Guest shan78758 Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 Where can I buy battery for my Mitac 8380. I lost my "good" battery while on vacation.... the spare battery that I have will not charge.... PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE TO BUY ANOTHER BATTERY FOR MY MIO! PLEASE..... There are no sites where I can make a purchase and when I emailed Mitac... they emailled links that are in Chinese.... PLEASE HELP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 yeah, I'd like to know of a place too ... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 Mate I have been searching for you, best i could find was on Ebay: Its around £20 at the mo with 4 days left, it ships anywhere in the world. =WD2VEbay Link - Mio 8390 Battery Hope I have helped, and good luck bidding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 nice - I'm all over that, just bid on it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Good going, wonder if you will end up competing against shan78758 hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 dunno - I have the high bid now, and I've got that bad boy up to quite a bit o' dough, so I'm thinking it be mine. (d@mn the luck -- mine only came w/the one battery. wtf -- at least it came with an 850mAH -- this one is a 750 I think ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Its a good price atm, £23 My 8390 only cmae with one battery, but when i turn the power management down, etc... it lasts longer then my SPV Classic ever did. Although im a text-a-holic instead of ringin peepz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 whoa. do tell about turning the power management down ... what's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 I think you already know this, In Settings -> Power Management 1 Power Management - Backlight Timeout - 5 seconds - Display Timeout - 1 minute 2 Backlight Brightness - Up to u i have my setting set to 2 down from full. Thats all i turn down and i run for no probs for nearly 2 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 crikey! where is the backlight brightness anywho? I cannot find it to save my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 Backlight Brightness is in settings under power management it is the 2nd one. Well at least thats where it is for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 crikey. for me, under power management I have the graphical look of the main battery charge left, and below that is the backlight time out, and the display time out -- nothing about brightness ... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Hang on a mo, In settings theres a "Power Management" then there is a choice of "Power Management" again or "Backlight Brightness", correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 all I have is "settings" and then under that is "power management" and those things above are listed there, nothing about backlight brightness. backlight timeout yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 Huh! Thats weird, My phone must be more recent then yours... Sillly tho cos it does preserve alot of battery time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 hmmmm - I wonder if there is a way that you can do a backup of your BIOS and then send it to me so I can upgrade to at least the one you have ... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Well i wouldnt have a clue and messing around with the bios is not recommended especially to idiots like me, no doubt i would screw both our phones up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 hahaha, F that! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwest13 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 lol :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbendis Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Has anyone had any luck in finding an additional battery for the Mio 8390? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shan78758 Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I thank you for your replies.... The battery [posted was for the 8390. I have an 8380. I am still searching. After emailing EVERYONE in MITAC... no reply from anyone in Taiwan... and the US and UK MiTAC dealers refer me to the MiTAC in Taiwan... Thus no replies or help. The only thing that helped was ordering the Mini Sync cable with the charging ability.... now my battery will hold a charge but the battery itself is still messed up. I am thinking the problems on my phone are due toe the battery... such as Spontaneous dead battery... or many times after charging... my voice is EXTREMELY muffled. With the voice thing,,,, I usually pull my battery off... and wait fore a while which it is a hit or miss... starting to make me think twice about purchasing the new line of higher end phons about to be released.... Can ANYBODY find a new battery for the 8380? or have potential solutions for me? THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the bishop Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Has anyone had any luck in finding an additional battery for the Mio 8390? i bought one thru ebay - on that auction up there. you might try that guy (both of you, he seemed to know alot about goodies for the 8380 as well ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andbrown Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 i bought one thru ebay - on that auction up there. you might try that guy (both of you, he seemed to know alot about goodies for the 8380 as well ...) This is by no means an official endorsement, but I also just purchased an 8390 battery from the seller listed above and had an excellent experience. Oddly, the new battery is 750mAh instead of the 860 mAh one that the phone came with (assuming the labels on the batteries are correct), but it fits properly and doesn't creak like the original - so I actually use the new one as my primary battery now despite the lower capacity. Has anyone else noticed a slight flex/creak in their original battery? I've tried putting a folded piece of paper between the battery and the phone thinking that would help, but it made no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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