The ZTE turned off and wont turn back on

"Hey guys!

The exact same thing happened to me when I tried to root my z981 — and what worked for me was to hold VOLUME UP & DOWN as well as the POWER button for quite a while (30 secs or so) and then let go of the VOLUME buttons while still holding the POWER. Whew! It worked. Good luck."

Press the power button and the down volume button at the same time. Keep pressing them until it comes on.

"Same thing happened to me. My phone was fine.. started running a little slow and then it just turned off. My battery was at 34%. I tried turning it on but nothing happened, the lights at the bottom of the screen didn't light up either. I plugged it in to charge just in case.. still nothing. I googled how to reset the phone. The lights at the bottom of the screen turned on but nothing else. I did everything anyone told me might work. Finally gave up and went into my phone store, i figured i pay for the insurance every month, i might as well get use outta it.

The lady told me it was a manufacturer problem, i needed to call and file a claim, pay the $30 and then pay to have it sent in the mail to their warehouse to be fixed.

That annoyed me like no other… you pay over 200 for the phone everything included and pay insurance. Then there's a manufacturer problem.. nothing you did… and now YOU have to pay more. Bull.

The lady said Honestly, you should of lied and said it was stolen. They'd send a new one out. Sorry.

Uh… what in the !&&*…?!

Anyways, i didn't send it in. I threw it in the “junk drawer”

3 months later i came across it and figured I'd put it on the charger just to see what would happen..BOOM it turned back on like nothing happened. So weird.

So I've been using it again for 2 months and here we go again… battery at 26% and it shuts off. It's been sitting on the charger for 2 days with no change.

These stupid phones. Ugh.

So, i mean.. if you have time to spare.. do the reset.. yell.. scream.. throw in a drawer and forget about it.. charge a few months later and Taaah-daaaah you get your phone back for 2 months.

Ridiculous. Lmao"

Try going to a service center and getting the charging panel replaced.

Try pressing and holding the volume and power buttons at the same time until it turns on, this gives you root access, use volume down to highlight “root integrity check” (or similar). Press the power button, You should see your phone scanning its root directory for errors, once done reboot the phone… it will fix any errors causing your phone to be a pain in the ass. Make sure you are connected to a charger or via usb on pc/laptop etc.