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Help Constant Loading

Hi,

My 2 year old Alcatel OneTouch Idol S has suddenly started to act up. Yesterday evening the phone was being unresponsive, so I decided to restart it to fix up any issues. However, instead of turning on as normal, the phone is stuck in a juddery loading up state, not moving past the Alcatel loading logo for hours on end. When I try to turn it off, it just reboots itself. It does turn off when battery is lost.
This is very frustrating! I can't remove the battery, nor can I seem to access any reset settings.
History: The phone was dropped in the bath last year, and has recently become a little slower, but nothing really recognisable has occurred apart from some blue lines appearing on screen a month ago or so.
 

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