im a bit skeptical since it is on ebay what do you guys think?
http://cgi.ebay.com/1600mah-Spare-B...ries?hash=item518c118338&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Sounds why to good to be true and if it is I would be quite concerned about it's safety
i have bought many items from hong kong on ebay
i thought the g1 battery was 5v and not 3.7v? maybe i'm wrong
heres a feedback from someone who bought the item:
"As Described, Havent seen the benefit of the xtra capacity yet, but it works gr8"
1600mah Spare Battery for HTC G1 Google Phone NEW (#390071957890)
I would trust him since the guy has over 30,000 transactions, and has feedback of 98.7%
ok im going to bite the bullet and purchase it (30,000 transactions and 98.7% positive sounds pretty good to me!) and if it isnt 1600mah at least i have a spare battery
jadi929, I love feedback following on eBay too, you can easily uncover some rampant lies (like following the same "untested" item back through several sales).
I'm still in the market for a high capacity standard size,
I bought this one as a basic replacement: http://cgi.ebay.com/z388-Battery-Fo...ries?hash=item3a51ceee23&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
It came this morning, but they've sent me this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/T-MOBILE-HTC-OE...ries?hash=item5ad2ee643b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Whatever, it was only £2.50, and since those are cheapest prices, I've kinda of got a more expensive one.
Currently waiting on this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-G1-T-MOBILE...s?hash=item4ceabd1c59&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177
So hope you can post something positive on that one, maybe I'll have one too.
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i thought the g1 battery was 5v and not 3.7v? maybe i'm wrong
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No they are 3.7v, charging is at 5v so it's compatible with USB.
Hey everyone, just looking for some extra batteries for my Nexus S, and I am struggling to find some Samsung Genuine ones. I have read about the Behold/Moment batteries I think, but I would prefer official ones first, however you may prove me wrong
Something along the lines of this (desktop charger for the Galaxy S) would also be nice to have, so I don't have to put it in the phone to charge. Would the above mentioned batteries work in such a charger?
I would also prefer and Aussie power plug, but I have plenty of universal adaptors lying around so it's no biggie
I'm just wary about getting dud batteries, having only had bad experiences with cheap ones before.
Cheers!
Ok I found this on the US Samsung site, http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/AB653850CABSTD, lists the Nexus S as compatible and also the Moment, so I may as well just get a couple of those Moment batteries off Amazon from thePruneDanish, as it seems to be the best for having real batteries, not copies.
I will still try and find more on the dock though.
Ok, on the dock front, I may as well get this one: http://www.cellphoneshop.net/m850desktop.html
But just one question about it. On my Nexus, if I charge via certain USB cables it will come up as USB connected and charge slower (I know why, that's not the point), so if I used a USB cable to power this charger, to charge the spare battery, would it also be slower? Or is it a hardware thing only of the Nexus.
Sorry for starting a new thread before finding out everything Just this last question! Then mods may delete it if they choose.
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I would also prefer and Aussie power plug, but I have plenty of universal adaptors lying around so it's no biggie
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This one comes with the correct plug:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300454233992
Works great, but when the charger is standing upright, the battery tends to pop out.
I bought a battery from the danish prude, and it is both genuine and 1500mAh. He seems to be out of stock, though.
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This one comes with the correct plug:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300454233992
Works great, but when the charger is standing upright, the battery tends to pop out.
I bought a battery from the danish prude, and it is both genuine and 1500mAh. He seems to be out of stock, though.
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Thanks, I had found that one, may get it as it works out a couple of dollars cheaper than the previous one (shipping mainly ).
As for thePruneDanish, did you get them to ship internationally? I just saw on the Amazon product page that is 'Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.' can't be shipped outside of the US. Is this because it is a battery? And they can't be shipped easily or something? Also what is postage like to Australia (I have never been able to understand the shipping price table on Amazon :S )
Thanks so much for that though!
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As for thePruneDanish, did you get them to ship internationally? I just saw on the Amazon product page that is 'Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.' can't be shipped outside of the US.
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Forget Amazon, their shipping policies on electronics are insanely stupid. I bought from here:
http://stores.ebay.com/thePruneDanish
OEM BATTERY SAMSUNG SPRINT MOMENT 900mAh AB653850CA ($8.24 USD)
Shipping and handling ($12.56 USD)
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Yeah, expensive shipping. But it's genuine and 1500mAh ...
I have no idea why it says 900mAh. Probably because it's compatible with the Samsung M900 Moment.
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Forget Amazon, their shipping policies on electronics are insanely stupid. I bought from here:
http://stores.ebay.com/thePruneDanish
Yeah, expensive shipping. But it's genuine and 1500mAh ...
I have no idea why it says 900mAh. Probably because it's compatible with the Samsung M900 Moment.
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Thanks for that again! It may be worthwhile to get those, knowing they are the real thing. I was looking at these ones but the seller hasn't sold any of them so I'm hesitant about it. I wonder if thePruneDanish will consolidate, so like the US$12 shipping will cover both? That would be great if they did!
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Yeah, expensive shipping. But it's genuine and 1500mAh ...
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Sorry to question, but how can you tell if it is 1500mAh? Does it say on the battery itself, or does it have similar life to your original battery?
Ok well after some further investigating I can't seem to find any of the batteries on thePruneDanish's eBay shop, so I went local again. I found another listing for the exact same batteries by the same guy as I mentioned before, just this time they only had model numbers of the batteries (which is how I found it). Same price and all, however they have sold 12, which makes me comfortable.
Link is here.
I'll just bite the bullet and get 2 of them I think hopefully because they are all the same seller I can get them at the same time!
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Thanks for that again! It may be worthwhile to get those, knowing they are the real thing. I was looking at these ones but the seller hasn't sold any of them so I'm hesitant about it.
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"compatible with" and no mAh rating? I wouldn't (and I didn't, I looked at those too).
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Sorry to question, but how can you tell if it is 1500mAh? Does it say on the battery itself, or does it have similar life to your original battery?
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It just says on the battery itself, I haven't actually used it in the phone yet. But the other battery thread speaks well of the battery and the seller.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876120
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I found another listing for the exact same batteries by the same guy as I mentioned before, just this time they only had model numbers of the batteries (which is how I found it). Same price and all, however they have sold 12, which makes me comfortable.
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Well, still only "compatible with" and no mAh rating.
When I put the text from the eBay listing into Google (OEM BATTERY SAMSUNG SPRINT MOMENT 900mAh AB653850CA), I get this:
http://www.myaston.com/k/?view=item...TTERY+SAMSUNG+SPRINT+MOMENT+900mAh+AB653850CA
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"compatible with" and no mAh rating? I wouldn't (and I didn't, I looked at those too).
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One of the questions is about the mAh, they replied 1500mAh so I guess it's half valid there. I understand it's a bit iffy, so I asked them if it's genuine and I'll see what happens there. That other seller still would be good if I could find some!
Edit: Can't find any mention of OEM anywhere on the page, dunno why I thought it was all good before. I hate it when the pictures aren't like ones taken by the seller! Off to look again I guess
It just says on the battery itself, I haven't actually used it in the phone yet. But the other battery thread speaks well of the battery and the seller.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876120
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I've heard that some (not this seller AFAIK) have the official label stuck onto it, but it's different underneath
Well, still only "compatible with" and no mAh rating.
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Do you think there would be any issues with it only being 'compatible with'? It's all the same as any of the other sellers... But then again some could be shifty.
When I put the text from the eBay listing into Google (OEM BATTERY SAMSUNG SPRINT MOMENT 900mAh AB653850CA), I get this:
http://www.myaston.com/k/?view=item...TTERY+SAMSUNG+SPRINT+MOMENT+900mAh+AB653850CA
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How's that seller for reliability? Seems decent however, shall look into it.
Edit: That last seller you mentioned, on that page it states the battery is 1440mAh, does any of that matter? I don't care how large the batteries are really, but does it indicate fakes?
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I've heard that some (not this seller AFAIK) have the official label stuck onto it, but it's different underneath
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That was the 1850mAh battery that turned out to be 1150mAh. Not too surprising, actually.
Do you think there would be any issues with it only being 'compatible with'? It's all the same as any of the other sellers... But then again some could be shifty.
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It should work just fine, it just means that it's definitely not genuine. And that the mAh rating could be a bit optimistic.
Edit: That last seller you mentioned, on that page it states the battery is 1440mAh, does any of that matter? I don't care how large the batteries are really, but does it indicate fakes?
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The original AB653850CA battery was 1440mAh, before the Nexus S came along. It's a difference of 4%. Possibly measurable, but not noticeable.
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That was the 1850mAh battery that turned out to be 1150mAh. Not too surprising, actually.
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That was it! And yeah, cheap large batteries are usually too good to be true
It should work just fine, it just means that it's definitely not genuine. And that the mAh rating could be a bit optimistic.
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I'd prefer to stick to genuine batteries personally, maybe it's nothing but when ever I have used generic ones in the past they suck, even worse than the near dead battery they had replaced. This time it's just for extra power however.
The original AB653850CA battery was 1440mAh, before the Nexus S came along. It's a difference of 4%. Possibly measurable, but not noticeable.
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4% difference doesn't bother me in the slightest, it would be nice to have more but I really don't care So basically you have to trust the seller when they say it's 1500 or 1440 etc.
If anyone can find a non-amazon site to buy the 1500mAh version from thePruneDanish? eBay preferred, as is PayPal but whatever goes
The original code behind the battery is:
AB653850CA 1500 mAh
and seems like it's only available from Samsung USA
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/AB653850CABSTD
not even the UK samsung website shows it
This battery seems OEM. Everything looks identical to the original battery that came with the nexus s.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OEM-AB65385...Accessories&hash=item20b60a83e9#ht_4122wt_905
Has the qr code and everything. Identical to the original.
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This battery seems OEM. Everything looks identical to the original battery that came with the nexus s.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OEM-AB65385...Accessories&hash=item20b60a83e9#ht_4122wt_905
Has the qr code and everything. Identical to the original.
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the price makes me think it's a counterfeit...
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the price makes me think it's a counterfeit...
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It's about the same price as theprunedanish sells. If people think the one from prunedanish is legit, then I don't see why this one isn't either.
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This battery seems OEM. Everything looks identical to the original battery that came with the nexus s.
Has the qr code and everything. Identical to the original.
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Yeah looks good, but this is not for me:
Q. Do you ship internationally?
A. No, we DO NOT ship internationally at the time.
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Need to keep looking.
AllGamer, if the price is what worries you, how much would you expect to pay for a genuine battery, I'm not sure how long the Behold has been out but surely it is long enough for retailers to get them other than Samsung?
considering Samsung websites sells it for $30ish, anything less than $20 i'll be questioning
as the originals usually have some sort of margin to how low they can go
it might very well be real ones, but we wont know until we peel on of those stickers off, and or do a Meter test on the battery
so who wants to be a guinea pig?
AllGamer said:
considering Samsung websites sells it for $30ish, anything less than $20 i'll be questioning
as the originals usually have some sort of margin to how low they can go
it might very well be real ones, but we wont know until we peel on of those stickers off, and or do a Meter test on the battery
so who wants to be a guinea pig?
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Yeah, what worries me is that maybe they are real batteries (genuine I mean) but have some fault, ie water damage. Because I just had to change my SIM then and I saw the water indicator on the side, where the pictures dont show...
I wonder what the margin is? Anyone here work in retail and can give us an estimate?
I would be a guinea pig but they don't ship to me
Hi guys
While I was looking for a way to get some more juice for my Leo I stumbled across these on eBay:
NEW GOLD XXXXmAH BUSINESS BATTERY FOR HTC HD2 LEO T8585
They range from £29.99: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-GOLD-2430...073?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4aa8015b31 to £99.99 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-GOLD-1930...ries_MobilePhoneBatteries&hash=item1c18aede90 per piece.
Has anybody tried them? What attracted me was the fact, that they seem to be the size of normal battery and do not add any bulk to device - the only thing that stops me from buying other extended batteries widely available on market so far.
Sounds like someone is trying to sell a cheap battery at a premium price.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
There is absolutely no way I would put a Chinese/Japanese/MuckyKnees or any other type of Asian battery in my HD2.
Stick to normal or extended batteries or use less battery hungry roms or tweak them.
Do you really think the biggest phone manufacturers in the world such as Nokia, Samsung, HTC, SE etc will not try to source the best batteries which have the highest capacity for a given size?
What makes you think these cheapo 3rd parties can somehow magically source or manufacture better batteries with limited resources?
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Do you really think the biggest phone manufacturers in the world such as Nokia, Samsung, HTC, SE etc will not try to source the best batteries which have the highest capacity for a given size?
What makes you think these cheapo 3rd parties can somehow magically source or manufacture better batteries with limited resources?
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Exactly!
It baffles me why some idiots even attempt to buy 32GB (FAKE) cards for ridiculous prices like £10 lol. I was one of these idiots years ago when trying to find a 32GB card for my HTC Uni, when I look back I think wtf was you thinking?
The gold battery business is another attempt to cash in on the hd2 battery hype...
They know that the battery of the HD2 is a piece of cr#p and in our endless journey to get a higher capacity battery we get fooled every time...
I respect XDA members for trying all these different kinds of batteries and posting their findings on this forum
yeah its better to not even waste ur time with this fake battery
Really not worth wrecking your phone for, im wary of buying anything like this of Ebay
and the feedback indicates its about the same as stock batteries
Fake one confirmed .continuous use last 3h like stock battery.
Seems like dif tech was used on this one that allows more mAH in same size.
reviews of galilio's batts for different devices seems good.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/28066853244...AX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_2845wt_952
anyone knows more?
is it a legit 1750mah?
for that price it's just to tempting to buy and try it
btw i found another sick battery while browsing ebay, but i can't believe this is legit! http://www.ebay.com/itm/2430MAH-Hig...Accessories&hash=item19cb9352ab#ht_2522wt_905
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for that price it's just to tempting to buy and try it
btw i found another sick battery while browsing ebay, but i can't believe this is legit! http://www.ebay.com/itm/2430MAH-Hig...Accessories&hash=item19cb9352ab#ht_2522wt_905
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You're right, this is absolutely real guaranteed bull****.
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for that price it's just to tempting to buy and try it
btw i found another sick battery while browsing ebay, but i can't believe this is legit! http://www.ebay.com/itm/2430MAH-Hig...Accessories&hash=item19cb9352ab#ht_2522wt_905
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Is that battery supposed to replace the stock one? without need of another battery cover? If so, for that price I will buy one and try it.
i read that 2340mah one is fake
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i read that 2340mah one is fake
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Most battery ratings are fake, actually. Even those AA's you buy at the store for the most part.
I agree.....but those OEM ones are the closest to their rating. Like the TP2 battery was right on the dot with 2100mah
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I agree.....but those OEM ones are the closest to their rating. Like the TP2 battery was right on the dot with 2100mah
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Agreed. Cheap chinese extended batteries are usually scams and end up being barely any better than the original battery.
Dear XDA Members,
Okay I want to buy this product, and I can't find reviews about it as opposed to the famous ZeroLemon Battery Extension.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/8500mAh-Extended-Battery-Back-Case-Cover-For-Samsung-N7100-Galaxy-Note-II-2-/181102485781?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item2a2a8ca115&_uhb=1
What's the issue with these? Why are they not popular? I get this with free delivery as opposed to ZeroLemon which adds up to about $65 for an extra 800mAh (I don't think that's worth it considering I won't be getting that till December according to Amazon and their shipping). I live in Australia.
Have a look at it, let me know what you think please.
electroking said:
Dear XDA Members,
Okay I want to buy this product, and I can't find reviews about it as opposed to the famous ZeroLemon Battery Extension.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/8500mAh-Extended-Battery-Back-Case-Cover-For-Samsung-N7100-Galaxy-Note-II-2-/181102485781?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item2a2a8ca115&_uhb=1
What's the issue with these? Why are they not popular? I get this with free delivery as opposed to ZeroLemon which adds up to about $65 for an extra 800mAh (I don't think that's worth it considering I won't be getting that till December according to Amazon and their shipping). I live in Australia.
Have a look at it, let me know what you think please.
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General rule of thumb: If anyone is claiming to squeeze a billion mAh into a standard or only slightly larger battery, it's a ripoff.
The battery isn't popular because it doesn't live up to it's claimed rating.
Even posting a link to it, some poor sap is going to buy it, give it a shot, and get ripped off for 28 hard earned dollars better spent on chewing gum or popcorn.
There are one or two other posters that have posted links to the same battery, and they all have few posts like this guy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494002
Then there's this battery which suspiciously looks just like that one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465295
Just a few samples pulled from the first 3 pages here. Stick with the reliable products. Might be more expensive, but they sure work well.
Thanks for the information... So the people getting them claim they see a difference, while others are denouncing their posts without trying them. I have no doubt the ZeroLemon one will last longer (it just seems like a much more solid product, its size alone is basically three times that of the original), I went through with it on amazon all the way until the final checkpoint and realized i'm paying $20 for delivery and it will take about a month at least before I receive it...
I'm sure this product claiming to be an 8500mAh battery isn't really 8500mAh... If people are getting a 4500mAh battery they would assume it's lasting twice longer when it's actually giving them a few extra hours of use, and it will probably degrade worse than the samsung one over time.
I wish I can find stock for the ZeroLemon one here in Australia but sadly I can't find any, so I might have to get this one and give it a review myself. It does look like it's double the thickness of the original, so hopefully it's double the life (at least for the first few months before it degrades and melts on my phone and burns it) lol
listen to apallohadas because he's absolutely correct here. vectron has also done tests with proper battery testing measures that show such batteries are rip offs as well. that's the one thing to note about chinese/foreign electronics...they can be rebranded far too easily because majority of the time it's the same company behind its production.
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listen to apallohadas because he's absolutely correct here. vectron has also done tests with proper battery testing measures that show such batteries are rip offs as well. that's the one thing to note about chinese/foreign electronics...they can be rebranded far too easily because majority of the time it's the same company behind its production.
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Okay I'll take both of your words for it and not purchase this product.. I'll wait for the cover to come out for ZeroLemon (should be soon from what I've been reading) and might get that with the Rugged Cover.
If anyone who has purchased these batteries and would like to propose an alternative view to the current one, please feel free to comment.
Thanks again for the replies.