[ColanR]

I have a nexus 5 that bootlooped, and fixed it.

Disassembled the phone, and took off the power button from the main board. Turned out the soldering job inside the power button was badly done, and the looping was due to a piece of solder that had come loose and was shorting the connection.

So now I have a totally functional nexus 5, but to use the power button I have to stick a piece of tin foil down inside where the power button used to be. I have a mod on there that added a 4th home row button which covers all but the 'on' functions of that button.

[meowster]

I got my N5X working long enough to copy off the pictures by disassembling it and using a heat gun. Some people have used their kitchen ovens and supposedly permanently fixed it.

[ColanR]

Yeah, that's why I figure it's the bit of loose solder that's the ultimate cause. My solution was to remove the whole mechanism and the solder with it.

[toast0]

FYI, I had an Android phone where the power button stopped working. I was able to turn it on by plugging it in and quickly unplugging it.

May be easier than finding tin foil (or aluminum foil).

[ColanR]

Thanks, I'll try that.