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Posted on Jan 15, 2008

Samsung SCH-a870 turning off and on

All of the sudden my Samsung A870 phone started turning on and off. It won't even turn off when I hold down the END button. The white Verizon screen comes on and then stays there for a few seconds, and then the screen goes black, and then it restarts the process. I've taken out the battery and also plugged it into the charger but it still happens. Whats wrong?

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  • JEM_ Jan 19, 2008

    I have the same problem. Someone I work with said that it's because of water damage, but i know that's not the problem for me. I'm going to try leaving out the battery for a while, but I already tried that a few times with no luck.

  • Dyffd Feb 12, 2008

    Phone turned off one night to a black screen and when turned on it went to the Verizon white screen stayed a few seconds and then turned back off. So I plugged it in to charge thinking that would help and it just remains on the Verizon screen I cant get it to do anything. I put my wifes cell phone battery in my phone and it still wont work, she put mine in her phone and it worked fine so its not the battery. Any suggestions?

  • Hwelp Feb 16, 2008

    Exact same problem as mentioned above.

  • candice15 Feb 29, 2008


    All of the sudden my Samsung A870 phone started turning on and off. It won't even turn off when I hold down the END button. The white Verizon screen comes on and then stays there for a few seconds, and then the screen goes black, and then it restarts the process. I've taken out the battery and also plugged it into the charger but it still happens. Whats wrong?

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  • Anonymous Apr 06, 2008

    same exact problem
    i just accidently tunrned it off and now i cant get it on

  • Anonymous Apr 11, 2008

    Same exact problem.

  • pm_cowboy May 17, 2008

    My phone does this too but I have seen no solutions. What is the problem the battery feels hot so I know it is charging. What is wrong?

  • creeksiders May 23, 2008

    Same exact problem. Of course, our one year warranty ended 2 weeks ago. Changing batteries with another exact phone does not help. Neither does taking the battery out for awhile. The phone did not get wet, and no abuse occurred. It just happened suddenly.

  • jazz07 Aug 03, 2008

    I have the same problem and i tryed taking the battery out and then leaveing it on and nothing is happenign how can i get it to stop??? help me please....

  • Anonymous Aug 17, 2008

    My phone will begin powering-up, but it restarts over and over as if it was shorting itself out. There is a certain key combination that will cause the following to appear: --Download started--

    Emergency @ USB





    Boothlock Version:

    a870:ZD09.1

    and this combination remains to be unknown by me. If you could help at all, I would be VERY grateful.

  • Anonymous Aug 19, 2008

    My screen is white and it lights up for a couple of seconds then it turns off then it turns on again and repeats the process.

  • built2ride19 Oct 14, 2008

    i have same stupid thing happening to my phone, it turns on to the metropcs loading and as soon as its done loading. It turns off and does the exact same thing!!!! gosh its soo damn annoying

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I have the same deal with the metropcs and it turns on to load and then it turns off

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