my battery dies extremely fast
so i was at my friends house not paying any attention to my phone all night when i finally looked at it and it said battery drained, turning off handheld so i went and charged it and almost immediately after taking it off the charger it died again. this started about a week ago. so i did some research and didnt get a solid solution. i tried restoring my phone, updating my phone, and i even put my friends battery (he has the same exact phone as me) in my phone and it still was drained, plus my battery worked in his phone.. i was wondering if anyone had any solutions
Battery Drained, Shutting down handheld
From doing a Google search on the problem of a phone battery dying suddenly, stupidly and senselessly, I observe that the Blackberry organization has inexplicably and inexcusably ignored this very crucial but irritating problem, choosing, instead, to keep their heads buried in the sand.
Loyal Blackberry users like me should NOT be subject to manufacturing incompetence or having our problems ignored by those who should provide the highest standards of corporate performance.
If I don't read an actual and REAL solution from BLACKBERRY (other than the kind but perennial "buy a new battery" from other helpful users for what is essentially my brand new phone), I will not only stop using this line of phones but I will actively dissuade ANYBODY I know from using them.
It is unacceptable for me and other people to purchase blackberry phones that purport to be 'smart' and find them acting dumb by making me loose the ability to communicate with people after merely 2 - 3 hours of doing VERY LITTLE. It actually displays the message "battery drained, shutting down handheld" when I have 60% (yes SIXTY PERCENT) charge displayed.
Please if there is ANYBODY who has an actual SOLUTION (not involving "buying a new battery" - which I have done twice now), I would deeply appreciate it.
Thank you.
Battery Drained, Shutting down handheld
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Mr.Monty Are you still using the 8320 you had in August 2008? Is the battery in the phone the same battery that came with it? If so, you seem to have an unrealistic expectation of the chargeable life of your battery. I don't mean you can charge it for 8 hours and get only 20 minutes of use, I mean the amount of times the battery has been drained and charged (cycles, if you will.)
Batteries will, with age, lose their ability to hold a charge. While you won't like this response and blame RIM and swear off the company, you likely won't see much difference with mobile device or any other rechargeable battery (even car batteries).
TL;DR - You need a new battery.
Hello Mr. Monty,
I no longer use that Curve. I have used a couple of blackberries since I registered on this website. The phone I'm referring to currently is a Bold 9780 which I've used for about one year. You might agree then that it is fair to expect that in one year, the battery will be able to retain a useful charge.
Be that as it may, in searching for a solution, I observed that the problem recurred in many instances and NOBODY from Blackberry EVER proposed a solution.
Oh, by the way, I am using the SECOND new battery, with NO improvement. AND I did NOT update/change any of the software on the phone or add any new applications.
It appears to be a BLACKBERRY fault and if the honchos at RIM seek to be competitive, they should stop chasing shadows and make phones that we can actually RELY on.
Users need an answer from RIM that actually SOLVES this problem.