Cellular Phones/gprs and battery

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Expert: - 8/13/2011


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My N95 behaves strange, if the battery level is at about 60% and i connect to the internet, it immediately shows battery low and goes off a few minutes later. If i turn it back on the battery is at 60% again. This does not happen if the battery is full or the phone is in 3G mode, it only happens in GSM mode. Whats wrong. Thanks.

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The reason that this may be happening could be because the area you are in doesn't have much or any 2G and the phone may be searching and not locating the signal. There also just be an issue with the battery. Any time you have a phone that wasn't certified to work on your carrier's network, there can be different types of issues. Carriers don't certify phones that don't work efficiently on their networks, that have below a certain battery life, etc. However, it really may just be a matter of a bad battery or that it is searching for a band that doesn't exist on the network. I hope this helps.

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I can answer questions on cellular phones, the physical device, the network, contracts, billing, ordering, porting and what to look for when purchasing cell phones. I am located in the United States. I am an expert on BlackBerrys, Treos, HTC devices and iPhones as well as cellphones and aircards. I have over 15 years of experience in both the wireless and wireline world with the carriers. I have a lot of knowledge regarding the wireless providers - their services, prices and policies, both GSM AT&T and T-Mobile) and CDMA (Verizon, Sprint/Nextel). I am very familiar with the individual devices and their specifications. I can also answer questions regarding BlackBerrys, iPhones and other PDAs, both Palm-based and Windows-based. I can troubleshoot most any problem someone is having with their cellular device or with the provider.

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