Is there a cause for the battery to become invalid, and is there a way to fix it, without buying a new phone, buying a new battery, and or taking the phone apart?
Give this thread a look over. There are a lot of possible solutions offered that worked for at least one person. This seems a somewhat common issue on older LG phones, and one of the more common fixes seems to be cleaning the connectors or bending them out to make better contact with the battery.