Hi,
My mother's A2 Lite battery swelled inside the phone, and the phone restarts anytime. Here in Brazil we don't have official Xiaomi support places, just lots of small stores where I can buy very inferior clone batteries, which don't hold the phone on for much time, just for some hours.
I think its very hard to know who is selling a authentic battery just based on the price. Do you know a seller who sells authentic BN47 batteries? Or how to import it straight from Xiaomi? I can't find it anywhere!
dplc81 said:
Hi,
My mother's A2 Lite battery swelled inside the phone, and the phone restarts anytime. Here in Brazil we don't have official Xiaomi support places, just lots of small stores where I can buy very inferior clone batteries, which don't hold the phone on for much time, just for some hours.
I think its very hard to know who is selling a authentic battery just based on the price. Do you know a seller who sells authentic BN47 batteries? Or how to import it straight from Xiaomi? I can't find it anywhere!
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I think you can find this on eBay, and buy from a seller with good feedback:
mi a2 lite battery: Search Result | eBay
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Thanks for helping.
How can I be sure if the battery is original? We have a lot of online sellers here too. Don't get me wrong, but original parts are way harder to get in these sites.
The first seller in your eBay search is a trusted seller, however the battery seems too cheap to be original (EUR12.90)... I once bought some large sized SD Cards from trusted sellers, paying a reasonable amount of money and all the cards resulted fake. I got a refund after all, but I don't want to pass through this again.
I would even buy a more expensive one if I was assured the battery to be authentic. Maybe some personal recomendations would help.
dplc81 said:
Thanks for helping.
How can I be sure if the battery is original? We have a lot of online sellers here too. Don't get me wrong, but original parts are way harder to get in these sites.
The first seller in your eBay search is a trusted seller, however the battery seems too cheap to be original (EUR12.90)... I once bought some large sized SD Cards from trusted sellers, paying a reasonable amount of money and all the cards resulted fake. I got a refund after all, but I don't want to pass through this again.
I would even buy a more expensive one if I was assured the battery to be authentic. Maybe some personal recomendations would help.
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Check ali trusted sellers with good reports and specially with photo reports! Bought battery fo Huawei last month, works like original, looks a bit better Ebay sells almost the same China stuff but pumped prices!
mr.onegin said:
Check ali trusted sellers with good reports and specially with photo reports! Bought battery fo Huawei last month, works like original, looks a bit better Ebay sells almost the same China stuff but pumped prices!
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Thanks.
Well, actually, it seems I bought a relatively cheap but good clone battery (at a physical store), at least for the first week... It is practically identical to the original one, but the seller assured it is a clone, but a "first line" one. Surprisingly, at the moment, it is performing better than my own 3 year original battery.
I will keep an eye in the performance and lifetime of this battery, if I see it's quickly degrading I will try to follow your advice.
PS: A warning for anyone willing to open the phone and change the battery: pay attention when opening the phone because there's a big chance of cutting the short small flat from the fingerprint sensor. Yeah, I damaged the phone's fingerprint sensor...
dplc81 said:
Thanks.
Well, actually, it seems I bought a relatively cheap but good clone battery (at a physical store), at least for the first week... It is practically identical to the original one, but the seller assured it is a clone, but a "first line" one. Surprisingly, at the moment, it is performing better than my own 3 year original battery.
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There is a lot's of disassembling lesson's on youtube, and try less time's charging phone to full battery, 80% is completely enough for daily use and will keep it healthy for at list year longer!
https://aliexpress.ru/item/4000677454857.html
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I just ordered a 3-pack of 1500mAh batteries with a battery charger for like $12 shipped from eBay. Since they are coming from Hong Kong, I have a bit of a wait, but has anybody tried the eBay batteries on their Xperia Play?
I used similar batteries on my Samsung Captivate with no problems other than they seemed to be only slightly less capacity than my original (based on non-scientific gut checks at the end of the day of how much charge I thought I should have.)
In searching before posting this, I saw some nightmares in the HTC forums where they peeled back the label from their batteries and found them rated by another label 500mAh less than what the top label said.
I'll report back either way when they arrive.
Got them in today. I took some pics to show what they look like right out of the pack. Notice that they all have the same S/N. Hmmmm
The charger has a USB port at the bottom and glows red when charging. If it is like the other eBay battery chargers I've seen, it will likely turn a different color when full.
Will report back once I've had a chance to use them.
Good luck with the batteries. I couldn't find the offer with 3 batteries so maybe they took it out in the last month (ebay.com).
If they turn out to be ok it could be a good investment for an emergency. Looking forward to your results.
I picked up the batteries from this seller.
As it turns out, two of the batteries seem to be bad. I sent a note to the seller to see about making it right. I'll update the thread with whatever the outcome turns out to be.
Regardless, the one that is working is doing a great job. I've been using it in place of my original battery, and so far, I can't seem to tell any difference.
Update: I accepted an offer for my Xperia Play, so I won't be following up here. I sold it with the good extra battery and am probably going to get a Samsung next.
I bought a set with 2 batteries and they seem to work fine, just slightly less capacity as the original. I know just charge the batts separately and swap them when I need a new one.
I got this response from the seller:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for shopping with us.
We apologize for the inconvenience. We are now processing replacement for you.
Customer satisfaction is important to us, as a token of courtesy, there is no need for you to return the original item to us.
Again, we apologize for the inconvenience. If there is anything else we can do to assist you, please feel free to let us know. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tina
Customer Service Team
That was really nice of them. I checked the seller but they won't ship outside of the US, even tho it's coming from Hong Kong D:
There's a chinese company that makes 1800mAh batteries for the X10. They work in the play, and are good quality. All the reviews said they actually offered better battery life, unlike a lot of cheap alternatives. I can't remember the brand name, but they're black with gold writing.
Sent from my R800a
Normally I wouldn't trust third party batteries from eBay, although I did buy an extended battery for my laptop off of Amazon over a year ago (third party) and it stills holds a charge fantastically.
Im not really much of a reviewer so im not going to make a indepth review this product, but im making this post for two reason,
1. Show a good nice for the price power bank.
2. Give a link to a GENUINE listing of this powerbank, because from what i have seen there are more fakes than genuine for sale.
Pros: I have to say that i love this powerbank its handy and never seems to run out of charge . It doesn't heat up at all unlike some other powerbanks i have used, making it more power efficient and comes with lots of features that you can find on its product page. + Awesome build quality
Cons: Its heavier than you would expect (not that bad tbh) and it takes very long to charge.
http://www.gearbest.com/mobile-power-bank/pp_143298.html
I just want to add after purchase you might want to contact gear best to get tracking info (if you paid for it).
If you guys have questions, i will answer :good:.
Nice to hear about it. Will this power bank also work in another phone's
sonali22chauhan said:
Nice to hear about it. Will this power bank also work in another phone's
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Yep it comes with a micro usb cable but if you have an iPhone you can always just use a personal lightning cable.
Always buy Xiaomi products from their official stores
This is the official store of Xiaomi www.mi.com/en/powerbank/ Buy from here because everywhere else they're selling fake powerbanks.
Have you even tried to buy it from there?
No, because they overcharge for stuff such as delivery, for UK its $20 for delivery. So with taxes the overall cost is $40. So its not worth it.
Hence I chose gearbest because the power bank had very good reviews. Also when I bought it I checked if it was real via xiaomi, so basically I know this is real.
Yes I have.
In India, they charge ₹50 (0.75 USD) for orders below ₹599 (9 USD). Above that, they ship the product without any charge.
Good that you got the original product.
I'm not sure about other countries, but I'm just talking about charges if you are delivering to UK.
Does anyone know where to purchase an original battery for the mi 5s?
I got mine at Taoboa. Don't know it is really origional or 3rd party battery, but works fine on my phone.
Thanks for the replay, do you know if they ship internationally, and do you have a link to the item?
I got mine form here:
https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=561831592547
The web page is Chinese only though.
that page's not bad since it also packages the dismantling tools with the battery. however, shipping availability depends on where you live.
I bought from AliExpress 6 months ago. The battery health is still 90%+
URL:
SG$ 12.16 20%OFF | 100% original Xiaomi BM36 Battery For Xiaomi 5S Mi5S cell phone battery r Xiaomi 5S Mi5S Batteries bm36 BM 36
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/bijVSKDi
First battery I got was only 2800mAh from AliExpress and issued a dispute. The second one was 4150mAh and health hasn't deteriorated in 6 months
Bought one on aliexpress and after 2-3 months it swelled up ans I had to remove it. It is ridiculous how all companies don't sell parts for their phones forcing people to spend money on a new one.
Forget about buying so called original... the ones that claim they are, simply aren't. The "original" I bought didn't last 6 months.
I would recommend avoiding the ones that claim to be original. I guess it's better to buy from reputable brands. I bought a BM36 battery from Nohon on AliE. Recommended. It's not cheap, but if you want anything near original quality you got to pay for it.
Still have the original T800 going strong. Problem is battery is crap, understandably. I replaced it with one I bought from eBay. Looked just like the real Samsung battery, but didn't work like a new battery. Maybe it was pulled out of an unit. Have to charge all the time and it'll fail soon probably.
Anyone found a good reasonably priced battery? There's newpower99 but man they are expensive!
Thanks
I bought one last year for my T800 from the seller below via ebay. I've been happy with it - it basically doubled my battery life - though not quite as good as the original stock battery when I first bought the Tab. I didn't look to see if they still sell them.
https://www.ebay.com/usr/quality.cellular
I went Here for my T700
Supposedly they are an authorized samsung parts distributor
barth2 said:
Still have the original T800 going strong. Problem is battery is crap, understandably. I replaced it with one I bought from eBay. Looked just like the real Samsung battery, but didn't work like a new battery. Maybe it was pulled out of an unit. Have to charge all the time and it'll fail soon probably.
Anyone found a good reasonably priced battery? There's newpower99 but man they are expensive!
Thanks
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No, it's not expensive, it's an excellent battery and it costs every euro you pay. I bought that battery for my 8.4 s tab and now my consumptions are incredible, I have doubled the screen hours or more ... Of 10 hours or more in several days of use!
Princeland said:
No, it's not expensive, it's an excellent battery and it costs every euro you pay. I bought that battery for my 8.4 s tab and now my consumptions are incredible, I have doubled the screen hours or more ... Of 10 hours or more in several days of use!
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I have used that kind of brand in an old Sony ebook reader. In the end I checked the serial number of the battery provided and it was a rebranded Cameron Sino (a honkong based company) battery.
As far as I could Google, CS specializes in replacement batteries for devices where the vendors do not provide any for end users. Not sure how good they are in the long term.
They say they have all the necessary brandings, but as we know the CE logo is just a sheet of paper nowdays and how far can you trust chinese companies with what they say about security brandings.
I always have a bad feeling by using third party batteries because I know about the fire risks li ion batteries can cause if they are badly manufactured (who knows where the cells for the CS batteries come from). CS probably does not produce their own cells, but also just puts cells together from who knows where. But take this with a grain of salt, I could be wrong here. Also do not trust vendors who say they sell original batteries. I once bought overpriced Apple replacement batteries for a 2009 laptop, in the end I ended up with the usual no name trash sold for this machine but twice the price.
I´d say it is overdue that we get laws to force the OEMs to provide original replacement batteries for every device sold. They also might stop doing stupid things luke gluing battery cells to the cases that way or stop making battery replacements as hard as possible. We need a right to repair forced by law.
werpu said:
We need a right to repair forced by law.
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I agree, and it's not even repairing ! Only a right to do basic maintenance.
Need original amoled display for my MI8(6/128) . I am confused which one to chose from Alixpress.
Please suggest me good one. And also share your experience if you have bought any.
I'm not really familiar with the repair world, but this one seems good.
Dont buy from ali. This shop has genuine http://www.dragon-tt.com/Products.aspx?my=pro&sid=118&fcid=11
Usually, I buy all my replacement parts on http://www.witrigs.com
mapotn said:
Dont buy from ali. This shop has genuine http://www.dragon-tt.com/Products.aspx?my=pro&sid=118&fcid=11
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The only shop I know that sells original xiaomi parts.
Never ordered there myself, but heard only good things about this shop.
I did search aliexpress over and over, never found any original part there. Don't waste your money. It's not just about picture quality, they all break really easy and there is no way telling the trash apart from the slightly-above-trash.
My experience with aliexpress displays: 2x mi4, one for about 20$, another for about 50$. 1x mi max for abour 25$. I couldn't tell them apart.
But there is another way around this problem.
You should check ebay in your country to see for how much you can sell your broken Mi 8. Take the money and buy a new phone.
Most times it's a bit more expensive than self repair, but it saves you a lot of time and work.