Proper procedure for switching out the battery?

buck95 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 07:29 AM

Ive searched through the forums and my manual but cant find the proper procedure for switching out a dying battery for a charged one. I usually turn off the phone, pull out the battery and put in the charged one, but have problems sometime getting the phone to respond after the change. Gotten to the point were I put the phone back in the cradle to get it to soft start. Worried that I may screw up the phone sometime if im not doing this right. Plus carring around a charged battery dont do much good if the phone won't reset after the change. Whats the proper way to change the battery out?

**weedahoe** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 09:11 AM

As far as I know you are doing it correctly. If my batt needs changing out I just pull it out and replace it with the charged one and power back on the device. It works everytime and w/o issues. What type of issues are you having when you say the device is having issues when responding to a batt change out?

buck95 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 09:49 AM

Mine will never power back on with a battery change unless i soft start it, (and that doesnt always seen to work) Pushing the power button does absolutly nothing. Best luck is to put it back in the charger for a couple seconds. once it does power on the devise works great.

mbartels · #4 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 11:39 AM

I agree with Buck. I had terrible issues getting mine to recognize the new battery. Even a soft reset didn't do it most times. I usually messed around with the power button for a good 2-3 minutes before it would turn on.

fordomatic69 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 11:52 AM

Hold the Power button until the backlight comes on (10 seconds).... that should work.... works for me every sigle time and I switch batteries daily.

**weedahoe** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 01:43 PM

Well it is obvious you have some hardware/software issues somewhere. Have you did a flashing of the ROM? What ROM are you using BTW?

**bedoig** · #7 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by fordomatic69

Hold the Power button until the backlight comes on (10 seconds).... that should work.... works for me every sigle time and I switch batteries daily.

I second that. You have to hold down the power button for 5-10 seconds for it to power back up. Sticking it on a charger will also make it boot, but if you had access to a charger you probably wouldn't be needing the second battery right : )

biglcny · #8 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 04:59 PM

The proper procedure to power on the phone after replacing the battery is using the stylus to press in the soft reset button while pressing the power button at the same.

Push both in quickly at the same time and she should fire right up. Works everytime for me.

buck95 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by weedahoe

Well it is obvious you have some hardware/software issues somewhere. Have you did a flashing of the ROM? What ROM are you using BTW?

rom 3.60.70WWE ; radio 1.41.00; extROM 3.14.208 WWE ; PRL 50885; PRI 1.12_002. flashed using hemi kitchen a few weeks ago, had the problem with changing the battery since i got the phone, works now with the suggestion of holding the power button and soft reset at the same time. Thanks for the suggestion.

psiphi · #10 (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by buck95

Ive searched through the forums and my manual but cant find the proper procedure for switching out a dying battery for a charged one. I usually turn off the phone, pull out the battery and put in the charged one, but have problems sometime getting the phone to respond after the change. Gotten to the point were I put the phone back in the cradle to get it to soft start. Worried that I may screw up the phone sometime if im not doing this right. Plus carring around a charged battery dont do much good if the phone won't reset after the change. Whats the proper way to change the battery out?

One thing I find that helps is closing all running programs before turning off and taking out the battery... Cuts down on file corruption if nothing else...