Batteries Why have 3 Terminals

[Guest Agavegeoff]

Hi, All.

Why 3 terminals on a phone battery, guess they all have them.

My Orange San Francisco was being hell to live with, battery hardly lasted a day and more often than not would fail to switch on without removing the battery.

Google Sky watch did cause it to red line about 3 times untill I realized I had not switched the app off.

If the battery is divided into 2 halves then if one half is more damaged than the other, who knows what problem it might cause.

Cheers Geoff

[Guest vanepico]

Third contact is a serial connection to a device that tells the phone how much capacity is in the battery.

Go on ebay, they are very cheap

Edited January 24, 2012 by vanepico

[Guest Agavegeoff]

Third contact is a serial connection to a device that tells the phone how much capacity is in the battery.

Go on ebay, they are very cheap

I have a new battery in phone now. All data off, no games, just text and phone bit on. New battery after 5 charges is now up to 2 days and 6 hours before needing charger on today. Phone on cell standby all that time.

Also it has switched on every time I wanted it to.

So life improving...

[Guest vanepico]

It's sad but true that batteries just don't last any time anymore, better batteries means larger batteries which companies don't want, my main phone will last maybe 5 days going on facebook and checking my uni timetable every day.