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pastorwayne · 12-19-2005, 09:49 PM

Hi everybody,

I'm new here, but thought I would share what I learned today...

The recent Verizon update has worked well for me, save one thing: My 7250 now takes WAY longer to charge, as has been mentioned by others. I finally decided to go into my local Verizon store and complain/ask if they knew of a fix. Anyway, the first guy I talked to was clueless, but a tech overheard what i was talking about and claimed that the fact that the battery charges more slowly with the update was deliberate on Verizon's part, because the previous fast charge time was frying batteries on a wide scale and Verizon was getting sick of replacing them. So it looks like somehow they modified the charging voltage (and thus the charging time) to keep from having the lith/ion battery's circuit board frying as frequently. We may be stuck on this, unless someone knows if this is true or not, or if we can modify this without voiding any warranties/etc.

Thought I would pass this along.

12-19-2005, 09:49 PM	#340
pastorwayne New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Model: 7250 Posts: 5	Charging issue Hi everybody, I'm new here, but thought I would share what I learned today... The recent Verizon update has worked well for me, save one thing: My 7250 now takes WAY longer to charge, as has been mentioned by others. I finally decided to go into my local Verizon store and complain/ask if they knew of a fix. Anyway, the first guy I talked to was clueless, but a tech overheard what i was talking about and claimed that the fact that the battery charges more slowly with the update was deliberate on Verizon's part, because the previous fast charge time was frying batteries on a wide scale and Verizon was getting sick of replacing them. So it looks like somehow they modified the charging voltage (and thus the charging time) to keep from having the lith/ion battery's circuit board frying as frequently. We may be stuck on this, unless someone knows if this is true or not, or if we can modify this without voiding any warranties/etc. Thought I would pass this along.
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