Blaze won't charge

[steveogs]

Battery totally died over night.

Trying to charge it and big battery icon not showing up.

Have tried different usb ports and phone chargers but no life from blaze...a noise does come from the laptop however that suggests it recognises it in the charging cradle but still no life from blaze...

Very frustrating...

Can anyone help please ?

[Kmransom123]

@steveogs  If your battery was totally drained, it may take a while for it to get enough charge just to even show the battery indicator.  

[steveogs]

It was been on the charger for a while and still nothing happening

[Rich_Laue · Accepted solution]

@steveogs I'm not sure what a while is, but I've seen mine take up to 2 hours before the battery is strong enough to turn the unit on. My thought is to use a known USB port or charger, plug it in, make sure the Blaze is inserted correctly and wait. A phone charger would charge a little faster than a computer port, because the battery can accept more than the 500MA the pc port is ratted at. 

[Bacci57]

I've had my blaze for a month and it won't charge! Tried different chargers... different charging ports and nothing!  Not even a better icon... please help!

[freiburger9091]

My Blaze was low on battery (not yet in the red zone), and now has been in its charging cradle for 12+ hours, but it won't charge.  Can't even get enough juice to shut down!  Tried plugging into different outlets, different blocks - nothing!  HELP!!

[Atko]

I now have the same problem - my Blaze was working fine and now has stopped charging and just gets warm. I have tried cleaning the pins, different chargers, USB ports etc. It just shows the FitBit symbol on the screen and then flashing battery icon top left.  Its been in charge overnight and nothing happens! 

[JohnC58]

This may be a solution in some limited cases but mine has been on the charger for two days and it simply won't charge. This is my second and most likely last Fitbit. I'm not paying $200 for another piece of junk that doesn't even last a year. There have been issues with it ever since I first bought it with it not counting data/steps even while I obseved it. For instance, during an hour it might get to 248 steps well before the hour was up and no matter how many steps I would take before the end of the hour it would never add amymore steps. That kind of thing I generally got mad about but chose to ignore because it worked most of the time. But now it doesn't work at all!!!

[Hermie1964]

My Blaze Will NOT charge right out of the BOX!! I have had the Blaze charging (Supposed to be) for over 10 hours and still nothing!!!!! I can't even get it set up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is really upsetting (i'd like to use a different word/phrase but I won't to show how mad I am)

Hermie1964

[Hermie1964]

My Blaze Does not show a Battery Icon Nor does it take a charge RIGHT OUT of the box..... CAN NOT even set it up!!!!!!

[Hermie1964]

By the way, I have had it supposedly (Meaning it has been plugged in) charging for OVER 10 HOURS and NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!

[Atko]

I had a similar problem – phoned customer support who went through confirmatory fault finding and then replaced the Blaze. I don’t think there is anyway around it – I tried all sorts including other chargers etc.

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[AlejandraFitbit]

A warm welcome to the Community @Hermie1964 and @Atko thanks for stopping by.

If you are having issues with your Blaze battery, I recommend taking a look at this post and follow the instructions provided there.

I hope this helps, let me know the outcome. 

[Vinodragrawal]

Fitbit Blaze died. Now it is not charging

[Rich_Laue]

How long was it dead @Vinodragrawal.. I find sometimes it takes several hours on its charger before the tracker shows any life? 

Then a restart is often needed.. Make sure your plugged into a known good port or wall wort. 

[Vinodragrawal]

Thanks. Will follow your instructions

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[AlejandraFitbit]

Hey @Vinodragrawal, welcome to the Forums and @Rich_Laue thanks for stopping by.

I would like to know if you Blaze is working now? Have you followed the instructions provided in my previous post? If you haven't, I recommend taking a look at it and follow the steps provided.

Keep me posted. 

[Run1249]

As far as not counting your steps make sure it’s updating ...

[smalljh1]

same here, my blaze is dead. wont charge, wont display, wont reset. it is dead