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  1. #1
    Kerry Stevenson
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    My V600 almost blew up today. During a call it powered down suddenly. I
    noticed that the back was pretty warm, so I took off the cover and felt
    that the battery was quite hot. I pulled out the slim battery and
    immediately dropped it since it was far too hot to touch! I could smell
    melting plastic it was so hot. It also was bulging in the middle quite
    a bit. Needless to say, it doesn't work anymore, even after it cooled
    down.

    Questions: should I spend money on a new battery, or is this some other
    problem with the phone that eats batteries? Also, how close did I come
    to an explosion?



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  2. #2
    Plan9
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    Re: V600 Set to OVERLOAD!

    Where I live it was 6/22/2005 12:08 PM, when Kerry Stevenson wrote:
    > My V600 almost blew up today. During a call it powered down suddenly. I
    > noticed that the back was pretty warm, so I took off the cover and felt
    > that the battery was quite hot. I pulled out the slim battery and
    > immediately dropped it since it was far too hot to touch! I could smell
    > melting plastic it was so hot. It also was bulging in the middle quite
    > a bit. Needless to say, it doesn't work anymore, even after it cooled
    > down.
    >
    > Questions: should I spend money on a new battery, or is this some other
    > problem with the phone that eats batteries? Also, how close did I come
    > to an explosion?


    Was this with the original Motorola battery or a cheap, noname
    replacement. The reason I ask is I have had no problems with two
    v600s using Motorola batteries even on 90 minute calls. No, the V600s
    do not eat batteries. I haven't tried non-Motorola batteries in these
    phones, but I did have problems using non-Nokia batteries in the
    Nokias we have prior to the Motorolas. Threw the cheap batteries away
    and replaced with Nokia batteries and no problems. The Nokias are 4
    years old and still in use.

    Did you get water in the V600? Maybe a moisture induced short?



  3. #3
    OComunista
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    Re: V600 Set to OVERLOAD!

    My V600 works like a Swiss watch and has so since I got it over a year ago.
    Never had any problems like that but you should takes this up w/manyfacturer
    as if something had happened you could have sued them.


    "Kerry Stevenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:220620051108329479%[email protected]...
    > My V600 almost blew up today. During a call it powered down suddenly. I
    > noticed that the back was pretty warm, so I took off the cover and felt
    > that the battery was quite hot. I pulled out the slim battery and
    > immediately dropped it since it was far too hot to touch! I could smell
    > melting plastic it was so hot. It also was bulging in the middle quite
    > a bit. Needless to say, it doesn't work anymore, even after it cooled
    > down.
    >
    > Questions: should I spend money on a new battery, or is this some other
    > problem with the phone that eats batteries? Also, how close did I come
    > to an explosion?






  4. #4
    Kerry Stevenson
    Guest

    Re: V600 Set to OVERLOAD!

    In article <[email protected]>, Plan9
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Where I live it was 6/22/2005 12:08 PM, when Kerry Stevenson wrote:
    > > My V600 almost blew up today. During a call it powered down suddenly. I
    > > noticed that the back was pretty warm, so I took off the cover and felt
    > > that the battery was quite hot. I pulled out the slim battery and
    > > immediately dropped it since it was far too hot to touch! I could smell
    > > melting plastic it was so hot. It also was bulging in the middle quite
    > > a bit. Needless to say, it doesn't work anymore, even after it cooled
    > > down.
    > >
    > > Questions: should I spend money on a new battery, or is this some other
    > > problem with the phone that eats batteries? Also, how close did I come
    > > to an explosion?

    >
    > Was this with the original Motorola battery or a cheap, noname
    > replacement. The reason I ask is I have had no problems with two
    > v600s using Motorola batteries even on 90 minute calls. No, the V600s
    > do not eat batteries. I haven't tried non-Motorola batteries in these
    > phones, but I did have problems using non-Nokia batteries in the
    > Nokias we have prior to the Motorolas. Threw the cheap batteries away
    > and replaced with Nokia batteries and no problems. The Nokias are 4
    > years old and still in use.
    >
    > Did you get water in the V600? Maybe a moisture induced short?


    No moisture at all - it just blew up on its own in my office (where the
    likelyhood of rain is very low.)

    I got a replacement battery today, and it now works well as before. The
    original battery was indeed a genuine Motorola 3.6 Lion SNN5683A. I
    noticed that the replacement 5683A was considerably slimmer than the
    burned out one.



  5. #5
    Plan9
    Guest

    Re: V600 Set to OVERLOAD!

    Where I live it was 6/23/2005 10:37 PM, when Kerry Stevenson wrote:

    >>>My V600 almost blew up today. During a call it powered down suddenly. I
    >>>noticed that the back was pretty warm, so I took off the cover and felt
    >>>that the battery was quite hot. I pulled out the slim battery and
    >>>immediately dropped it since it was far too hot to touch! I could smell
    >>>melting plastic it was so hot. It also was bulging in the middle quite
    >>>a bit. Needless to say, it doesn't work anymore, even after it cooled
    >>>down.

    >
    > I got a replacement battery today, and it now works well as before. The
    > original battery was indeed a genuine Motorola 3.6 Lion SNN5683A. I
    > noticed that the replacement 5683A was considerably slimmer than the
    > burned out one.


    Glad the replacement battery and phone is working for you. For grins
    you may want to contact Motorola and see if they have an explanation
    or if they want to analyze the old battery. I remember reading
    somewhere that at least one phone manufacturer (LG and Verizon) a few
    months ago had a problem with counterfeit batteries getting into their
    supply chain. And then again maybe you just got the luck(?) of the
    draw and the safety mechanisms in your battery just failed. Not a
    comforting thought though. Lithium batteries can be nasty beasts when
    in overloaded discharge or charge mode.



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