[Android Central Question]

I was in the middle of checking email when my phone just shut down when I tried to start it back up I got a picture of a battery with a flashing ? marin the center. Even when I charge the phone. When I try booting up the phone without a charger it says not enough battery to start the phone. When I plug in the phone I get the weird battery symbol even before trying to turn it on. What does this mean? Before shutting down my battery showed about 38%

[Mooncatt]

Sounds like the battery is defective. If it's removable, you may want to try pulling it out for about 10 minutes and see if that resets things. Otherwise you likely need to replace it.