That sounds like a bad battery indication and more so since the system shuts down when the adapter is unplugged. In that case the cure is to replace the battery with a new genuine Dell battery. You can run diagnostics and the battery should indicate as bad. At the Dell splash screen start tapping F12 and run full diagnostics. Watch for battery errors.

I also have this exact problem. A constant blinking amber light on the charging indicator. When unplugging the charger the computer turns off.

i too have this problem. Any luck?

just randomly happened one day, my battery was fine before that.

Thinking about opening it to see if the battery is fully connected.

I also observed the same problem today. Does it mean, I have to replace my battery or is it due to the last software update I did on my XPS?

Run the battery diagnostics on your system or open up an Administrative Command Prompt screen and enter the following:

powercfg /batteryreport /output %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\BatteryRpt.html

[You can just copy and paste the above into the Command Prompt line]

You will get a battery report in HTML format (open it with your browser) in your "Downloads" folder.

JohnD

same thing is happening with me right now... but it works fine when plugged in .......what should i do ?

anyone please?

have u fixed your  laptop bro?

i am having the same problem from yesterday. 

have u tried changing the battery?

Exactly same problem here. Everything was fine one day and the next day the battery doesn't hold any charge at all anymore. Blinking orange light and shuts down when cable is removed.

I've run the diagbostics which gave the following

I had the same issue with a Dell XPS 9560 which occurred right after doing an update. I called Dell and they say the battery is not covered under the additional warranty I purchased. I can understand battery life being finite. But it should not go from absolutely fine to dead as a result of the BIOS update released on June 19, 2020.