Help! I need somebody...

[Niniel]

I have a HTC Wildfire. It´s around 2 years old. Usually I always load the battery every night but for 7 weeks I only loaded it a little now and then. Now the battery just doesn´t work. Even though I load it every night, the phone will stop working after a very short time. What can I do to fix it? Do I have to buy a new battery?

[Ithillian Turambar]

Could it be the charger? Have you tried another charger first?

 

 

[Niniel]

It looks like it works when I charge it. The symbol shows that it´s charging.

[Ithillian Turambar]

Sounds like it's lost its charge holding capability then. You can get super cheap batteries on ebay or amazon.

 

[Arez Al'Loke]

Try removing your external memory, might work =P

[Niniel]

Now you are talking some strange language. What is the external memory and how do I remove it?

[Ithillian Turambar]

You could try a hard reset. Take out the battery and the sim card. Put the battery back in then turn it on. Then turn it off again. Remove the battery and put the sim back in. And then turn all back on.

 

Sometimes that gets phones working again.

[Arez Al'Loke]

 

It's generally located somewhere near the battery

[Niniel]

Okay. I will try those things. Thanks.

[randomh3r0]

I also recommend restoring factory defaults, then re download any updates. I had an htc Evo and that helped it function plus with battery life

[Niniel]

Ehm... I would probably not understand that even if you spoke Swedish. I love my phone but I don´t understand anything about it.

[_CLOUD]

Has removing (and putting back in) the battery and external memory already helped?

[Niniel]

Ehm... Got lost in reading so I haven´t tried yet.

[Arez Al'Loke]

You could try a hard reset. Take out the battery and the sim card. Put the battery back in then turn it on. Then turn it off again. Remove the battery and put the sim back in. And then turn all back on.

 

Sometimes that gets phones working again.

 

Det är typ en norsk reset. Tar ut batteriet och sim kortet (Halebob/Comviq/vad du har).

 

Nästa steg är att lägga i batteriet igen och sätta på mobilen (simkortet är alltså inte i)

 

efter mobilen varit på i ca 1 minut så stänger du av den igen.

 

När mobilen är avstängd så tar du ut batteriet igen, sätter in simkortet och tillsist sätter du i batteriet igen.

 

Nu borde mobilen vara fixad när du startar den igen ^^

[Niniel]

Thanks for the help! I will try this tomorrow since I´m going to bed now. Will let you know how it went.

[Ithillian Turambar]

Yay! Panda Swedish

[_CLOUD]

Viking panda to the rescue!

[Niniel]

So I tried Ithi´s advice. I removed the battery and the sim card. Put the battery back. After a while I removed it again and then put back both the battery and the sim card. The phone died again. That didn´t seem to work. I don´t think I have an external memory. So nothing to remove. Maybe it´s time to buy a new battery.

[Ithillian Turambar]

They don't last forever. Mind has the charming habit of just dying when the battery icon says is has about a quarter charge left.

[Niniel]

I just hope it doesn´t cost too much. Christmas is coming up so I just can´t throw money around me. Well, can´t do that normally either. But I need to have a phone that works.

[Ithillian Turambar]

They are on Amazon. The most expensive one I saw was £16

[Niniel]

That´s not much.

[Niniel]

I also recommend restoring factory defaults, then re download any updates. I had an htc Evo and that helped it function plus with battery life

 

I tried this too but it didn´t work either. I guess I just have to buy a new battery.