# Flashing display **URL:** \ **Category:** Hardware Support & Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [December 28, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.reekon.tools/t/flashing-display/2799 "2025-12-28T15:12:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim17402](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@Jim17402](https://forum.reekon.tools/u/Jim17402)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.reekon.tools/t/flashing-display/2799/1 "2025-12-28T15:12:58Z")
Just got my T1 for Christmas. What a great gift. the problem is that I thinks it was someone else’s return. It had a bunch of measure to stores in it from another user. Whenever it shuts off, I have to remove the battery to get it to turn on. Plus the side display keeps flashing. Is this normal? Or, do I have a bad unit? Yes, I updated the firmware. ---
**Author:** ![therock](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.reekon.tools/therock/32/9_2.png) [@therock](https://forum.reekon.tools/u/therock)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.reekon.tools/t/flashing-display/2799/2 "2025-12-28T20:03:44Z")
Hey Jim, the side screen flashing is normal and how the epaper technology works - [https://support.reekon.tools/hc/en-us/articles/21075469206036--T1-Why-Does-the-E-Paper-Screen-Flash-Invert](https://support.reekon.tools/hc/en-us/articles/21075469206036--T1-Why-Does-the-E-Paper-Screen-Flash-Invert) What happens when you press the power button on the side of the tool with the unit turned off as that should turn on the tool? ---
**Author:** ![Jim17402](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@Jim17402](https://forum.reekon.tools/u/Jim17402)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.reekon.tools/t/flashing-display/2799/3 "2025-12-28T20:53:29Z")
Derrick, Thank you for such a quick reply. Glad to hear the flashing is normal. That worked, I wasn’t holding the button long enough. Thanks again for your help. I’ll post a follow up online to say it was me. Jim