Nokia N80 Internet Edition No Longer Charging
There’s a reason I travel with multiple cell phones: you never know when it will stop working. Today, I discovered a lovely problem with my Nokia N80 Internet Edition: it will no longer charge. Something about the power connector “no longer clicks.” The end result: it’s a brick. I don’t have any other phone that uses that same battery, so there’s no way to charge the battery. Back to Nokia Blogger Relations it goes, where they will hopefully get it fixed. Meanwhile, I have replaced it with the WiFi-less-but-better-camera Nokia N73.
That’s not the only phone I’ve got to send in. My wife’s Nokia 6102 also has the peculiar problem of thinking the headset is plugged in when, in fact, it’s not. Despite the fact the problem has been discussed a few times on the various forum sites, Nokia’s call center has no clue about this problem. The phone is also out of warranty, so I’d have to pay to have it sent in. Yes, even though I work there, I have to pay.
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Comment by reynaldo
i dont know if i have the same problem but here’s mine:
it only looks like it’s “charging” when your battery is not yet totally empty. but during that process, your battery will eventually drain out…and…when you try to re-charge it…it never does..and you dont hear the usual “beep” that you hear on a “working” n80i. Luckily, my cousin has the n80 silver edition and i tried charging “my” batteries thru his phone and the battery would work fine once i put it in my n80i phone. i also waited till my cousin’s n80 battery drained off to test on my n80i…and…the same problem happened…it just does “not” charge. tried different chargers…including an “authenic” NOKIA N80/N80i chargers…still no luck…the Nokia Care stores in Manila, Philippines seemed to have lost their way about this issue…and when i ask them what’s wrong, they kept on saying “it’s the battery!” or “it’s the charger!” …well, i think it’s the “phone” itself… i troubleshot so i must be right.