[vr77]

i have a blackberry 9100 with a slightly swollen battery it works with the battery boots up charges and so on. Bought a new battery but the phone isnt working with it, wont charge the battery phone blinks red and attempts to boot up then cuts off. the battery has been tested and works. Tried 3 diff new batteries and same problem. What cud be causing this??????????

[thedustytaco]

Does screen work? Could be internal hardware problems. might just be the screen

[vjh425]

Are the new batteries official BlackBerry batteries or third party?

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[vr77]

Its a third party battery but its working in another phone

[joeldf]

Its a third party battery but its working in another phone

Another Pearl 9100?

BlackBerry batteries have a chip in them that lets them work with the phone model they are made for. Otherwise, you need one of those code transfer boxes - third party batteries usually include them just for that purpose. The problem is, you need to re-transfer the code to the fake battery every time you reboot or remove the battery. And, you need a charged real BB battery to do that every time.

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[Jedi_Blackberry]

A Pearl 9100....holy crap!

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[vr77]

no it worked with a 9670
what exactly is a code transfer box?

[crackbrry fan]

A Pearl 9100....holy crap!

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Yup still have one, it still works :-) I keep it in my collection.

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[crackbrry fan]

no it worked with a 9670
what exactly is a code transfer box?

You should plug the device into an outlet Without the battery in for a few mins, whilst still plugged in ,slip in your new battery. See if that helps, I think that the old battery you had in,possibly messed with the battery memory.

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[stlabrat]

Go get a BlackBerry battery.

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[vr77]

Hey thanks but tried it and no luck guess its messed up