Well, that is a common problem with almost ALL Li-on batteries, but it is especially apparent in HTC manufactured phones, they simply do not posses a strong enough charging circuit to charge a completely dead battery. You can of course "jump off" a dead Li-on with a 9Volt battery or similiar, and then get it to charge in the phone. We have to do this with HTC Wizards and such all the time.
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Well, that is a common problem with almost ALL Li-on batteries, but it is especially apparent in HTC manufactured phones, they simply do not posses a strong enough charging circuit to charge a completely dead battery. You can of course "jump off" a dead Li-on with a 9Volt battery or similiar, and then get it to charge in the phone. We have to do this with HTC Wizards and such all the time.