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grumpy@mailinator.com - 18 Jun 2006 13:02 GMT

A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone and has purchased a new Li-ion battery
for it from Dick Smith. The old batteries were NiMH. Will his old charger do for the Li-ion battery
or should he buy a new charger?

Thanks.

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Rod Speed - 19 Jun 2006 05:18 GMT

> A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone and
> has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith. The old
> batteries were NiMH. Will his old charger do for the Li-ion battery

No.

> or should he buy a new charger?

Yes. The charging characteristics are quite different.

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Kym Kim (Noturyulo) - 19 Jun 2006 05:27 GMT

>> A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone and
>> has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith. The old
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>
> Yes. The charging characteristics are quite different.

I'm pretty sure the plug pack supplies current (obviously) but the phone
itself manages the charging.

But having said that 5110s didn't come with Li-ion batteries, so it probably
won't be "smart" enough to charge them irrepective of the plug pack.

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R1rob - 19 Jun 2006 11:32 GMT

It works the same.
I had the same Li-ion battery on my 5110 and it worked no probs with a stock
charger.

>>> A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone and
>>> has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith. The old
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> probably won't be "smart" enough to charge them irrepective of the plug
> pack.

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Mike - 20 Jun 2006 01:51 GMT

> I'm pretty sure the plug pack supplies current (obviously) but the phone
> itself manages the charging.

yes, all mobiles do this.

> But having said that 5110s didn't come with Li-ion batteries, so it probably
> won't be "smart" enough to charge them irrepective of the plug pack.

If they sell Li-ion batteries for the 5110, then it must have that ability.
Its not surprising, as Nokia commonly sold big Li-Ion extended-life
batteries in those days for other models. They were too expensive to be
standard fitting though.

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Michael - 23 Jun 2006 13:17 GMT

> >> A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone and
> >> has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith. The old
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> But having said that 5110s didn't come with Li-ion batteries, so it probably
> won't be "smart" enough to charge them irrepective of the plug pack.

it doesnt have any difficulty charging them

rod wrong again, the 3rd time this week

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Michael - 23 Jun 2006 13:17 GMT

> > A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone and
> > has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith. The old
> > batteries were NiMH. Will his old charger do for the Li-ion battery
>
> No.

Yes.

The 5110 charger will charge any battery on the 5110. Regardless of whether
its lion or nimh.

I switch b/w the Lion and nimh batteries all the time

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Rod Speed - 20 Jun 2006 04:42 GMT

> A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone
> and has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith.
> The old batteries were NiMH. Will his old charger do for the
> Li-ion battery or should he buy a new charger?

Just noticed that my alternate battery for the 5110 is Li-ion
and its worked fine for years with the standard charger.

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Kym Kim (Noturyulo) - 20 Jun 2006 05:56 GMT

>> A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone
>> and has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith.
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> Just noticed that my alternate battery for the 5110 is Li-ion
> and its worked fine for years with the standard charger.

Your furious backpeddling is just digging you deeper.

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Michael - 23 Jun 2006 13:18 GMT

> >> A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone
> >> and has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith.
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>
> Your furious backpeddling is just digging you deeper.

LOL

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Michael - 23 Jun 2006 13:18 GMT

> > A friend has resurrected his old Nokia 5110 as a backup phone
> > and has purchased a new Li-ion battery for it from Dick Smith.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Just noticed that my alternate battery for the 5110 is Li-ion
> and its worked fine for years with the standard charger.

A casual way of saying "I was wrong"

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