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8:49 pm
August 15, 2010
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I have this phone and the battery died after a few months. I usually charge once every ten days as I am a very casual user. I am quite surprise that the battery only last a few months. I doubt it has been charged more than 20 times. Anyway just wondering if anyone is experiencing the same.
10:27 pm
April 22, 2009
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I have had it happen. Fortunately $10 fixes the problem!
You have to make sure the battery is in the charger for at least 16 hours the first time you use it. You can significantly shorten the life of the battery if you do not do that.
Most phones do not do a battery any favours. They fast charge them, which again shortens their life span. You are better off getting an external charger, which can take up to 8 hours to charge. That means you should get a pair of batteries, so you do not have to wait for the battery the charge to use the phone, you can get the whole set up for under $10 on ebay.
Get 2 of these batteries. Yeah, they are that cheap!
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAP.....0521125345
Here is a charger
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAP.....0562833867
Some batteries can only be charged up to 150 times. If you keep the phone on the charger, sometimes the phone is not smart enough to stop charging. Don''t leave the phone on the charger. Run the batteries down to nothing before you charge them.
Oh, one last thing, if you are not going to use they batteries for a long time, charge it first.
7:42 pm
August 15, 2010
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Good points. I think that is exactly what happen. I left the phone to charge over night, and that probably killed the battery. I just realize that this phone uses the same a battery as my last speakout phone, so I am good for now. Thanks for the ebay links though I should consider getting a 2nd battery.
