After the first full night of charging, the battery status only shows about 3/4 of a full battery, is that normal?
755886
In all honesty, I don't remember if it did or not. The only thing I could recommend is to run the battery down completely and let it charge back up again. I know, it'll be hard work playing enough to do that, but see if it keeps reporting an incomplete charge after that.
755887
The batteries included have a relatively low capacity, only 700mAh.The Microsoft Play & Charge includes a battery with double that capacity, 1400mAh.Your typical alkaline AAs have a capacity around 2400mAh, provided they're of decent quality.I've got some 2700mAh rechargeables, but they're more of a pain to take out and switch than disposables.I'm guessing that's the reason for the 3 bar reading, sorry for going overboard with the details. It's not something to worry about.
755888
I'm not sure because I've never cked that, when I put the controller on to charge it's red and when It's green I thought it was fully charged
356197
I think that the charging stops when has reached a full charge. I have charged batteries overnight and don't see any harm knowing that the batteries reached full charge sometime during the night.
1977143
After my first charge began to decrease to one or two bars and I had not used it for a couple of days, I turned it on to check the battery level and it went to a green screen and then to a blank screen. I put it on the charger and got no reaction. Left it on charger for a couple of hours, still just a bland screen. Unplugged it and pushed in the reset button under the battery. Did this a couple of times and finally got the regular power up screen. Have charged battery several times since and all has continued to work well. Hope this helps. Try the reset several times if it doesn't work the first time. After my first charge began to decrease to one or two bars and I had not used it for a couple of days, I turned it on to check the battery level and it went to a green screen and then to a blank screen. I put it on the charger and got no reaction. Left it on charger for a couple of hours, still just a bland screen. Unplugged it and pushed in the reset button under the battery. Did this a couple of times and finally got the regular power up screen. Have charged battery several times since and all has continued to work well. Hope this helps. Try the reset several times if it doesn't work the... » Read More After my first charge began to decrease to one or two bars and I had not used it for a couple of days, I turned it on to check the battery level and it went to a green screen and then to a blank screen. I put it on the charger and got no reaction. Left it on charger for a couple of hours, still just a bland screen. Unplugged it and pushed in the reset button under the battery. Did this a couple of times and finally got the regular power up screen. Have charged battery several times since and all has continued to work well. Hope this helps. Try the reset several times if it doesn't work the first time. « Show Less
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I initially charged my battery once, for a full day. After that a normal charge takes 3-4 hours.
1638107
I havent noticed any overcharging issues with mine. It indicates when each battery is fully charged.
1525187
Mine was nearly fully-charged and I used it right away. It didn't take long to bring it to full charge either.
936433
I am not totally sure, if I haven't charged it in a few weeks, I would probably charge it up again. However, the indicator lights make it very obvious what the status is (whether fully charged or not, how much charge is actually left)
2268846
I never have mine say full 100%, even after charging 6 hours. But I still get at least 5 hours out of the batteries. My camera does show all four bars full though until about 75% drained then it goes down to 3 bars.
84876
I have the exactly the same question. The charging light of mine stays red after an overnight charging. That contradicts to what the manual said: "orange while charging, green when it is fully charged". It looks like it is a common problem so that mine is not defective, then I do not need to return it.
1337864
That is not normal. How many mAH does it say is charged when you check the battery status? AnKer is amazing with their customer service. I would notify them. Also, sorry if this is a stupid comment, but check to make sure you didn't install the old battery again. Let me know how it goes.
129175
depends on how discharged your battery is . most of my batteries were charged within 24 hours are less. sounds like you have a battery with a weak cell that will not let the battery come to a full charge '
775654
I don't think the light color is a working estimation of whether the battery is charged or not. I believe mine is always green, I usually look at the light strength to monitor it when its charging.
1173232
Mine does the same not sure y .I'm assuming its at full charge .if u find out different let me know pls.
545613
sounds like the battery is going or needs a full 24 hr charge - check the initial instructions to see if you missed a step
1809059
To really see if the battery is really "full", I'd unplug the AC charger, wait 30 seconds, then push the "battery test" button again. If it still reads "99%", the battery is really charged. If it goes to "65%" or such, then it needs more.I base that on having got one and when I first plugged it in, it instantly began flashing "FL". However when I unplugged it the display instantly went to 10% or such showing that the battery was resisting the charge and the "FL" reading was false (just coming from the chargers power only while it was plugged in). So don't be fooled into thinking it's full that fast, yet 5 hours is a lot more than under 5 minutes (where it may have taken in some power, but it may still need more). To really see if the battery is really "full", I'd unplug the AC charger, wait 30 seconds, then push the "battery test" button again. If it still reads "99%", the battery is really charged. If it goes to "65%" or such, then it needs more.I base that on having got one and when I first plugged it in, it instantly began flashing "FL". However when I unplugged it the display instantly went to 10% or such showing that the battery was resisting the charge and the "FL" reading was false (just coming from the chargers power only... » Read More To really see if the battery is really "full", I'd unplug the AC charger, wait 30 seconds, then push the "battery test" button again. If it still reads "99%", the battery is really charged. If it goes to "65%" or such, then it needs more.I base that on having got one and when I first plugged it in, it instantly began flashing "FL". However when I unplugged it the display instantly went to 10% or such showing that the battery was resisting the charge and the "FL" reading was false (just coming from the chargers power only while it was plugged in). So don't be fooled into thinking it's full that fast, yet 5 hours is a lot more than under 5 minutes (where it may have taken in some power, but it may still need more). « Show Less
428774
No, it's not normal, you should send it back, mine has always charged to 100% in the 3 months that I been using it.
2186343
Sounds like you have another problem. New battery was fully charged 4-6 hours