Rusty Posted April 19, 2007 Posted April 19, 2007 Does anyone know how to do this? I would guess you would do it the same way you would any cordless accessory. My wife is about to go crazy, and I am running a close second. Her phone only holds a charge for 45-60 minutes. And you know women and their phones. I didn't say that...I am not going to get any sleep until this crisis is resolved. PLEASE HELP ME!
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted April 19, 2007 Root Admin Posted April 19, 2007 Get a new one- look on ebay.
Rusty Posted April 19, 2007 Author Posted April 19, 2007 Phil, You have know me by now. That would mean I would have to spend money.
Crippled Caddis Posted April 19, 2007 Posted April 19, 2007 < Her phone only holds a charge for 45-60 minutes. > Phil is probably right, but if the batteries go bad almost as soon as you buy them then you must suspect the charger. If the batteries get too hot to hold comfortably it is overcharging and 'cooking' the batteries to death. If new batteries only last a short time after charging and have little or no temperature rise during the charge the charger is probably undercharging them. That is all predicated on Ni-Cad batteries. Other types of battery respond differently. If Ni-Mis (nickel/metal/hydride) get very hot they're goners. Overcharging Lithium ions can be hazardous to life, limb and property as they tend to explode or catch fire or both. Ni-cads too can do this if the overcharging is extreme. So check out your charger unless the existing battery is just so old that a new battery solves the problem. Contact me by PM if the problem persists and we'll try something else. CC "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
drew03cmc Posted April 19, 2007 Posted April 19, 2007 ok, the cell phone batteries only have a shelf life (under normal usage of being charged at home, and talked on till they are dead) of about 12 months before they start to really lose their life. I have worked in the cellular field for going on 4 years and see this every day (including the wife's old phone). The home charger cannot and will not deplete the battery. It has overcharge protection built into the little box that plugs into the wall. (Ever taken one of those apart? Resistors and capacitors galore) If it is always charged on a DC charger, therein lies the issue here. Car chargers are fast chargers, therefore over using the lithium-ion chemicals and causing degradation in their performance. Use the car charger as little as possible to ensure the longest possible life of your battery. hope I have shed some light on this issue for you! Andy
Terry Beeson Posted April 19, 2007 Posted April 19, 2007 OK... Andy and Tom have pretty much covered it... and it goes back to Phil's suggestion... I will vouch for Andy's idea about car chargers. I use to plug my phone in every time I got in the truck..... no more... my battery went bad within a couple of months. Spend the money for a new battery or listen to the wife b... uh... complain... I would fork over the bucks.... it'll be worth it... One more on NiCd batteries. (maybe Tom said this...) Let the battery go as far down as you dare... until the phone starts beeping... before you recharge. Some home chargers will deplete the battery before charging, but many do not. Charging a "dead" NiCd will last much longer than if you charge it at "half down" or "two bars".... That goes for drills, drivers, iPods, and any other device running on NiCd's.... TIGHT LINES, YA'LL "There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process." - Paul O’Neil
Rusty Posted April 19, 2007 Author Posted April 19, 2007 Is there any way to get it to hold a longer charge?
Crippled Caddis Posted April 19, 2007 Posted April 19, 2007 <The home charger cannot and will not deplete the battery. It has overcharge protection built into the little box that plugs into the wall. (Ever taken one of those apart? Resistors and capacitors galore) If it is always charged on a DC charger, therein lies the issue here. Car chargers are fast chargers, therefore over using the lithium-ion chemicals and causing degradation in their performance. Use the car charger as little as possible to ensure the longest possible life of your battery.> There's your definitive answer right there! My experience has been mostly with high-discharge applications in electric powered model airplanes with all battery technologies since the Ni-cad came along. and I don't even own a cel-phone. <Is there any way to get it to hold a longer charge?> As drew sez the 110V trickle charger will pack in the most amps the most safely. Other than that only a higher amperage capacity battery pack is gonna help so long as the battery you have is healthy. "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
Wayne SW/MO Posted April 19, 2007 Posted April 19, 2007 I was told by the cell phone company that after market chargers, especially car chargers would ruin a battery prematurely, but that the OEM's wouldn't. Some batteries can develope a memory and to get rid of it, leaving a draw on it until it shuts down and then charging it again repeated 2-3 times will work, if it works at all. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
jdmidwest Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 Most batteries will develop a memory, ie if you put them on a charger every day. The best thing to do is to charge it when the battery needs charging. Try removing the battery from the phone for a while and put it back in, then give it a long charge. Sometimes you can reset them. I did something with mine a while back and the battery has been holding a charge fine since then, something with the way the phone measured the charge of the battery. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
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