[ale] [Semi-ot rant] Why is obtaining a cell phone battery such a degrading experience?

[Neal Rhodes]

FYI, Anker doesn't make a battery for the HTC rezound.  (BTR6425B)
Batteries Plus, Lenovo, etc all have replacements of lower capacity.
(1500maH) 

Mugen Power makes a 1900maH battery (stock battery is 1620maH) which
ain't cheap.  ($40)  But is sold through Amazon. 

I've just put it in and charged it and am running Nova battery test.  It
appears to be performing as advertized - over 1900maH.

I don't mind spending the money for a quality battery. 

On Wed, 2014-10-15 at 09:52 -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Meh spent $7 for a clock battery for my beloved Lenovo R-51, went
> through the 8-step and 35-screw procedure to replace it, sewed
> everything back up and discovered that the battery was still dead.  
> 
> Fortunately, it's a CR2032 with a weird plug.  I plan to cut the plug,
> solder some copper plates to the appropriate wires, then use
> conductive glue or conductive tape to stick them on a known-good
> battery.  In my experience, soldering connections to a lithium cell is
> a Bad Idea.
> 
> 
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>
> wrote:
> 
>         
>         
>         
>         I've actually had good luck with batteries from Amazon, doing
>         the same as below. I got a new battery for my Droid for $9.98,
>         and my wife got one for her basic circa 2008 phone for I think
>         under $9. They were "Lenmar" aftermarket and sold by Amazon
>         themselves, not someone else just selling through Amazon. I
>         ended up upgrading to a newer phone 10 months later, but she
>         has been using the aftermarket battery for over 1.5 years.
>         
>         
>         ______________________________________________________________
>         
>         From: "Chris Fowler" <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
>         To: transam at verysecurelinux.com, "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts"
>         <ale at ale.org>
>         Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 3:41:58 PM
>         Subject: Re: [ale] [Semi-ot rant] Why is obtaining a cell
>         phone battery such a degrading experience?
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         I bought a new battery for my S4 last week.
>         
>         
>         I found one on Amazon.   I took some time reading the reviews
>         to make sure it
>         was not fake or the capacity was a lie.  It cost $14 and my
>         phone is now like it was when I bought it.
>         
>         
>         Batteries, battery packs, and things like that I am careful
>         about getting  on eBay because I know
>         that most likely they will be fake.   With Amazon I can read
>         the reviews and send it right back.
>         
>         
>         Chris
>         
>         
>         
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