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ScottTUK

Joined: Aug 24, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:37

Right well I want to charge my phone up tonight but my battery is still half full on my T68i any ideas on reducing the batterys life easily?

Cheers

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bart

Joined: Feb 03, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:39

just charge your phone. it can't do any harm.
and if your real want your battery down well but bluetooth en infrared on put display light ON and start using GPRS/wap or call some one.

ScottTUK

Joined: Aug 24, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:42

And it is safe to just switch bluetooth and ir without me actually using them?

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bart

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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:44

sure man. if some one would send something to you you always need to except it. so nothing can go wrong. but i just don't see why you don't charge your phone nothing can happen to it.

johnnie

Joined: Sep 04, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:45

It may not coz by your battery but may be coz by your phone hasn't charge properly means the electricity can not go through it for all times.
This may coz by your phone adapter plug in has problem i also face this problem by the way

decoy7

Joined: Feb 06, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:51

Quote:

On 2002-10-14 21:42, ScottTUK wrote:
And it is safe to just switch bluetooth and ir without me actually using them?

you taking the pi$$?

BBBold on T-Mobile UK

ScottTUK

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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:53

Yep i sure am

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Eric's Son

Joined: Feb 08, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-14 21:57

Are you on drugs?

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Supreme

Joined: Oct 10, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-14 22:03

I have Telia in Sweden and to refill my account I can ring a free number and get help/instructions and stuff like that...
If I want to drain my battery I just call it and listen to this computer chick explaining to me witch button I have to press and so on until it's empty, maby you have a simular service ?

ScottTUK

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Posted: 2002-10-14 23:15

Well according to some one on these boards:
That thing called "memory effect"
If you do not fully discharge the battery before recharging it, gradually the capacity of the battery will be reduced. This is called the memory effect, and is due to the accumulation of gas bubbles on the cell plates

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tranquil

Joined: Dec 15, 2001
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Posted: 2002-10-14 23:24

What you refering to there will take longer than the life time of your phone. I always charge up my phone when I feel like it, no problem at all. Just stick it in and have a good nights sleep.

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Korova

Joined: Sep 25, 2002
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Posted: 2002-10-14 23:28

http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=5503&forum=15

Quote from porterg:

"lithium batteries can really be charged up any time you want. They should really last years (some manufacturers claim 20, but that is probably overstated). The battery should last longer then the phone. Nickle metal take about 500-700 before they are toast, and will hold less and less charge cause the cells die. NIMH don't have memory. I have a 3 year old lithium for a t28w that still works perfect, and I have pure abused it in terms of charging. If was a nimh, would have been dead in 6 months.

Never leave a battery on a charger for more then 24 hours, you are over heating it. If the batt is getting real warm, try a different outlet, or remove from outlet after a couple hrs. With a SE batt, their experienced techs will tell you to always charge for at least 1 1/2 hours for a full charge, no matter how much is left.

Also, take the battery off the phone periodically. If you have ever bought regular rechargeable batteries, you will see that the instructions say to take the batts off the charger as soon as charged. Basically, the phone is part of the charging unit, even if not plugged into the wall charger. Leaving on the phone can cause freezes. What follows next comes from an SE phone designer at their US plant in north carolina. She said that because the batts tend to stay on the "charging unit (the phone)" all the time, the batts can get locked in a loop, causing phones to respond strangley, things like freezes or no LCD, so taking the batt off usually fixes this. She also said the explanation may be BS, but it works. I have seen alot of t68m's that the 0 button freezes, nokia 3395's where there is no LCD, but you knwo the phone is on, etc., and taking the batt off almost always fixes the probs."