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Theo Markettos Theo Markettos is offline
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Default Charging mobile phone

ARWadsworth wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
One option:

Remove batter and look at the marked voltage.
Set bench PSU to same
Connect PSU to battery terminals on phone...


Bench PSU? Whats wrong with two flyleads from the phone charger?


The phone charger input is likely at a different voltage to the natural cell
voltage of the battery (eg 5V from USB v 3.6V from lithium ion). The
battery charge circuit might not like that.

As it is, you might still have difficulty: the battery smarts won't be
there. Depends whether the phone will power up if it has a voltage but
can't read status from the battery.

Theo