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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.
Phil_123 said:
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.
Phil_123 said:
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.
2300mAh Battery BST-41 For Sony Ericsson X2 X10 Xperia
Hi ALL!!! Noob Here. New to the site!!!
I just received my NEW Sony Ericsson X10i...
and don't like the battery life. I want more!!!
I saw this on Ebay. It has a warranty. You don't have to change the back cover.
I was wondering if you guys had any thoughts or have tried it...
Any advice (good or bad) is welcomed!!!
Thanks
TrackChazer
★ 1 Year Warranty. Buy with confidence!.
★ If you are not satisfied when you receive the item, please return it within 14 days for a replacement or money back. Please contact me before you return it.
★ If item is defective in 3 months, We will send you a replacement without extra charger, or offer refund after we receive the defective item.
★ If item is defective after 3 months, you can still send it back to us. We will send you a new one after receiving the defective item. But you have to pay the extra shipping fee.
Uh, at least attach a direct link?
Edit: found but it's too cheap to believe. Research recommended before purchase.
Being new to the site, I did put a link but the site did not let me post it because i have less then 8 post on this site...
Its on Ebay for $11.99!!
TRaCKChaZer said:
2300mAh Battery BST-41 For Sony Ericsson X2 X10 Xperia
Hi ALL!!! Noob Here. New to the site!!!
I just received my NEW Sony Ericsson X10i...
and don't like the battery life. I want more!!!
I saw this on Ebay. It has a warranty. You don't have to change the back cover.
I was wondering if you guys had any thoughts or have tried it...
Any advice (good or bad) is welcomed!!!
Thanks
TrackChazer
★ 1 Year Warranty. Buy with confidence!.
★ If you are not satisfied when you receive the item, please return it within 14 days for a replacement or money back. Please contact me before you return it.
★ If item is defective in 3 months, We will send you a replacement without extra charger, or offer refund after we receive the defective item.
★ If item is defective after 3 months, you can still send it back to us. We will send you a new one after receiving the defective item. But you have to pay the extra shipping fee.
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Looks good, thanks for the heads up.
it's a big battery...make the phone bigger but it worth if the life of that battery it is abot 2-3 day because i charged my phone every day with te stock one
Did you see the picture on Ebay? It claims that it is the same size as the OEM battery so you DO NOT need to change the back cover. You use the OEM cover
Hi,
up to now tests showed that no alternate batteries were an improvement if they fit in the standard case. Google for the name of the battery perhaps you find something.
Are you on stock firmware? If yes a modified firmware might be a good idea. With froyo I reached more then 70 hours with low usage. The new GB roms will reach this also in a few weeks I think.
Ralf
Thanks for the reply, I did install the latest 2.3.3 Wolfbreaks ROM...
1. Maybe thats why the battery life is short...
2. I did just get this phone...heavy use...may cause the short battery life.
3. My excitement for the phone is another reason battery life is short
Interesting find.
I never used the particular one you found on Ebay, but I have another regular-sized one from China claiming it has 2200mAh capacity.
I hate to burst your bubble, but I have in the past bought and tried many, many replacement batteries for SE, Moto, HTC and other handsets and not single one of them clearly exceeded the capacity of OEM ones. Sure those sellers say theirs have 2200mAh or 2300mAh compared to OEM's 1500mAh they seem a lot better, but in realty they are about the same as the OEM at best. The one I have (they advertised as 2200mAh) for my X10 seems a little bit better than OEM. The 2300mAh one on Ebay, at least, doesn't try to copy the look of OEM, and (from my experience) it usually is a good sign of they are better than self-claimed really cheap OEMs you can find everywhere in Ebay. In the end, long battery life is not a forte of android. It's not like we have symbian devices.
As far as I know, "Mugen" replacement battery seems truly better than OEMs, though I haven't tried them personally. They are not cheap, you know.
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...xperia-x1-1800mah-extra-eros-akkumulator.html
Let me know if the one you found turns out to be good, I'm always looking for a spare battery that exceeds OEMs!
Awesome incite and input!!! Thanks Hasei!!!
I think I am going to buy it...!!!
I need more battery experience!!
hasei said:
Interesting find.
I never used the particular one you found on Ebay, but I have another regular-sized one from China claiming it has 2200mAh capacity.
I hate to burst your bubble, but I have in the past bought and tried many, many replacement batteries for SE, Moto, HTC and other handsets and not single one of them clearly exceeded the capacity of OEM ones. Sure those sellers say theirs have 2200mAh or 2300mAh compared to OEM's 1500mAh they seem a lot better, but in realty they are about the same as the OEM at best. The one I have (they advertised as 2200mAh) for my X10 seems a little bit better than OEM. The 2300mAh one on Ebay, at least, doesn't try to copy the look of OEM, and (from my experience) it usually is a good sign of they are better than self-claimed really cheap OEMs you can find everywhere in Ebay. In the end, long battery life is not a forte of android. It's not like we have symbian devices.
As far as I know, "Mugen" replacement battery seems truly better than OEMs, though I haven't tried them personally. They are not cheap, you know.
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...xperia-x1-1800mah-extra-eros-akkumulator.html
Let me know if the one you found turns out to be good, I'm always looking for a spare battery that exceeds OEMs!
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Symbian battery is PATHETIC. I still have My N97Mini and my N8, alongside my HTC Sensation and SE X10, all heavily tweaked [you can't even tweak symbian that much] and I'll tell you now, its pathetic. Laggy like ****, but the battery wont even last 30 hours in minor usage, and not even 4 hours in hardout. My x10 can last like 4 days in the minimal usage and 10 hours in hardout, but I still carry one extra battery around =]
hasei said:
Interesting find.
I never used the particular one you found on Ebay, but I have another regular-sized one from China claiming it has 2200mAh capacity.
I hate to burst your bubble, but I have in the past bought and tried many, many replacement batteries for SE, Moto, HTC and other handsets and not single one of them clearly exceeded the capacity of OEM ones. Sure those sellers say theirs have 2200mAh or 2300mAh compared to OEM's 1500mAh they seem a lot better, but in realty they are about the same as the OEM at best. The one I have (they advertised as 2200mAh) for my X10 seems a little bit better than OEM. The 2300mAh one on Ebay, at least, doesn't try to copy the look of OEM, and (from my experience) it usually is a good sign of they are better than self-claimed really cheap OEMs you can find everywhere in Ebay. In the end, long battery life is not a forte of android. It's not like we have symbian devices.
As far as I know, "Mugen" replacement battery seems truly better than OEMs, though I haven't tried them personally. They are not cheap, you know.
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...xperia-x1-1800mah-extra-eros-akkumulator.html
Let me know if the one you found turns out to be good, I'm always looking for a spare battery that exceeds OEMs!
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Just ordered this battery for $34 USD, will post a review when tested in a couple weeks.
I think it will be a good move from my side to search for such a battery. Ebay, i'm coming!
Seriously, the phone saps away power like mad when using Wi-Fi...
guyz i would recommend not to use chinese or fake batteries.They can even blast.
I never used to play with my battery.
BEWARE!!
The stock battery is chinese, and not all that is chinese is horse dung.
(yeah, i thought that i got some fake battery myself, until i searched for the battery photos in the internet )
atikabubu said:
The stock battery is chinese, and not all that is chinese is horse dung.
(yeah, i thought that i got some fake battery myself, until i searched for the battery photos in the internet )
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but that's original!!
i've been using the 3200 mAh battery from ebay as my x10 battery for the past 2 months or so. It's really good if you don't mind the bulk, i can play psx games on my phone for about 8 hours and be left with 60% of my battery. if i don't use my phone much (just texting occasionally) it lasts about 2-4 days. So far no signs of overheating/blowing up .
(edit: used to be running on demand governor, recently switched to smartass. Battery seems to be doing even better)
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i've been using the 3200 mAh battery from ebay as my x10 battery for the past 2 months or so. It's really good if you don't mind the bulk, i can play psx games on my phone for about 8 hours and be left with 60% of my battery. if i don't use my phone much (just texting occasionally) it lasts about 2-4 days. So far no signs of overheating/blowing up .
(edit: used to be running on demand governor, recently switched to smartass. Battery seems to be doing even better)
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is it this battery:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260836802...AX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_2817wt_905,or this 1:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-BATTE...ultDomain_3&hash=item336850790f#ht_1315wt_905
it's a 3200 battery, i'll try pming you the link, it won't let me post it.
If it sounds too incredible, it probably is...
Give it a thought: If the manufacturer of the original batteries would be able to squeeze a few extra hundreds milliamps into the battery without risking the battery security, don't you think they would have from the beginning?
There is always one or more downsides with these "better" batteries:
1: They're fake. in fact, it's only a 1700 mAh battery with a 2200 mAh sticker on it. Placebo warning here! Those reviews from other "customers"? Problably the manufacturer themselves, or payed "customers".
2: They're bigger, so they do need a different cover. These battery claims can be true, more capacity = larger battery. Something has to give in. (In this case: Size), right?
These bigger batteries are okay, as bigger battery means more capacity. You have to give up the slim size here.
3: They removed some or all security features in order to allow "overcharging". That way they can squeeze in a few more mAh in the battery.
The risk of overheating is very real here. There have been cases where such "no security" batteries have exploded, and in some cases even catching fire... while still in the owners pocket. Ouch! That gotta hurt alot.
Here is a video on overcharging a Lithium Ion battery, but it isn't far from what can happen to a Lithium Polymer battery without the security:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizFsY0yjss
good afternoon guys
of you wanted to know if these Chinese batteries (2000mah or 3400 mah) are really good?
because our original is 1650mAh and finishes very fast, it will be with some of these Chinese improves?
someone here uses?
anxious for the answer. hugs
Bit of a lottery. Some people seem to have good experiences with them, others not. Only way to find out is to try yourself; see if you can get one with the ability to get a refund if you don't like it (which is what I did).
Edit to clarify - My experience was a negative one - 3rd party battery was nowhere near rated capacity, and suffered significant overheating issues when charging, hence I got a refund. Other posters are on the money, 2000mAh Samsung battery is the go.
You must buy only original samsung battery 2000mah . It will give you best result compare to stock one
Curiousrge said:
good afternoon guys
of you wanted to know if these Chinese batteries (2000mah or 3400 mah) are really good?
because our original is 1650mAh and finishes very fast, it will be with some of these Chinese improves?
someone here uses?
anxious for the answer. hugs
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i am using the original 2000mah for a long time and it is just great, amazing battery life
Hello,
I have a very very bad SOT, I need to change the battery but a lot are false, with very bad quality, someone have buy one and fond the quality was good ? Which ?
jordandroid64 said:
Hello,
I have a very very bad SOT, I need to change the battery but a lot are false, with very bad quality, someone have buy one and fond the quality was good ? Which ?
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I use this one, seems ok:
http://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?id=520554218583&spm=a2141.7631730.0.i1
hope this help
DealExtreme has a replacement battery.
http://www.dx.com/p/replacement-3-8...ry-for-lenovo-bl243-black-428969#.V-PmnKNh2Rs
Stated as 1800mAh but judging by the picture it is the original one (3000mah).
Look at the aliexpress there are couple of sellers selling legit batteries for K3, I buyed 2 of them few months ago. They're a little thicker than the original and in my testing they last only ~20-30min less than the original so this is fine.
Thanks, do you have links of yours please ?
I also see several adverts on Aliexpress for 3700mAh batteries for the K3 Note - anyone tried these? Some online reviews say they don't last longer than the standard 3000mAh.
Talking of batteries, my K3 is now doing this thing where as it runs down, the charge instantly drops from 30% to 15%. I wonder if it's a battery fault or a stats fault?
bryangb said:
I also see several adverts on Aliexpress for 3700mAh batteries for the K3 Note - anyone tried these? Some online reviews say they don't last longer than the standard 3000mAh.
Talking of batteries, my K3 is now doing this thing where as it runs down, the charge instantly drops from 30% to 15%. I wonder if it's a battery fault or a stats fault?
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i have also a Jiayu s3, since jiayu doesnot exist any more , lots of people bought konpson batteries (they were marked 3400 mah , now they put 3700mah labels ) obviously they are not that capacity. But they have been measured between 2500 to 3000 mah which is pretty good for an aftermarket chinese battery (original jiayu battery is 3000mah).
i have a k3 note and a a7000 which uses same battery, bought 3 batteries from aliexpress etc, none of those batteries are original (specialy that thick ones). I also wonder if konpson lenovo batteries are as good , if so for nearly same capacity of the original it is a good alternative.
belmethos said:
i have also a Jiayu s3, since jiayu doesnot exist any more , lots of people bought konpson batteries (they were marked 3400 mah , now they put 3700mah labels ) obviously they are not that capacity. But they have been measured between 2500 to 3000 mah which is pretty good for an aftermarket chinese battery (original jiayu battery is 3000mah).
i have a k3 note and a a7000 which uses same battery, bought 3 batteries from aliexpress etc, none of those batteries are original (specialy that thick ones). I also wonder if konpson lenovo batteries are as good , if so for nearly same capacity of the original it is a good alternative.
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I bought a Konpson for my K3 Note and have had great difficulty getting it to charge properly. Many times it will only charge to 76% before levelling off. And I'm still getting the problem I had with the original 3000mAh battery, which is that somewhere around the 30% mark it will suddenly drop at least 10%.
bryangb said:
I bought a Konpson for my K3 Note and have had great difficulty getting it to charge properly. Many times it will only charge to 76% before levelling off. And I'm still getting the problem I had with the original 3000mAh battery, which is that somewhere around the 30% mark it will suddenly drop at least 10%.
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Interesting we had the drop with Jiayu battery after lollipop onwards, konpson batteries solved that problem. Gour battery seems to be a faulty one if you cant charge more than 76%. Have you tried to charge it externally, and then to put in the phone? I wonder if anyone e else had used konpson with k3 note...
Good posts about the battery differences...from Jiayu s3 General thread...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72041259&postcount=17514
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72042200&postcount=17516
https://m.ebay.in/itm/Lenovo-K3-Note-battery-By-ERD-/122342310142?_trksid=p2483125.m4853.l9013
Mostly recommended : Buy erd battery... I'm still using it..... it's better than the original Lenovo company.
No one can bat this company (sry 4 bad English)
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https://m.ebay.in/itm/Lenovo-K3-Note-battery-By-ERD-/122342310142?_trksid=p2483125.m4853.l9013
Mostly recommended : Buy erd battery... I'm still using it..... it's better than the original Lenovo company.
No one can bet this company (sry 4 bad English)
1. Go to nearest Genuine Lenovo Service Center.
2. Give your IMIE code and place your order there.
3. It will be just 750rs.
4. Use original batteries.
Hello everyone !
I've use my poco f1 quite a lot this year and tried many mods/stuff on it and the battery got a bit old now, so I want to change it. It doesn't look too difficult to do it but when buying it I found different models.
I wanted to know if it's dangerous to buy a battery that has a bigger capacity than the original one, here is the one I found (on the website folk battery, 5400mAh, I can't post a link)
It sounds cool to be able to move to a bigger one but I don't know if jt's safe.
Please tell me if you know about it or if you know what model I should buy instead of this one.
Thanks in advance !
I've read the reviews for a battery similar to the one you are probably talking about. The battery is poorly made and is barely 2500mAh let aside the 5400mAh advertised.
Please buy battery only from Authorized Service Center.
But on a realistic note, original Poco battery costs around 2k including service. That's 14% percent the cost of a new Poco.
Alrich said:
I've read the reviews for a battery similar to the one you are probably talking about. The battery is poorly made and is barely 2500mAh let aside the 5400mAh advertised.
Please buy battery only from Authorized Service Center.
But on a realistic note, original Poco battery costs around 2k including service. That's 14% percent the cost of a new Poco.
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Thanks a lot, I'll buy an official one and changing it by myself doesn't look that hard
if it is original or good brand such as anker---just go ahead !!
from a long time i tested it for samsung s3 neo and it was totally impressive (it was anker battery with doubled capacity )