Flash will not pop up
The most common cause of the flash not popping up is liquid spillage, especially sticky liquids like Coke. If this is the case, you can work a business card on the right side and move back the latch to pop it up manually. Usually the spillage is on the right side where the large silver screw is. If you remove the screw carefully, you may find rust. Scrape it off with a sharp blade and then apply a light coating of lubricant grease to the screw and the hole. Be careful not to disconnect any springs. There are usually three screws on the bottom of the flash holding on the top cover. Be careful not to touch the wires and flash tube. There can be 300 volts which will cause a nasty shock.
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You can use the camera in the P,Tv,Av, or M modes without the flash popping up or firing. P would be the easiest to use.
SOURCE: flash on a canon rebel 2000 eso
Just push the flash back and it locks ,...... thats flash off
SOURCE: I have the Canon Rebel XS and it was working
see if you can test the camera with another battery , you may be able to borrow one from a local camera store
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I had same problem and found the hinge/bearing for the flash corroded, probably due to sea spray. Remove side arms on flash which limit the amount of travel BUT ENSURE YOU NOTE WHICH GOES ON WHICH SIDE AND WHICH WAY UP! (Not doing that cost me an afternoon of trial and error!) Remove the three screws (two short one long) which hold the cover on the flash and remove the cover (toward the front). Now you can ease out the bearing but not remove it totally because the flash wires go through it. (right hand side viewed from the front). Clean it (Iso-Propyl alcohol and cotton bud) then reassemble and check flash is VERY free to move. Note side arm screws have a shoulder on which the arms can swivel ensure they are correctly located or the flash will seize up when you tighten the screws. Good luck, do post if this works for you so others will know.
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