The Fix / Solution for Nexus randomly turning off

[ccjigsaw]

I have the solution for all you people out there who have a Galaxy nexus and are suffering like me. Nothing like having a phone that randomly shuts off. First, I want to explain why the phone does this.
The trigger for your Galaxy nexus turning off is actually from pushing on the back of your phone just under your camera slightly to the left.
Why is this? That's where your battery connects. Any trauma or for really bad cases, just a slight push, will cause the battery to disconnect and shut your phone off.
My solution! I've done it with my phone, and it worked so well I wanted to share it with everyone else. Hopefully it works for you to. Take the back off of you Galaxy nexus. Remove the battery. Get a regular piece of paper and rip off a small piece.. approximately as long as your thumb and as high as your pinky. Fold this piece of paper into four and place it in your phone underneath where the battery connects. (Looks like three golden prongs) Place your battery back into your phone with the paper in place. It may take a little extra push with the paper in there.
Lastly, if it doesn't work, try folding the paper more or less until pushing on the back no longer turns off your phone.
Hope this helped a few people! Good luck to you out there.

 

[zephyrprime]

I tried this but it did not work for me at all. What worked for me was spraying the insides of the contacts with some deoxidation spray. This completely fixed my problem. Even though the contacts are gold, it seems like they are not simple leaf springs but rather contain some other spring mechanism? I believe this is what corroded and was causing my problems.