Cell Phone Charging

[Rob Pomeroy]

You all know that mobile phones operate at the microwave level, right?  And you know what happens to things when you put them in a microwave...?  

[Fed]

I read your link Rob, you are indeed a man of many talents.  [smiley=thumbup.gif]
Do you think their brains are getting fried?

[Armando]

Well it is techniacally possible to get cancer from overuse of a cellular device if it's close to your ear all the time. But it's so rare that I don't think anyone here has to worry about it at all

[R0SS]

I read your link Rob, you are indeed a man of many talents.  [smiley=thumbup.gif]
Do you think their brains are getting fried?

Well that's what the hippies are saying over here in the UK. Apparently if you talk on the phone for any amount of time you will get a brain tumor. and a Hands free kit just Channel's it into your head.

I dont know if its True or not but id watch out never a less.

R0SS

[Flame]

Cell phones contain a low amount of radiation. If you talk on teh cell phone nonstop for most of your life, then it's possible. However, we can't be certain. They've only accused French Fries of being cancer causing for the past years, just to find out now that it is not. This could just be another theory... They also say don't get too close to the TV... They do it too lol

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[Armando]

As with many new technologies, concerns have arisen about the effects on health from using a mobile telephone. There is a small amount of scientific evidence for an increase in certain types of rare tumors (cancer) in long-time, heavy users. More recently a pan-European study provided significant evidence of genetic damage under certain conditions. Some researchers also report the mobile phone industry has interfered with further research on health risks. So far, however, the World Health Organization Task Force on EMF effects on health has no definitive conclusion on the veracity of these allegations. (See also electromagnetic radiation hazard.) It is generally thought, however, that RF is incapable of producing any more than heating effects, as it is considered non-ionizing radiation; in other words, it lacks the energy to disrupt molecular bonds such as occurs in genetic mutations.

[Blink]

Your cell phone isnt a motorola by any chance is it flame???

[Flame]

No, it's an LG VX6100 . Why?

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[Blink]

i had a motorola with the exact same problem only it was random... some days the battery would "go flat" in no time other days it would take ages. the battery didnt have any problems at all but the meter on the fone was all over the place. my girlfriend had the same fone and struck this problem as well just wondered if it was maybe a motorola problem....

[Flame]

This is what it looks like incase anyone was wondering lol I can't believe I found all these pictures lol











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[Blink]

i also heard that when a phone battery starts to get old and doesnt hold its charge properly u can reset it by wrapping it in a couple of freezer bags and putting the battery in the freezer overnight. i thought this was someone's idea of a joke but many of my friends have done it and reckon it works and if your battery is stuffed anyway wot do u have to lose.....

[Armando]

I've hard that too but I don't think it works. There's no proof that it does anyway.

If your cell phone runs out of battery and you don't have your charger lick the battery (the gold things) and it will charge a tiny bit and you can use it for like 10 minutes.

:-D

[Rob Pomeroy]

[size=36]Never EVER put your battery in the freezer!!![/size]

How would you like to fry the battery's internal overcharge protection mechanism, so that next time you use it, it explodes?  Not kidding.  Lithium is unstable stuff.  KEEP IT OUT OF THE FREEZER!

And incidentally, licking your battery will NOT increase it's charge.  Think about it!!!

[Armando]

Hey it worked for me. I don't see how it doesn't make sense.

[Rob Pomeroy]

If you mean the tongue thing, putting your tongue across the contacts of a battery does not insert the battery into a charging circuit.  Taking a battery out and reinserting it sometimes creates a "capicitance" effect, whereby the last dregs of energy in the battery become slightly more readily available.  Sorry, but I don't think your tongue has anything to do with.  But if you enjoy the whole battery-tongue experience, by all means do continue!