As of this morning, my battery has started smelling like celery..
Anyone else had any similar problems?
Try dipping it in some mayonaisse?
Sorry. Couldn't help myself. lol.
Bloody Mary ...mmmmmm!!!
Mine doesnt smell at all. Could be some grease on it heating up.
GANJDROID said:
As of this morning, my battery has started smelling like celery..
Anyone else had any similar problems?
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Your not a Chelsea fan are u lol
My LG Arena smelled like it was on fire(mmm BBQ) when I "overclocked" the speakers Well btw, try to clean up battery-phone connection and don't use it too much for a day, that's my suggestion.
Tried cleaning it up, but the entire back of my phone (under the battery protector) smells like it
I DONT LIKE SALAD!
That was the funny thing i'd ever heard until i gave mine a sniff and **** me, it does smell like celery! Even the wife agrees!
I ****ing hate celery :-(
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This one really blew me! You've made me remove the tight cover to smell my desire and to me its regular electronics smell...
Ask someone else about it if, but don't initially say its smells like celery, ask what the other person smells and see what you get
I'm not sure where you got the "celery" smell from (I hate celery ) but I suggest removing the battery to see if it has ballooned. Usually you'll see a noticeable "bubble" or it has expanded on the front and back. The funky smell could be caused by a hole in the cover or if the battery has already burst (the smell is toxic btw...).
If it has ballooned stop using it immediately! It is possible for the battery to explode from the pressure. I've yet to see one catch fire or anything like that but I have seen one bust the back cover off an iPod
These days it's uncommon unless you buy a cheap knock-off battery from ebay or something like that. Just take it back to the store or ring/email HTC, replacement should be covered by the warranty.
Otherwise...it's probably just a generic plastic smell...damn, now I gotta go smell mine....
Checked mine, smells as described. Typical electronics smell.
If you sniff the headphones socket it smells of oranges. And that's because its the cleaner used in manufacturing electronics
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Checked mine, smells as described. Typical electronics smell.
If you sniff the headphones socket it smells of oranges. And that's because its the cleaner used in manufacturing electronics
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well what do you know it does too
And there we all are sniffing our phones, lol.
BTW I do quite like celery soup
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If you sniff the headphones socket it smells of oranges. And that's because its the cleaner used in manufacturing electronics
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Strange...Apparently that's also true for iRiver's audio jacks
you see, oranges i dont mind, but celery? eurgh. the battery is still in good condition (no lumps, battery health is good)
getting confused what it is now...
glad ive got people smelling their phones though
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That was the funny thing i'd ever heard until i gave mine a sniff and **** me, it does smell like celery! Even the wife agrees!
I ****ing hate celery :-(
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Glad i'm not the only one who has this issue. well, its probably people who dont like celery who has it. karma.
I used to like the smell of new tech! Argh y wud u hav 2 point this out
Least I'm getting to know my device a bit better...
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Try downloading JuicePlotter from the Market-Place (It's free). It'll tell you how hot your battery is. If it's overheating you will get that smell, and it may be a sign of imminent battery failure. Hottest mine has been yet is 37.6.
Don't smell the charge socket - that's just kinda creepy.
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Try downloading JuicePlotter from the Market-Place (It's free). It'll tell you how hot your battery is. If it's overheating you will get that smell, and it may be a sign of imminent battery failure. Hottest mine has been yet is 37.6.
Don't smell the charge socket - that's just kinda creepy.
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I have Battery Indicator Pro, which shows percentage, temp, health and volts.
It just generally smells, everything under the back case is all celery like
True, but it shouldn't smell like celery through the case. If you take it off and sniff, mine smells like that too, but if he can smell it with the back still on...well...there;s something odd about that.
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True, but it shouldn't smell like celery through the case. If you take it off and sniff, mine smells like that too, but if he can smell it with the back still on...well...there;s something odd about that.
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Nononono, not through the case, just with the case off.
Noticed it when I hit a boot loop and had to remove the battery.
Oh! My bad! Nah, that's fine, it's the way it smells. All phone's smell odd inside, and some utterly stink the first time you charge them. Nought to worry about, it's just interesting though, how one phone can have so many smells, orange, celery, what's next, tomato?
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Just bought one of these off ebay for $29 free shipping. Mainly got it because I go fishing a lot and hate the thought of something happening to my TBolt if I get caught in a rain storm or the boat capsizes. Has anyone had any experience with these? The phone is supposedly fully functional when sealed in the case (touchscreen, camera, etc. works) up to 100 feet. I'll be testing it out next Saturday so we'll see how it goes. Doubt I'll be intentionally tossing my phone in the water though!
Link: http://www.drycase.com/
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Seems pretty legit.
I'm liking it! Im sure you can throw it in water if you want. Theres people swimming with it. Lol.
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Just bought one of these off ebay for $29 free shipping. Mainly got it because I go fishing a lot and hate the thought of something happening to my TBolt if I get caught in a rain storm or the boat capsizes. Has anyone had any experience with these? The phone is supposedly fully functional when sealed in the case (touchscreen, camera, etc. works) up to 100 feet. I'll be testing it out next Saturday so we'll see how it goes. Doubt I'll be intentionally tossing my phone in the water though!
Link: http://www.drycase.com/
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So it is basically a heavy mil zip lock bag with a built in headphone jack. I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Well I just hope the seal doesn't wear out easily. I'd hate to find out the hard way lol. I'll only be using it on occasion so maybe I'll be alright.
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I was exited, but now that I know its ugly, meh
True. You never know when the fashion police will show up while out on the water. :/
so.. yeah my poor gnex. ruined, destroyed, and on life support because of my forgetfulness ): heres the story: after work, i go out and talk to this girl that i like we talk for about an hour. i go to my car, fumble to take my keys out of my pocket, realizing i probably look stupid, i put my wallt and phone (which were in my hands) on top of the car. unlock it, get in, and drive off, 30 seconds later turn a corner hard and usually my phone is on my lap, so i went to grab for it... wasnt there... stop the car, look everywhere and realize slowly im the biggest idiot to walk earth... drive back to my work, its in the middle of the road, smashed and dying, alongside my wallet... mini heart attack... moral of the story: insurance (;
P.S. i meant dive as in onto tarmac, not into water, my bad
Oh damn. That sucks dude. I can only imagine the colorful metaphors you were spewing after you found it smashed, lol.
Thankfully you have insurance.
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Oh damn. That sucks dude. I can only imagine the colorful metaphors you were spewing after you found it smashed, lol.
Thankfully you have insurance.
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i was in disbelief for a good 15 min just saying "i cant believe that just happen..." over and over ahahah. the only bad thing is i have to wait for my replacement to ship ): and its still $100 to get a replacement...
Odd, I dropped my phone from ~6 ft. onto concrete when I was hopping a wall and it took no damage other than a ding in the corner....lucky I guess?
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Smokeey said:
Odd, I dropped my phone from ~6 ft. onto concrete when I was hopping a wall and it took no damage other than a ding in the corner....lucky I guess?
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Why the hell were you hopping a wall?
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so.. yeah my poor gnex. ruined, destroyed, and on life support because of my forgetfulness ): heres the story: after work, i go out and talk to this girl that i like we talk for about an hour. i go to my car, fumble to take my keys out of my pocket, realizing i probably look stupid, i put my wallt and phone (which were in my hands) on top of the car. unlock it, get in, and drive off, 30 seconds later turn a corner hard and usually my phone is on my lap, so i went to grab for it... wasnt there... stop the car, look everywhere and realize slowly im the biggest idiot to walk earth... drive back to my work, its in the middle of the road, smashed and dying, alongside my wallet... mini heart attack... moral of the story: insurance (;
P.S. i meant dive as in onto tarmac, not into water, my bad
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Don't feel bad, That same thing happened to my nexus one about 6months ago. I was going about 30 miles per hr. But it wasn't bad...the screen was just scratch and some bad dings. HTC replaced it for $40
I was chasing some guy; he hopped a 6 foot wall and dropped his phone in doing so. His phone only suffered a ding on the corner.
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Why the hell were you hopping a wall?
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I was chasing some guy; he hopped a 6 foot wall and dropped his phone in doing so. His phone only suffered a ding on the corner.
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I was actually on my home from school and there is a wall behind my house....so I hopped over it...twas difficult.
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so.. yeah my poor gnex. ruined, destroyed, and on life support because of my forgetfulness ): heres the story: after work, i go out and talk to this girl that i like we talk for about an hour. i go to my car, fumble to take my keys out of my pocket, realizing i probably look stupid, i put my wallt and phone (which were in my hands) on top of the car. unlock it, get in, and drive off, 30 seconds later turn a corner hard and usually my phone is on my lap, so i went to grab for it... wasnt there... stop the car, look everywhere and realize slowly im the biggest idiot to walk earth... drive back to my work, its in the middle of the road, smashed and dying, alongside my wallet... mini heart attack... moral of the story: insurance (;
P.S. i meant dive as in onto tarmac, not into water, my bad
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that's what happens when you're pussywhipped
scary thought is what will you do after you actually nail her instead of chatting her up for an hour
You should have got an otterbox
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Oh damn. That sucks dude. I can only imagine the colorful metaphors you were spewing after you found it smashed, lol.
Thankfully you have insurance.
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@Samsung: Y u no Gorilla Glass my Nexus!?
That sucks dude, at least you can get a new one though
Looks like it took it like a champ!
As I read the op, I'm grateful to have a case on my Galaxy Nexus... Even though it ruins the look and feel of the phone.
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Odd, I dropped my phone from ~6 ft. onto concrete when I was hopping a wall and it took no damage other than a ding in the corner....lucky I guess?
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The inertia from a moving car flung it harder than your drop. A friends of mine lost his riding his bike at about 20MPH. He said it dinged the corners, but is fine other than that.
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Why the hell were you hopping a wall?
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You should have got an otterbox
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THIS. I was going to say the same thing. The Defender is a lifesaver. I dropped mine on the blacktop asphalt standing up out my car and couldn't even find a scratch or imperfection on the case, much less the phone.
I have a case but it ruins the feel of the phone for me. Normally I'm very careful with it I just happen to be an idiotic mistake cause I was preoccupied trying to not look like an idiot hahah.
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Considering I took the corner pretty hard. It took it better then I thought it would. I was thinking it was in a million pieces lol
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My next nexus won't leave a case... any suggestions for good cases? Slim but effective. Preferably black
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I don't use a case because I think they detract from the design of the phone. I'm just very careful and I suppose I pay for insurance in case something crazy happens.
My old ASUS A8JS ($1500) took a similar spill off the roof of my car when I took a turn doing about 25Mph. I stopped in the middle of traffic (no one honked - must of been the look on my face) and collected my laptop and the battery (which was on the other side of road). My only hope at that time was that the HDD survived (hadn't done a backup in some time), but to my surprise everything still functioned pretty much perfectly (touchpad seemed a little off, but it sucked anyway). In the end it was pretty scratched up, but it always made for a good story to tell...
Your move Samsung.
The Sprint S3 is my first smartphone and this forum has been AMAZINGLY helpful to me and I thank everyone here greatly. Sadly at this point I dont really have anything useful to give back, however I do get comments and questions on my ghetto battery modding by people at school all the time, so maybe a few of you will get a chuckle out of it too:
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I bought 2 extended batteries, a 4800mAh no name off ebay and a 4500mAh onite off amazon, then I stripped off their casings and seperated the cells then I stripped the cover off my stock battery and carefully lined up everything and glued all 5 cells together with arctic silver thermal adhesive. After that I carefully wired them all together in parallel and cut a hole in my otterbox so that they all stick out the back. I figure I now have between 10500mAh and 11400mAh.
Ghetto eh? But it works great, it charges just like normal and while I can kill it by gaming all day, it lasts about 3-5 days under normal usage for me depending on how I have my settings. An unexpected benifit that I discovered completely by accident is that if you drop it from about 3.5-4 feet up it seems to always land flat on the battery (I tested this by standing on my bed doing drop tests).
If I had been very careful I could have even kept the NFC antenna on the battery doing this, but I didnt know to watch out for it, so I accidently destroyed it.
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The Sprint S3 is my first smartphone and this forum has been AMAZINGLY helpful to me and I thank everyone here greatly. Sadly at this point I dont really have anything useful to give back, however I do get comments and questions on my ghetto battery modding by people at school all the time, so maybe a few of you will get a chuckle out of it too:
Well that sucks.... I cant post pictures of it.... Just google joelespinoza photobucket they should be the top pictures in my only album.
I bought 2 extended batteries, a 4800mAh no name off ebay and a 4500mAh onite off amazon, then I stripped off their casings and seperated the cells then I stripped the cover off my stock battery and carefully lined up everything and glued all 5 cells together with arctic silver thermal adhesive. After that I carefully wired them all together in parallel and cut a hole in my otterbox so that they all stick out the back. I figure I now have between 10500mAh and 11400mAh.
Ghetto eh? But it works great, it charges just like normal and while I can kill it by gaming all day, it lasts about 3-5 days under normal usage for me depending on how I have my settings. An unexpected benifit that I discovered completely by accident is that if you drop it from about 3.5-4 feet up it seems to always land flat on the battery (I tested this by standing on my bed doing drop tests).
If I had been very careful I could have even kept the NFC antenna on the battery doing this, but I didnt know to watch out for it, so I accidently destroyed it.
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Great story. You get your first thanks from me. I do crazy modding like this sometimes and love it if some else appreciates the ghetto inventiveness. Love the drop testing bit. Absolutely entertaining....and actually...the mod...for you...is very useful!
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Great story. You get your first thanks from me. I do crazy modding like this sometimes and love it if some else appreciates the ghetto inventiveness. Love the drop testing bit. Absolutely entertaining....and actually...the mod...for you...is very useful!
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Thanks man! I appreciate it. And my wife has a normal S3... Honestly I like the way mine feels MUCH better, its just way easier to hold onto and easier to use one handed without it slipping around. The fact that I could use it to jump start my Honda in a pinch is a nice bonus too!
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Thanks man! I appreciate it. And my wife has a normal S3... Honestly I like the way mine feels MUCH better, its just way easier to hold onto and easier to use one handed without it slipping around. The fact that I could use it to jump start my Honda in a pinch is a nice bonus too!
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Ironically, my Honda battery is suffering during this colder season and could use such a boost! LOL
Honestly, I can't see how anyone could actually use the S3 without a case. I have never held such a slippery and uncomfortable device...begging to fly out of my hand. Too thin. But there are so many case options out there that compliment it. Love it. :good:
On the topic of "entertainment", here is a video for a new Griffen Survivor case that gives your BED DROP tests a run for the money...
all well and good but isnt this extremely dangerous to carry around like that?
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all well and good but isnt this extremely dangerous to carry around like that?
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Dangerous? is it dangerous to carry a 9 volt battery? Fully charged this is around 4 volts, why would it be dangerous?
When that hack job goes into thermal runaway, it will be like a cutting torch in your pocket and you'll have a new asshole out the side of your waist. What a mess.
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When that hack job goes into thermal runaway, it will be like a cutting torch in your pocket and you'll have a new asshole out the side of your waist. What a mess.
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Very unlikely, I wear carpenter jeans and and always use the leg pocket for my phone and nothing else goes in there, so there is almost no chance of it shorting out against anything. This phone has had this battery since about 3 weeks after Sprint released the S3s and it has never been an issue, and I recently redid the connections and switched from gorilla glue to thermal adhesive.
Not only that but if it did start heating up, there is nothing holding the battery in there but friction. Pulling the battery out takes me all of 1 second.
But worse case scenario if you wanted to do it and you were worried about it, just pot the side with the connections.
Hahaha this is great, love the idea!
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i carry uncovered batteries (AA) like that for another device and shortly after use if they come in contact with anything metal they can combust, and at the very least burn a hole rught through your pants and severely burn your leg.
just asking. dont know naythign about batteries but i had one close call with the AA batteries.
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i carry uncovered batteries (AA) like that for another device and shortly after use if they come in contact with anything metal they can combust, and at the very least burn a hole rught through your pants and severely burn your leg.
just asking. dont know naythign about batteries but i had one close call with the AA batteries.
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I work in IT and keep my pockets very organized, if I was tossing this phone into a purse or pocket with a bunch of loose change or other metal objects I would have it better insulated. I will probably do so anyway at some point but right now it is not an issue.
As a side point I seriously doubt anything but shorting out could possibly cause any kind of "thermal runaway" with this setup. The battery has 5 times the mass and better airflow then stock and the phone can only draw the same power. I do still get a warm screen with this setup (how the CPU/GPU dissipates heat) but the battery never gets much more then body temp, even under the most brutal use for hours at a time.
That's frickin' sweet! Could you make a video of this? Lol. I'd attempt it if I had a video to follow.
Well it was sweet until I saw the pictures.. LOL! Not really something I'd want on the back of my phone.. It's usually function over fashion for me, but in this case I think I'll make an exception. It's not really the fashion thing, it's I think it'd be really awkward to hold.
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That's frickin' sweet! Could you make a video of this? Lol. I'd attempt it if I had a video to follow.
Well it was sweet until I saw the pictures.. LOL! Not really something I'd want on the back of my phone.. It's usually function over fashion for me, but in this case I think I'll make an exception. It's not really the fashion thing, it's I think it'd be really awkward to hold.
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Keep in mind I am not trying to convince anyone else to do this, and I have readlly big hands as you can see from the pictures, but I find it much more comfortable to hold and use. 2 handed its only slightly better, but one handed its WAY better... the bottom edge of the battery fits right above my pinky and the weight centered in the back both give a much better feel.... when I hold my girlfriends stock s3 in one hand it feels like its gonna fall straight down out of my hand or fall forewards towards me, that might just be me though.
It also has what I call a manly heft. I don't mind it at all but if you are looking for a sleek featherweight device..... this isn't. But I like it :fingers-crossed:
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Keep in mind I am not trying to convince anyone else to do this, and I have readlly big hands as you can see from the pictures, but I find it much more comfortable to hold and use. 2 handed its only slightly better, but one handed its WAY better... the bottom edge of the battery fits right above my pinky and the weight centered in the back both give a much better feel.... when I hold my girlfriends stock s3 in one hand it feels like its gonna fall straight down out of my hand or fall forewards towards me, that might just be me though.
It also has what I call a manly heft. I don't mind it at all but if you are looking for a sleek featherweight device..... this isn't. But I like it :fingers-crossed:
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Even if it was awkward to hold, the battery life would so be worth it.. Getting the battery life of my old flip phone would be an incredible experience on a smartphone. I don't think I'd ever attempt this, but I'm wondering did just kinda wing it, or did you know what you were doing..?
Be super careful doing this. I know that lithium polymer batteries are really bad news if they are punctured or damaged... I believe this is also the case with the Lithium Ion batteries.. specifically if you inadvertently short them causing heat and internal breakdown.. Have seem my share of laptops that were burned when someone used the wrong laptop power supply (21V instead of 12V for example)
Not saying to not do this sort of mod... just saying to be VERY careful and don't risk your safety or risk burning down your house for the sake of extra battery life.. there are too many USB charging batteries out there to help with battery life extension if you are away from a USB port for too long.
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Well it was sweet until I saw the pictures.. LOL!
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Where are the pictures? I would like to see how it looks.
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Where are the pictures? I would like to see how it looks.
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I added a couple pics in the first post.
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I don't think I'd ever attempt this, but I'm wondering did just kinda wing it, or did you know what you were doing..?
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I have done my fair share of messing with electronics, but im not an electrical engineer or anything... If you are comfortable soldering, its not that big of a deal. The hardest part is attaching the wires to the stock battery, because you have to lift up the small circut board the contact points are attached to, then resolder it back down after you attach wires underneth it. But to be fair you dont need the boards of the other 2 batteries so you can pratice on them. Then you line up all the batteries where you want them and glue them together. After that its all wire routing and ataching negatives to negatives and positives to positives.
It would probably be a good idea to have the main battery completely drained before starting. But having the other 4 with some charge would be fine if you are somewhat careful.
Be sure to pick a very thin wire with a decent casing, some kind of ribbon wire would probably work best I think, however, I just used ethernet wire I had laying around, but some of them had great insulation and some of them the insulation sucked.
If you want to play around with it without jumping in with both feet you can take apart just about any old cell phone battery and see how they are put together, they are all pretty similar. My old verizon LG octane 950mAh battery actually runs my S3 and charges normally in it, it just has to be held in with a piece of tape.
Its like anything really, if you are patient and careful you will get a nice finished product, if you are not......
You need more protection. If anything ever, and yeah, I get it, you never have anything in your pocket, but if anything ever shorts that out, you're ****ed.
The whole "Never have anything in my pocket" argument isn't working for me. You could have it on a desk, bump something into it, and then burn down the building you're in. Just cover it up and it should be fine.
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You need more protection. If anything ever, and yeah, I get it, you never have anything in your pocket, but if anything ever shorts that out, you're ****ed.
The whole "Never have anything in my pocket" argument isn't working for me. You could have it on a desk, bump something into it, and then burn down the building you're in. Just cover it up and it should be fine.
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I do agree I should probably slap some insulation on the side... However I think all of you people who are worried about something terrible happening are wildly overestimating the results.... I have shorted out this battery, its not a huge deal. Would it be bad if I purposefully directly shorted it out for a long period of time? Well yea... is it a big deal if it brushes up against something and I immediately pull it away? Has not been a problem so far,,,
This is not a single cell battery, its 5 cells connected by thin copper wire... I have actually used copper wire this thin as a fuse in a pinch, if it gets hot it melts then you are back to a single cell, assuming that the arcing didnt simply melt away the metal shorting out, which usually happens nearly instantly.
I know Lithium ion batteries can be dangerous, I also know how much abuse it usually takes to make them that way. I was around and saw some of these "tests" first hand with Luke:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dree...gcnR3aIyzfEYEaOlYsyQe_ANtSuo7U2FsvDnzcBTJK8yE
an s3 commuter with batteries?
who does that?:laugh:
Have no idea how this happened...
Yea thats too bad. I would imagine droppage?
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Have no idea how this happened...
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Dropped or that case is to hard on the corners
TWEAKED soon 2.0 NOTE 3
I have a very small crack there too.
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Thanks folks. I did not drop it. I think it may be the case being too tight especially when I try to take it out.
I called Samsung and they would look at it and do diaognostics for free. The spokes person said
they may be able to replace the bezel for about $70 but I don't think they would actually do that. I'm sure their technician
will recommend replacing the screen, even though the screen it is not broken, cause it is all tightly glued together. Thats over $200.
I think it is kind of a bait and switch. Second. I don't want them to do dianositics. I just want them to fix the part. But they refuse to fix anything
without doing diagnositics. Go figure. Btw, showed it to a samsung sales person at best buy and low and behold he had the same crack and
the same case! It is called tech21 impactology. I bought it the first day I got the N3...
EDIT: Anyways. I don't know for sure what really happened, even if someone with the same case had the same problem. Correlation is not the same as causal but it makes you wonder.
EDIT: My sympathies @willham
I have the same cracked in the same exact spot! But I have a few cases, so I don't know which one could have caused it. I have never dropped my phone since I bought it back in October.
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I have the exact same crack in the exact same location. Must be a place of high stress. Not overally worried, but sucks cause otherwise mine is in mint condition. And I have dropped it a few times though, sitting on the toliet to the floor, off the couch, off the bed etc. No major drops though. I have the supcase unicorn beetle case on it since I've owned it.
I know, the title says it all...
Still, the S-pen got a really awkward plastic burnt smell on it. Anyone else has that as well?
Actually yes, haven't noticed it until I tried giving it a sniff
Wow, I thought I'd be falling for a trick, but no... It does have a strong plastic smell.
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Mine has no discernable odor. Where the heck have you been sticking it?
Same here ?
Ooh the visuals...
A thousand Note 10/10+ owners carefully removing their S-Pen and running it tenderly under their nose looking for a delicate aroma of burnt plastic.....
LOL.....
Maybe it smells more after coming off the charger, due to heat.
ultramag69 said:
Ooh the visuals...
A thousand Note 10/10+ owners carefully removing their S-Pen and running it tenderly under their nose looking for a delicate aroma of burnt plastic.....
LOL.....
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OK same here, the idea of it. But it is actually a legitimate question. It really smells awkward. Like burnt molten plastic.
Okay i laughed and give it a good smell.
Don't think its burning plastic you can smell. I imagine its the Coil inside the Pen, Most PCB give of that smell.
Lmfao.
Yes I admit I just gave it a whiff and sure enough, strong smell like burnt something...
You people amaze me. How in the heck did u notice this? I had never smelled the spen till now. I think consecutive whiffs would get you high off plastic.
Now I wonder is my Note 9 smelled also?
Yes because it as actual electronics in it, it's the wireless charging coil. Still agree it doesn't smell great
My coworker just saw me sniffing my s-pen. lol
It definitely smells funny though.
ssgunner20 said:
Lmfao.
Yes I admit I just gave it a whiff and sure enough, strong smell like burnt something...
You people amaze me. How in the heck did u notice this? I had never smelled the spen till now. I think consecutive whiffs would get you high off plastic.
Now I wonder is my Note 9 smelled also?
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Strangely enough, I remember this same conversation about the Note 9 S-Pen when it first came out.
Smells like something electronic. Of course now I smell all the smelly ppl around me at the DMV, thanks. Lol
Yeah it stank.
ssgunner20 said:
Lmfao.
Yes I admit I just gave it a whiff and sure enough, strong smell like burnt something...
You people amaze me. How in the heck did u notice this? I had never smelled the spen till now. I think consecutive whiffs would get you high off plastic.
Now I wonder is my Note 9 smelled also?
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Don't you like the smell of new electronics? That first time smell of a freshly bought phone? OK just kidding.
There's that YouTube tech guy, flossy and he's smelling a lot at his unboxing. Thought I give it a go on the S-pen ?
ssgunner20 said:
Lmfao.
Yes I admit I just gave it a whiff and sure enough, strong smell like burnt something...
You people amaze me. How in the heck did u notice this? I had never smelled the spen till now. I think consecutive whiffs would get you high off plastic.
Now I wonder is my Note 9 smelled also?
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Ok just smelled my Note 9 Spen and no smell.
now my wife is looking at me like what the heck is wrong with you. lol
Timmothy83 said:
Don't you like the smell of new electronics? That first time smell of a freshly bought phone? OK just kidding.
There's that YouTube tech guy, flossy and he's smelling a lot at his unboxing. Thought I give it a go on the S-pen
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Oh yea I've watched flossy Carter and white shoes. Hilarious.
ssgunner20 said:
Oh yea I've watched flossy Carter and white shoes. Hilarious.
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White shoes is the best. He says she has the day off then she appears and she always attacks the charging cables lmfao.
Demonface.24 said:
White shoes is the best. He says she has the day off then she appears and she always attacks the charging cables lmfao.
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White shoes has day off, Flossy wants to knife his A50 and White shoes runs almost into his knife.
I wonder how White shoes would react to the smell of the S-pen