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w800i overheating : wow! too hot to handle! |
stillill
Joined: May 25, 2004
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Did a search but couldn't find similar.
Seems my w800i has overheated. It was in my pocket and became so hot I had to take it out - it's in a crystal cover and even that was too hot to hold. Put it on the table and it took about 10mins to cool down.
I'd previously tried to send a text and it just shut down, so I took the battery out and in again to get it going. Then it just died.
I don't have my charger with me, but trying to charge via the USB did nothing - no lights came on. Borrowed a k750i battery and that charged off the USB - but within a minute the phone (and the spare battery) were too hot to touch. Plus I couldn't get a signal.
The phone is only about a month old. Never had a phone get so hot before. Shortcircuited somehow?
[edit: the spare battery I just gave back to my colleague - and I've drained half the power in little over a minute!]
[ This Message was edited by: stillill on 2006-02-02 14:09 ] |
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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Has the phone gotten wet at all? Anything at all - using it in the rain, having it in the bathroom whilst having a bath or shower, anything like that?
Sounds like something physical has gone wrong somewhere! If it's still under warranty see if you can get it repaired/replaced under warranty.
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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stillill
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I've been really careful with it, never been wet, always been in it's crystal case. Don't know if having it in my pocket, maybe keys touched the connector or something.
Yeah, going for a straight replacement - but going to have to see if I can pull the data off it somehow. |
Sammy_boy
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The only thing I can think of is a build up of moisture inside the crystal case when the phone's been in your pocket due to warmth.
You might struggle to to get your data off the phone I'm afraid unless it's stored on the memory stick 
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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stillill
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Guess that's possible. Will try and get it going - it connected to my PC using my colleagues battery - but I don't want to fry his too. Will see if it powers up when plugged into the charger at home. Cheers for the responses. |
CrackerJack
Joined: Apr 28, 2003
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If there is a short circuit in your phone, you will surely make that battery you just borrowed 'hot'. You might even damage it.
Is getting that data really that important?
INTEGRITY
Without it...
Everything else is irrelevant. |
stillill
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No not really. Will the phone work off the charger if there's no battery in it?
Just hate losing stuff like numbers/calendar/photos. Most is backed up but will try anyway. |
Sammy_boy
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Hopefully the photos will have saved automatically to the memory stick, so you may still be able to retrieve them. Sorry about the contacts and calendar stuff though!
I tend to keep a copy of all my contacts on the sim card just in case, plus I tend to swap phones quite a bit! 
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stillill
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ha no need to apologies Sammy_boy!
Have most stuff backedup, but you know you always forget something then a month later you think - "doh!"
Obviously not in a Gary Glitter sense.
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CrackerJack
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I haven't tried making any of my phones work off the charger alone (w/o the battery installed).
Good luck with what you are trying to do. I hope you don't damage your PC in the process.
INTEGRITY
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pblocal
Joined: Jan 02, 2006
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could it be a bad battery?
try a different one. just a thought as I have no idea.... |
the_cracker
Joined: Jun 13, 2006
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yo man, my SE w800i did exactly the same thing. overheated in my pocket, i dint even have it in a case or anything, ever got it wet at all. only had it a few months as well. i tried a m8s battery and it worked so i went out and bought a new battery, after 10 mins the fone and battery overheated as well, and then that battery was rendered useless so im guessing theres probably a faulty batch of w800's going around.
what have you done with yours? did they replace it? |
repeater
Joined: Apr 20, 2006
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Same thing happened to my SE V600i. The phone is getting warm inside my pocket, and the battery drain out within 10-12 hours! Already sent to repair, but due to some reason, they still haven't return back after 2 weeks. Guess that's the disadvantage of buying AP phone. |
badgerhunter
Joined: May 10, 2006
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that is crazy
sounds like kryptonite or something |
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Posted: 2006-02-02 15:06
