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Arvcsharma :
My Nikon Coolpix S3100's battery will not charge. The small green light flashes for approx 10-15 seconds then disappears. Left the camera plugged into the charger the whole night but no joy!
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I fixed mine!! This is what I did to fix it..we'll see if it works in the future. I have an old cell phone charger and cut the small end (that plugs into the phone) off. I stripped the red wire and black wire on the ends and force charged the battery. I pulled the battery out of the camera and found the + and - signs on it. Then I held the red wire to the + and the black wire to the - I sat things on top of the wire and battery to hold the ends to the battery (so they dont fall off while charging) then I plugged the cord into the wall.
ONLY CHARGE THIS WAY FOR NO MORE THAN 15 mins. Force charging goes really fast. After this I was able to put the battery in the camera and start it up! Then I plugged it into the camera charger and the normal charge light came on. By morning I had a complete charge and was taking pics today!!
This also can work for cell phone batteries!