Posted: 12/30/2015 11:14 AM
Post subject: Wii U gamepad and battery life
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andypanther
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So I haven't had the gamepad charged for quite a while now. Even after hours of charging, I can't get a life sign out of it. Is the battery completely dead or is there some way to get it working again? If this is seriously enough to kill the gamepads battery for good, then that would be a fucking joke. I never had any device where this happened.
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Posted: 12/30/2015 8:40 PM
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Grincevent
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I've left mine without charging for some long periods of time and it still works right now (it was always empty when I didn't charge it for a while because it always drains the battery slowly even when it's "off"). For yours, I can't really say what the problem is, but I think it's either a problem with the battery or the charger. If when you plug it with the charger, you can see the orange LED light up (bottom right of the gamepad, approximately) and it still doesn't work, I'd go for the battery. Or maybe it's the ON/OFF button, who knows? When turning the console on (using the button on the console), the gamepad should start, too. And vice versa. I hope my post was as useful as possible to help you find what's not working exactly.
Posted: 12/30/2015 9:46 PM
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I can't get anything to light up on the gamepad, this is not looking good :(
Current project: Gex 3 any% Paused: Gex 64 any% There are no N64 emulators. Just SM64 emulators with hacky support for all the other games.
Posted: 12/30/2015 9:51 PM
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Grincevent
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andypanther wrote:
I can't get anything to light up on the gamepad, this is not looking good :(
It would be nice if you could borrow a charger, maybe that's the problem. Not too bad if it is, because it's less expensive than a gamepad...
Posted: 12/30/2015 10:01 PM
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Ok, I'll try to get a different charger to try. You sure it's not the battery? Replacing it should be cheaper than a gamepad. Thanks for your help!
Current project: Gex 3 any% Paused: Gex 64 any% There are no N64 emulators. Just SM64 emulators with hacky support for all the other games.
Posted: 12/30/2015 11:17 PM
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Grincevent
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andypanther wrote:
Ok, I'll try to get a different charger to try. You sure it's not the battery? Replacing it should be cheaper than a gamepad. Thanks for your help!
I'm not sure if it's the charger or the battery (or something else), but you have to try one thing at a time, and if you can borrow a charger to test if it works, that's a good start. It's harder to borrow a gamepad battery ^^.
Posted: 12/31/2015 12:07 AM
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The solution was simple: I unplugged the AC adapter and plugged it in somewhere else. The light went on and everything worked! Now it even works again on the old place. Apparently those AC adapters can block themselves sometimes, so maybe that was the problem. So great, the classic unplug/re-plug worked, I feel so dumb..
Current project: Gex 3 any% Paused: Gex 64 any% There are no N64 emulators. Just SM64 emulators with hacky support for all the other games.