Li-ion batteries are notorious for just up and dying. I have a couple of
the standard Sony Li-ion batteries that just stop taking a charge after
about 2 years of light use. The rumor is its the 'smart' charger unwilling
to charge the battery that may or may not be completely dead.
My Vx is almost a year old, it will charge up to 100% but it won't hold a
charge in the 90%-100% range after a few minutes of use. I just figured its
the battery starting its death dance.
There is a way to bring back NiCad and Ni-MH batteries with a large
capacitor but I don't know if it will work with Li-ion (and I'm not willing
to try on my Vx just yet ).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Ardiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:52 AM
Subject: Palm V: rechargable battery
> hi!
>
> strange thing happened to my Palm V
>
> all of a sudden.. charging it did not register any "new charge"
> so i decided to wear it down to 0% (left it on with a program
> overclocked)..
>
> it finally shut it self off :)) then, after 7 hours in the cradle
> supposidly "recharging.." the device is now at a mere 3% power.
>
> surely the rechargable battery has NOT died yet?? i have an efig
> Palm V (8Mb version).. so ... no warranty :)) (and i got it over
>
> 15 months ago).. does anyone have this problem?? or know a way
> to fix it??
>
> i guess i could always crack open the shell and put in a new
> battery :)) but with no screws to pull the bugger apart.. looks
> like i might as well get a new one :(
>
> cheers
>
> // az
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>
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