GoPro Hero 8/7/6/5: Won't Turn On or Charge? FIXED (6 Easy Solutions) 

Works! I just tried this and it worked! Taking the battery out and plugging the charger in... Took a few mins before the GoPro turned on. I let the battery stay out for about 10mins. GoPro came on without the battery, then after another 10 mins I put the battery in and it recognized the batter at 0%. Thanks! - GoPro8 black

Brand new Hero 7 Black out of the box didn't charge and watched your video and plugged in hold 10 secs worked for me. So thank you for your knowledge and sharing your video. Looking for the seeing it fully charge now..

Thanks man! Couldn't get mine to do anything at all, would not charge, turn on or even light up. Did the 10 sec reset and now its charging! Ur the man! I liked and subbed.

My Hero 7 did this. Your video had already helped me by the time I got to timestamp 1:40. Thanks.

YEESSSS!!!! THIS WORKS!!!! Before this, the gopro wouldnt even charge and i would have to plug it in so it would work and straight after the steps in this video, it started working. Thank you SOOOOOO much.

Thanks, my hero 11 black wouldn't charge or turn on, and plugging it in to charge but with the battery removed worked for me. I also held the button down. Not sure what finally got it to turn on, but it worked. Thanks man.

This video is a lifesaver. I thought my GoPro 8 was broken! Great video!!

the charging with battery inside and turning it on while charging works for me. Battery finally starts charging from 1%. Thanks a lot!

This really helped me out, my Hero5 wasn't turning on or charging. The first fix option worked for me. Thanks

Definitely works, connect USB, remove battery, hold mode and power button.

BRO IT WORKED THAT YOU! Just plugged it in then hold the button for 10 seconds then after another couple seconds it opened. Was just getting ready to go mountain biking, good thing I can bring my camera with me❤😂

Your video was posted a year ago and yet this video helped me fix my GoPro, thank you very much sir! All I did was use a different charging cable.🤓👍

Helped me out. Had to switch to a genuine gopro battery till I was able to make the firmware update. Good to go now. Camera is working like a charm now even with the aftermarket battery.

All I can say is, you helped me, and for that, I say, Thanks!

Go pro 7 owner here, had it stored away for years did the cable plug in and power button and it turned on . Thank you so fricking much thought this thing was a goner

Holy crap I haven’t got to turn on my GoPro in 3 years holy thank you 🥺omg your getting a sub

Never new 10 second thing have same GoPro 8 subscribed thank you

Thanks .... taking out and wiping the memory card worked for me ... GoPro7 now charging.

holy crap you just brought my gopro back to life thank you so much sir

My GoPro Hero 8 did exactly this. I had only just set up the Auto Upload while it had low battery and went completely flat. No biggy but it appeared it was so flat that while the battery was in it wouldn’t charge at all, no flash on the LEDs, no activity at all. I thought I had bricked it! The step that worked for me, was plugging the cable in without a battery, it powered up to my relief, I then reinserted the battery while plugged in and on, it then started charging from 1%, somehow I had gone beyond the battery’s critical voltage and it wouldn’t accept a charge! It was charging from my PS4 which may have a lower output. But anyway, thanks mate you fixed it!

It works for me.. plug w/o battery and 10secs before on. Thank you so much!

Thank you - able to get my Hero 5 back on with your simple fix. Recently got the 10 and looking forward to using that one.

That so cool My whole family lost hope but u saved it man

Thanks man! Thought my GoPro was broken and ended up putting it away for years. This fixed it!

Your video made troubleshooting my GroPro easy. Good fortune to you

Trying this tomorrow I’ve Been having problems, thanks ❤ I sub 🇬🇭

i lost all hope but the format thing helped thank you soooooooooo much

Was getting ready to ship cam back to Ebay ,But 1 of your methods worked ! Thank you sooooo much !

New battery want charging (probably do discharged) Did the switch on without battery, then pop in battery. Worked !!! Thanks

usb cable without battery.. press the button multiple times and its on! thanks man you're a hero

Also if at the end of this video you can't fix it and the red LED light won't flash than try leaving your go pro connected to power by charging it and after some time you should see LED light!... that worked for me probably because I didn't use my go pro for about 4 months.

My gopro 7 silver stopped working completely and wouldn't charge either? Thanks to you I'm good to Go❤Appreciate!

Thanks for info. For a moment i thought my go Pro is gone. It really helped.

Thank you so much bro! I recently found my old GoPro 8 black and i was wanting to turn it on but it wouldn’t work but thank you!

Great video, to the point, many suggestions, more than others.

I had no batt when plugged in and a batt was in there. Plugging in with the batt in and holding the power button for 10 sec fixed this and now my batt charges, thank you so so much!!!

tnx si its working on my go pro7, this tutorial is legit,tnx for your vodeo

Fantastic! The idiot GoPro Hero 8 wouldn't recognize either battery----one registered 100% then quickly revised down to 0%. Tried everything, but your final advice, about wiping the SD card terminals, got it to work. WOW!! Who would have thought? GoPro should have a manual included to give such advice---unbelievable. MANY THANKS FOR THIS EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!!

The sd card formatting worked for me! Not in the first go but a few times Switching on and off after that helped! :)

Thanks Man, my heart stopped running for an hour. You are definitely a life savior❤️

Brilliant, thank you so much, option 2 fixed mine for me.

Just bought brand new h7 from best buy and couldn't get battery charge. This is the dumbest device out of the box. Thanks to you my friend!

Fixed my HERO 6! Thanks!

Thanks! turning on without the battery and then putting the battery back in worked!

Thank you so much mate this helped a heap. It wasn't charging or turning on but I tried the battery pulled out and turned it on then put the battery back in and it worked straight away

Thank you! 10sec did it for me. Brand new Hero8 by the way.

omg tysm. i thought my broke and i got it for christmas.

thanks man. was getting frustrated even messing with it. but now it works thanks!

Bam! The 10 seconds worked!!! Phew!! I was about to send Go Pro an email! THANK YOU!

Thanks for the video. I had a bit of a problem the Hero 7 Silver does not have a removable battery. When I hooked it to the computer like you said I finally got the red light.

I was about to go buy a new one. The SD card was the problem. Your the best

It was the SD card for me. Thanks man

Thanks for the video.. its really helpful.. I am having my Go Pro Max 360 wont turn on.. After follow ur step, i manage to turn it on again.. Thanks !!!

'Plug in, turn on with no battery, then put battery in' got me up and running. Thanks man!

This was a life saver. Thank you so much

The operation worked, thank you

I couldn’t agree more, I’m in Mexico vlogging right now with a GoPro 9 and having issues, GoPro need to pull their finger out, my 4 year old Sony FDR X3000 no issues at all. It’s not acceptable that I’m vlogging for my RU-vid channel and I can’t rely on my equipment!

This worked for my hero 9, thanks so much

Bro I tried all the steps but it ain't started, mine is a 6 month old GoPro Hero 8, I am damn scared now, as it's not starting from 3 days.

Very good video it solved my problem right away thanks

thank you for helping me out you earned a sub

Outstanding. Thank you.

I took out the battery, blew it with my mouth and it started working again. What a relief!💨

Thank you very much, if I hadn't seen you, I would have thought that my go pro was really broken, thank you very much.

You’re a lifesaver. Thank you sir !

This video helped alot. Thanks.

Thank you 3 years after making this video the method for taking the battery out while it’s on the charger worked on my hero 11! Thank you so much! …why does this even happen?

YOU SAVED MY GOPRO ❤

thanks a lot....the third step worked for me plug in the charger without battery and then insert the battery after turning it on

I was desperate and I stumbled on to your video..THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

This is the best tip I’ve ever gotten from any YT video. IT WORKED! tysm ❤

Big thanks. You saved my bacon! Works fine now.

thanks for your content, it was a great help because i though my gopro was already broken, since it won't start or charge.

Hero 11 and holding the power button without the battery is what saved me here. As soon as I put the battery back in after doing this, it was recognized and started charging.

Thank u so much🤗 I thought my go pro 10 😭died......haha u r life saver for gopro 🥰

Awesome video thanks for your help

you saved me, the SD formatting worked

Actually helped with my hero 9 one of the batteries have a problem of when I plug it in the entire GoPro glitches and tries to shut off but the other one worked and I just left it to charge

You saved my day

OMG...holding it for 10 seconds worked...I am subscribing just for that. Thanks Bruh man.

Thanks so much bro!!!! i honestly was about to cry😂😂 taking the battery out and holding the power button fixed my issue. Thank you so much!! liked and subbed!🙏🙏

I will try these out later on. Mine is brand new. Did not see the red light while charging. The screen was extremely dim so i could not set up my preferences, now this morning it would not power on. So I'll use these troubleshooting techniques then if all else fails, I'll return the camera. Thanks for the helpful video.

WOW ❤THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO ITS HELP WITH MY DEAD GOPRO MAX

thanks, man. It worked when I removed the battery and connected directly the charger. The battery was 0% charged!

Thank you. Fixed my go-pro 8

My GoPro max was not working. Because of you my camera turned on thank you so much!

Re inserting memory card worked !! Thank you so much 🍻✌🏻

Mahalo from Maui!🌸 Your advice really helped!

Omg I have a hero 9 but the battery out one helped so much thank you, without u my mum would’ve killed me if I broke the GoPro I spent $750 on with my own money thank u

HELLO THERE.. MY GOPRO HERO 7 BLACK DIDN'T TURN ON AND NOW WHEN I PLUG IN THE CHARGER IT WILL NOT WORK BUT ONLY THINGS HAPPENS IS IT GET SO MUCH OF HEAT. IS THERE ANY WAY TO SOLVE IT ?

Turned out I wrongy put battery inside my go pro 9, thats why it was saying "no battery" and was not charging :D This video guided me into figuring this out, I almost sent it to USA for reclamation from Poland! Thanks man

Thank you my heart went out when my go pro didn’t respond your video is great help

Best video! Thanks a lot! 😍

Thanks helped out alot

Thanks so much,I was ab give up on mine ,your awesome dude (also I got mine running by holding the recording button,on my gopro 7white)

Helped me out while on holiday thanks man 👍

LIFEsaver... Damn that works - Thanks mate.....

Wow I’ve been trying to figure out how to fix my GoPro for so long this really helped thanks

Thank you so much I really was not expecting this to work your video really helped me

thank you. worked with the hero 10 as well