Tablet won't turn on

[Holly_Hobby]

Hi, I have a Samsung tablet I bought last year. I used it only about 10 times while my husband was in the hospital. It's been sitting since last May. Today, I plugged it in to charge it, it was at 61%. I left it plugged in for 3 hours and it was still 61%. So I unplugged it and tried to turn it on. It won't. Dead. Any ideas??? TIA

[Mnpaul]

1. Try a soft reset first

http://www.technipages.com/galaxy-tab-s2-soft-reset

if that fails you will need to do a hard reset(you will lose info)

[Holly_Hobby]

2. Thank you! n/t

[MADem]

3. Try this:

Turn the device off completely, then boot it up with one of the following button combinations:
Hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power.
Hold Volume Up + Home + Power.
Hold Home + Power.
Hold Volume Up + Camera.

https://www.google.com/#q=tablet+won%27t+turn+on

The first combo worked for one of my relatives (on an iPad).

[Holly_Hobby]

4. Thank you!

I held down Volume + Power buttons and it came on.

[MADem]

5. Ah, brilliant! All should be well, now!

It should charge up properly, too!

[Holly_Hobby]

6. Not charging...

Plugged in. The charging screen comes up, but the number isn't moving in 2 hours. Is there a fix for that? Thanks again.

[MADem]

7. Hmmm. It should be. Maybe you can try the power down/power back up trick?

Holding the power button to turn it all the way off, then turn it back on again and see if that works?
Make sure you are using the right adapter, too: http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2476888/galaxy-tab-charge-charger.html

[Holly_Hobby]

8. Thanks, I'll try that

Using the charger that came in the box. If it won't charge, I'll take it in for repair, it was expensive

[MADem]

9. I hope you can get it working--fingers crossed! nt