Well, I actually saw it go from green to red in about 2 hours one night. Some times it takes a few more hours than that. I've woken in the middle of the night to see it glowing red, after seeing it green before dozing off. The 8-10 hours rule is just to make sure the problem arises. I never know how long it was actually red, apparently sitting at 99% the entire time.
On Saturday 22 March 2008 11:17:21 am Alli wrote: > 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.
