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Posted on Jan 01, 2008

Kodak EasyShare v803 Is Frozen And Will Not Shut Off Or Retract Lens

I turned on my camera and everything loaded as it normally should, pressed 'Review' and began going though family pictures. I zoomed in on one picture up to 8x, then began zooming out when it stopped and froze at 6x. An image is frozen on the screen. It will not close out of 'Review', will not turn off, and will not retract the lens. The battery is fully charged, and plugging it into the USB port of my computer or outlet charger does nothing.

It has been frozen like this for several minutes.
Please help!

It has not been dropped and is within warranty.

  • JMW220 Jan 02, 2008

    Ah!



    I figured it out on my own. Cameras with user-inserted alkaline batteries that freeze up can be remedied by removing and reinserting the batteries. Well, since my camera doesn't use alkaline batteries, I thought my camera was ruined for good. Until I fiddled around with the SD slot and saw a small black box next to the SD card slot. There was a small latch that I released, which shut off the camera. I replaced the latch, and turned the camera back on, and it owrks perfectly again.

  • cln_ellison May 17, 2009

    the v803 is the worst camera i have it and installed easy share and it sais i have the videos uploaded and wont show them and i will never buy a kodak every time i try to open anything easyshare pops up skrew kodak

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Same model as mine. Next to the memory card slot m rectangular black box.. battery pack. press it and it comes out , put it back and hold the on switch... presto!

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I just had the same issue with my Kodak EasyShare and all I did was pull out the SD card and instantly it kicked back on and started working properly. I don't know why it worked I am assuming it just had a glitch trying to save the pictures or access the pictures but it did work none the less.. :) Happy Picture taking!!

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