s6 DEAD - Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My s6 died today out of the blue. I was checking some emails on my laptop and my s6 was right next to me. At some point i grab the phone to check something and the phone was DEAD! I tried to turn it on several times by holding the power button several seconds but nothing happened. I connected it to the charger and still nothing. The charging icon on the screen was not present. I called Samsung and after explaining what happened they told me to do the 30 second power button hold. Still nothing.... Then called the nearest Samsung service centre and they told me to bring the phone there for checking. Probably lost everything in the phone but good thing I got Onedrive activated and I do regular backups.
The phone is unrooted. Complete stock. All I had recently changed was the update to 5.1.1 and used Dark Material Design Theme. thats it. No water damage ever. The phone is completely unscratched and in mint condition.
SM-G920F
CSC: XEF (France)
Any thoughts over this? A workaround? Any help is welcome.
Thanks

Press and hold Volume Down and Power Button for at least 10 seconds to do a Soft reset. Also I've read of some people that somehow gets the Brightness to 0 and basically can't see anything or try to increase it, but that is different because you will notice that the phone is on, plus the led light and sounds are still working.

erasat said:
Press and hold Volume Down and Power Button for at least 10 seconds to do a Soft reset. Also I've read of some people that somehow gets the Brightness to 0 and basically can't see anything or try to increase it, but that is different because you will notice that the phone is on, plus the led light and sounds are still working.
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holy crap is worked!!!!!!!!!! thanks a lot man. i was so desperate.

perikach said:
holy crap is worked!!!!!!!!!! thanks a lot man. i was so desperate.
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You're welcome. The sad part is that you talked to Samsung and they couldn't even tell you how to do that...incredible.

erasat said:
You're welcome. The sad part is that you talked to Samsung and they couldn't even tell you how to do that...incredible.
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True that. I always make a post here for every problem I get with my phone before getting it to samsung service. People here know way more things. Best community ever!

erasat said:
You're welcome. The sad part is that you talked to Samsung and they couldn't even tell you how to do that...incredible.
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There is a reason why they get paid minimum wage.
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HELP!!! Power Button Not Working!!!!

The power button suddenly quit working today. I left it in my grandparents car while we were in church (boring) and after church, I tried to turn it on, but the power button didn't do anything! So when we got home, I plugged it in, then the screen came on as if nothing was wrong. I tried pressing the power button, but nothing happened. Is there any way to reboot it without the power button (and no I am not rooted, I'm keeping my tablet stock, unlike my DInc )? Do you think it's a hardware (button) problem or a software problem? The button clicks when you press it just as it always has, so I don't know what the problem is
Thanks in advance
Sounds like black screen of death. Nothing serious, just hold power button for 10 seconds, then start it again and it should be fine.
Otherwise root and flash netformer 1.4r2, which may or may not fix the issue.
I already tried that. Lol. The power button itself isn't responding to anything
I had same problem yester day in school. I put my transformer on the desk and nothing else. When I wanted to turn it on nothing happens. In house i put the power cable to it and it worked, but power button isn't working...
You can probably find a widget or three that will allow you to reboot.
DO you have ADB setup? You can ADB reboot.
RMA time?
Mine had the same problem shortly after I purchased during the summer. I ended up having to send it in to be repaired under warrenty. According to the repair sheet they replaced a daughter board.
Futur Innovations said:
HELP!!! Power Button Not Working!!!!
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No one can help you except Asus. Sounds like you need an RMA.
I had a similar problem with my volume button exactly two weeks after getting my Transformer. I promptly returned it to Best Buy and exchanged it for a new one. Luckily I was still within my return/exchange period (by the skin of my teeth).
I now try to avoid using the hardware buttons as much as possible. I use the audio manager app to control the volume and plug the device in to turn it on (I try to use the power button as little as possible). I'm not rooted so I have to use the button to turn of my device.
Those buttons always felt a bit flimsy to me and I see it as the biggest build quality issue with the Transformer.
RojasTKD said:
I'm not rooted so I have to use the button to turn of my device.
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You don't need Root to have a screen button to turn off your TF.
All you need is the free app 'Screen Off and Lock'
It's an excellent App with a lot of amusing tools for switching the screen off.
I have it installed on my non-rooted Samsung Galaxy SII. The Market says it is compatible with the TF.
Beards said:
You don't need Root to have a screen button to turn off your TF.
All you need is the free app 'Screen Off and Lock'
It's an excellent App with a lot of amusing tools for switching the screen off.
I have it installed on my non-rooted Samsung Galaxy SII. The Market says it is compatible with the TF.
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I meant actually shutting the device off, is in powering off. But thanks, it will be a useful app anyway.
RojasTKD said:
I meant actually shutting the device off, is in powering off. But thanks, it will be a useful app anyway.
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Ahh... I see. Hope you find the App interesting anyway. It does have quite a few comical methods in switching off.
Beards said:
Ahh... I see. Hope you find the App interesting anyway. It does have quite a few comical methods in switching off.
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Yeah I I'm trying it out. I clicked on your thanks button.
I'll eventually root my TF and try out an app that will allow me to shut down my TF without using the hardware button. My TF is a B7O but I think it an early rootable version.
RojasTKD said:
Yeah I I'm trying it out. I clicked on your thanks button.
I'll eventually root my TF and try out an app that will allow me to shut down my TF without using the hardware button. My TF is a B7O but I think it an early rootable version.
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Good luck with the root and many thanks for the Thank You. Each vote comes in handy when my surgical team check my votes at the end of each week.
My wallet then goes into hiding.
You should find one back to you.
Just letting you know that my power button died while the unit was still quite new. I ended up having to send it back for repairs to the dreaded Texas center (at my cost I may add) but they got it back in about a week and it seems to work, at least for the time being. Between that and having had to have my dock repaired this has been the most problematic tablet/computer I have ever owned. It is actually a pretty nice unit in many ways, but build quality seems to be pretty abysmal. What worries me is that if it has so many problems when it is new, what will it be like when it has a bit of age on it? This has also prevented me from rooting it until the warranty is over, since if something like this goes wrong and you can't restore it to stock they won't fix it.
I had the same problem after I got a new cover. The power button did not do anything while in the cover, when I took it out of the new cover the power button works perfectly. The new cover has magnets for closing it. I belive the magnets were causing interference. Everything is good now.

Skyrocket randomly restarts and vibrates at 2 second intervals?

This has been happening for a few days now, the phone turns off and endlessly vibrates until I pull the battery, and then it does it again and again but it'll work for a few hours before it happens again... I've tried different roms but its still happening and it's getting very frustrating
does it do it on stock? And are you over clocked?
CM9 Skyrocket
droid512 said:
does it do it on stock? And are you over clocked?
CM9 Skyrocket
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I'm back on gingerbread now cuz ICS was unstable and im not overclocked
Sounds like a stuck power button. There is a thread on this somewhere
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mindmajick said:
Sounds like a stuck power button. There is a thread on this somewhere
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You mean like physically? Seems fine the phone just starts doing it randomly while it's just sitting on the bed. Right now it's not even turning on at all no matter what I try :/
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Here is one example:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801226
I know there is a good one that goes through the logic of it... but the symptoms seem the same.
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It's in download mode now, I'm going to try downloading stock Rogers ICS and see if the problem persists, if it does I still have 5 months of warranty so hopefully that'll be covered
Ok. You can try jamming on the power button repeatedly too...
Good luck!
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Looks like the skyrocket's done for good.. I'm going to take it in to the store tomorrow but what do you think they'll say when they fix it and find out it's rooted?
SGS2X said:
Looks like the skyrocket's done for good.. I'm going to take it in to the store tomorrow but what do you think they'll say when they fix it and find out it's rooted?
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EDIT: Is there any way to get my files off the internal SD without being able to turn the phone on? can't get into download mode or recovery because the phone just turns off 3-4 seconds in
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EDIT: Is there any way to get my files off the internal SD without being able to turn the phone on? can't get into download mode or recovery because the phone just turns off 3-4 seconds in
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no.
try this test, when it goes through the bootloop, keep the power button depressed w/out releasing it and see if it displays the same charactersistics as your bootloops, also count the seconds each situation has, if they are the same then the problem is the sticky power button
As posted earlier, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801226
It's the power button that is messed up, hands-down.
Try and try and try and sooner or later you'll probably get it. I could care less about the phone as I have a replacement coming, but I wanted to get my data off of it.
Open up you're phone if you're comfortable and mess with the power button directly some, either you're going to fix it long enough to get your data or break it completely...doesn't really matter at this point.
Just put the battery in and right after the phone vibrates hold the power button and see how lucky you are at getting it to last the full 8+ seconds instead of the usual 2 before it reboots and vibrates.
Once you get it working, don't touch that *****. As gently as possible, set it down and get your USB in, turn on Mass USB and debugging and copy your stuff. Put the timeout to the max or download an app so you don't have to touch the power button ever and just touch the screen every once in awhile if you don't have an app. Don't forget to reset your flash counter and reflash stock ODIN if you're rooted or on anything custom (Use ADB to reboot through all this)
Honestly...I let my phone restart on its own for a total of like 8 hours (I didn't care and honestly hoped it burnt up or something and was completely fried) and I watched it for a good chunk of the time and it never booted up on its own. After I took it apart twice and beat the hell out of the power button a good while I finally got it to work.
Repeatedly mashing it after 'attempting' to clean it and then pulling the battery/reinserting and seeing if it worked is how I finally got mine.
Now it's just a paper weight till the new one comes.
Edit: I find it weird that a lot more of these problems are popping up. I noticed a bunch of threads on various sites towards the end of June that had popped up and now some are here too recently. I guess the Skyrocket's cheap-feeling Power Button is indeed...cheap.
It isn't the power button. I posted this problem months ago and took it in to a device center. It was actually a battery issue where it connects into the phone. The charge going into the phone doesn't stick, causing it to flicker power and thus restart constantly. They never ended up getting my old one to turn on and never saw it was rooted and what not. Ended up just giving me a refurbished one.
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It isn't the power button. I posted this problem months ago and took it in to a device center. It was actually a battery issue where it connects into the phone. The charge going into the phone doesn't stick, causing it to flicker power and thus restart constantly. They never ended up getting my old one to turn on and never saw it was rooted and what not. Ended up just giving me a refurbished one.
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well if it never turns on, then its not the sticky power button problem, the sticky power button has a reboot symptom at a consistent interval
hd2k10 said:
As posted earlier, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801226
It's the power button that is messed up, hands-down.
Try and try and try and sooner or later you'll probably get it. I could care less about the phone as I have a replacement coming, but I wanted to get my data off of it.
Open up you're phone if you're comfortable and mess with the power button directly some, either you're going to fix it long enough to get your data or break it completely...doesn't really matter at this point.
Just put the battery in and right after the phone vibrates hold the power button and see how lucky you are at getting it to last the full 8+ seconds instead of the usual 2 before it reboots and vibrates.
Once you get it working, don't touch that *****. As gently as possible, set it down and get your USB in, turn on Mass USB and debugging and copy your stuff. Put the timeout to the max or download an app so you don't have to touch the power button ever and just touch the screen every once in awhile if you don't have an app. Don't forget to reset your flash counter and reflash stock ODIN if you're rooted or on anything custom (Use ADB to reboot through all this)
Honestly...I let my phone restart on its own for a total of like 8 hours (I didn't care and honestly hoped it burnt up or something and was completely fried) and I watched it for a good chunk of the time and it never booted up on its own. After I took it apart twice and beat the hell out of the power button a good while I finally got it to work.
Repeatedly mashing it after 'attempting' to clean it and then pulling the battery/reinserting and seeing if it worked is how I finally got mine.
Now it's just a paper weight till the new one comes.
Edit: I find it weird that a lot more of these problems are popping up. I noticed a bunch of threads on various sites towards the end of June that had popped up and now some are here too recently. I guess the Skyrocket's cheap-feeling Power Button is indeed...cheap.
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Alright, I will definitely try and try until the phone turns on before taking it into the store. This has actually been happening for a few days now but I didn't really care too much because I was really busy and I thought since it turns on after a few tries, I'll just take the files off and return it to stock later. Also, yesterday someone gave the suggestion of repeatedly jamming the power button and that actually worked twice but after that it never worked again.
Is it possible to remove the back and fix the power button without voiding the warranty (are there any stickers)?
EDIT: I have it disassembled right now, what exactly should I do to the power button? I tried clicking it a few times and blowing at it nd I put the battery in but still the same thing
EDIT 2: Umm what looks to be the litmus paper on the inside is red.. the phone has never come in contact with water so how is this possible..
EDIT 3: Every housing I've seen online (4-5) has a red square on the housing so I'm guessing it comes in red by default? Either way I'm taking it to Rogers right now, they said I could have a refurbished for 35 or I can just repair this one so I'm just going to repair it and hopefully the files will be preserved.
My only concern.. the phone running Juggernaut 5 right now LOL and the internal SD is full of rom zips and kernels so hopefully they don't look at that, or don't care. Once they repair the phone, what can they really do tho? Break it again nd send it back? haha
SGS2X said:
Alright, I will definitely try and try until the phone turns on before taking it into the store. This has actually been happening for a few days now but I didn't really care too much because I was really busy and I thought since it turns on after a few tries, I'll just take the files off and return it to stock later. Also, yesterday someone gave the suggestion of repeatedly jamming the power button and that actually worked twice but after that it never worked again.
Is it possible to remove the back and fix the power button without voiding the warranty (are there any stickers)?
EDIT: I have it disassembled right now, what exactly should I do to the power button? I tried clicking it a few times and blowing at it nd I put the battery in but still the same thing
EDIT 2: Umm what looks to be the litmus paper on the inside is red.. the phone has never come in contact with water so how is this possible..
EDIT 3: Every housing I've seen online (4-5) has a red square on the housing so I'm guessing it comes in red by default? Either way I'm taking it to Rogers right now, they said I could have a refurbished for 35 or I can just repair this one so I'm just going to repair it and hopefully the files will be preserved.
My only concern.. the phone running Juggernaut 5 right now LOL and the internal SD is full of rom zips and kernels so hopefully they don't look at that, or don't care. Once they repair the phone, what can they really do tho? Break it again nd send it back? haha
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I would just fiddle with the power hoping for the best.
As far as your roms go, I doubt it'll be a problem. A) They're not going to get the phone to turn on anyway. They're probably just going to repair the button and reflash before they even check anything. Either way, like you said, the worst case is they find it but you already have your replacement...maybe they'll try charging you the phone, throw a hassle and offer to cancel your service and tell them to send you your "unwarranteed phone" and the button repair bill and they can have theirs back. I don't seem them getting you for it. All they might do is check the flash counter which probably hasn't been tripped if you didn't use a bad ODIN.
Juggernaut 5
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i never seen this rom, where did u get it, is it for the skyrocket, if not could be your prob
hd2k10 said:
I would just fiddle with the power hoping for the best.
As far as your roms go, I doubt it'll be a problem. A) They're not going to get the phone to turn on anyway. They're probably just going to repair the button and reflash before they even check anything. Either way, like you said, the worst case is they find it but you already have your replacement...maybe they'll try charging you the phone, throw a hassle and offer to cancel your service and tell them to send you your "unwarranteed phone" and the button repair bill and they can have theirs back. I don't seem them getting you for it. All they might do is check the flash counter which probably hasn't been tripped if you didn't use a bad ODIN.
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i never seen this rom, where did u get it, is it for the skyrocket, if not could be your prob
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Flash counter is at 0, I checked when I managed to get into Download mode before it stopped working altogether. Juggernaut 5 is a rom for the Hercules (T989) and that's not the problem, I've used it before and I only flashed it after the problem started because I thought ICS was the problem, but it stayed even after flashing Juggernaut.
so what did u end up doing, fool around w/the power button or did u bring it in

Disabled power button but it reboots my phone if I touch it

Hello,
I have a Nexus 5 with Android 4.4.4 and CyanogenMod 11. Like always, it had been working really find untill today, when it started to reboot and entered in a loop. I found out that it was because the power button was broken and with the lightest touch, it would activate.
Searching through the Internet I found out that many people happen to have this problem. I tried to disable the power button editing a file that is found under /system/usr/keylayout/qpnp_pon.kl, where I had to simply comment the line where the power button was.
Now, if I click the power button it doesn't happen anything, like I was expecting, but after 30 seconds of clicking it, it shuts down and it reboots like if it was an internal error or someting similar that caused that reboot.
Is it possible that disabling it the way I did could cause any type of problem that made it reboot after touching it?
I know it's an internal problem or something like this because when I touch it, it doesn't lock the screen or show the power menu, so the button itself is kind of "disabled", but it keeps causing this problem.
Is it good what I did? How can I solve it?
Thanks!
Pyttar said:
Hello,
I have a Nexus 5 with Android 4.4.4 and CyanogenMod 11. Like always, it had been working really find untill today, when it started to reboot and entered in a loop. I found out that it was because the power button was broken and with the lightest touch, it would activate.
Searching through the Internet I found out that many people happen to have this problem. I tried to disable the power button editing a file that is found under /system/usr/keylayout/qpnp_pon.kl, where I had to simply comment the line where the power button was.
Now, if I click the power button it doesn't happen anything, like I was expecting, but after 30 seconds of clicking it, it shuts down and it reboots like if it was an internal error or someting similar that caused that reboot.
Is it possible that disabling it the way I did could cause any type of problem that made it reboot after touching it?
I know it's an internal problem or something like this because when I touch it, it doesn't lock the screen or show the power menu, so the button itself is kind of "disabled", but it keeps causing this problem.
Is it good what I did? How can I solve it?
Thanks!
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I had the same issue unfortunately. My N5 is still at LG for repair and it's taking much longer than they told me. Which is good of course. Like most smartphones now though, a 10 second power button hold will forcefully reboot the phone. It's hardcoded in the phone and no matter how much you try to disable it through the OS it won't make a difference until the rogue button is physically taken off the motherboard. If you're in Europe though and your phone is still in it's 2 year warranty I would strongly suggest flashing a factory image, relocking and calling LG (or Google, if the device came from Google).
Hope this helps.
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I had the same issue unfortunately. My N5 is still at LG for repair and it's taking much longer than they told me. Which is good of course. Like most smartphones now though, a 10 second power button hold will forcefully reboot the phone. It's hardcoded in the phone and no matter how much you try to disable it through the OS it won't make a difference until the rogue button is physically taken off the motherboard. If you're in Europe though and your phone is still in it's 2 year warranty I would strongly suggest flashing a factory image, relocking and calling LG (or Google, if the device came from Google).
Hope this helps.
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Well... It's been like three years since I bought it, so I guess the warranty is over...
And if I want to disable it, I will have to do it manually and disconnecting it of the motherboard, am I wrong? I guess I'll either have to live with this problem or buy a new phone... Today it's not my lucky day! Hahahaha
Anyway, thanks for your reply!!
Many owners have the power button issue. A competent cell repair shop should be able to replace it.
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Many owners have the power button issue. A competent cell repair shop should be able to replace it.
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Yes, that's true, I've found a lot of people over the Internet with the same problem.
By the way, I could finally solve my problem; after searching for a while, I found a YouTube video that showed a peculiar way of solving it... And it actually worked!
Well, it looks like I cannot put the link because I'm under 10 posts :cyclops:
Well, here's the video code if anyone is interested: _QpSSCifxAw
The Internet is amazing! Hahahahahahah
Thanks for your replies!
Are you referring to banging the power button? It wouldn't work for my friend's power button. He had to have it replaced because it failed a multimeter test, apparently.
audit13 said:
Are you referring to banging the power button? It wouldn't work for my friend's power button. He had to have it replaced because it failed a multimeter test, apparently.
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Yep, exactly!
Like the video said, I bumped my phone a little bit because the power button was kinda stuck inside the phone, and that really worked...
I was amazed! And I'm so happy it worked! No need of having it replaced. [emoji16]
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How did you do that?
spacecaptain said:
How did you do that?
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Just hit the phone into your hand so the power button gets unstuck.
You can see the video I mentioned above for a clarifying idea on how to do it.
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Froze and then won't boot. Is it dead? :(

Hey guys.
I was browsing the web using Chrome on my Galaxy S6, until it suddenly completely froze, a few seconds later white LED went on while the display was on on the frozen, halfway loaded Chrome page. I did soft reset (volume down + power button), the screen went black with only the white LED being on. Upon retrying sometimes it would display the Samsung logo (static, not animating and not progressing) and would be stuck there. I allowed the battery to die, plugged it in and I had a fully functional charging animation. After it reached 20% I tried to turn it on but now nothing is happening at all - just black screen, LED is off no matter what. I tried power + volume up + menu and nothing is happening, just black screen. Charging does nothing now, and when I plug it into my PC the PC does nothing (as if nothing was connected, not even unknown device).
Is there anything at all that I can do? What could this be?
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It's the international version, running it's official software, I never tinkered with it in any way. I have no idea what is the bootloader status but it was not altered from factory (it came from Orange Europe).
I replaced the battery last year at an official Samsung service center and never had any prior problems.
I would really appreciate your help, guys, as I have no idea whether the phone's time has come and there's nothing I can do (and should go and purchase an S7 or something), or if there's anything that I can still try, or maybe it's some trivial problem?
szymon247 said:
Hey guys.
I was browsing the web using Chrome on my Galaxy S6, until it suddenly completely froze, a few seconds later white LED went on while the display was on on the frozen, halfway loaded Chrome page. I did soft reset (volume down + power button), the screen went black with only the white LED being on. Upon retrying sometimes it would display the Samsung logo (static, not animating and not progressing) and would be stuck there. I allowed the battery to die, plugged it in and I had a fully functional charging animation. After it reached 20% I tried to turn it on but now nothing is happening at all - just black screen, LED is off no matter what. I tried power + volume up + menu and nothing is happening, just black screen. Charging does nothing now, and when I plug it into my PC the PC does nothing (as if nothing was connected, not even unknown device).
Is there anything at all that I can do? What could this be?
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It's the international version, running it's official software, I never tinkered with it in any way. I have no idea what is the bootloader status but it was not altered from factory (it came from Orange Europe).
I replaced the battery last year at an official Samsung service center and never had any prior problems.
I would really appreciate your help, guys, as I have no idea whether the phone's time has come and there's nothing I can do (and should go and purchase an S7 or something), or if there's anything that I can still try, or maybe it's some trivial problem?
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Try disconnection and re connecting the battery. It may be a hard job but that's the only thing I can think off. If that doesn't you may have to replace the logic board
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kristof5 said:
Try disconnection and re connecting the battery. It may be a hard job but that's the only thing I can think off. If that doesn't you may have to replace the logic board
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Thank you. Since I'm not savvy enough in regards to opening it up and re-sealing (and don't have any of the necessary tools), I guess I'd have to do that at a service centre, and considering it might not even fix a thing, do you think it's worth risking and spending money on? My alternative is getting a used S7 for $220, and any cash I pour into fixing this one could go into the other phone instead.
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Thank you. Since I'm not savvy enough in regards to opening it up and re-sealing (and don't have any of the necessary tools), I guess I'd have to do that at a service centre, and considering it might not even fix a thing, do you think it's worth risking and spending money on? My alternative is getting a used S7 for $220, and any cash I pour into fixing this one could go into the other phone instead.
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Nope, get the S7. Samsung quoted way too much to fix my S6 as it needed a new logic board. They said it you may as well buy a new phone
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Nope, get the S7. Samsung quoted way too much to fix my S6 as it needed a new logic board. They said it you may as well buy a new phone
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Even if you wanted to repair the s6 it would be too much work and you could risk breaking something else. I saw a guide on YouTube and you have to remove the screen assembly to get to the logic board. Older galaxy devices aren't like that and are much easier to repair
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Exynos galaxy S7 black screen, no response at all

Hey everyone,
Making a post here in case someone has any idea wtf I can do with this.
My girlfriend's Galaxy S7 randomly seems to have bricked itself. She pulled it out of her pocket and the screen was black. Thinking it was crashed she tried power+vol down, but this did not work.
There's no activity at all from the phone - no haptic feedback, no LEDs at all. I tried connecting it to my laptop to see if it would come up there and nothing at all.
Things I've tried:
Vol down+power button
Connecting it to a laptop
Leaving it on the charger for a while
Trying to get it into recovery/download mode
I can't really think of anything else to try. Does anyone happen to have any ideas before we look at taking it to the repair shop?
Thanks so much!
SirCanealot said:
Hey everyone,
Making a post here in case someone has any idea wtf I can do with this.
My girlfriend's Galaxy S7 randomly seems to have bricked itself. She pulled it out of her pocket and the screen was black. Thinking it was crashed she tried power+vol down, but this did not work.
There's no activity at all from the phone - no haptic feedback, no LEDs at all. I tried connecting it to my laptop to see if it would come up there and nothing at all.
Things I've tried:
Vol down+power button
Connecting it to a laptop
Leaving it on the charger for a while
Trying to get it into recovery/download mode
I can't really think of anything else to try. Does anyone happen to have any ideas before we look at taking it to the repair shop?
Thanks so much!
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Umm....I'd suggest your girlfriend stop telling lies, it's clearly been dropped in water. Everything you've described is consistent with water damage.
Wooow, no need to call my girlfriend a liar. Troll much? :/
She'll be buying a new phone herself and has no reason to lie. The phone also died in front of me and we're together most of the time, so thanks for being so helpful.
I actually think this may be down to the battery replacement we got done a couple of months ago now I think about it, so thanks for jumping to conclusions.
SirCanealot said:
Wooow, no need to call my girlfriend a liar. Troll much? :/
She'll be buying a new phone herself and has no reason to lie. The phone also died in front of me and we're together most of the time, so thanks for being so helpful.
I actually think this may be down to the battery replacement we got done a couple of months ago now I think about it, so thanks for jumping to conclusions.
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