Hello everybody, this is my first post.
I'm feeling supremely frustrated and I want to smash my phone to smithereens because it won't start for some reason. I first noticed it when I attempted to shut the screen off the way you're supposed to, by hitting the power button. Well, whenever I hit the power button, the phone would freeze. Then I would get the power off/restart dialogue but the screen would just turn off despite me not opting to shut down. The first few times that happened, the phone would restart as normal, but the problem persisted: if I touch the power button, the phone shuts off again.
Well later yesterday, the problem got much worse. My phone simply wasn't turning on. I held down the power button to boot up, and it gets to the "SAMSUNG" logo, then shuts off again. I connect the charger, it displays a grey battery, then shuts off again. Sometimes, it would get to the "SAMSUNG" logo, followed by the "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo, followed by the blue light turning on (which would get me very excited)...but of course, it shut off again. I kept trying until eventually, no logo showed up AT ALL. I would get just a single vibrate before it went back to black.
A lot of people had success with smashing the power-button-side of the phone across a hard surface, so I tried it. When I did it, my phone just did that boot-up vibrate about eleven times, but the screen remained black. I tried opening the back and making sure all of the electronic pieces were connected, and they were. My phone's battery was at around 60% when it shut down, so I know the battery isn't dead...even if it was, I can't get the phone to stay on to charge. The only way I can get ANY reaction at this point is by whacking the phone. I can't get to recovery mode (volume up + home button + power button) because the phone just won't let me.
What's wrong here? Is there a way I can fix this without factory resetting? How would I factory reset anyway, considering I can't get to my phone? The last time I backed up my data to online cloud storage was sometime in July, so I will lose months of precious data. I tried connecting my phone to my computer via USB, but the computer can't possibly recognize it because the phone is shut down. Is there a way I can find out what's wrong with the hardware and fix it, without messing with my internal storage data? (I don't have an external SD, by the way). My phone is not rooted, nor has it ever been rooted, and I've tried the battery pull several times.
I'm feeling supremely frustrated and I want to smash my phone to smithereens because it won't start for some reason. I first noticed it when I attempted to shut the screen off the way you're supposed to, by hitting the power button. Well, whenever I hit the power button, the phone would freeze. Then I would get the power off/restart dialogue but the screen would just turn off despite me not opting to shut down. The first few times that happened, the phone would restart as normal, but the problem persisted: if I touch the power button, the phone shuts off again.
Well later yesterday, the problem got much worse. My phone simply wasn't turning on. I held down the power button to boot up, and it gets to the "SAMSUNG" logo, then shuts off again. I connect the charger, it displays a grey battery, then shuts off again. Sometimes, it would get to the "SAMSUNG" logo, followed by the "Samsung Galaxy S3" logo, followed by the blue light turning on (which would get me very excited)...but of course, it shut off again. I kept trying until eventually, no logo showed up AT ALL. I would get just a single vibrate before it went back to black.
A lot of people had success with smashing the power-button-side of the phone across a hard surface, so I tried it. When I did it, my phone just did that boot-up vibrate about eleven times, but the screen remained black. I tried opening the back and making sure all of the electronic pieces were connected, and they were. My phone's battery was at around 60% when it shut down, so I know the battery isn't dead...even if it was, I can't get the phone to stay on to charge. The only way I can get ANY reaction at this point is by whacking the phone. I can't get to recovery mode (volume up + home button + power button) because the phone just won't let me.
What's wrong here? Is there a way I can fix this without factory resetting? How would I factory reset anyway, considering I can't get to my phone? The last time I backed up my data to online cloud storage was sometime in July, so I will lose months of precious data. I tried connecting my phone to my computer via USB, but the computer can't possibly recognize it because the phone is shut down. Is there a way I can find out what's wrong with the hardware and fix it, without messing with my internal storage data? (I don't have an external SD, by the way). My phone is not rooted, nor has it ever been rooted, and I've tried the battery pull several times.
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