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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] xpmode:
I sent the phone to 2 repair shops, and they refused to repair because of the bootloader(we pay them???) and said it's software, because there's no way to tell if the button is faulty without opening the phone.

What I did was to remove back cover, get a pen with a small point(0,4 or 0,5), locate the pen's point in between the power button, lean the point outside the device and punch the back of the pen with everything I got. Obviously, the button popped off, creating an obvious hardware faulty.

And I was right. I sent it to another(3rd) repair shop and they said hardware, and it was fixed next day. Well, it's a temporary fix, at first day it never double pressed, the second day only one, after a week more frequently but it was far, far better than what it was before repair.

What's the permanent fix? Buy a new device, preferably not HTC.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] zgintasz:
It started happening for me too, but it's only sometimes! For example, I try to wake up the device, press power button - double press, sometimes even 2 times in a row. Then I wait for about 3-6 seconds and I wake it up successfuly. I haven't noticed it often, when I press power button to move the device to sleep mode. It's not very very annoying, but sad... Isn't it rom fault? I'm on cm9 build #8...
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ranjitkhera:
Me 2 this prblm started after installing cm10 beta 1.:mad:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] bluerain28:
No problem for me using CM10 Beta1.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] DanceOff:
Well its your imagination or a faulty phone, nobody has this problem, moat probably you all have a faulty piece and you these type of faulty pieces are supposed to be replaced within 48 HRS of purchase.

Somewhat similar happened to my other phone micromax a110, its power button when pressed once didn't came out without a jerk, so I got it replaced that minute !
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] nukeblitz:
Just because you don't, it doesn't mean no one does.

And I haven't had this problem for the first few months of using the phone - it started happening a few months in. And by this time, the warranty is gone as I have unlocked the boot loader.

Actually, I'm beginning to have issues with a sticky power up button now...

EDIT: I'm ditching CM10 for the moment and going to RUU stock - hopefully I can get things fixed soon
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
yes it is a bug/kernel fault in cm9/10 builds.........rarely happens but need to press power button 3 times for it wake, i did tell Lirokoa about it a while ago....

EDIT I`ve never experienced it with stock sense at all, nor have i (that i can remember with cm7) both of which use the standard basically untouched htc kernel source, unlike cm9/10 which has been modified quite abit.......seems coincidental but who knows
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] zgintasz:
Thanks, you really calmed down me. But I haven't got this problem after installing cm9 for about 2 months, why? I think it shouldn't be rom problem, it happens even in recovery. Is aosp infected by this problem too :D?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
I too have this problem. On CM9, CM10 and even in CWM Recovery. For example, sometimes when I select "Advanced" in recovery with a single press, the device reboots into recovery because "Reboot Recovery" is the first option in Advanced menu. This is a clear evidence of a second press that was not made and it doesn't seem to be a bug/kernel fault.

But isn't it possible for a developer to fix this by tweaking the ROM or kernel programmatically such that it ignores the second (false) press if the delay between two presses is less than 1 second???
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] zgintasz:
For a single press it should be possible to fix, but for holding the button - no. I tryed to find more info about it on google, but there is no info.

By the way, glad I'm not alone alone.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] muteey:
Power Button Problem

Hi all,

I started facing the same problem when i shifted to CM 9.1. I'v e been using this phone and never faced the problem on Stock and NextGen v1.3 and v 1.5. However, when i installed CM9.1 build#8 and #9 this problem appeared. At times power button was required to be pressed three times to unlock the screen. I changed the build but no change.

Finally i turned the "Screen Off Animation"to OFF from the Display settings menu and the problem disappeared. For the last two days the problem has not appeared again. Hope this will prove to be helpful for some of you out there facing this problem. As far as my hardware knowledge is concerned, this does not appear to be a hardware issue but again that's my opinion.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
My problem had disappeared for the last two days but appeared again immediately after disabling CRT animation! I quickly enabled it once again. :D

This is a really mysterious problem.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] thippesh:
For me also Same problem,

I think after rooting we getting this type problem?

I have rooted 3 Pico's, 3 also same Power button problem
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] zgintasz:
If it's hardware fault, then software has nothing with it. Looks like it's our device defect.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] veverone:
disabling animation is not a fix

I have the same problem.

Thank you very much for starting this thread. I thought I was alone as well (or maybe 2-3 people reporting this).

Oh and... disabling the animation doesn't do anything... the "bug" (seems to be a hardware failure) is still there...

Also, I've attached some logs with the ON OFF issue, from my CM9.1 build#9 system (build#10 is also affected, but it has some other bugs... like apps DYING... so I'm not using that)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Anath_Akhan:
I`ve sent it to be repaired

Hi everyone,

I`ve sent mine today to HTC service with power button problem. I`ll return with a feedback when I receive it, if it will be solved.

In my country the same service is for Sony and one of my coleagues had his Neo repaired under warranty twice, even if it was rooted(he relocked it before). I hope that will be in my case too.

Anyhow Pico`s bootloader shows relocked instead of locked...I`m curious.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] droidton:
power button flicks the screen!!!

my explorer flicks when I press power button to see the lock screen. It was on my stock rom. now I'm in cm9 but still the problem is same:( so whenever I have to use power button in cwm, I feel risky because the button sometimes pressed twice for my single click :confused:any idea?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] veverone:
It seems that HTC Desire C (which is a kind of successor for HTC Explorer/Pico) is affected by this (1 month old phone with un-touched stock rom)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sumant96:
I have the exact same problem as mentioned in the start. My phone bootloader is'nt unlocked so service it is. :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Red Devil:
Anyway the hardware is crappy.. 9 months since i bought the pico. my volume up has stopped working.. Somehow with vol down and power managed to install twrp.. now no issues... :fingerscrossed:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sweetman777:
bhai muje bhi ye problem hai

jab me power ka button dabata hu to ek bar dabata hu lekin wo do bar dabaya ho is tarah hota hai

jese ki mene power button dabaya ab phone lock ho jayega or light off ho jayegi

lekin mere me wapis light on jati hai

jese ke mene do bar button dabaya ho

plz koi solution do
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] nukeblitz:
There's not much you can do by yourself except maybe look through the workarounds i posted in the OP...

If you haven't unlocked your bootloader, get it serviced under warranty.

If you have, your warranty is void. See if you can pay to get it fixed by HTC. Read through the thread though - one member has had HTC refusing to fix it as his boot loader was unlocked. They were convinced that it was a software problem caused by unlocking the boot loader :P He worked around that by popping of his power button to convince the HTC folks that it really was a hardware problem...

Also, please use english - i'm not trying to make things difficult and i understand what you are saying but this is an international forum and makes it difficult for everyone else. Also, it's against the forum rules and the mods are strict...
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Hpsgill:
Its not a hardware problem its cm9 bug

Try to clean install of cm9
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vaib:
Me too having the same prob...is htc making mobiles with fixed number of button presses.

It seems to be a hardware prob although it started happening all of a sudden in my phone.

I did a clean install of cm9 and cm10 too. I dont have any other rom...if anyone has some other rom than cm please try it.

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Htc has a damn bad service in india.

Crap hardware
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] charles.kingslee:
Hey folks,

ME too having the same issue with my htc explorer, but every thing is custom and nothing is unlocked 'cos i'm afraid of voiding the warranty. any suggestions to solve this issue is highly appreciated. And 1 more thing there is no service center in my city to claim warranty. so please help :rolleyes:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] thepharmaman:
is there away to add option to have the volume buttons wake the device in htc sense by a flashable zip
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vaib:
If you have not unlocked then you havent tasted real android buddy. :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] charles.kingslee:
I know that buddy, but do you have any suggestions to overcome this issue.... every time i contact htc they suggest me to do a hard reset..... i'm tired of it...... works fine a day after hard reset and goes bad again..... :o
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vaib:
Actually i am tired of htc.

Crap
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] vimjam:
brought this phone today , having no power button problems whatsoever
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Sachin Thomas:
Don't worry man :p

It will start happening very soon :D
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ze0:
lol you r gonna scare him on his first day :p

besides i too dont have that problem
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] zgintasz:
Strange, but this problem gone and I don't get double power button press about 1 month!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Xzan23:
i still got it. butvthat probably coz im using cm9
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] aayush.leomessi:
how to flash a rom if power key isnt working ?

okay so my power key has stopped working and i m on jaggyrom 3.2 lite...

and the worst part my phone's trapped in a boot loop !!! please help ppl !!

need someone to suggest a solution urgently.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sachinrpatel:
Problem

Is it on all mobile phones??
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] andromaniac123:
I'm totally pissed off by this problem now, someone said its because of cm but I have it on stock also
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] energymix:
I have this problem
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] zxcvbad:
That's probably back panel, try to remove it and press power button with finger, you'll see it will work normally. Probably bad quality plastic
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] DanceOff:
Problem started on my phone also I don't know why:(

Even if I removed the back panel the problem exists!

Theproblem is the phone recognizes a single press as double! I am sending my phone for repair ptobably power button is damaged internally!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Neap Tide:
I was also facing this power button problem but not any more. It got resolved automatically and didn't need to take it to service centre. I guess, issue is related to power button only and not software of phone. :rolleyes:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] zgintasz:
Same for me, I'm not facing this problem anymore very long time.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] BleedingIris:
Go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38633404

Regular general forum checkers: :pReally sorry :p

Good bye
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] uberJok3r:
yup same for me.

Worst part was in Recovery while flashing a ROM...the bloody power button rebooted the recovery twice while I was only trying to go to the 'advanced' menu.

Am updating my recovery to a touch based one now
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
Same here...but rarely.

I sometimes have the same problem, but very rarely. I just have to press the power button once again to get the lock screen right.

Using CM 10 Beta#6.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] isahak:
I have the same problem for last 3 months. It's not a software problem when I went to service centre they told me that it is due to damage of a physical part below power button.And they said that it is damaged because of my large use of power button.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] G_HACK:
Hey Guys I Have A Perm. Solution For Power Button Problem.. But it requires to disassemble pico.

You Guys Want it ?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] hanzo86:
yah.. i also have the same prblm
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] shricco:
Hi,

I am facing the same problem. Could you please post your solution if you really have found a perm. Solution?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] SMOKERBUNNY:
i have exactly the same problen ago 6 months... yes all come in installing cm 9...i tryed putting stock other cms and nothing, anyone has solve? plz we need help really, and for i can read we arent only 2 person with this problem we are more! we need one developer to find the problem.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] abhi_qwerty:
Power Button fix is available

galaxyfreak have fixed the issue by some kernel level modification which rejects the irregular registration of power button presses. These fixes are now available in most CM11 ROMs.

FYI mine power button is damaged for almost an year, and I was using S2W before I got to know about this fix. Now everything is working great and it doesn't feel that the button is broken ;)

And try to use a touch recovery for being away from any unwanted scenario.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] SMOKERBUNNY:
finally i flash twrp 2.7.0.0 boot.img to resize table partition, i flash cm 11 and... its solved! thanks so much
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] arun.d:
kernel for 2.3.5 roms

I have this problem for the past three months. I had managed it by using S2W kernel when I was in stock based ICS rom. But a month before, I returned to gingerbread and it is very much annoying to wake up or reboot the phone. Is any S2W kernel available for jaggyrom 4.1? Plz help.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] abhi_qwerty:
No, the features such as S2W arrived after the development of Gingerbread was abandoned, and FYI, various features such as fastcharge and S2W(not sure about this) which are now available may or may not be supported on Kernel 2.6 .

So don't expect anyone to develop something for GB, instead try to be updated to latest CM11 (which have some bugs), or else try "HTC Sense 4.0a build final 14" it's stable, S2W, and have good battery backup too.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] arun.d:
I was using HTC Sense 4.0a rom from build# 8 onwards and I accept that final build is stable and has many features with good battery backup.:good: But still I beleive that Pico is at its best in GB only, because of its low internal memory. Android 4+ roms run in pico using SD card as internal memory which makes the phone slow at times. I gave the phone to my wife hence I returned to GB. Is there any possible way to use volume key to wake up the phone in GB based roms? Thanks for your help.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] abhi_qwerty:
Yes, stability and performance are great on Stock, but if you can sacrifice stability by as little as 0.01% then CM9 can be installed *all on NAND* and it's on you to decide whether you want to use int2ext or not
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] arun.d:
thanks for the suggestion. Will try it.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] raulshma:
My First Thread :victory:...

Guyz first of all this is not created by me but i have resized it so that it fits our explorer....:highfive:

Screenshots;)

Video:)

Video Quality is not so good but you will see the animation clearly...

[YOUTUBE]VuypEX3O2IA[/YOUTUBE]

Download It Here:cool:

or From Attachement

How to Install: Just Flash The File With Recovery i.e Put the download Boot animation file in Sd Card>>Reboot into Recovery>>Select Install Zip from Sd Card>>Select The Downloaded File and Enjoy

:good::good:Hit Thanks If you like it...:good::good:

Official Thread Here​
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] SV_XDA:
Its already resized in cm10 i guess!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Gladiator00:
Yup..
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Gaurav619:
Thanks Mate.. +1 :p :D
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Red Devil:
Woops. +1
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] K55V:
Hey guys, just wanted to know what the advantages of CM10 mod are over stock android gingerbread on the htc explorer. Thanks. :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] CroNoob:
you have resize it?

to get cm10 bootanim only thing you need is to download cm10 ROM for explorer and open (with winrar) and extract bootanim.zip

don't understand this post
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] senpot:
animation without "cyanogen"

I'd really love it if there was one. :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ->DronZer<-:
Isn't it in cm10? This bootanimation?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] CroNoob:
here try this one ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2065390

hit thanks button if i helped ;)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] uhmhello1807:
yup,and thank,i'm testing:good:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Mindripper72:
I'm in NW Indiana and the past week has been horrible....3g has been slower than normal and almost non existent. Anyone else in the area or is it just my phone?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
I've had unusable phone service for 7 months. I'm now leaving Sprint this week. They have told me the towers are being upgraded for seven months. Now they say they're finished, and the service is no better. It's a joke how horrific it is. We fought them and are getting almost $500 in credits now for the terrible half-year we've had. That'll just about cover my early termination fee, haha. Good luck to you.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PhxkinMassacre:
im in a southwestern suburb of chicago and its been hell for 3 months now. dropped calls, missed texts, and even better is people don't get the pictures i send them. they just disappear... idk ive gotten the past 2 months free so i guess i can deal even tho they told me the 3 towers in my town getting upgraded would be done last month on the 7th... it amazes me how towns that were scheduled for completion a whole month after the ones in my town have been done for weeks and im still getting the shaft...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EdhyMonker:
All of Chicago is nearly unusable. It won't get any better until early 2013 is my guess. I can't hold a call at all, and data is so slow I can't even stream Pandora. You're not alone. Sure, a few towers here and there have LTE but by and large the whole market is awful.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iamkoza:
it was bad by me SW burbs... for about 2 months... then they finished the NV upgrades in my area and I've noticed much faster 3G speeds... my wife's family in the west burbs are going through what we went through now... sounds like you are too... stick it out if you can... call sprint to try and get a credit... and soon enough hopefully we will be able to enjoy LTE... the few times I happened to be near a tower that was on the speeds were amazing and it gives me hope for sprint
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] carlos64030:
Ok, I knew something strange was going on. I'm from NY, but I'm in the Chicago area quite often. I was driving across I-90 yesterday and when I got to Gary, IN, my phone kept bouncing back and forth from 3G to 1X. I knew something was wrong because I've driven through there many times in the past and would always get 4G LTE service. It was pretty much the same horrible service as I passed through Chicago... my phone even went into Roaming mode twice. I'm in La Grange, IL now and the service is pretty poor here too. I did receive full strength 4G LTE service while I was in Yorksville, IL last night and this morning, but my phone wouldn't hold the signal. I would be completely stationary and then the signal would disappear and go back to 3G. It was like Sprint was turning it on and off or something.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Shadow53007:
Really bad where I'm at. NW Chicago. But its especially bad at home. I can't receive calls at all when I'm home. Sometimes receive txts late
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] VECTUS:
The reception of this thread is not good in general... gonna put it in Q and A where it should have been and it may get better reception...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] slimpyman:
dude i work at sprints largest 3rd party retailer. for the past 7 months, maybe since march, They tell us to tell you guys that there is maintenance on the towers. we have 10-20 new people come in a day asking why their phone sucks. As we speak, my phone has no data connection :)

I live in arlington heights, but my sister is in aurora. she complains as well... This is garbage
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cazman420:
I can't even call people on sprint. Just says call can't be completed. But can call other cell phone users. Brought phone in and was told b.s. so close to buying out and going to a usable network.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] PsiPhiDan:
I did that recently and am so happy I did. Worth the money. Verizon has the new shared data plans, so it only costs me about $8 more per month. Completely worth it. Reliable phone signal everywhere I go, and blazing fast Internet everywhere too. I flip off Sprint every time I drive past one of their stores. They are liars and morons with terrible service right now in Chicago (has been since March).
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jkdkaliman:
I'm in Joliet and have called sprint more times in the last 7 months than I have in the previous ten years. For 6 and a half months it was "we are working on the towers, bear with us and you will be amazed at the new service and glad you stuck it out"

Well Joliet is officially "up and running' I have three towers within a two mile radius of my house, the closest being .07 tenths of a mile a way. Guess who still dont have reliable 4G?! Last night it was on but I had 256kbps down and 2.5m up. Today I called them while I was literally sitting underneath the tower. I had no 4G on my LTE phone and my wifes evo was in 3G gettting a blazing fast 561ms ping, 19kbps down and 29kbps up!

CRAP!

Nothing has changed. the service still sucks, srint still gives me a different answer ecverytime I call. Meanwhile I can't stream Pandora, Tune in Radio or watch a you tube video even at the lowest of settings. If Verizon had an unlimited data plan...I would be gone....what to do?!??!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sam789:
First, excuse me for this question but it makes me mad.

So, how configure the lockscreen to see the weather on it ? I can't find this option or info on the net but i'm sure it's really easy.

Thanks for your reply
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] xpmode:
Lockscreen options > Weather.

At least in CyanogenMod.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Swaps100050:
What about GB based roms?? any workarounds there??

Thnx btw

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Press thanks if i helped :angel:

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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
Not at this time!

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why don't you use ics or jb
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] gimche:
WidgetLocker

You can always give WidgetLocker a try, though I found that it slowed my phone a bit and reduced battery life.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] noobacake:
Hi, as far as I can see there are no one that have mentioned Frydaze cases yet! (shoot me if i'm wrong)

Well, i bought mine from Frydaze.com (XDA wouldent alow me to post direct link) two months ago and i'm really happy with it!

You can easily choose your own picture, or choose one of the already finished cases. I customized my own, and was really happy with the result. It is made out of hard plastic, and you still reach all of your buttons without any trouble. Only downside as far as i see, is that your picture will get scratches, but that comes with normal day use I guess.

I have added some pictures as attachments, ass you can see there are some marks here and there, but I have been using it for two months!

(sorry I am a noob, also English is not my native language so don't kill me over some grammar mistakes :) )
[Galaxy S III Accessories] musikalharmony:
Nice how much do they run for?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] noobacake:
39,95 USD Shipping included. Took me about 14 days to get it in the mail :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kola2121:
How to set my display to lower my

Battery to drain slower???

...like u see I always on between 56-65 %

.my brightness is set lowest