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Gary
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6th Nov 13 at 13:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If i squash my phone in my pocket while working and the power button is pushed down for a few seconds the bastard thing will restart.

Anyway of stopping the power button doing this?
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6th Nov 13 at 13:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Should of got an iPhone/Nexus/something else etc.
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Should have bought a HTC tbh
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Have you're got a bumper type case on it? Some cheaper ones seem to encourage accidental pushing of the buttons.

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No case on it
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Is the restart thing a feature or a fault? Sounds a bit broken, which would make it a warranty issue.

How much do they sell for second hand? Might not be too expensive to upgrade to the Nexus 5.
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6th Nov 13 at 14:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My phone is fooked. Not worth much
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Get one of the moulded plastic wafer thin cases, wont add much to the dimensions of the phone but the power button will sit resessed
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6th Nov 13 at 14:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Was hoping not to have to get a case tbh
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I bet there's a tweak to disable the power button, probably require rooting though.
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6th Nov 13 at 14:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Meh, i'll just claim on insurance to fix the screen and buy a HTC
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Have a look at lockscreen protector, which will allow you to set a custom power menu when the phone is locked.

Alternatively alter the key mappings - here, here. This requires root.


Edit - GEEK DAY

[Edited on 06-11-2013 by Dom]
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Thought I had done tbh
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Have a look at lockscreen protector, which will allow you to set a custom power menu when the phone is locked.


Thought that had worked for a second there
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Have a look at lockscreen protector, which will allow you to set a custom power menu when the phone is locked.


Thought that had worked for a second there


Install, enable custom power menu, remove power and restart.....does it not work?

Edit - Scrap that, just tried it....you shouldn't need root.

[Edited on 06-11-2013 by Dom]
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No power menu shows but keep holding the power button and it'll restart after about 5/6 seconds
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quote:
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No power menu shows but keep holding the power button and it'll restart after about 5/6 seconds


Can't say i've seen that happen on an Android device; i assumed the power menu was displaying and you were somehow pressing it (thinking about it, that shouldn't be impossible ).

Disabling the power key mapping is about the only thing i can suggest. Might be worth looking on XDA.

[Edited on 06-11-2013 by Dom]
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6th Nov 13 at 16:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probably but i cant really be bothered

Anyone else got an S4 that fancies trying this?

Locked screen, press and hold power and restarts after about 7 seconds
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I got HTC one instead of this, great phone but as usual getting bored with it by now, is it the HTC one your after ?
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Reckon so aye
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how bad of condition is your phone ?
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Am more concerned about you 'working' . Feeling ok?
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Good one Samsung.

http://www.dailydot.com/business/samsung-fire-hazard-coverup/

[Edited on 10-12-2013 by A2H GO]
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quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
Good one Samsung.

http://www.dailydot.com/business/samsung-fire-hazard-coverup/

[Edited on 10-12-2013 by A2H GO]


"and Samsung, go fuck yourself"

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10th Dec 13 at 08:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I can't believe you topped a thread over a month old just to have a dig about Samsung. Not sure what's worse, Samsungs dealing of that issue or your obsession with Apple over Samsung

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