Ryan_3

right bought an original battery from nokia this time. how do I exactly charge it?

BM08

i would just use it as it is if theres any power already in it, then before it reaches empty turn off the phone and give it a full charge, then use as normal, thats what ive always done and all of my phones have been fine

Ryan_3

problem with nokia is that it charges after only 1 1/2 hr

Isaac.Hunt

Dear God! Are you seriously asking how to charge a phone battery?

BM08

That reply shows just how uninformed you are








Doesnt matter mate, just use it how the battery came, and then when its low give it a full charge, even if it does only take 1hr 30mins, thats still a full charge.
Just use it as normal then, should be fine

Some people say charge new batterys overnight but thats totally pointless, after 1and a half hours it will be FULLY charged and turn off the currant going to the battery, so leaving it the rest of the night does nothing

Ryan_3

yes I come from the caves Did you knowmy father discovered fire AND the wheel?


it now has 4 lines. will play some music till its nearly dead and then charge it!

thanxk for the reply

Ryan_3

nine hrs after fuly charging it and its is on two! FFS

BM08

Can you explain again? from what i remember you have a nseries phone which the battery kept draining quickly? so you went on the hunt for a new battery, is that right?

Ryan_3

yes mate, and now I bought one from a nokia dealer so it is genuine. it is a N95. the battery will only last 12 hrs!

Now im thinking the 3G tbh. cant turn it off though because they only transmits 3G ffs

BM08

Very strange, i never had that problem with my old n95 8gb. It could last about 2 days with light use.

Not alot you can do if you have a new battery already.

S1

Turn off the browse for wireless networks if you havent already. My N95 (not 8Gig) would last for nearly a week on standby with no use, would last a day when being used.

Ryan_3

I did mate too. I think im blaming the poor reception tbh!

gave it the second charge cycle well see now

Isaac.Hunt

Coming from the idiot who asked how many millimetres there were in a metre?

Lord help us. I should have known being such a quiet and unassuming N95 owner you might possibly get shirty if someone didn't bow down and praise the component parts of God himself's company, Nokia.

Ryan_3

The charge is not holding more than 15hrs!! and that with the new battery!

Changed to th eold sim card now and see if the problem is the 3G, which I think it is!

BM08

Say what you like matey, i couldnt give a rats ass.

The reply showed how you knew nothing about said subject, so why bother even posting.

End of discussion

BM08

Could well be, cant think of anything else

Ryan_3

its on 5 hrs charge, and its still full

Jim Galbally

well that was a difficult google

http://www.gersbo.dk/2007/05/nine-tw...fe-by-328.html

Ryan_3

wow your so smart! I found that site, but I wanted to see people's opinion

BM08

Thats what its like on here, people automatically assume your thick as shit just because you asked a question which can easily be googled


Most questions that get asked on this forum could have been found using google

Ryan_3

lol, might aswell shut down the forum

anyways, the battery dropped three lines since 11 this morning, I dont think its a good sign!! I just played music for ten minutes and took 3 photos. will go on pc suite to see the firmware.

And now I think I am going with vodafone? do these have different firmware or something?

Jim Galbally

ok then had you read and understood that link on google you would probably understand WHY your phone is so poor at retainign battery.

have you actually followed the instructions or not?

i would suspect you have the same problem as most 3G phones on the market, that when set to automatically sitch between 2g/3g in a signal with low 3g coverage you are finding the batteruy drain sooner than expected, this is due to the large power required to do this. set it to 2G only (which despite you earlier comment you can do and if you read the google post youd see how to do it) and youll probably find the battery life increase significantly.

is that a better response?

ps 2G will be the GPRS/EDGE setting (3g is UMTS/HSDPA/HSUDPA)

BM08

Yeah but i dout it will do anything for battery life.

At the end of the day i dont think you will ever get a decent amount of battery with that phone, its getting pretty old now. I know the battery is new but the phone is still old.

Just try and following those tips to try and squeeze out any extra power you can

Ryan_3

I am with melita mobile ( a company ) and they only transmit 3G, you can turn it off, but then u get no reception. get it??

I now tried a different sim card (different company) that can enable me to turn off the 3g, which I did.



I know mate but it wasnt this bad. Cant sell it as I will get fuck all for it

RichieST

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You need to charge for 16 hours once every 5-6 charges ideally. The first hour and a half or so charges the battery, then the rest conditions it.

Ryan_3

they say that these batteries do not require this?

so if I charge it for 16 hrs now, should I see results? or it MUST be the first charge as i didnt understand perectly mate


and can a ribbon change effect this?

BM08

well ive never done what rich said and my phones have been ok............

Ryan_3

how much hours did it give u then?

Jim Galbally

theyre not fookin nicad batteries guys

Ryan_3

so the theory of the 16 hr is not to be beleived lol?

I need more input rich

Ryan_3

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum...ad.php?t=63534

found this> They say that the lithium batteries doesnt need the 16 hrs charge. The battery will just keep improving in the first few weeks.

hoping for the best lol

BM08

Yeah its all aload of bollocks, like i told you way above

I had the n95 8 gb so it was a upgraded slightly more powerful battery i think, i used to get about 2 days ish

Isaac.Hunt

End of discussion, really? Well that is where you are incorrect. Considering how frequent an event it is, I'm sure it is a concept you have become very familiar with over the years.

I actually had a N95 up until about a year and a half ago. Battery life on it was always terrible, so much so that I always made sure I had a spare, fully charged battery anywhere I went. It is also the first phone I actually had to buy a car charger for. Furthermore I had to charge the phone every single night - it wouldn't last for two days running.

Again, N95's are well known for having very poor battery life, especially if you start using any of the features they have. Considering it is only a 900 mAh battery on what is quite a power hungry device, it's hardly surprising battery life is so limited. You can actually get extended batteries which iirc are rated at 1400mAh.

As for what the OP originally asked, charging the phone is easy; you put the battery in the phone and plug the charger in. If it's not charging at a reasonable rate there is clearly something wrong, there are only really three possibilities there.

The best advice that can be given is to get rid of the N95 and replace it with something vastly superior such as practically any device made by HTC.

Any further moronic ad-hoc reckon you might like to furnish me with?

Ryan_3

it only takes about two hrs to charge mate, but always has been.

Isaac.Hunt

Sarcasm is best placed to defend one's intelligence when said individual is able to spell simple words like "you're". Until then it only serves to provide amusement for those with an IQ in triple figures.

BM08

Is it? ok then.

Im not the one who trys to pick fights with random people off an internet forum.

Go and think about that before coming on here tyring to sound clever.

Ryan_3

now its doing my head in

checked if the software is right, and yeah its good. cant think of anything else. A shop changed the ribbon for me can it be it?? or a faulty charger??

Ryan_3

charged the battery, plugged it with the charger, removed it from charger and plugged it again

its been 44 hrs now and with 5 bars out of 8, and that with music, calling and msgs


very happy lol

BM08

I read that about 3 times and still dont understand

Glad you got it sorted though

Ryan_3

sry mate got bit excited pmsl

plugged the charger in the mobile, after few seconds unplugged it and immedietly plugged it again, was written on the manuals but tried that on the old battery and it didnt work