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GoPro battery problems

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Jibboholics
Posts: 25 - Karma: 11
So i have a gopro hero 2 and it doesn't hold a charge, i will charge it and it will say it has a full battery but then i will wait a day until i need to use it and it is dead when i turn it on. it hasn't accidentally gotten turned on or anything. I use a regular charger that comes with the go pro but i did try to charge it on a wall with a usb charger once or twice. Any advise would be helpful. thanks
Feb 23 2012 12:25AM
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tomPietrowski
Posts: 7160 - Karma: 17,589
Just take it back to the shop you got it from. Chances are they will just replace it for you and they will warenty it.
Feb 23 2012 12:27AM
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charlesacton
Posts: 215 - Karma: 786
yeah take it back to the store or just contact GoPro
Feb 25 2012 11:27AM
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Otter.
Posts: 1161 - Karma: 84
idk if it is the same for yours, but on mine if I bump it pretty hard or like lightly toss it into my bag, it will turn on, so i have to be really careful with mine.
Feb 25 2012 11:30AM
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Keith.
Posts: 967 - Karma: 88
i built a little cover for the button cause i found it got turned on in my bag few times. working good so far
Feb 25 2012 3:41PM
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redbull247
Posts: 89 - Karma: 44
Contact GoPro because I just received my GoPro 2 a few days ago and have used it like crazy with out charging it yet except one full charge the first day.
Feb 26 2012 1:36AM
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ejm
Posts: 794 - Karma: 196
try to replace it through warrenty, if that fails then just pick up 1 or 2 replacement battery packs. There not very expensive, and if you have more then one, it takes the stress of of using the same pack all the time.
Feb 26 2012 1:56PM
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mountainviper
Posts: 1931 - Karma: -3
I was having the same prob. Ended up getting the battery extender and that solved it. $50 and noticeably heavier but I haven't had the issue since. Used to really piss me off too.
Feb 26 2012 2:24PM
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