Pre died with 49% battery left

Zob · 10/02/2009, 11:26 AM

I was using Google Maps this morning for an hour or so (probably irrelevant) and then turned off my Pre to conserve the battery, which was still at about 50%. Ten seconds later I realize that I need to make a call and so I try to turn my phone back on again and...nothing. The power switch didn't work, and neither did pulling out the keyboard. It was completely dead. Fortunately I happened to have the USB cable on me so I plugged it in to an outlet and got the bootup screen. A minute later everything was back to normal and my battery meter was still at 49%, right where I'd left it.

Meh. Anyone else had something similar happen to them? I'm thinking it may be time to get the phone replaced as defective.

jbg7474 · 10/02/2009, 11:35 AM

It sounds like it turned completely off for some reason. That's pretty weird. Could this have been the dreaded shuts-off-when-you-close-the-keyboard issue?

Zob · 10/02/2009, 11:44 AM

I was not using the keyboard at the time.

zna03 · 10/02/2009, 01:09 PM

Sounds like the keyboard thing I know you said you weren't using it.

I'd clean the contact points on the battery and phone. Use a pencil eraser on them I did this as I was having frequent shutoffs and this solved my issue.

10/02/2009, 11:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zob Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 16 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Pre died with 49% battery left I was using Google Maps this morning for an hour or so (probably irrelevant) and then turned off my Pre to conserve the battery, which was still at about 50%. Ten seconds later I realize that I need to make a call and so I try to turn my phone back on again and...nothing. The power switch didn't work, and neither did pulling out the keyboard. It was completely dead. Fortunately I happened to have the USB cable on me so I plugged it in to an outlet and got the bootup screen. A minute later everything was back to normal and my battery meter was still at 49%, right where I'd left it. Meh. Anyone else had something similar happen to them? I'm thinking it may be time to get the phone replaced as defective.
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10/02/2009, 11:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
jbg7474 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 3,858 Likes Received: 92 Thanks: 1,019 Thanked 1,061 Times in 715 Posts	It sounds like it turned completely off for some reason. That's pretty weird. Could this have been the dreaded shuts-off-when-you-close-the-keyboard issue? __________________ Palm III-->Handspring Visor-->Sony Clie PEG-NR70-->no PDA -->Palm Treo 755p-->Palm Pre-->HP Veer
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10/02/2009, 11:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zob Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 16 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	I was not using the keyboard at the time.
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10/02/2009, 01:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
zna03 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 294 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 94 Thanked 29 Times in 21 Posts	Sounds like the keyboard thing I know you said you weren't using it. I'd clean the contact points on the battery and phone. Use a pencil eraser on them I did this as I was having frequent shutoffs and this solved my issue.
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