There are a lot of powerbeats users that experience problems with their device. The powerbeats 3 won’t either turn on or won’t charge properly. They stated that when they tried to connect their device to the charger and the electrical source, a white and red blinking light just shows up.
Here are some of the things that you can do to fix your powerbeats device:
Powerbet won’t Turn On
If your powerbeats has a low battery or it shows battery empty, it won’t be able to turn on at all. You might have a problem with a dead battery. You might want to charge your powerbeats first and wait for it for a few minutes. If your device does not charge, then it will start to become an issue.
Powerbeats 3 Won’t Charge
There are instances where your powerbeats had come in contact with water. If the port or the connector become wet, then it can be a problem. Avoid contact with your device if you are sweating too much during a hot weather. You should not also access your device if you have gone swimming. You have to make sure that you did not accidentally drop your device down. Otherwise, you might experience several problems in the future.
Force Restart or Reset your Powerbeats 3
Most people find out that fore restarting their powerbeats 3 can solve a lot of problems. In order to do a force restart, you should do the following:
- Press the Volume Down and the Power Down button simultaneously. Press the buttons until you can see a flash on the indicator light.
- Try to set up your powerbeats 3 device
- Get a charger and connect your powerbeats 3
If this doesn’t work, you can do the other way around. You can try to connect your powerbeats 3 to a charger and force restart it.
Use the Remote Button to Restart your Powerbeats
A user posted on an online forum saying that this step works for him. In order to do this, follow these steps.
- Gently press the Center Remote Button (sometimes called the Mute Button) as well as the Power Button simultaneously in order to turn on your powerbeats.
- Try to connect the charger to your device. See if your powerbeats 3 is charging.
Make sure to Update the Earphones of your powerbeats 3
- Go to your Mac computer. Download the application for the beats updater.
- Click on the application after the installation is finished.
- Turn on your device
- Get your micro USB cable and connect your Mac to your earphones.
- Go to the menu bar of the beats updater and tap on the status icon.
- Click on the powerbeats name and access the website through it.
- Simply click the update button and follow the necessary instructions.
In order to make sure that your update is continuous, you should have at least a battery percentage of 20%.
Get another charger
- The powerbeats won’t simply charge if there’s something wrong with the charger.
- You should make sure that you are using the power cord that is exclusively designed for the powerbeats 3.
- If you have another charger available, make sure that you try to use it.
Check for sweat and water damages
- If the power cord is wet with water or sweat, there is a chance that it won’t work on your device.
- Make sure to keep your device and its accessories on a dry place and wait for some time.
- Try charging your powerbeats by connecting it to an electrical source. Power on your device.
- If it is still not working, you should try charging your powerbeats 3 earphones for at least a day before trying again.
Try to Remove your device’s battery
This solution was said to work on one of the users of powerbeats 3.
- Simply remove the device’s battery
- Don’t try to turn on your powerbeats for at least 1-2 weeks.
- Insert back the battery.
- Connect the powerbeats to a charger
- Try charging your device.
Fix the Loose Wire
Your charger port is connected to powebeats with a rubber. Pinch the base of this rubber connection and then stroke it from the charger port to the power button. Many users say that this technique works for them whenever the powebeats are not charging or powering on.
Leave the Device Alone For several Days
Some powerbeats users say that by leaving the powerbeats alone for a few days, the device gets enough time to rest.
- To do this, make sure that your device has stayed long enough to drain the battery completely.
- Connect the device to a power source and check if it is charging.
Forget the Device on Your iPhone
An issue with your iPhone might be the reason why your powerbeats are experiencing complications. You need to forget the device on your iPhone by following the following steps.
- Navigate to the settings option on your iPhone and click on the option labeled Bluetooth.
- Check if your powerbeats and iPhone are paired.
- If they had already been paired, there exists an info symbol next to your paired device name. Click on the symbol.
- Select the option labeled forget this device.
- Select the option labeled confirm.
- Connect the powebeats to a power source and check if it is charging.
Replace the Battery
The most probable cause of your powebeats not turning on is a completely dead battery. If the battery has an issue, the probability of powebeats not charging is very minimal. Dead battery dries up and fails to charge. Therefore, it is advisable to change your powerbeats battery since it solves any battery-related problems.
Conclusion
You can also try to use other powerbeats if the solutions above do not work for you. Maybe the earphone itself is faulty. Try to see if your earphones is covered by warranty. If your device won’t still charge, you can contact a technical support representative from Apple.
My Beats X would not turn on or reset even though when I plugged them in to the charger, the light was a steady white, indicating a full charge. i downloaded the Update Beats on my Mac, follwed the instructions, plugged in my beats to my MacBook and low and behold, the light was now red, indicating they needed a charge. They are currently charging, will post updates to let you know if this solved the problem.
I cant turn on mine even after hard reset. As i remember it bink red white wed white and followed by long white. Till now i can use it anymore. Any suggestion?
After charging did yours come on?
How do we perform an update if we don’t have a Macbook or other Apple product? I’ve got a chrome book and a Nokia. Mine suddenly shut off at work last week without warning. I haven’t gotten them near water, I don’t sweat at work and haven’t dropped them. I’ll try the reset idea. But I would appreciate an answer if that doesn’t work.
Beats are worthless. Had my Powerbeats3 for 1 year. Nothing but problems, now they won’t even power on with all of the trouble shooting above. No power nothing. $200 down the drain. Oh well, move on to better made buds for me. So long Beats!
My power beats just wont stop flickering a red light. I tried everything and its getting me mad.
I have a iPad Pro 11” and I’m using a universal keyboard used for iPad Pro . I have Bluetooth connectivity with my iPad but several keys are not functioning ( j,k,l,I,u,o,9,8,7). I’ve tried 2 other universal keyboards and I’m getting the same Oddly results. I’ve tried restarting, reconnecting, updates. Has anyone been through this issue? Thanks
The issue I had was I connected my power beats to my iphone. Then when I turned off bluetooth I wanted to use the power beats on my macbook pro laptop. And I was wondering why it wasn’t turning on for my laptop, i tried everything to fix it. Haven’t heard on other forums but found the solution. You have to “Forget” the bluetooth connection on your iphone before you can connect to the macbook pro laptop! I am now able to use my power beats. It is strange how this happens there just seems to be a connection issue among multiple devices.
my powerbeats3 wont turn on, its not charging and wont reset … never buying beats again!!!!
I pressed “forget this device” to hard reset my beats and now the white light keeps flashing and won’t give even me an option to click on them under the bloodtooth section. This sucks!
My poweerbeats3 wouldn’t turn on it will show some white light for like 2secs and then turn off immediately, I’ve tried resetting all over again, it will reset then show the same white light for a few seconds and then go off completely…. tried all the possible reset and forgetting the device on the fine yet it persist
My Powerbeats were red charging. I had them charging for over an hour and still were red. I unplugged them and they wouldn’t turn on. So I tried to reset. Nothing. I downloaded the beats updater on my mac and I did an update. Now they are working perfectly again!! 🙂
My problem is that my powerbeats3 died and then they started blinking and all the things they give you on his website the powerbeats have to be charged for it to work. This suck so much I hate powerbeats.
The lights won’t turn on. Even after I changed the battery. What can I do? It works if I plug to my phone
Thank you Brian, i can fixed my beats studio 2 wireless.. GBU
my power beats show red light during charge awhile but it stops after a second
but is new and i wipe it in sanitizer before i check it
what can it’s problem?
I’m on my third pair of beats (first two wouldn’t work after a week or two and were replaced by warranty). Now my third set continues to die if I sweat, apparently that’s abnormal for workout headphones. Now they won’t charge. Absolute garbage headphones. I’ll be throwing away this set and going with something other than beats. Do NOT buy these headphones, I’ve only had constant problems with them.
I had issues with red LED blinking when trying to turn it on, and no charging. I updated the software on http://www.beatsbydre.com/updater.html as I don’t have a Apple phone or computer. Right after updating it said full charge and worked again perfectly.
My powerbeats³ keeps flashing a red and white light while charging and it won’t come on,please what do I do,i don’t think there’s a way to remove the battery
My powerbeats3 just stop working. Charged it and nothing. I don’t have an IPhone, have Samsung. Powerbeats3 worked fine for about a month but just stop when charging. Any directions for continued use with Samsung Galaxy?
The beats updater is no longer supported by Apple so how the heck can my powerbeats be updated since it’s flashing both red and white?