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Replacement battery

Anyone replace their battery yet? I bought my note 10 refurbed and never felt it had the power it should. Will last 3ish hours with light gaming and web surf. I've seen some replacements on amazon, just wanted to get some input.

monkey3ddd said:
Anyone replace their battery yet? I bought my note 10 refurbed and never felt it had the power it should. Will last 3ish hours with light gaming and web surf. I've seen some replacements on amazon, just wanted to get some input.
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I bought one from zwxj on Amazon a couple of weeks ago. 20 minute install. Very easy. There a a few youtube videos you can search for that show the entire process.
I'm getting about 8 hours or more of screen on time now.
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I bought one from new power 99, was getting 10% loss for every hour for the first few months but then it started to go alot faster. They have a 1 year garantee on there batteries so i just wrote them 2 days ago and explained what was happening and they sent me a replacement the day they got my email. It was a little more expensive but definitely worth it. They also told me to just keep the first battery. So i would definitely recommend them . They didn't argue or tell me I'm doing something wrong when I sent the email , they just shipped a new battery out. It comes with all the tools to take tablet apart and was very easy to do.

So my battery is fine except when playing games. It's drops insanely fast. I have a refurbished model and am thinking a new battery should do it. Anyone have that issue and a new battery take care of it?
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My battery life is getting much worse, and the tablet is now 2 years old. Looks like time for a new battery here too...

Don't know if I need one yet. I know I leave it on the charger quite often and it seems to drain much faster under load than my refurbished nexus 7 2013, but standby time is much, much longer than my nexus 7. Disassembly also seems like a pain. I don't like that you have to pry on the screen

dougiefresh181 said:
Don't know if I need one yet. I know I leave it on the charger quite often and it seems to drain much faster under load than my refurbished nexus 7 2013, but standby time is much, much longer than my nexus 7. Disassembly also seems like a pain. I don't like that you have to pry on the screen
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Like the rest of you, I'm experiencing severe, and rapid drain from my battery. I just bought a brand new OEM battery for my tablet. Hasn't come yet, and I will let you know about any difficulties. YouTube videos make it look like a fairly easy job, and it doesn't look like there's much pressure on the screen while you do it. By the way, just for giggles I decided to check how difficult it would be to access the battery. Take it from me-DO NOT TRY TO PRY THE SCREEN LOOSE! You might lose the power and volume switch caps. Only remove the screen if you need to replace it.
Rather, pull the S Pen from it's socket, and gently pry the back cover loose. From there, follow the directions on YouTube carefully. When you are done, gently reseat the rear cover, and make sure that it's properly seated. You'd never believe that piece of chrome coloured plastic was so important. Sheer Genius!
Well, hope that helps.
Rob

Changed my battery about a week ago. Wasn't very hard and the results have been amazing. So happy.
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Hey which battery did you end up buying and from where? If you don't mind my asking
graffix31 said:
Changed my battery about a week ago. Wasn't very hard and the results have been amazing. So happy.
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Get the one used in the most wellknown tutorial vid, from Newpower99. I wonder whether they ship overseas.

Any way to check to see how much power or life your battery has left? Just bought a used one and seems normal.

Stew Pendous said:
Hey which battery did you end up buying and from where? If you don't mind my asking
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i got it from zwxj on Amazon. it was cheap. it was actually very easy to install. there was a small issue though. the cord that connects the battery is a little to long. and the plastic piece at the top isnt exactly correct. i was able to get it in though with minimal effort. they battery lasts forever. the only issue i have and it is a pita is it will randomly shut off when playing a game. doesnt happen all the time and there is no rhyme or reason to when it happens. i need to plug it into the wall and then it will restart with the same battery it shut off from. i could read things all day down to zero and it would never happen. wither way for the 15 bucks or so i spent on the battery it makes the tablet usable again and i love it.

graffix31 said:
i got it from zwxj on Amazon. it was cheap. it was actually very easy to install. there was a small issue though. the cord that connects the battery is a little to long. and the plastic piece at the top isnt exactly correct. i was able to get it in though with minimal effort. they battery lasts forever. the only issue i have and it is a pita is it will randomly shut off when playing a game. doesnt happen all the time and there is no rhyme or reason to when it happens. i need to plug it into the wall and then it will restart with the same battery it shut off from. i could read things all day down to zero and it would never happen. wither way for the 15 bucks or so i spent on the battery it makes the tablet usable again and i love it.
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I've bought one from AliExpress with the same issue in the little plastic piece on top so I guess it's from the same manufacturer. Mine constantly turns off. Even updating apps. It seems to be an issue with these batteries.
Also, I feel like it doesn't show the correct percentage. Is there something I should do after replacing the battery for it to show the correct percentage?
One last question and this goes to everyone. Using Ampere, could you please check and tell me whats the average drain in mA?
Thanks!

I use Battery Monitor Widget, included in the 3C Android Toolkit, and samplin battery data in sync with Android to save power. So Standby values should be too high to be representative, 0,05 to 0,2A. Idling with screen on, around 0,6A. Max Load should be over 2A or ten watts. These values should be calculated from the battery voltage instead of the Usb voltage. Attached to a power supply, the Note never seems to drain the battery, so there must be a ten watt power limit, it will simply no longer charge under full load.
Using improper plugs doesn't sound like a good idea, the contacts could get so hot, that the plastic of the plug und socket or the back cover could melt and the contacts could de-solder themselves from the main pcb.

Just ordered a OEM Samsung battery today. Will post when I getvand get it installed. Battery is totally flat on my device.

graffix31 said:
i got it from zwxj on Amazon. it was cheap. it was actually very easy to install. there was a small issue though. the cord that connects the battery is a little to long. and the plastic piece at the top isnt exactly correct. i was able to get it in though with minimal effort. they battery lasts forever. the only issue i have and it is a pita is it will randomly shut off when playing a game. doesnt happen all the time and there is no rhyme or reason to when it happens. i need to plug it into the wall and then it will restart with the same battery it shut off from. i could read things all day down to zero and it would never happen. wither way for the 15 bucks or so i spent on the battery it makes the tablet usable again and i love it.
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I had the exact same thing happening with mine after replacing the battery. Check your CPU clocking. If you're on a CM ROM it's probably overclocked & set to 1900MHz. If you set the governor to 1300MHz (which is the factory clocking speed, I think) it should quit shutting down like that. That's what I did and I haven't had it happen even once since. I think the CPU is just overclocked a bit much for the aftermarket battery to handle. Your tablet will run a bit cooler this way too.

thebadwrench said:
I had the exact same thing happening with mine after replacing the battery. Check your CPU clocking. If you're on a CM ROM it's probably overclocked & set to 1900MHz. If you set the governor to 1300MHz (which is the factory clocking speed, I think) it should quit shutting down like that. That's what I did and I haven't had it happen even once since. I think the CPU is just overclocked a bit much for the aftermarket battery to handle. Your tablet will run a bit cooler this way too.
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That's awesome. Trying it now. Thanks
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thebadwrench said:
I had the exact same thing happening with mine after replacing the battery. Check your CPU clocking. If you're on a CM ROM it's probably overclocked & set to 1900MHz. If you set the governor to 1300MHz (which is the factory clocking speed, I think) it should quit shutting down like that. That's what I did and I haven't had it happen even once since. I think the CPU is just overclocked a bit much for the aftermarket battery to handle. Your tablet will run a bit cooler this way too.
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I just replaced my battery as the tablet had become unusable. I found the same issue. Only happened once, I also found that I could only charge the device while off, I reseated the charging flex which seemed to correct the unable to charge while on. Now that I think about it, I was on a TW 4.4 rom rooted when it happened, I'll report back with findings.

I contacted Samsung support and they referred me to a distributor of official OEM Samsung parts. Ordered a battery last week. Unfortunately, delivery is in the 2 to 3 week timeframe, as it's coming from overseas. I will let you all know how replacement of it goes.

jak341 said:
I contacted Samsung support and they referred me to a distributor of official OEM Samsung parts. Ordered a battery last week. Unfortunately, delivery is in the 2 to 3 week timeframe, as it's coming from overseas. I will let you all know how replacement of it goes.
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If you want or need directions for replacing the battery, when I did mine about a month ago I posted a step by step guide for what to do along with pictures (just ignore the part about removing the charging port if your only doing the battery). Here's a link to it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66124495&postcount=13

Exceptionally bad battery life.

Now, I know...the M9 has ALWAYS had a reputation for being bad on batteries.
I also know, that Facebook and Messenger are two nasty apps that eat batteries alive.
Saying all of that up front, the battery life on my M9 has very suddenly become VERY bad (even with Facebook and Messenger not installed). I thought it might have been a battery calibration issue, but trying a calibration program out seems to yield no improvement (even in the accuracy of the battery indicator).
So, now, if I'm lucky, I'll get about 2.5hrs of battery life even if the phone is in airplane mode indoors. My battery will get to about 65% and then the phone will shut off. When I try to start the phone, I'll get a 0% indicator sometimes, but after plugging it into the charger, I'll then see about 65% battery instantly.
Is there anything I can do or should I throw in the towel and upgrade to an HTC 10? Things are to the point I can't use the thing when its plugged into the charger!
I was using the last nightly build of CM on the thing for months before it got THIS bad. I thought maybe keeping it plugged into the charger too much was the problem, but wiping the dalvik cache after fully charging might help too... no change. I tired flashing Lineage and the battery life is the roughly the same.
Should I try flashing back to stock or try a firmware upgrade or somekind? I honestly have no clue what to do with this thing.

I honestly believe it's a hardware issue. I've tried most anything and I'm there too! I was just going to buy a lightly used m9, flash my current ROM onto it, and wait for the Pixel 2 (the HTC is looking like a disappointment).

My brother​ had a similar issue with his M8. Sprint refused to acknowledge any kind of hardware issue and insisted that he must have too many apps running, even after a factory reset. He eventually switched to an HTC 10.

I currently have my HTC 10 in for warranty so I have to us my M9 in the meantime. I tried upgrading to a nougat rom only to get terrible battery life. I switched to the santod stock debloated marshmallow and it lasts the day and a couple of hours. I read on the thread that there are no nougat radios for the M9 which causes the battery drain.

I figured it out. It was the battery all along. Replaced the battery, and the phone is getting the best battery life it has ever gotten.

TheXev said:
I figured it out. It was the battery all along. Replaced the battery, and the phone is getting the best battery life it has ever gotten.
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Did you replace it yourself? Was it that hard? My battery will randomly die at 23% sometimes. Debating on replacing it. Can't afford a pixel at the moment.

Flyhalf205 said:
Did you replace it yourself? Was it that hard? My battery will randomly die at 23% sometimes. Debating on replacing it. Can't afford a pixel at the moment.
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Yes, I replaced it myself, and your situation sounds VERY similar to mine. It was one of the trickiest operations I have ever done on a phone by far, but the M9 has a few things that make it much easier to do then the M8 for sure (I was dreading having to replace a USB port on my old M8). I replaced the USB port for my M9 while I was in there and also did the thermal mod to help cool the CPU down. I have a very steady hand and some experience doing these types of things, but am by no means a professional.
I talk about my experiences doing all three of these operations here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72235621&postcount=49
Only additional note I have is, that the Amazon seller I bought my battery from is now out of stock. A friend of mine who just bought a M9 is ordering a new battery for his, so I can update you with that experience soon. As some people seem to be getting old batteries or batteries that aren't holding a charge even from the vendor I bought mine from. I almost wonder if some scumbags are returning batteries to Amazon saying they didn't use them, but are actually sending back their old batteries!
I did notice while looking for new battery replacements on Amazon the other night, that there does appear to be generic non-OEM replacement options on the market now, where I did not find those at the time I did my replacement. My friend is getting his battery off ebay from a Hong Kong seller, so it will likely be a few weeks before we have it in hand.
I also used this video on youtube as reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYm-2dUW03M I stopped and did the USB board replacement before most of the steps (that is actually quite easy to do by itself). You can watch it to get a REALLY good idea of what you'll have to deal with. I had the Verizon version of the M9 to deal with, so I only had one antenna wire instead of two (most be a different antenna in the VZW version of the phone), and getting the CNC connections back together was harder then ANY of the ribbon cables shown. I had to remove my contact lenses and look at the motherboard really close to see it clearly.

@TheXev Thanks for all of the info. I heard that conducting the battery swap was notoriously tricky. I ended up just buying a m9 for cheap and porting everything over to it... when this battery inevitable dies in 6 months I may give the self-replacement a go (or move on to a Pixel or something).

Exokan said:
@TheXev Thanks for all of the info. I heard that conducting the battery swap was notoriously tricky. I ended up just buying a m9 for cheap and porting everything over to it... when this battery inevitable dies in 6 months I may give the self-replacement a go (or move on to a Pixel or something).
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Just finished replacing my battery this morning. Took me about 45 minutes. I followed this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvBvrWN73s&t=180s .... I just hope this will delay me buying a pixel. Expensive!
Bought this one here. I doubt it is OEM but we will see how battery life last on this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-OE...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Thanks @TheXev

Aganar said:
My brother​ had a similar issue with his M8. Sprint refused to acknowledge any kind of hardware issue and insisted that he must have too many apps running, even after a factory reset. He eventually switched to an HTC 10.
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Flyhalf205 said:
Just finished replacing my battery this morning. Took me about 45 minutes. I followed this video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvBvrWN73s&t=180s .... I just hope this will delay me buying a pixel. Expensive!
Bought this one here. I doubt it is OEM but we will see how battery life last on this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-OE...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649
Thanks @TheXev
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Glad it worked out for ya.. but on a stranger note... WTF IS UP WITH THAT VIDEO!? lol its EXACTLY the same as mine, only with a different logo, the font was changed from blue to red.... and the music is different but it is otherwise EXACTLY THE SAME. lol
I'm switching tabs between these videos at different parts, and its just changing colors... I think your video is from the original author, I'm going to let him know about this other channel ripping off their work.

My phone has same battery behavior.
Anyone in Los Angeles area want to swap out my battery for me???
Any reputable phone service places anyone can recommend?
I really don't think I should try to do this myself.

Bad battery

The vibration motor on my Fire phone stopped working, and then I noted that the case was bulging - the screen backlight was bleeding out of the side gaps.
After removing the back (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Amazon+Fire+Phone+Teardown/27458), it was clear that the battery had swollen significantly. I pried the battery out, but like many phones it won't boot without a battery installed. Now it's time to decide whether to move on or spend $15 on a questionable battery off Ebay.

Wow, that's dramatic. What did you decide to do? I had planned to replace my battery once it is bad. Seems like the thing to do if you still like the phone.

dini77 said:
Wow, that's dramatic. What did you decide to do? I had planned to replace my battery once it is bad. Seems like the thing to do if you still like the phone.
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I decided to buy a battery on eBay for $12.99. It was reasonably easy to reply (there are instructions on iFixit) and the phone is working again. I'm not sure about the true capacity of the new battery yet (its not my main phone).

henningspruth said:
I decided to buy a battery on eBay for $12.99. It was reasonably easy to reply (there are instructions on iFixit) and the phone is working again. I'm not sure about the true capacity of the new battery yet (its not my main phone).
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That's good to know, that you could do it cheaply and easily. Fire isn't my main phone either but it has a data SIM and is in daily use. I still enjoy it and plan to keep using it indefinitely. It is special because there will never be anything like it again.

Battery failure

Just wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced a "swelling battery" problem - I noticed my battery life starting to get worse, then one day the display actually began detaching from the frame - turned out my battery had started "bulging"/swelling, so much so that it had pushed the screen off the frame (phone was basically disassembling itself).
long story short, I was in HK and had the battery replaced at a stall in Sin Tat Plaza. New battery seems ok. Just curious if anyone else has had a similar battery failure.
In case anyone reading this is experiencing anything similar, this could be an option:
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/Moto-Z-Play-Replacement-Battery/IF368-005-2
If this had been available when it happened to my Z Play I would've gone for this option (since the swelling battery had pushed the display off the frame already, the hardest part of the job was already done!)

weilt said:
Just wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced a "swelling battery" problem - I noticed my battery life starting to get worse, then one day the display actually began detaching from the frame - turned out my battery had started "bulging"/swelling, so much so that it had pushed the screen off the frame (phone was basically disassembling itself).
long story short, I was in HK and had the battery replaced at a stall in Sin Tat Plaza. New battery seems ok. Just curious if anyone else has had a similar battery failure.
In case anyone reading this is experiencing anything similar, this could be an option:
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/Moto-Z-Play-Replacement-Battery/IF368-005-2
If this had been available when it happened to my Z Play I would've gone for this option (since the swelling battery had pushed the display off the frame already, the hardest part of the job was already done!)
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dont use HK battery it's fake battery and getting your device to slow. your components will become damage in the future as the technician said

JR Bautista said:
dont use HK battery it's fake battery and getting your device to slow. your components will become damage in the future as the technician said
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Hi,
thanks for the warning, but so far the thing is working fine. The battery swap was done in front of me so I could see what was being done. The replacement battery had Motorola markings etc. and as far as I could tell it was an original.

weilt said:
Hi,
thanks for the warning, but so far the thing is working fine. The battery swap was done in front of me so I could see what was being done. The replacement battery had Motorola markings etc. and as far as I could tell it was an original.
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in the first place so good but in long run ? is not good bro

JR Bautista said:
in the first place so good but in long run ? is not good bro
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thanks for the warning!
but as far as I can tell it's basically a Motorola battery, so I am not worried (Motorola's not such a big brand that people are likely to be making "fake batteries" for them - I'd actually be more worried about aftermarket iPhone or Samsung batteries)

Need urgent help! battery swollen on HTC one m8

Phone battery is swelling day by day , I do not know whats the matter but because of that even my phone's display not working properly
I am not getting genuine battery online , any suggestions?
touchscreen panel has already came out because of swollen battery!

You need to stop using it and turn off the device. The battery is damaged and using it any further you risk seriously injuring yourself.
Basically at this stage the phone is done for, but if you want to continue using it you gotta replace the battery. M8s and M9 batteries fit and work with M8, although they might also be hard to get nowadays. If you still can't find any or you don't want to attempt doing the replacement yourself you can also ask your local phone repair shops if they can fix your device - that would be a safe, but a costly way though.

Thanks brother actually it ruined working display too( i mean that swollen battery) , some part of screen is not getting any touch effect ! well I will try to find battery in market! Thanks again

Phalangioides said:
You need to stop using it and turn off the device. The battery is damaged and using it any further you risk seriously injuring yourself.
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I fully agree here. Swollen battery is damaged, and this is a dangerous situation.
Also, do NOT try to charge the battery. It may catch fire or explode! If you remember all the stories about Samsung Note (forget which iteration of the Note) batteries burning or exploding, this is a similar situation.
The thread title "Urgent" is no joke.

I've replaced both battery and display in my mind, it is not really difficult. Both are available on eBay and Amazon. There are many videos and instructions on how to do it. If you decide to do it yourself I would suggest watching the videos many times and have the instructions open while working on the phone. Take your time and refer to the instructions.
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take time... I have done this 2 times before... when open the body take care about the hardware buttons. I have destroyed them only with an little plektrum.. the htc one M8 is the difficult devices that I have reapired. I will recommend to buy an damaged device for trying the repairprocess.