Problem with Gear S3 - will not turn on

[sparkz]

Recently my Gear S3 stopped turning on. It charges ok and shows the status whilst in the charger. The home button also responds whilst in the charger. But as soon as I pick it up, after showing fully charged, it becomes non-responsive - no display no response from buttons.

I can do a reboot via the power button and it says rebooting and then nothing. I did once very briefly get a watch face displayed, for about a second, and then as in other times, nothing. The bluetooth is discoverable any more so I assume this means it isn't actually running properly behind the non-responsive appearance. I also tried the recovery reboot if that is any different but nothing. In fact none of the boot menu options does anything.

Before this happened, it used to turn itself off frequently but I was always able to just power it back on again. I don't know if that was a precursor to this problem. I also noticed the battery consumption is much greater than it used to be when I got it.

Is this now a dead watch? Only just over 3 years!

[AntonioCM1973]

I agree same issues they definitely seem to be forcing people to upgrade by crashing there watches because new watches have come out mine don't last any longer then 2 hours now before its 100 percent dead I agree its a market strategy they are doing to force people to buy the new watches which have the same Ram and HDD space and processor as our s3 frontier watches there not even upgrades there just watches with a new name

[AntonioCM1973]

My wifes Galaxy s3 frontier has the charges fully and once removed from charger turns right off mine just won't turn on at all even though it's fully charged 

[serks]

Hi my samsung gear s3 frontier won't turn on but it does charge normally. I bought brand new battery and it won't switch on

[alfares]

some times water damage cause these problems

[cool_gadgetsnepal]

any solutions ?

[Angelicly_Devilish]

I've had my Gear S3 Classic since 2017 and about 6 or 7 months ago, it started shutting off on its own and the battery would drain quite rapidly. I could turn it back on, though. Then, one day it shut off and did not come back on. It charges on the base and I can turn it on while it is on the base, and most of the time it stays on. Once it said it was rebooting and went to a black screen. I factory reset it and it changed nothing. The watch will show the Gear S3 Classic screen and the Samsung screen (occasionally) and then go black and nothing. I do not understand. I make sure I take really good care of my things.