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Ernest R Maso Posted on Feb 29, 2012

Won't turn on

Cannot turn on, battery fully charged, cleaned contacts

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  • Anonymous Dec 24, 2012

    Remove battery. Unplug charger. Press and hold the power button for 20 - 30 seconds. While still holding the power button, re-insert the battery and/or plug in the charger. Voila! Came back to life and worked like nothing ever happened.

  • Anonymous Dec 24, 2012

    DO THIS TWICE Ganesh Dore / Works !! Stupid Toshiba !!

  • Angel White
    Angel White Jul 01, 2020

    thanks it works!!!!

  • Thorn Moore
    Thorn Moore Nov 30, 2021

    Don't work

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I had this same problem! Scoured the web and found no solution. This is what I did to fix it...

Remove battery. Unplug charger. Press and hold the power button for 20 - 30 seconds. While still holding the power button, re-insert the battery and/or plug in the charger. Voila! Came back to life and worked like nothing ever happened.

I also did the same thing with the record button, but it was the power button that got the result.

Hope this helps!

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I have just fixed my Mum's camcorder. The problem was that the Toshiba start screen came on and then went off and wouldn't come back on. I had fully charged the battery on my Samsung camera so proved that wasn't the problem. So I connected it to the computer and deleted all the files on it. Hey presto, problem solved.

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For some reason, the camera starts producing corrupt files and then it won't turn on after you turn it off. For me what always fixes it is removing the SD card and then opening it on a PC then deleting the corrupt files and then putting it back and turning on the cam - after that it also starts recording again... until next time..

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    For some reason, the camera starts producing corrupt files and then it won't turn on after you turn it off. For me what always fixes it is removing the SD card and then opening it on a PC then deleting the corrupt files and then putting it back and turning on the cam - after that it also starts recording again... until next time..

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BRILLIANT!! worked for me to just now!.. took the battery out with my finger on the power switch inside the flip screen cover. flicked the batter out and back in and bingo. it came on! many thanks for posting this.

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