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Hi, just got my Pocket, pressed the power button and the screen flickers but the camera does not turn on...

Plugged in the power cable to the camera, still the same issue.

No lens attached.

Help?

OK

Never mind, just tap the power button not hold, = S

Working now = )

ChrisMV wrote:Hi, just got my Pocket, pressed the power button and the screen flickers but the camera does not turn on...

Plugged in the power cable to the camera, still the same issue.

No lens attached.

Help?

This isn't a helpline. maybe you should contact BM....

You should of at least try charging the battery before you start bothering people. I expect a 'ok I solved it post within the next few hours.

Jimmykorea wrote:

ChrisMV wrote:Hi, just got my Pocket, pressed the power button and the screen flickers but the camera does not turn on...

Plugged in the power cable to the camera, still the same issue.

No lens attached.

Help?

This isn't a helpline. maybe you should contact BM....

Hater! Someone can now see this message and get some help, no thanks to you = )

Glad it was resolved so quickly.


You can bet though that the next time someone lists all the hardware reliability "problems", this gets marked down as one of them :-p

ChrisMV wrote:

Jimmykorea wrote:

ChrisMV wrote:Hi, just got my Pocket, pressed the power button and the screen flickers but the camera does not turn on...

Plugged in the power cable to the camera, still the same issue.

No lens attached.

Help?

This isn't a helpline. maybe you should contact BM....

Hater! Someone can now see this message and get some help, no thanks to you = )

So you were thinking of others....ok my mistake.


Who holds a power button down.....

No worries, it's just a weird quirk.

Usually you press and hold a tad to turn on equipment, this one was just a tap... Threw me off for a sec
that combined with the screen fickler made me think there was something wrong.

Hopefully if someone else runs into this can come here and see this.

Clearly I need a sarcasm button.

Jimmykorea wrote:Clearly I need a sarcasm button.

In lieu of a sarcasm button, you could post a lot less.

mhood wrote:

Jimmykorea wrote:Clearly I need a sarcasm button.

In lieu of a sarcasm button, you could post a lot less.

Thanks for the advice, I look forward your posting as well. / Sarc off. /

Mhood,

every time I read your posts I crack up... you are so funny man...
I really enjoy reading your remarks!

mhood wrote:

Jimmykorea wrote:Clearly I need a sarcasm button.

In lieu of a sarcasm button, you could post a lot less.

haha

ungovernedreason wrote:

mhood wrote:

Jimmykorea wrote:Clearly I need a sarcasm button.

In lieu of a sarcasm button, you could post a lot less.

haha

Hahahahahahah

ChrisMV wrote:No worries, it's just a weird quirk.

Usually you press and hold a tad to turn on equipment, this one was just a tap... Threw me off for a sec
that combined with the screen fickler made me think there was something wrong.

Hopefully if someone else runs into this can come here and see this.

Don't worry I made the same mistake! All part of getting used to it.

This got me for a while as well, was going crazy!

Thank you for the advise! I believe i'd fall into that trap as well.

And i also believe that that is exactly what this forum is meant for: users helping other users to avoid or resolve problems.