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Pyronetic5

Iphone 6S won't turn on.

Iphone 6S

Model: A 1688

Purchase: Australia, bought many years ago.

The issue is the phone won't turn on or charge anymore.

IT's an old phone, where last it was used was like 2 months ago and then left aside. Obviously the battery has been drained. But I put it on charge and now it won't turn on. Even after letting it charge for 2 hours.

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I haven't been able to find other ways to prompt it to turn on or make it register to charge. Tried holding down the power button, holding down volume and power button.
Any help or advice or redirection would be greatly appreciated

Posted Aug 25, 2020, 12:00 PM UTC

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gjm_1477•

For the 6S you need to press the power and the homebutton at the same time to force restart it. Press them for about 30 seconds. You can also plug the device into your computer to see if iTunes still recognizes it. Connect it to your computer, open iTunes & press the power button & home button at the same time for around 30 seconds.

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Pyronetic5OP•

I tried 20 secs, guess I can try for 30 seconds.

iTunes didn't recognise it. I feel like the battery is so drained that it's dead. I don't know if there's a way to confirm if dead battery or not. Or if there's a way to juice the battery a bit to get it charging.

Or just take the L and either scrap or go for a battery replacement.

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gjm_1477•

If you have a repair store/Apple store near you ask them to unplug the battery from the motherboard & to connect it to power to see if it will then turn on. If yes, the battery is dead. If not, the motherboard is dead.

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MindToxin•

Probably needs either the battery replaced or the battery may need reactivated. I have a device at my shop which will reactivate an iPhone battery that has gone “dormant”. Lithium ion batteries that are weak to start with will lose the ability to take a charge for some reason once they are left for a long period of time without any charge in them. I have revived many older iPhones for people using my battery activator. Usually though, it’s just best to replace these older batteries.

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Pyronetic5OP•

Hmm... That seems to be the case then.

Guess I have to suck it up and go to my local phone repair shop and see how much it will cost to see if worth it or not.

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MindToxin•

Just to give you a ballpark price idea for my area in Central Ohio, in my shop I charge $40 to replace a 6S battery.

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Pyronetic5OP•

Hmm, thanks for the ball park.

I live in Australia and hoping it will be around the same. Out of curiousity would using a hair dryer or any form of stimulus work to 'juice' up the battery to get it going? Or will it just make it worse and probably short the battery?

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