power button broken

chickmag11

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Anyone else had this problem and a solution? For a week or so, the power button would be stuck down. So pressing "home" would take a picture. Very frustrating! Now the power button has no effect at all. If the phone is on, I can't turn it off; if it's off (or sleeping), I can't turn it on. Basically a brick now. I can turn it on (wake it up) by removing and reinstalling battery. Not a solution with the 81 updating apps issue...

Anyone have an idea?

TIA

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Could be that you need to unstick the button. Happens to me occasionally. Disassembled my phone, cleaned it out, and works fine! I don't recommend trying what I did unless you know what you're doing.

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Gravity Screen app will let you activate the screen without the power button. Requires some tweaking but beats not being able to use it.

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