Whoop Band Not charging? Are you trying to find a potential solution? If these are your worries, you are not alone. In this post, we’ll provide some quick fixes to restore your whoop band’s functionality and reduce your stress.
If the whoop band isn’t charging, the issue may be with the charging cable, which would prevent your battery pack from being charged. Another possible cause is the wrong positioning of the battery pack on your strap. Also, Charge the battery pack by using a different power source.
Most folks like the whoop band primarily due to its battery pack feature. Considering that it is a crazy way to charge your band without taking it off your wrist. Place the battery pack on the charger by sliding it.
However, occasionally it may display issues like not charging or automatically plugging in and out. Keep reading to the end to learn about a potential remedy for the whoop band charging problems.
Whoop Band Not Charging: Quick Solutions
Ensure Battery Pack Is Fully Charged
The first and most important thing to solve the Whoop band charging problem is to check your battery pack.
Because if you want to charge your Whoop band, your battery pack must be fully charged.
Sometimes you are plugging the battery pack into the charger and don’t know if it is changing or not.
You can ensure the battery pack power by following the steps below:
When you plug it into the charger, a LED light will illuminate the battery pack. It means the battery pack is plugged correctly, and it starts charging.
You can see the battery status when it is not charging by observing its lights. It will depend on their colors and how much is the battery percentage.
- A solid Green light indicates that the battery level is about 70% to 100%
- Solid red light indicates the battery level is less than 69% to 1%
Align the Battery pack With Strap Correctly
If you have ensured the battery pack is ultimately charged, your Whoop is still not charging. The second method is to ensure you have aligned the battery pack with your Strap correctly.
If the battery pack is not attached correctly to the Strap, your Whoop will not be charged.
You should follow the steps below to put the battery pack on Strap correctly:
- Put the battery pack and align the whoop logo with the band logo and slide it onto the Strap
- The battery pack will lock when the two Hoop engrave sides cover each other
- You will hear a lock sound when it is perfectly attached
Wait for 5 minutes and then double tap on the battery pack. If white LED illuminates on the battery pack, your band is charging.
If it does not work, wait for 5 to 8 seconds between attempts. Use 2-3 more times with slightly more force.
When the white lights start to illuminate, your band is successfully charging. Leave the battery pack attached with a band for 60 to 90 hours.
Follow the steps below to check that your Whoop starts charging:
You can check your Whoop band charging in two ways:
Use Whoop App
You can check the band battery level from the Whoop App. Simply go to the Whoop app, and you can see the battery level at the bottom of the overview screen.
From Band
You can check the battery level by double tapping on the whoop screen. And observe leads to check the battery percentage.
- If there is green light indicates, it means the battery is 50 to 100%
- If the orange light flashes, the battery will be 20 to 49%
- Red light is the sign that your Whoop’s battery is less than 20%
Use Standard USB C Charging Cable
If your charging pack is not charged and you have checked the indicators and concluded that it is not charging at all. You should ensure you are using the original Whoop charger.
USB-C charging cable is standard and compatible with your band. Always make sure you are using this same cable to charge the band.
If you don’t have the original cable, you can use another USB-c compatible cable. And put it correctly into the battery pack charging port.
Observe the led light carefully if your Whoop band starts charging and leave it for 2 to 2.5 hours to charge fully.
Use Another Power Source.
If you use the original USB-c charger to charge the Whoop battery pack. But the problem is not solved. You should use a different power source to charge your battery pack completely.
If you use any wall outlet to charge the band, you should try a computer’s USB port to charge the battery pack.
If the computer’s USB port is not charging the battery pack, use another USB port from the computer.
You can also try to plug the whoop battery pack into the other wall outlets. Maybe your wall outlet has some kind of fault which you are already using.
Check Battery Pack Is Not Damaged With Water
As you know, your Whoop ban is waterproof. You can wear it while bathing or swinging etc. But some people are unaware that the Whoop battery pack is not waterproof.
They don’t care about this thing as they do not have this knowledge about the battery pack. And the battery pack can be damaged, and your battery will be useless.
Ensure you have not used the battery pack to any kind of water. If you have used it, check the battery to see if the water has damaged the battery.
You should change the battery and then charge the battery pack.
Check the Wall Outlet and Wall Adapter
If you have checked the charging ports on the battery pack and used other methods, the battery pack still has not started charging. The reason is that your wall outlet or wall charging adapter is not working correctly.
You should try to use another socket to charge the Whoop battery pack. Check the led light’s color to measure whether it is charging or not.
If you are using the wall outlet which is working properly, you should ensure that the wall adapter is working correctly.
You can use another standard adapter to charge the battery pack if the wall adapter has any internal fault.
Check Your Battery
When you have done all the above steps, and still the battery pack is not charging, you should ensure that your battery is not having any common issues.
Because the battery can itself be a reason that is why your Whoop band is not charging. You can check your battery by plugging it into the charger.
If there are no LED lights illuminating, it means that the battery pack is completely dead. But if the red light is flashing but does not change after a long time. It also means your battery pack is dead.
The solution is that replace your whoop band. And contact customer service. You can buy it from the Whoop official website.
And also, you can contact customer support and ask for the battery pack warranty.
Ensure the Whoop Band is Working Correctly
When your battery pack does not have any kind of issues. You have to check your Whoop band. Because it can be the band’s issue, hardware, or software issue.
If your band has software issues, you should install the latest software version onto the Whoop band.
But if your band has a hardware issue, you need to contact Whoop customer support. And ask them for the band warranty or replacement.
Update Whoop Band Software
You should install the latest software update on your Whoop band. The latest updates can solve all kinds of minor issues which damage the band.
And also, the software update will solve the charging issue you are facing in your band.
You can install the latest software update by following the steps below:
- Open the Whoop app on your phone
- Go to the settings
- In the device, settings tap on advanced settings tab
- Find the firmware check button and tap on it
- If there any firmware update is available, select Update Now
Note: If this problem is not solved, you should contact Whoop customer support. And take the whoop band warranty or replace it.
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