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[BATT] [27-03-2009] 1800 mAh MDA Compact IV with pictures - not official one

All,
I managed to source a non-T-Mobile extended battery and cover for my Compact IV. I believe the original costs in the region of £40-£60 (for a 1340 mAh).
I've just purchased at 1800 mAh one for about £12 GBP ($18 USD).
Up until now, I personally was finding it difficult to find a 'replica' extended battery for the Compact IV (different cover to the HTC Diamond of course).
Anyway I thought I'd post some pictures up if people wanted to see.
I won't post a link to where I got it because I haven't tested the performance of it (just received it 30 mins ago!).
My usage is pretty heavy where the original 900 mAh would barely last me 8 hours on a good day.
I will post back results later if anyone is interested.
[UPDATE 27-03-2009]
Well I've been using the battery for a few days and of course it is as expected far better than the original. I haven't tested it with any perfomance software tools, just real life usage.
Full charged at 8am, the battery would easily last me 48 hours. Over this period I had a data connection always on (Exchange and personal IMAP). Just for testing purposes, I had the GPS (Tomtom) running for an hour, browsed the internet for a total of about an hour, plus the general calls and SMSs made/received.
Just one little thing: I had to remove the sticker around the battery because the cover simply would not close, I instead used sticky labels to cover it and now it fits like a glove! I personally think the whole unit feels better in the palm of hand with the extra thickness.
Overall, so far, I am impressed with this battery.

cool, i'm interested to hear your feedback once you use it for a while. thanks for posting the pictures.

Sh500,
Please give us a link to where you bought the battery, I'm really need one!

Ha, D8LOM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Replacement-f...14&_trkparms=72:1683|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
Buy at your own risk (!)

I'm a bit concern about removing this sticker around the battery, would this effect the battery in anyway? Did the seller not test to see if the cover closes with this battery?
Just one little thing: I had to remove the sticker around the battery because the cover simply would not close, I instead used sticky labels to cover it and now it fits like a glove!
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As you've seen my HTC pouch I use at work, I'd like to know before I purchase this battery that if it'll fit into this leather pouch?
If you can't remember, I'v attached a simillar pouch from Google image.
sh500 said:
Ha, D8LOM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Replacement-f...14&_trkparms=72:1683|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
Buy at your own risk (!)
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Sent D8LOM a private message.

This is the best cover design which i have seen

I also bought this same battery from the same supplier on e**y, and first day use already a vast improvement on the pathetic original. Fully charged from new this morning, 1 hour mp3 listening, plenty of emails, web-surfing, phone calls, etc and battery power has dropped by 3 bars, normally its virtually dead by now with the standard battery. I would consider myself a heavy user. The battery cover feels a bit plasticy (but seems strong enough) and as was said in the opening post you do need to peel the stickers off the battery to make the cover fit the phone (voiding any warranty for the battery) but for the price I think this is a winner. The extra-thick case feels a bit cumbersome at first but quickly got used to it. Overall so far so good and this is going to be used a lot when I am unsure when I can next get to a charger.

Hi,
Any updates on batery usage?
Can one of you measure the adittional size with new battery in mm or whole phone thicknes?
I would like to buy the same battery, but I have a dillema. I bought HTC original car phone holder, CU S170 witch looks like this: http://www.mobilesupplies.nl/holder-touch-diamond-s170-with-charger-pi-8691.html
I wonder, if phone with this 1800 mAH battery will fit to the holder
Also is there big diference between this 3rd party 1800mAH battery and HTC extendet 1340 mAH.

p.brazauskas said:
Hi,
Any updates on batery usage?
Can one of you measure the adittional size with new battery in mm or whole phone thicknes?
I would like to buy the same battery, but I have a dillema. I bought HTC original car phone holder, CU S170 witch looks like this: http://www.mobilesupplies.nl/holder-touch-diamond-s170-with-charger-pi-8691.html
I wonder, if phone with this 1800 mAH battery will fit to the holder
Also is there big diference between this 3rd party 1800mAH battery and HTC extendet 1340 mAH.
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The thickness is a maximum of 16mm (tried to measure it with a ruler so not the most accurate!)
Yep I'm in the same situation with the car holder, I've got the same holder as you but one that mounts on the car vent. With the extended battery, your device will not fit the holder as there is no additional clearance on the holder.
I think it will be a while until someone manufactures a holder with additional clearance (perhaps a spring loaded back bit) to allow for such upgrades.
Ive been searching for another holder but the only ones that seem to do the job would be the universal 'gripper' ones - these are very ugly in my opinion but currently I don't have much choice! May submit a new post in the section.
I've been using my device for almost a week now and the battery life is consistently better than the original one. Even if I seriously abuse it running different things it would still last be close to 24 hours.
I can't comment on the 1340 mAh.
THIS CAR HOLDER MAY FIT:
http://www.dsldevelopments.com/brodit/Holder/HTC+Touch Diamond-Brodit-Holder.asp
It seems like it has the extra clearance and in the description it states "this kit should accommodate all battery sizes". I wonder if any with a Brodit holder can confirm this? But looking at the pictures there seems like plenty of clearance.
Quite expensive though!

sh500 said:
The thickness is a maximum of 16mm (tried to measure it with a ruler so not the most accurate!)
Yep I'm in the same situation with the car holder, I've got the same holder as you but one that mounts on the car vent. With the extended battery, your device will not fit the holder as there is no additional clearance on the holder.
I think it will be a while until someone manufactures a holder with additional clearance (perhaps a spring loaded back bit) to allow for such upgrades.
Ive been searching for another holder but the only ones that seem to do the job would be the universal 'gripper' ones - these are very ugly in my opinion but currently I don't have much choice! May submit a new post in the section.
I've been using my device for almost a week now and the battery life is consistently better than the original one. Even if I seriously abuse it running different things it would still last be close to 24 hours.
I can't comment on the 1340 mAh.
THIS CAR HOLDER MAY FIT:
http://www.dsldevelopments.com/brodit/Holder/HTC+Touch Diamond-Brodit-Holder.asp
It seems like it has the extra clearance and in the description it states "this kit should accommodate all battery sizes". I wonder if any with a Brodit holder can confirm this? But looking at the pictures there seems like plenty of clearance.
Quite expensive though!
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Thanks for reply,
I almost decided to by the original HTC extended battery, becouse of the thicknes, as I read it last about 50% more than original, so that should be bearible it's about two days Not compromizing looks of the phone that much!
Now there is still a issue with the car phone holder, becouse I realy like the holder I got, you can use it in horizontal posittion as a vertical. And I like the build and aesthetic look of it.
There is a small bumps on it, to fit the phone better, maybe if I remove them I can fit my phone with HTC extendet battery in it. Or maybe it would fit anyways without remowing them (picture attached)
As I read, the phone with original battery 900 mAH is 11.85 mm thick, and with extendet 1340 mAH battery is 14.40 mm thick.
So would be nice, if someone could post feedback with original HTC car phone holder, and HTC extendet battery. DOES IT FIT OR NOT

p.brazauskas said:
As I read, the phone with original battery 900 mAH is 11.85 mm thick, and with extendet 1340 mAH battery is 14.40 mm thick.
So would be nice, if someone could post feedback with original HTC car phone holder, and HTC extendet battery. DOES IT FIT OR NOT :confused
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Like i said, I have the same mount as you and there doesn't seem like extra clearance behind. I would be surprised if the 1340 battery would fit even with the extra bit taken off, you need about 3mm extra. Plus you dont want it too tight so as it would scrape against the edges everytime you took the phone in and out of the holder. But see if anyone else replies I guess.
I know Brodit do two specific holders for the Diamond, one for the 900mAh and another for the 1340 mAh.

D8LOM said:
As you've seen my HTC pouch I use at work, I'd like to know before I purchase this battery that if it'll fit into this leather pouch?
If you can't remember, I'v attached a simillar pouch from Google image.
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I'd like to know this answer as well. I would assume the extended battery would make the device look as the size of the TouchPro.

youngcity25 said:
I'd like to know this answer as well. I would assume the extended battery would make the device look as the size of the TouchPro.
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It's difficult to judge the thickness of that pouch just from the picture. I still have my mate's Touch Pro with me and it is about 2-3 mm thicker than my MDA C4.

Nobe question: I'm assuming that's with the 1800 mAh battery on your phone? lol!
sh500 said:
It's difficult to judge the thickness of that pouch just from the picture. I still have my mate's Touch Pro with me and it is about 2-3 mm thicker than my MDA C4.
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D8LOM said:
Nobe question: I'm assuming that's with the 1800 mAh battery on your phone? lol!
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Yes D8LOM, this whole post is about the 1800 mAh battery - I wouldn't be comparing it to the stock battery would I!

Thank you for the confirmation sh500!
sh500 said:
Yes D8LOM, this whole post is about the 1800 mAh battery - I wouldn't be comparing it to the stock battery would I!
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Sh500,
The eBay seller's link you provided on post 4 has gone away (finished selling) but I've found another similar battery. Can you please confirm if that's exactly the same or if it's the same seller?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....Track=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:uk

D8LOM said:
Sh500,
The eBay seller's link you provided on post 4 has gone away (finished selling) but I've found another similar battery. Can you please confirm if that's exactly the same or if it's the same seller?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....Track=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:uk
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Co-sign this statement. If any1 can confirm then I will probably BUY.

Seidio Extended Battery

Hi.. this is for sale on Ebay. What you think, worth to buy?
Its a Seidio 1600 ma battery that fits in without new back cover... £28...
###Edit### I checked Seidio's website and theres no battery for Desire... so this must be for Nexus One. Just wonder they really are 100% compatible? ##
T-mobile promised to send me a new one, but they are out of stock so they refunded my accounr with £20 to buy one on my own. Not sure if this one is good/safe etc...(?)
Thanks
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Seidio-Innoce...ries_MobilePhoneBatteries?hash=item335bfe8d10

Seems good 'on paper'. But I never understood why a phone's manufacturer wouldn't supply a device with the highest capacity possible (with the same size) unless it had 'adverse' effects on something, no matter how small.

sh500 said:
Seems good 'on paper'. But I never understood why a phone's manufacturer wouldn't supply a device with the highest capacity possible (with the same size) unless it had 'adverse' effects on something, no matter how small.
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Keep cost down, like not providing a case or docking station.

Just wonder how much more would the +200 mah do. Seidio seems to be a known brand though - also if it is for Nexus - is it really the same battery?

It does look as though the battery for the Desire is the same as for the Nexus One. Both seem to quote part number BA S410 tor the standard battery.

Tested it - I tried the Seidio Nexus One in the Desire and it works perfectly.

So whats the battery life like then? Is a 14% increase going to be noticed?
What would be great is two batteries in parallel covered by a skin with no back plate!

llcooljazz said:
Tested it - I tried the Seidio Nexus One in the Desire and it works perfectly.
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love to know as well. Mobile Fun are selling some as well.
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/seidio-i...-battery-htc-desire-p24215.htm?referer=criteo
just found this as well for nexus. Hope it helps till we get a definite answer
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/...releases-slim-extended-battery-nexus-one.html
TBH id want one of these
http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/03/29/seidio-3200mah-nexus-one-battery-hands-on/

Wow seems like the 3200 has amazing battery life but everyone is complaining about the back cover.
Im sure this would work fine in the desire - just need a skin which will cover it without the backplate on at all but with lens cover and we are all sorted!

you know what?? i need clarity on extended life battery so bear with me. Does this go ontop of normal battery hence doubling life. or is it just a bigger capacity replacement battery so longer battery.
Sorry i just needed a bit of clarity

it has the same width/height as standard battery (fits in slot) but double the thickness almost like to stacked on top of each other in parellel. That means the original backing plate wont fit on anymore so they supply a replacement.
Checkout the video from the nexus one forum

bridgstfer said:
it has the same width/height as standard battery (fits in slot) but double the thickness almost like to stacked on top of each other in parellel. That means the original backing plate wont fit on anymore so they supply a replacement.
Checkout the video from the nexus one forum
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cheers. i checked the video and it made sense. its just id seen a replacement and extended battery and the replacement was more than extended lol

just ordered 1 desire extended battery. will know whats up when they get it in stock hopefully this week.

agent.m said:
just ordered 1 desire extended battery. will know whats up when they get it in stock hopefully this week.
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which one you getting? the 1600 one or 3200?

cez10 said:
which one you getting? the 1600 one or 3200?
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1600 one. Not sure about 3200.

Has anyone seen skins with camera lenses?

Could you pls let us know if the 1600 one is worth to get? Is there any real difference? Thanks

it´s same the battery of the nexus and desire ?¿?¿
thanks

Ordered one but the daft ebay seller sent me the standard HTC battery!

which battery did you order? 1600??

larger battery

Hi guys,
I've found a replacement battery on ebay with 1500mah... what's your opinion? Really 1500mah or just a bad quality battery?
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-x-1500mah-Bat...105775?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3361db7a6f

brentnl said:
Hi guys,
I've found a replacement battery on ebay with 1500mah... what's your opinion? Really 1500mah or just a bad quality battery?
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-x-1500mah-Bat...105775?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3361db7a6f
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Quite possibly worse than the stock battery - get batteryboss to test it

The site says:
Best replacement for the original battery with comparable standby and talk time.

They are probably the same as the orginal batteries just rebadged as 1500maH. This has been the experience with similar battereis for the HD2. By the way, that seller does no have a good feedback score. I think I might wait for other sellers to appear.

Watch out, cuz it's from China

just like almost everything these days including most handsets

Has there been some announcements from proper companies who are working on a solid high capacity battery? or just rumours?
and so; which companies are most likely to sell those batteries, so I can keep an eye open

brentnl said:
Has there been some announcements from proper companies who are working on a solid high capacity battery? or just rumours?
and so; which companies are most likely to sell those batteries, so I can keep an eye open
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I am not sure If they can do it while DHD has a very limited battery place.

eozen81 said:
I am not sure If they can do it while DHD has a very limited battery place.
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Isn't that an issue with all phones? My old touch pro2 also has limited space, and almost every phone I know has a tide place for the battery with no room for size expansion...
I hope they will come up with something with the same size and 1400/1500 mah, that would be great

brentnl said:
Isn't that an issue with all phones? My old touch pro2 also has limited space, and almost every phone I know has a tide place for the battery with no room for size expansion...
I hope they will come up with something with the same size and 1400/1500 mah, that would be great
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Let's all pray for that, it deserves this

Seidio or Mugen Power?
Hi all, does anyone know when seidio or mugen power will come with a extended battery for the DHD? i'm waiting to get my DHD until one of these come out with a battery i need at least a day of heavy use with my phone.
I know mugen power has a 1800mah battery for the legend (standard 1300mah) so they will have something for us soon maybe 1650mah for the DHD...

Maybe an EVO 4G battery will fit?
Mafiatounes said:
Hi all, does anyone know when seidio or mugen power will come with a extended battery for the DHD? i'm waiting to get my DHD until one of these come out with a battery i need at least a day of heavy use with my phone.
I know mugen power has a 1800mah battery for the legend (standard 1300mah) so they will have something for us soon maybe 1650mah for the DHD...
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Do you know if the Evo 4G batteries would fit in the DHD's battery compartment? I mean the DHD is considered an "Evo for the rest of the world"...
Anyone?

supapawa said:
Do you know if the Evo 4G batteries would fit in the DHD's battery compartment? I mean the DHD is considered an "Evo for the rest of the world"...
Anyone?
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It won't. Think I saw a short clip when they compared EVO and DHD.
They specifficly tried the battery.

No the evo battery will not fit because evo has a removable back cover and the dhd has a unibody design this makes them different from each other. I don't think the dhd is the world version from evo, it's a phone released in europe with different design, different os version, newer chipset and no 4g, no kickstand etc so very different from eachother in my opinion..

is the HTC Desires battery the same one as the HD mini ? I thought i read somewhere that they are the same

am gonna wait for the mugen batteries to come out, thats if an extended battery is possible on the dhd case and then hopefully an otterbox case when they develope one.

I am about to purchase the DHD finally .
I came across these http : // cgi.ebay.com / 2x-1500mah-Li-ion-Battery-Charger-HTC-Desire-HD-/150512507443?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item230b3e9a33"
Please remove spaces and open the link
Sorry cant put in link i am a new user

Metalspree said:
I am about to purchase the DHD finally .
I came across these http : // cgi.ebay.com / 2x-1500mah-Li-ion-Battery-Charger-HTC-Desire-HD-/150512507443?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item230b3e9a33"
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Sorry cant put in link i am a new user
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Even though the adds claim that the batts are 1500 mah, you can make sure that they will not perform better then the original batts.

Is it possible to source atleast a HTC original battery .

Metalspree said:
Is it possible to source atleast a HTC original battery .
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http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/htc-ba-s470-desire-hd-battery-1230-mah-p26019.htm?referer=FR_PROD-PR1&utm_source=google%2Bproducts&utm_medium=comparison&utm_campaign=google%2Bproducts
Didn't look for the cheapest option, but here is an option at least

[Q] 1600mah battery?

UK company BMC Digital claims to have a 1600mah battery for the Desire HD... for just 6.50 UKP. That can't be right, surely?
They also have a 1230mAh battery for 16.95 UKP, which seems more believable.
Sorry that I can't post the links yet, as I'm a new user.

The typical capacity of a battery is one thing but what they print on the label is another thing! I think, it's impossible to improve the original battery 1230 mAh about 370 mAh to 1600 mAh and sell it for less than the half price.

daniel81k said:
The typical capacity of a battery is one thing but what they print on the label is another thing! I think, it's impossible to improve the original battery 1230 mAh about 370 mAh to 1600 mAh and sell it for less than the half price.
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Well I just bought one for the hell of it, will let you know it's performance probably this time next week.

I got 2 of them 1600mAh with a bundle from good old ebay. I've been using them and they last at least as long as the original but not convinced they last much longer....
At least they work! so far
Cheers,

hey do you think it will be possible to make extended batteries (with cover) for dhd? because it has unibody

idavid_ said:
hey do you think it will be possible to make extended batteries (with cover) for dhd? because it has unibody
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I don't think so, the battery have to be relatively the same size as the original battery, especially when the battery cover is used as antenna too.

try here for batteries - including extended one...
here is the link...
go to mugen-power-batteries dot com and then to the htc-desire section...

There is only one in the list.
its 1300mAh for 45$.
Very expensive and not very usefull.
Only 70mAh more -.-

So I used the one that was delivered for a couple of days, and let me tell you it is utter 'DOG-EGG' it doesn't last anywhere near as long as the original, but £6.50 for a spare ain't half bad.

Hi
Seen the following battery on ebay:
1600mAh Standard Replacement Battery For HTC Desire HD
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1600mAh-Stand...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item20b7cc5ca5
Has anyone bought this, and what do you think of this. I know its very cheap
Please give feedback, thanks

personally I think its a bit risky especially at the price they offering..
i still think the stock batteries from htc are the best

Fame123 said:
Hi
Seen the following battery on ebay:
1600mAh Standard Replacement Battery For HTC Desire HD
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1600mAh-Stand...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item20b7cc5ca5
Has anyone bought this, and what do you think of this. I know its very cheap
Please give feedback, thanks
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I have 2 of thoes batteries and I can tell you they work fine but they are not 1600mAh they say 1600mAh on them but last no longer than the oringinal battery.

Laza 1730mah comes with sensation battery specific charger

Figured I'd give this brand a shot. Price was cheap, and found that it comes with a sensation specific standalone battery charger as compared to the universal ones. Kind of cool when you have a dozen universal ones.
No results on the battery itself yet, but I did order the Laza EVO 3D extended battery, hoping to use it with a Mugen extended housing for the Sensation. Unfortunately, while the EVO 3D uses the same battery, it's installed facing the wrong way, so a double battery won't work. So I took it apart, and found that in between the two batteries, underneath the Laza sticker, it says 1700mah. So I'm assuming it's the same battery used for the single battery model, which is promising.

ziddey said:
Figured I'd give this brand a shot. Price was cheap, and found that it comes with a sensation specific standalone battery charger as compared to the universal ones. Kind of cool when you have a dozen universal ones.
No results on the battery itself yet, but I did order the Laza EVO 3D extended battery, hoping to use it with a Mugen extended housing for the Sensation. Unfortunately, while the EVO 3D uses the same battery, it's installed facing the wrong way, so a double battery won't work. So I took it apart, and found that in between the two batteries, underneath the Laza sticker, it says 1700mah. So I'm assuming it's the same battery used for the single battery model, which is promising.
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Is this the one you are talking about?

Yes. Pad order to $25 for free shipping

Take a look at the same 2 pack + charger from Chichitec. It's identical, except Chichitec puts a far more ridiculous sticker on the batteries
I saw at least another similar package by an equally questionable brand (but forgot the name). I must say that this Laza is the cheapest (and the most honest) of the bunch
Anyway, I think they are all good, even though buying them is a bit of a lottery. At least I'm satisfied with my Chichi