[weedahoe]

I agree that I think the batts are dead too far to power on by themselves. To add onto what TechnoHippie said, you should also be able to have the ext batt in the phone and place the phone in the cradle and even though it may be dead, I THINK it should still turn on and boot up. You said OEM EXT Batt BTW, who is the manufacture of it and what sizes did you buy?