Hi,
Last week i bought an extra battery for my hd, i decided to order a genuine HTC battery instead of an aftermarket battery hoping i would get quality for my money. I ordered from an pretty reliable webshop.
The battery came in an HTC packing witch looked genuine to me.
But when checked the battery a bit closer and compared it to my original battery that came with the phone it looked a bit different.
After fidling a while with it, I noticed it was kinda raggity-ass and one part of the battery was loose.
Anyway i upped some pictures where you can see what im talking about.
http://img17.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=cimg2066o.jpg
I was hoping someone could tell me if i have been propper fed or if HTC is making cheap ass battery's now to save a few bucks.
PS: is there anyway of checking the serial no. online to see if it is genuine HTC.
PS2: the best noticeable difference is where the original battery says:
Serial no.:
and the lame one:
Serial no:
so without the dot before the colon
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HTC responce:
Thank you for your enquiry.
In regards to checking if the battery is genuine or fake, we would recommend that you contact our main distributor to see if they can check for you.
[email protected] 01618680868 www.eXpansys.com
Please forward all details onto eXpansys our main distributor. Thank you.
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eXpansys:
Hi
We just run HTC’s webshop for Europe so I suggest that you take this up with HTC directly
Sincere apologies
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Well at least they know what there selling
Hi, do you have any news about this subject?
Nope
Nah... i gave up. Its still working propperly. I must say though, I looked ad a few batterys from other peoples touch hd's and saw a few differences in them too. So i think it's a genuine battery but that there are a few companys who make them for HTC and some are better than others.
Ezekiel2517 said:
Nah... i gave up. Its still working propperly. I must say though, I looked ad a few batterys from other peoples touch hd's and saw a few differences in them too. So i think it's a genuine battery but that there are a few companys who make them for HTC and some are better than others.
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I usually prefer to buy batteries, not from the original manufacturer, but from other places (i dont mean cheapo chinese ebay type). They are usually a higher rated battery so last a bit longer and are generally cheaper, and I like to think that they are trying harder to make a better battery to sell, but i'm sure it's not the case, and that the materials will be cheaper and therefore less stable. In my experience they haven't let me down yet. As long as they are CE approved, it's all good.
Your story about perhaps getting a fake after paying extra for an "original" is scary though. If it was a fake that is. I'd expect an original to be well made, but in your case you say it felt poor quality. I hope they're not all like that.
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Don't know if you guys are already familiar with this site. But a battery for the touch hd there costs only $6.15
And the best part of it is that it's free shipping!
It looks like too good to be true.
Actually it seems some sort of "fool's gold". Even if they forward you the battery, its quality should certainly be really poor or it even could harm you device.
But that's only my opinion...
It's a very reliable and trusthworthy company. I've got alot of (dutch) sources that can confirm that. The quality of the battery however, I don't know anything about.
But I'm going to order one as soon as I've got a paypal account, that's for sure.
Ive ordered one
good post...that's very low price & I'll be ordering one.
I've ordered 2 of these (2 batteries & 2 external chargers). I can't believe how cheap they are and the seller claims they are compatible with the HTC Hero (Sprint). He also appears to have fairly great feedback.
I'll let you know how they work out when they arrive.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...383410&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_2442wt_939
yeah was gonna get the 1750 extended one but this is much cheeper
thanks for the post
does this work for "normal" htc hero too?
Catscrash said:
does this work for "normal" htc hero too?
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This might be more what your looking for mate ... http://cgi.ebay.com/for-Sprint-HTC-...Accessories?hash=item3a53d22232#ht_2442wt_802
Yep, they work. I now have 2 HTC Heros, each with 3 batteries & 2 wall chargers. They're slim enough to fit one or even two in my wallet without too much extra bulk.
So glad I ditched that POS iPhone.
it looks good! but i am very concern about the quality as you know that battery always explode nowadays!
thanks for posting the link, I'm also going try the battery out and see if they would blow lol
I've got them two weeks ago, using them since. One of them have in wallet (haven't used this one yet) and the other one is in the phone - original is back in the box.
They're ok, little bit weaker than original, but for this price. One thought - I had to use the pile to get them into the phone, they were a 1mm too long
Weaker than the originals? They should be better lol.
And you guys are buying batteries for that cheap and really arent worried about them either a)exploding or b) overheating and melting or melting internal components in the phone .. ?? The quality cant be that great
Now that I'm using Android and my phone's life has been extended, I wanted to extend its battery life too. Branded extended life batteries are really expensive at retail. Seidio and mugen both sell 3000+mah for something like $80. HTC sells a smaller 2150 for around $40.
According to batteryboss.org, HTC's 2150 battery (rhod170) is pretty much the only battery that meets its mah rating, so I went hunting for a good price on one. Found this one for $5 shipped, or $7.51 for two if you want to better your odds. Figured it was either fake or used or otherwise had issues, but I got mine in the mail and it has zero contact wear and looks the spitting image of the legit rhod170. Seller has 5 left at the time of this posting. You can easily find other batteries advertised as rhod170 for $10 shipped, but it's always anyone's guess if they're legit or not. I had to roll the dice with no idea, and I thought someone else would appreciate hearing that this particular seller shipped 2 rhod170s that very much appear to be legit. Took about 1 week to receive from NY.
You need the extended cover to go with it. The cheapest I could find was from batteries4less, which you can shave another 10% off with save10 coupon code. It does look exactly like the OEM, with both HTC and verizon branding, however my particular one bulges a little in the middle when attached, like it isn't latching as well there. It isn't really noticeable unless you're looking for it, and it could be the fault of one of the drops my phone has taken over the years. Shipped quick, maybe 3 business days.
With both battery and cover, YMMV. I won't know for a couple of days at least what the lifespan is. And I'm still looking for a program that I can use to get accurate, easy-to-compare bench information from. Suggestions on that front are welcome. My original battery 1500 mah battery has been in use nearly 24/7 for almost 2 years. I'm not sure a comparison to that would be helpful to anyone.
See (someone else's) pictures here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578388&page=2
How much longer is the battery working?
Since my last battery was in use for almost 2 years, I'm not sure comparison to it is worth anything. Battery life was atrocious. I basically kept it perpetually plugged in with just a few hours a day away from an outlet of some sort. I had cables everywhere to keep it charged. Now I can go 2 days of moderate use without plugging it in. I'm very pleased, especially given the price.
Couple of months ago, i bought the rhod 170 from ebay, using it since than, but to be honestly, the batterylife isnt much longer than the original one.
I think i have bought a FAKE one, this one is RED ( not black like at the picture )
See picture below.
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5usd is very cheap ( maybe too cheap ) are you sure it is orginal htc battery, and no chinese garbage?
This website had the same battery
http://www.wirelessground.com/tilt2extbatt.html
It looks like the orginal htc battery, you can also look to the video with the guy who looks like he woke up couple of seconds ago, and inmediately started making the video. The website you gave is 6 times cheaper.. isnt that a little bit
suspiciously?
freaknormel said:
5usd is very cheap ( maybe too cheap ) are you sure it is orginal htc battery, and no chinese garbage?
This website had the same battery
http://www.wirelessground.com/tilt2extbatt.html
It looks like the orginal htc battery, you can also look to the video with the guy who looks like he woke up couple of seconds ago, and inmediately started making the video. The website you gave is 6 times cheaper.. isnt that a little bit
suspiciously?
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I have no new information. Mine still looks real and it still gives me better battery life than my OEM 1500 ever did, even though XDAndroid isn't as battery friendly as winmo.
If you're considering grabbing one of the same, you're gambling, just a little less than if you got a similarly priced rhod170 from a seller with no positive feedback yet. You can hedge a little more by buying 2 and hoping at least one works to spec. If you want a guarantee, you'll have pay $40ish to a well-known outfit that takes returns.
The cover on the picture you posted looks very thick, thicker than you actually need.
I bought this one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-TOUCH-P...ccessories&hash=item23148ba3ce#ht_1765wt_1397
Its a high quality cover, and its smaller than the one you showed. No need to carry a ticker phone if it can be smaller . it fits the 2150 mah battery perfect
Looks the same thickness to me (though black is a slimming color), and there's no spare room in mine. Both are made by HTC, it's just the one you got was designed for the GSM while mine was CDMA.
I have ordered 2 pieces. lets see what it gives me. Do you have any information about how to use it first time ? ( fully charge ) downcharge etc..
freaknormel said:
I have ordered 2 pieces. lets see what it gives me. Do you have any information about how to use it first time ? ( fully charge ) downcharge etc..
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I've read varying views on that. Lithium Ion batteries like these don't have memory effect, however, there might still be metering issues (relating your phone's ability to measure how much battery power is actually left). In android, I used a utility that wiped out past information collected on my 1500mah (don't know if there is a winmo analog) and did a full charge and full discharge right off the bat. Since then, I've kept it topped off as there is unanimous agreement that you shouldn't discharge lions often.
That's what I did, but I can't promise it's the best way. I have no inside information, that's just what I've culled from contradictory sources.
Do they also ship to the netherlands?
I couldn't tell ya, but since the particular seller I linked is out of stock of the batteries, I'm not sure it matters.
i like chichitec's slim extended battery, bought 2 of them with a wall chager for $30 a while back, 1900mAh each. One of them lasts me 2 days but I full charge at night out of habit and not wanting to be stuck without phone on 2nd day even though I only reach 60-70% after first day lol
fortunz, i see you have a rhod500, do you know if that battery works with a rhod400 as well?
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Correct me if I'm wrong - but after searching, it appears the answer is yes.
Would the BTE6875 be equivalent to the RHOD170?
My 2 cents
Mugen batteries are the best. They are the only extended slim batteries I have ever tried that actually live up to the name extended and outperform the stock batt. I have had 4 of their batteries for various devices and this week I just got the first for my Rhod and what a difference! Don't know why I waited so long to get one... I guess the rhod was just supposed to tie me over til WP7 came out... but now it looks like I'm trying to hold out for windows 8 (or 64bit cpu).
At any rate you can try to find a good one on Ebay for $10 and buy 4 different ones in the process, or you can do what I would recommend and spend $35 just buy Mugen.
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...373-1800mah-extended-replacement-battery.html
They have links for 4 diff models too!
http://gorillagadgets.com/motorola-...battery.html?gclid=CIiM_Ofp7q8CFSdeTAodqEBbrg
Anyone try out this battery? I'm not sure if it's really good compared to the more popular Sedio Innocell batteries. This one is a really cheap price compared to the Seido's right now since it's 55% off...and it's a little more power. Is this too good to be true or should I get it?
I won't recommend it, a friend of my bought it, at the very moment he started using it, issues began to show on screen, got lots of bugs, even wiping battery
battery
I have a battery with greater capacity and normal size http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GOLD-2430MAH-BH6X-BUSINESS-BATTERY-MOTOROLA-ATRIX-/260811241238?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cb98fb716
an extra few hours of work
Is that standard voltage for the phone
People: stop listening (and reproducing) the archaic fears of China-made hardware.
Every manufacturer makes it in China and then add their profit and voila-.40 dollar batteries with original cost of under 5!
I have bought at least a dozen batteries for cell phones from ebay, always choosing the cheapest. I never had a problem.
Try before you moan!
schumifer1 said:
People: stop listening (and reproducing) the archaic fears of China-made hardware.
Every manufacturer makes it in China and then add their profit and voila-.40 dollar batteries with original cost of under 5!
I have bought at least a dozen batteries for cell phones from ebay, always choosing the cheapest. I never had a problem.
Try before you moan!
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Well spoken!
That is a fake.
have tried, bull**** quality The large mAh is just a myth
Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=180784021815
I'm wondering quality of this and ecell gold brother.
Bought it. I am quite sure that these ampere numbers are way to optimistic.
My experience with several non original batteries throughout different android phones is that talking, about same size batteries, ther is nothing like the original one.
Regards
Are there any third party batteries that you can buy that will improve the battery life without need to get a new case?
I've seen some 3800mAh ones on eBay but I don't know if they will offer much improvement, if any.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mbuynow-3...442079?hash=item280c24fb5f:g:zpMAAOSwnGJWS-17
Dont even thought!!!!!!
dont use 3 rd custom batteries tgey are suck and by time your lg g3 will say invailed battery and the device will power on only if you but tge original battery and you wont able to use any other batteries.
i have used power bear battery and i had that issue and then i boaght zerolemon for 35$ by sale and it is pretty good no issues and i reached 10 hours (SOT) screen on time but it add too much thickness to my device
have a nuce day
Original batteries are best. Best for capacity, long life and safe.
Others maybe 4000-5000 mah but can not be bigger than the original and may be dangerous, I guarantee it. Original batteries are about 15$ at Aliexpress
kdr3120 said:
Original batteries are best. Best for capacity, long life and safe.
Others maybe 4000-5000 mah but can not be bigger than the original and may be dangerous, I guarantee it. Original batteries are about 15$ at Aliexpress
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Hi @kdr3120,
Problem is there are so many fakes all looking alike. Which seller at Aliexpress did you buy from that actually delivered GENUINE LG G3 batteries? Mind posting the link?
I got one from Lazada which looked exactly like the real thing but it was obviously fake cos the battery life sucked.
Preter said:
Hi @kdr3120,
Problem is there are so many fakes all looking alike. Which seller at Aliexpress did you buy from that actually delivered GENUINE LG G3 batteries? Mind posting the link?
I got one from Lazada which looked exactly like the real thing but it was obviously fake cos the battery life sucked.
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http://www.aliexpress.com/item/100-...b201644_4_79_78_77_82_80_62,searchweb201560_1
You can read the rewievs... All i can say its like original i couldn't see the difference...
kdr3120 said:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/100-...b201644_4_79_78_77_82_80_62,searchweb201560_1
You can read the rewievs... All i can say its like original i couldn't see the difference...
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Which is exactly the problem I have with so many posts such as yours. People Google, cut and paste, as though it is authoritative or verified.
Which is why I started another post on this convulated issue - http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/accessories/genuine-lg-g3-replacement-battery-post-t3273206
Only for folks who have bought something and can really vouch for it (reputation at stake).
Preter said:
Which is exactly the problem I have with so many posts such as yours. People Google, cut and paste, as though it is authoritative or verified.
Which is why I started another post on this convulated issue - http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/accessories/genuine-lg-g3-replacement-battery-post-t3273206
Only for folks who have bought something and can really vouch for it (reputation at stake).
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I received an anker battery yesterday, ive not yet completed a full cycle but so far im 18 hours in, over 4 hrs screen time and 20% left.
Preter said:
Which is exactly the problem I have with so many posts such as yours. People Google, cut and paste, as though it is authoritative or verified.
Which is why I started another post on this convulated issue - http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/accessories/genuine-lg-g3-replacement-battery-post-t3273206
Only for folks who have bought something and can really vouch for it (reputation at stake).
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By the way you can read the reviews... I bought and using for one month. my review is: It's like original I couldn't see the difference... I think its original...
Have had great luck with Powerbear G3 Extended Battery off Amazon.