Needless to say I feel like a part of me died. Anyways, should I go to a VZW store for servicing or can I go back to where I purchased it (Walmart) and get a new one? Also, how do I back up all my apps?
What happened? Did you try to root it or something?
Try recharging with your regular adapter and cable. It's possible the computer just didn't feed enough power to the battery. A good many computers now just don't put enough power out through the USB ports for charging this kind of a device, especially if what we're talking about is a laptop or an all-in-one desktop.
Well I guess I jumped the gun . Vzw rep explained that I needed to charge it with the adapter which made me feel a bit silly. And here I am on my droid posting on phandroid forums.
On a side note I asked the rep about battery conditioning and he said that wasn't neccesary and it doesn't help. Now what would make him say that?
Because it doesn't. New batteries don't have the memory effect they had ten years ago.
Because it doesn't. New batteries don't have the memory effect they had ten years ago.
I never conditioned my battery and I get 12 hours with lots of use, easy. I think its a placebo effect.
Just wanted to add that by "new" he means lithium ion batteries don't have the memory effect and are a newer technology. You can buy a new NiCd battery and it will still have the memory effect because it is an older technology.
Needless to say I feel like a part of me died. Anyways, should I go to a VZW store for servicing or can I go back to where I purchased it (Walmart) and get a new one? Also, how do I back up all my apps?
I'm not sure how going from one phone to the next would work but I know that I was having some issues with my Droid and I did a hard reset. Once I signed in to gmail, programmed my phone everything came back including all my downloaded apps automatically. Seems it's probably tied to your gmail account.
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