what does the white battery icon with a blue lightning bolt through it mean?

brynden · Thread Author #1 03-20-2008, 09:47 AM

my dead blackberry is plugged into the AC charger, and the screen shows a white battery with a blue lightning bolt through it. Does this mean its charging? It looks scary ... like it means "unrecoverable battery" or something lol

Also I can't turn the device on. I know I probably can't because my battery is crap (i can't afford a new one yet) and it had quickly drained to like 0% during school - so there's definitely not enough power to turn the device on. But this symbol still worries me a little.

I hope its this symbol is a good thing!

King21 · #2 03-20-2008, 09:48 AM

It means it's charging...you'll only see this while the phone is powered off, hence the reason why most people never see it. (People don't turn off their BBs)

Nothing to worry about!

Chaz · #3 03-20-2008, 09:49 AM

Yes, a lightening bolt means charging. a good thing.

blackberry9999 · #4 03-20-2008, 09:56 AM

Mine did this and it never charged I bought a new battery and it worked fine. That old battery always shows the lighting bolt and will never charge!

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brynden · Thread Author #5 03-20-2008, 10:05 AM

? ? ? ? ?
Ok now im confused

ezrunner · #6 03-20-2008, 10:07 AM

brynden you are fine!

I think Blackberry 9999 is an exception possible his original battery is done

felix0405 · #7 09-03-2009, 11:29 PM

i have a 8320 and i have that problen with the battery, i tried with others battery and i still having the same trouble, i try to install another os but when i did the pc says error and i have error 507 in the BB, i tried doing a wipe but nothing i have the same problem, i dont know what to do, i need help! thanks

jariyah08 · #8 12-28-2009, 12:06 PM

I had the same problem I left in on the charger for like five minutes and then the phone automatically turned on

arnie27 · #9 12-28-2009, 12:25 PM

I wanted to suggest that the blue lightning icon means your phone has been struck by lightning

but then I decided it wouldn't be friendly, and CrackBerryers are nothing if not friendly, so I didn't...

Rather, good luck with your BB!

-dSm- · #10 01-04-2010, 11:33 AM

Mine is showing this now - and if i take the charger out, the phone shows a message saying "battery drained, shutting down"... Tried the battery in another phone and it works fine - actually at 100% charge. So it means something's wrong with the phone................only if I can figure out what it is and how to fix that now.

Smiley88 · #11 01-04-2010, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by brynden

my dead blackberry is plugged into the AC charger, and the screen shows a white battery with a blue lightning bolt through it. Does this mean its charging? It looks scary ... like it means "unrecoverable battery" or something lol

Also I can't turn the device on. I know I probably can't because my battery is crap (i can't afford a new one yet) and it had quickly drained to like 0% during school - so there's definitely not enough power to turn the device on. But this symbol still worries me a little.

I hope its this symbol is a good thing!

this means the battery is dead. it wont even turn on. I had this problem with my Pearl 8100 and the Storm 9530. Both had battery problems. On the Pearl the device is total dead. it wont even work with the new battery. luckily on the Storm it was just the battery.

Try a new battery and if that doesnt work then it is the device.

halpwr · #12 01-08-2010, 03:25 PM

just bought a new battery (from crackberry actually) and this is happening also. I hope it means it is charging!

otherwise $15 down the drain

heresolong · #13 01-08-2010, 04:38 PM

I just found a cool new thing which I will never use.

• To check the battery power level, say "Check battery. into the voice command thing.

omen1 · #14 01-09-2010, 02:58 AM

usually means that the battery is fully drained.
it requires a bit of charging for the device to power on...
my tour just did it, and in about 5-10 minutes of charging it powered on

danielesvargas · #15 01-14-2010, 11:36 AM

The icon means that you have to take out the battery from the phone and then let it "dye" for about an hour. Then you put it back on the phone to star charging it from zero. I dont know the technical reason buy my provider told me that an it worked fine. So i didnt have to do anything else.

I hope this simple trick works for you!!!

By the way my blackberry phone is bold 9000.

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