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This just happened to a 3 yr old Apache I have that was dormant for several months without being charged. It would not even complete a hard-reset. The hard-reset prompt would display and then the screen would just go dead after pressing Y to continue.

After a strong battery was inserted it would power on but needed to be hard-reset in order to power up into WM each time.

A fresh ROM reinstalltion solved it. It now works fine consistently even with the old battery. I can't say this will work for you but at this point, it's worth a shot.