S3 Factory Reset

[lwt1830]

I did a factory reset on my S3 and after it completed deleting the files, the screen went black and the phone will not come back on. I have tried power + volume + menu and nothing happens. I have removed the battery and put back in and nothing happened. Please help

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[UJ95x]

Welcome to AC
Does it respond at all? Any vibrations or sounds when you try to turn it on?

Sent from my Galaxy S4 running SlimKat 4.4.4

 

[lwt1830]

Nothing happens. No vibration, nothing.

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[UJ95x]

Nothing happens. No vibration, nothing.

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Hmm. May be a bad battery. Try pulling it out, putting it on a flat surface and seeing if it spins freely. If it does, then you need to replace it.

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[lwt1830]

Not the battery. It doesn't spin freely

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[B. Diddy]

The lack of spinning doesn't rule out a bad battery--the presence of spinning simply confirms it. It's still worth trying a new or different battery. You don't necessarily have to buy one--if you have a friend or relative who also has an S3, you could just ask to borrow their battery for a few minutes to see if it boots up.