Even 12 years after this video it is still useful. Had this issue with my Powershot SX100IS. Clip came out while I was trying to do this trick but I managed to pry it back into the slot. It helped in the end. Thanks mate!
@@NalinnipaChaijanta It did fix it. Perhaps you're using bad batteries? If so you need to switch to either Alkaline or rechargeable NiMH. The issue came back when I put some cheap Philips batteries in there. Then it went away when I put some Alkaline Vartas I had laying around, then I put some rechargeables and it works like a charm. I think this low battery icon thing is more likely caused by crappy batteries than by something related to the contact (unless there is corrosion on the contact which requires a different tactic to fix)
if someone is watching this in 2024; use a thinfoil and wrap around a small peace of that metal contact he was bending, if its not enough wrap another peace and another until it works! Edit: If it still doesn't work, then its the small battery that you have to locate (you will usually notice that the "set date" when you turn on the camera appears its usually that battery) and just replace it.
@@pawmshetprobably dead batteries this happened to me after meany turning off and on it said in a black screen there was a text saying change batteries
Hey mate, i wanna ask about my cam problem, My camera have been a long time ago i didn’t use (Canon powershot A495) that always shows a message “Change the battery” even i’ve been change to the new and other batteries, any clue to fix this?
THANK YOU!! I have had a Canon Powershot A580 for many years (almost 10yrs) and I use it almost daily. It has been such a reliable little camera until recently when I started getting the low battery warning constantly. I spent a fortune on new high performance batteries, the same as the ones I use to run my digital SLR, and I was still getting the low battery warning and random switching off. I was about to throw it out and buy a new one when I decided to run an internet search for the problem and came across this video. Lifesaver!
Thank you very much! I stumbled upon my old camera and felt very nostalgic. Tried to power it up after putting in new batteries but it kept turning off. Then I did what you said and now it’s fixed!
First of all, thank you very much for this video. I thought the problem with my camera was related to the capacity of the batteries until now. I even bought a PANASONIC ENELOOP battery yesterday by paying a lot of money. I did a google search as the problem still persisted. I came across this video. And finally I solved the problem thanks to you.
Thanks. Fixed my Canon Powershot 710A IS with the same trick. I only had to bend out both of the contacts as the second one is also only a flimsy metal strip.
I was using this method for about a year but it never made any long-term difference. Then I remembered that there's a little watch battery that takes care of the time and date. I bought 5x CR1220 batteries on eBay for 99p, replaced the old one which came with the camera 7years ago and now the battery icon only comes on when the AAs need charging. Hope that helps someone else with the same problem.
+Simon Humphrey Thank you, I will try to get this little pesky CR1220 batteries. May be that's the problem, because this video solution did not work for me!
Thank You so much for sharing this! I have a PowerShot SX130 IS that I received as a Christmas gift years ago (2008 perhaps) and I hardly ever used it I have always been delicate with it etc. it started that low battery indicator then turned off saying change batteries. I don't know how many batteries I bought before I realized it wasn't the batteries. Then I see this video and tried it and it still didn't work. It never dawned on me to get that tiny battery replaced! Lol I never even thought about a battery being in there (super beginner with cameras). I am crossing my fingers this will work because I love this camera so much would hate to have spent money trying to get it repaired when all it needed was a new flash battery.. Question though, the battery compartment that takes the two AA, the cover gets very hot fast.. Any idea what that may mean?
Energy consumption in this camera model SX130 is high, I have the same model. Another thing you can do is inserting pieces of paper behind contacts, I can fix my Canon SX130 bending the contacts but maybe in the future I will have to insert a piece of paper to increase the pressure between battery and contacts
Here is a better fix. BUY 1.5V rechargeables. NOT 1.2V which is what standard batteries are. Cheap rechargeables are only 1.2v which tells the camera that its half dead by the time you even turn it on! I repeat. use 1.5v rechargeable's. Not 1.2v. The camera requires 1.5v not 1.2. I have 6 of these cameras. www.flickr.com/photos/148601346@N03/
Thanks for the vid man!! I just fixed mine. I removed the little oval plastic piece, cleaned of the manganese on the + side and bent the little metal piece out. Works line new!!
i search ab cameras not turning on but im glad i clicked on this becuz this is my problem since i revived my dads camera TT this helped a lot thank you i thought i bought a wrong battery
Mr. Whitehead: Thank you, I just fix my Canon SX130 IS with your method. I tried before using dielectric solvent, rubbing contacts and batteries and I tested several alcaline and Litium battery brands. The camera has been working for 4 years without problems and I had took more than 5000 pictures. Now, I am trying to fix another camera, 12 years old Canon S2, with the same problem, but I never tried to fix it because I replaced with a new toy, a DSLR and I lost my interest for S2. Gracias Sr. Whitehead, se le agradece por haber subido y compartido este método para reparar el problema del mensaje de Cambio de baterias. Mi cámara Canon SX-130 empezó a dar ese mensaje despues de 4 años de funcionamiento sin problemas y despues de haber tomado mas de 5000 fotos, Habia probado varias marcas de bateria alcalina y tambien baterias de litio. Tambien se probo limpiando los contactos de las baterias y de la camara con solvente dielectrico y frotandolos tambien. Pienso tambien intentar reparar una camara S2 de la misma marca que tiene 12 años de antiguedad, me fallo luego de 5 años de uso pero no trate de repararla en aquel momento porque habia comprado una camara DSLR y deje esta camara S2 de lado, aunque ya tecnologicamente superado si logro corregir el problema tendremos mas experiencia de como corregir estos problemas que pueden tener varios origenes, como las baterias, los contactos, el circuito interno, el sistema electronico o por ahi vi que alguien decia en un foro que es el motor que mueve el zoom de los lentes que hace un pico de corriente al inicio.
THANKS!! It worked for my Canon Powershot A720IS. Your video just saved me a few hundred bucks buying a new camera and pulling out the rest of my remaining hair! :) Now I can shoot widefield astrophotographs with it again!
this is such a stupid problem, i have the exact same camera and apparently a lot of people has this problem too since i searched the internet and found lots of articles/forum threads about it. thanks for the vid
Had the same issue. I cleaned my contacts first with a Norwex rubber brush. Even though my contacts looked okay, after cleaning them you could tell a difference. They should be nice and shiny. Works great now. I recommend cleaning the contacts before bending them.
Brilliant thanks, I'd replaced the backup battery in my old Canon PowerShot A570 IS but was still getting this issue. I just gently bent the battery connector and it works fine now - cheers!
Thanks a billion from me as well. I had the exact same problem with the Powershot A470 and had stopped using it for almost 2 years. Now it's up and running again :-).
Thanx! Just wanted to revive my old Canon Powershot 540 and replaced the CR1220. Well, after still getting a battery warning, bending the contact did indeed help.
I have a Canon A480 Powershot Digital Camera that was showing the low-battery icon even though the two batteries I put in it were both brand new and measured 1.6V on my Digital Multimeter, I tried bending one of the battery contacts up a bit and that seemed to fix it, cheers for that suggestion.
on certain cams no issue like SX 130is. contact at same level. there with Stereodatamaker warning could come too early, but we had a software-workaround.
Works on the A590 Powershot, since doing the video couple years ago the issue hasn't reoccured. Rechargable AA are perfectly ok, I get 400+ photos per charge and they'll happily keep their charge till needed. Don't believe the myths :)
THAT was a great hint! Now my sx130 is working fine again - I just bught a new sx620, as I had not found any clues! But hey - it´s two canons now: Akimbo Style :)
I've had this annoying issue for years on my Canon power shot A720 lS. I saw a blog which said to try lifting the battery contact IN THE BOTTOM of the battery compartment. I did try it but it;s not easy to get to easily nor see what you are doing. I wouldn't want to break the connection. I love my little camera and have tow others but still prefer to use this which I;m used to.I've got the added problem of the battery case not closing home on one side. Nothing I can do about that.
Thanks. You should consider that touching any contacts on camera or batteries with fingers can bring you bad contact effect, too. Clear all contacts with fine sandpaper and avoid touching them with your skin for best result.
it started working for about 3 seconds once i did it on both batteries but my problem to start with wasn't the flashing low battery sign it was actually the screen saying change the batteries - do i need different AA batteries? or is it with the little round battery ? i thought it shouldn't matter but...
Hello anyone reading this.. I have the same exact model canon a590 is and the battery cover is broken and so the battery cover is not closing and so now its not switching on It has been 7-8 years since i last switched it on.. Do you guys have any idea how to switch it on? Its very dear to please!!!!!
@DaveWhitehead , I figured it out. Kinda a pain but there is 2 little screws on the cover. Gotta be careful taking out the bottom one because there is a spring in there foe the latch. Super pain putting it back together because things have to be held in place but I put a piece of tape on the backside to hold down the latch switch assembly and keep the spring from flying out.
I have the same problem but with a Canon Powershot SX20IS which needs 4 Double A batts and doesn't have the metal rod you can bend but instead 4 flat metal circles, Any suggestions?
Anyone fix their A720 using this method? Changed the date and time battery and that stopped flashing but the low battery flashing is still an issue, despite bending the contacts
Even 12 years after this video it is still useful. Had this issue with my Powershot SX100IS. Clip came out while I was trying to do this trick but I managed to pry it back into the slot. It helped in the end. Thanks mate!
Can I ask you questions, did you fix your camera like this clip? Mine is the same sx100is as yours. I tried to fix it but it didn't work.
@@NalinnipaChaijanta It did fix it. Perhaps you're using bad batteries? If so you need to switch to either Alkaline or rechargeable NiMH. The issue came back when I put some cheap Philips batteries in there. Then it went away when I put some Alkaline Vartas I had laying around, then I put some rechargeables and it works like a charm. I think this low battery icon thing is more likely caused by crappy batteries than by something related to the contact (unless there is corrosion on the contact which requires a different tactic to fix)
@@PoloPulse Thank you so much, I will try it.
if someone is watching this in 2024; use a thinfoil and wrap around a small peace of that metal contact he was bending, if its not enough wrap another peace and another until it works!
Edit: If it still doesn't work, then its the small battery that you have to locate (you will usually notice that the "set date" when you turn on the camera appears its usually that battery) and just replace it.
hey man, If my camera suddenly stops and then turns off, it could be caused by a problem with the battery connector?
@@pawmshet stops in the middle of what?
@@versacos yeahh, when turning on the camera and suddenly it pauses then turns off, and hard to turn on again the camera.
@@pawmshetprobably dead batteries this happened to me after meany turning off and on it said in a black screen there was a text saying change batteries
Hey mate, i wanna ask about my cam problem, My camera have been a long time ago i didn’t use (Canon powershot A495) that always shows a message “Change the battery” even i’ve been change to the new and other batteries, any clue to fix this?
THANK YOU!! I have had a Canon Powershot A580 for many years (almost 10yrs) and I use it almost daily. It has been such a reliable little camera until recently when I started getting the low battery warning constantly. I spent a fortune on new high performance batteries, the same as the ones I use to run my digital SLR, and I was still getting the low battery warning and random switching off. I was about to throw it out and buy a new one when I decided to run an internet search for the problem and came across this video. Lifesaver!
Thank you very much! I stumbled upon my old camera and felt very nostalgic. Tried to power it up after putting in new batteries but it kept turning off. Then I did what you said and now it’s fixed!
First of all, thank you very much for this video. I thought the problem with my camera was related to the capacity of the batteries until now. I even bought a PANASONIC ENELOOP battery yesterday by paying a lot of money. I did a google search as the problem still persisted. I came across this video. And finally I solved the problem thanks to you.
I have a PowerShot A410 and it always says "change battery" even though the batteries are new. This really helped me big time. Thank you so much!!
i've been trying to figure this out for months and almost bought a new camera even though mine takes great ones! thanks so much!!
Thanks. Fixed my Canon Powershot 710A IS with the same trick. I only had to bend out both of the contacts as the second one is also only a flimsy metal strip.
Thank you SO much! My battery life progressively got worse and I was about to give up on my camera. Well done! Working like a charm now.
I was using this method for about a year but it never made any long-term difference.
Then I remembered that there's a little watch battery that takes care of the time and date.
I bought 5x CR1220 batteries on eBay for 99p, replaced the old one which came with the camera 7years ago and now the battery icon only comes on when the AAs need charging.
Hope that helps someone else with the same problem.
I'll try that. thx
+Simon Humphrey Thank you, I will try to get this little pesky CR1220 batteries. May be that's the problem, because this video solution did not work for me!
Thank You so much for sharing this! I have a PowerShot SX130 IS that I received as a Christmas gift years ago (2008 perhaps) and I hardly ever used it I have always been delicate with it etc. it started that low battery indicator then turned off saying change batteries. I don't know how many batteries I bought before I realized it wasn't the batteries. Then I see this video and tried it and it still didn't work. It never dawned on me to get that tiny battery replaced! Lol I never even thought about a battery being in there (super beginner with cameras). I am crossing my fingers this will work because I love this camera so much would hate to have spent money trying to get it repaired when all it needed was a new flash battery..
Question though, the battery compartment that takes the two AA, the cover gets very hot fast.. Any idea what that may mean?
Energy consumption in this camera model SX130 is high, I have the same model. Another thing you can do is inserting pieces of paper behind contacts, I can fix my Canon SX130 bending the contacts but maybe in the future I will have to insert a piece of paper to increase the pressure between battery and contacts
How do you change the watch battery?
Thanks! This fix saved me the price of a new camera! I had been changing batteries in between photos! :) Highly Recommend!
Here is a better fix. BUY 1.5V rechargeables. NOT 1.2V which is what
standard batteries are. Cheap rechargeables are only 1.2v which tells
the camera that its half dead by the time you even turn it on! I repeat. use 1.5v rechargeable's. Not 1.2v. The camera requires 1.5v not 1.2. I have 6 of these cameras.
www.flickr.com/photos/148601346@N03/
u r an angel .. thanks for fixing my camera ... kept it in my locker for 10 months as it was not working and showing low batt.. respect !!
Worked like a charm. A year of frustration ended. Thanks.
What an easy fix. Very useful for my old Powershot A530. Thanks for that video!
Thanks for the vid man!! I just fixed mine. I removed the little oval plastic piece, cleaned of the manganese on the + side and bent the little metal piece out. Works line new!!
Thank you, works like a charm!
I've been having this problem for more than a year, and now I finally found the solution.
BTW mine wasn't working at all. Kept saying "Insert Batteries" and would then shut off..
i am too late, but did you find a solution for it?
@@lixer001same problem here
same
@@Prokuratorgeneralny ja dałem papier po blaszkę od baterii i działa idealnie bo dokładnie nie dochodziła do plusa baterii
@@orl4759 dzięki też sobie już dałem radę, ale w moim przypadku wystarczyło tylko odpowiednio odgiąć blaszkę :)
i search ab cameras not turning on but im glad i clicked on this becuz this is my problem since i revived my dads camera TT this helped a lot thank you i thought i bought a wrong battery
Mr. Whitehead: Thank you, I just fix my Canon SX130 IS with your method. I tried before using dielectric solvent, rubbing contacts and batteries and I tested several alcaline and Litium battery brands. The camera has been working for 4 years without problems and I had took more than 5000 pictures. Now, I am trying to fix another camera, 12 years old Canon S2, with the same problem, but I never tried to fix it because I replaced with a new toy, a DSLR and I lost my interest for S2.
Gracias Sr. Whitehead, se le agradece por haber subido y compartido este método para reparar el problema del mensaje de Cambio de baterias. Mi cámara Canon SX-130 empezó a dar ese mensaje despues de 4 años de funcionamiento sin problemas y despues de haber tomado mas de 5000 fotos, Habia probado varias marcas de bateria alcalina y tambien baterias de litio. Tambien se probo limpiando los contactos de las baterias y de la camara con solvente dielectrico y frotandolos tambien. Pienso tambien intentar reparar una camara S2 de la misma marca que tiene 12 años de antiguedad, me fallo luego de 5 años de uso pero no trate de repararla en aquel momento porque habia comprado una camara DSLR y deje esta camara S2 de lado, aunque ya tecnologicamente superado si logro corregir el problema tendremos mas experiencia de como corregir estos problemas que pueden tener varios origenes, como las baterias, los contactos, el circuito interno, el sistema electronico o por ahi vi que alguien decia en un foro que es el motor que mueve el zoom de los lentes que hace un pico de corriente al inicio.
THANKS!! It worked for my Canon Powershot A720IS. Your video just saved me a few hundred bucks buying a new camera and pulling out the rest of my remaining hair! :) Now I can shoot widefield astrophotographs with it again!
Hi! It still working?
this is such a stupid problem, i have the exact same camera and apparently a lot of people has this problem too since i searched the internet and found lots of articles/forum threads about it. thanks for the vid
Had the same issue. I cleaned my contacts first with a Norwex rubber brush. Even though my contacts looked okay, after cleaning them you could tell a difference. They should be nice and shiny. Works great now. I recommend cleaning the contacts before bending them.
I know this video is 8 years old but it fixed my camera. Thanks so much!!
Does the flashing affect the battery of the camera?
Brilliant thanks, I'd replaced the backup battery in my old Canon PowerShot A570 IS but was still getting this issue. I just gently bent the battery connector and it works fine now - cheers!
Thanks Dave, worked on the 480, didn't need pliers, mine had a plastic insert clipped into camera, just clipped it out and works a treat! :)
How did u do it
yOU are awesome! Followed your video and my camera is working perfect--no more low battery flashing! THANKS!
You just helped me fix my A570, appreciate the assist!!!
Thanks a billion from me as well. I had the exact same problem with the Powershot A470 and had stopped using it for almost 2 years. Now it's up and running again :-).
Thanx! Just wanted to revive my old Canon Powershot 540 and replaced the CR1220. Well, after still getting a battery warning, bending the contact did indeed help.
Thank you, i fixed my a570 , youre amazing!
thank you!! i got a camera with battery problems and this was such a simple solution :)
Thank you! My camera just started doing this 2 mins ago and I found your video and I fixed it.
thanks!! you could put someting under de contact too to keep press againts the battery.
Thankyou, just sorted out my Daughters A495 Canon using your method..
I have a Canon A480 Powershot Digital Camera that was showing the low-battery icon even though the two batteries I put in it were both brand new and measured 1.6V on my Digital Multimeter, I tried bending one of the battery contacts up a bit and that seemed to fix it, cheers for that suggestion.
Omg i have the same camera and i am hoping this trick will work 😢
Wow I can't believe this worked but it did! Such an easy fix!!!
on certain cams no issue like SX 130is. contact at same level. there with Stereodatamaker warning could come too early, but we had a software-workaround.
Works on the A590 Powershot, since doing the video couple years ago the issue hasn't reoccured. Rechargable AA are perfectly ok, I get 400+ photos per charge and they'll happily keep their charge till needed. Don't believe the myths :)
I'm impressed with the videography. Who's holding the camera? Are there two people involved in making this video? Great job!
THAT was a great hint!
Now my sx130 is working fine again - I just bught a new sx620, as I had not found any clues!
But hey - it´s two canons now: Akimbo Style :)
I had the same problem, and the same model camera. This worked for me, thank you for making this video
GOAT 🐐 Worked on an A470. Thanks man!
Saved me a lot of money. Thank you!
I've had this annoying issue for years on my Canon power shot A720 lS. I saw a blog which said to try lifting the battery contact IN THE BOTTOM of the battery compartment. I did try it but it;s not easy to get to easily nor see what you are doing. I wouldn't want to break the connection. I love my little camera and have tow others but still prefer to use this which I;m used to.I've got the added problem of the battery case not closing home on one side. Nothing I can do about that.
i was really excited seeing this fix, thanks mate!
Thanks bruh. You smart and just saved my money.
YES... i was close to throw my camera at the wall but you saved me! Such an easy fix.
Immediately fixed the problem on my A570is. Thanks for the tip.
it works ! Canon Powershot SX110IS ! I put a little piece of paper behind contact
Thanks. You should consider that touching any contacts on camera or batteries with fingers can bring you bad contact effect, too. Clear all contacts with fine sandpaper and avoid touching them with your skin for best result.
Very helpful. This fixed my camera. Thanks a lot.
Great advice. So simple! I was ready to buy another camera & chuck this because I was so frustrated. Thanks alot.
thanks dave, thanks worked.
canon powershot s1
I tried to model machine. Whether thank God. You have a good thing.
love and respect from turkey
how many days the battery stay working on ur camera ?
that little thing that you bent there just broke. now what should i do to replace it?
Very helpful. Saved my time and money :)
I'm going to try this on my Canon Powershot A480 - would tin foil jammed in not work easier??
It worked for my A1200. Thank you so much.
Thank you it really worked for canon powershot A530
Thank you soooo much Sir Dave! u just saved my canon powershot A400.. ^_^
Thank you so much!!!! It worked perfectly on my A1200 that I was going to bring to the technical service or to the garbage...
minha camera estava com o mesmo problema segui suas instruções ficou perfeita novamente, muito obrigado!!! parabéns!!!
Any word on a fix for the 330 hs battery terminal issue? Can''t seem to find a fix. I really don't want to waste weeks to send it out to canon.
bless you and your accent! that was really helpful
It didn't work on a A720 IS. May be Cannon f* up requiring 3.15V, but the 2 AA only provide 3.0V
Nice one, I was about to try ti see how to get to the other end, cheers.
2024 and you gave me the fix 💖💖💫💫🌟🌟
May be bend the contact out like you have and put some sponge foam behind it to help it maintain contact.
it started working for about 3 seconds once i did it on both batteries but my problem to start with wasn't the flashing low battery sign it was actually the screen saying change the batteries - do i need different AA batteries? or is it with the little round battery ? i thought it shouldn't matter but...
Thank you - worked first time.
Thanks a lot Dave... Fixed my problem :-)
It is also constantly displayed for my camera Canon PowerShot A2000 IS. I tried that but it doesn't work. Do you have any other tips?
Shit! You saved my money. It worked! Thanks a lot!
Still a great solution in 2024.
Hello anyone reading this.. I have the same exact model canon a590 is and the battery cover is broken and so the battery cover is not closing and so now its not switching on It has been 7-8 years since i last switched it on.. Do you guys have any idea how to switch it on? Its very dear to please!!!!!
Thanks, just fixed my A720 and don't have to replace a camera that I really like!
The problem is with the small watch battery on the inside covers of the unit. Don't take your camera apart! Just live with the flashing date.
does it work with sx120is? My sx120 has this problem too!
Yes is the solution for sx130is thks!!!!!!!❤
Do you know how to remove the battery door from the camera? Can't find a video anywhere. Ty
I don't, only other A590 guides I've found are on ifixit
@DaveWhitehead , I figured it out. Kinda a pain but there is 2 little screws on the cover. Gotta be careful taking out the bottom one because there is a spring in there foe the latch. Super pain putting it back together because things have to be held in place but I put a piece of tape on the backside to hold down the latch switch assembly and keep the spring from flying out.
I had to also remove those little plastic rings on the + side. The one that's inside the body I used a dental pick.
wow it worked for me too! thanks for uploading!
So what do I do if that hook that holds the battery thing down is broken?
You sir are a genius... thank you
Thank you so much! I just fixed my camera like that.
Excellent fix. Thank you!
I have the same problem but with a Canon Powershot SX20IS which needs 4 Double A batts and doesn't have the metal rod you can bend but instead 4 flat metal circles, Any suggestions?
Thank you so much fixed my PowerPoint a570
Acabo de arreglar mi cámara gracias a ti, you are great! Thanks
perfect Thanks so much for the info!! fixed my camera
Thanks a lot, I had the same problem, now it's solved...
Anyone fix their A720 using this method? Changed the date and time battery and that stopped flashing but the low battery flashing is still an issue, despite bending the contacts
Thanks a lot. It worked for me.
Why not stick a bit of duct tape below the contact?
Thanks! it was really helpful
Amigo muchas gracias acá desde chile saludos !!! Me salvó
Sandpaper would be a good idea
Will it die if I leave it like what ?
Need help low battery signal on canon powershot a540
This seems to work on my A710. Thanks!
The internal memory battery needs to be replaced. Cr1220