I was sitting at a funeral few days ago. Had my cheap android phone in my shirt pocket. It was on, I’d taken a couple pics. Suddenly it got really hot, left a red mark on my skin.
I turned it off, figured it had fried. Later at home I turned it on, booted normally. Gave me time to copy data. In about 5min it was hot to the touch. Turned it off, it began cooling right away.
Funny thing… it was not hot at the end with the battery. It was hot by the lens of the camera. Hmmm?
Yesterday I figured what the heck, it’s lasted 5 years. Probably time for a new one so burn baby burn! I turned it on, plugged it into the charger and set it on a trivet in the kitchen. No problem, nothing happened. It charged normally then sat all day still plugged into the charger, still turned on. It never got hot.
Last night I cleaned out all the junk, deleted photos, all the histories I could find, messages and browsers. Cleaned out my address book. I ran the system maintenance, cleaned the storage, memory and ran the battery test. It preformed perfectly, never got hot.
Left it on the charger over night laying in a cast iron pan on my stove. It was cool to the touch this morning. I opened it up, battery looked fine, no signs of over heating.
“Its a Miracle!” “It’s been healed!” What the heck? In my career I’ve seen electronic gear do some strange things... this ranks up there. Anyone seen a phone do this?
I’m counting on buying a new one since I can’t trust this old one. I have no cell reception here at home so I only use a smart phone for emergency when I drive, sometimes a pic.
So, anyone have a phone suggestion? I looked at some androids running linux about 6 months ago, reasonable prices. I’m looking for cheap unless I can get one w\ a good camera without breaking the bank. I need a decent back up camera. That rules out the latest greatest I-phone or any thing top end.
Maybe Zelda "Tangina" Rubenstein is responsible for the phone starting to work normally...
I turned it off, figured it had fried. Later at home I turned it on, booted normally. Gave me time to copy data. In about 5min it was hot to the touch. Turned it off, it began cooling right away.
Funny thing… it was not hot at the end with the battery. It was hot by the lens of the camera. Hmmm?
Yesterday I figured what the heck, it’s lasted 5 years. Probably time for a new one so burn baby burn! I turned it on, plugged it into the charger and set it on a trivet in the kitchen. No problem, nothing happened. It charged normally then sat all day still plugged into the charger, still turned on. It never got hot.
Last night I cleaned out all the junk, deleted photos, all the histories I could find, messages and browsers. Cleaned out my address book. I ran the system maintenance, cleaned the storage, memory and ran the battery test. It preformed perfectly, never got hot.
Left it on the charger over night laying in a cast iron pan on my stove. It was cool to the touch this morning. I opened it up, battery looked fine, no signs of over heating.
“Its a Miracle!” “It’s been healed!” What the heck? In my career I’ve seen electronic gear do some strange things... this ranks up there. Anyone seen a phone do this?
I’m counting on buying a new one since I can’t trust this old one. I have no cell reception here at home so I only use a smart phone for emergency when I drive, sometimes a pic.
So, anyone have a phone suggestion? I looked at some androids running linux about 6 months ago, reasonable prices. I’m looking for cheap unless I can get one w\ a good camera without breaking the bank. I need a decent back up camera. That rules out the latest greatest I-phone or any thing top end.
Maybe Zelda "Tangina" Rubenstein is responsible for the phone starting to work normally...
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