N80 battery getting very very hot when charging

My son bought a "New" N80 on Ebay. It arrived well packed but with a
small dent and a folder called Porn created in the memory. All was well
for about a month and then the phone stopped charging. The output from
the unloaded PSU seemed low so I bought a new Nokia PSU. Now, after a
week of use the battery is getting very very hot when charging (hotter
than any charging Li+ battery I've touched before) and loses its charge
almost immediately its disconnected from the charger.

Is this a duff battery or is it the phone? Is there a fire risk?

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dave @ stejonda wrote:
Li ion batts only have a finite number of charge and discharge cycles.
It sounds like it's at the end of it's life.
Time for a new battery!

dave @ stejonda wrote:
>
> My son bought a "New" N80 on Ebay. It arrived well packed but with a
> small dent and a folder called Porn created in the memory. All was well
> for about a month and then the phone stopped charging. The output from
> the unloaded PSU seemed low so I bought a new Nokia PSU. Now, after a
> week of use the battery is getting very very hot when charging (hotter
> than any charging Li+ battery I've touched before) and loses its charge
> almost immediately its disconnected from the charger.
>
> Is this a duff battery or is it the phone? Is there a fire risk?
>

If it's not charging correctly it sounds like a dodgy battery. Yes it
could be a fire risk, any electronic device that is running hotter than
normal when charging could potentially be a fire risk.

I would replace the battery as a precaution, it's not working correctly
anyway.

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>dave @ stejonda wrote:
>> My son bought a "New" N80 on Ebay. It arrived well packed but with a
>>small dent and a folder called Porn created in the memory. All was
>>well for about a month and then the phone stopped charging. The
>>output from the unloaded PSU seemed low so I bought a new Nokia PSU.
>>Now, after a week of use the battery is getting very very hot when
>>charging (hotter than any charging Li+ battery I've touched before)
>>and loses its charge almost immediately its disconnected from the charger.
>> Is this a duff battery or is it the phone? Is there a fire risk?
>>
>
>If it's not charging correctly it sounds like a dodgy battery. Yes it
>could be a fire risk, any electronic device that is running hotter than
>normal when charging could potentially be a fire risk.
>
>I would replace the battery as a precaution, it's not working correctly
>anyway.
>
thanks

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dave @ stejonda