any of you notice strange charging behaviour ?
what i mean is i plug in charge mode starts.. i leave it for a while
and when i come back after a while it stopped and says connected.
and when i pull out the cord and check the battery level its only partly charged.
so if i plug it in and try and charge more it does.. and then stops again after a while..
to get my device fully charge the other day i did this like 3 or 4 times LOL
and THEN it showed full or close to it.. other wise it just doesn't get close to Full charge.
my previous player was a Creative ZEN and it took a loooong time for the battery to show its age
Lithium Ion batteries obviously have a finite lifespan like almost any electronic device
and with wear and tear they decay and hold less and less of a charge to the point
where it won't stay charged for more than 5 minutes etc
My2nd oldest ZEN got so bad it would stay charged for about 4 minutes if that lol
that taught me a big lesson. Battery life is precious commodity and you should conserve it as much as possible.
And this long winded rant has a point
my Fuze+ started to show major battery life decay after a month or so which was surprising !
since then its been going down hill gradually. i don't know about anyone else but i think the battery
in these Fuze+'s suck or how they are used. for example i heard in the Sansa forums before
that someone thought the battery was being used when the device was turned off and THAT
may explain the premature battery life problem i think. and of course its a usage issue.
This is one of the other reasons i chose not to use a memory card too
it will use more battery power to use the cards i'm pretty sure. it may not be much
but i feel like my device is dying early and i want preserve it before i'm forced to buy
some other player at some point. anyways, i've said it a lot at the sansa forums and i wanna say it here too
TURN OFF your device when your not using it and make every effort to conserve battery power
and NEVER charge it or plug it in unless you need to transfer or your battery level is too low.
i have seen the results of this on phones, pmp's laptops etc
some people don't care at all and 1 guy said so what i'll just buy a new one etc
but i think that's dumb ..take care of your rechargeable battery products !
anyways one else notice a premature life expectancy on the Fuze+
or strange charging behavior like i mentioned earlier ?