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Powerbeats 3 blinking white light

Powerbeats3 never achieve "fully charged" status. When plugged into a power source remains at the pulsating red for hours.

Once unplugged and attempting to power on, indicator light flashes white 3 times and pauses briefly before 3 white flashes again. It is never discoverable under bluetooth devices.

Furthermore, if you hold the power button for longer than 10 seconds and release; it will blink red/white/red/white/red/white a brief pause then 3 white flashes.

I've already tried "resetting" the Powerbeats3 by having plugged into a power source and holding down the power and volume down button for longer than 5 seconds on multiple occasions.

I have yet to implement the firmware upgrade but I will be able to in a few hours. I'm almost positive that this updater will indicate that I'm on the latest firmware as I had just picked these up from an Apple store yesterday and I'll be back to square one.

Is there a solution to this or has anyone ran across this exact same issue? What do the flashes mean?

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Posted on Dec 8, 2016 1:34 PM

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Firemark511

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Posted on Feb 28, 2018 2:02 PM

ℹℹℹℹ🙂 What Tony Surphman said above worked for him , worked for me!! Finally

I plugged the headphones in with charger cord to computer even though they were at 98%, then i held the power button down and the down volume at same time like i was going to reset, then when the red light came on i unplugged the power cord. This fixed my three blinking lights. I then got the continous white flashing lights saying they were ready to pair when i turned them on. I paired them and they are working great now.

I will try to update after a week to see how this does.

Mark

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Apr 21, 2017 9:41 AM in response to romJones

I have same problem if u fix this problem pleeeeeease let me know .. it happened tow months ago and i could not fix it

jjromoh

Level 1

4 points

Aug 23, 2018 9:35 AM in response to romJones

Go to http://your.beatsbydre.com/, download the updater and ONLY charge the earphones with the computer... it fixed the problem for me. Found the solution here: Powerbeats not charging

new zion

Level 1

39 points

Jan 21, 2017 7:07 AM in response to Brisbanearchitect

Sadly no. I had to make return to the store with mine.

May 18, 2017 2:27 PM in response to romJones

Any help?

Sbarr6

Level 1

9 points

Jun 7, 2017 5:39 PM in response to romJones

I'm having the exact same issue...anybluck? I've only ad these fir a couple of months

dubin188

Level 1

4 points

Jun 19, 2017 6:12 PM in response to romJones

Same issue here. Plug in I get red, white, red, white then slow pulse red for about 30 sec. Then everything goes black. Tried resetting multiple times.

Nickfe

Level 1

24 points

Jul 13, 2017 5:53 AM in response to Nickfe

UPDATE: Just an update on my experience. They stopped working again after a day so I have sent them back and waiting for a free replacement now.

Sep 7, 2017 12:01 PM in response to romJones

I am currently experiencing exactly this issue and have yet to find a solution. Does anyone else with this problem have physical damage to their cable?

Stocky G

Level 1

139 points

Sep 10, 2017 8:22 AM in response to TonySurphman

That worked for me. Thanks!

Oct 3, 2017 7:20 AM in response to TonySurphman

Thank you TonySurphman. Your recommendation fixed it for me.

Oct 26, 2017 9:02 AM in response to druss_esq

Beats is Apple

Nov 6, 2017 3:52 AM in response to romJones

This is beats way for telling you that your not using the cord that came with it. Once I went to the correct cord it sto

Dec 16, 2017 7:15 AM in response to romJones

Same problem. :-(

Jun 5, 2018 3:36 PM in response to Supaguy2u

did they solve your problem my friend?

uhndres

Level 1

4 points

Jun 28, 2018 5:13 AM in response to romJones

I already resetted them but three white flashes keep popping up then it briefly pauses before turning off. What should I do? Thanks!

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