Help with Battery

[sytanek]

Ok, just bought the Seidio extended battery, and for some reason my phone is not charging it. Plugged it in last night for the first time, led on the phone went red, which I figured meant it was charging, but was completely dead, got up this morning, and absolutely nothing. The wife said it was blinking red at some point last night.

Unplugged the phone this morning, plugged it in again and solid red LED. Any ideas? Thanks guys!

[guitardoc64]

It can be a couple of things. Either it's just a bad battery, or the contacts arent making a good connection. Try pulling the battery and reseating it making sure the connections are solid. If that doesn't improve things you probably have a bad batt.

[sytanek]

Tried plugging it in every time, did notice with my phone plugged in, when I remove the new battery and put my old one in, the LED blanks off for a sec or two, then returns to amber, when I put the new battery in, it doesnt go off at all, and after a decent amount of time now, the phone still wont turn on. Waiting on a response from seidio.

[guitardoc64]

Sounds like it's a bad battery. Seidio is great about making things right so it shouldn't be a problem getting a replacement.

[sytanek]

Well I figured out was wrong, where the contacts on the battery are, it looks like when the battery was made, the plastic wasnt cut perfectly, and where three of the contacts are, the plastic had little danglers still hanging on, used some tweezers, and they pretty much fell off. Plugged the battery back in, and its good to go.

Thanks for your help.

[guitardoc64]

I am always glad to help, especially with hardware issues.

[MutantCheese]

Those hanging "chads" strike again...

[arparent]

Originally Posted by MutantCheese

Those hanging "chads" strike again...

I still use them as an excuse for my SAT scores...