Motorola m3788 battery

I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of very
short battery life between charges.

It was showing Low Battery in the display when I came home last night at
7pm, so I left it on until I went to bed at 11:30pm and it was still going
strong.

Have done the same again tonight, and it's still OK.

I tested the battery with a voltmeter tonight, and got a reading of 5.5v
(4.8v battey). Also, the level on the phone's battery meter hasn't moved
for two nights.

How likely is it that the power level detection circuits are faulty rather
than the battery. I had a Psion Sienna PDA many years ago, and that had a
faulty low battery warning within a few weeks.

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"Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of very
> short battery life between charges.
<snip>
>
Do her a favour and use it for trade in at CPW or the Link.

3788 is a painfully horrible old phone to use

Steve Terry

"Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of very
> short battery life between charges.
<snip>
>
Do her a favour and use it for trade in at CPW or the Link.

3788 is a painfully horrible old phone to use

Steve Terry

"Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Steve Terry wrote:
>
>
>> "Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of very
>> > short battery life between charges.
>> <snip>
>> >
>> Do her a favour and use it for trade in at CPW or the Link.
>
>> 3788 is a painfully horrible old phone to use
>> Steve Terry
>
> She's just bought another phone. It's crap, and too fiddly to use for an
> old person.
>
Do a google groups archive search for phones for the elderly, it's a subject
that's been done to death on here

Steve Terry

"Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Steve Terry wrote:
>
>
>> "Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of very
>> > short battery life between charges.
>> <snip>
>> >
>> Do her a favour and use it for trade in at CPW or the Link.
>
>> 3788 is a painfully horrible old phone to use
>> Steve Terry
>
> She's just bought another phone. It's crap, and too fiddly to use for an
> old person.
>
Do a google groups archive search for phones for the elderly, it's a subject
that's been done to death on here

Steve Terry

Steve Terry wrote:


> "Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Steve Terry wrote:
> >
> >
> >> "Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> > I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of very
> >> > short battery life between charges.
> >> <snip>
> >> >
> >> Do her a favour and use it for trade in at CPW or the Link.
> >
> >> 3788 is a painfully horrible old phone to use
> >> Steve Terry
> >
> > She's just bought another phone. It's crap, and too fiddly to use for an
> > old person.
> >
> Do a google groups archive search for phones for the elderly, it's a subject
> that's been done to death on here

> Steve Terry

Done that already, unfortunately, after she bought the phone, as she
didn't tell/ask me first. Told her to look at the Sagem (Simply) with
Vodaphone thing, but the damage is done (even paid £29.99, when it was
£18.99 on-line).

There should be some protection for old people who don't know what they're
doin :-) (only joking of course, buyer beware etc.)

"Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Steve Terry wrote:
>
>
>> "Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Steve Terry wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> "Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >> news:[email protected]...
>> >> > I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of
>> >> > very
>> >> > short battery life between charges.
>> >> <snip>
>> >> >
>> >> Do her a favour and use it for trade in at CPW or the Link.
>> >
>> >> 3788 is a painfully horrible old phone to use
>> >> Steve Terry
>> >
>> > She's just bought another phone. It's crap, and too fiddly to use for
>> > an
>> > old person.
>> >
>> Do a google groups archive search for phones for the elderly, it's a
>> subject
>> that's been done to death on here
>> Steve Terry
>
> Done that already, unfortunately, after she bought the phone, as she
> didn't tell/ask me first. Told her to look at the Sagem (Simply) with
> Vodaphone thing, but the damage is done (even paid £29.99, when it was
> £18.99 on-line).
> There should be some protection for old people who don't know what they're
> doin :-) (only joking of course, buyer beware etc.)
>
There should be a health warning on Sagems.

My dad uses a Nokia 3410, not easy to get a new one now, over christmas
I bought a couple of Nokia 2650 on Orange at 30 quid each from P4U,
unlocked them with Crux, now they take any sim.
A little harder to use than 3510, but same menu structure.

Steve Terry

"Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Steve Terry wrote:
>
>
>> "Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Steve Terry wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> "Paul S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >> news:[email protected]...
>> >> > I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of
>> >> > very
>> >> > short battery life between charges.
>> >> <snip>
>> >> >
>> >> Do her a favour and use it for trade in at CPW or the Link.
>> >
>> >> 3788 is a painfully horrible old phone to use
>> >> Steve Terry
>> >
>> > She's just bought another phone. It's crap, and too fiddly to use for
>> > an
>> > old person.
>> >
>> Do a google groups archive search for phones for the elderly, it's a
>> subject
>> that's been done to death on here
>> Steve Terry
>
> Done that already, unfortunately, after she bought the phone, as she
> didn't tell/ask me first. Told her to look at the Sagem (Simply) with
> Vodaphone thing, but the damage is done (even paid £29.99, when it was
> £18.99 on-line).
> There should be some protection for old people who don't know what they're
> doin :-) (only joking of course, buyer beware etc.)
>
There should be a health warning on Sagems.

My dad uses a Nokia 3410, not easy to get a new one now, over christmas
I bought a couple of Nokia 2650 on Orange at 30 quid each from P4U,
unlocked them with Crux, now they take any sim.
A little harder to use than 3510, but same menu structure.

Steve Terry

"Steve Terry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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[snip]

> My dad uses a Nokia 3410, not easy to get a new one now,
> over christmas I bought a couple of Nokia 2650 on Orange
> at 30 quid each from P4U, unlocked them with Crux, now
> they take any sim. A little harder to use than 3510, but same menu
> structure.
>
> Steve Terry

For a simple phone, the Nokia 3210 is hard to beat. The problem is finding
good batteries for them now, which sort of defeats the object re. OP's
problem ;-)

Ivor

"Steve Terry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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[snip]

> My dad uses a Nokia 3410, not easy to get a new one now,
> over christmas I bought a couple of Nokia 2650 on Orange
> at 30 quid each from P4U, unlocked them with Crux, now
> they take any sim. A little harder to use than 3510, but same menu
> structure.
>
> Steve Terry

For a simple phone, the Nokia 3210 is hard to beat. The problem is finding
good batteries for them now, which sort of defeats the object re. OP's
problem ;-)

Ivor

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:16:46 GMT, [email protected](Paul S)
wrote:

>I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of very
>short battery life between charges.
>
>It was showing Low Battery in the display when I came home last night at
>7pm, so I left it on until I went to bed at 11:30pm and it was still going
>strong.
>
>Have done the same again tonight, and it's still OK.
>
>I tested the battery with a voltmeter tonight, and got a reading of 5.5v
>(4.8v battey). Also, the level on the phone's battery meter hasn't moved
>for two nights.
>
>How likely is it that the power level detection circuits are faulty rather
>than the battery. I had a Psion Sienna PDA many years ago, and that had a
>faulty low battery warning within a few weeks.

Paul,

it could be the power level detection circuits, regardless of the
indicator as long as the battery is getting through the day and not
switching off you probably don't need to replace it.

If you want I can supply a replacement M3788 handset, no battery or
charger, and unlocked, for £8 inc postage - email is valid.

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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:16:46 GMT, [email protected](Paul S)
wrote:

>I've been testing my mothers old Motorola, as she's complained of very
>short battery life between charges.
>
>It was showing Low Battery in the display when I came home last night at
>7pm, so I left it on until I went to bed at 11:30pm and it was still going
>strong.
>
>Have done the same again tonight, and it's still OK.
>
>I tested the battery with a voltmeter tonight, and got a reading of 5.5v
>(4.8v battey). Also, the level on the phone's battery meter hasn't moved
>for two nights.
>
>How likely is it that the power level detection circuits are faulty rather
>than the battery. I had a Psion Sienna PDA many years ago, and that had a
>faulty low battery warning within a few weeks.

Paul,

it could be the power level detection circuits, regardless of the
indicator as long as the battery is getting through the day and not
switching off you probably don't need to replace it.

If you want I can supply a replacement M3788 handset, no battery or
charger, and unlocked, for £8 inc postage - email is valid.

--
http://www.unimobiles.com | http://www.unimobiles.com/auctions
UK Specialists in Refurbished Mobile Phones & Accessories

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:25:19 +0000, Unimobiles.com
<[email protected]> wrote:


>If you want I can supply a replacement Mxxxx handset, no battery or
>charger, and unlocked, for £x inc postage - email is valid.

This is blatent advertising in a non advertising group, for which
Unimobiles are well known as spammers.

If you have something to offer the OP, ask him to email you off group.

Doh!

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:25:19 +0000, Unimobiles.com
<[email protected]> wrote:


>If you want I can supply a replacement Mxxxx handset, no battery or
>charger, and unlocked, for £x inc postage - email is valid.

This is blatent advertising in a non advertising group, for which
Unimobiles are well known as spammers.

If you have something to offer the OP, ask him to email you off group.

Doh!

"Shran" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:25:19 +0000, Unimobiles.com
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> >If you want I can supply a replacement Mxxxx handset, no battery or
> >charger, and unlocked, for £x inc postage - email is valid.
>
> This is blatent advertising in a non advertising group, for which
> Unimobiles are well known as spammers.
>
> If you have something to offer the OP, ask him to email you off group.
>
> Doh!
Does it really matter? He's not spamming the NG with info people havent
requested. He's replied to the OP with a soloution.