Exploding cell phone.....

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592

    #1

    Exploding cell phone.....

    Anyone have a Kyocera?



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  • J1NG
    Super MURCer
    • Feb 2000
    • 1388

    #2
    Ouch.

    J1NG

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    • Chrono_Wanderer
      Super MURCer
      • Mar 2002
      • 2540

      #3
      w00t

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      • Guru
        Super MURCer
        • Nov 1999
        • 6018

        #4
        I thought only Nokia phones did this!
        According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless...

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        • The PIT
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 11901

          #5
          Can't they all do it please.
          Chief Lemon Buyer no more Linux sucks but not as much
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          • az
            Moderator
            • Feb 2001
            • 9336

            #6
            Just buy cheap accus and you can enjoy this spectacle for yourself.

            AZ
            There's an Opera in my macbook.

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            • rylan
              Super MURCer
              • Sep 1999
              • 2347

              #7
              Ahh, the joy of Tantalum capacitors.

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              • Jon P. Inghram
                Super MURCer
                • Oct 1999
                • 3878

                #8
                Doesn't have to be the capacitors, lithium batteries are infamous for hydrogen buildup, and can explode with rather surprising force.

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                • Wombat
                  Super MURCer
                  • Aug 2000
                  • 9498

                  #9
                  In the previous case, with the Nokia phone, it was due to a 3rd-party battery, which had skimped on the short-detector. I wonder what happened here with this "new" phone?
                  Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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                  • rylan
                    Super MURCer
                    • Sep 1999
                    • 2347

                    #10
                    Yeah thats true, Lithiums can get really pissed off if the charging circuit isn't designed for the particular battery.

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                    • Jon P. Inghram
                      Super MURCer
                      • Oct 1999
                      • 3878

                      #11
                      My brother just told me that when worked at a jewlery store, he used to blow up the tiny little watch batteries with a small propane/O2 torch. Even though they were dead batteries, they would make a really scary BANG when they got hot enough.

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