Guest Jasonkruys Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 A month or so ago, I ordered a BP E271 official extended battery and cover for the Compact IV from expansys. Today I see it has been discontinued! I have looked around, and cannot see it anywhere! Does anyone know where I might be able to find an official battery? My phone is bloody useless with the standard one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andybarker Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 Be wary of stuff on eBay saying it is for the Compact IV - often they are only for the original shaped Diamond (i've been burned a couple of times with this). Otherwise, can't help. Mine lasts several days, but I don't use it a great deal most of the time. I did get an external battery - acts as a charger for the phone - but it also was shaped for the Diamond. Ended up removing it from the plastic case and encasing it in cardboard (probably won't try to take it on a plane!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mobilejan Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 I ordered one from batteryupgrade.co.uk (free worldwide shipping), 1800 MpH , which lasts me about 12 hours of the day. it does however cause the problem people mentioned early on when these came out; that it impedes reception on the GPS sensor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andybarker Posted July 19, 2009 Report Share Posted July 19, 2009 The gizmo I spoke of was here. It is made for the normal Diamond and NOT the T-Mobile version, which was annoying but no great surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest D8LOM Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 All our HTC Diamond/MDA Compact IV is useless with the standard battery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andybarker Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 All our HTC Diamond/MDA Compact IV is useless with the standard battery! Usually lasts me 2 or 3 days with my normal usage. A few calls each day, constant ActiveSync for emails, etc. Sitting on a train drags it down really fast (guess sitting in a big metal box, with shielded windows doesn't help). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tigerman 1980 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 I ordered one from batteryupgrade.co.uk (free worldwide shipping), 1800 MpH , which lasts me about 12 hours of the day. it does however cause the problem people mentioned early on when these came out; that it impedes reception on the GPS sensor. Hi MobileJan I found this problem out too once I installed an extended battery. Did you find anyway around this problem ? Or did you have to take out the extended battery ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andybarker Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I'm curious - when would you generally use the GPS when it wasn't plugged in the car? I have used it on occasion when lost in a city walking around, but very rarely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jasonkruys Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 So is there really nowhere I can buy an official extended battery? That is really poor, this phone is barely more than a year old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andybarker Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 This is the first phone I've known have an official extended battery. 3rd party ones are common for some PDA Phones, but rare to get one from the manufacturer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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