Damaged Theta S ** 5x beep + red light

Ricoh Hardware and Software
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Hi everyone,

I have a Theta S (unfortunately quite new…) and was out shooting today and a gust of wind took over my new tripod and the Theta took a bit of a hit on the cement. Casing popped open but no damage to the lenses. I got everything popped back together but then the nasty 5x rapid beep and red light situation. Flashes a couple times and then the unit powers off.

Back home I am able to get access to files by holding down Wifi + shutter and then plugging it in. I updated the firmware from 1.00 to 1.21 (I think) which it says is now the newest and I deleted the folders on the Theta before rebooting hoping it would force it to reset itself. It recreated the folders but I have the same beeping issue.

I can get into a shooting mode by holding down wifi/shutter + power and the red light blinks but I’m able to get normal wifi access via my Android smart phone and see an image (but very blurry and distorted). If I try to take a photo it fails. If I turn off the unit and back on it 5x beeps/red light and then turns back off. I can only get it to stay on with the wifi/shutter + power combo.

Any ideas? Did a little gust of wind just kill my Theta? =( I’m surprised there’s no way to do a full factory reset, but I guess that’s what I get for a consumer product… And of course no warranty is going to cover this with the nice ding in the external plastic casing from the fall…

Thanks for any ideas!

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We have Chrashed Thetas in this way normally you can send it for repair and get a new one at a redused price.
we got a new here for 1700 Sek swedis crones
i think the lenses also get out of focus from the crash

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Hello did you manage to sort it out. I have the same issue.

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Hello, i’ve got a similar problem. Camera works. Taking pictures, connecting to smartphone and PC works. But it beeps 5 times after turning it on and the red light flashes continuously and the memory is only 55MB!
I had no camera crash… :frowning:
Firmware 1.90

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Hello, I have the same problem, my theta sc still works, but after being turned on after a few seconds the light is on continuously and the memory is only 54.6 MB. I don’t think there is a camera that crashes too. I am from Indonesia, where I can fix it, anyone can give advice

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SOLVED / RESUELTO - SOLVED: Ricoh Theta SC problem - 2 beeps and red light blinking (faulty camera motheboard)

WORKS TO 5 BEEPS / FUNCIONA PARA LOS 5 PITIDOS

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Same problem. Unreal. May need to take this camera off the street view approved list…

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Hi Started having the same problem with my Ricoh Theta S, when turned on there is first blue light followed by 5 beeps and Red light flashes. when connected to PC it show available 57MB, on the iPhone app 5 photos remaining and 32 secs of Video to shoot. The solved thread is for MAC users, I tried various Partition utilities program but cannot go into hidden folders.