Hey all, looking for help with a Pocket that won't turn on.
What happened: I left it powered on in sim mode and walked away without realizing. When I came back it was dead, and it hasn't booted since. It was working fine before that.
Symptoms:
- Screen stays completely dark when I hold the power button. No boot sequence, no sound.
- With the arm switch in the armed position, the green arm LED lights up only while I'm holding the power button, but nothing else happens.
- With USB-C plugged in, the red charge LED comes on, but the radio doesn't boot.
- It has never booted on USB power alone.
- My PC doesn't seem to see it. I checked Device Manager (with hidden devices shown), uninstalled an old stale "STM32 BOOTLOADER" ghost entry, replugged the radio, and nothing new appeared.
What I've tried:
- New batteries. I measured about 4V at the battery terminals inside the radio, so the batteries and terminals are fine.
- Charging over USB-C. The red LED comes on, but it still won't boot.
- Bootloader combo (both horizontal trims toward center while pressing power), with and without USB connected. No change.
- Removed the SD card. No change.
- A different USB-C cable + different port, not using a dock. No change.
- Opened the case and disconnected the RTC battery for about 10 minutes to reset the board. No change.
The radio hasn't been dropped or exposed to water, and I haven't modified or flashed anything.
Since it won't boot on batteries or USB and doesn't enumerate over USB at all, I'm leaning toward a hardware fault: the power button or latch circuit, the main board, or the display. I'm planning to contact RadioMaster support under warranty, but wanted to ask here first:
- Has anyone seen this exact behavior (arm LED on while holding power, dark screen, nothing on USB)?
- Is there a way to force DFU mode on the Pocket that I could try?
- Is there anything else worth checking?
Thanks in advance!