Shake it baby!

[michele454rocket]

Okay, I have a blackberry and I've had a few battery issues...battery with red line through it...battery with lightening bolt and not charging - I searched the forums and did the battery pulls, battery pull while charging and nothing worked - My stepdaughter's boyfriend who is 17 years old, took out my battery and held it in his hand and shook it for a minute and voila, my battery came back to life...just though I'd share!

[teal]

That is interesting. Never heard of that. Hopefully someone will post with the explanation of why that worked.

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[michele454rocket]

he said it gets the acid flowing and the heat from your hand helps too...makes sense to me, although I have troubleshooted(?) blackberrys and always knew about the battery pull, but this was the first I heard of shaking it and I was about ready to throw two batterys through the window! lol

[BlackBerry.est08]

Hah, that's nice to know! From personal experience, I know that the battery with the red line through it means that the battery isn't meant for the BlackBerry you inserted the battery into. Ex. putting a Curve's battery into a 8830 will result in that icon.

[michele454rocket]

Originally Posted by BlackBerry.est08

Hah, that's nice to know! From personal experience, I know that the battery with the red line through it means that the battery isn't meant for the BlackBerry you inserted the battery into. Ex. putting a Curve's battery into a 8830 will result in that icon.

The battery with the red line was the original that came with the Pearl....the other one was a replacement for the Pearl and shaking them both worked! : )

[joe003]

Very interesting. Didn't think Lithium Ion batteries had acid in them, but who knows, I've been wrong before Glad it worked for you. Don't shake it too hard

[michele454rocket]

well it's probably not acid but whatever is in them the shaking and heat from your hand seemed to work when nothing else did! : )

[mding4gold]

I know old nicad batteries needed to be dropped from a standing height every so often. Didn't even think about shacking or dropping the lithium batteries.