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Is my SMT 5600 savageable??? (Battery bad)
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Posted by: Stephen Porter

Hi,

I posted earlier this week trying to get info on getting my Audiovox SMT5600 to boot after the battery drained COMPLETELY. I've charged the battery, although it doesn't seem to hold a charge for very long... Then got the instructions on a hard reset here (hold down soft keys and press the power button, wait for the black pop-up screen and press "0"....). Problem is it just won't take the "0"--I've tried every possible combination of holding the soft keys and pressing 0, letting the soft keys go and pressing 0--nada. The phone just goes through the Audiovox splash screen and then hangs on the Windows Mobile splash screen. The Bluetooth is "ON"--or at least the blue LED is flashing, but the phone just won't boot.

I've been using my wife's Blackberry 7100t while trying to fix this and now I really miss the SMT! It's a great little/powerful device and I want it working again.

Is it worth ordering a battery and seeing if it will boot with a new battery? Or has something happened that's more serious?

If I do order a new battery, are the cheapies ($5-10 + shipping on eBay) ok? I hate to spend $40 for an OEM battery and find out that it doesn't help.

Any advice welcome. I've only had the phone for less than a year, so it really should be dead! I have dropped it a few times, but it always worked fine before the battery ran down completely.

TIA.

Stephen Porter
Los Angeles, CA