John R Bartow
jbartow at winhaven.net
Mon Jan 19 16:29:31 CST 2015
:-) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 4:19 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Life expectancy of a cell phone battery Helllo Gary love the Razr, still miss mine. "Hello Moto" On a side note, I worked with a guy named Razr years ago. We had a customer which was Gillette UK (the people that make razor blades). The IT manager was named Mr Pat Sharpe. The calls went liked this Razr: Ring Ring Reception: Good Morning Gillette UK Razr: May I speak to Mr Sharp Reception: May I ask who is speaking Razr: It is Razr Reception: Ring Ring Mr Sharp: Hello Gilette IT Reception: Mr Sharp, it is Razr on the Phone for you I always loved it. On 19 January 2015 at 12:10, Gary Kjos <garykjos at gmail.com> wrote: > My wife Marty and I both still use Motorola Razr 3 flip phones. State > of the art circa 2002 or so. They work fine for what we need. Making > calls. An occasional text on my part. Marty doesn't do texts on hers. > We have replaced the batteries in each at least twice I think. The > replacement batteries available seem to vary a LOT in price and in > quality based on online reviews anyway. And we have times when each > of our phones charges doesn't last through a workday. Then after a > few cycles of that just when we are thinking it's time for a new > battery or a new phone, they start working fine again and the charge > lasts for at least several days or maybe a week as Jon said. I use > Bluetooth on mine to utilize the hands free calling in my truck and > that causes the battery to run down a bit faster as it's continually > looking for a Bluetooth connection to make. Originally I turned the > Bluetooth function off and on when I got into the truck but that got > kind of old fast and now I just leave it on and charge the phone more > often. It's not supposed to matter anymore with modern batteries but > I am still superstitious about running the phone to completely dead > battery before charging it once in a while so that the battery doesn't > get a memory for being recharged when it's only half depleted. Doing > that HAS seemed to get our batteries working again over the years. If > you have been recharging when the indicator seems low, you may want to > try letting it go until the phone actually turns off and then recharge > it. Repeat that full discharge cycle a few times. > > Also I have a friend with an Iphone I think it is. He thought his > battery was going bad and he needed a new phone. It turned out though > that his CHARGER was bad. He had been using an off brand charger and > it wasn't completely charging the phone. Going to a different charger > solved his problem. > > Good luck! > > GK > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Arthur Fuller > <fuller.artful at gmail.com> > wrote: > > How long can one expect a battery to live? My phone is several years > > old now, and I feel no compelling reason to move into the modern > > smart-phone era. My phone has a browser and a camera and I almost > > never use them; it has some games, too, which I have never played. > > For me it's just a phone, and a calendar/clock. Hell, I don't even play music on it. > > > > I digress. I've noticed lately that it seems to require charging > > more frequently, and it's certainly not because it's constantly in active use. > > Is this an indication that it's getting to be time for a new battery? > > > > -- > > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com