If you own a Sony camera, you may have recently run into the issue of it not charging. This can be extremely frustrating, especially if you need to use your camera for an important event or project.
In this blog post, we’ll discuss some potential reasons why your Sony camera may not be charging and what you can do to fix the issue.
Hopefully, by the end of this post, you’ll be able to get your camera up and running again in no time!
How to Fix Your Sony Camera that is Not Charging
These are the possible solutions that you should try.
Quick Fixes
- If the camera is on, you should turn it off because it will not charge while it is powered on
- Check the battery to see if it is 100% charged; your camera does show charging LEDs
- Check the micro USB cable to see if it is working proper
- Ensure the USB ports on your computer are not faulty
- Turn your computer on if it is in sleep mode; it stops providing the current
- Use an AC adapter instead of the computer
- Check and fix your power source
- Unplug and replug the camera into the charger
- If the device heats up, wait until the temperature cools down
Turn Off Camera
If you have plugged your camera into a computer’s USB port, you should turn it off to charge from here. Because while the camera is on, the USB file transfer mode will turn on.
So, to fix the charging, you should check if the camera is powered on; you should turn it off instantly.
While the camera is in power-off mode, the files transfer feature is automatically disabled and will start charging.
Ensure It is Not 100% Charged
Another thing that you might know about the sony camera. If its battery is complete, the 100% charged camera does not light up any indicators to show if it is charging.
So, you should check your camera may it is ultimately charged.
You should carefully unplug it from the charger and turn the camera on to check the current battery level.
You should wait for about a minute because displaying the correct level can take a few seconds.
Check Micro USB Cable
Check your micro USB cable and ensure you are using an original power cable that comes with your camera. If the cable is original and still the charging issue occurs.
You should check that the charging cable is not faulty and provides power to the camera.
If you have another micro USB cable available, you should use it to charge your Sony camera. Check if the new cable is charging the camera; your original cable is faulty.
It should be replaced, and you should buy a compatible cable.
Check Computer’s USB Port
You should check your computer’s USB port and ensure it works properly. Sometimes the port can be faulty due to a reason.
You should unplug the camera from the port and use the other port of your computer. Check if the device is charging.
You can use another computer if you have one and plug the camera into its USB port; if the camera is charging with the new computer, it means your old computer was defective.
Keep Computer Power On
Sometimes while you are not using your computer, it turns into sleep mode. You should check if your computer is in sleep mode; if in sleep mode, you should wake it.
Because in sleep mode, it stops providing output in the USB ports.
You can read more Why you should keep computer awaked?
Use AC Adapter
However, if your Sony camera is not charging with your computer/ laptop. You should use an original AC adapter that is supplied with your camera.
Plug the USB cable into the adapter and then plug the adapter into a wall socket.
And carefully insert the other end of the cable into the camera’s micro USB port. Then check it to ensure it is charging.
Check Power Source
While the camera does not respond after using an adapter, you should also check your power source. A power source can be faulty due to some reason.
If it does not provide electricity to charge your camera, you should fix it or use another power source.
Plug your camera into a new power socket and check if it is charging. If the camera starts charging, your old power socket is faulty.
Unplug and Replug
After the above method, if your Sony camera is still not charging, you should unplug it and then replug it into the charger. This may fix the charging issue of your device.
You can use this method with your computer and AC adapter.
First, unplug it from your computer and then replug it into the USB port. Check if the camera is now charging.
On the other hand, unplug and replug your camera into the AC adapter and wall socket. May it will be fixed and start charging.
Check Temperature
In a few cases, your camera can be heated up while charging. And the temperature increase stops charging your camera. It can overheat due to direct sunlight or power errors.
You should check if the camera overheated and unplug it from the charger.
Bring it into an AC room and allow it to cool down. A suitable temperature for charging your Sony camera is about 25℃ (77℉).
Use another Battery Pack
If you have another original sony battery pack, you should remove the old battery pack from your camera. And insert this new pack into the battery box.
Ensure you have inserted it into the place.
And then, turn the camera on and check its battery level. If the battery is lower than 100%, you should plug it into the charger to check if it is working.
Camera’s Hardware Issue
None of the above methods is not helped to fix your Sony camera charging problem. You should check and ensure that the camera has hardware damage.
If the camera is not turning on or charging, it has a hardware issue.
You should contact the manufacturers for your Sony camera repair.
You can also check if the device is under warranty and ask the manufacturer for a return or replacement.
And the second method is to go to the nearest electronic repair shop.
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