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The guy selling these batteries messed up my order. He is working quickly to make it right. I just wanted to share what was going on with everyone.
His sales name on E-bay is "Moretalktime". He has all positive reviews but when I went to order I noticed he had identical ad postings for a long life battery (Yoobao) but with different prices. I checked both meticulously and even had a family member double check. They both were claiming to be YooBao 2800 Mah. So naturally I ordered the cheaper one. Once I got the battery I knew right away that it wasn't YooBao. It was black, had a generic label on it, and rated at 3000 Mah. I even double checked the ad on e-bay and I wasn't crazy. It read, This YooBao Battery..... and in the middle of the text claimed the rating to be 2800 Mah battery life.
I shot Kevin an email and he was really quick in responding to my issue. He said he would pay return shipping and swap it out for the Yoobao once he got the generic returned. Apparently the ads got mixed up or something. He gave me the option to condition the battery, try it out and see what I thought; if I didn't like it I could swap it out and return it for the Yoobao.
I figured I would try it since I already had this battery in-hand. I quickly ran into an issue. While draining the charge that the generic battery came with, I noticed the screen kept flickering Rainbow-like horizontal banding. It only would occur when I had the screen brightness up from 80% - 100% and when a large majority of the screen was pure white. like the market loading screen or the facebook app, even dolphin HD in Full screen mode on a website like Google. It freaked me out because I didn't want anything to happen to my device. I tried with the OEM battery and couldn't replicate the issue. I also figured out it only occurs when the screen brightness is up past 80% and gets really bad when maxed out at 100%
Does this phenomenon occur with the YooBao's too? If so I doubt its an issue that will effect the device, but either way I would rather take my chances with a battery that has a reputation versus a generic no name so I sent it back to the guy for the YooBao.
Sounds like a defective battery. I dont have the Yoobao but I can assure you that it doesn't cause screen flicker. I have the 3500mah generic battery, which probably is the exact same battery you got, and I do not have this issue. These generic batteries of the "extended" variety are pretty much all the same, just with a different wrapper on them with different mah ratings. Its just a theory of mine since I only have the 3500mah one, but since they are all the same size its pretty well founded. The generic 3500mah or 3000mah are probably both truly 2800mah.
muyoso said:
Sounds like a defective battery. I dont have the Yoobao but I can assure you that it doesn't cause screen flicker. I have the 3500mah generic battery, which probably is the exact same battery you got, and I do not have this issue. These generic batteries of the "extended" variety are pretty much all the same, just with a different wrapper on them with different mah ratings. Its just a theory of mine since I only have the 3500mah one, but since they are all the same size its pretty well founded. The generic 3500mah or 3000mah are probably both truly 2800mah.
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Thanks for replying. Yeah I figured it was the same. Its already back in texas waiting to be swapped for a YooBao so all is well.
My screen did that exact same thing with the stock battery. It happened when the phone was charging and I had a lot of apps running.
my screen does that with the stock battery too. i only get the rainbowie flickering when im 100 percent bright(all the time) and under 20 percent battery. i acually see this almost every day.
Well I got my Yoobao on Monday. I just finished draining it from 100% so day one of the conditioning is over. Its was a champ all day. Brightness set up to 100% from 5am. I made it to 7pm with heavy usage. lots of internet browsing, videos and gaming. All I want is to be able to reliably get through an entire day without having to consider putting my phone in airplane mode in low signal areas, turn down screen brightness and account sync times, etc.....
Yoobao = no problems with rainbow phenomena
austin420 said:
my screen does that with the stock battery too. i only get the rainbowie flickering when im 100 percent bright(all the time) and under 20 percent battery. i acually see this almost every day.
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I didn't pay attention to the percentage. It may have been under 20 percent. It also would have explained why I couldn't replicate the issue on my OEM battery. However I finished "day-one" of my conditioning for my Yoobao battery and even the back ten percent didn't have the rainbow issue.
In regards to having a lot of apps running to replicate the problem. I rebooted my phone just to see if it was a software issue or maybe even some background processes causing the problem. With the generic 3500Mah I had reliable rainbowing issue between 80-100% screen brightness without any apps running in the background. So long as the app background on screen was nearly pure white, I had rainbowing. On my OEM I couldn't replicate it, but it was fully charged. I will, however, try to manifest the problem when I get the OEM battery below 20% and then report back.
Hi guys. I figured I would quit lurking and start posting here once in awhile
Full disclosure I am also a seller on ebay and I'm not hard to find by my user name but you are somewhat correct the 3000 mah and the 3500 mah are the exact same battery. I contacted my manufacturer about the 3500's the start popping up on ebay a few months ago and they told me they were the same with a different sticker.
The sad thing is those of us that are trying to be honest will eventually have to switch and start selling the fake sticker batteries too because 90% of the buyers this we have an inferior product
I'm glad you were able to get your Yoobao order straightened out. He appears to be another great seller just not sure how he keeps his account open charging $7 shipping on a 3oz battery but it all averages out. Yoobao is an EXCELLENT company and product!
I'll try to start posting more my "real job" is working in Product Management for Sony Ericsson here in Atlanta.
northmont30096 said:
Hi guys. I figured I would quit lurking and start posting here once in awhile
Full disclosure I am also a seller on ebay and I'm not hard to find by my user name but you are somewhat correct the 3000 mah and the 3500 mah are the exact same battery. I contacted my manufacturer about the 3500's the start popping up on ebay a few months ago and they told me they were the same with a different sticker.
The sad thing is those of us that are trying to be honest will eventually have to switch and start selling the fake sticker batteries too because 90% of the buyers this we have an inferior product
I'm glad you were able to get your Yoobao order straightened out. He appears to be another great seller just not sure how he keeps his account open charging $7 shipping on a 3oz battery but it all averages out. Yoobao is an EXCELLENT company and product!
I'll try to start posting more my "real job" is working in Product Management for Sony Ericsson here in Atlanta.
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Nice to see your real, I just ordered a battery from you last night. Got an email from ya today. Im looking forward to receiving this from you. I will be sure to tell everyone ......But on a side note i ordered a cheaper one from mzmshop or whatever it is 3.5 weeks ago and still nothing so he refunded my money which was cool of him but ill spend the extra 5 bucks and get the battery in a few days. I ended up going with yours b/c i saw the other 3500 mah ones and figured they were the same or the 3500 was less. You seemed legit in saying 3000mah and i figured if i get a cheaper 3500mah and its only 2400 then im better off getting your 3000mah.
I'm real.
Things from China have been stupid slow 20-35 days even after Christmas and now is the Chinese New Year so really nothing coming out of Hong Kong until Feb 12th
northmont30096 said:
I'm real.
Things from China have been stupid slow 20-35 days even after Christmas and now is the Chinese New Year so really nothing coming out of Hong Kong until Feb 12th
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now one thing i noticed in your listing was that yours has a built in chip so it doesnt overcharge and undercharge and whatnot. Do those ones from china that dont advertise it also have the chips in them?
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now one thing i noticed in your listing was that yours has a built in chip so it doesnt overcharge and undercharge and whatnot. Do those ones from china that dont advertise it also have the chips in them?
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Most of them do. There are 3 primary manufacturers but the thing is all 3 will run custom lots. So if you have an exporter looking to save a penny they will put out an RFP for ones without it etc. This is how these 3500's likely came about...some large exporter put out an RFP for a 3000mah battery with a custom 3500 sticker and BAM the market is flooded with them.
All of the ones I buy do have them. Depending on the phone it is sometimes better that they don't have the integrated chip. Some companies (Motorola specifically) are starting put push checks in the 2.2.1 Android to check the safety chipset to see if its a Motorola part and if not the phone OS won't recognize the battery. They are doing this to combat counterfeit batteries but unfortunately if affects aftermarket/generic as well.
Has anyone purchased one of these so-called OEM batteries?
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/OEM-1500mAh-...141606?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item255ecad726
This one claims to be a Desire Z OEM battery rated at 1500mah. Isn't the OEM battery only 1300mah or was there another one that was released?
Also, has anyone any luck with the 3500mah ebay extended batteries? How are the doors and are they at least 2600mah?
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/3500mAh-Exte...863751?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5642245107
Yeah, I see on T-Mobile's website, the G2 also has 1300mAh. I wouldn't recommend buying a third party battery though, just watch this video about a PSP having a third party battery.
http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/psp-explodes-in-pocket/172723
It's a matter of buying a good, name brand battery. 3rd party or OEM doesn't matter if it's a good quality and the listed mAh rating is accurate. You get what you pay for 90% of the time...
eBay is filled with counterfeits, and lots of items marked "OEM" when they aren't OEM. I'd stay away from buying things like batteries and SD memory from eBay, unless you know for fact the seller is offering legit goods.
The pic looks hokey, also. It looks like a stick-on label, instead of the screen printing I've see on HTC OEM batteries. I'd be willing to bet this is a knockoff, misrepresented by seller, etc.
I can vouche for HTCpedia having purchased several extended batteries from there myself
Here's there Desire Z section
http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-desire-z/accessories/batteries.html
I recently purchased the Anker, I believe, 1600mah from amazon. Battery life is better than the OEM.
I would personally stick with the stock 1300mah battery, and UC the cpu to save battery life. Unless your original battery has gone bad and you need to replace it altogether. I'm always weary about 3rd party accessories.
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I recently purchased the Anker, I believe, 1600mah from amazon. Battery life is better than the OEM.
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How long is battery life? I thought we could have gotten a battery with a higher capacity from a different HTC phone?
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knightslay2 said:
How long is battery life? I thought we could have gotten a battery with a higher capacity from a different HTC phone?
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The Incredible S has a 1500mah battery that's the same size. I'm not sure where to get one in Canada though (can anyone enlighten me?).
For that matter, if the Anker is available in Canada I'd be interested in knowing where too.
I have links below that sell Anker Batteries.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=...ndex=aps&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
http://www.ebay.com/sch/laptopmate_...&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313
Based on the price for the battery listed, this may be a little out of your range, but I picked up this one on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004M8RWLG
And it really picked up the slack from the 1300mah OEM battery, and still fits under the stock battery cover
HTH
Battery life on my G2, even when overclocked to 1512Mhz on the stock CM kernel, is pretty good. HTC has been really slacking off with battery life lately *coughDOUBLESHOTcough*.
Well, I've received my Anker 1600mah battery.
Since it doesn't claim the world, I'm thinking it might actually be true (unlike the Seidio or Mugen "1900mah" batteries that end up only 1300mah).
Even if it's just 1300mah, the price is right =)
Can you post any "Better battery stats" logs or verify how much capacity it actually has?
Interestingly enough, I have some records from the tests I've been running this weekend. This battery has been surprisingly decent considering I only expected 1300mah (from the advertised 1600mah) out of it.
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ILWT 285
1.5GHz Performance
Airplane Mode
Minimum brightness
MX Player SW Fast
Stretch Mute
Battery discharged to 89% before recharging back to 100% waiting for the trickle recharge to stop before starting video and unplugging. Device running until 15% warning which is dismissed and then run until device auto shuts off.
Anker - Claimed 1600mah
375minutes
~250ma
1562mah
97.6%
HTC OEM 1300mah (1.5 years old)
274minutes
~250ma
1141mah
87.8%
I also ran another test with slightly different settings (which meant it couldn't be compared) where the average drain was 300ma:
319minutes
~300ma
1595mah
99.7%
The test is as consistent as I could make it since I only have my phone to discharge the battery with.
With that said, I have heard some non-OEM batteries lose their capacities faster than the OEM ones. I plan to do this test again at the 1 year mark.
I haven't tried those "OEM" batteries before but I've heard a lot of good reports on the "MUGEN" ones. Supposedly, if you follow the instructions, it'll function as it's suppose to (meaning it'll last long).
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I haven't tried those "OEM" batteries before but I've heard a lot of good reports on the "MUGEN" ones. Supposedly, if you follow the instructions, it'll function as it's suppose to (meaning it'll last long).
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That's what I heard as well but some people beg to differ.
choose the Bettery—SCUD
SCUD is a Chinese firm to protect the bettery.I have bought this at taobao.com.1500mAh
PS：My English isn't well.FML
papabear said:
I recently purchased the Anker, I believe, 1600mah from amazon. Battery life is better than the OEM.
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So is this the exactly one you purchased?
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1600mAh...F59Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1331646399&sr=8-2
I'd recommend anyone looking for a extended battery to get a EVO Design 4G battery! It fits in our device perfectly at 1520 mah A BIG JUMP from our 1300 mah stock oem batteries.
Most if not all 'after market' batteries die out quicker and don't live up to the battery life that there claiming to. . .
Here's a few tests that were run on all batteries (stock and after market) and HTC's stock batteries performed the best giving the mah and battery life that they claimed to
http://batteryboss.org
Link to EVO Design 4G Battery
http://www.shopandroid.com/htc-1520mah-standard-battery/8A37A9232.htm
My battery life has suddenly got worse. Looking for a solid OEM replacement that will fit under the OEM back cover while providing more MAH would be nice. Any recommendations?
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My battery life has suddenly got worse. Looking for a solid OEM replacement that will fit under the OEM back cover while providing more MAH would be nice. Any recommendations?
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Got my battery from local battery store. (Can't say the name). But OEM equivalent. I would have ordered from online but I couldn't at the moment. (Was planning Amazon)
Didn't care for BIGGER batteries, because I didn't want to add more bulk to the device. Besides proper kernel to recognize and utilise the EXTRA capacity.
So with my "oem equivalent battery", from 6 hours max SOT I've got 10 hours, just like when I first got the device.
Time, use and heat will wear your battery out.
6-10 was during personal specific use.
"Because I could waste battery from 2.5-3.5."
I recommend Amazon/eBay equivalent" Money back guarantee..
Unless you are looking for higher mah.
You can easily get a official OEM battery online, just make sure that you are purchasing it from a reputable online retailer. I'd recommend getting the Note 4 Battery Kit as you will also get a battery charging cradle along with your battery.
mine had the same issue , replaced it with a new original one for around 20$ , now phone is back to normal with around 12~16 hours
whitedragon551 said:
My battery life has suddenly got worse. Looking for a solid OEM replacement that will fit under the OEM back cover while providing more MAH would be nice. Any recommendations?
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I'll recommend getting a new OEM battery or getting Anker (I got multiple Ankers and have excellent results) if you want the same back.
Trust me, new battery (even with same 3220 mAH) will definitely show noticeable difference to your battery life.
For higher capacity, I've heard good things about zerolemon but it uses a different cover.
You will find many batteries in eBay claiming to be of more capacity with the same dimensions (hence fitting the OEM back cover).
Do NOT believe those claims. The battery technology has advanced, but only in terms of cost per Watts. The energy density (Watts per unit volume) is still the same.
You can tweak the circuitry to show more charge than actually there is. It'll result in unreliable numbers (e.g. battery going directly from 20 to 0 etc). And that is what these so-called same volume higher density batteries do.
Stay away from those and get a good one so that you don't regret it later.
I just replaced mine with an Anker brand from Amazon. It has 4 out of 5 stars, and I think most of the bad reviews are cause people have something else wrong with their phones. Overall, the replacement has been very satisfactory, and I think is more reliable than getting "OEM" version off of ebay (which usually is not OEM).
Fair warning though, I do firmly believe that something happened between kit kat and lollipop, which made battery life not as good. I was expecting to go back to battery life from the kit kat day, but alas, did not happen. Back in those days, I could end the day with 80%+ still on my phone, it was amazing. With the anker replacement, I end with about 50%, which is still better than what my original battery was doing (ending at 20%, then quickly jumping from 20% to 1% and shutting off).
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I just replaced mine with an Anker brand from Amazon. It has 4 out of 5 stars, and I think most of the bad reviews are cause people have something else wrong with their phones. Overall, the replacement has been very satisfactory, and I think is more reliable than getting "OEM" version off of ebay (which usually is not OEM).
Fair warning though, I do firmly believe that something happened between kit kat and lollipop, which made battery life not as good. I was expecting to go back to battery life from the kit kat day, but alas, did not happen. Back in those days, I could end the day with 80%+ still on my phone, it was amazing. With the anker replacement, I end with about 50%, which is still better than what my original battery was doing (ending at 20%, then quickly jumping from 20% to 1% and shutting off).
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Wait for Marshmallow & Doze. You'll see a huge improvement.
I recently changed my battery. ( My original battery broke)
I ordered Anker battery from Amazon and I am really happy. battery life is same as original battery if not better.
I did not ordered an "original" Samsung battery because many of them are fakes.
+1 for Anker, equal original ! It's quite impossible to find a samsung original battery, all are fake or rubberbished ! Samsung only sells, but it is not available anymore...
H918 with 10j OverDrive rom Werewolf 2.0 no rctd.
My battery started draining a bit faster than normal. I hadn't added any new apps or made any changes to the system.
I'm not a heavy user, no gaming, occasionally stream netflix. Recently I have streamed netflix onto the tv with a cable. The cable is supposed to charge the phone, but it doesn't, so after a couple hours the phone is down to about 50%
So I went to pull the battery thinking the system needed a recalibration.
The battery was bulging (gases building up). Not good. I don't know if this was an isolated issue or as these phones get older, there is a flaw in some of the batteries.
The battery was the original. The phones manufacture date is 10/2016.
As a side note, the phone stores don't carry batteries. Batteries Plus has to order it $39.99. I ordered a couple OEM LG batteries off ebay for about $12 apiece. Now I get to go a week or so without a phone. It might be a good idea to get a spare and check your battery periodically. Better safe than sorry.
Cheers!
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You should have called up LG. I would not trust any 3rd party or eBay.
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Bought Aexpower X2 and a charger on Amazon for about $25 been solid for 6 months
All battery's will eventually fail, it's inherant in the current design iteration of lithium ion battery's, how long and how bad can vary, but a lithium battery that has consistent charge/discharge cycles daily will last around 8-16 months on average, doesn't matter what brand or size, it's just how there currently desgined, wait a few years till we have lithium-glass or lithium-plastic battery's then this will be a thing of the past...
pyrorob said:
All battery's will eventually fail, it's inherant in the current design iteration of lithium ion battery's, how long and how bad can vary, but a lithium battery that has consistent charge/discharge cycles daily will last around 8-16 months on average, doesn't matter what brand or size, it's just how there currently desgined, wait a few years till we have lithium-glass or lithium-plastic battery's then this will be a thing of the past...
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Most every phone I have had I owned for 2 years. This is the first one to have a problem. Thank goodness it is removable.
Also, my dad (85 yrs old) had a Moto g4 he wasn't using. He switched to android because I did, but screwed the phone up with really crappy apps. I told him I would set it up for him, but he didn't listen. So he went back to ios. I had to do a factory reset of the phone to get rid of all the crap. Got it set up right and it's not that bad a phone (might even root it). Removable back and battery, SD card. but no IR Blaster. It was unlocked so my tmo sim worked right away. At least I have a phone for the next week while I wait for the new batteries to show up.
I'll be keeping a close eye on the new batteries. I hope no one else has this problem. Very dangerous. The case I had it in concealed the problem. When I took the case off, the back plate fell right off. It had already been pushed of by the expanding battery, but the case kept it from being noticeable.
Cheers!
I have 3 LG V20s and I have bought extra batteries for all of them but have never encountered your issue. Could it be that your custom ROM may have something to do with it?
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I have 3 LG V20s and I have bought extra batteries for all of them but have never encountered your issue. Could it be that your custom ROM may have something to do with it?
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I don't think so. I've been using the same rom and kernel for about a year. Hopefully it was just an isolated case.
Strange that you should post this. I too have just run into this. I normally get about 1 1/2~2 yrs out of a battery on my smartphone, however on my LG V20 that I got in Nov '17 it just started doing the exact same thing. I'm fairly experienced so I was trying to isolate if anything untoward was going on software wise. After nothing really was attributable to the loss I decided to examine the battery and bingo just like you the battery is quite swollen. I'm hoping that the new "supposed oem" battery that I ordered last week (should show up by end of the week) lasts longer than the oem battery that shipped with the phone.
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I don't think so. I've been using the same rom and kernel for about a year. Hopefully it was just an isolated case.
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I am also having bloating batteries. One is the original oem and the other is aftermarket Hyperion. Both are about a year old. I wonder if quick charge might play a factor as I use it all the time.
I've noticed recently that my batter is not lasting the whole day. I haven't wiped the phone since I got it (which is unusual for me as I usually root), so perhaps I should do that to see if resolves the battery drains.
Has anyone replaced the battery? I tried once on my Nexus 5, but the replacement battery was a dud. I'm seeing some on eBay that even go up to 3800 mAh, but that seems to good to be true, also none of the sellers seem to be rated which makes me assume they are scams.
If anyone has replaced the battery is there a good place to buy one?
Did you ever wind up doing a battery replacement? Thinking that I may need to do the same, although I also think that I should do a wipe first to see if that helps. Thx.