The battery on my Nokia E71 swells up to the point where it created a noticeable bulge on the battery itself. Now the phone cannot be charged up properly.

Couple of questions:

Has anyone went through this problem?
and
What's the price for the original battery (BP-4L)?

Thanks.

This post has been edited by quartzextreme: Apr 28 2010, 11:08 AM

I see. I'm not going to use it in any way then. Not when it has a real chance of exploding. I did notice that it gets harder to close down the cover over time but I didn't notice that the battery was the root of the problem.

Nope, original set bought within the first three months of the launch of the phone. I'm using a non-original charger though, just that generic one. Cannot find the original charger ^^;;

RM 130... that is expensive. I'll just use my other phone for now.

Now this is a new one for me. I assumed that all chargers are created equal and since they all have the same socket, they must be good for use with all models. The previous owner of the phone is my dad and he lost the original charger so... I'm using a charger we have lying somewhere around the house by the time he handed the phone down to me. Specs of the generic charger:

Input: AC 240V, 50-60Hz, 100mA
Output DC 5-11V, 500mA (overvoltage and undercurrent, damn)

I'll have a look at buying the original charger as well then.

It's way past the half-year mark, I'm sure that the phone is coming to its two year anniversary. Will consider returning to the original shop/Nokia Care and see what they can do about it.