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    Aug 13, 2015, 07:00 AM
    Flip phone/cuts off
    My battery was fully charged yet when I call someone the phone after about
    Two or three minutes just cuts off.

    My friend had another battery but it said low battery. I put it in anyway and
    Chagred it but it never took the charge. My phone is an old fashioned flip
    Phone pay as you go... I hardly use the phone but need to know it's
    There for emergencies.

    Any suggestions as to what is wrong with it. Does it involve a Sim card?
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    Aug 13, 2015, 09:33 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by jammy23
    My battery was fully charged yet when I call someone the phone after about
    Two or three minutes just cuts off.
    Do you mean the battery has died after just 2 or 3 minutes of air time? If so, it's likely just a bad battery. I had a similar issue with my old Motorola Razr (yes, I still have one of those!) - I was having to charge it every day and it would go from fully charged to dead in just a few minutes of usage. So I bought a replacement battery, but found it didn't fix the problem. However, since the phone model is so old so are the replacement batteries for them, so I figured maybe the "new" battery wasn't really so new. I decided to try my luck with a 2nd new battery, and this time it worked - now my phone can hold a charge for days with no issues. So I suggest try buying a new battery and see if it holds a charge.
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    Aug 18, 2015, 03:47 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ebaines View Post
    Do you mean the battery has died after just 2 or 3 minutes of air time? If so, it's likely just a bad battery. I had a similar issue with my old Motorola Razr (yes, I still have one of those!) - I was having to charge it every day and it would go from fully charged to dead in just a few minutes of usage. So I bought a replacement battery, but found it didn't fix the problem. However, since the phone model is so old so are the replacement batteries for them, so I figured maybe the "new" battery wasn't really so new. I decided to try my luck with a 2nd new battery, and this time it worked - now my phone can hold a charge for days with no issues. So I suggest try buying a new battery and see if it holds a charge.
    Thank you for getting back to me. I will find a Verizon store and see
    If I can purchase a battery. I'm sure I can.
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    Aug 19, 2015, 05:10 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by jammy23 View Post
    Thank you for getting back to me. I will find a Verizon store and see
    If I can purchase a battery. I'm sure I can.
    I bought mine on line -look at the battery for a code, which may be something like "BR50," and then do a search on line. You'll probably find lots of sellers on Amazon and EBay.
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    Aug 19, 2015, 12:02 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ebaines View Post
    I bought mine on line -look at the battery for a code, which may be something like "BR50," and then do a search on line. You'll probably find lots of sellers on Amazon and EBay.
    Wow... thanks... I have shopped through Amazon with a lot of success.

    Quote Originally Posted by ebaines View Post
    I bought mine on line -look at the battery for a code, which may be something like "BR50," and then do a search on line. You'll probably find lots of sellers on Amazon and EBay.
    Wow... thanks... I have shopped through Amazon with a lot of success.
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    Sep 24, 2015, 10:18 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ebaines View Post
    Do you mean the battery has died after just 2 or 3 minutes of air time? If so, it's likely just a bad battery. I had a similar issue with my old Motorola Razr (yes, I still have one of those!) - I was having to charge it every day and it would go from fully charged to dead in just a few minutes of usage. So I bought a replacement battery, but found it didn't fix the problem. However, since the phone model is so old so are the replacement batteries for them, so I figured maybe the "new" battery wasn't really so new. I decided to try my luck with a 2nd new battery, and this time it worked - now my phone can hold a charge for days with no issues. So I suggest try buying a new battery and see if it holds a charge.
    They don't make these batteries anymore but I did order the old battery and Amazon found it in a place where it took over a month to get,
    And now I got it and it's still cutting off.

    I don't want to buy a plan (this is a go phone) because I only have it for
    Emergencies.. guess I'll have to buy another one. Thank you for your response though

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