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This happened suddenly, there was no water damage or shock damage. I have 2 batteries, last time i’ve fully charged it and now it won’t turn on IF the cable charger doesn’t attached. It will normally works when the cable is attached, the camera would turn on and works fine and the battery indicator shows it fully charged, but doesnt charge at all, and when i unplugged the cable it will shut off immediately. Same thing if i plugged the cable, it won’t charge at all even if i didn’t turn on the camera, it just went blank. I’ve tried both of the batteries and it happened the same. Does anyone knows what is going on with my camera?
I had the same problem, but for me it turned out to be the battery turned the wrong way. In most cameras it’s not possible, but in the the tg5 it is. I hope it helps someone! Marten
Stylus TG-860 has same issue. Battery can be put in backwards, then it doesn’t turn on. Put it in the right way, and it comes on fine.
This is so ridiculous but it’s true. MY battery got reversed and when that happened the camera would not power up with either the battery or the power cord. It’s just nuts that the battery can be reversed so easily without realizing it.
