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[henryd]

options here Andy

https://www.technipages.com/galaxy-s6-how-to-soft-hard-reset

[YZ250]

Just to clarify, if Andy's phone died in the same fashion as my S6 (and many others according to an online search), it went as follows.

In my case, the phone was working perfectly and the battery was running at around 65%. I like it to be on 100% at the start of the next day so I put it on charge via the plug in charger that comes with the phone. It beeps as normal and the charging light was flashing. Some time later I picked it up and the screen was blank. I pressed the power button, but nothing happened. I plugged it back in to the charger and no lights came on, it was dead. The same with the car wireless charger. I googled all of the fixes, press and hold power button and - volume, press and hold power button while holding the -volume and the home button but still nothing. I even tried all of the above whilst standing on one leg and whistling Dixie. 
I've had several iPhones apart for various reasons, new screens, batteries etc. but Samsung just love to make you unglue the back case to get at the screws for the front case. iPhones are easy to work on by comparison. I've watched the videos on YouTube on how to bring them back to life but Samsung make it such a faff just to get at something simple. 

[biggriffin]

Haven't S6 got a proper removable battery, eg remove back cover battery comes out, because it covers the SIM/sd card??

[YZ250]

Haven't S6 got a proper removable battery, eg remove back cover battery comes out, because it covers the SIM/sd card??

Sadly not, the SIM card goes in the top in the slide-in drawer tab.

[Andy B]

Have you tried pressing and holding the power button for 10 secs? This should trigger a restart off the phone in case its on but non-responsive.

Just tried it ..... zilch! 

It's not even big enough to use as a door stop! 

Wedge it in the hinge gap

[Andy B]

...
 Some time later I picked it up and the screen was blank. I pressed the power button, but nothing happened. I plugged it back in to the charger and no lights came on, it was dead. ....

Sounds pretty much the same as mine 

[Andy B]

options here Andy

https://www.technipages.com/galaxy-s6-how-to-soft-hard-reset

Henry! You're my hero!!!!! 
Just done the off & min vol buttons for 10 secs and it sprang into life. 

[Andy B]

I thought I'd pressed every combination of button! Obviously not!

[YZ250]

One of the lucky one's, now go and back it all up before it does it for real next time.    I have tried all of the combinations of button pressing for over 10 seconds, 30 seconds etc. as I said earlier but mine is definitely a confirmed dead one. 
I don't even want it, as I've long since replaced it, but it's immaculate so I want to fix it before I throw it away. 

[Andy B]

One of the lucky one's, now go and back it all up before it does it for real next time.    I have tried all of the combinations of button pressing for over 10 seconds, 30 seconds etc. as I said earlier but mine is definitely a confirmed dead one. 
I don't even want it, as I've long since replaced it, but it's immaculate so I want to fix it before I throw it away. 

Will do ..... definitely the battery on its last legs, a fully charged battery soon dropped to 85% when trying a game.

[henryd]

options here Andy

https://www.technipages.com/galaxy-s6-how-to-soft-hard-reset

Henry! You're my hero!!!!! 
Just done the off & min vol buttons for 10 secs and it sprang into life. 

 

[redelitev6]

Did you press button A before or after putting the 1d in ?

[Andy B]

Did you press button A before or after putting the 1d in ?

 

I can honestly say I've only ever seen 1 of them in my life ..... at the top of the road down to the beach at Benlech, Anglesey 

[Shackeng]

Ah yes, how to get free calls by tapping the rest bar. Happy days.

[Bigron]

Oh, did you do that too? 

Ron.