It’s been a while!
Having had my HTC Inspire for over a few months, it was a brand new inspire. It was actually a used one from my sister. So I got what I wanted to get an actually android working on the Straight Talk Network and all life is good! Until recently, I’ve started to notice a few things with my phone that I wanted to share with everyone else in case you’ve had the same problem I had! If you’ve not had this problem before you might have it later on!
Phone just Shuts off while unplugged!
As you know this might not be the only time it shuts off but it will be a good indication that something is wrong with the battery! There is a great explanation on how batteries work over at HowStuffWorks, I won’t go into detail about this but I will explain some of what is happening. The rest after all should fall in place when you read the article! Over the past 2 months or so, I’ve had the phone just randomly shut down but it didn’t start doing it like it did yesterday and today.
Why Does it Shut down!
Basically the cell phone thinks it has more power than what the battery pack is telling it. You see batteries that are stored in this fashion or even used can only be charged and discharged to a certain extent and thus once you hit that no power threshold in that cell batter then it can’t be charged due to fact that you might just blow up the cell. While on the subject, what is a battery cell? A battery cell is typically more than one battery but can also be one battery. It is used in either parallel or sequential series, you can find out more about that by reading that article also. This is all fascinating but what does this have to do with the battery? You’re probably asking yourself this question.
Each battery cell has a circuit where you once it hits the charge limit it just shuts the that cell down and you can no longer access it or use it. So when your cell phone thinks it has a full and you loose power quickly then that is basically the reason. The battery knows how much it can send to your phone but your phone is only learning this over time. It is definetly a process that just is crazy.
How does this help me?
It basically is a good indication that your battery is get old in age and needs to be replaced. If it happens to you at least once a few weeks it is probably a good idea to replace the battery. Now I must comment, sometimes it isn’t the battery but the software. I thought so, and I put my old Froyo OEM version of Android back on my phone and it still did it. So if you don’t want to have to send off for that battery and pay extra to over night it, it is probably a good idea to have one who two batteries ready once you start seeing symptoms like this. I sure learned my lesson for next time this happens.
Paul Sylvester
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