Anybody fancy having this big boy battery strapped to the back of their wizard!
Could make the wizard a lethal weapon! :lol:
http://www.lionbattery.com/description.php?noproduit=332
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That's silly. It would fit in the fashionable case that is provided for you.
And since the Wizard is strapped to my belt on my right side, I might start walking all crooked-like.
dang that's pretty ugly - and I bet that edge will get snagged on everything. Shame, larger battery would be nice, though I haven't had any need for one so far, if I were to let BT and WiFi on a lot, I bet I would %)
good joke! :lol:
I will prefer to use universal instead if this battery caming with original package.
no one wull buy it rite ?
I was tempted, but I did say in whatever thread that was in that I'd rather like to see the pictures first. I knew they said it was going to need a new cover, but this is a whole new rooftop
I'd much sooner go with the Adapt Charge & Go. Takes a single AA battery. Won't do much for extending the battery for long periods, but if you just need a quick fix if your battery is otherwise near-dead and you're not near any wall socket or computer to charge with, it'd be ideal.
There's a review at the Dutch PocketInfo site. I can translate if needed, but I think the pictures roughly say it all; there's no real benchmarks to speak of (I blame the battery analyzing apps for this - none will graph recharging. boohiss.)
http://www.pocketinfo.nl/artikel/5329
Next to a wizard it's still bulky, but at least it won't be permanently attached
Another alternative is to get a 2nd regular battery. Charge one, replace with the other, keep the charged one in whatever carrying case you've got, and if you really need it - turn off device and replace battery. It's a hassle either way
zeboxx,
Please keep an eye on that. Never seen it before and I was hoping it would come out (wouldn't a 9v version be better?).
Can't tell what the price or availability is but definately want one!
thanks for the link!
McHale.. there's another variant out there that uses 4 AA batteries - gets a bit bulky, though. It is indeed curious that there doesn't seem to be a 9V battery type
Looks ugly...I wonder why they had to make it so big. There are other 2000 and + out looking thiner.
heh.. gluing two of the original batteries together is thinner Problem is you can't do that :x Stupid 'smart' batteries
Just ordered a 2200mah battery from below link. looks thinner and only 25 pounds. (money not weight !) will let you know how I get on.
I luv it when you order new stuff
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=2971
meschle - if you can post a picture after hooking it up, that'd be grand
yeh zeboxx I can do that should be interesting. if too thick prob send it back seller said I can.
Though may still keep as backup on long journey I will see.
meschle said:
Just ordered a 2200mah battery from below link. looks thinner and only 25 pounds. (money not weight !) will let you know how I get on.
I luv it when you order new stuff
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=2971
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Got any pics for us yet? Cheers
This is the gpsforless 2200mah battery. It still fits in the belt case supplied by Tmobile uk although it then gets a little loose for when it has the supplied battery. I like it. The cover fits nicely but this is not a small battery.
I'd be curious to see some test results. That 2200 one doesn't look that much smaller than the 2600 one. I'm all over this though, I don't mind it being that thick as long as I get a week battery life with normal usage. THAT WOULD BE SWEET!!!
Sorry for the delay in pics guys but also wanted to test battery and try with different cases. The battery is bigger than expected but not as big or thick as mugen 2600 mah. the cover seems a bit larger than it should be - it may be possible to trim it but have not tried.
Found that with battery in and leather case on - no battery cover, things not so bad and only slight bulge at back.With cover supplied I wouldn't show my phone in public lol
here are my battery tests
Wizard battery
Standard 1250 Mah
25% loss 2.5 hours browsing
60% loss 5 hours browsing plus some game, radio, omap 240 15 mins
Extended 2200 Mah (75% more Mah)
20% loss over 2.5 hours browsing
40% loss 5 hours browsing plus some game, music, omap 240 15 mins
44% loss 7 hours browsing reconfig ppc
46% loss 8 hours browsing reconfig ppc.
60% loss 9.5 hours browsing (nearly double standard battery)!
80% loss 11.5 hours browsing
90% loss 12 hours browsing
All browsing was continuous and on gprs.
Fairly impressive I thought for a 25 pounds sterling battery!
here are the pics - taken with my spv c500 so apologize for quality
The case btw is a modified krussell case meant for magician but works for wizard.
In short then decided to keep the battery - I wish it was slimmer but no other available extended batteries in the uk I can find and at the price can't comlain
Thank god my small batery has it's own nuclear plant inside. No need for such bulky experiments
So is it still that size or is there now a new boy or girl phone?
Not only is the Wizard my first PDA phone but I made the switch from a Motorola Razr. I'm still trying to get over having a brick of a mobile phone and the thought of another brick riding piggyback on that just makes me downright nauseous.
Related
You can find here
http://www.mugenpowerbatteries.com/
The new battery set for Kaiser...
Cheers.
jcespi2005 said:
You can find here
http://www.mugenpowerbatteries.com/
The new battery set for Kaiser...
Cheers.
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Nice find, i would really like to see how it compares to the standard battery....
Looks like they are not available until next week. They are only taking pre-orders now. But 3000mAh...WOW! I have heard that Mugen batteries are some of the best you can buy too.
does anybody have any pictures of it? The site did not incllude any.
if it's 3000mAh and comes with a new battery door, you can bet it's as ugly as sin. I understand the importance of a bigger battery, in fact I have the Seido one in my Tilt right now, but why would you want to turn a phone that's already pushing maximum size/weight and add a nice big hump to it? crazy....
If it looks a bit like this:
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you can imagine that I won't buy such an item... like smittyofdhs said; it's already pushing the limits.
Plus, if it is the same as the one in the picture, you are no longer able to use an external GPS-receiver (if you do).
Does it come with Nitrous Oxide (NOS)?
Someone has to be a guinea pig
I ordered one yesterday. I need the battery life since I'm not always able to recharge when needed. So, if it's fat and ugly, I'll still have my OEM and swap them as needed.
MetalRush said:
.....Plus, if it is the same as the one in the picture, you are no longer able to use an external GPS-receiver (if you do).
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I have yet to find an external GPS receiver that would work with the Kaiser. If you find one please let me know.
edit: if it's a 300mah battery it's probably be this one
http://4ustuff.com/info.php?itno=2277 It has a thicker door than the 2800mah battery.
Can anyone enlighten us on these extended batteries, I myself feel that I could do with one, looking at the 2700 mAH one available here http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=11658 costs about 16 pounds including delivery in the UK. However the only thing stopping me at the moment is the fear of damaging my Kasier using one of these Big Fat ones (high capacity batteries). Since they are a UK based company I would imagine shipping is from the UK unlike the ebay sellers who send you the battery from Hongkong, which is not too bad if you dont mind waiting 7-9 working days. The ones i found on ebay seem to be 3000 mAH and for about 14 pounds including delivery. Wonder how long they take to attain a full charge?
Anyone with any take here!
Think the most irritating thing with the Kaiser is that you can not use the keyboard on a flat table or so, because it is not stable anymore
stryker1355 said:
Can anyone enlighten us on these extended batteries, I myself feel that I could do with one, looking at the 2700 mAH one available here http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=11658 costs about 16 pounds including delivery in the UK. However the only thing stopping me at the moment is the fear of damaging my Kasier using one of these Big Fat ones (high capacity batteries). Since they are a UK based company I would imagine shipping is from the UK unlike the ebay sellers who send you the battery from Hongkong, which is not too bad if you dont mind waiting 7-9 working days. The ones i found on ebay seem to be 3000 mAH and for about 14 pounds including delivery. Wonder how long they take to attain a full charge?
Anyone with any take here!
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I have been using a 2700 mAh battery from gpdforless (which has a .uk address) for the last three weeks. Kaiser works fine with it, no noticeable problems. It keeps the charge for complete day, with push Microsoft email and bluetooth constantly on.
How much does this "Extended Size Hi–Power 3000mAh Battery for HTC TyTN II (Kaiser) PPCs." cost in USD from the mugen online store?? i goto check out and i get these numbers..
HLI–P4550XL 57.55 / 83.45¹ 57.55 83.45
But i have no idea if thats euros but they are in the netherlands so i guess it would be euros if it is.... it makes the battery about $80usd or $116usd the shipping right now is free but thats still a bit high.
edit: oops found the answer "All prices are in Euro / US Dollar ex VAT*" small print
Well I did a few minutes of search and came up with this list. Im sure this is only a fraction of whats out there. For ebay, goto the seller's site and seach for kaiser battery or tilt battery. I didnt put the indiviual item because it'll get lost b/c ebay dont keep the items forever. You're welcome to add to the list but just follow the same format like below. Some are the same seller but using different name.
capacity in mah
site address, any notes can be added afterwards. add price if you want.
Unknown capacity in OEM size
none
1000mah
New http://myworld.ebay.com/westongue/ This seller has only 1 as of 12-12-07 Link below
http://cgi.ebay.com/Standard-Li-Bat...4445057QQihZ005QQcategoryZ15034QQcmdZViewItem
new http://www.wirelessground.com/tiltbattery.html
1300mah
http://myworld.ebay.com/lee262online/
http://myworld.ebay.com/ishop-express/
http://myworld.ebay.com/lifestyle0806/
http://myworld.ebay.com/iphonecity/
http://myworld.ebay.com/otakupark/
http://myworld.ebay.com/nv_gear/
http://www.talkietech.com/atti89htckat2.html
new http://myworld.ebay.com/igonemobile/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/davidb8699/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/imode_npower/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/360wireless/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/ibizmobile/
1350mah OEM capacity
http://myworld.ebay.com/battery_centre/
http://myworld.ebay.com/battery_collection/
http://myworld.ebay.com/oemcell/ DynaPack OEM Battery
http://myworld.ebay.com/nakedcellphone/ DynaPack OEM Battery
http://myworld.ebay.com/otakupark/
http://myworld.ebay.com/lifestyle0806/
http://www.boxwave.com/products/stdcapacitybattery/standard-capacity-battery-at_t-tilt_2906.htm
http://www.batteryupgrade.com/products.php?categorieId=93442175
new http://store.mobilitytoday.com/content/accessories/8-37.htm
new http://www.wirelessground.com/tiltstandbatt.html
Batteries below are extended capacity in OEM size that works with original back door
1500mah
http://myworld.ebay.com/obo_hk/
http://www.mugenpowerbatterijen.nl/
http://www.simoncells.com/4177-cellular-item.html
1600mah
http://myworld.ebay.com/battery_centre/
http://myworld.ebay.com/khb_tx/ Seidio battery
http://myworld.ebay.com/cellular-link/
http://myworld.ebay.com/likwaiw/
http://www.batteryupgrade.com/produ...d=17769546&searchphrase=HTC%20P4550%20battery
new http://myworld.ebay.com/battery_collection/
new http://store.mobilitytoday.com/content/accessories/8-37.htm
1650mah
http://myworld.ebay.com/etimeuk/
Batteries below are extended size and require new bulkier back door
Unknown capacity in extended size
none
2400mah
http://www.aftermarketcellular.com/ic/HTC8925XTDB.html
new http://www.1800mobiles.com/htc-tilt-battery-extended.html
2700mah
http://www.boxwave.com/products/hig...-capacity-extended-battery-at_t-tilt_2906.htm
2800mah
http://myworld.ebay.com/battery_centre/
http://myworld.ebay.com/ishophk2005/
http://myworld.ebay.com/in-t/
http://myworld.ebay.com/likwaiw/
http://myworld.ebay.com/lee262onlineau/
http://myworld.ebay.com/otakupark/
http://myworld.ebay.com/ckt824hk/
http://myworld.ebay.com/lifestyle0806/ last only as long as the OEM 1350mah
http://www.talkietech.com/htcat89ti24e.html
http://www.thepocketsolution.com/PSI-42624.html
new http://myworld.ebay.com/igonemobile/ advertised as 2800mah but randomtask16 reported as 2600mah
new http://myworld.ebay.com/davidb8699/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/360wireless/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/iphonecity/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/ibizmobile/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/battery_collection/
2900mah
http://myworld.ebay.com/etimeuk/ looks to have the same door as the 3000mah battery
3000mah
http://4ustuff.com/info.php?itno=2277 wholesale only
http://www.mugenpowerbatterijen.nl/
new http://myworld.ebay.com/nakedcellphone/ Mugen
new http://www.wirelessground.com/tiltsuperbatt.html
Edit: New additions.
So which of these would be the biggest I could go without having to put a new backplate on it?
should be the 1650's i beleive
Is the 3000 mah Mugen battery thicker than the 2400/2700/2800 mah batteries by other manufacturers or is it the same size as those other extended batteries?
Anyone have any experience with those inexpensive 1600 mah from ebay?
I need another batter as mine gets down to about 10% in about 9-10 hoursand that with light us. ;(
Mugen claim to have thinner battery than the rest of the extended battery. We'll have to wait and see the actual product.
OK, I bit. Got this very inexpensive 1650mAh battery for my Tilt.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSAA:US:11&Item=130181145161
I figure for $14.59 shipped and insured, there's not much to lose. I'll find out in a few more days or so.
I'm I the only one to dare and buy this?
I got a 2800mah extended battery from http://myworld.ebay.com/lifestyle0806/ but so far my DynaPack seems to out last it. Is anyone getting the same result as me? I probably need to cycle it a few times.
NEW EXTENDED BATTERY 3000mAh FOR HTC TILT 8925 TYTN II
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-EXTENDED-BA...hZ018QQcategoryZ15034QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
79.99+5.95 shipping
wish i had found that earlier.
If they have them in stock now i should have just bought it from them but i got an email from mugen saying this" We expect to dispatch our order at the end of the second week of December." on my pre order with mugen. my order came out to about $86.55 free shipping from the mugen site but who knows how long it will take to get from the Netherlands to the US. If the picture of this battery on that ebay sellers site is accurate It looks like it has the GPS flap. But no way to tell unless someone gives a review.
I ordered 2800 from here
new http://myworld.ebay.com/igonemobile/
and got 2600 instead
Sucks the day I get this one, the 3000 shows up.
Great idea, cproaudio. Sticky material in my mind.
It might be good to get not only the info but also quality ratings when possible.
randomtask16 said:
I ordered 2800 from here
new http://myworld.ebay.com/igonemobile/
and got 2600 instead
Sucks the day I get this one, the 3000 shows up.
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The battery i got looks exactly like the one pictured in igonemobile but mine is rated at 2800mah and has a metal plate on the bottom. But this damn thing last only as long as my OEM battery. Here's what mine looks like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvPlkVjoRF0 If I had to give it a rating I would rate it 3 out of 10 because I like the back door. It raises the phone off the surface so the speaker doesnt sound muffled.
I ordered a 2800mah from
http://www.thepocketsolution.com/PSI-42624.html
I ordered it because it looked like the cover was dull like the origional. Maybe i can post a pic too when I get it.
I did a basic test just now.
Ran it fully down to zero over night
Charged fully with phone off
Turned phone on, wifi on, BT on, Beam on, TomTom(GPS)on,
3G service area
Battery was down to 75% in less than 30mins
Which means a 2600mah battery would be totally flat within 2hrs of heavy usage? wtf?
maybee needs a breakin? Even at double that time its only 4 hrs. I take 4 hr trips with TomTom and 3g the whole way and typically have 25% left at the end with stock battery
Heres what I got...
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Where did you buy this one at?
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Where did you buy this one at?
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http://myworld.ebay.com/igonemobile/
Did you try the same test with the stock/oem battery?
BUMP THAT said:
Did you try the same test with the stock/oem battery?
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Ok I just did it with stock battery to compare.
Ran it totally dead
Charged to 100% with phone off
Turned phone on
BT ON
WIFI ON
BEAM ON
TomTom ON (gps)
I went a bit longer with this. Checked it at 40mins
84% charged...for 1350mah
75% charged for 2600mah
under same conditions. I smell rubbish
i have this battery
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=11663
and i made some tests me too to see when the power drain comes..
they kid as with all these big batteries
the 1600mA i have it's much much better than this monster
the only diference is the weight and the dimensions...
Looks like I may be in for a surprise too.
Due to its big display, battery of BA often drains very fast so we need powerful supply. A guy from PDAviet has come up with a new solution. He uses two Nokia BL 5C standard battery to make better, longer & more powerful batt than the original one.
All credit go to trongkhoi_designcorp (PDAViet)
Detail Tutorials can be found here:
Code:
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You need two good BL-5C Nokia Battery and some simple tools to do this. Hope you guys can manage it thru these illustrations below. Here we go
* Step 1: Unhousing
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Give it a try and see. It's very easy. This new modded batt much better than original BA one. Sorry for my English.
Great !!!
That means I have a chance to "repair" my battery for low price
Thank You Very Much!!
If anyone made it , please write here how it works ( how much time BA is working on this modded battery)
Thx
good idea
hi,good idea but there is 4 poles in BA,and nokia hav 3 poles,how did u connect the 2 batteries?i think parallel,but the poles,and + & -,how did u know?give us good map to connect it exactly,thnx
plz refer to the link (google translated) for more details. After unhousing the BA batt (using a knife to remove the batt label), you will see the 2 separated connectors (-) and (+) in the small circuit -which tells the phone when the batt is fully charged.
on the BL-5C, there are 3 poles, but you only need to care about the (+) one, which you can find printed on the shell. the (-) is the metal core of the batt.
just open the BA batt and you can find it easy (with the help of the pictures above)
thnx
but there is a simple question,we need for this circuit? or we dont use it?
and the current will icrease twice,i think,thnx
You dont need to remove the small circuit like in the pic above, just keep it and use two original connectors of the batt if you like. have a look:
The original BA batt also contains two small batt (like two BL-5C) but with smaller capacity to make a total of 1490mAh.
You can replace these two original batts with other two 1020mAh BL-5C to make a total power of 2040mAh. Remember that the total capacity of the two new batts shouldn't exceed 2000mAh as the chager can stand a maximum of 2000mAh.
so nice
nice work,thnx for this good idea,i will try it,it is will increase the time of the battery work time,thnx again.
we need to keep the curcuit as it will tell the fone the remain power of the batt and when it is fully charged. if you are noobie, just keep the original connectors. or you use a soldering tool to solder the wire directly to the circut (like the illutrastions)
hnyuk49 said:
You dont need to remove the small circuit like in the pic above, just keep it and use two original connectors of the batt if you like. have a look:
The original BA batt also contains two small batt (like two BL-5C) but with smaller capacity to make a total of 1490mAh.
You can replace these two original batts with other two 1020mAh BL-5C to make a total power of 2040mAh. Remember that the total capacity of the two new batts shouldn't exceed 2000mAh as the chager can stand a maximum of 2000mAh.
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2020mAh is the battery capacity (see - it says mA-hour) and 2000mA is maximum charging current (for the charger, it is about 300mA when you charge it on USB). So if you put bigger battery - it will take longer to be fully charged. I'm planing to put 4 cells for a long time, but I'll have to make a bigger plastic back for the battery.
p.s. while removing allu-battery cover, you will certainly break some little plastic holders so it will look a little messy, but when you put it on the phone it looks as new
how to tell if your mod battery is indeed 2020mAh ?
that means long working time and long charging time.thnx
great tutorial, maybe i will try it on my old batteryes
GREAT!!!
I have a double-size battery housing for BA. I will fill it with 4 Nokia batteries!!
Thanks!
cgone said:
GREAT!!!
I have a double-size battery housing for BA. I will fill it with 4 Nokia batteries!!
Thanks!
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Someone correct me if I am wrong, but if you do that your battery will finish charging the day the cows come home...
Sounds like a cool idea though
egzthunder1 said:
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but if you do that your battery will finish charging the day the cows come home...
Sounds like a cool idea though
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No problem, I have a 2000mAh charger It's usually fully charge the standard BA battery within 20-30 minutes
cgone said:
No problem, I have a 2000mAh charger It's usually fully charge the standard BA battery within 20-30 minutes
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Neat! Let us know how that works out. I have an extended battery as well (about 2.5 years old) and I believe that it is beginning to loose some steam, so I would consider doing that if it truly works...
xplode said:
great tutorial, maybe i will try it on my old batteryes
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Dont catch on fire xplode
WOW! Nice one. This is good news for me. Got lots of old nokia phones here with BL-5CA batteries 3.7v. I'll give it a try. If something bad happened please send flowers to my house. LOL will report back...
as of now here's what I've got.
Sorry for the big pic size...now I am having a hard time disassembling nokia batteries...
keep us posted on this red hanks. this kind of stuff excites me.
Batteries performance degrade overtime so are we able to change A500 battery if it is degraded or can we even upgrade it with a higher capcity in order to achive better performance?
Is their a tutorial for such procedure?
UPDATE: I would like to thank bvdrax for his help we are one stop closer to understanding our tablets
majidessa said:
Batteries performance degrade overtime so are we able to change A500 battery if it is degraded or can we even upgrade it with a higher capcity in order to achive better performance?
Is their a tutorial for such procedure?
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I was thinking about that this past weekend. That's one of the few things that I would like, that it currently doesn't have (a user replaceable battery). Although, I would imagine that we could find a battery that would work with it and replace it, if we didn't mind opening it up and voiding the warranty!
JackMetal said:
I was thinking about that this past weekend. That's one of the few things that I would like, that it currently doesn't have (a user replaceable battery). Although, I would imagine that we could find a battery that would work with it and replace it, if we didn't mind opening it up and voiding the warranty!
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Of course the battery may be soldered in, at which point even if getting the case apart without an issue is easy enough a soldering job would be needed. I would guess the warranty would be long since over by the time our batteries start going.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
google openiong iconia or something like that
There is a walk thru I Sen a week or so ago on replacing battery and so on. I think this device snaps together at the seems at top and bottom. Ibhave notices the button of mine is a bit wider crack then the top. So I do think this makes sense.
By the time my A500's battery dies enough for me to care, I fully expect to have replaced the tablet itself. My Droid's 2yo battery hilds up fine still under much harder use (including hotter processor and case temps from overclocking and from living in a car mount.)
There is a post on androidtablets.net that shows the tablet partly dissembled. I can't post the link because I don't have 8 posts.
I pulled the battery out of mine just now. It is not soldered in. The case came apart very easily using a pampered chef plastic orange peeler, and just easing it into the seam and following it around.
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bvdrax said:
I pulled the battery out of mine just now. It is not soldered in. The case came apart very easily using a pampered chef plastic orange peeler, and just easing it into the seam and following it around.
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The back of my box said 3260mAh x 2 ( 24.1 Wh ) ... is there 2 batteries ??
you mind taking pictures showing the steps of dissecting this baby ??
BTW ... that attached pic is way too small to see anything ( at least I saw the plug...that's a good thing )
Once I find the good camera I will take some better pics of how to tear it apart.
Try the link below for a better pic.
I am pretty sure this little plastic job has 2 batteries in it, as it looks to be segmented into two compartments. Also, the leads seam to indicate two batteries.
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https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tCpBFxsk1gBKpCr9vN-Z38CHbw16BN85JIFK8cJrdOQ?feat=directlink
^ 2 cells, not 2 batteries. A battery is merely the word for a collection of cells.
Here is a quick video of me cracking my A500 apart. Also, I have some better pictures of the inside with and without the battery and the battery itself.
http://youtu.be/MIvbWo_p3KI
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AywLT6kob_wkcgtmStMZp8CHbw16BN85JIFK8cJrdOQ?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nOaHYqR0esfx-X7H1L_r6MCHbw16BN85JIFK8cJrdOQ?feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5TUY_BB_osgg7HeN_wj8h8CHbw16BN85JIFK8cJrdOQ?feat=directlink
Thanks for the pic/video bvdrax
still not seeing 2x battery ... and it said Lithium Ion on the battery ...while it said Lithium Polymer on the box ..etc
Li-Ion & Li-Polymer are similar but different.
Whatever
at least it's not solder on.
bvdrax said:
Here is a quick video of me cracking my A500 apart. Also, I have some better pictures of the inside with and without the battery and the battery itself.
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Thank you in behalf of all the Acer Iconia owners who are curious to see how we can crack this one open. You are one brave individual for trying and succeeding and making it possible for us to see how easy it is to do so. More reason to love the Iconia, replaceable battery!
Let us know if you find a Mini PCI-E slot while you're digging in there.
thanks BVDRAX! Great job man!
The average Li-on battery carries a ~3 year useful life. More likely than not, three years from now most of us will have a different tab and you'll still be able to use yours over a/c.
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Let us know if you find a Mini PCI-E slot while you're digging in there.
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If you look at the 3rd link (or second link in the stills) there is a spot for a standard mini pci-e card, however there is no socket installed and looks like there is a number of electronic compnents missing which are associated with it
You are a brave soul. Thanks for risking your warranty to show us how to do this!
thx bvdrax!
Wow, great video and pics. Thanks a lot, good to know whats in there and how to get there.
Most of the guys here at XDA are familiar with the hardware components inside Iconia tablets as well as very fond of all hardware weaknesses and strengths of that particular device.
As no surprise its battery capacity is …I would say, insufficient for that kind of a portable device especially given what brilliant job the engineers from apple had been done to Ipads.
Anyway, let’s move on the subject of this post.
The original battery has the specs as follows: 7.4V ,3260mAh .
My experience was quite straight forward – 3.5 hours video playback (display 60% dimmed down) ,4.5 hours wifi browsing/downloading , after 8 hours in stand by ( Wifi ,GPS turned off) battery drained about 25 percent .
That’s very close to a regular notebook and is not exactly what I expected from a 3G / Wifi tablet.
The good news is that not only Acer’s devices are paired with short lasting batteries, so no one should regret choosing Iconia tab, and even better news is about to come soon if we can craft our own supporting battery and make this gadget work overnight .
The battery charger is providing current of 12V 1.5A (1500mAh) and 12V is happen to be one of the most popular voltage used in cars and therefore wide range of cars accessories as well as security cameras and so forth. A brief eBay search led me to a Chinese made super duper battery for security cameras which may be my happy ticket. 12V 9800mAh sounds like a spoon of honey to me. Of course the battery pack looks horrible (OEM cells, blue PVC insulating tape) but it cost less than you might think.
If paired with fancy spiral cable and appropriate DC jack this 350g battery may fit comfortably in your leather belt pouch and feed your lovely monster tab for about 6 + hours
The real power consumption of the tab is about 3260mah / ~3.5h = 800-1000 mA
After simple math we may see that battery with 9800mAh may charge the tab for about 6.5 hours
So my way of thinking is with fully charged internal and external batteries we have about 3.5 hours internal capacity then charge for about 1.5 hours (totally 5 hours ) then another 3.5 hours on internal battery then charge 1.5 hours and so forth until the supporting battery pack is almost drained. If the math in the following chart is correct we may recharge the internal battery up to 4 times without being chained to the wall socket
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So my hope posting this thread is that someone might like to join me in this experiment and share the results. I’m not an electrician and perhaps I may be wrong about my expecting results but if so, I’d like to be advised by someone who knows more than me and would like to put his/her contribution to get this mission complete
Uh. You didn't post a single question, what do you expect? Someone to confirm that yes, the external battery can be used to charge the tablet once you make a proper cable for it?
Yes, it can be used for that. And yes, it'll provide several hours of extra mileage.
It's the general section, no question required. Its a discussion, get over yourself.
Edit, I see it weighs 300 grams, pretty light. Do you have a link?
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I think it's a pretty sound idea. My question would be, how do you charge the external battery pack?
Most devices have an internal voltage regulator, that shuts the connection when a battery is sufficiently charged to prevent over-charging. Without this little device, you could overcharge your extra battery and possibly explode it.
Charging units (comes with the tab) only convert from AC to DC, not regulate the cut-off supply, at least as far as I know. So you would have to devise a method to supply the correct amperage and voltage, and, shut off when charged.
I got one of these external battery packs. I keep it in my backpack, and it'll recharge my tablet and phone several times over.
heldc said:
I got one of these external battery packs. I keep it in my backpack, and it'll recharge my tablet and phone several times over.
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Question, what do you use to re-charge the external battery pack?
Inquiring minds wanna know.....
EDIT, just checked the link. Too bad there's no NewEgg in Moscow, but lots of chinese batteries!!!
It comes with a charger, you plug it into the wall, or your solar panel, or your car.
heldc said:
I got one of these external battery packs. I keep it in my backpack, and it'll recharge my tablet and phone several times over.
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Thanks! I will save that and order one soon, as I am looking to do a prolonged photo shoot with my tablet in "follow-mode" displaying the shots as I take them, and was looking for a reliable way to keep it juiced.