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Android phone power/lock button broken?

My HTC sensation phone power button is not working at all. Because of this, my phone has to stay in wake mode which drains the battery. And if I need to take the battery out, my phone won't be able to turn back on. Are there any apps that will make it so I can wake my phone using the home buttons or volume buttons until I can get a new phone? Help please!!!

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  • 9 years ago
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    Try going to the settings and seeing if there is anything there that might allow you to change the keys.

    Also, this is a website dedicated to android phone troubleshooting. Post your problem in the forums the same as you did here.

    http://www.droidforums.net/

    Source(s): Motorola Droid 2 Owner
  • 4 years ago

    Android Lock Button

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    4 years ago

    I truly have a Captivate glide (AT&T) and function had mine extremely lots because launch in November of 2011. My wager, having had comparable button and "clunky" overall performance themes specifically situations, is that it's time to do a tricky reset on your telephone. you will discover it below "settings" and "privateness," then "production facility records reset." This answer is fairly a bummer because of the fact it is going to in certainty reason you to could circulate with the aid of day-one setup of you telephone another time. All telephones get "clunky" over the years, enormously Android telephones because of the fact of how reminiscence is partitioned. Your telephone's reminiscence will say 8gb onboad and as much as 32gb expandable via potential of microsd. that's authentic different than that what maximum folk do no longer understand is that each and all and sundry Android telephones, except rooted and re-partitioned (which few of the masses of thousands obtainable are), say "USB" interior the reminiscence administration besides the undeniable fact that it would be a partitioned component to the telephone's 8gb inner storage that facilitates decrease than as much as a paltry 3.75gb of consumer-defined "usb" (truly onboard telephone) storage. As this fills up, the overall performance of the telephone is going south -- way south. There are additionally different themes that are intangibles that would do with how wonky telephones get as quickly as you surf, deploy, uninstall, over-deploy etc a lot of apps with a lot of permissions, coding etc. some apps are fairly sparkling and others are reminiscence and coding pigs. that's difficult to appreciate what's what the longer you employ your gadget. So initiate over. returned up all you important records first as much as attainable. verify to be sure how lots can truly be backed as much as the "exterior sd" component to the telephone that's truly your expandable microsd card and not the so-observed as usb storage. something on the usb storage would be misplaced in a reset. It won't take long to get your contacts returned (presented you have backed them as much as google or another cloud-based storage) and all if no longer maximum of your apps will come back via potential of google Play, Amazon App shop, and so forth.. that's a soreness, yet truly nicely worth it. Your telephone will run like a gem returned, whether that's a Captivate glide or a Galaxy S II or despite. good luck!

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