Root Any way to Root without use of power button(broken)

Carsfanatic · Jul 3, 2012

My daughter physically broke the power button on her un-rooted phone and so is unable to restart/power down the phone without doing a battery pull which of course is bad.

I have tried a few button re-mappers but none seem to work without root.

Since I can't even get into odin without the power button anyone know of a way to root the phone or of some specific app to re-map the power button to something else without root?

Koumajutsu · Jul 3, 2012

Dude, you're hosed. If the phone loses power, you'll never be able to turn it back on. Just send it in for repair, it will save you heartache

Carsfanatic · Jul 3, 2012

Whats the original warranty period for the prevail?

I know she doesn't pay for any extra insurance on it so probably not worth it to pay out of pocket to have it fixed when I can pick up a new one for less than $50.

A tip to get phones with out power buttons to turn on is connect the charger and then wait for the battery power loading screen and then unplug the charger and then it will attempt to boot.

If it won't boot or starts to and shuts off probably just a dead battery and let it charge a while then try again.

Found this out trying to figure out what was wrong with her phone.

cwhatever · Jul 3, 2012

Carsfanatic said:
Whats the original warranty period for the prevail?

I know she doesn't pay for any extra insurance on it so probably not worth it to pay out of pocket to have it fixed when I can pick up a new one for less than $50.

A tip to get phones with out power buttons to turn on is connect the charger and then wait for the battery power loading screen and then unplug the charger and then it will attempt to boot.

If it won't boot or starts to and shuts off probably just a dead battery and let it charge a while then try again.

Found this out trying to figure out what was wrong with her phone.

pretty cool know that that will power on phone !!!!

ITJ · Jul 3, 2012

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Koumajutsu · Jul 3, 2012

Carsfanatic said:
Whats the original warranty period for the prevail?

I know she doesn't pay for any extra insurance on it so probably not worth it to pay out of pocket to have it fixed when I can pick up a new one for less than $50.

A tip to get phones with out power buttons to turn on is connect the charger and then wait for the battery power loading screen and then unplug the charger and then it will attempt to boot.

If it won't boot or starts to and shuts off probably just a dead battery and let it charge a while then try again.

Found this out trying to figure out what was wrong with her phone.

You could try that while holding volume down and camera. It could work

ITJ · Jul 3, 2012

Koumajutsu said:
You could try that while holding volume down and camera. It could work

This worked just tested it out without touching power button...recovery and download mode worked

Carsfanatic · Jul 3, 2012

It worked this time...I tried it many times earlier maybe one of the button mappers did something I got a few of them to run but none of them seemed to work right...

Carsfanatic · Jul 3, 2012

K this will work now that I can actually get into download mode just need her to save any crap from the phone she needs first since I will have no way to backup anything for her other than what google syncs.

The~Skater~187 · Jul 3, 2012

You could have used adb if the phone was powered on and USB debugging was enabled.

ninjarabbit · Jul 4, 2012

You could also use an app like "Quick Boot"... Free from the market....

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...NvbS5zaXJpdXNhcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMucXVpY2tib290Il0.

cwhatever · Jul 4, 2012

ninjarabbit said:
You could also use an app like "Quick Boot"... Free from the market....

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...vbS5zaXJpdXNhcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMucXVpY2tib290Il0.

or try this one

automatic!!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEwOSwiY29tLmdyZWF0Ynl0ZXMuZmFzdHJlYm9vdCJd

ninjarabbit · Jul 4, 2012

cwhatever said:
or try this one automatic!!!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEwOSwiY29tLmdyZWF0Ynl0ZXMuZmFzdHJlYm9vdCJd

It doesn't actually REBOOT the phone... Simulates a reboot by closing/restarting all core and user processes and thus frees up memory...

cwhatever · Jul 4, 2012

ninjarabbit said:
It doesn't actually REBOOT the phone... Simulates a reboot by closing/restarting all core and user processes and thus frees up memory...

yes, for a reboot. sorry was thinking of freeing up mem.

Carsfanatic · Jul 4, 2012

Those also need root which was the point of the thread but good ideas none the less.

Still don't know even with root and using an app if I can get say the camera button to wake up the phone and to unlock it during phone calls and such.

wetbiker7 · Jul 4, 2012

Carsfanatic said:
Those also need root which was the point of the thread but good ideas none the less.

Still don't know even with root and using an app if I can get say the camera button to wake up the phone and to unlock it during phone calls and such.

I didn't see anywhere in this thread where you mentioned how old the phone was. The warranty is good for 1 year and Samsung will even pay for you to ship it to them. If there is no visible damage to the phone that would make Samsung think that you broke the power button I would contact them and have it fixed.

Even if the power button is actually broken, I would still give the warranty a try. It will not hurt to talk to them.

Carsfanatic · Jul 4, 2012

wetbiker7 said:
I didn't see anywhere in this thread where you mentioned how old the phone was. The warranty is good for 1 year and Samsung will even pay for you to ship it to them. If there is no visible damage to the phone that would make Samsung think that you broke the power button I would contact them and have it fixed.

Even if the power button is actually broken, I would still give the warranty a try. It will not hurt to talk to them.

Ya I asked how long the warranty was because it is less than a year for sure it's like 4-6 months old.

Thanks WB

I know she doesn't have her box or manual or anything and I no longer have my prevails so didn't have that info lying around.

Koumajutsu · Jul 4, 2012

Carsfanatic said:
Those also need root which was the point of the thread but good ideas none the less.

Still don't know even with root and using an app if I can get say the camera button to wake up the phone and to unlock it during phone calls and such.

Most of us probably figured if you knew how to use Odin, that you knew to use a rooted image

wetbiker7 · Jul 4, 2012

Carsfanatic said:
Ya I asked how long the warranty was because it is less than a year for sure it's like 4-6 months old.

Thanks WB

I know she doesn't have her box or manual or anything and I no longer have my prevails so didn't have that info lying around.

No problem. I saw where you asked the question but I didn't see where anyone answered, lol. A 1 year warranty is pretty much standard on most phones.

Also, I really don't think you'll need any of the info or box. Just contact Samsung. I have heard that they are easy to get a long with too. It may take 12 days to get the phone back but that a small price to pay in order to have a fully functional phone.

inigomontoyasr · Jul 4, 2012

I sent one in a few months ago. They only want the phone. No sd card, no battery, no back cover. Got mine back in 9 days.

Carsfanatic · Jul 4, 2012

Was very simple went through an online chat gave the imei and they checked it was under warranty. Then they emailed me a ups label to print and I have it packed up and ready to drop off to a ups pickup site.

So all went well. I am used to most things having a 90 day warranty refreshing to have 1yr warranty.

Hopefully they don't wipe the whole phone considering it was just the physical power button that was faulty but who knows.

Thanks everyone for the help.

wetbiker7 · Jul 5, 2012

Carsfanatic said:
Was very simple went through an online chat gave the imei and they checked it was under warranty. Then they emailed me a ups label to print and I have it packed up and ready to drop off to a ups pickup site.

So all went well. I am used to most things having a 90 day warranty refreshing to have 1yr warranty.

Hopefully they don't wipe the whole phone considering it was just the physical power button that was faulty but who knows.

Thanks everyone for the help.

Excellent!!

Now come back in here and root it for your daughter when you get it back so you can install 1 of the custom ROMs. Then she'll have the baddest Prevail on the block. lol

Carsfanatic · Jul 5, 2012

Ya plan to install CTMod whatever iteration that is not a "leaked" build.

She always asks when she is over if I can make her phone as fast as mine use to be but never has the time to stick around long enough for me to do anything.

Now she won't have a choice I gave her an old flip-phone in the mean time.

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