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Where to buy a genuine OEM battery?

Hello,
My Atrix sometimes dies on me in the middle of the day because I use it heavily so now I've decided I need to buy an extra battery. But I don't trust/want those custom batteries with an extended battery cover. So I'm looking to buy a genuine OEM battery, by genuine I mean an actual Atrix 4g battery that came out of the box, not a copy.
If anyone's willing to sell me one or know where I can get one, please help me!
Thank you!

e-bay or AT&T store....

Don't want to bother looking for the post but someone said they called motorola and they sent him a new battery.
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i just ordered one off of amazon. its the bh5x intstead of the 6, but it has 20 more milliamps!!!!!11!one, and is oem.

I got one free from motorola. Didn't even have to call, I used the online chat. It's covered under warranty
Just tell them your issue with the battery.

[Q] Spare battery w wall charger!!

I am usually on the go and have had problems with my vibrant dying on me. I would like to buy a spare battery and wall charger which are both efficient/quality and affordable. I use my phone extensively when I travel and it acts, almost, as a life line for me. Please advise with information on potential solution.
Thanks.
P.S. This question may have been asked before but can someone provide updated info/links.

Heres the wall charger I use - http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Battery...ccessories&hash=item4aadd9fa50#ht_4889wt_1313
not sure about the battery because i paid a little more for the 1650mah one
this battery comes with a 3 year warranty - http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BATTERY...ccessories&hash=item231427e052#ht_1381wt_1313

I bought an OEM spare battery with charging box on Amazon for about $25 six months ago. Maybe it would be cheaper now?
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3 weeks ago I bought a wall charger with 2 1500mAh batteries for $11.00 off of eBay. They work great.
I'd send a link but not at a PC right now.
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Awsome 3500 MA Replacement Battery With cover
Hey Brother, I run a Largecar for a living, and I use my phone more than anybody else I know of, including, navigation and as a speedometer!
This battery's worked out really well, and its incredibly priced right!!
The cover works perfect on my T-959 Vibrant even though its advertised for an I9000 which essentially are the same phones!!
Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/180683430970?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Oh and BTW one more thing, when you go to Modding/flashing your phone, don't use this battery, take it out and use the OEM Samsung one, because its lacking some signature or code internally, and I found out the hard way, it wont allow ODIN or CWM to function right!! ODIN fails to pass until I swap to the OEM, and CWM wasn't acting right as well
Hope it works for you, It sure has for me!!

Extra Battery/On the go charger?

Hey guys,
After having my Galaxy Nexus for little over a week, the battery is starting to worry me. I don't think the battery would ever last me one full day with heavy usage and I was wondering, do you guys know of a website or a retailer that sells an extended battery/extra battery or on the go charger for the Galaxy Nexus? I'm probably going out for the holidays and I don't want the battery to die on me.
I am using the GSM variant of the Galaxy Nexus from Bell on Android Revolution HD (though I did notice the same battery life on the stock rom :/)
Also, on a side note, does anyone have a good site to get a USB otg adapter or a MHL-HDMI cable/adapter for a good price?
Note: I'd prefer not buying from Ebay, as I have had bad experiences in the past. Something like Amazon would be preferred.
Thanks,
Mosh

mohitrocks said:
Hey guys,
After having my Galaxy Nexus for little over a week, the battery is starting to worry me. I don't think the battery would ever last me one full day with heavy usage and I was wondering, do you guys know of a website or a retailer that sells an extended battery/extra battery or on the go charger for the Galaxy Nexus? I'm probably going out for the holidays and I don't want the battery to die on me.
I am using the GSM variant of the Galaxy Nexus from Bell on Android Revolution HD (though I did notice the same battery life on the stock rom :/)
Also, on a side note, does anyone have a good site to get a USB otg adapter or a MHL-HDMI cable/adapter for a good price?
Note: I'd prefer not buying from Ebay, as I have had bad experiences in the past. Something like Amazon would be preferred.
Thanks,
Mosh
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if your using the gsm gnex i would get the gnex carcharger from vzw, it charges the phone really fast(like the home charger) until you can find a gsm extended battery online or something

I'd go nuts having to constantly swap out my batteries to charge them at the end of the day. Get the charger.

Monoprice is a good place for cables. Power sources though are kind of meh.
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I've got a spare battery and the factory stand that can charge the extra battery without it being in the phone on order. Not sure when they'll reach my shores but apparently "not too far away". I'm sure you could find a supplier where ever you are. IMO they were reasonably priced for genuine accessories

Thanks for the replies guys! I don't think I can get a charger from Verizon and it would probably be expensive. Oh, and just to confirm, by charger you mean on the go (without an outlet)?
EDIT: Also, do you guys know of any good websites in Canada?
EDIT2: Amazon is preferable!

mohitrocks said:
Thanks for the replies guys! I don't think I can get a charger from Verizon and it would probably be expensive. Oh, and just to confirm, by charger you mean on the go (without an outlet)?
EDIT: Also, do you guys know of any good websites in Canada?
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You could, you know, do a search on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Ultr..._1_6?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1324279677&sr=1-6
http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-XP2..._16?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1324279770&sr=1-16

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Been trawling the interwebs for an extended battery for gsm (like the gs2 one), If anyone comes across anything please post

Extended battery is still on sale for $24.99 I just ordered mine last night. Click the link and add to cart and it will price drop to $24.99.
Enjoy.
I'll let you know how much extra battery it actually gives once I get it but its supposed to help.
I would post the link but since I'm still so new it will not let me but just go to Verizonwireless and find it under the accessories. The Retail stores are doing the same deal as well.

volfman said:
You could, you know, do a search on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Ultr..._1_6?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1324279677&sr=1-6
http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-XP2..._16?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1324279770&sr=1-16
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THANKS!
So, does anyone know if the first one is compatible?
http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Ultr..._1_6?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1324279677&sr=1-6
brianhh1230 said:
Extended battery is still on sale for $24.99 I just ordered mine last night. Click the link and add to cart and it will price drop to $24.99.
Enjoy.
I'll let you know how much extra battery it actually gives once I get it but its supposed to help.
I would post the link but since I'm still so new it will not let me but just go to Verizonwireless and find it under the accessories. The Retail stores are doing the same deal as well.
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Did you order from Verizon? Or from the link posted above?

I ordered directly from verizon, get free 2 day shipping as well. Its a actual bigger battery with new backplate to fit it directly onto the phone, so other then that you don't really even know you have the extended battery. I will know once it comes it how much bigger it makes the phone but I've heard its pretty minimal on the look of it. I don't know if this supports the GSM model since I am on Verizon and have the LTE/CDMA phone.

i got my car charger from expansys when i ordered the phone

Can anyone confirm that this will work? : http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Ultr..._1_6?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1324279677&sr=1-6

Battery swollen... Will Sprint replace it?

Today I noticed that the back of my Epic Touch is pushed out. Popped the cover and my battery is swollen. It wasn't like this yesterday. What drew my attention to it was the fact is was much hotter then normal. Also, it keeps resetting now too I've noticed a few times today.
I had noticed my phones battery life took a noise dive the past couple weeks but I figured it was something I had installed or done. I went from about 24~30 hours on Gingerbread to like...... 10~12 hours?
I've had my phone about a year, maybe a little less..? I assume it's not safe to keep using this battery but I really do NOT want to invest money into another one when I really want to find a way to get the GS III anyway. Problem is, I need a battery like today, I use my phone for work.

Take it to the sprint store. as long as it isn't water damaged they will swap it for you.

latinmaxima said:
Take it to the sprint store. as long as it isn't water damaged they may swap it for you.
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Fixed that for ya.
Since it is a year old, it is out of warranty. If it is not quite a year old, they can tell you to contact Samsung for a new battery or it will just be luck of the draw who you talk to and if they have any batteries laying around.

Brand new Samsung OEM battery, no questions asked. They never even asked my name.
I walked in, asked to speak with the tech about my battery, battery was already out of the phone and when the tech saw it he said, "you need a new battery don't you"!?
He didn't even bother with their "tests", he just went into the back and got one still in the plastic baggy and handed it to me.
Was much easier then I expected. Never even asked how long I'd had the phone.

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kdoggy said:
Brand new Samsung OEM battery, no questions asked. They never even asked my name.
I walked in, asked to speak with the tech about my battery, battery was already out of the phone and when the tech saw it he said, "you need a new battery don't you"!?
He didn't even bother with their "tests", he just went into the back and got one still in the plastic baggy and handed it to me.
Was much easier then I expected. Never even asked how long I'd had the phone.
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What store did you go to? At my store, I have to beg, flip, bark, and do a cartwheel for something like that to happen...

deedscreen said:
What store did you go to? At my store, I have to beg, flip, bark, and do a cartwheel for something like that to happen...
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go to a different store............ In my location their are corporate locations every 10 miles.
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did you go to a corporate store, do you happen to know?
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I have never had them question me about a battery as long as it didn't have water damage. My stores must be different cause we talk about rooting and everything. When I was running AOKP the tech asked which build and everything. I like my Sprint store. It is a corporate one if it matters.

tgruendler said:
Fixed that for ya.
Since it is a year old, it is out of warranty. If it is not quite a year old, they can tell you to contact Samsung for a new battery or it will just be luck of the draw who you talk to and if they have any batteries laying around.
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This phone can't be a year old it was released September 16th 2011
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Battery was replaced with no questions asked
Figured I'd bring this back up in case anyone was having this problem again. Anyway, I recently noted my battery was swollen too and after reading this post I figured I'd try going to the sprint store and see what happens.
I walked in, one of the workers there saw me holding the battery and asked if i needed to have it checked. I said yes. He checked it, confirmed that it was swollen and told me that the machine that measures its electrical properties said the battery was bad. He proceeded to give me another battery that he said was better, and I left happy.
I don't think the battery he gave me was new, but it definitely performs better than my old one. I do happen to have a week left on my 1 year warranty, but it was my impression that the guy at the store didn't even check my records. Finally, this was a corporate store and it is one of the stores that is marked on sprint's website as capable of doing repairs.
Basically what I'm trying to say is, if you think you're battery's bad, go ahead and try to take it into the store. Worst case scenario you get nowhere, but if you're lucky you could end up leaving with a better battery without much hassle.

I went to three different corporate stores with my swollen battery, and got nada. One store tried hard to sell me an extend battery at full retail. I mentioned that my phone was less than a year old, and all said the warranty does not cover the battery, and I would need to contact Samsung.

fonseca898 said:
I went to three different corporate stores with my swollen battery, and got nada. One store tried hard to sell me an extend battery at full retail. I mentioned that my phone was less than a year old, and all said the warranty does not cover the battery, and I would need to contact Samsung.
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I went to a corporate store that is listed as a repair center as well. They logged me in, and he could tell my battery was swollen before I even took the cover off the back of the phone. They gave me a battery from a demo phone as they didn't have any in store and they ordered a new battery that was delivered to my house a few days later. I do have TEP so I don't know if that makes a difference.

I just found out my battery was swollen and I decided to purchase an extended battery instead. I'd rather not have to deal with Sprint.

At just over a year I had a swollen battery...took it into a non-corporate store and they wanted 40 bucks for a new one. Made a 10 minute call to sprint and I've got a new one on the way. Even though I am out of warranty the TEP kicked in to cover it. Definitely worth the call if you've got the protection plan.

Ha I have the same problem. My phone started resetting its self every time I would try to use my 3g / wifi if I didn't turn data on it was fine. I checked the battery and it was swollen. Went to a sprint store and they said they were outta batteries and I could try buying one...damn them!!

spent 30 minutes at a sprint store in Philly- I got nothing! Im outside of the 1yr warranty and do have Insurance.
I ended up buying an Anker battery

I just picked up a new one from sprint last night after work they had ordered it on Monday. I didn't have TEP but I still had warranty and they wanted to charge me 35$ but luckily I went in with a friend who also has the same phone and she has insurance so what they did is placed the order under her phone even though it's actually for me and there was no charge at all so I was lucky she came along with me lol.
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Does anyone have a picture of their "swollen" battery? I think mine might be ever so slightly starting to, but that could just be my eyes playing tricks on me. If anyone does, please share. Thanks in advance.
SuperG03

SuperG03 said:
Does anyone have a picture of their "swollen" battery? I think mine might be ever so slightly starting to, but that could just be my eyes playing tricks on me. If anyone does, please share. Thanks in advance.
SuperG03
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I don't have one but you can start noticing by taking your battery out and try to put it back in you'll notice when pushing the battery in its not going to be flat it will feel like there's something in between the battery and the phone also the back cover will start to be difficult to put on because of the thickness of the battery.
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Frequent shut downs

Hi,
I am on the latest available software. All of the sudden, got the black screen with red edges at the periphery. Reboot and battery pull did not help. Would recur as soon as phone boots up. So I restored to factory settings, which solved it.
Now my phone shuts down as soon as battery goes down to 60% or so. I have to plug it in, then I can turn it back on, and it shows there is stiill more than 50% charge left. So my phone now needs to be charged every 2-3 hours with any usage. It is 1 year old.
Any ideas? Do I need to buy a new battery, or is this more serious issue (with phone itself)? I do not have the insurance, so taking it to the store is going to be a bit expensive.
Any ideas are appreciated.
Thanks
Sincerely,

Check your battery, it most likely has gone bad. For some reason, when this phone is about a year old, the battery will mess up.
How to check if battery is bad:
Take it out, spin it on the table. If it doesn't really spin, it's fine. If it continues to spin, the battery is definitely going bad.
I'm saying this because my phone battery messed up back in August, while my dad's E4GT got messed up last week.
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I have the same thing. Lemme guess, the only guaranteed way to turn it on is to have it start while plugged in right?
I just got off the phone with assurion, my board is messed up and is discharging the battery way too fast
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aman1127 said:
I have the same thing. Lemme guess, the only guaranteed way to turn it on is to have it start while plugged in right?
I just got off the phone with assurion, my board is messed up and is discharging the battery way too fast
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Well, Not quite. It is true that I have to plug-in to start the phone, but the battery IS NOT discharged. That's the interesting part. I usually still have more than 50% charge left when the phone shuts down. That's what worries me the most.

mike99 said:
Well, Not quite. It is true that I have to plug-in to start the phone, but the battery IS NOT discharged. That's the interesting part. I usually still have more than 50% charge left when the phone shuts down. That's what worries me the most.
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It's your battery. Try the spin test.... it'll spin. (May not look like it's bulging much but when you compare side by side with another battery you'll notice it.

Sounds like what my wife was going through a few Weeks ago. Turned out it was the battery. Check Anker batteries on Amazon or Ebay. $20 get you two batteries plus a travel charger. Ever since I replaced my wifes battery, she never had any random shut downs any more.
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s9amme said:
Sounds like what my wife was going through a few Weeks ago. Turned out it was the battery. Check Anker batteries on Amazon or Ebay. $20 get you two batteries plus a travel charger. Ever since I replaced my wifes battery, she never had any random shut downs any more.
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Unless you were one of the first people to buy your E4GT you should still be in the 1 year warranty... meaning it should be covered at no cost. TEP is definitely covered according to corp store folks. IMHO just head over to Sprint store and push them to do a battery exchange for free.
They could push you to do the mfr. claim... but most won't.

Thanks Everyone!
I think I am just outside of the year warranty. I got mine a few days after the release. Will try Anker from Amazon. Spin test is definitely positive. We have another ET4G phone in the family, bought at the same time, and its battery did not spin. Will get two replacements as I suspect the other will die soon as well.
Thanks again.

garwynn said:
Unless you were one of the first people to buy your E4GT you should still be in the 1 year warranty... meaning it should be covered at no cost. TEP is definitely covered according to corp store folks. IMHO just head over to Sprint store and push them to do a battery exchange for free.
They could push you to do the mfr. claim... but most won't.
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They are replacing batteries free of charge outside the 1yr warranty. Both sprint and Samsung are, with Samsung you have to mail in the battery and wait to get a new one, but if you end up buying a replacement its a good way to get a free OEM as a backup
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
They are replacing batteries free of charge outside the 1yr warranty. Both sprint and Samsung are, with Samsung you have to mail in the battery and wait to get a new one, but if you end up buying a replacement its a good way to get a free OEM as a backup
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Who do I contact for this? I went into a Sprint store yesterday and they said I was out of luck and should try ebay.

shaunneutron said:
Who do I contact for this? I went into a Sprint store yesterday and they said I was out of luck and should try ebay.
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Did u go to a corporate repair center? 3rd party vendors/franchise repair centers don't seem to have alot of batteries in stock, the one near me doesn't even sell batteries. If you need to contact Samsung, I just called the support # on the website and got a rep in about a min. I explained my phone was just over a year by about 2weeks and my battery had swollen and was causing the phone to run extremely hot and randomly shut off. He then said that they warranty the battery separately from the device and it has an 18 month warranty and he was going to email me a shipping label to send my battery in. I printed the label put it in a bubble wrap envelope with the battery and put it in the mail. 10 days later I received a brand new OEM battery in a original plastic box. No charge for anything. I had already ordered and received an anker replacement from amazon for $8 so I didn't have to go the 10days with no phone. But for $8 I now have 2 batteries a brand new OEM and a brand new anker. The anker was labeled 1800mah but when i received it it was a bit thicker and heavier than my bloated stock one, I put it on my tester and it registered at 1950mah. It came charged at 85% and lasted all day ~12hrs right outta the box. The first 15% dropped fast, about an hr then it stuck at 70% for over an hr while I was on the web the whole time and then evened out and settled down.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Did u go to a corporate repair center? 3rd party vendors/franchise repair centers don't seem to have alot of batteries in stock, the one near me doesn't even sell batteries. If you need to contact Samsung, I just called the support # on the website and got a rep in about a min. I explained my phone was just over a year by about 2weeks and my battery had swollen and was causing the phone to run extremely hot and randomly shut off. He then said that they warranty the battery separately from the device and it has an 18 month warranty and he was going to email me a shipping label to send my battery in. I printed the label put it in a bubble wrap envelope with the battery and put it in the mail. 10 days later I received a brand new OEM battery in a original plastic box. No charge for anything. I had already ordered and received an anker replacement from amazon for $8 so I didn't have to go the 10days with no phone. But for $8 I now have 2 batteries a brand new OEM and a brand new anker. The anker was labeled 1800mah but when i received it it was a bit thicker and heavier than my bloated stock one, I put it on my tester and it registered at 1950mah. It came charged at 85% and lasted all day ~12hrs right outta the box. The first 15% dropped fast, about an hr then it stuck at 70% for over an hr while I was on the web the whole time and then evened out and settled down.
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It was a corporate repair store, but they have never been known to be any good. I will give Samsung a shout. Thank you for the info.

shaunneutron said:
Who do I contact for this? I went into a Sprint store yesterday and they said I was out of luck and should try ebay.
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Ebay is quite possibly the worst place they could have directed you to. Ebay batteries are generally Chinese mock ups with less than stock Mah and inferior cells. Grab the anker batteries and call Samsung, politely hassle them about the battery and they'll give you one.
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shaunneutron said:
It was a corporate repair store, but they have never been known to be any good. I will give Samsung a shout. Thank you for the info.
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Just an update. I called Samsung and told them of my woes. They said that since my phones were purchased in October, they were no longer in warranty, but he said that when he ran my dec numbers, it showed as still covered. I was emailed shipping labels and have to send proof of purchase along with my battery back to Samsung. I have purchased a few Anker batteries that will hold me over until the new OEM ones arrive.
Thanks everyone for the assistance.