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[Jasonkruys]

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!

[andybarker]

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!).

[mobilejan]

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.

[andybarker]

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!

[D8LOM]

All our HTC Diamond/MDA Compact IV is useless with the standard battery!

[andybarker]

D8LOM, on Jul 23 2009, 04:54, said:

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).

[Tigerman 1980]

mobilejan, on Jul 19 2009, 08:17, said:

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 ?

[andybarker]

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.

[Jasonkruys]

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!

[andybarker]

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?