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Hello iFixit community, My wife’s mother has had this phone since the beginning of time. It’s in fairly good condition, but I can’t get the battery to take a charge. I’ve taken it apart to the point of being able to see the back of the circuit board, but I can’t find anything that’s clearly wrong with it.
The battery has (what I assume is) a date on it of 2012.11.10… I don’t know if this is the date the batteery was manufactured because the writing beside that date is Chinese.
Is it just that the battery is past it’s life expectancy or do these phones have problems with the charging jacks on the solder points or….? Is there something I can do to fix this with relative ease?
We don’t have a spare battery laying around.. is there any kind of check I can do to see if it IS indeed the battery before trying to find a replacement?
Any help would be appreciated! Many thanks in advance for any of your time and efforts!
Hi @cdnbc250 , It may be simpler and easier to source a replacement battery first, rather than trying to see if there is a charging problem in the phone itself, (supplier example only or search for EB425161LU to find other suppliers that suit you better). It will save a lot of time and effort if there is nothing wrong with the phone, apart from the original battery of course. You may also have to consider if the phone is still usable if you get it working in that it only supports 2G and 3G (900 and 2100 bands) phone networks. 2G has already been phased out in most places and 3G is heading the same way. Also your preferred service provider may not use the same 3G frequencies that the phone supports. If it is no longer useful as phone but still works with a new battery, you could always use it as a .mp3 player. Just insert a micro SD card (up to 32GB) to store the music on
