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Samsung Galaxy S6: Phone restarts about every 30-45 seconds and loops again

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:16:57 -0700

I’ve got a Galaxy S6 that I’m restoring. I’ve replaced the battery and screen. At first the new battery was doing nothing and when charging, it would just show a battery emblem with a lightning bolt. I took it apart and saw corrosion on the battery connector on the motherboard. I cleaned that and now the phone goes to the Home Screen and is workable for about 30-45 seconds and then restarts again. I looked and was able to clean corrosion off of the frame power button connection plates and corrosion off of the connectors on the motherboard for the power button. Everything else looks clean. I’ve also wiped the cache and rebooted, tried safe mode restart, and made sure I didn’t see any other corrosion. Could the battery connector on the motherboard need replaced?

Samsung Galaxy S6: Samsung S6 won’t turn on only showing (white led)

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:18:13 -0700

I’ve tried most key combos. I’m going to take this explanation from DroidGuy because it matches my exact problem. “I have a Samsung Galaxy S6. I had it hooked up to the charger all night, woke up the next morning, saw that the battery icon was full and green. When I went to turn it on, the whole screen went black and I have not been able to get it running again since. I tried all the troubleshooting there is, still nothing. The only thing that happened is a solid white LED light.“ The phone has a lot of sentimental value to me and it’s not an option to take to the store help?

⟐ Commented February 08, 2026 at 14:18 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Forgot password to unlock phone

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:32:45 -0700

Unable to unlock my Samsung s6. I have forgotten my password

⟐ Commented January 18, 2026 at 1:32 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: How do I change the charging port?

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 23:17:20 -0700

How do I change the charging port?

⟐ Answer accepted October 12, 2025 at 23:17 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Phone glitching, Custom OS warning

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:46:47 -0700

My phone randomly turned off. I held the power button, the home button, both of them at the same time, I tried the volume up button with the power button, I basically tried every combination of buttons I could, and it was completely blank. I plugged it in and got a battery charging sign, which alternated with the Samsung logo. I tried volume up + home + power button, and it started alternating between the Samsung logo screen and an "installing systems update" screen. I held volume down + home + power, and got a warning screen about a "custom OS" and it said to press the volume down to cancel it or the volume up to continue with it, but whenever I press one of the two it either immediately goes away or does nothing. It is currently stuck flashing between the Samsung screen and the "installing systems update" screen, both of them flash for about one second and then go away for about two (like the logo will flash for a second, then go black for two, then show the systems update screen, then go black, and it continues). It's been like this for about 2 hours. How do I fix it??

⟐ Commented September 03, 2025 at 10:46 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Why is my sim card not reading?

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:45:53 -0700

my simcard won't read after installing it in the phone it only says emergency calls only

Samsung Galaxy S6: No service - sim card is detected - Galaxy s6

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 23:43:56 -0700

Any idea to why my Samsung S6 wont pick up any signal. Where is the GSM antenna located? It picks up a sim card is inserted.

I have replaced the screen, it was wokring before this. Help!

⟐ Answered June 09, 2025 at 23:43 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: My Camera Vibrates when it is switched on

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:06:26 -0700

My Camera always Vibrates when I turn it on. My camera did it before for 2-3 seconds. But after I repaired it's lens, it doesn't stop vibrating. What should I do with that?

Samsung Galaxy S6: I got a replacement battery and the connector does not fit

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:07:00 -0700

I think I have attached some images of the connectors. It looks like they don't fit

⟐ Commented December 29, 2024 at 13:07 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Wont charge or turn on? Thermometer on battery comes up?

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:22:08 -0700

The phone had minor water damage but it worked after suffering that. Died recently and now wont charge or turn on. Tried a different battery and scrubbed the phone with isopropyl alcohol and still nothing. With one battery it wont do anything, with the original it does the thermometer thing and with a THIRD it just power cycles. Please help, this phone is a good friend of mine and he just wants the photos off of it. If anyone knows, i know the folks at Ifixit will! Thanks

⟐ Commented October 22, 2024 at 11:22 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: SIM Tray will not go in all the way

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:56:03 -0700

Sim tray will not go into slot all the way.

⟐ Commented September 30, 2024 at 13:56 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Question for my safety about the battery

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:27:18 -0700

I recently got an S6 that has a swollen battery, after charging it the battery became smaller and went back to being normal. I've never seen a phone do this, how is this possible and is it safe to use???

⟐ Commented August 27, 2024 at 8:27 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: How to fix emergency calls

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:17:12 -0700

My phone always shows emergency calls only

⟐ Answered July 26, 2024 at 18:17 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Why does my phone keep shutting off at around 50 - 60%?

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 04:50:45 -0700

Hi, about two and a half months ago I decided that it would be time to replace my battery within my S6. I purchased all of the required parts from ifixit and was successful when it came to the replacement process. After following the recommended steps in battery calibration, I noticed that the phones battery life never really got better from prior to the replacement. Fast forward to about 3 weeks ago and the phone now only goes from a full charge to only about 50 - 60% then completely dies. When I go to charge the phone, the phone acts like the other 50% is still there but it just isn’t being used. I’ve already tried factory resetting the phone but that led to nothing. If anyone knows how to help I’d be much appreciated.

⟐ Answered July 12, 2024 at 4:50 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Can I swap working motherboard from old phone to another used phone?

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:38:53 -0700

Hello,

I have a Samsung s6 G920F (bought from Australia) that I opened up carelessly and damaged the lcd and optimizer screen. I found another model exactly the same on ebay but it is from the UK and was wondering if it is possible to swap the motherboard (working) from my old phone (because I would like to retrieve my old data with sentimental pictures) in to the used phone?

Also does it matter that the new phone is network locked if i change the motherboard, does it mean that it would no longer be locked to the carrier?

TIA

⟐ Answer accepted June 05, 2024 at 0:38 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Samsung Galaxy S6 is not turning on

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:45:40 -0700

Yesterday I changed the battery of my old S6 and it booted to life. I wanted to save old photos and videos from this phone. After changing the battery I could charge the phone and it even started. But after like half an hour the phone froze and turned of after like 10 seconds. After that the notification led in the top left just turned white permanently. I couldn't start the phone anymore. I charged the phone for a few hours and went to sleep. This morning the white light was off but the phone still doesn't turn on.

Has anyone ever experienced something like this or has some good advice? I tried all button combinations I found online but no response from the phone.

I only need my data from the phone, so it doesn't need to be a permanent fix.

Thank you very much.

Samsung Galaxy S6: it says no sim or sim error

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 13:37:47 -0700

I have the same problem. When placing a call it says no sim or sim error but data works, help please.

⟐ Answered November 13, 2023 at 13:37 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Can the phone work without a battery

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 04:33:33 -0700

My battery bursted and I wanna remove it. Can the phone still turn on?

⟐ Answered September 21, 2023 at 4:33 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Samsung Galaxy S6 proxy server settings stopped working I can't repair

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 08:30:38 -0700

I changed my ad settings yesterday on my Samsung Galaxy S6 I opted out of all ads and suddenly the proxy server settings stopped working. I have no idea where to begin to repair it.

⟐ Answered September 10, 2023 at 8:30 MST

Samsung Galaxy S6: Phone call has an echo on the other line

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:31:58 -0700

i am having an issue where the phone is creating an echo when it calls out or in. On the phone itself you can hear an echo but the caller on the other line can. is there an easy way to fix this problem?

⟐ Commented August 25, 2023 at 11:31 MST