3g camera won’t power on dead

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Scott Wilkinson
Found batteries were dead, replaced with new batteries and new SD card , won’t power on in setup, won’t take any pics , when I put in setup mode the light on the front is flashing green flashes 5 pauses then flashes about 2 then 1 then 5 or six
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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Do you have a different SD card? A bad SD card can cause exactly these symptoms. Did you try the original SD card?

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  • Scott Wilkinson

    Ya I put 3 Sd all new and 2 new sets of batteries

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    What’s the camera model? GC-what? If you are using the app, what’s the firmware date?

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    The fact that the green light is flashing means that the camera does have power. Something is preventing it from booting, though.

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  • Scott Wilkinson

    Gc-vctb firmware is 5/29/17 and says up to date

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  • Scott Wilkinson

    I also have plenty of credits

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    The credits won’t come into play until the camera comes up. Are the SD cards class 10, standard size?

    This is going to sound crazy, but try updating the firmware. I know it’s the latest version, but a camera behaving like this is usually either the SD card or firmware. 

    The firmware can be downloaded here. Make sure the SD card is empty. Download the file once. It should not have any spaces or parentheses or numbers in parentheses. The instructions for downloading are below the list of firmwares. You will use the manual method with the playback button. It’s a long shot but worth trying.

    https://my.spartancamera.com/download

     

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  • Jeff Scruggs

    Anything ever get figured out? Mine is doing the same exact thing! 2 quick green blinks followed by 5 or 6 longer green blinks.

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Jeff, I would try the manual firmware update as I suggested in the post before yours. For some reason, dead batteries throw a kink into the system and updating the firmware (even though it’s the version that’s on the camera) sometimes straightens things out.

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  • Jeff Scruggs

    I downloaded it and did the manual directions, but the camera isn't responding on the screen.

    only the continual green 2 quick blinks followed by 5 or 6 longer blinks.

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Jeff, have you tried a different SD card, class 10 and 80 MB/s speed?

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  • Scott Wilkinson

    Jeff I called tech support and nothing we did helped, so I am sending it in for repair tomorrow, I’ll post when I find out more

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  • Jeff Scruggs

    I've tried a different SD card, batteries are new lithium batteries, nothing is working. This is more frustrating for me as I just sent in my other camera and was told it was the circuit board. A $150 to replace or buy a new camera at a slight discount.

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  • John Lockburner

    Jeff do you have a solar setup?

     

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  • Jeff Scruggs

    No. Only run Energizer lithium

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