I got a Seidio for the 700p, but didn't do the initial 8 hour charging without the phone, so at this time what can I do to improve the battery longevity (in terms of recycling the battery...) thank you,
On 6/17/07, Richard E Johnson, MD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, I took the leap of faith (since it made sense to me anyway) > and charged the Seidio initially in the 680, and have had no problems > since. It's beginning to look like the battery will perform as > advertised and also as others here have discussed here - I charged it > initially for over 8 hours in the phone and am still waiting, now > 36-48 hours after initial charging, to see it drop down to ~0% power > so that I can recharge it a few more times and "set it" for optimal > power/life characteristics. My OEM Treo 1200 mAh battery never lasted > this long, and I'm still not even down to 50% yet! More later. > Dick > ----------------------------------------------- > Richard E Johnson, ScM, MD, DABA > Palm/Treo 680 > Mac G4, iBook G3, PowerBook G4 > Lawton, OK 73505 USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <RECMSOJ%40onlineok.com> > > On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:40 PM, Carl W. Brooks wrote: > > It think it is safe to assume that you can charge it IN the Treo; > > however, the challenge will be to leave it off for 8 hours without > > wanting to peek at an email or do something within the required > > charge period. They are letting you know that you don't want to be > > using the device while it is charging. But the device can use > > itself if you have applications like an email ap checking for > > periodically for messages, you can receive text messages, etc. > > I would make sure that all alarms or triggers are disabled during > > the charge time. If you are familiar with backing up the device > > completely to the memory card. You could do a hard reset and then > > turn off the phone wireless radio so no calls comes through. > > Obviously you would want to forward your calls to another line if > > you can not afford to miss a call. > > Yeah it is extreme, but doable (maybe). Maybe while you are sleeping. > > I'll see you on the web! > > Carl W. Brooks > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Richard E Johnson, MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<RECMSOJ%40OnlineOK.com> > > > > Date: Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 8:45 p.m. > > Subject: [Treo] Treo 680-Seidio Battery 2400 mAh Charging > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <treo%40yahoogroups.comReply-To>: > [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > I just bought a Seidio 2400 mAh replacement/extended battery for my > > 680. The only instructions tell me to charge it for 8 hours before > > putting it into my phone for the first time. I have never seen any > > prior mention of a requirement to pre-charge this battery outside the > > phone, and I have no external battery charger for either this or the > > OEM Treo 1200 mAh battery. What is going on here and how do I use > > this battery? > > Thanks, > > Dick > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Richard E Johnson, ScM, MD, DABA > > Palm/Treo 680 > > Mac G4, iBook G3, PowerBook G4 > > Lawton, OK 73505 USA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <RECMSOJ%40onlineok.com> > > > -- Srivaths Srinivasan "Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Aaye" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
