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The only common thing is the cable you use to charge, the connectors on the cable and the connector on the GoPro. So check these if there is no mechanical damage or a blockage by dirt or debris.
You can not power the camera while plugged into a usb port on a computer, only using a wall plug or car lighter. Also when you insert a battery into a hero3 or 3+ black model you must wait 4 seconds before trying to turn it on or it wont turn on until you remove the battery and then reinsert it while waiting 4 seconds to try and power it up:
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I have the exact same problem. I was able to charge the battery twice, but both times it ran empty after 20-30 min., and now the camera is dead as a brick. Absolutely nothing happens when I try to charge or turn it on. :( Three weeks old Hero 3 Silver.
GoPro battery dead. Won't charge in the camera. No charge light comes on when you connect the camera to a USB. There's the scenario. Good tip on the GoPro battery shocking technique posted by Rabscuttle above. I discovered that my vehicle USB cigarette lighter adapter drains the GoPro battery when it's turned off. With the GoPro battery completely dead, the camera will not charge it. If the GoPro battery voltage falls below a certain point, the camera's circuitry is set to turn off the internal charger as if there's no battery in the camera at all. The recommended solution is to buy an external charger, which is able to charge a completely dead battery. The battery shocking method saves that expense.
Connecting a 9 volt battery to the GoPro battery for 30 seconds can give the battery enough charge to allow the camera to recognize the battery. A 9 volt battery from a smoke detector, a pair of jumper leads, and two straight pins is what I used to get my GoPro battery charged enough to allow the camera to recognize the battery and begin charging.
when you insert a battery into a hero3 or 3+ black model you must wait 4 seconds before trying to turn it on or it wont turn on until you remove the battery and then reinsert it while waiting 4 seconds to try and power it up:
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Do you know A thing that there's inside some lighters, those lighters, I mean, it isn't a lighter stone, it's other kinda lighter, it's a lighter that you have to push the button and it gives a "shock" at the gas, and the fire come out, well, you need to disassemble that kinda lighter and get the thing that makes shock when you push it, and give a shock in your go pro by the usb, it works if you do correctly.
I have a broken gopro, and I just get the way to give shock and do it at the usb on gopro, and the gopro turns on!
Be sure to have fully charged batteries and format your SD card using the FAT format. Start by taking the batteries and SD card out, then reinserting after at least 30 second. Here's an unofficial GoPro user guide and tip sheet that I hope helps. Please only apply the GoPro firmware update to GoPro Hero Wide cameras - not the Hero 3 or standard lens models. If we can answer any questions about GoPro products our contact information is at IcePlanter.com
Be sure to have fully charged batteries and format your SD card using
the FAT format. Start by taking the batteries and SD card out, then
reinserting after at least 30 second. Here's an unofficial GoPro user guide and tip sheet that I hope helps. Please only apply the GoPro firmware update
to GoPro Hero Wide cameras - not the Hero 3 or standard lens models.
If we can answer any questions about GoPro products our contact
information is at IcePlanter.com
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