topic Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions? in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

Chatty94 — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 03:24:13 GMT

I have tried two fully charged batteries, but my rebel t3 won't turn on.....it is about 4 years old....it has not been dropped or damaged....and I used it about 3-4 weeks ago with no problem. Any suggestions?

I did read in the manual that there are two different batteries......I have no idea where the second one is located or even how big it is.....

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:02:24 GMT

The second battery is internal to camera and not user replaceable. It is charged by the main battery.

Are sure that the two batteries are fully charged? A defective charger could indicate charge but not be charging.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

SENORRIS — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 13:40:11 GMT

Similar problem with my T2i, haven't used the camera for a while, charged the battery and menu display won't come on. When attempting to take a picture the flash will work as will the shutter, so it seems the battery is charged. Just no display.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

TCampbell — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:37:24 GMT

The camera has two micro-switches to verify that the (a) memory card door and (b) battery compartment door are fully closed. There are some tabs on the doors which push on the respective door switches.

Check to make sure your doors have a good fit and that the tabs aren't damamged in any way are able to close completey.

If the switches are not engaged then the camera will not power up.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

SENORRIS — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 02:32:28 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion. That is not the problem with the T2i. I wonder if it is a faulty - old battery or bad memory card.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

parkerhouse — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 04:01:47 GMT

I just saw your post. I am having the same problem with my T3i. Just started a week ago.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

spgreishaw — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 15:41:06 GMT

Mine just died about a week ago. It will not turn on or do anything. The last time it work the back screen turned on and then just died. I noticed the battery seems a little fat and I think it sorted the board, or blew a capacitor. This blows.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

parkerhouse — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:42:34 GMT

I finally got a new battery that worked. Took one back to Best Buy and got another one at Staples. Some of those cheap ones from China are not worth the money. Give the new one plenty of time to charge before trying to use it. Good luck.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:59:22 GMT

Buying third-party batteries is a real crap shoot. If I were going to do that, which I don't, I would stick with brands that are sold by the major camera retailers. They see enough product to weed out the poor performers.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

PSB — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 04:01:23 GMT

Just had the same thing happen to me - my t3i won't turn on. Thought my battery had died, so charged it, but put in my back up battery knowing it had a full charge, and that wouldn't work either. Charged both, and my camera won't turn stay on. Goes on for a split second then shuts off right after. What do I do now? I got it the beginning of 2012, and take excellent care of it, so...

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

parkerhouse — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 05:08:15 GMT

I had to buy a new battery that was NOT the Made in China crap battery.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

Chatty94 — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 05:11:32 GMT

I take excellent care of mine too, and only used quality batteries... I ended up buying a new camera...

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

PSB — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 06:01:04 GMT

Ugh, I don't want to have to do that. My batteries and charger are both from Canon too.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 11:41:58 GMT

If it turns out that camera is defective and you need to purchase a new one look into the refurbished cameras at the Canon eStore.

Good prices, same warranty as a new camera, and the Canon Loyalty Program will give you a discount.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on and I figured out the probelm

lauras2dolist — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:25:05 GMT

My rebel t3i wouldnt turn on! Thougt it was the battery so I bought a new one. Didn't work. Read some post and thought maybe there was a loose connetcion where the battery goes or the memory card. If either one of those isn't secure it won't work. Not the case. It was my memory card, I has switched it from my Nikon to my Canon and it wouldn't work. I put the memory card into my Mac, deleted everything off of it, put the card back in and the camera works fine. Years of using cameras and I guess I am an idiot....but you don't switch memory cards back and forth unless you format them first. MY BAD.

Happy to have finally solved this problem and at no cost..except now I have a back up battery..which isn't a bad thing.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on and I figured out the probelm

PSB — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:44:51 GMT

Thank you, lauras2dolist, for your message. That must have been the issue with my Rebel, as I also changed memory cards and it worked just fine again. Thankfully it is working ok right now. Thanks again!

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on and I figured out the probelm

TCampbell — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:48:36 GMT

@lauras2dolist wrote:
My rebel t3i wouldnt turn on! Thougt it was the battery so I bought a new one. Didn't work. Read some post and thought maybe there was a loose connetcion where the battery goes or the memory card. If either one of those isn't secure it won't work. Not the case. It was my memory card, I has switched it from my Nikon to my Canon and it wouldn't work. I put the memory card into my Mac, deleted everything off of it, put the card back in and the camera works fine. Years of using cameras and I guess I am an idiot....but you don't switch memory cards back and forth unless you format them first. MY BAD.

Happy to have finally solved this problem and at no cost..except now I have a back up battery..which isn't a bad thing.

That's good info and thanks for sharing that data.

It's somewhat well known that you should not swap memory cards between cameras unless you format them, but it hadn't occurred to me that this could prevent the camera from turning on.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on and I figured out the probelm

7dprofit — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 04:20:17 GMT

TCampbell that was amazing advice and IT WORKS!!!! My T3I stop functioning 2 days ago with all the symptoms describe by the other post. I was also ready to and buy a new camera, HOWEVER YOUR ADVICE ABOUT THE USING MEMORY CARD IN NIKON AND CANNON PRODUCT WORKED.

I had Nikon footage on a memory card that i used in my T3I first then Nikon then brought it back to my Rebel and of course it wouldnt function properly. I put a different card in and my cam came back to life. It absolutley works. Thank you so much for your care and delligence in trying ot get to the root of the issue for quite sometime but sticking with it and posting for people like me who really love my cam. THANKS AGAIN AND KUDOS

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on and I figured out the probelm

jojo000 — Wed, 11 May 2016 14:27:08 GMT

My memory card wasn't even switched between different brands, only between two Canons, and seems to have caused the problem, even after trying a new card. Trying different memory cards until this fix worked turned my very expensive brick into a working machine again. I can't thank you enough.

Re: Rebel t3 has fully Charged battery, but won't turn on....any suggestions?

metalman5150 — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:34:34 GMT

I had a similar problem with my T3i, this morning. Camera would not power up. After reading your comments about checking the bay doors, I reseeded my SD card and battery and crossed my fingers.

To my surprise, the camera came back to life. It was really scarry, to think of replacing my baby and the money required to do so.