My Friend was rocking the 8700 for a couple of months and got a new one and passed me his 8700.

I swithed my SIM today and had everything rocking. Then I powered down and repowered back up as per Cingular the Phone has a dime picture of a battery with a red slash mark in it. Cingular told me to get a new battery or get it tested.

The Store put a brand new battery in and the same picture with the slash mark is still there.

I cant get no innsurance on it because It was handed to me for free....

Has anyone ever recoved from this problem or should i trash this phone.
I would hate to spend $400 on a new phone and have this thing come back to life in 2 days...

I searched the thread for a while and could not find any info....
PLEASE ANy help or advice I can get on this from anyone would be huge....

This has ruined my night....and insight would be great!!!

Thannks in Advance