" (a mod here) for his webpage for manuals. Or harrass him by PM him

I'm watching you Hanmin

But seriously, if your lucky it's just the outer plastic switch cover that's stuck and not the micro switch that's jammed.

The manual you'll find in my signature webpage.

Mike

 

[hanmin]

I'm watching you Hanmin

HOW? HOW? HOW? You should not know this. You freak.. you keep searching for your own name in the forum, huh? I'll probably have to l33k speak.. harass m|kech@m0n

 

[sebw36912]

This happened to me a few weeks ago, I dropped it and it landed on the leg of an office chair, on its power button.

First of all I went into settings and told it not to lock the screen and buttons so that I didnt get locked out of my phone.
I then basically, fiddled with it for a while, using various pointy implements to try to free it, but I didnt manage to. After a day or two of normal use (making sure the battery didnt run out!) the phone occasionally asked me if I was sure I wanted to turn it off, just like it does when you press the power button, so the button had come loose a bit, but only to the extent that it occasionally engaged itself. Soon after I could press it in a tiny bit and sometimes it would engage, but it was unreliable. Anyway, it got better the more I pressed it untill now it's as good as new.

My advice to you is just give it as much 'attention' as you can, and it should soon dislodge.


Sebastian

 

[Rjp20]

Well, I am still having the problem.. I havent turned off my device in over 13 days and it is killing my battery life... It doesnt even last a day anymore... Does anyone else have a solution? The thing is that the screen flickers on and off like its being pressed when its not... I dont know... I believe that that as something to do with the power decrease...

Can I try to pry it lose??? What exactly is causing it to be pressed??? Can I put in a pay as you go card and have att fix it???

Any advice would help!

thanks!

 

[Doom Tints]

You got some advice on here. Did you try to follow any of it?

 

[Rjp20]

Ive folowed everything! HTC wants $125 to repair my stuck power button. I am not completely comfortable taking it apart, but if i was given pretty decent instructions i could probably attempt it... The power button is not broken, it is just stuck... because when i pry at it, it activates itself...

help!

 

[Rjp20]

Does anyone have anything?!?!? it is still broken.. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Rjp20]

bump for any more suggestions... PLEASE!!

 

[Pontoon]

bump for any more suggestions... PLEASE!!

I've got the same problem, except my phone keeps prompting me every so often if I want to turn off. Generally its just irritating. Every so often it turns off, which is a pain.

Once I get my hands on a screwdriver which fits I'll be firing in to open it up and hopefully fix it. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Rjp20]

Any new updates??? Please help!

 

[Rjp20]

anything?!?!? Please!!! Im still having this problem!

 

[Pontoon]

anything?!?!? Please!!! Im still having this problem!

Sorry, I wimped out opening mine up when I finally found my paperwork and confirmed that I've still got my warrenty till the end of the month so took it back to Tmobile who are fixing it at the moment. I'll let you know if it gets fixed or gets the thumbs down.

 

[becomeone]

This happened to me a few weeks ago, I dropped it and it landed on the leg of an office chair, on its power button.

First of all I went into settings and told it not to lock the screen and buttons so that I didnt get locked out of my phone.
I then basically, fiddled with it for a while, using various pointy implements to try to free it, but I didnt manage to. After a day or two of normal use (making sure the battery didnt run out!) the phone occasionally asked me if I was sure I wanted to turn it off, just like it does when you press the power button, so the button had come loose a bit, but only to the extent that it occasionally engaged itself. Soon after I could press it in a tiny bit and sometimes it would engage, but it was unreliable. Anyway, it got better the more I pressed it untill now it's as good as new.

My advice to you is just give it as much 'attention' as you can, and it should soon dislodge.


Sebastian

Same here, mine got stuck in and i almost had to send it off, but if by magic it unstuck itself and now it is fine again.

 

[serocell]

pls heeeeeeellllllp!!!!my phone is not turning on and is not charging!!!!!!pls someone help me!? is a spv c600