Using The Battery; Extermal Battery; Charging The Battery - Sprint QCP-196 User Manual

Using the battery.

Your Sprint PCS Phone comes with a rechargeable Internal LiIon
Battery which you do not remove to charge. Leave this battery in
the phone at all times. The battery is only partially charged when
you receive the phone. In order to maximize your talk and standby
time, fully charge your battery as soon as the charge becomes low.
External battery.
You can purchase optional external batteries to extend the talk
and standby times. The external battery snaps easily onto the back
of the phone (bottom end first) for quick installation and removal.
The phone uses all the power in the external battery before it
starts to use the internal battery. If the external battery runs out of
power during a call, the internal battery takes over automatically.
This is called "hot swapping." If your internal battery falls low
during a call, just snap on an external battery. You may snap on an
external battery without interrupting your call.

Charging the battery.

You can tell whether or not your battery needs to be recharged by
checking the upper-right corner of your phone's display. The
battery icon only tracks one battery at a time. It reflects the
charge level of the external battery (if attached) as long as it has
a charge. Otherwise it tracks the internal battery level. If you
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