update >> my phone is now showing a full battery, I checked it a few mins ago and the power light (the one thats usually orange and going on and off when charging from the mains) is now green, its not flickering-im assuming this is the indication of being fully charged. I will see how long my phone takes before it gives me another battery low warning, if it does.

If its a now genuine fully charged phone, then it would seem (if I havent just been lucky) that I will now always have to run out of power completely before my phone will start charging genuinely.. very annoying! ;(

I dont see why nokia could not come up with a real solution, im certainly not the only one with the problem after reading the forums on here. It seems fairly common, and nokia surely use their own phones themselves to search for major bugs, and are bound to have come across it-to be able to work out why its happening and how to solve it!?!

Im now waiting for my phone to make that "low power" tone to warn me I have nothing left.. Ill give it 20 mins max !! *sigh*