Steve, it may be worth replacing the battery to see what happens. Our
cordless goes through batteries a little more often than once a year,
enough to make me wonder if they deliberately overcharge to sell batteries.

I've had good luck with both of these places, bought lots of
rechargeable batteries from both:
http://www.batteriesamerica.com/
http://www.nicdlady.com/
They're good for batteries for your drill too.

Steve

Steve Koschmann wrote:

OK... not really on metalworking (metal content lithium ion battery???)...
but this group has so much technical info... just looking for ideas..

2 months ago, I dropped my 3 month new cell phone in the pool. Stupid move,
but hey s##t happens. Obviously phone was soaked.

Grabbed it out, pulled the battery out, let phone dry for a week. White
colored " tell-tale dot" inside phone is now red.. (this dot is used by the
phone companies to determine whether or not to honor warranties if the phone
gets wet)

After one week put the battery back in. Phone beeped and charged right up.
Phone worked fine.

This week, battery won't charge. Pulled battery.. no corrosion that I can
see. Crap.. and a business trip coming up. Need a cell phone

Cingular says buy a new phone (at full retail of course.) Not very helpful
at all.

Any ideas on what to do/check/.... or any phone repair places? Why would
it stop working after 2 months of really faultless operation?

I am willing to take it apart to see the circuit board... any tips? (No big
deal if I screw up.. I still need a new phone...)

Thanks...