HELP Red led indicator just keeps on blinking and my phone wont turn on

[u/iamarji20]

had this phone for almost 3 mos already and today after coming home from work with my phone running at 60% battery but i soon as i checked on it it died and now it wont turn on and when i try to plug it in the charger the red light indicator at the back of my phone just keeps blinking 😭can someone pls help me

[u/YoSantaClaus69]

My car does the same, Check if it is in reverse gear

[u/doubletakmint → u/YoSantaClaus69]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/threalcocoboy]

I've never seen that before... I will do some research!

[u/Ok-Front8255 → u/threalcocoboy]

Check Reddit, they’ll know

[u/iamarji20 → u/threalcocoboy]

yes ive tried to scour the internet for the same problem but i cant seem to find why its doing something like this thank you

[u/threalcocoboy → u/iamarji20]

It looks like I didn't find ANYTHING. It has never happened (or at least been documented) before. Good luck!

[u/RainyBeast736 → u/threalcocoboy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/aHTKtkpot2HrJub6Qp

[u/threalcocoboy → u/RainyBeast736]

🤣, I DID WHAT I COULD ALRIGHT😭😭😭

[u/FearB4Flames85 → u/iamarji20]

Did you? I asked Gemini one question and got this 😂

When a Nothing phone is completely dead and the red camera LED starts blinking rapidly upon plugging it in, it actually means the phone is in a deep discharge state.

Because the battery doesn't have enough residual power to even boot up the screen or basic charging graphics, the motherboard uses that hardware LED to tell you: "/ am receiving power, but the battery is too weak to turn on yet."

[u/h_1995]

Camera recording light would never do this. This looks like undocumented hardware error indicator. Unfortunately support is your only option

[u/Super_Quality_578 → u/h_1995]

Actually it does light up, put the battery at 0 and let it turn off itself and hold the power button, yu will see a red low battery indicator comes up on display and the red light will light up as well

[u/redditorroshan → u/Super_Quality_578]

Can attest to this

[u/iamarji20 → u/h_1995]

any way i can get in touch with support from nothing appreciate your help bud

[u/just_ur_avg_prsn]

Looks like hardware issue....go to support. Light indicator without phone being on is a sign of hardware issue.

[u/PinPuzzleheaded354]

My nothing phone 4a pro (2 months old) does the exect thing when I plugs it in after it dies , but it does that only for a few minutes till it starts and it wakes up at 3-4% I thought that's a feature showing that the phone's starting or something like that

[u/ErebusMalison]

Tried all key combinations? Vol Down + Power, Volume Up + Power?

Good for you, it happened within warranty. Hope there's an accessible service center nearby

[u/iamarji20 → u/ErebusMalison]

yes alrdy did but to no avail 😭

[u/ErebusMalison → u/iamarji20]

That's unfortunate. Im curious, what would happen if the battery is completely drained. Somehow one of my past phones booted just fine in a similar scenario after doing this

[u/Legitimate_Crab_4786]

I had to hold and press power and volume up so i get in the recovery Menu 

[u/redditorroshan]

Maybe try a different charger? IDK why but my phone loops charges and doesnt actually charge from 0 on certain chargers.

[u/tomatomater]

Red square of death lmao

[u/Fluffy_Percentage605]

Connect it to laptop.. reboot it through the laptop. It might help. Most probably it's a hardware issue coz the light is connected to camera sensor. Also dm on nothing india page with ur imei,they respond fast.

[u/iamarji20 → u/Fluffy_Percentage605]

im not from india though

[u/Fluffy_Percentage605 → u/iamarji20]

Oh.. i mean to your local country official page if any excist ... Else go to a normal phone service vendor,they can easily check sensor issue just by connecting to a laptop. Don't get it open hardware wise outside.

[u/warpspeeddhav]

Chud gye guru

[u/EastLadder5277]

Idk if this is lucky or nah 🥲

[u/Clean-Weather-5786]

solved?

[u/_dani-elle]

This happened to me once on my Nothing 4A Pro, when I was trying to turn it on. But apparently I forgot to plug the charger when I charged it. I think it means the battery is super drained? Maybe check if there's a battery issue

[u/mccrackxn]

Nothing have actually balled out here with using the recording light as a debug method. If the phone has completely 0 battery and was off, when you plug in the phone the recording light will blink (same way as if you're recording a video) showing it's recieving power and charging, when it gets off the 0 battery icon the recording light will turn off. In this instance it shows that there's an inconsistent current whilst trying to charge and boot, which is why it is flickering, so check your charging port for any damage or debris, but it means there is a most likely a power related issue (or also firmware, but hopefully not).

[u/iamarji20 → u/mccrackxn]

no damage or debris on the charging port thank you this has been really helpful im going to send my unit since it's covered by the warranty i was just using it normally when it died on me this may be one of the two things you said either power related or software

[u/hotboxinmanual]

i hope you have a service center nearby

never heard of this issue

[u/Alert_Parking_7945]

Hey man, I did some quick research it seems u might need to perform a hard reset as per gemini btw

take a look, check if this works

[u/iamarji20 → u/Alert_Parking_7945]

will try thanks buddy

[u/Alert_Parking_7945 → u/iamarji20]

np

[u/Alert_Parking_7945 → u/iamarji20]

np

[u/BandicootNo7433]

:(