Samsung SCH-U740 Alias
questions about dropping phone and battery issues
Hi,
I have owned my u740 since April. I have had no issues with it at all. The battery life has been great up until this week. I always wait until I get the low battery signal before I charge it. Anyway, I have dropped my phone 3/4 times here in the last week or two much to my chagrin. Ouch! these drops have been on concrete from a standing positon. My question is does anybody know if the drops could affect how long the battery is lasting now? It seems strange to me that all of a sudden it doesn't hold a charge. I charged it fully the other night and by the afternoon yesterday (with no to very little use) it was down to 2 bars. I turned it off last night and this morning I was down to 1 bar. Does it sound like something might...
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I have owned my u740 since April. I have had no issues with it at all. The battery life has been great up until this week. I always wait until I get the low battery signal before I charge it. Anyway, I have dropped my phone 3/4 times here in the last week or two much to my chagrin. Ouch! these drops have been on concrete from a standing positon. My question is does anybody know if the drops could affect how long the battery is lasting now? It seems strange to me that all of a sudden it doesn't hold a charge. I charged it fully the other night and by the afternoon yesterday (with no to very little use) it was down to 2 bars. I turned it off last night and this morning I was down to 1 bar. Does it sound like something might...
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The issue may not be with the battery. You may have damaged the antenna or something to do with the phone receiving and sending signals.
I have had the u740 since Sept/07 and have noticed that when I am in a location that has has a weak signal or no signal, the phone will go into a power search mode. Just the other day I went out of the house with a fully charged phone. I was ice fishing the whole day out in the boonies with no signal. The phone went into power search mode and drained the battery within a few hours. You may not realize your phone is in power search mode if all it takes is you placing it in your pocket to lose the signal.
Just a thought.
I have had the u740 since Sept/07 and have noticed that when I am in a location that has has a weak signal or no signal, the phone will go into a power search mode. Just the other day I went out of the house with a fully charged phone. I was ice fishing the whole day out in the boonies with no signal. The phone went into power search mode and drained the battery within a few hours. You may not realize your phone is in power search mode if all it takes is you placing it in your pocket to lose the signal.
Just a thought.
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