Help Screen does not activate

[SWC]

My phone is 5 months old and I recently started experiencing a problem where the screen will not come on when press either start up button. Since the screen will not come on and I can not see the power off screen, the only solution is to remove the battery. This happened twice on the three days ago and once today. I presume this problem will continue and will become more frequent.
I searched the forums and could not find a similar problem. Any ideas?
Thank you
Stan

 

[semus]

I have this problem as well, happens about once a week.
I also noticed that when it happens, while the phone won't respond, the battery drains quickly.

But i don't know why its happening..

 

[Carrus65]

Yes I have precisely the same problem. Average once per week. Only thing that helps is to take the battery away. Then it starts by itself without pressing any buttons. And most often the battery is empty - very disturbing if this happens away from recharging opportunities.
Checked this morning that when you try to call to the SII it acts in the other end as if SII is on but not answered. The screen on SII remains black and dead.
These problems appeared maybe a couple of weeks ago. Has it something to to with the ICS update?

 

[SWC]

Thanks for the responses. At least I am not the only one but that may not be a good thing. I have not noticed the battery drain issue you refer too.
I have the i9100M and android version 2.3.3 Gingerbread build. In my case I cannot blame the problem on upgrading.
Stan