Battery symbol with question mark inside!

**lesnmor80** · 10-30-2011, 01:20 PM

So I didn't put my Bionic on the charger when i went to bed last night and now it is fully dead and when plugging into charger the battery symbol shows up on middle of the screen with a question mark inside. I have pulled battery several times and it will not power on even after leaving it on charger for at least 1 hour. What do I do?

**KillerG** · 10-30-2011, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by lesnmor80

So I didn't put my Bionic on the charger when i went to bed last night and now it is fully dead and when plugging into charger the battery symbol shows up on middle of the screen with a question mark inside. I have pulled battery several times and it will not power on even after leaving it on charger for at least 1 hour. What do I do?

Hmmm check the terminals? A question mark battery usually isn't good, your battery might be screwed. Try plugging it in and waiting for a full charge...?

**LDubs** · 10-31-2011, 11:16 AM

Also can try a different charger if you have one, maybe your charger somehow got fried. It should have immediately begin charging and should have been able to power it up within probably 15-20 mins.

**freeky1** · 10-31-2011, 02:08 PM

Look at this:

**freeky1** · 10-31-2011, 02:38 PM

And this:

**corymcnutt** · 10-31-2011, 03:59 PM

I got that with a BB I had...they told me it was the battery, but when they put a new one in...nothing. It ended up the phone was fried...funny thing; Verizon wanted $40 for a new battery and only $50 for a new phone to replace my 16 month old one, so I made out with a new phone/battery for only $50.

**highbar81** · 11-01-2011, 02:18 PM

Last time I saw this was with my OG Droid. Reset the phone and it never came back, it was fried. Take it in and have them look at it.

**wth123** · 12-01-2011, 03:37 PM

This happened to my bionic. I opened the battery compartment and inspected one the leads on the battery itself. It seems like one of the leads wasnt coming out enough to make contact with the phone leads. I got a thumbtack and bent the battery lead out and it worked.