my magician switches off while battery is over 10%

[asinan]

hi somebody, i am having a problem with my O2 xda2 mini, i've been using it for over an year, what happens is it switches off automatically, while battery is still over 10%, and i cannot switch on it, it justs fades and fades to darkness, when i only connect to external power it come, help me let me know what i should do. pls

[lanuk79]

how abt charging the battery when it reaches at 20%!! why u letting ur battery reach 10%? u can charge it whenevr u want. the Li ion battery does not have a memory effect. u can top it whenevr u want..

[vijay555]

Magician is not supposed to run dry. Also, AFAIK, I think Li ions aren't supposed to be run dry, damaging I think.

Magician will automatically shut down extraneous functions to save battery and preserve sufficient juice to maintain memory for a few hours despite your efforts.

http://www.cswu.cz/basic/images/tauntaun1.jpg

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[asinan]

i know, but there might be instances that i might not be able to charge but i think 10% is more than enough if i am not making any calls or not doing anything with my magician. anyway i'll recheck my battery if i need to change i'll do so.

[vijay555]

asinan: you might think 10% is enough, but Microsoft don't. And for good reason.

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2005/07/14/438991.aspx

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[esackbauer]

I had this with even 30%. the battery was old and defect.
Buy a new battery.

[rockafeller]

I had this with even 30%. the battery was old and defect.
Buy a new battery.

So buy a new battery has solved ur problem?

[HBK]

I had this on my Magician too. At about 30% or so... I bought a new battery and sold the device right away, so I never found out if that solved the problem. But...

I have switched to a Mio device, and on their site under Support, I found some interesting info. If you fully discharge before recharging, the battery will live for 300 charges. If you recharge at 30%, it will live for 20.000+ recharges! It doesn't get any clearer than that! :)

[brym!]

I'm having similar problems. Initially it goes off when the battery level drops below 50%. I bought a new battery and even at 99% the device goes off. Now I have to press and hold the 'ON' button for it to boot up. I am taking it for repairs since I am convinced it is not really a battery problem.

[manga]

we have the same problem .. any help ?

[rongvnn]

A day, I take off the back cover of battery when it is working, device off. Then it is on normal, but some time, it turn of automatically. I try to make the back cover and the back of device clean and take of the protect film of LCD, then now, it work OK. I am lucky

[jrjunior]

Please let us know the outcome of your repair. We have the same issue at 40% and I am not sure whether a new battery will solve the problem

[rockafeller]

So buy a new battery has solved ur problem?

Ive just changed to a new battery and found out that my old battery was swollen up a bit on the surface. Comparing to the new battery, the surface was flat. So if you have the same problem, maybe you should check your battery shape and condition first.

Good luck.