Power\lock button does not working

[3omda619]

Dear Sony, 

I bought the Xperia Z Tablet LTE 16g about a month ago.

Now the power button and the headphone port are not working anymore and I don't know why.

Today my battery drained and I can't turn it on again and I don't know what to do.

please HELP!!!!!

[leeming]

It took me a while to get it right as I was scared of breaking something... in the end I managed to click it back by putting the tablet face down on a hard flat table top and pressing with my thumb just to the side of the jack / power button. Quite firmly.

Obviously there is a risk associated and it might invalidate warranty. But it got mine back again

I think its a great tablet, and that is the only weakness with this product. As long as I don't plug things in to it (I have the charging cradle and use bluetooth for file exchange) I remain happy.

[eklem]

EDIT: Ah, sorry, this was supposed to be a reply to Divadgr!

Hi leeming, I haven't done that, but thanks for the reminder. Here's some photos.

It's 23 millimeters in from the short side (the one with the power/lock-button)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/eklem/16762011665/in/photostream/

and 35 millimeters in from the long side

https://www.flickr.com/photos/eklem/16736134386/in/photostream/

Hope that helps, let me know how it goes!

[eklem]

I think you have to press fairly hard, and just on the right spot to connect it again. You'll hear a small 'click'. When I glue the back plate back on, I'll first make a hole in it so I can use a small rod to press the contact back on. To keep dust from entering, I'll use a sticker or something. The contact will for certain pop off after a while.

[eklem]

Check a couple of posts back! Added a post with photos, but replied the wrong user.

[Antti60]

Thanks. Button works again

[jonhleno]

Thanks man!
It did work properly!

[Divadgr]

Thanks to everyone for your help with this topic.

I didn't succeed in popping the connection back on my tablet, no matter how much pressing gently, pressing hard or bashing my tablet I did.

I did find out how to start the tablet without the button though

Previously I was able to get it to start by holding the volume down button while plugging the tablet into my PC but that didn't work today.

I finally downloaded and installed Sony's flash tool called EMMA, 

/t5/Android-development/EMMA-Sony-Flash-tool-for-Xperia-devices/td-p/307318

http://developer.sonymobile.com/services/flash-tool/how-to-download-and-install-the-flash-tool/

Starting EMMA while the tablet is plugged into the computer starts the tablet.

I hope that helps someone

[PvN]

@whiteharring @eklem you guys absolutely rule!

The gentle pressing (after seeing the photos for the right spot) resulted in a "click" and yes my great tablet is back!

Thank you so much!

[eklem]

Nice to hear it actually helped someone @PvN !:smileyhappy:

[Dhing1]

Please help...my power button/screenshot button/lock button for Sony experia c3 dual sim is not functioning.. What am I going to do?thank you in advance for those willing to respond to my query.