Shuts off as if battery dead -- but it's not

[eager2own]

My 7130 has recently developed the nasty habit of pretending the battery is dead. It will shut off after an hour or two and not come on until I plug it in to recharge -- in other words, it acts as if the battery is dead.

I would immediately assume I have a bad battery. The weird thing is that when I plug it in and turn it on, the BB immediately shows the battery as 1/2 to 3/4 full.

Any ideas or suggestions before I buy another battery only to find out that's not the problem?

Thanks

[dasupaman23]

I'm having this problem with my Curve. I just bought a new battery. Going to see if that works.

I figure if that's not the problem, I'll have a spare battery , at least ;-)

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[eager2own]

Let me know how that works.

A new battery is not going to break the bank but I hate putting any money into the 7130 since I'm just trying to make it until the release of the Storm

[dr1445]

i just picked up a 7130 that seems to have the same habit. i have only had it a few days, and it did it one time today. of course i am very interested if a new battery will cure the problem.

[dasupaman23]

Just got the new battery today. Not gonna put it in till tonight (before bed). Then I will charge it with the phone off. Will post my results tomorrow.

Usually my first shut off would happen at around 10AM, so if I can make it to lunch, I'll be stoked.

[dasupaman23]

Well I have gone the whole day without one shut off. I had my Wi-Fi on all day, was using Viigo, listened to a few albums and was BBM and texting all day. Looks like the new battery helped. Hopefully this will help you guys too.

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[dr1445]

great info, thanks. mine has only done it 1 time in 5 days, maybe, just maybe i forgot to lock the keyboard. who knows, it might never come up again. if it gets to annoying i will try the new battery.

[gargaveli]

Thanks for the info dasupaman23, I'm having the same problem so I'll give the new battery a try.

[eager2own]

glad to hear that -- especially since I just got a new battery and will be testing it today

[eager2own]

The new battery did the trick for me -- no problems over the last 24 hours.

I'll update this if that changes.

[eager2own]

New battery worked flawlessly for the last 48 hours.
I put in the old battery, and it crashed again within 2 hours. . . so I think I got my answer.

[dasupaman23]

Yeah mine hasn't crashed at all with the new battery. Plus it is finally lasting all day!

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