LG Wireless Phone

Why does my new cell phone battery only charge to half power?

I purchased a new battery for my LG cell phone from Alltel two days ago. The battery will only charge to half power. I had not used this phone in a few months, but I never had this problem before. What is going on?

Public Comments

1. The first time you use a cellphone battery, you should discharge it completely... use it until the phone shuts off. Then fully charge the battery again and use it again until it fully depletes its charge. You need to do this a total of three times. This is how you get the best possible battery life. You might have just gotten a bad battery (it happens). Try and make an exchange, although many stores won't with batteries.
2. You have either a defective battery or a fault batter power indicator. Do you have another battery that you could check to see that your batter power indicator can go all the way to full? If not, go back to the Alltel store and ask if you could get a replacement or to troubleshoot. Bring your receipt with you.
3. Try asking the LG Costumer Service about your cell and the battery. A lot of fake spare parts are sold these days.
4. the battery has formed a wall on it and will only chare so far, take and back so they can get you a new one or decharge the one you have.
5. As one of the other people stated you should try to charge the phone overnight, to full charge at least 3 times to condition the battery. If it does not accept the charge after the THIRD attemp, either the battery, the phone, or perhaps your charger may be defective. If this is a new phone I would suggest taking it back to your provider.