My Touchpad does not seem to do anything at this point. I have had it plugged it in, with the stock charger, for a couple of days. I even tried the charger and cable on my other touchpad to make sure they both work. If I plug it in to my computer I see nothing happening, there is no device detected. I am at a loss as to what to do next.
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My Touchpad does not seem to do anything at this point. I have had it plugged it in, with the stock charger, for a couple of days. I even tried the charger and cable on my other touchpad to make sure they both work. If I plug it in to my computer I see nothing happening, there is no device detected. I am at a loss as to what to do next.
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Try holding the power button and the home button together for at least 10 seconds, maybe a little longer. Hope it works.
Good luck.
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Soooo my bionic somehow would not want to turn on anymore. I get a white led when i plug it via USB to my computer. I ordered the TBH factory adapter and it still does not turn on the phone. After trying everything im guessing it might be a hardware default. It all started when i popped in a new sim card from At&T and my phone started getting hot! i was switching batteries to test it out (all OEM) and thats when it wouldnt boot up anymore. I got it boot up 1 time after that and after that i got it to turn on for a couple of seconds. Anyone have any insight? Thanks!
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Soooo my bionic somehow would not want to turn on anymore. I get a white led when i plug it via USB to my computer. I ordered the TBH factory adapter and it still does not turn on the phone. After trying everything im guessing it might be a hardware default. It all started when i popped in a new sim card from At&T and my phone started getting hot! i was switching batteries to test it out (all OEM) and thats when it wouldnt boot up anymore. I got it boot up 1 time after that and after that i got it to turn on for a couple of seconds. Anyone have any insight? Thanks!
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With the battery out, try to plug the factory adapter cable to the phone first, then plug in the adapter to the computer. See if that helps. If you have no luck, press and hold the VOL+ and VOL- keys while plugging in the phone into the computer... Good luck!
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With the battery out, try to plug the factory adapter cable to the phone first, then plug in the adapter to the computer. See if that helps. If you have no luck, press and hold the VOL+ and VOL- keys while plugging in the phone into the computer... Good luck!
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hey danifunker,
I tried both of the things you mentioned with no response. I also tried different combinations and nothing. The TBH adapter was my last hope
I have a HP Touchpad that I just opened from its box, so its brand new running stock HP WebOS. The thing is, I bought the tp almost 15 months ago and never unboxed it until yesterday. When I put it up for charging, the dead battery symbol appears( rectangle with a red dash at the bottom and flash on top) and doesn't seem to charge.
Can anyone tell me if this means that my battery has died since it was unused for such a long time?
Or is there anything else that I can do to spring it back to life?
P.S I've tried almost every combination of buttons, e,g Power+Home, Power+Home+Vol Up etc.
Any suggestions on this will be extremely helpful. Thank you very much!
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I have a HP Touchpad that I just opened from its box, so its brand new running stock HP WebOS. The thing is, I bought the tp almost 15 months ago and never unboxed it until yesterday. When I put it up for charging, the dead battery symbol appears( rectangle with a red dash at the bottom and flash on top) and doesn't seem to charge.
Can anyone tell me if this means that my battery has died since it was unused for such a long time?
Or is there anything else that I can do to spring it back to life?
P.S I've tried almost every combination of buttons, e,g Power+Home, Power+Home+Vol Up etc.
Any suggestions on this will be extremely helpful. Thank you very much!
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Just plug it in with the supplied USB and power connector for up to 4 hours. Do not use computer USB.
Carey4782 said:
Just plug it in with the supplied USB and power connector for up to 4 hours. Do not use computer USB.
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I've been charging it overnight. But it still hasn't booted normally.
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I've been charging it overnight. But it still hasn't booted normally.
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I have no idea if this will work, but you might try it:
http://www.slashreboot.com/journal/2012/8/18/an-odd-hp-touchpad-charging-problem.html
Here's another miscellaneous advice:
The round part of the charger, that the USB plugs into. That can twist open and closed to remove the part with the plugs. Make sure its fully tight. They can become loose, which prevents them from working.
Hold the power and home buttons down (not the volume +). press these together and hold them down for 30 seconds (actually shouldn't be that long, but it cant hurt)
If its still not working. Let it charge overnight and try again.
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shumash said:
I have no idea if this will work, but you might try it:
http://www.slashreboot.com/journal/2012/8/18/an-odd-hp-touchpad-charging-problem.html
Here's another miscellaneous advice:
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Thanks, I'll try that.
Perhaps not quite the same problem, but what I had fail on mine was the HP USB cable - The little contacts must have gotten dirty or something because the Touchpad just wouldn't charge unless I bent the connector in the socket a little.
Not too keen on that so I now use a different USB cable and it's fine.
I also agree with the above, use the dedicated charger supplied and not a USB port.
I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
See if you can get an OEM cable or a Touchstone.
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I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
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Leave it charging for a long time, 24 hrs +, it should charge.
Good luck.
original charger
pr621 said:
I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
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You need to find an original charger or maybe a compare able 2amp Carter will work. A standard phone charger or USB port on your computer is not powerful enough to charge it.
Check amazon it shouldn't cost more than $10
I have another tablet charging block that is 5.0v and 2 amps, but when I use that all it does is make the home button flash then stop then flash again. I left it charge on my computer overnight to try and get it to trickle charge. When I woke up the home button wasn't flashing and when I try to turn it on, the red battery comes up for a second then the white plug icon. I guess I'll see about getting an OEM cable, hopefully that works.
UPDATE: I got it into "recovery" mode? It was plugged into my PC so I held power and vol up until my pc recognized it. But it's showing up as palm in the device manager, and no drivers seem to work for it.
UPDATE 2: My sister found her OEM charger and now it seems to be actually charging. Thanks for the help, I'll let you know if this doesn't work.
Yep, usually issues like that are because of not using the OEM Charger.
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I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
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Only hope is original charger or Touchstone
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Battery dead, bricking issue
I have had several charging issues with my Touchpad. I am using ClassicNerd Butta OS. IF I am using the Android OS (Butta) and I turn off the Touchpad and then plug it in to charge it will restart the Butta OS. When this happens the Touchpad discharges instead of charging. So, when I come back later the Touchpad is dead and it takes a lot of messing around to get it going again. To prevent this I always turn off the Touchpad when I am using the Butta OS but I don't immediately attach the charging cable. Instead, I wait a bit. Then when I plug in the charging cable I immediately switch to the WebOS operating system. The device seems to charge well using WebOS. When it is done charging I unplug the cable and turn the device off. Next time I restart the Touchpad I let it boot to Butta. Then when it discharges to 80% or so I start the process again as stated. Sticking with these procedures has prevented the no-charge / no-boot issue from reoccurring. I also no longer charge the Touchpad at night. Instead, I charge it in the morning or during the day and only leave it on the charger for an hour or two until it is fully charged. It is my understanding that technique should result in longer battery life and better (longer) charge in the battery.
When my Touchpad battery has gone completely dead it is a real pain to get it to charge up the battery again. When the batter is totally dead the device will not boot into any OS or allow me to even get to the boot loader program. Takes a lot of messing around to get it to start charging again. Though I have been able to, eventually, get it to boot into WebOS and start to charge. But this was not an easy process by any means.
Also, I would agree that you really need to get a stock charger with the cable for your Touchpad. Using a different charger could damage the battery in your Touchpad and/or cause the battery to charge too slowly.
Good luck!
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I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
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My Hp TouchPad tablet came today and I was told when bidding that it was doing exactly the same thing as mentioned here. I have the OEM charger and cable.. I'll let you know when I can get it straightened out and I hope it is a good one.. Thanks for the info..
While on the OEM charger it booted and I selected webos for the tptb to reflash A6, but soon after it was off charger it went back to the battery icon. battery life low I guess? I selected shutdown. Let it charge over night and see what happens.
Many thanks to many members who are so helpful...
Hello everyone,
I installed a JB rom a few weeks ago on my TP (can't remember which one)...it worked for a little while, then i wanted to flash something additional and it seems to be bricked ever since and has been laying around...which is why I can't remember what exactly I wanted to flash
Anywho, if i connect it to the PC the notification LED on the home button is blinking..but that's it. no combination of power/voldownup/home button seems to be working and when I try to run webos doctor it doesn't recognise my device.
can anyone please help me?
When you say bricked. Do you mean stuck in a boot loop wouldn't turn on etc.
Have you had it connected to the stock charger or better still on a touchstone and if so for how long.
The more information you can give the better.
No it doesn't turn on at all, screen stays black.
It's been connected to what i think is the stock cable to my pc (there are too many Micro-USB cables laying around here ) for about an hour now and i just put it on the touchstone (LEDs are still flashing)..
Leave on the Touchstone for at least a few hours preferably overnight then hold the power and volume up buttons for at least 30 seconds if nothing happens do the same with power and home buttons and post any progress or lack of, but the first thing is to try and put some charge into it and the best for that imo is the Touchstone.
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No it doesn't turn on at all, screen stays black.
It's been connected to what i think is the stock cable to my pc (there are too many Micro-USB cables laying around here ) for about an hour now and i just put it on the touchstone (LEDs are still flashing)..
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The stock cable for the touchpad has a silver dot at each end. I have two touchpads ad the connection is very loose and unreliable. It often won't charge. I bought new Micro USB charge/sync cables and charging is no longer an issue.
The USB port on your computer is not powerful enough for anything it trickle charge. You need a stock touchpad charger.
Well i charged on the touchstone and then after a few hours i was able to boot into recovery and flash a new rom problem solved, thanks anyway!
Hi,
My HP Touchpad will not turn on. This never happened before. Few times there were some small problems to restart, but I usually do the reboot by holding down the power and the home button and everything was ok, but this time it didn't work. I held it down for 15 and more seconds. I tried to push just power button for quite a while, too. However, it still does not wake up. Usual I keep my Touchpad in sleeping mode, and I didn't let my battery to drain but this time. I switch it off, and I didn't use it during 3 or four days and when I tried to charge it, didn't even recognize that it was being plugged in. The screen is still blank.
I tried to find any solution on the Internet, but everything was not useful.
You guys my last chance!!!
Are there any other ways to fix this?
All help appreciated. Thanks!!!
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My OS is Android Lollipop 5.1
USB cable is OK is charging my friend HP Touchpad without any problems.
I reset the adapter it means I turn this one way and later back.
I tried my friend charger from his HP Touchpad - nothing.
I left my Pad for few hours plugged - nothing.
banka23 said:
Hi,
My HP Touchpad will not turn on. This never happened before. Few times there were some small problems to restart, but I usually do the reboot by holding down the power and the home button and everything was ok, but this time it didn't work. I held it down for 15 and more seconds. I tried to push just power button for quite a while, too. However, it still does not wake up. Usual I keep my Touchpad in sleeping mode, and I didn't let my battery to drain but this time. I switch it off, and I didn't use it during 3 or four days and when I tried to charge it, didn't even recognize that it was being plugged in. The screen is still blank.
I tried to find any solution on the Internet, but everything was not useful.
You guys my last chance!!!
Are there any other ways to fix this?
All help appreciated. Thanks!!!
P.S.
My OS is Android Lollipop 5.1
USB cable is OK is charging my friend HP Touchpad without any problems.
I reset the adapter it means I turn this one way and later back.
I tried my friend charger from his HP Touchpad - nothing.
I left my Pad for few hours plugged - nothing.
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One of mine died, I left on charger for I can't remember how long, maybe a week, picked it up and it was on. One other thing to try is pushing the home button 17 times. Good luck.
jerryatherton said:
One of mine died, I left on charger for I can't remember how long, maybe a week, picked it up and it was on. One other thing to try is pushing the home button 17 times. Good luck.
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Thanks, it didn't help, but I'm still waiting for solution. I think that my Touchpad is not broken because before few times something similar happened, and I heard that sometimes when battery is really empty some people had the same problem.
Place on touchstone to fully charge up / boot up?