Phone randomly turning off, not turning on

[vett96mik]

I'm typing this on my phone, but throughout the day it has started to have issues. When I turn the screen off, it will completely shutdown and take several presses of the power button to get it to turn on. Sometimes I'll hold the power button and it will vibrate and nothing will happen, it won't turn on. I've tried pulling the battery, the SIM card while off, and the SD card while off. It continues to shut down. I never had this issue before I updated to KitKat but ever since I've updated I've experience a litany of problems. I factory restored it about two days ago so I don't want to go through that again. Any suggestions are welcomed, please help. Thanks.

 

[Jeffrey]

Looks like you certainly took the right steps. When this started happening, do you recall adding any apps? Just for fun, try changing the sleep settings and see if the issue persists.

 

[dezymond]

Do you have any apps that deal automatically with system settings, such as Tasker?

 

[vett96mik]

How don't have any apps that do such things and I haven't downloaded any new apps since since I switched to KitKat so I'm not sure why this would start now. I actually had it working for a few hours until it just shutdown while I was opening my Messaging app about 20 minutes ago. It took about 15 tries get it started up again, I tried a different battery (my old GS3 battery) and it didn't work at first then then I tried it a fourth time after trying my GS4 battery several more times and my phone started with the GS3 battery.

 

[vett96mik]

I don't have*

 

[cr6]

Your S3 battery works in your S4? Thought they were different size batteries?

tap'n

 

[vett96mik]

The S3 battery is the same length but not as wide, so it fits but doesn't fill the entire battery slot. After about 40 minutes of use on the S3 battery my phone shut off again, so I'm pretty sure it's not a battery issue.

 

[vett96mik]

So the current state is: I remove the battery, hold the power button, the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo appears for about 2 seconds, then the screen goes black.

 

[cr6]

I would definitely advise against using a battery in your phone that is not intended for that particular device. That's the quickest way to cause problems to your hardware & could cause harm to your processer. You might look on the outside of both batteries and make sure they are the same amps & voltage. If not, stick with the correct battery for your device.
Good luck! Hopefully someone will have a suggestion to fix this problem. :thumbup:

tap'n

 

[vett96mik]

Clearly the batteries aren't the issue. These problems were occurring before I tried to solve them with alternating batteries.

 

[cr6]

I get that, but you're likely to cause a new problem by putting a battery in that isn't intended to go in that particular phone.
(just a suggestion)

tap'n

 

[vett96mik]

I understand, but will the phone not working as it is I'm willing to try a few different things.

 

[vett96mik]

but with*

 

[Jeffrey]

The easiest thing to do is bring the phone to your retailer and have them put a battery in. See if it turns on/off normally.

 

[vett96mik]

I actually went today. When I got to the Verizon store all the guy did was ask if I have insurance, I replied yes, he then gave me a number to call. That's it, not super helpful.