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Your Garmin rechargeable battery has reached the end of its lifespan and must be replaced. Nuvi batteries are not intended to be user-replaceable so the official fix is to return the unit to Garmin for a replacement to be fitted, but you can do so yourself far more cheaply and it's not difficult.
As you haven't stated your model, I cannot give you a direct link, but if you enter the search term "nuvi <your model number> battery replacement" into your search engine you'll normally find explicit instructions and often a YouTube video guide.
I hope that you get your Garmin working again soon, please take a moment to rate my answer.
1st: make sure your NUVI is OFF then plug in the usb cable from the computer to the NUVI, after you hear your computer ding from new device connected, and the NUVI displays the computer icon move to step 2
step 2: if you have xp go to START and MY COMPUTER. with vista its START then COMPUTER button on the right side
step 3: with MY COMPUTER window open hold the NUVI power switch to the ON position and RIGHT CLICK the NUVI device logo (blue triangle) and select EJECT .. ( DON;T HIT SAFiLY REMOVE)
step 4: when you see GARMIN display on the screen you can letgo of the power button on the NUVI ****** if you unplugtheusb
it will display message stating EXTERNAL POWER LOST SWITCHING TO
BATTERY POWER***** while it is plugged to the computer the battery
meter will disappear.
The problem is most likely one of two things. 1 - bad battery 2 -bad charger plug. I suggest you try the home wall charger if you have one. If not - it is a good investment to have a second charge cord. Try a new one from Wal Mart - you can always take them back. This has been a long standing issue with the cords on some models. You might talk Garmin into giving you one free if yours proves to be bad.
I can help you reset and fix your Garmin Nuvi 265W.
Getting
stuck on the flashing Garmin logo, or a message about not finding any
maps, or freezing and rebooting, are indications that the firmware / system software inside your
GPS has been corrupted.
There are three steps to take to get your Nuvi 265W running like new:
The system bootloader software got scrambled when you did the update. You can escalate it to a software tech and they may be able to give you the bootloader image file. If not, you'll have to get an RMA and send it back for a unit swap.
Sounds like you both have a battery problem. I experienced a similar problem when trying to charge via the USB-cable connected to my computer. Ended up buying an original charger (expensive) and the charging went smooth. The car charger should in any case work fine, so probably your battery is not very healthy.
Try holding your finger on the battery symbol for about 10 sec. The unit will then switch to a technical page. There you can observe the battery and charging voltage. When I plug in my computer USB-cable, I read around 4,4V and that is not sufficient for charging my battery. When connected to the original charger, this voltage rises to about 5V which gives a nice charge. When unplugging charger, the unit displays the battery capacity. If the charging voltage is OK, but battery capacity drops quickly after you unplug charger cable, the battery is probably bad. (Of course you have to charge is for some time) I think around 4V battery voltage give 100% capacity. 3,9V gives about 90% capacity. This will not solve your problem, but can give you an idea about what is wrong. Good luck.
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