Power on-off button only allows reboot?

[etnoash]

Hello FP2 community
I am experiencing a strange problem with my phone: power on-off button basically only allows me to do a hard reboot. I click the switch, nothing happens, I click it multiple times in a row, there is a whirring sound and a slight shake, I hold the button for 30 sec, the phone reboots.

Anyone else had this issue, any idea what to do about it?
I updated the OS before testing again, and the issue persists.

Best,
Anders

[urs_lesse]

Is it possible that your power button often gets stuck?

[BertG]

Maybe the problem can be solved like this by switching power- and camera button.:

Slim Case - Reboots and Button-Issues

###Original Post: Hi, I received the new slim case this weekend and immediately applied it to my FP2. It all fits well and makes the phone more appealing and remarkably thinner but later in the afternoon the phone went suddenly into a reboot with all apps checked and installed again (like with an OS update, black screen etc.). After a few minutes the phone comes back to normal but this happened the last days a couple of times, every time without a proper warning or clear reason why it did so. I…

[etnoash]

The button turns screen off just fine, but not on, so I don’t think the button is stuck

[etnoash]

That sounds promising, but I can’t see how to do the buttonswitch from the post. Is there a particular app? I tried downloading volumepower and button remapper, but they don’t seem to allow me to use another button as the power button.

[AnotherElk]

@etnoash

That sounds promising, but I can’t see how to do the buttonswitch from the post. Is there a particular app?

Slim Case - Reboots and Button-Issues

The buttons are embedded in flexible strips. These strips are fixated to the case on both sides of each button. It isn’t so obvious at first, but you can carefully pull the strips (including the buttons) off those fixating points. And if you’ve done that, you can carefully fixate the strip with the camera button to the power button’s place (if it won’t snap in place easily, use a fingernail or some not too sharp tip of some kind to gently push it in place) and the strip with the power button in…

[BertG]

You have to switch the button “hardwarewise” not the function of the buttons via software. Just as @AnotherElk linked in his post.

[etnoash]

Thanks all, this sounds a bit daunting. I guess I will have to try it.

[BertG]

Keep your head up high.
That sounds more complicated, than it actually is.
You just need some quiet 5 minutes and a steady hand. I have done it twice already. The first time stupid me fixed one button the wrong direction, so I had to do it again.