I had some chinese wall chargers I used for the batteries because the usb port on the phone doesnt work anymore. the 2 of those chinese ones stopped working.
I went to the store and got the bck5200 although its in a local lg box. not the regular lg usa type box. just the charger. no battery
the problem is the light flashes and at times stays on. but its random. its red but doesnt always stay red. at times it flashes and at times it doesnt.
is the light supposed to stay on or flash?
From my experience, the light should stay on, either green or red. I've actually seen mine flash orange once or twice - I never did work out why
woldranger said:
From my experience, the light should stay on, either green or red. I've actually seen mine flash orange once or twice - I never did work out why
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Same experience here with the occasional "orange flash". It only happened two or three times. My guess was a hot/warm battery was inserted.
Otherwise, there is a series of flashes when the unit is first plugged into the wall, then the light should be constant red while charging, then green when fully charged.
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I know my mda has a red - orange - green (bi)LED and a blue LED.
Yesterday my battery was very low, but i couldn't charge it because i wasn't home. I thought that it wouldn't be a problem, i 've backups at home, etc, so i didn't worry... When i was back home i tried to charge it, but when a do so, a red light shows up and after a while it changes to blue.
Does anyone know what's wrong or at least know what the different colours mean?
tested the battery -> full
tested my battery in another phone.. was completely full, so the charging is not a problem, but i'm afraid my phone is dead...
Has anyone else noticed when you plug in the Phone to be recharged, occasionally the 'red' indicator does not come on or disappears?
It's now happened to me several times ~ I plug the Phone in for a recharge, initially the red light comes on then after a few seconds it goes out leaving no indication if it's charging or when it's complete.
Beards
Read this that i posted several days ago and check your charger
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446583&highlight=power+supply
"Wiggle" the charger around and see if the charge light goes on and off!
Beards said:
Has anyone else noticed when you plug in the Phone to be recharged, occasionally the 'red' indicator does not come on or disappears?
It's now happened to me several times ~ I plug the Phone in for a recharge, initially the red light comes on then after a few seconds it goes out leaving no indication if it's charging or when it's complete.
Beards
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Could it due to bad physical connection?
No guys.
I'Ve cheched all connections.
Besides, if I leave it plugged in whilst there is no light showing and switch off the Phone the red charging light then comes on.
Beards
Well this is now really starting to bug me.
I've carried out a Hard Reset thinking something was interferring with the charge light procedure but even on a default machine with the device running the red light simply does not come on.
Swith the Phone off, then connect and the red light appears.
So.... when my machine is running I don't get the indicator (but it is charging I know because after leaving it for 30mins I've checked and sure enough it's charging).
Any other ideas???
My Trinity does this when overheating, it stops charging and blinks the LED. Unplug for 10 minutes and replug.
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My Trinity does this when overheating, it stops charging and blinks the LED. Unplug for 10 minutes and replug.
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Now that's an answer I was not expecting...... Thanks tnyynt, I'll give that a go on my next charge cycle.
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No... that didn't work.... but thanks all the same.
I have now resigned myself to the fact if I want to see the red charging light the only way is to first power down the Phone, then connect to the mains electric and then the red charge light comes on.
If I want I can then switch the Phone back on again whilst charging until the green charged light shows.
Beards
Hi guys!
I know, that there are some threads about the topic, but i think, here it is a bit different...i´ll describe:
Everything was OK with my withe G1, since I forgot to recharge the battery, and the G1 switched off. I wanted to recharge it, but - you know- the red led light blinked...i read different threads etc, and then I decided, to buy a new battery. The new battery arrived yesterday, and I put it in my G1, tried to switch it on, and it worked. I was quite happy! I taped it on the charging unit, and the first problem: the battery display didnt moved, it remained at 23%, also after a few hours at the charging unit. I knew the problem, because it was the same with my old battery, but it doesnt interest me, because the battery recharged, only the battery indicator showed that not. I thought OK, dont thinked about it, and waited. Today: I took my G1, yes, battery display at 23%, no problem. I switched it off and after a few hours I wanted to switch it on. Second problem - F**K! The red led light blinked...and now, the battery doesnt recharge at all. The G1 works now only, if the charging unit is put on it, if I remove it, the G1 switchs off. Its the same behavior with the old battery.
I dont know what to do now, because i dont think, that it is a hardwarebug, because yesterday it worked, with the brandnew battery. Or is it possible, that the G1 destroys my batterys while switching it off?
I hope, that there are solutions for this...because im loosing my temper slowly...
Can you charge the battery if the phone is off? Red led light should show. You should wait even 30-60 minutes for this - it depends of battery discharge. If the red light will not show this will means that your hardware is broken (phone or phone charger). You can try use another phone charger to test.
That works sometimes....at the moment not, but one hour before, yes.
I had the G1 with the USB cable on the PC, the phone was off, the light was red (not blinking). I waited about 50minutes, then disconnected, tried to switch it on - nothing except a red led light - blinking
At the moment, there isnt any led light, if i connect the phone to the charger unit or the PC...
It looks like hardware problem :/
Would be OK, because there is still warranty.
But what irritates me, is, that it worked without problems, when the battery was charged. Also with the new battery...worked good, since I switched the phone off.
I only want to be sure, because the return merchandise authorization (rma) takes quite long time...
I have the same problem. last week i bought the phone, and used it till the phone battery was empty. I tried to recharge the phone, but i wouldn't go on, only the red light blinking. I had the phone charged for 2 days, with the og charger, no result. Looked like the phone was dead.
Today i tried it again, still no result. All of a sudden the phone turned on and was charging. It is now on 99%.
Should i contact HTC?
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sorry, wrong forum
Just a wild guess. It could also be the ROM that you have. I had a similar problem with my battery drained out like that with flashing red light. Come to find out later that it was something to do with the ROM (CM6.x) that I was using.
I charged my phone before I went to bed last night and then left it unplugged (not charging) when I went up stairs to sleep. When I woke up this morning my phone was off, so I tried turning it on and I kept getting 3 blinking red lights on the power button. I tried it several times and it wouldn't turn on, just blinked at me. So I held the button down for about 10 seconds, after about 3 or 4 more of the 3X blinking red lights I get no response. Just that dead feeling you get when one of your electronics no longer works.
So I go down stairs and plug it in to charge and leave it for a bit, a while later I was able to turn it on. Found the battery at 2%, thought that was odd since I was at 100% when I went to bed and had the screen off all night (to my knowledge).
Is the blinking red light serious or does it just mean "your battery is so low your phone can't turn on"?
If the light blinks red it can mean several things. In your case it is not serious, i had this problem myself and i have searched for it, i found threads of people having the same issue and their phone came back to life after a few hours of charging.
So actually its just the battery being dead, it needs more charging even too show the charging progress screen lol.
In my experience the light also blinks red when you flash a firmware version of the xperia arc on your xperia play (lol XD).
The blinking red lights are an indication that your phone battery is drained and needs to be charged before the phone can switch on. There's nothing wrong with your phone.
thanks for the reassurance guys
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If the light blinks red it can mean several things. In your case it is not serious, i had this problem myself and i have searched for it, i found threads of people having the same issue and their phone came back to life after a few hours of charging.
So actually its just the battery being dead, it needs more charging even too show the charging progress screen lol.
In my experience the light also blinks red when you flash a firmware version of the xperia arc on your xperia play (lol XD).
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I was using flashtool to flash the official firmware and then BAM! my phone died, so I then tried to turn it back on and it wouldnt, I also tryed to put the phone into flashmode so I can re flash it but still nothing, my play comes up as an unrecognised device on the PC
anyone able to help
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I was using flashtool to flash the official firmware and then BAM! my phone died, so I then tried to turn it back on and it wouldnt, I also tryed to put the phone into flashmode so I can re flash it but still nothing, my play comes up as an unrecognised device on the PC
anyone able to help
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same happend to me after flash, any idea to fix my old ultra z? I need it for testing an old app
So my phone is doing quite a weird thing. Let me go from the start.
I was waiting to finish a TV Show to check my voicemail, but every minute or so my phone would buzz, but wouldn't show any notifications. So when the show finished, I went to check the voicemail, but the phone was out of batteries. No problem, it was at 4 percent last time I looked, it must have just gone through that last bit of battery quick, maybe it had to do with the weird vibrating. So I plugged it in and went to the bathroom.
When I came back, it was charging with the red LED on iirc. I pressed the power button and the big battery icon came up and showed it was charging, so I held down the power button to turn it on and went to the kitchen while it booted up. When I came back though, it wasn't booted up, and the red LED was flashing.
This is the weird part though. All those red LED of death threads say the LED was flashing on and off, red to black. Mine is flashing red to red. Like a bright red to a slightly dimmer red. If I hold down the power button for a while, it starts flashing on and off red, but faster than I've seen it before, like when the battery gets completely discharged.
Does anyone know what is going on?
TL;DR: My phone is flashing a bright red to dim red LED while it's plugged in, instead of the normal on-off red led. It won't turn on. Help!!
How long have you had it charging? And is it charging though a wall charger or usb?
If it's been over two hours, have you tried turning the phone on when unplugged?
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How long have you had it charging? And is it charging though a wall charger or usb?
If it's been over two hours, have you tried turning the phone on when unplugged?
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Yeah, eventually after a whole bunch of different combinations I was able to turn the phone on and get it charged up ok. Thanks!