Confused by the blue flashing light on your GoPro? There's a simple explanation, and it's easy to fix.
GoPro is running a deal on the HERO9 Black, their current flagship camera. It's a bundle that includes the HERO9 Black, a 1-year subscription to GoPro, a Magnetic Swivel Clip, a spare battery, a Floating Hand Grip, and a 32GB SD card. It's all for $399.98.
That blue blinking light on your GoPro is the wireless status indicator (wifi and Bluetooth). If it’s blinking blue intermittently, the wireless function is turned on.
The wireless function can be on even if the rest of the camera is turned off. It’s a little more confusing than it should because you only see it when the wireless is on and the camera isn’t recording.
What happens is that even when the main processor in the camera is powered down, you can leave the wifi connection polling intermittently so that you can wake it up with something like a GoPro Smart Remote.
There is a downside to leaving the wireless on though: it drains the battery. It’s a much slower drain than if the camera is fully powered up, but even the slower trickle will deplete the battery. So if you’re not using it, it’s a good idea to turn it off.
To turn off the wifi and blue flashing light:
It’s also possible to turn off the blue blinking light while still having the wireless on. That can be useful if you need something a little more stealthy.
To do that:
It’s simpler to turn the wifi on and off with these models because they have a dedicated wifi button on the side.
This post was last modified on December 28, 2020 1:04 am
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So my Gopro Hero 5 Black started to flash blue light at the front LED light, I already searched on how to turn it off but none are working which I also can't connect to app due to it saying "Wifi not ready", also serial number and password doesn't display either. Also resetting connection doesn't work too.
So I can't get it back to normal now. . . .
Can't send it back to the company cos I bought it pre-owned a while ago.
Do you have any methods to fix this issue?
A hard reset (or factory reset) is pretty drastic and will wipe all saved settings from the camera, but it might be worth a try.