Cell phone problems - Advise requested

[thatguy]

My wife has a Samsung (alltel) brand phone which has worked without problems for a while now. Just last week she noticed her phone shut itself off because the battery went dead after being fully charged and not used that much.. Normally the battery will power the phone for several days with normal usage.. It continues to drain the battery and shut itself off if she doenst plug it in nightly

I know this sounds like a battery problem - BUT somehow the phone also erased the micro SC and it cant be reformatted (reformat fails)..

Is the shutting down a battery or phone problem? Is the memory card failure separate from the phone/battery problem OR could one cause the other..

any advise welcome

Brian

 

[kenmac]

My wife has a Samsung (alltel) brand phone which has worked without problems for a while now. Just last week she noticed her phone shut itself off because the battery went dead after being fully charged and not used that much.. Normally the battery will power the phone for several days with normal usage.. It continues to drain the battery and shut itself off if she doenst plug it in nightly

I know this sounds like a battery problem - BUT somehow the phone also erased the micro SC and it cant be reformatted (reformat fails)..

Is the shutting down a battery or phone problem? Is the memory card failure separate from the phone/battery problem OR could one cause the other..

any advise welcome

Brian

I can't tell you much about your phone . But if you'er plan allows & you have had the phone for a while . I would just up grade to a new phone. I have att service & about every 2 yrs.they send me an e-mail saying I can up grade to a new phone .I usually just up grade to one of the new free phones

 

[radioflyertoo]

Brian,

Does the battery die quickly if the MicroSC card is removed? If it doesn't then the MicroSC card has an internal short and needs to be turfed (doubtful). If it does die quickly, without the card, the battery needs replacing.

Usually when you can't reformat an SC card the internal logic has been scrambled by an electronic glitch. IE:a writing a file to the card and the power dies.

You might try putting the Micro SC card in the SC slot (with the proper adaptor) in a computer while the computer is off. Then turn the computer on and attempt a reformat - this sometimes works with a scrambled card.

Bob

 

[thatguy]

Brian,

Does the battery die quickly if the MicroSC card is removed? If it doesn't then the MicroSC card has an internal short and needs to be turfed (doubtful). If it does die quickly, without the card, the battery needs replacing.

Usually when you can't reformat an SC card the internal logic has been scrambled by an electronic glitch. IE:a writing a file to the card and the power dies.

You might try putting the Micro SC card in the SC slot (with the proper adaptor) in a computer while the computer is off. Then turn the computer on and attempt a reformat - this sometimes works with a scrambled card.

Bob

WE HAVE A WINNER - The SD card is what went bad..... I took the card out and it is keeping a charge now.

Ill try to reformat the card in a computer as you suggest..

thanks for the help

Brian