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Shane
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16th Sep 07 at 21:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

ok the battery is now in 2 sanwich bags taped up and sat in the freezer, will upload pics tomorrow because the lead for the phone is at work gonna leave it in there for as long as pos maybe a week or so
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16th Sep 07 at 21:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

when someting is frozen.. say water, its frozen, you cant make it more frozen than it can go.. 24-48 hours will be fine
Shane
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16th Sep 07 at 21:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

that very true, i did read that the longer it is in the more time the cells have to gel but i might try it in 48 hours or so
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16th Sep 07 at 21:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

oh and best of luck bt w my laptop battery is useless may try this if it works lol
Shane
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well i hope it does lol, pisses me off having to shut everything down to move room,

ive read that if you let it charge and die again then put it back in the freezer helps regain some memory, there are reports of ppl having batteires that still last 3-4 hours that are 5-6 years old
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did it work? lol
Jas
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quote:
Originally posted by Shane
well i hope it does lol, pisses me off having to shut everything down to move room,

ive read that if you let it charge and die again then put it back in the freezer helps regain some memory, there are reports of ppl having batteires that still last 3-4 hours that are 5-6 years old


my laptop battery was about 5 years old and it worked fine
Shane
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17th Sep 07 at 11:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well rub it in why dont ya
Jas
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8th Oct 07 at 14:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

well did it work after?
Shane
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8th Oct 07 at 14:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

it held a charge for about 30 seconds more but not enough. so yes it did work,

 
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