What to do when lock button is not working?

What to do when lock button is not working?

Reboot your phone Try long pressing your phone’s power button for thirty seconds and see if it can reboot. Rebooting would help if the reason why the power button is not responding is because of any software or application glitch. When you reboot the device, it would help restart all the apps.

How do you turn on a Samsung Galaxy S4?

Samsung Galaxy S4

1. To turn the phone on, press and hold the Power/Lock key.
2. To turn the phone off, press and hold the Power/Lock key.
3. Tap Power Off.
4. Tap OK.

Why is my power button and volume button not working?

Try rebooting your phone by long pressing your power button for about thirty seconds till a menu comes, then click on restart or switch your phone off and on again. Rebooting your phone helps restart all background services and the software of your phone. This would help in the case if there was a software crash.

How do I unlock my Android without the lock button?

To lock your phone without a power button, try double-tapping your screen. Many modern Android devices have a double-tap to unlock and lock feature available.

How do I fix the mushy button on my phone?

I’d use a Q-tip, soaked in alcohol. Push the button in and bathe the whole area, letting the alcohol run under the button. Or, if you can, hold the button down, then swish the phone in a plastic tub of alcohol so the button area is submerged. then do the same with the other button.

How do I disable the lock button on my Android?

Steps to disable physical keys or hardware buttons on Android devices:

1. Access SureLock Settings by tapping on SureLock Home Screen 5 times and using the secret passcode.
2. Tap SureLock Settings.
3. Next, click Disable Hardware Keys.
4. On the Disable Hardware Keys prompt, select the desired keys and click on OK.

Can you restart my phone without power button?

Pressing down both volume buttons on your device for a long period can often bring up a boot menu. From there you can choose to restart your device. Your phone may use a combination of holding the volume buttons while also holding the home button, so be sure to try this as well.

Why is my Samsung Galaxy S4 stuck in safe mode?

It could be an app that’s causing your issues. Try holding down the Power button and choose Power off, then hold it down to turn the phone back on. When you see the Galaxy S4 logo let go of the Power button and hold the volume down key and it should boot into Safe mode.

What to do if your Samsung Galaxy S4 won’t connect to Wi-Fi?

Contact your retailer, carrier, or Samsung to report the problem and see if you can get a replacement. A lot of people run into issues with their smartphones and routers. Quite a few S4 owners have reported their Wi-Fi connection dropping frequently, and a few are unable to connect at all.

Why is my sim card not working on my Samsung Galaxy S4?

You might find that you don’t have service, or you might get a message saying “SIM card removed. The mobile network will be unavailable until you restart with a valid SIM card.” Turn the S4 off and remove the SIM card. Make sure that it’s clean and try putting it back in. If you have another SIM card that you can test, try that.

Does the Galaxy S4 have random rebooting problem?

Updated on 1-28-2014 by Simon Hill: Added random rebooting problem, camera and gallery app problems, and SIM card not inserted error. An alarming number of Galaxy S4 owners have complained about a random rebooting problem.