There are a lot of reasons why a phone won't turn on. I'm not going to list them all, but I am going to talk about why my Samsung GT E2600 wouldn't turn on (totally dead), and how I managed to fix it.
Symptoms of the problem
I pulled my phone out of my pocket and there was a strange image on the screen. A picture of a flip phone with an arrow over the top pointing at the phone. I haven't got an image to show you, but if you have seen this on your phone, and now have the problem I had where your phone won't turn on, you will know exactly what the error image looks like.
This wasn't the first time I'd had this error image. I'd had it a few times in the past. However, on previous occasions I just instantly turned the phone off by taking the battery out (no buttons will work when the phone is in this error mode) and putting it back in and powering it back up. That fixed the issue.
But with the most recent time I got this error screen, I never turned the phone off as soon as I found it. I just put it down with the error still on the screen and forgot about it. When I went back to the phone it was off. Trying to turn it back on was useless, nothing worked. Completely dead.
It's Dead - How To Fix
First let me make it clear: There may be several methods the cure this problem, and some of what I did, such as taking the battery and SIM card out might not be required to get the phone back to life again. Try it several different ways if you want. But, this is what I did and now the phone is fully working again.
Take out the battery, SIM Card and memory card. Press and hold the power on button for 1 - 2 minutes to clear any remaining power in the phones circuitry. Put the battery back in and put the phone on charge. Now press and hold both the power on button and up on the square navigation pad (which is for turning up the volume while in a call) at the same time for 5 seconds.
After doing this the phone should come back to life. If it doesn't work for you try doing the same procedure but holding both buttons together for 10 seconds. That should do the trick. If your E2600 is suffering from the same illness this is worth a go. It fixed mine. Good luck.
