Unfortunately the on/off button of my Fairphone 1 stopped working. I know there is a tric to turn it on without using the on off button. I now came as far as the Factory Mode (see picture) but I can’t select any of the options in any combination of pressing buttons (volume, home etc). I am however able to scroll the menu. Has anyone ever been in the same situation?
Soft buttons (like the home button) don’t work in Testing Mode. Since you state that your on/off-button doesn’t work, I’m afraid you cannot select anything.
You should contact Fairphone support and ask them for the best way to proceed.
Thanks a lot for your prompt reply. I did contact Fairphone support. They gave me the option to send it to repairs but as a solution is not guaranteed I don’t want to risk spending a lot of money. Anyway, maybe it’s time for the Fairphone 2 :)…
@Mario_de_Vries : how you came INTO this mode as you have to use the power button also?
I guess your power button now is in a permanent-pressed-state, could this be?
But I don’t know what the consquences of this are.
I would try to open it up and see if the power button only is clamped and maybe you can temporarly un-stuck it…?
Well, I came in while sticking in the USB cable, then shortly pressing volume button-up followed by a combination of volume button-down and home button (on the touchscreen). But apparently I’m still nowhere since I can’t select any option in factory mode without the on/off button. Time for a new phone I guess…
But thanks a lot for all your suggestion gentlemen. Great to have a working forum at my disposal