The Wizard Dead Battery Curse Fix

[Guest n0m4d]

Well I finally unintentionally let my battery drain down to a point where it wont charge. I have read several forum topics about this issue and its a shame that HTC or any of the suppliers don't at least mention this problem.

Many of us don't have the recommended charger for the device and this problem makes a new dent in the wallet. Of coarse it is most recommended to have the proper accesories with this device. But from reading the forums many of us dont.

I have solved this issue through the use of a 9V battery. Do this at your own risk. I am not sure if this will ruin your battery or not.

Basically connect the positive and negative connections (from the removed battery) to the 9V in 3-5 sec intervals. I used a multimeter to attain a 3.7 charge. But about 5-10 intervals will do.

Here is another topic which gave me the idea.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=273584

Popped in the battery and plugged in wall charger.. and turned it on.. .works!

It is probably better to buy a proper charger and not let your battery die. But if you dont want to wait and spend more money this has worked for me.

Do at your own risk,

Paul

Edited November 8, 2006 by n0m4d

[Guest speedme]

thanks mate,

You just made my week ! ;-)

I have had the same problem this weekend and fortunately I came across this post.

Tried it indeed with a 9V battery and wow....it started up again and I was able to charge the phone again.

So thanks again, otherwise I would have had a pretty expensive brick ;)

[Guest gendred]

Yeah - just got my Cingular 8125 and the USB cable had a note on it that said something along the lines of "if your battery is critically low use your wall charger instead of this cable"

We just got a slew of these at work so I'll wait to see which idiot loses his charger and kills his battery first. I'm sure I know who it will be.

;) Nice work around though.

[Guest Webreaper]

I've done the same thing but using a butchered USB cable to get an initial charge into the battery, and it got me back up and running again.

Only a technology company could design a battery which needs power to enable the charging circuit. ;)

[Guest PayableOnDeath]

Only a technology company could design a battery which needs power to enable the charging circuit. :rolleyes:

you would think they would beable to get the power for the charging circuit from external power source :P

is it just when charging from USB or from mains too?

I so far haven't had this problem but normally my vario is on mains changer over night.