tiduswulf

Thank you for your help.

The charger cable I have seems to be working. I have two wall chargers, one USB charger, and one USB data cable. All four cables, when plugged into the phone, cause the keyboard to light up.

I also have three batteries. One is a very old, well used battery. One is a very old official SE battery that was in its case for the past... 10+ years, and I recently started using it. The third is a battery I recently purchased, hoping it would fix these issues.

The USB data cable I have is not giving a response in my device manager. I suspect the cable might not be working properly. I am really struggling to find a USB cable that will ship to me in Hawaii for a reasonable cost. The usb power cables are as little as $1, but I cannot find a cheap data cable since the device is so old. There are a few in The UK, but with shipping it's over $20. It's puzzling because the USB data cable is in excellent condition.

Do you know if the DCU-60 cable will work? They are much easier to find.

Here is a short video of what the batteries do when plugged in for five minutes:

All three batteries first light up the keyboard (dimly), then light up brighter, and the red light comes on. Only one battery so far is doing the blinking thing. The other two batteries, the lights are solid. No blinking. holding down POWER causes the red light to go away. The phone vibrates once, and there is no charge to the keyboard lights or to the screen. It stays black.

As you can see, the buttons are falling off (My w580i is even worse). The phone was well cared for, but the adhesive gave out after 15 years. Oh well.

With my "new" battery, I am getting a red blinking but it's slower. Also, every five minutes when I check it, the rate that it blinks seems to be different. faster sometimes, slower. very odd.

Thank you. Sorry again for my late reply.

Hello! I'm very sorry for the long delay to reply. I never got an email telling me you replied, so I didn't know.

I kept my phone stored in a dry place for a long time, and it went years without use. I pulled it out of the box in March and was playing with it and enjoying it, then left it plugged in from March until July without using it. In July when I went to use it again, it was not starting up. I purchased a replacement battery but it didn't help.

I have two wall chargers and one USB cable, and none of them seemed to be charging the batteries.

Today, some strange things happened. I tried again to boot the phone. This time when I hold power, I get one second of red light, followed by seven red blinks. The phone still does not turn on. I have also cleaned the charging pins with 90% iso alcohol and paper towel, then polished with a pencil eraser.

After I cleaned the connection, I plugged into the wall. The SONY ERICSSON logo came up, then the screen went black. I waited a while and nothing happened. The phone would not start, but the backlight was on and the screen stayed black. The power button also did not shut down the phone. I had to pull the battery. Now the phone has returned to its former behavior. No blinking lights, no brand logo. Just a single red blink when plugged in.