I experienced the same issue after getting caught in the rain during a run. A few droplets must have entered the casing, because soon my power button stopped working.
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I recently experienced the same issue after getting caught in the rain. A few droplets must have entered the casing, because soon my power button started acting up.
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At first, it would work intermittently. Sometimes I would see the phone screen flashing on and off, as if the power button was short-circuiting. Eventually it stopped working altogether.
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At first, it would work intermittently. Sometimes I would even see the phone screen flashing on and off, as if the power button was continuously short-circuiting. Eventually it stopped working altogether.
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This wasn't much of an issue because I could turn on the screen by pressing the Home button. To turn off the screen, I downloaded a widget that I placed on my home screen.
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This wasn't much of an issue because I could turn on the screen by pressing the Home button, and turn it off using a widget I downloaded and placed on my home screen.
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But like an idiot, last week I shut down the phone for whatever reason. Now I can't turn it back on.
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But like an idiot, last week I shut down the phone for whatever reason. Now I can't turn it back on... because the power button doesn't work. Stupid.
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I opened up the phone and as soon as I touched the power button (the part that actually goes click-click), it literally fell off of the ribbon. I guess it must have rusted off.
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I opened up the phone and as soon as I touched the power button (the part that actually goes click-click), it literally fell off of the ribbon. I guess the connections must have rusted through.
I have ordered a replacement part. Fingers crossed.
I experienced the same issue after getting caught in the rain during a run. A few droplets must have entered the casing, because soon my power button stopped working.
At first, it would work intermittently. Sometimes I would see the phone screen flashing on and off, as if the power button was short-circuiting. Eventually it stopped working altogether.
This wasn't much of an issue because I could turn on the screen by pressing the Home button. To turn off the screen, I downloaded a widget that I placed on my home screen.
But like an idiot, last week I shut down the phone for whatever reason. Now I can't turn it back on.
I opened up the phone and as soon as I touched the power button (the part that actually goes click-click), it literally fell off of the ribbon. I guess it must have rusted off.
I have ordered a replacement part. Fingers crossed.