Palm Treo 680 battery instructions - Page 2 - Treo Forum

bluto · 01-12-2007, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red-beard

Palm has agreed to a swap, (After 3 phone calls) but I have to send them the phone. They are paying the shipping charges both ways. I wish I had not turned in my TREO650 to offset the cost. I have another, but I need to fix the screen. The 680 won't be shipped back until I have something else to use.

You should pick up a cheap unlocked GSM phone. TigerDirect seems to have a lot of them:

Good luck!

red-beard · 01-15-2007, 08:23 AM

Phone Experiment results:

http://discussion.treocentral.com/sh...d.php?t=134111

radavis · 01-21-2007, 04:56 PM

Bought my 680 in the UK last week and straight away noticed the battery drain. I installed the camera fix on Friday hoping it would make a difference and it did'nt. Yesterday tried the above hoping it would work. Guest what, carried out the instruction to the letter and left it to charge overnight and half of today. Put the sim card back in and turned it on, straight away the battery monitor said 88%.

I've had Nokias, XDAs and just changed from a T-mobile Vario and they all lasted at least 2 days without even being used, the Nokias seemed to last forever before they needed to be recharged.

I think one phone is going back to the shop pretty soon unless this problem is sorted out. I dont think I should have to recharge every night so that the phones not dead when I wake up the next morning.

Raymond

Luigi · 01-22-2007, 01:07 AM

When I disconnected the phone after the reset it fell straight to 95%. The next charge it stayed 100% for a while and the battery lasts pretty much forever now. Maybe you should wait a couple more charge cycles.

radavis · 01-22-2007, 01:17 PM

Did the whole battery sim card removal trick and left it to charge overnight, it appears to have worked as after a day turned on it had'nt dropped below about 70%. Yipee!!!!!

Raymond

treorookie · 01-22-2007, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by radavis

Did the whole battery sim card removal trick and left it to charge overnight, it appears to have worked as after a day turned on it had'nt dropped below about 70%. Yipee!!!!!

Raymond

Hey Raymond had the same results. Like a glass of FIJI water...simpky refreshing :-)

forgot · 01-23-2007, 10:33 AM

I've never had FIJI water. Is it really that refreshing?

john_garton · 01-26-2007, 10:47 AM

Installed the camera update yesterday the followed the above instructions and after 6 hours i'm still at 95%. I love my TREO

jprincipe · 01-29-2007, 11:32 AM

This battery song and dance is BS. The Treo 650 never required such annoying steps to hold its charge. I think there is a genuine problem (perhaps a recall is in order) with the actual device. Blah. Makes me want to deal with worse call quality on the 650 just to have a phone that stays on.

Luigi · 01-29-2007, 02:57 PM

Apart from the camera draining the battery, which is now resolved, the thing with the battery was probably that the first charge, which to any type of battery is always important, was not conducted properly by the manufacturer. This can be resolved by doing the reset thing, just once is enough. I imagine it might be annoying, but its not that difficult so let's just get on with it.

01-15-2007, 08:23 AM	#12 (permalink)
red-beard Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, TX My Treo: Treo 680 Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Phone Experiment results: http://discussion.treocentral.com/sh...d.php?t=134111 __________________ Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Who's bringing the chips?

01-23-2007, 10:33 AM	#17 (permalink)
forgot Huh? I'm sorry, what?! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Woodlands, TX (north of Houston) My Treo: Treo 680 My Carrier: Cingular/AT&T My OS: Vista Posts: 3,467 Thanks: 253 Thanked 228 Times in 196 Posts	I've never had FIJI water. Is it really that refreshing? __________________ Don't drink the water, fish have sex in it.

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radavis A Few Questions.... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodford Green, Essex. UK My Treo: Treo 680 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bought my 680 in the UK last week and straight away noticed the battery drain. I installed the camera fix on Friday hoping it would make a difference and it did'nt. Yesterday tried the above hoping it would work. Guest what, carried out the instruction to the letter and left it to charge overnight and half of today. Put the sim card back in and turned it on, straight away the battery monitor said 88%. I've had Nokias, XDAs and just changed from a T-mobile Vario and they all lasted at least 2 days without even being used, the Nokias seemed to last forever before they needed to be recharged. I think one phone is going back to the shop pretty soon unless this problem is sorted out. I dont think I should have to recharge every night so that the phones not dead when I wake up the next morning. Raymond

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Luigi Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Antwerp, Belgium My Treo: Treo 680 My Carrier: Other My OS: OSX Posts: 25 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	When I disconnected the phone after the reset it fell straight to 95%. The next charge it stayed 100% for a while and the battery lasts pretty much forever now. Maybe you should wait a couple more charge cycles.

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radavis A Few Questions.... Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Woodford Green, Essex. UK My Treo: Treo 680 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Did the whole battery sim card removal trick and left it to charge overnight, it appears to have worked as after a day turned on it had'nt dropped below about 70%. Yipee!!!!! Raymond

01-26-2007, 10:47 AM	#18 (permalink)
john_garton A Few Questions.... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Installed the camera update yesterday the followed the above instructions and after 6 hours i'm still at 95%. I love my TREO

01-29-2007, 11:32 AM	#19 (permalink)
jprincipe A Few Questions.... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago My Treo: Treo 680 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	This battery song and dance is BS. The Treo 650 never required such annoying steps to hold its charge. I think there is a genuine problem (perhaps a recall is in order) with the actual device. Blah. Makes me want to deal with worse call quality on the 650 just to have a phone that stays on.

01-29-2007, 02:57 PM	#20 (permalink)
Luigi Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Antwerp, Belgium My Treo: Treo 680 My Carrier: Other My OS: OSX Posts: 25 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Apart from the camera draining the battery, which is now resolved, the thing with the battery was probably that the first charge, which to any type of battery is always important, was not conducted properly by the manufacturer. This can be resolved by doing the reset thing, just once is enough. I imagine it might be annoying, but its not that difficult so let's just get on with it.

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