Ok, so I have a very weird situation here.
I have two official Nokia BL-5F batteries and they are both giving problems:
My original one no longer seems to fit! It is so loose that turning the phone upside down without the battery cover causes it to fall out. It also doesn't seem to make contact and only powers the phone if I really lean on and push it towards the connecting corner!
The other battery has become very unreliable. It often gives the 'not charging' message (and I have tested it on a different charger and it still does it) and the only way to charge it is to turn off the phone, then connect the charger then turn it back on! It also seems to give weird readings like being full bars all day then suddenly drop to 1 and start flashing the low battery warnings. It also doesn't last anywhere near as long as it used to.
Since both batteries have problems I assume this is the phone but how the hell has it changed shape to not allow my original battery to fit?! 😮
Heat warping hte shape? You been using a blow torch on it or do you have exceedingly hot pockets (or contents thereof tee hee)
Sorry, can't give a sensible suggestion but aren't those plastic springs holding it in. Tried bending them (gently)?
Back to the store were you bought your N95 . . . !!! :icon4:
henklbr wrote:Back to the store were you bought your N95 . . . !!! :icon4:
I bought it online from T-Mobile so that might take a while especially with the postal strikes! Shall I just take it to a Nokia service center?
That's the best idea . . . :icon14:
Lithium ion chemistry can result in gas release if it's not happy, which can make batteries bulge - could that be the case? Correct chargers shouldn't cause this, so if you use a charger other than the phone itself, it may be overvolting the battery. Having said that, I've had a PDA battery bulge even though it's never been out of the machine.
Mithent wrote:Lithium ion chemistry can result in gas release if it's not happy, which can make batteries bulge - could that be the case? Correct chargers shouldn't cause this, so if you use a charger other than the phone itself, it may be overvolting the battery. Having said that, I've had a PDA battery bulge even though it's never been out of the machine.
I have been using a dual battery charger but surely if the battery had bulged it would be too big, not too small! Also, it doesn't appear any different.
Tbh i thought all the N95 batteries were like it, mines the same. If i take off the cover my battery falls out, its not an issue though as i keep the cover on
Ah, I see now; I think I misread the first message slightly.
My battery falls out if the cover is removed, too - there's no retention mechanism other than the cover. But I don't have the problem about it not making connections.
3Shirts wrote:Ok, so I have a very weird situation here.
I have two official Nokia BL-5F batteries and they are both giving problems:My original one no longer seems to fit! It is so loose that turning the phone upside down without the battery cover causes it to fall out. It also doesn't seem to make contact and only powers the phone if I really lean on and push it towards the connecting corner!
Since both batteries have problems I assume this is the phone but how the hell has it changed shape to not allow my original battery to fit?! 😮
It sounds like the 3 battery contact pins inside the N95 case are either loose or bent. In either case I would take your N95 to an NCC for repair.
I had some batteries that gave me problems in the desktop charger I bought. It was down to the grippy pins on the battery not being grippy enough. All I did was get a pair of tweezers and slipped them down the sides (They were very fine tweezers, there isn't much space but it wasn't too difficult) and squeezed the brass contact things together on the battery.
Have had no problems at all since and you can feel when you put the batteries in that they are holding the 3 connection bits tightly.
I guess it's one of those - do at your own risk - solutions, but there's not a huge amount at risk as you don't need to take anything apart so no warranty voided. Worth a try maybe. 😊
Daisy xx
dayzee wrote:I had some batteries that gave me problems in the desktop charger I bought. It was down to the grippy pins on the battery not being grippy enough. All I did was get a pair of tweezers and slipped them down the sides (They were very fine tweezers, there isn't much space but it wasn't too difficult) and squeezed the brass contact things together on the battery.Have had no problems at all since and you can feel when you put the batteries in that they are holding the 3 connection bits tightly.
I guess it's one of those - do at your own risk - solutions, but there's not a huge amount at risk as you don't need to take anything apart so no warranty voided. Worth a try maybe. 😊
Daisy xx
Damn I wish I'd read this on Saturday, I took my phone to the Nokia service center and they just rung to tell me it was gonna have to be sent off to Nokia and will be away 7-10 days :frown:
I have my work blackberry so I'm not without a phone but I am already missing my lovely N95. Ah well, at least this way I know it will be sorted properly and have no worries about voiding warranties/causing damage with my ham-handedness!
Thanks all for the help, i'll update when I get it back as to what the problem acually was.
i think you probably made the right decision by taking it back to the Nokia store, fixing things yourself is all well and good, but it might not last and if you break the connector pin off you're in a worse position than you were before and probably invalidate your warranty!
I dropped my phone a couple of times last week. The first time seemed to fix the rocking slider when it's open. The second time reversed that (back to wobbly again!) and now the battery falls out when the phone is screen-up and the batter cover out.. Seems like a common fault.😡