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s5 Randomly turns off and doesn't turn back on.

chato13p

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May 25, 2016
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My s5 has lately been acting up and I can't seem to find a solution.

While using it at work in the morning listening to music or not it would randomly shut off. Taking out the battery and replacing it does not help.

Ive tried it multiple times, It only turns on when I connect it to the charger!

Once it turned off and I didnt have a charger on me so I just held the power button, nothing, waited, repeated then after an hour and a half it magically turned on... Ive done this multiple times already... hard to believe it can be the battery

As soon as I connect it to a charger it turns on otherwise I have to wait an hour and a half usually before it randomly just works when I power it on.. it makes no sense I need help with this problem.. also I get no 3g signal only 4g and 1x incase anyone has heard of that..

I have done a master reset, two factory wipes, wiped cache, nothing..
 

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