thephatmaster
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Hi all,
I have a long-serving Mobius that's not booting reliably. It's just hanging at a blue LED. Or, sometimes, a brief flash of the blue and three flashes of the red - then nothing - no leds.
The Mobius has seen a lot of use, and taken a lot of whacks. It's been used as a ski camera, dashcam, cycling helmet cam, second camera for youtube videos - you name it.
Not sure of the hardware revision but it has 2015 written on the board.
Hi all,
I have a long-serving Mobius that's seen a lot of use - used as a ski camera, dashcam, cycling helmet cam, second camera for youtube videos - you name it.
Not sure of the hardware revision but it has 2015 written on the board.
My dad wanted to borrow it for gliding and the battery was getting tired so I replaced the battery like for like (800-ish mAh one), and put a 128GB card in (Amazon Basics).
I got it back (he hadn't even been using it) and now it won't boot up reliably. Most of the time it just freezes at a blue LED and seems unresponsive. Nothing from the red LED. To power it back off I have to hold "power" down.
Or it does the brief flash of the blue, followed by three of the red, then turns off.
Things I've tried so far:
My dad wanted to borrow it for gliding and the battery was getting tired so I replaced the battery like for like (800-ish mAh one), and put a 128GB card in (Amazon Basics).
I got it back (he hadn't even been using it) and now it won't boot up reliably. most of the time it just freezes at a blue LED and seems unresponsive. Nothing from the red LED. To power it back off I have to hold "power" down.
Things I've tried so far:
I have a long-serving Mobius that's not booting reliably. It's just hanging at a blue LED. Or, sometimes, a brief flash of the blue and three flashes of the red - then nothing - no leds.
The Mobius has seen a lot of use, and taken a lot of whacks. It's been used as a ski camera, dashcam, cycling helmet cam, second camera for youtube videos - you name it.
Not sure of the hardware revision but it has 2015 written on the board.
Hi all,
I have a long-serving Mobius that's seen a lot of use - used as a ski camera, dashcam, cycling helmet cam, second camera for youtube videos - you name it.
Not sure of the hardware revision but it has 2015 written on the board.
My dad wanted to borrow it for gliding and the battery was getting tired so I replaced the battery like for like (800-ish mAh one), and put a 128GB card in (Amazon Basics).
I got it back (he hadn't even been using it) and now it won't boot up reliably. Most of the time it just freezes at a blue LED and seems unresponsive. Nothing from the red LED. To power it back off I have to hold "power" down.
Or it does the brief flash of the blue, followed by three of the red, then turns off.
Things I've tried so far:
- Charging until the green LED went away;
- Booting with and without the SD inserted;
- Resetting it with a pin;
- This did get it to boot once into mode 1 - I shot a quick video (LED flashed orange and it wrote a file) but it froze again after a few seconds.
- Trying the SD card in my PC (the brief video I made was fine);
- Trying to view footage on my PC with the camera connected over USB (also fine);
- Opening it up:
- blowing on everything in the usual way;
- checking the board for obviously blown / damaged components - nothing obvious;
- removing and re-seating the battery;
- removing and re-seating both ends of the lens connector
My dad wanted to borrow it for gliding and the battery was getting tired so I replaced the battery like for like (800-ish mAh one), and put a 128GB card in (Amazon Basics).
I got it back (he hadn't even been using it) and now it won't boot up reliably. most of the time it just freezes at a blue LED and seems unresponsive. Nothing from the red LED. To power it back off I have to hold "power" down.
Things I've tried so far:
- Charging until the green LED went away;
- Resetting it with a pin;
- This did get it to boot once into mode 1 - I shot a quick video (LED flashed orange and it wrote a file) but it froze again after a few seconds.
- Trying the SD card in my PC (the brief video I made was fine);
- Trying to view footage on my PC with the camera connected over USB (also fine);
- Opening it up:
- blowing on everything in the usual way;
- checking the board for obviously blown / damaged components - nothing obvious;
- removing and re-seating the battery;
- removing and re-seating both ends of the lens connector