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Power Button or battery

OK so my Samsung admire broke earlier this week and i have been phone less, so my sister can to visit and she gave me her old mytouch , she said that all it needed was a new battery cause it wouldn't hold a charge, that was ok with me cause they are like less than 5$ on amazon and eBay, so i go to plug the phone into the charger and the charging screen pops up like normal, so i hold the power button trying to turn it on and it doesn't, then i notice that after about 15 seconds of charging the screen has shut off, i press the power button again and nothing.


so should i just replace the battery or open it up and see if the power ribbon or something is loose or broke.
 

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