V551 - strange battery charging behavior

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On 6/28/2005 1:35 PM, VBM wrote the following:

> While charging, it will be showing one bar, then suddenly beep and show a
> full charge. Then, a couple of minutes later (still plugged in), it will
> show one bar again and be charging away. It has done this off and on all
> day as I sit here at work.
>
> I got my V551 yesterday, and it showed a full charge. Since it also came
> pre-configured, I assumed they had also did the first 24-hour charge process
> and I just started using it, making a few calls during the evening. Then,
> this morning, it was beeping that the battery was low. So, I checked out
> this forum and elsewhere and heard about the initially short battery life
> and the suggestion to give it a full charge. That is when the strange
> behavior started.
>
>

phones don't come with batteries fully charged. also, check your s/w
version (*#9999#) and make sure you've got firmware version 18.16R or
higher. Version 17.0 has known issues causing the battery to drain
earlier. in that case, exchange it at your phone store. i've gomy 551 a
week ago, and it already had the more recent firmware version.

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Thanks, I didn't know how to check that. Luckily, I do have 18.16R, so I am
hoping it is just the connection issue mentioned by another poster.

"nuucp" <nuucp@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> On 6/28/2005 1:35 PM, VBM wrote the following:
>
> > While charging, it will be showing one bar, then suddenly beep and show
a
> > full charge. Then, a couple of minutes later (still plugged in), it
will
> > show one bar again and be charging away. It has done this off and on
all
> > day as I sit here at work.
> >
> > I got my V551 yesterday, and it showed a full charge. Since it also
came
> > pre-configured, I assumed they had also did the first 24-hour charge
process
> > and I just started using it, making a few calls during the evening.
Then,
> > this morning, it was beeping that the battery was low. So, I checked out
> > this forum and elsewhere and heard about the initially short battery
life
> > and the suggestion to give it a full charge. That is when the strange
> > behavior started.
> >
> >
>
> phones don't come with batteries fully charged. also, check your s/w
> version (*#9999#) and make sure you've got firmware version 18.16R or
> higher. Version 17.0 has known issues causing the battery to drain
> earlier. in that case, exchange it at your phone store. i've gomy 551 a
> week ago, and it already had the more recent firmware version.