Hello people,
i was planning to buy a white Galaxy S 2 when the price drops a little, and to buy the official extended battery from Samsung (2000mAh) too.
I was looking for infos around the web and encountered this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZsrRrC96kQ
It's one of the very rare videos about extended battery for white GS2, and it shows a problem. As explained through the video (it's in italian), due to a harder material used to build the white back-cover, the cover won't fit the phone nicely!
You can see this problem (in the video it's shown on a black S2, but it's same for the white one) around minute 3:00 .
I think it is unacceptable for such an expensive and high end phone.
Is this true? Has someone tried this?
I really need to know because if this is true i may buy something else instead. Thanks in advance.
one out of 100 piece will b defect ,but will buying taKE A LOOK AN BUY...ONLINE SHOPING ITS LIKE "MY PERSONNEL OPINION U CANT TELL WAT IT MAY B"
Look in the Accessory section where the battery's are .
jje
JJEgan said:
Look in the Accessory section where the battery's are .
jje
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Couldn't find anything. I will post this topic there too if i don't get an answer here. I thought i should post here because mine was in fact a question.
I'm mainly looking for someone who actually bought and tried the extended battery with white back-cover on a white GS2, in order to know if it really didn't fit the phone.
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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.
Does anyone know what type of extended batteries to expect from third parties for the galaxy s ii? I remember there were some rather hefty and bland looking ones at the early stages of the galaxy s release. Did they get better/better looking and how soon do you expect the first ones will be available for the s ii?
I personally don't like extended batteries and I would only use it if it was something that made the whole phone bigger(but not much bigger) because having it all slim, then suddenly bulge out where the battery is, just doesn't work.
Well, it already has a hump on the bottom, like the galaxy s, so making the hump the new thickness and evening it out throughout the back wouldn't make it too much thicker. Some people don't care about thickness anyway and it could be a good powerphone with a big 2400 mah+ battery.
I use 2000mah original Samsung battery and it takes my phone looks more beautiful in my point of view. The thickness of back cover will increase to be the same level as bottom hump(where there is a speaker hole)
But there are many 3rd parties battery with much larger capacity (3500 mah I think?) and with the new back cover. You should look in eBay.
RelliKDoG said:
I use 2000mah original Samsung battery and it takes my phone looks more beautiful in my point of view. The thickness of back cover will increase to be the same level as bottom hump(where there is a speaker hole)
But there are many 3rd parties battery with much larger capacity (3500 mah I think?) and with the new back cover. You should look in eBay.
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You dug up a 10 month old thread to post this
Joey2o11 said:
You dug up a 10 month old thread to post this
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Some people unfortunately never look at the date of last post :/
xpqter said:
Some people unfortunately never look at the date of last post :/
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yea but how on earth do you even find the thread? either have to go through a hell of a lot of pages to find it or even searching for battery would bring up a lot of more recent threads including an entire sub forum for accessories.
skimminstones said:
yea but how on earth do you even find the thread? either have to go through a hell of a lot of pages to find it or even searching for battery would bring up a lot of more recent threads including an entire sub forum for accessories.
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lol i wondered the very same thing
So for those who have cracked their polycarbonate housing, badly scratched it or simply got tired of the old colour there is a way you can replace the housing yourself and it's a lot easier than it sounds and will cost you about 70 GBP if you are in the UK.
WARNING! I spoke to Nokia about it and this obviously voids your warranty so only do it if you don't care I did it myself and it worked, if you break something along the way I will not be responsible! Perform this at your own risk!
That being said the actuall process is very very easy and anyone with a screwdriver, a bit of common sense and a spare half an hour will be able to do this.
So first of all you need to order the spare parts. If you are changing the colour you'll need to order three: the housing, usb cover/flap, sim tray. If you replace with the same colour you dont need a new sim tray as you can use the old one. You also dont need to buy the USB cover as the old one can be taken off and put on the new body(however this requires you pulling it off with quite a bit of force which could result in breaking it or making it fit less firmly in future so i suggest that you do buy the new USB door either way) The process of placing a new one on is way easier than taking it off.
I ordered my parts off ebay from "Headlane Ltd"
here is the link for the cyan battery cover:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-N...ps=63&clkid=6717331277486914548#ht_1577wt_854
Search for other parts simply changing the colour in the name or just type " lumia 800 sim tray" or "lumia 800 Usb door"
Anyway once you've ordered the needed items it's time to watch a youtube giude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS9azQLWNAI
Now this is a FULL-FULL guide on how to completely tear the device apart. If you are only changing the housing then watch the first couple of minutes and the last ones.
Basically you only need these steps:
1. Taking off the screen
2. Taking off the battery cover
3. Taking out the battery
4. Taking out the motherboard
The rest (flash, side buttons, headphone jack, speaker, various antennas etc) stay in the old body and will be supplied in the new one so dont take them out. Although the middle of this video talks about how to do that. But i'll repeat again:
if you are just replacing the housing you dont touch those, it will be supplied in the new one. Basically you'll be able to see it when comparing what your new housing looks like to the one you just took off your phone. When they look the same, stop, FF to the end of the video where its being put back together and start doing that.
I did this myself in less than 20 minutes having watched the video prior to process. I wanted to change my black housing to cyan and did just that.
I've uploaded two images, one is work in progress and the other is finished work!
I'm in a bit of a hurry now otherwise i would make it more detailed, so if there are any questions post them! Plus the video is very very good at explaining this so thumbs up for the maker!
UPDATE:
Just wanted to add a couple of things now that i have a bit more time:
1.If you are changing the housing cover only whether it's to the same or different colour the relevant part of the video is up to 4:47 and from 14:27.
2.The things that come supplied with the new housing and therefore should be left in the old one are:
Speaker at the bottom
3g/gsm antenna next to the speaker
Wi-fi + BT antenna on the left
Heaphone jack
Camera flash (not the camera)
Side buttons
Small magnet that holds the USB cover in place
3.I used my thumbnail to remove the screen and in the whole process left absolutely no scratches/dents on the case or screen. It wasnt too hard to do.
4.In the video, the maker talks about the screw thats under the usb door telling us to leave it in at first as it wouldn't come out, mine fell out straight away when i flipped the case so be careful! Don't lose it! Put it back in when you re-attach the screen.
5.I found taking out the top left part of the screen quite hard using my thumbnail, so i used a screwdriver to push out the metal ring under the usb door (the one in which the screw was in). It's kind of common sense when you see it.
6.I also found it a bit harder than described in the video to take out the metal battery cover after unscrewing 6 screws. Maybe i was being too careful but within two minutes i managed to find the right pressure point and it snapped out easily.
7.Be very careful unscrewing the screws. I almost messed it up on the top right out of the six that hold the metal cover. It was in very tight and i twisted the head a bit withought the actual screw moving and it started to look very bad. Solved it by using a larger T6 screwdriver. Others were fine with T5 just dont rush.
8.I didnt use a magnetic screwdriver and theres no need at all.
my second picture work done!
Nice work! Thanks for sharing
There is nothing wrong with my phone at all... but the white lumia is soooo nice....
Mega Maniac said:
There is nothing wrong with my phone at all... but the white lumia is soooo nice....
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you're right) i changed mine only because i wanted a cyan since a had a cyan N9. And i must say that i have made the right choice! I actually ended up with better build quality than i had on the N9 even though i did the lumia myself (the screen fits tighter, nothing squeaks etc.)
about the white, i havent yet seen a white housing for sale anywhere.. Perhaps its too early because i havent noticed any other coloured housing covers until recently..on ebay at least.. Anyway if someone finds one share the link!
I was looking at the same seller on eBay. Been searching for a white housing as well no luck yet.
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I was looking at the same seller on eBay. Been searching for a white housing as well no luck yet.
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truth be told I was actually disappointed in how the white one looked when I saw it in phones4u yesterday. I think the white and the black are best suited for the minimalistic design of the n9. However I see cyan and magenta look cooler on the lumia even though before, I also thought the white would look awesome. That's just my opinion but I do advise you to go and check it out first
Mmm thanks might have a look first then.
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Is there any way to buy a housing in the US? The only one on eBay seems shady as it's listed as for an 800 but there's no camera button on the side.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Origin...Cover-Faceplate-Nokia-Lumia-800-/280837607741
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ShotSkydiver said:
Is there any way to buy a housing in the US? The only one on eBay seems shady as it's listed as for an 800 but there's no camera button on the side.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Origin...Cover-Faceplate-Nokia-Lumia-800-/280837607741
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That one definitely does not look OEM. Aside from the missing camera button, the flash is much closer to the lens few a few mm.
ShotSkydiver said:
Is there any way to buy a housing in the US? The only one on eBay seems shady as it's listed as for an 800 but there's no camera button on the side.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Origin...Cover-Faceplate-Nokia-Lumia-800-/280837607741
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Well the camera button can only be seen (or could) on the right one, but thats the housing for N9 look at the flash placement(two golden squares). The one on the right is supposed to be lumia's because the flash is in the right place but yes it's too close. Looks like this seller doesn't know what he's doing.
I dont know anything about US parts sorry. Does Headlane not ship to US? Or would that be too expensive?
Nah, you can see enough of the left item to see it's missing the shutter button.
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Nah, you can see enough of the left item to see it's missing the shutter button.
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either way the flash is in a different place on those two so they cant be the same case. so i would definitely not get whats on this picture. The seller might be selling actual parts just not know much aout them)
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either way the flash is in a different place on those two so they cant be the same case. so i would definitely not get whats on this picture. The seller might be selling actual parts just not know much aout them)
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Judging by the photo, it doesn't look like an OEM N9 nor Lumia 800. The N9 has the flash to the side of the lens and the Lumia 800 has the flash several mm above the lens. This is a cheap knock off.
The one on the right has the flash on the side of the lens, the one on the left doesn't.
It's just a mish-mash of crap
ok guys like i said before, the one on the right is the one for the N9, i have one and i know.. it also looks very legit (for the n9) at least it looks the same watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSJtUbnM46E
esp (2:33)
The one on the left is... i dont know wtf that is.. but the seller doesnt know what he is doing so i wouldnt buy from him.
Agreed. Looks dodgy. Headlane have there own eBay site and stock all the housings. Just emailed them asking when to expect the white to be stocked ;-)
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Ok just got a reply very quickly. Might have the white in a few weeks . £60 not too bad.
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Well the camera button can only be seen (or could) on the right one, but thats the housing for N9 look at the flash placement(two golden squares). The one on the right is supposed to be lumia's because the flash is in the right place but yes it's too close. Looks like this seller doesn't know what he's doing.
I dont know anything about US parts sorry. Does Headlane not ship to US? Or would that be too expensive?
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Funnily enough, a week ago when I found this auction the pictures of the housing were clearly a Lumia 900, with the flash on the side. The pictures changed to what they are now a few days ago so.... definitely shady.
Yeah, the problem with Headlane is they don't ship to the US at all. They don't even come up in the search on the US site.
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Funnily enough, a week ago when I found this auction the pictures of the housing were clearly a Lumia 900, with the flash on the side. The pictures changed to what they are now a few days ago so.... definitely shady.
Yeah, the problem with Headlane is they don't ship to the US at all. They don't even come up in the search on the US site.
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They may have been images of the N9 housing, which also has the flash on the side.
Hi Everybody
I'm a happy HOX owner from long time.
Unfurtunately in these last mounth my battery was slowly dying, then i decided to replace it with a new one (and bigger one because i took the HOX+ battery) that i bought on ebay.
My problem is that the battery that arrived to me is smaller and lighter than the my old HOX battery!!!! and i think that it's impossible because the HOX battery is 1800mha and the HOX+ battery is 2100 mha!!!
(in any case the new battery perform worst than my old battery!!! )
Then, what I need is a photo of an original OEM battery (please not replaced battery!!!!) for try to understand if the seller give me a fake, and what battery i need to buy!
I beg you to help me because i searched on ENTIRE WEB and NOWHERE and NOBODY have a photo of OEM battery of HOX+ !!! :crying:
If you have a photo of your opened device, or you can take one ill'be grateful to you for all my life.
I also attached the photo of the new battery...
Thanks!
check youtube - I think there's a video. Or Amazon.com sells the OEM battery
Our case is sealed so I can't just pop it open
K-Skulz said:
Hi Everybody
I'm a happy HOX owner from long time.
Unfurtunately in these last mounth my battery was slowly dying, then i decided to replace it with a new one (and bigger one because i took the HOX+ battery) that i bought on ebay.
My problem is that the battery that arrived to me is smaller and lighter than the my old HOX battery!!!! and i think that it's impossible because the HOX battery is 1800mha and the HOX+ battery is 2100 mha!!!
(in any case the new battery perform worst than my old battery!!! )
Then, what I need is a photo of an original OEM battery (please not replaced battery!!!!) for try to understand if the seller give me a fake, and what battery i need to buy!
I beg you to help me because i searched on ENTIRE WEB and NOWHERE and NOBODY have a photo of OEM battery of HOX+ !!! :crying:
If you have a photo of your opened device, or you can take one ill'be grateful to you for all my life.
I also attached the photo of the new battery...
Thanks!
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As promised, here are 2 pictures of the original HOX+ battery.
Dimensions are in cm (metric).
http://imgur.com/a/MQ0Kp
oziboy said:
As promised, here are 2 pictures of the original HOX+ battery.
Dimensions are in cm (metric).
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Thanks man!!! :laugh:
You saved my life!
Carlito17_2000 said:
check youtube - I think there's a video. Or Amazon.com sells the OEM battery
Our case is sealed so I can't just pop it open
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Yeah, there are a lot of videos but anyone gave me the assurance that the battery in the video is really the OEM battery and not a replaced one....and in most cases the batteries are covered by the copper foil!!! rolleyes:
Ebay and Amazon it's full of fake batteries (sold as "GENUINE" or "ORIGINAL")
i need this photo also for check what is truly OEM
Hi,
Does anyone know how many grams a official galaxy s7 g930 battery weights?
I bought a new battery directly from amazon and not a 3rd party seller but its hard to find out if its a real or fake 1 so i was hoping i could check if the total gram weight is the same so i hope someone can help me.
RiTCHiE007 said:
Hi,
Does anyone know how many grams a official galaxy s7 g930 battery weights?
I bought a new battery directly from amazon and not a 3rd party seller but its hard to find out if its a real or fake 1 so i was hoping i could check if the total gram weight is the same so i hope someone can help me.
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I have three official S7 batteries and they're all 41 grams.
Hai Karate said:
I have three official S7 batteries and they're all 41 grams.
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Thanks bro, thats what i wanted to know!!
RiTCHiE007 said:
Thanks bro, thats what i wanted to know!!
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No problem. Just as an update and for the benefit of anyone looking for more info on fake batteries, I actually have four original Samsung S7 batteries from a mix of suppliers (SDI, Amperex, maybe one other?) and they all weigh 41 grams on my scale. I had a fake that weighed 39 grams.
Another thing you can check is to use a barcode scanner app and check the barcode to make sure it matches what's printed on the battery *and* that it decodes to something in the proper format. The genuine battery's barcode should decode to a Samsung part number (which should be correct for the model of the battery) plus the text printed to the left of the barcode, plus some numbers. The barcode on the fake S7 battery decoded to the string "GH43-04575A+DL1H217HS+009488". GH43-04575A is the part number for an S7 Edge battery (obviously wrong) and the text printed on the battery was "DL1H226C5" which didn't match the barcode either.
For a third check, all of the ink on the battery label could be rubbed off with a finger.
The fake battery worked great at first but after two or three weeks it would barely last 12 hours with moderate usage.
Hai Karate said:
No problem. Just as an update and for the benefit of anyone looking for more info on fake batteries, I actually have four original Samsung S7 batteries from a mix of suppliers (SDI, Amperex, maybe one other?) and they all weigh 41 grams on my scale. I had a fake that weighed 39 grams.
Another thing you can check is to use a barcode scanner app and check the barcode to make sure it matches what's printed on the battery *and* that it decodes to something in the proper format. The genuine battery's barcode should decode to a Samsung part number (which should be correct for the model of the battery) plus the text printed to the left of the barcode, plus some numbers. The barcode on the fake S7 battery decoded to the string "GH43-04575A+DL1H217HS+009488". GH43-04575A is the part number for an S7 Edge battery (obviously wrong) and the text printed on the battery was "DL1H226C5" which didn't match the barcode either.
For a third check, all of the ink on the battery label could be rubbed off with a finger.
The fake battery worked great at first but after two or three weeks it would barely last 12 hours with moderate usage.
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Thanks for all the other pointers and it seems that my battery is a real one
I bought this directly from amazon for 12 euro while samsung guided me to a official parts seller that sold the battery for 45 euro so i thought it was worth the risk and glad that it turned out alright.
Only problem i have with the battery is that it looks like it came from a phone because i can see little damages and still see some glue on the back on front from the removed white sticker.
So my S7 Flat, which I bought in October 2016, had started suffering from relatively more poor battery life during the past couple of months. Getting an OEM replacement at the local Samsung Service Center was going to cost me $70.
I tried my luck with a $12 Moxom battery and it's been 2 weeks now where I'm using it and the results have been tremendous. My Screen-on-time is now back to 5+ hours.
I thought I'd share this with you guys and the links as well:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/MOX...mAh-Li-ion-Phone-Battery-For/32893215863.html
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-S7-BG930ABE-Rechargeable-S7-G930-°F-3000-mAh/dp/B06X9T9SQG
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pr...ible-Phone-Batteries/3607006_32865698366.html
RiTCHiE007 said:
Thanks for all the other pointers and it seems that my battery is a real one
I bought this directly from amazon for 12 euro while samsung guided me to a official parts seller that sold the battery for 45 euro so i thought it was worth the risk and glad that it turned out alright.
Only problem i have with the battery is that it looks like it came from a phone because i can see little damages and still see some glue on the back on front from the removed white sticker.
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Could you please post a link of the official parts seller Samsung directed you to and the amazon link where you bought it?
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Could you please post a link of the official parts seller Samsung directed you to and the amazon link where you bought it?
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I bought it from amazon Germany tho but this the one I bought and weighted with a scale Original Akku eb-bg930abe