Won't Recognize Battery

I have a blackberry curve 8310 and it has not been used for a little while.  I just recently decided that I wanted to use it again however when I plugged it in i am getting a symbol of a battery with a red slash through it??? It has now been plugged in for a few hours but nothing has changed, does anyone know what it could be or what I need to do to be able to use it???

wps2000 wrote:
i have had it plugged into the wall outlet the whole day and i have removed and re-inserted the battery several times???
Did you do it as I described? For a deeply drained battery, one day may not be enough.
wps2000 wrote:
will it charge even though it says there is no battery??? any other suggestions???
Yes.
wps2000 wrote:
 any other suggestions???
Perhaps a new battery. BUT, if the device and the battery is completely drained, you'll likely see the same "no battery" symbol yet again and need to repeat this process. I have.
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