10-15-2017 06:12
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10-15-2017 06:12
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New Ionic won’t charge. Rebooted twice per help Fitbit help folks (pushed two buttons - left and lower right at the same time for about 10 sec until ionic screen appeared) tried two different ports on MacBook Air. Clock face shows icon of battery charging (battery level and lines moving outward). Out of box charging level was 51%. Overnight charge is now at 44%. Junk? Disappointed.
10-15-2017 06:15
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10-15-2017 06:15
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Does it charge if, for example, you use your phone charger to charge?

10-15-2017 06:26
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10-15-2017 06:26
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Thanks for your reply. I tried it before and no. After talking to Fitbit folks they recommended USB as the wall charger may be too hot.
I just rebooted the watch and plugged into iPhone wall charger. Looks like it’s accepting the charge (as before). I’ll see if third time is a charm but not optimistic.

10-15-2017 06:39
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10-15-2017 06:39
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Strider, This seems to be working - reboot then wall charge. Watch went from 43% to 48% in 10 minutes. Thanks! I’ll let you know if anything should change.

10-15-2017 11:44
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10-15-2017 11:44
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had the similar problem - did th reset and plugged into wall - seems to work. thanks for the helpful post

10-15-2017 13:06
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10-15-2017 13:06
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Ionic charged from 43% to 50% then stalled. Worked with customer service for about an hour to no avail. Just returned it. 😡
10-31-2017 07:17
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10-31-2017 07:17
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I have no luck. Change different way of charging. From PC to wall charger. None of them fix the problem. It never get charged. So disappointing
11-27-2017 02:54
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11-27-2017 02:54
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No sign of charging or light when put into charging unit since yesterday
11-29-2017 18:53
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11-29-2017 18:53
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Clean off the connectors with your finger. It's worked twice now.

12-05-2017 13:50
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12-05-2017 13:50
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Help! I tried rebooting numerous times and still no charge. It is so dead that it won’t connect for recent Fitbit fix.
12-18-2017 15:39
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12-18-2017 15:39
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Got my ionic yesterday . Put it on charge last night. Today its completely dead. Will not do anything no matter where i try to charge it
12-18-2017 18:12
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12-18-2017 18:12
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Has anyone tried cleaning the contacts? Without a clean connection, the charger won't be able to connect to the device.
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01-02-2018 12:03 - edited 01-02-2018 12:19
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01-02-2018 12:03 - edited 01-02-2018 12:19
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I purchased a brand new ionic and the very first day I had no trouble charging it. The second time I charged, I was able to with a little bit of fidgeting and since that second charge, it's increasingly gotten worse. I've tried everything - changing ports, using wall chargers, cleaning the prongs, physically holding the charger to the watch, called customer support and nothing has helped. Customer support has tried to get me to do a factory reset and the other reset, but because my watch is completely dead it's not working. I thought originally that my cable was the issue, but after seeing these comments I'm beginning to wonder if it's just a bad design. It's really unfortunate to spend over $300 on a watch only to have it not charge properly. I sent a video to customer service, so we'll see what they say - but I may also need to return it if it's already giving me problems. Really hoping that the issue ends up being a bad cable and that it can be replaced.
01-03-2018 09:00
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01-03-2018 09:00
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They sent me a new charger cord first, but that was not the issue. It was a corrupt unit.

01-03-2018 09:01
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01-03-2018 09:08
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01-03-2018 09:08
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@Afacfit - since you were issued a new unit, have you had any issues with it charging since? I really want to keep the ionic if at all possible, however, if charging is an issue I may just return it all together. If it's a possibility that the unit is corrupt or the cable wire itself, I'll continue trying out everything before I give up.

01-03-2018 09:49 - last edited on 02-22-2021 12:23 by LiliyaFitbit
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01-03-2018 09:49 - last edited on 02-22-2021 12:23 by LiliyaFitbit
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My new one works just fine as of a week or so. No issues. I do clean after every heavy workout so hope this continues to be the case for working properly.
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01-03-2018 12:14
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I was having a lot of trouble with it charging, but a tech guy told me to attach it to my desktop usb port and I haven't had any problems since. For what ever reason it doesn't charge if I use a plug in type charger.

01-03-2018 12:18
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@Jaykl Thank you! The tech support person asked me to do the same as well, but sadly it's also not working for me. Hoping to hear back from them soon and REALLY hoping that the charger cable is the issue.

01-03-2018 12:26 - last edited on 02-22-2021 12:22 by LiliyaFitbit
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01-03-2018 12:26 - last edited on 02-22-2021 12:22 by LiliyaFitbit
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That did not work for my situation although I tried it!
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