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1 year, 8 months ago

My home and search key on my Droid are not working. How do I fix this?

I am having the same problem as everyone else here.

I recall powering down my phone, but the unusual part was that it restarted on its own. I am assuming this is because some sort of software update that occured at the same time that I powered down my phone. I can not be too sure.

Anyways, my home key and search key no longer work.

I have tried messing around with Lock options, but nothing has seemed to resolve the issue.

I powered down the phone, removed the battery, and restarted the phone. The problem persists. I even turned off the phone, removed the battery, and held the power button, then put the battery back in and restarted. I had read this might fix it in another forum. This didn't seem to help.

Additionally, and like others have reported, my additional Power Down Options have disappeared as well. When I power down my phone, it simply has the "Power Down" option and is missing the "Airplane Mode" and whatever additional options USED to be there.

Anyone know how to resolve this without doing a factory reset? If I have to do a factory reset, is there any way to save all my phone apps, etc. to my computer in an easy fashion?

More information on this issue can be found here:

https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/237548#237548

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jentyree | 1 year, 8 months ago
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If the factory reset helped some of the problem, I would recommend going to your wireless carrier, and have them help you. While people here may have ideas, they could do more damage than good. Let the professionals look at it. There may be a simple and easy fix for it.

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jen2684 | 1 year, 8 months ago Report

I completely agree with you.

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jentyree | 1 year, 8 months ago Report

I used to work tech support for Apple and let me tell you, you void out your warranty if you let your friends "work" on it, or take their advise. Its really irresponsible. You get a warranty when you buy a phone, and nowadays new phones come out so fast, that we buy new phones before the warranty is up, so theres no reason not to go to the carrier and have them fix it. Also - even if you dont have a warranty, they may be able to offer you a good deal on a new phone if its not fixable, especially if you have been with the same carrier for a while.

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roma | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Before doing any restoring data, back up all your apps and contacts on your SD card and then place all the files on your computer for safe keeping.

First turn off the phone.

Then press and hold the X button on the qwerty keyboard and hold the power button at the same time

When you get the yellow triangle with the "!" let go of x and power and hold down the volume up button and the camera button. it should direct you to a menu where the 3rd options is to do the factory reset.

use the directional pad to select factory rest

choose the option that says yes

takes less than a minutes for it to go through the factory reset. Once it is done you choose the first option on the menu where it says reboot. Do that and then all you will have to do it re-set up your phone (entering email address, going through the activation, that kinda stuff).

Hope that clear for you. Good Luck!

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mrcoryman | 1 year, 8 months ago
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the only thing I can recommend is trying to do Settings->Privacy->Factory data reset to try to recover your phone. Then when you re-activate your phone and sign into your Google account your contacts and other information will be downloaded from your account again. The phone should be reset to a default state and all the keys should work and you should be able to setup your unlock pattern again.

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angelrodriquez | 1 year, 8 months ago Report

Well I am going to have to say that while the factory reset did correct the problem, it did not restore my apps despite me having my phone set to the appropriate settings.

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dannyhauger | 1 year, 8 months ago
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If you restore your Drois to factory, re-install, and reconfigure your settings, you will restore your program to working condition.

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angelrodriquez | 1 year, 8 months ago Report

Well I am going to have to say that while the factory reset did correct the problem, it did not restore my apps despite me having my phone set to the appropriate settings.

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