bad power button
 

ok,, has anyone have there power button stop working?? ( on top of a htc touch )??? i phone went voodoo crazy one day and from then the top button dosent do crap.. And no after my phone goes into sleep, i have to take the bat. out to rebot and get back on..
This morning i tryed to hard rebot and go to stock.. and still nothing..

if anyone has some magic dust i can put on it and make it work again, please let me know.. or time to warrenty the phone...
:disgust::disgust:

Re: bad power button
 

the button located at the top is a pretty easy fix if you crack it open yourself but I don't know if thats the best road for you too take, I'd take that sucker back...or upgrade like your thread asked...

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lol.. i hit it with a backside of a spoon and its all good now.... :)

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That trick works on just about anything, even misbehaving children.

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For future reference, under Start/settings/lock there is an option to lock or unlock all hardware keys when your device is on standby. Unlocking them will let your green/red buttons wake your device up. Got a Touch with a bad power button myself.

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just had to replace my touch after having the same issue. except for some reason i lived with it that way for a few months!

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My touch cought the power button bug too, however, it was more related to the drop out of my pocket onto the floor though. :(
Tell me more about the repair...

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Actually I had a problem when my phone fell out of my pocket too. My power button wasn't broke though it was just REALLY hard to push (had no play).

I unwedged the top of the case and the button fell back into place so it moves freely again. I think the case has a slot in it that holds the power button. If it falls into that slot it has no play.

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mine presses all the way in, just doesn't do anything, doesn't come out as far as original and has no positive click when pushing on it.


I'm a firm beleiver in not paying $8/month in insurace on a phone that's out of date the moment you get it... so it's my own fault I have to live with out the power button.

Ah well, my contract is up in 6 months, maybe I'll just wait untill then to upgrade!

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Is it still within the one year warranty from HTC? perhaps you could just call them and ask them to have a look at it. I've heard HTC was pretty cool about actively supporting their devices.