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This is my first Blackberry device, I have had smartphones for the past few years with little problems. This morning when I picked my phone off the night stand, it felt like it was 200 degrees, I couldnt even hold it..it was so hot. I could smell the plastic melting. The battery life also went from fully charged to nothing in a matter of minutes. Now i've only had it for 2 1/2 months. So I took it to the Verizon store, they said they knew nothing about this, so they put a new battery in it, and it still overheated. Well I live in NC, and according to them, the closest store that has curves is Tenn. So they will have to overnight one to me. Has anyone else seen or heard of this problem with the new Curves? I read all the threads about all the other models having the same issue. They really need to fix this problem!!!
03-09-10 12:05 PM - Yes, it happened to me when my 8530 was a month old. I was at work and I noticed the network icon going crazy and when I picked the phone up, it was quite warm. By the next few hours, the phone was D.O.A. Verizon sent me a new one and I also went into a retail store and got a new battery and so far the new one has been absolutely fine. Go figure! Good luck
03-11-10 06:00 PM - Got my Blackberry curve 8530 a month ago and mine had a couple problems with battery life and just this morning it was blazing hot so not even thinking twice i get on my way. I get to my destination and shut it off, now it wont turn back on what do i do? go to the store and get a new battery? get new phone? and if so do i have to pay for the new phone or battery for verizon? ugh!!!!!!!!!!!03-25-10 08:57 AM
- My 8530 Curve overheated and "fried the phone" (that's what the Verizon guy said
). So they gave me a new one seeing as I'd only had it about a month. Now this morning, two months later, my replacement phone is doing the same thing. I've turned it off and took the battery out hoping it lasts long enough to get home so I can sync all my contacts to my computer! Then it's back to the Verizon store for another new phone. Glad I've got the warranty! This is my first experience with a blackberry, and other than this issue I love it. Though I'm hoping I can stop being the "lucky one" who has to keep dealing with overheating phones!03-30-10 11:07 AM - The Verizon store lied to you I have Sprint but a good friend of mines just experienced the same issue except she was charging her blackberry on the way into work when the phone overheated and fried her battery. I gave her my spare battery to use and the phone powered up but within a couple minutes it sucked a fully charged battery to NOTHING. She had her phone about a month but she stated that when she took hers in this store stated they'd been having problems with the 8530 Blackberry. My friend's blackberry was the lighter lavender purple one. I have the same exact phone with Sprint except mines is dark purple, it's gotten warm but never hot I'd say and the battery appears to be fine but will drain if you do a lot of texting, facebooking, and bbm-ing like me
which is expected so I travel with my spare battery and my wall plug to juice myself whenever necessary other than that only down falls about the 8530 is that it lacks a flash for the camera.04-06-10 09:58 AM - Yes. They come with a 1 year warranty so you wont have to claim it on the insurance. I sure hope it doesnt happen to the third one.My mom and I just bought the 8530 on Monday. I hope this doesn't happen to our phones. Mainly cuz we opted not to pay the $8/mo for the warranty. Isn't there a one-year limited warranty tho?04-08-10 05:38 PM
