Treo 680 Extremely Low Battery

I purchased a used Treo 680 through ebay. I was sent a battery, wall charger and computer charger. I inserted the battery & plugged it into the wall charger. After charging overnight, the green charged light was on, & the battery icon showed it was charged. As soon as I unplugged it, a warning posted that the battery was extremely low & needed charging. Bought a new battery & tried another charger. I am still having the same problem. Also after I had placed the sim card into the phone, it automatically saved my numbers into the phone & I can't delete them.
Post relates to: Treo 680 (AT&T)
Post relates to: Treo 680 (AT&T)
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Probably you have a hardware issue (why the other owner was selling it) that you can't charge - regards the phone numbers you can perform a hard reset and it will delete the entries.
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This behavior has been reported by users whose phones got wet in the connector area.
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Install the free NVBackup to your 680. This program is a real life-saver and has saved my butt many times!
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I followed your advice on another post. Took out the battery and pressed teh red power button until the black line went all the way through to end and pressed the English language button.
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