When I plug in my SP5m without a battery, none of the LEDs light up. When I put the battery in the light turns amber if it's charging or, green if it's fully charged already. I think the amber light could be mistaken for a red light. It's a reddish-yellowish light that some might call red and others might call amber. I originally thought my phone was showing a red light, but since it's always this color or green, I figure what I call red is what the user manual calls amber.
My phone will not turn on by itself. It requires a semi-long press of the power button. My phone will not turn on when it's plugged into either AC or USB - without a battery installed.
You're phone is not behaving normal at all, when compared to mine (which works fine). The question you have about your phone's splash screen showing up when you insert the battery, but don't press any buttons, is not normal behavior and I think Smeg is offering you good advice.
Have you read the info on how to do a hard reset? I'd try being very ready to do the hard reset (after you've charged the new battery for the recommended 14 hours (or, whatever it is they recommend). When you insert the battery either it's going to work right (meaning do nothing until you've actually turned the phone on), or it will power itself on. If you see it's going to power itself on like it's been doing, let it go and it will turn itself off again and then remove the battery to make sure it's off. Then go ahead and re-insert the battery WHILE you're pressing and holding the two outer keys (the two rice keys). The must be held down simultaneously. See if that can kick it into hard-reset mode. You press and hold the two rice keys WHILE the phone powers on and UNTIL you see a black screen that instructs you to press "0" to perform the hard reset. If you don't perform this correctly, when the phone is working right, it'll just go into full boot mode and go all the way to the homescreen. If it's done right, it will do a hard reset.
Good luck!
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Devices: T-Mobile MDA (Cingular SIM), i-mate SP5m (sitting in a drawer at the moment while I attempt to migrate to PPC permanently), Cingular 3125 (unlocked and in use on T-Mobile), Motorola MPx220 (retired), Motorola MPx200 (retired)
Accessories: Plantronics Explorer 330 & 2G Patriot Micro-SD (use w/MDA), Kingston 2G mini-SD used in SP5m, Plantronics Discovery 640 & 2G San Disk micro-SD (use w/3125), Jabra A210 BT adapter + Motorola HS805 (retired)
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