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My power key won’t switch the phone on or off. I tried a reset and it was able to reset, but that didn’t fix the problem. I tried volume+/power/home to do the hard reset, but that doesn’t work. I held it for over a minute and nothing. This all happened after the phone (S6) powered itself on.

Alberta Brink I’d start off by checking things out according to the flowchart

This will help you determine if it is your power button flex or something more sinister on the circuit board itself. If it is your power button, replace it with one of these Galaxy S6 Power Button Cable