Not sure what the problem is, but don't you think the simplest solution would be to stop charging it for 8-10 hours at a time? We know the battery charges completely (from zero) in about 6 hours, so leaving it on any longer is pointless.
Ralph Alvy wrote: > Well, Sprint has replaced my new Centro with another new one, and I still > have > the same odd charging problem I had with the first one -- a problem I have > never had with previous Palm devices ... > > First Centro: > After about 2 weeks of overnight charges, I started to notice the device > would > have a red LED in the morning, especially if being charged around 10 hours > (usually 8-10 hours), even though it was green for many hours before it > switched to red. The phone is off all night every night, and I have no > background events going on during that time. This seemed to be better if I > did an In-Cradle Reset to reset its charging calibration before retiring each > night (Soft Reset while plugged in, and then leave it charging). > > Second Centro: > After about 3 days of overnight charge, the same thing started to happen. I > haven't started to do nightly In-Cradle Resets with this device. I'll start > tonight. > > Needless to say, I'm worried about frying the battery with all this > overcharging while the LED is red. I can say that when it's red, after a long > time being green, software says the battery is at 99% and charging. When this > happens, it will not go back to green unless I unplug it and then plug it > back in again. > > I can't surmise if this is a battery problem or a device problem. I really > don't want to get another exchange because this second device is so much > nicer than the previous one, I don't want to jinx my luck here. The keys are > much more raised and easier to use, and the screen is more sensitive to the > stylus. > > I have a feeling this is a ROM problem. I'd love to see if others find that > long overnight charging (10+ hours) for a few days in a row causes this > problem in their Centros.
