Prophet dead

[Salahudeen]

Hi,

I forgot my prophet @ home, turned on, and i travelled for one month. When i returned, is completly dead.

Any sugestions?

Thanks

[triplejay]

Plug it in to the wall, ignore the lack of red light, leave for at least 24 hours. Pray.

or borrow another battery from somewhere, try with that.

[zocha007]

Hi,

I forgot my prophet @ home, turned on, and i travelled for one month. When i returned, is completly dead.

Any sugestions?

Thanks

Well... If nothing else help, take out battery from prophet,
find what is + and what is -, use some DC voltage 8-12V
DIRECTLY + from DC supply to + battery, - to -. Keep like this for
15-20 seconds then put battery back to prophet.
Then connect to charger.

This is not so good to do with battery often but up to now
similar things like yours happened to me few times with other stuff:
lap tops, mobile phones, GPS and so on. Nothing else helped except
"shock" to the battery. Even this type of battery will survive without any damage.

Just to remind you (and others): DO NOT DO THIS OFTEN and
NOT LONGER THAN 30 seconds.

[NetrunnerAT]

yes ... this work ... but please ... do not use more then 5V for less secounds!

12v is to high for a 3,7 cell :-> they are built for only 4,1v maximum voltage!

note! this issue can bring your lipo to explode/blast! the best way to bring a undervoltages lipo to work, is to use a lipo charger. only with a powersupply without amper limiter is a very dangerous way! it can damage your fingers if you hold it!

i have blast some cells for 1 year ago and they work very well for newyear!

[crest_delta]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1527059#post1527059

If u look in the POST after all things going against me..
yesterday THE NEO GAVE ME RED LED

Do u recommend me to use the above steps of charging with removing the batt


Waiting for the reply.

THX

[zocha007]

Do u recommend me to use the above steps of charging with removing the batt


Well... At least you could try, there is nothing to lose.

About voltage: yes battery is 3.7V and yes it is not recommended to connect anything directly. But... This "trick" helped me so many times. And for short time, beleive me, you could connect up to 12V. But be carefully. If you experience any abnormal heat of the battery just stop. But, again, nothing bad will happened for 15, 20 seconds. And just to remind you: CONNECT TO THE BATTERY WHEN BATTERY IS OUT OF PROPHET. DO NOT CONNECT ANYTHING TO THE PROPHET OR BATTERY CONNTACTS ON THE PROPHET.

[crest_delta]

Well... At least you could try, there is nothing to lose.

CONNECT TO THE BATTERY WHEN BATTERY IS OUT OF PROPHET. DO NOT CONNECT ANYTHING TO THE PROPHET OR BATTERY CONNTACTS ON THE PROPHET.

Hey THX bro,

Now how will i figure out which is the +ve in the batt and -ve in the batt..
So I understand positive of an source of 3.7v goes to +ve of the battery and negative of the source goes to -ve RIGHT

Also yesterday I noted another thing .

Even If I remove the batt and connect the wall charger the NEO still shows a red light.
Do u think this is normal..(can u try this like just remove the batt and put the to NEO to wall charger)

even after installing the batt the NEO just shows red light and it does not get heated at all.

[wellysm]

THANK YOU. it just worked with me, for the past week my phone was dead and i lost my charger, i just did it your way with...
5V, 6W adapter, it worked (1st time i did it for 15 secs, didnt work, 2nd time for 25 secs:) )

thnx again

[sean818]

Can anyone tells me where is the +ve & -ve on the battery, There are 6 pads on the battery

[marekPLPH]

Can anyone tells me where is the +ve & -ve on the battery, There are 6 pads on the battery

well you just have to use an electrical "tester" if you dont know how to you can bring your battery to an electrician and let him figure out what is + and - for you ( be sure to mark it out )



100th POST :))

[shahzaib52]

Can anyone tells me where is the +ve & -ve on the battery, There are 6 pads on the battery
hi there...
there is another way instead of shocking ur battery with 12v.
u can use Dekstop chargershttp://wb7.itrademarket.com/pdimage/44/s_567044_desktop002.jpg
now plug ur battery in this charger for 45 minuts not even a single minut up...or it will blown ur battery.after this insert ur battery in ur htc prophet and turn it on...it will power ups...thank u