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[swisstourist]

Where canI get good battery for sf1?


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[Roph]

http://www.dealextre...880-n880-106228

http://www.dealextre...880-u880-103830
http://www.dealextre...880-v880-103530

[jackal-sk]

a battery from dealextreme, ungh.

[Roph]

jackal-sk, on 05 December 2011 - 12:58 PM, said:

a battery from dealextreme, ungh.

http://en.wikipedia....cdotal_evidence

[jackal-sk]

my friend bought 2 batteries for htc hd2, of which both were smaller capacity than noted on web site and lasted a questionable amount of time. his friend (i know him by the looks) bought 1 battery for his htc desire hd with the same result. it still can be a coincidence but knowing how dealextreme works, selling cheap utterly low quality products i wouldnt get my hopes high.

[Roph]

Your post just proved my point, thanks.

Store stocks some cheap chinese copy products != store stocks only cheap chinese copy products.

You may (or may not) have noticed I linked both genuine ones and third party.

[jackal-sk]

Have you missed the wrong labeled capacity on all 3 batteries and the poor battery life ? I'm not trying to contradict you, just saying, be careful.

Edited by jackal-sk, 06 December 2011 - 12:53 PM.

[Pithead]

I got a battery from Amazon. It's as good as the original and very cheap.

[The Soup Thief]

Ok - I'm gonna try one
I'm gonna get the cheapest one from DealExtreme http://www.dealextre...880-u880-103830
For €3.58 I'm not expecting to be too impressed, but I'm only looking for something to get me out of a hole if I find myself away from home without my Tecknet power pack and needing to make a call after the original battery craps out.  If it only has a bit of juice it will be better than nothing
Will let you know the outcome whenever it arrives (won't be soon!)

[grizzlydroid]

This one might help: http://www.mugen-pow...-francisco.html

[The Soup Thief]

grizzlydroid, on 13 December 2011 - 05:50 PM, said:

This one might help: http://www.mugen-pow...-francisco.html

$45? Maybe not

[Tripov]

I've just received this. And for now it seems to work pretty well (and it's 1500 mAh).

[The Soup Thief]

I ordered that battery from Dealextreme on 13th December
It arrived YESTERDAY (!!) - that's about 6 weeks
Seems to be working just fine though
It's marked up as 1500mAh - very similar in appearance otherwise to the original
Won't be sure of performance til after a few charge / discharge cycles, but I'll report back

[Davidoff59]

www.dealextreme.com/p/replacement-3-7v-1600mah-battery-for-zte-n73-n6-n880-f952-u880-v880-103530

The pack says 1700mah, DX says 1600mah then beside it, actual 1200mah.

extreme deal indeed.

[The Soup Thief]

We've all ended up with crappy stuff dropping through our letter boxes after squirting a few pennies at Dealextreme
I was just a bit surprised to find that (after a ridiculously long wait) for this which cost only a few euros, it showed up and seems to do the job asked of it
After two days (and two charge / discharges) it seems fine.  It discharges from 100 to 90% a bit quicker than the regular battery but then seems to last a good while (I'm at 40% now, while my old battery might tend to be a smidgin lower by this point in the day)
Maybe I need to recallibrate the battery or summink (though read an article recently claiming all that jazz was smoke and mirrors)
Anyway, anyone needing a cheap battery and not in a hurry should consider this

[Searcher2]

I bought 2 replacement batteries in July 2011 from a UK seller on ebay and couldn't tell any difference in performance against the original. I charge the 2 and the original in rotation so use them equally. Recently my ZTE Blade has been rebooting seemingly at random and only occasionally and I feared I had a hardware problem with my ZTE Blade. After a while I started taking note of which batteries were in the Blade when it rebooted itself and sure enough the 2 replacement batteries were in the Blade in these instances. It has not failed with the original battery. On one hand I am pleased the Blade is not faulty but on the other I can't rely on your batteries as I use my Blade for GPS tracking and am not happy they are failing in less than 12 months.   I guess the other alternative is that the replacements are slightly smaller and are losing contact - but this wouldn't explain them failing now but not 6 months ago.

Next time I would be looking for an original one.  There are some on Ebay claiming to be and at reasonable prices.... whether they are or not is another matter.

EDIT : In fact I have just bought a genuine one taken from a retail San Fran from Ebay for £3.95.  I reckon that's a safer bet over these copies. Item :

320816115249

Edited by Searcher2, 31 January 2012 - 09:15 AM.

[rikerone]

Searcher2 I just wanted to say thanks for that ebay link.  Half the price off one I've seen on Amazon (given the postage there) and this one is an original.

[The Soup Thief]

So, get this...
I've been using the same CM7 KANG for the last 6 weeks or so (one from the end of Jan) and have taken my eye off the ball in terms of all the recent KANGs and the battery drain issues they've had
I flashed one of these without reading around enough and lo and behold found my charge level plummetting ridiculously quickly
I plugged the phone in and tried to reflash the rom I'd been using previously but in all the kerfuffle I've ended up utterly killing my original ZTE battery to the point at which it won't accept any charge
Fortunately I have a spare bought from dealextreme so I'm not completely goosed, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way to rescue my currently shagged ZTE battery?
I half remember hearing that once lithium ion batteries are fully discharged they are beyond redemption - can anyone confirm if this is so?
Thanks

[Davidoff59]

Hey hope you had a good Paddy's day. The battery is gone mate, no way to recover.

[ColdEmbrace]

There is a belief on some Lithium Ion batteries if you plug the device onto charge and leave it say 8 - 12 hours it "wakes" the battery but I can't see that being true.