I have a motorola i305. The original battery lasted for only 4 mo. I bought a new one on e-bay (brand new) now thats getting weak after 3 mo. anyone have any suggestions? It's a great durable, water resistant phone. It's just got battery issues.

 

alternate them?
only charge when dead - and charge over nite so gets full charge?

i checked my grocery bag of old phones...no luck..

 

my nextel goes through batteries like all get out i have an extra capacity battery for my phone now, but i cant really use it till the "extended capacity battery door" comes in for it

 

check if your backlight is staying on all the time

 

I have used the same battery in three phones so far. i55,i305,and my i355. I have a couple of new ones laying around. When I buy a new phone, about one every two years, I keep my battery and us it. I run them down until it ways low battery and charge it overnight. I have never had any issue with Nextel, or my motorola phones.

 

Motorola offers a 1 year warranty on the batteries... if the battery actually fails, they will replace it free....

 

Those things just eat batteries. Nextel Blackberries do it, too. On every Nextel phone I've had, I've never been able to keep a battery more than six months. They just get to where they won't run the stupid phone for an entire work day at that point. I'm sure it has to do with the drain associated with running two radios, phone and two-way. I'm trying one of those extended batteries in my Blackberry right now, hoping that it'll last a bit longer.

 

I just had to get me a car charger after awhile, my phone kept dying on me during the work day so I had no choice. NEXTEL sucks in my opinion....service, phones, everything about them!!!




~Nick

 

I have a Motorola V60i that lasts over a week between charges.I leave it on all the time until the battery dies then I shut it off and recharge it.I realize that this will not work for everyone but it sure surprised me.I had a Startac before this with the extra capacity battery and I still had to charge it every night.I do not use the phone much but I don't think I can complain on the battery life it gives me.Ron G

 

welcome to the world of motorola, I have a Nextel i730 wich needs charging every day, my old T-Mobile nokia (and I mean OLD) would go about a week between chargings. Just a Nextel/Motorola thing I guess.