Samsung S4 - Power off on startup - Bricked?

[yoda8232]

I have a S4 that I never dropped or had liquid damage.
Not rooted or modded, all stock.
The phone had about 75% battery and took my phone out of my pocket and pressed power to check the screen for messages (it was already on). The Samsung S4 logo shows then device powers off. You can only get it to start up again if you reinsert the battery. If try to access both either the bootloader or full android recovery it will turn off in about 1 second. Will not show up on computer as well at all.

I have been told this is motherboard issue.

What are my options?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Are you able to try a new or different battery?

 

[Rukbat]

It's possible that it's a motherboard issue. It's also possible, as B. Diddy said, that it's any of a couple of battery issues. It's also possible that it's a corrupted ROM (which would mean reflashing, which is kind of trivial with a Samsung). Try leaving the charger plugged in for 24 hours to start, if you don't have another battery to try. (If another battery fixes the problem ... well, you know what the answer is.)