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Good Cell Phone Batteries Can Keep You In Touch

One of the challenges for cell phone users is that nearly every brand and many models of the same brand all use different cell phone batteries, making them not interchangeable. When the battery runs out of juice and you do not have a spare pr a charger handy, you are generally going to be out of touch. Buying second cell phone batteries and keeping them charged is one way to make sure you can salvage your communications, but most of these batteries are not cheap.

Many boast lasting power of three and even four days when on standby, but this can be misleading once you understand how your cell phone works and how the life of the cell phone batteries can be sucked dry without you even knowing.

Continuous Search Uses Battery Power

When your phone is turned on, whether making a call or not, it is constantly attempting to contact a cell phone tower. When you travel into areas that are not in your calling range, what some would consider roaming, it takes more power from the cell phone batteries to search for a connection than if it was connected to a tower on your network.

The simple act of searching for a connection can drain the cell phone batteries of an unused phone in only a few hours, not days as the manufacturer likes to brag. When traveling and you are not expecting any calls, turn off the phone. This way when you pass into roaming mode areas, no power will be drained from the cell phone batteries.

Additionally, properly preparing your cell phone batteries for the first use will insure that subsequent charges are complete. When you first open the package the instructions call for the battery to be charged a minimum number of hours. Once it is fully charged, turn on the phone and plays games or some other activity to completely drain the battery. Go ahead and make a few calls to help get the power level down to zero. Then charge it again. This way when you charge the cell phone batteries in the future, the memory will be on full and will completely charge.

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