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that's right, my stomach churned...I wasn't worried about the battery as much but about the phone, thinking "that's it, gotta buy a new one". Hqppy all is good now!
thanks again

thanks bassmadrigal,
you are right, I tried that and it worked. The thing is it never happened to me before so I thought it had something to do with the ROM. It almost looks as if the battery was more empty than usual and it couldn't charge. Usually when he phone dies and I plug it in to the main, the empty battery icon that comes up on the screen is never really completely empty, there is always a little green stripe indicating that there is some residual power left. In that occasion instead it was completely empty. Weird.
Thanks for your help

yep found eventually! thanks

right thanks for that guys, I might try the app then and see how it goes, cheers

ok thanks