What would cause a cellphone battery to swell?

haha...thanks pal :) when my mom handed it to me this morning i felt like i was holding a hand grenade! just wanted to chuck, duck and cover :)

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by miss skellington in mushroom land on May 27th, 2009

Hey Jerv,how are you?How's your health now?

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by engineer is Terminator on May 28th, 2009

Better now. Will e-mail you later with more :)

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by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on May 28th, 2009

thanks jerv...'twas one of the strangest things ive ever seen :/... so how does one dispose of such things?

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by miss skellington in mushroom land on May 29th, 2009

Ok ,Jerv.Awaiting your email.
@miss:sometimes it screws up the entire cabinet and the electrodes those are connected to the rectifier circuit.You need to know the exact amount of damage that has been done to your cell phone.In the case of my sister's, some liquid from the battery(don't know what exactly it is) got into the cell's circuit and as a result the entire set got defunct.
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Just switch off the set and for the time being get the battery off the set.I don't wanna scare you but,there are every chances of explosion.Take it to the retailer and see if it can be fixed in their repair work shop.

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by engineer is Terminator on May 29th, 2009

Sorry about that, eng. I ran into issues with my mail client. Been doing some reconfiguring and I think I got it working again now.

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by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on May 29th, 2009

It's ok ,Jerv.You take your time.Whenever I get my access, I'll drop you one.

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by engineer is Terminator on May 29th, 2009

thank you Engineer...will do...i will admit it looked about ready to pop when i was holding it...scary stuff.

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by miss skellington in mushroom land on June 1st, 2009

Batteries CAN do scary things when they go bad.
They are generally vented well enough that explosions are fairly rare, though not unheard of.
More often, they overheat and damage whatever they are in/on. That includes your hand (if a cellphone) or your lap (for a laptop computer)... or sometimes your house if you happen to have it indoors near anything flammable, like furniture.
I melted the frame on one of my old R/C cars that way once. I yanked the battery pack out, threw in into the parking lot and let it sit there for a few hours. Never blew up, but it left a nice scorch mark on the pavement.

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by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on June 1st, 2009

woah...it honestly is a real concern! I recieved a mail not too long ago about a guy who's phone exploded while it was on charge and he answered it?! pics were nasty.

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by miss skellington in mushroom land on June 1st, 2009