I bought my G3 in August 2014, and just run stock Verizon firmware. Recently I noticed that I wasn't getting the battery life that I had previously (nor the battery life my dad is getting with the same model phone). Originally, I would lose about 10% in a day of light use, but recently (last three months) it's about 30% in such a day. Not a big deal, but I didn't like the trend.
Annoyingly, the Verizon site shows the G3 battery for $39.99, but it's been out of stock for about three months. Last week, a call to Verizon resulted in the statement that Verizon is not stocking them any more. Not very good customer service, especially for a phone that is still under its two-year contract.
So, shopping on Amazon for G3 batteries produced lots of sellers selling them for $9.95, with "genuine LG G3" labels. Now, if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. However, I consider Amazon the world's largest marketplace for counterfeit goods (some of the G3 battery reviews reported VERY brief battery lives!).
I found a local "Batteries Plus" store which had Duracell exact replacements with a lifetime replacement policy for $39.99, so I headed there to buy one, planning to keep it fresh until the original battery degraded some more. The store manager suggested I open up the G3.
To my surprise, the original battery had swollen to 150% of its original thickness! I had previously checked it when I swapped microSD cards about three months ago, and it was normal thickness then. Further, my previous phone was an original Motorola Droid, which I used for four years before upgrading to the G3. While it also suffered some battery degradation in that four-year period, it did not swell at all.
Obviously, I immediately inserted the new battery into the G3, and left the original battery at the store for recycling.
So, just a suggestion to check your battery for swelling if you see a degradation in battery life, or every few months. Lithium-Ion battery fires are not unheard of.
I had this issue with my RAZR MAXX phone. With those phones, the battery was not replaceable but I would notice as the phone was used and became warm to hot, that the back of the phone would bulge out.
I took it to Verizon and they immediately got me a warranty replacement, even though my warranty was done and I wasn't able to upgrade with my new every two at that point. I got a RAZR HD in return, which was nice.
That's what is nice about this phone and it was one of the driving factors on why I chose it to upgrade from the RAZR HD (replaceable battery, bumped exploit so I could flash TWRP and custom ROMs and kernals).
DeanGibson said:
I bought my G3 in August 2014, and just run stock Verizon firmware. Recently I noticed that I wasn't getting the battery life that I had previously (nor the battery life my dad is getting with the same model phone). Originally, I would lose about 10% in a day of light use, but recently (last three months) it's about 30% in such a day. Not a big deal, but I didn't like the trend.
Annoyingly, the Verizon site shows the G3 battery for $39.99, but it's been out of stock for about three months. Last week, a call to Verizon resulted in the statement that Verizon is not stocking them any more. Not very good customer service, especially for a phone that is still under its two-year contract.
So, shopping on Amazon for G3 batteries produced lots of sellers selling them for $9.95, with "genuine LG G3" labels. Now, if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. However, I consider Amazon the world's largest marketplace for counterfeit goods (some of the G3 battery reviews reported VERY brief battery lives!).
I found a local "Batteries Plus" store which had Duracell exact replacements with a lifetime replacement policy for $39.99, so I headed there to buy one, planning to keep it fresh until the original battery degraded some more. The store manager suggested I open up the G3.
To my surprise, the original battery had swollen to 150% of its original thickness! I had previously checked it when I swapped microSD cards about three months ago, and it was normal thickness then. Further, my previous phone was an original Motorola Droid, which I used for four years before upgrading to the G3. While it also suffered some battery degradation in that four-year period, it did not swell at all.
Obviously, I immediately inserted the new battery into the G3, and left the original battery at the store for recycling.
So, just a suggestion to check your battery for swelling if you see a degradation in battery life, or every few months. Lithium-Ion battery fires are not unheard of.
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You are in luck, just bought 2 for $30 (+tax) http://www.droid-life.com/2016/04/1...es-charging-cradles-for-g3-g4-and-v10-for-15/
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You are in luck, just bought 2 for $30 (+tax) http://www.droid-life.com/2016/04/1...es-charging-cradles-for-g3-g4-and-v10-for-15/
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Thanks for the info! I ordered a battery; the cradles are already out of stock!
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Thanks for the info! I ordered a battery; the cradles are already out of stock!
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I'm not sure they ever had the cradles in stock, they didn't even show up as an option for me either when I ordered.
DeanGibson said:
I bought my G3 in August 2014, and just run stock Verizon firmware. Recently I noticed that I wasn't getting the battery life that I had previously (nor the battery life my dad is getting with the same model phone). Originally, I would lose about 10% in a day of light use, but recently (last three months) it's about 30% in such a day. Not a big deal, but I didn't like the trend.
Annoyingly, the Verizon site shows the G3 battery for $39.99, but it's been out of stock for about three months. Last week, a call to Verizon resulted in the statement that Verizon is not stocking them any more. Not very good customer service, especially for a phone that is still under its two-year contract.
So, shopping on Amazon for G3 batteries produced lots of sellers selling them for $9.95, with "genuine LG G3" labels. Now, if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. However, I consider Amazon the world's largest marketplace for counterfeit goods (some of the G3 battery reviews reported VERY brief battery lives!).
I found a local "Batteries Plus" store which had Duracell exact replacements with a lifetime replacement policy for $39.99, so I headed there to buy one, planning to keep it fresh until the original battery degraded some more. The store manager suggested I open up the G3.
To my surprise, the original battery had swollen to 150% of its original thickness! I had previously checked it when I swapped microSD cards about three months ago, and it was normal thickness then. Further, my previous phone was an original Motorola Droid, which I used for four years before upgrading to the G3. While it also suffered some battery degradation in that four-year period, it did not swell at all.
Obviously, I immediately inserted the new battery into the G3, and left the original battery at the store for recycling.
So, just a suggestion to check your battery for swelling if you see a degradation in battery life, or every few months. Lithium-Ion battery fires are not unheard of.
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Most lithium cells will swell up when they start going bad, it means its time to replace it, I buy "authentic" cell phone batteries on e-bay all the time for anywhere from $3-$10, although they look identical to the originals I am sure they are not "authentic", I never had any issues with them so who cares...some have even seemed to out perform the original...
You might want to be checking that new battery every so often. May be a problem with the phone itself - charging circuit or a bad component. Lithium batteries (especially Lithium Polymers) don't like being over charged nor do they like over discharging or having power drained from them quicker than they can handle (C-rating). They "Puff" - gas gets produced and since it is sealed, the battery swells up. in extreme cases and/or when some physical damage may be involved, they burst into flame.
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I'm an old Vario 2 user who, weary of poor battery life, moved to Symbian for the Nokia e71. It promised a solid range of features and great battery life and I have to say it delivered - trouble is, after 3 months I still find Symbian to be a right royal pain compared to Windows Mobile! So I'm thinking about getting the Vario 2 out of mothballs again.
Now in the past I had the original HERM160 1350mah battery which lasted about a year before becoming unusably short on life. I got a 1500mah Chinese job from Morpeth Mobiles which from the start was barely any better than my year old 1350mah job. I'm not interested in making the V2 any bigger with an outsize battery so I'm wondering - is it worth getting the "official" version of a 1350mah? Expansys have them but they are expensive at £32 (http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=138243). I would pay that if it gives me a good day's reasonable usage however.
I've searched the forums for comparisons, I couldn't find a definitive answer to this. Obviously there is a reason why ebay / 3rd parties' batteries are cheaper, but would I be likely to notice much difference with a £32 battery?
I do miss my Vario 2 I have to say. The e71 is great from the point of view of never having to worry about battery, but it's got nothing on the Vario from the point of view of usability. I do hope this new range of HTC handsets finally crack the battery issue.
It's just the matter of finding the right brand of 3rd party batteries. I've never bought anything from Expansys before, but I do not buy any batteries claiming to be original batteries on eBay or other auction sites because they are very often 3rd party ones made with refurbished cells and components with labels printed to look like an original battery in some no-name sweatshop.
I live in Hong Kong and I bought a handmade battery for my Hermes from this guy for about HK$120 with shipping:
http://auction1.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-null-a517868370a4fd8e45fd00f6b2fed61b.jhtml
Its battery life matches (if does not exceed) a brand new original battery, way much better than my dying original battery with only a few hours of battery life.
Cameron Sino also makes good batteries, I have used their batteries before and they work just like the original.
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I live in Hong Kong and I bought a handmade battery for my Hermes from this guy for about HK$120 with shipping:
http://auction1.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-null-a517868370a4fd8e45fd00f6b2fed61b.jhtml
Its battery life matches (if does not exceed) a brand new original battery, way much better than my dying original battery with only a few hours of battery life.
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Interesting. Any chance to find this in another language than chinese?
Go for the Genuine one
I suggest you go for the genuine battery even if it costs a little more...
I recently had trouble with my HTC TyTN battery which was 1.5 yrs old....and changed it to a new Genuine battery and can say that it saved me from the many hassles .. It came with a 6 month replacement warranty.
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It's just the matter of finding the right brand of 3rd party batteries. I've never bought anything from Expansys before, but I do not buy any batteries claiming to be original batteries on eBay or other auction sites because they are very often 3rd party ones made with refurbished cells and components with labels printed to look like an original battery in some no-name sweatshop.
I live in Hong Kong and I bought a handmade battery for my Hermes from this guy for about HK$120 with shipping:
http://auction1.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-null-a517868370a4fd8e45fd00f6b2fed61b.jhtml
Its battery life matches (if does not exceed) a brand new original battery, way much better than my dying original battery with only a few hours of battery life.
Cameron Sino also makes good batteries, I have used their batteries before and they work just like the original.
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I'm also interested in this. That auction's currently showing HK$80 for whatever's on the page... But my Mandarin's not so good!
Like everybody else, I'm always looking for ways to get better battery life. 80 HKD for a hand-made battery seems like a very reasonable price. Obviously with the cost of postage to the UK factored in, it goes up a bit, but I can't imagine that much given the low weight and small size.
Do you really get that good a battery life compared to other third party cells like Cameron Sinos? If so, I might have a proposition for you. (send me a PM!)
I'm ready to purchase with them for my X10HT, if you're interested in that, I will help you to post to UK.
Of course all the charge will be yours, but should be not much.
Calvin
the word genuine is a lie i this case.
Don't buy batteries from this vendor:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250641711190
I bought them and get only 9hrs run time vs 30hrs with the Genuine OEM HTC battery.
I have always used the 3rd party extended battery (with 2800mAh) because I'm on the go a lot.
One died after a year use.
One died recently after 3-year use.
But other 4 are still alive and kicking.
I've searched amazon and the bad ratings of claimed exact replacments are full of counterfeits. Ebay, forget about it. I've considered ordering from sprint but they want $50 for a battery and external charger that God knows who it was rebadged from. I've also considered anker. Some people love them and some say they see the performance taking a steep dive in less than a year. Many say the anker external charger is crap and falls apart quickly. I don't know if the phone or the Samsung external charger would beotch that the battery isn't official and refuse to charge it. I've seen this many times with both the phone and charger, when the hardware was definitely oem.
I have 3 "oem" batteries and 2 "oem" chargers. I write on the battery, the number in which I put it into service. So far, the battery that came with the phone lasts longer than the second. The 2nd is showing signs of buldging and erratic charging levels. After playing games for an hour and a half, it is saying I have 20 something percent. After a reboot, the number jumps to 70ish. My third and newest battery lasts the longest.
Any suggestions?
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I've searched amazon and the bad ratings of claimed exact replacments are full of counterfeits. Ebay, forget about it. I've considered ordering from sprint but they want $50 for a battery and external charger that God knows who it was rebadged from. I've also considered anker. Some people love them and some say they see the performance taking a steep dive in less than a year. Many say the anker external charger is crap and falls apart quickly. I don't know if the phone or the Samsung external charger would beotch that the battery isn't official and refuse to charge it. I've seen this many times with both the phone and charger, when the hardware was definitely oem.
I have 3 "oem" batteries and 2 "oem" chargers. I write on the battery, the number in which I put it into service. So far, the battery that came with the phone lasts longer than the second. The 2nd is showing signs of buldging and erratic charging levels. After playing games for an hour and a half, it is saying I have 20 something percent. After a reboot, the number jumps to 70ish. My third and newest battery lasts the longest.
Any suggestions?
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I recommend sprint or Samsung itself. It's just not worth a counterfeit that can damage your phone and won't hold a charge.
I had 3 batteries for my note 3. 2 from sprint one from Amazon. The Amazon started loosing charging function about 3 months into it. It was the same vendor that I had purchased my prior Samsung batteries from.
I got it because sprint stopped having them in Stock at a store and the eta was 3 weeks.
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When I got my G5 (Verizon VS987) I also got a spare battery and charging dock as a promotional extra.
The charging dock is connected to the USB port on my PC. When I swap batteries I put the discharged one in the charging dock and remove it when the lights indicate it's fully charged. If I don't swap batteries for a few days I'll stick it back into the charging dock for the few minutes it takes to bring it back to full charge.
Now I notice one battery is swollen, as if from charging too fast or ???
It still fits into the phone with some difficulty but it does fit.
I'm wondering if I should discard it or keep using it, wondering if it can damage the phone?
Any thoughts?
Do not use the swollen battery any more. Do not toss it in regular trash either - find an authorized battery recycling operation in your area. If you can't locate one immediately, store the battery in a dry, cool spot with electrical tape over the contacts until you can dispose of it properly. Continued use may cause the battery to fail and catch fire and/or explode.
Batteries can swell due to overcharging, but also wear and tear aging with frequent full charge cycles. If you've been using the battery daily for about a year it is not uncommon for it to show such signs of wear. Failure rates are also more common with cheaper, off-brand batteries that aren't made as well to begin with. Buy a replacement battery and make sure it is OEM quality.
I've had this happen once before with a Motorola V3 battery so you see how long ago that was!
I believe it's the USB port allowing charging at a faster rate than the factory charger? Two requirements, the charge must be from a USB port and the battery must be very discharged.
The swollen battery is genuine LG, sent direct from LG, whatever quality that might be. Both the swollen Motorola batteries continued to work just fine in the V3, the LG battery works but is VERY difficult to remove and is now out of the phone forever.
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I've had this happen once before with a Motorola V3 battery so you see how long ago that was!
I believe it's the USB port allowing charging at a faster rate than the factory charger? Two requirements, the charge must be from a USB port and the battery must be very discharged.
The swollen battery is genuine LG, sent direct from LG, whatever quality that might be. Both the swollen Motorola batteries continued to work just fine in the V3, the LG battery works but is VERY difficult to remove and is now out of the phone forever.
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It's not a problem of faster charging, but overcharging. The longer and more often a battery is charged 100% and left there, the quicker it wears out. If the battery is about a year old with daily use like this, a bit of swelling isn't unexpected.
There is no immediate threat from swelling but it is the start of failure if allowed to continue use. You surely don't want it expanding inside the phone from heat until it gets stuck and/or cause GPS, volume or other contacts to mess up by expanding the frame, etc.
Batteries aren't too expensive so order another one.
Not sure I agree, evidence seems to point to heat as the culprit since the battery wasn't charged that often.
Anyway, OEM batteries are available on eBay for under $12 and one should arrive Monday.
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Not sure I agree, evidence seems to point to heat as the culprit since the battery wasn't charged that often.
Anyway, OEM batteries are available on eBay for under $12 and one should arrive Monday.
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I wonder if those are legit LG made.
Yup, why wouldn't it be? It's a unique battery for an obsolete phone, everyone that has any quantity is dumping them. The one I'm getting is from an "overstock" dealer.
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Yup, why wouldn't it be? It's a unique battery for an obsolete phone, everyone that has any quantity is dumping them. The one I'm getting is from an "overstock" dealer.
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Yeah I was just curious. Will buy few myself that's not a bad deal at all. Yeah I can't blame people, this will be my last LG phone. Great specs and price, but build quality trash.
Sad part I know 3 people with LG V20 who are also having build quality issues. Speaker going on all of them and this is a common issue.
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Yeah I was just curious. Will buy few myself that's not a bad deal at all. Yeah I can't blame people, this will be my last LG phone. Great specs and price, but build quality trash.
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I guess I've been lucky, I've had very few problems. I really miss an unlocked bootloader and a rooted phone with a custom ROM but this seems to do the job other than about 90% of the "wonderful" features being stuff I don't want, don't use and would delete if the phone was rooted..
I really wanted the removable battery and the SD card, I think LG is my only option for both isn't it?
I have no idea what (or IF) my next phone will be, maybe I'll drag out my old Motorola V3 and use it? <G>
Seriously, no kidding, it's been all downhill since my BlackBerry Bold.
I bought two spares batteries, one from Ebay with the external charge case that looks genuine but the battery lasts about 20-25% less than the original battery and a second one from Aliexpress that lasts half the time of the original battery. The one from Ebay ways the same as the original, the one from Aliexpress is lighter.
On both the batteries the green heatshrink is not exactly the same color as the original one.
So I think none of those batteries you can buy from those sites will have the same capacity as a original battery from a official reseller.
The one I got seems to be OEM, I suspect the ones you got were just old, I can't imagine anyone making an aftermarket battery for such a low sales volume phone.
I believe any battery you get will be 3 - 4 years old before you get it, that may be why the one I got took almost 40 hours to reach full charge.
So far it seems it will last as long as the original but who knows?
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took almost 40 hours to reach full charge
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You have some abnormal batteries, cables, and/or chargers...
No, all working as they should.
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Since Anker is no longer producing Note3 batteries, what batteries is everyone using and are they any good?
PowerBear Note 3 Battery. Perfect to me
zerolemon.com/products/10000mah-extended-battery-case-for-samsung-galaxy-note-3
https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B01B80ZZ82/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Has about doubled my battery life. Really great. bought one for my wife and equally happy. The production date is said to be 2017 and the battery seems real fresh to me .
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https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B01B80ZZ82/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Has about doubled my battery life. Really great. bought one for my wife and equally happy. The production date is said to be 2017 and the battery seems real fresh to me .
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yea those gadfull batteries look good - although the link you posted wasn't for their note3 battery - but doesn't look like they ship outside the eu
i sold my note 3 because i couldn't get a new decent high quality battery. now i use j7 2016 and battery life is like x5 times better.
http://www.wannsee-electronic.de/ha..._ersetzt_originalakku_eb-b800bu_i8_2514_0.htm
I have ordered a second one from them a month ago. First one lasted me 3,5 years (original one from Samsung died after six months) and is still holding charge pretty well. I got 4 hours of sot easily with 3,5 years old one. With new one 7-8 h. Very satisfied with them.
I bought battery made by Duracell over 6 months ago from Amazon. So far so good.
I have learned to avoid the "OEM" claimed batteries and still think Anker batteries were the most consistent I have had very good luck with
Sunzos
https://www.amazon.com/Battery-SUNZ...s&keywords=sunzos+galaxy+note+3+battery&psc=1
OhmniPax
https://www.ebay.com/itm/OhmniPax-R...xy-NOTE-3-3200mAh-Li-ion-Batter-/173184809222
I ended up getting a "4500mAh" MPJ branded battery off eBay for twenty bucks, as the better options up above don't ship to where I am at.
Appears to work about as good as 2 year old 3200mAh Ankers.
Identifies as 3200mAh as well.
1/3 refund commensurate with discrepancy no questions asked.
I guess they have to lie to stand out enough to even move a single unit.
Still using the original one, it still holding charge pretty well after 3.5 years of work (last 3 day, normal use)
Here's my anecdotal response.
I've used Anker batteries twice in my Note 3.
The first one started to fail, and was clearly bulging after about a year, so I disposed of it at a location allowed for battery disposal because I could literally see the OEM samsung case bulging from it expanding. It was never dropped, or exposed to extreme temperatures, and always in the samsung window case, or the otterbox defender (which may have increased the heat level without me knowing, but that's just speculative so take that with many grains of salt).
Having used Anker batteries many times before, I assumed the first replacement could have been a knockoff, or just from a bad batch, so I replaced it with another Anker of the type. Both were purchased on Amazon. I have had absolutely no issues with the second one, though I do feel the phone get warm when updating my ROM, etc, but that's to be expected. Aside from that the battery life has been very good, with a year and a half of use on it, and I never get concerned about daily use, out side of plugging it into a charger when doing gps/music for a long distance. Even without being plugged in, it stays pretty solid.
Full disclosure for my usage: I'm a light user during the day, aside from calendar, weather, 2 email addresses set to push, and 2 email addresses set to 15 minutes, a few texts, dropbox, drive, onenote, and google all on manual sync, and few phone calls. I'm also on lineage 7.1, rooted, xposed, and bloatware removed or blocked.
TLDR, my current Anker replacement works very well for my needs, but the first one did begin to fail to the point of it looking like it might go into a full failure at a dangerous level, so I can't be sure if it was a knockoff, a bad batch, or just bad luck.
I am using 6400mahs battery from ali express..gives two days easily
Trying Powerbear
Ordered a Powerbear last night directly from their site last night as that ended up being cheaper than Amazon. Hopefully this will allow my 2013 Note 3 to function a day with medium use.
Update: The Powerbear battery is working well. It came with instructions to fully charge and drain the battery a number of times to allow the system to calibrate things correctly. After following that process, I'm now easily seeing a day of battery life with medium use.
im still using my note 3 rooted on kitkat with the original battery 3200mah last all day at least
I'm using a new original battery that i got around 6 months ago. I get 5-6 hours screen on time.
OEM Samsung (if you need NFC)
I have always had the best performance with Samsung-branded OEM batteries. Some after-market batteries do NOT have the NFC antenna, so no NFC services . . .
One caveat though, watch out for used Samsung-branded batteries that are re-labeled to look like new. I had an instance that the battery I received was used and the case dented. The silver-black Samsung label had the corner near the bottom of the battery slightly folded back and crinkled. Also the electrical contacts showed signs of heavy use (wear and scratch marks). Luckily, the Amazon merchant replaced it with a genuine new Samsung battery in the original plastic case.
The prices seem to be getting better but eventually Samsung (or their OEM partner) will stop production (or maybe already has stopped), then the prices will be stratospheric . . . YMMV as always.
Trusted brand..sun global 3650mah capacity
But with no nfc
Im looking N9005 Battery +6400Mah with all resistance and good rated by users what do suggest;
As title says. Is it worth it? I'm hoping to at least getting 4-5 sot with real original battery from the lg itself.
Before this i bought a battery from a random merchant with good testimonies. But the battery i got cause the phone to turn off itself while still having about 30% percentage after few months.
So should i giving a hope to this phone or buy a new phone with gigantic battery capacity?
Original batteries that you may find have all been produced some years ago, I think that would be better to buy a recently made aftermarket battery, such as VHBW or Patona. Throwing away the last flagship phone designed with a replaceable battery because you don't want to change the battery is nonsense: with 30€ you can buy two or three batteries.
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Original batteries that you may find have all been produced some years ago, I think that would be better to buy a recently made aftermarket battery, such as VHBW or Patona. Throwing away the last flagship phone designed with a replaceable battery because you don't want to change the battery is nonsense: with 30€ you can buy two or three batteries.
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I can't find available stock for both those brands you mentioned.
And also I live Indonesia, I guess I'll give a try to come to service center and see if they still have a battery stock
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I can't find available stock for both those brands you mentioned.
And also I live Indonesia, I guess I'll give a try to come to service center and see if they still have a battery stock
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I suggest you do yourself/have somebody adapt the s7edge cell to the G5 circuitry. On r/LGG5 you should find all the info on this - other paths may be getting a third party G5 replacement, but be wary of inflated claims (3000 mAh is the most you can fit in the G5 OEM battery form factor.
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