Broken mogul constant red light

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My phone has a constant red light while charging and will not turn on at all. Putting my tongue across the terminals tells me that there is voltage (too lazy to gram my voltmeter from my car). Any clue what is causing this? I am going to purchase a TP and wonder if it is worth trying a new battery.

Approximately 1 month ago my mogul started to randomly freeze. I tried rebooting but nothing worked. I then removed the battery cover and pressed against the battery and the phone worked. After that it started to randomly freeze at least a 3 times a day.