What To Do If The Flip Video Battery Won’t Charge:
Procedure 1 (to be used with computer or wall charger):
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Take out the battery from your Flip Ultra HD
Plug the Flip into the computer’s USB port or wall charger
Once the “connected” indicator comes on, stick the battery back into the Flip
Choose the safe remove hardware option on your PC (or the Mac equivalent). Skip step
4 if Flip is connected to wall charger only.
5. Once safe to remove, pull the Flip out of the USB port or wall charger
6. Plug it back in – it should charge without a hitch now
7. If the battery won’t charge, give it 5 minutes before trying the second procedure
Procedure 2 (to be used with computer only):
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Take out the battery from your Flip Ultra HD
Plug the Flip into the computer’s USB port
Once the “connected” indicator comes on, stick the battery into the Flip
Empty your recycle bin (yes, it sounds silly, but there is actually a good reason for this)
Pull the Flip out of the USB port without the safe remove
Plug it back in and check out if it’s charging. If it doesn’t start charging within 5 minutes,
try the third procedure
Procedure 3 (to be used with computer only):
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Take out the battery from your Flip Ultra HD
Plug it into the computer’s USB port
Empty your recycle bin
Pull the Flip out of the USB without safe removal
Put the battery back in and try to charge
If you press the power button on the flip camera and nothing happens, it is most likely that the
battery is not dead. Just try one of the options above and it should turn on.
Note: Always empty your recycle bin
Before plugging the flip camera into your computer, please be sure your computer’s recycle bin
is empty. The flip camera has the ability to retrieve a “junk” file from your computer if the
computer’s recycle bin isn’t empty. This junk file uses up unnecessary space on the flip camera,
blocking it from receiving a fully charged battery regardless of how long you leave the camera
pulled in and charging.
If the flip camera battery pack is completely depleted, it may take as long as 3.5 hours to reach
a full charge. Please keep that in mind if there are multiple people using the camera is a short
period of time!