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Originally Posted by stevej37
New phone arrived yesterday. Put the battery in and charged it.
In the meantime, I took the sim card out of the old phone and took a closer look at the bloated battery.
It had a metallic-like jacket and was glued to the phone. I tried to pull it out and managed to tear a small piece of the jacket. Immediately, the bloated battery was back to the right size and the phone works great.
I may keep using it and have the new one for a back-up.
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OK that's now much worse.
A lithium ion battery that is leakiing gas can cause all manner of medical issues including in severe cases a pulmonary embolism.
THROW THAT ****ING THING AWAY.