Did you try an external usb keyboard and hit ctrl+alt+del?
3.7V is an empty lipo battery. 4.2V is a charged one. That might explain it. You could use a cheap 1s lipo USB charger, as used for the smaller quadcopters. it should deliver about 250-400mah Keep an eye on the voltage though, these cheap chargers have the tendency to be calibrated at 4.25 cut off.
I turned mine by connecting the power cable and pressing the power buton a couple of times. Without the power cable I was not able to turn the tablet on!
This is a Windows 10 issue and not the Hi12. This happened to Lenovo, Acer, HP and Samsung laptops running Windows10!