cell phone

[ransley]

Do cell phone batteries just die suddenly or do they usualy loose loose the ability to hold a charge, mine is 1.5 yrs old but today the phone is dead, it has been holding a charge

[Flatus Johnson]

Usually gradually-- hold less and less of a charge-- but if some catastrophic failure occurred (broken wire, etc.), DOA could occur...

Good news is batteries are cheap. FWIW, I've not had good luck buying after market batteries. If I had to replace my battery, I'd buy OEM-- though probably not directly from the carrier unless I needed it yesterday.

[Flatus Johnson]

Follow up-- are you sure it's the battery? Does the phone work when hooked up to the charger? If not, the problem may be the phone itself....

[TWayne]

I have never, ever known a cell phone to just "loose loose the ability to hold a charge". It's impossible.

[hallerb]

on time diminshes to the point its useless. the cell pohone provider can likely check the phone for free and let you know if the battery is bad.

try phone plugged into charger, does it power on?

[Harry L]

No, my cell phones have all been pretty tight :-)

[BRUCE]

Batteries don't die suddenly but chargers do. Does the phone power up while plugged in.

FWIW.. chargers are cheaper than batteries

[John Grabowski]

I noticed that the lithium ion batteries for my drill died suddenly which I attributed to excessive heat from me pushing those things too far. The NiCads take the punishment. I don't know if the same thing could happen with a cell phone.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, LOOSE? Phone is so dead it can't even show low battery warning?

[Doug Miller]

No, it's not impossible -- any battery can have a catastrophic failure due to manufacturing defects; Google "Sony VAIO battery" for examples.

[LouB]

If the phone was dropped you may have a broken connection. Wet?? Was it in your possession ALL the time?

Lou

[Douglas Johnson]

Are we picking on "loose" vs. "lose"? If not, it's happened to me. Phone working one day, dead as a door nail the next. New battery and it's fine.

-- Doug

[hallerb]

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happened to me too........

fine one moment dead the next.

my one year old die hard gold battery did the same thging in my van. I came home all was well, 15 minutes later the nearly brand new batytewr was stone dead,

[Blattus Slafaly]

They tend to get unstable with age. They can appear to be fully charged and be dead in an hour. They can also appear to get a full charge in a very short time. They also discharge rapidly when using the phone. Other times they act normally.