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Wednesday 15 May 2013

htc sensation power button / sleep button problem fix.



Word of warning:  you are trying at your own risk; you can’t hold me responsible for any damages done by your actions.

Hi guys

Today i am going to tell you solution of weird power button problem and its solution

Problem description:
one fine morning i went out and when i came back my phone wasn’t responsive of the power button sleep wake action, i pulled the battery out and when i put it back in it started by itself, when the phone was on home screen it wasn’t able to put the phone on sleep by power button.
Other symptoms of this problem are, phone taking screenshots by itself when user is pressing haptic back / home key

it got me frustrated as power button seemed fine but the problem persisted.

Solutions that didn’t worked:
NOW YOU SHOULD FIRST TRY THESE then move on (if these doesn’t work then move to solution )
i searched bunch of forums and got no specific reply.
i have used an old credit card to support the battery back, but apparently that solution was meant to work on unintentional restarts not the screenshots and phone being weird
Formatted the phone, formatted the data, sd card, cache, dalvik cache and everything but the problem was their

So now coming to solution


  • Remove the cover and battery
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  • Take a q-tip (ear cleaner) and some volatile solution (in my case i used nail polish remover-as alcohol wasn’t  available :D )
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  • Screen facing towards you, just by the side of front facing camera there will be plastic covering the power button.
  • Use some needle to move the marked area towards you ( careful as you may break the plastic, in that case don’t hold me responsible )
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  • by moving the plastic, the one portion should come out while exposing the power button.
  • Dip q-tip in cleaner and clean the power button and inside of the plastic (apparently there must be some dirt or moisture which is causing the screenshots and abnormality
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  • After thorough cleaning put the other part of plastic back in by following same above procedure but in reverse.
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VoilĂ  your phone should work properly

ATTENTION: you are trying at your own risk, you can’t hold me responsible for any damages done by your actions.