well…I ordered a battery last week and it was suppose to be OEM battery for my Samsung Galaxy SIV from ebay. As Soon as I received this battery a few days ago( the battery looks legit and exactly like the one on my GS4), I plugged it into oulet and tried to charge it. But something weird happened since then! If I turn on my phone, it would restart again and again after the Samsung Logo appear on display. Several times later, it finally turned on.
Cuz I was not at home recently so I borrowed my friend’s MPJ extended battery he bought from their website and tested the phone again. My S4 then boots smoothly and work perfectly so I was confirmed that the OEM battery is a fake one! Besides, with the fake OEM even though it has full bars, the phone also constantly loses connection.
My friend then told me he has saw a vedio about fake battery which NFC doesn’t work ealier on and I remember mine fake one also claimed it has NFC. Cuz my friend’s GS4 MPJ battery also have NFC, so I deciede to test my NFC…and yes…the result is the fake OEM battery was not responding at all…just regret to buy it…never buy OEM batteries for cheap anymore!! Anyway I just stop using that fake battery in case more problems occur… I have ordered a same new battery as my friend’s this time and now waiting for it…
The fake OEM battery is printed as “CELL MADE IN JAPAN, ASSEMBLED IN CHINA”…I am not sure it is a point to distinguish a fake OEM battery? It would be helpful if anyone tell me more about how to distinguish a fake battery
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well…I ordered a battery last week and it was suppose to be OEM battery for my Samsung Galaxy SIV from ebay. As Soon as I received this battery a few days ago( the battery looks legit and exactly like the one on my GS4), I plugged it into oulet and tried to charge it. But something weird happened since then! If I turn on my phone, it would restart again and again after the Samsung Logo appear on display. Several times later, it finally turned on.
Cuz I was not at home recently so I borrowed my friend’s MPJ extended battery he bought from their website and tested the phone again. My S4 then boots smoothly and work perfectly so I was confirmed that the OEM battery is a fake one! Besides, with the fake OEM even though it has full bars, the phone also constantly loses connection.
My friend then told me he has saw a vedio about fake battery which NFC doesn’t work ealier on and I remember mine fake one also claimed it has NFC. Cuz my friend’s GS4 MPJ battery also have NFC, so I deciede to test my NFC…and yes…the result is the fake OEM battery was not responding at all…just regret to buy it…never buy OEM batteries for cheap anymore!! Anyway I just stop using that fake battery in case more problems occur… I have ordered a same new battery as my friend’s this time and now waiting for it…
The fake OEM battery is printed as “CELL MADE IN JAPAN, ASSEMBLED IN CHINA”…I am not sure it is a point to distinguish a fake OEM battery? It would be helpful if anyone tell me more about how to distinguish a fake battery
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All I can say never buy cheap battery's of eBay!!!!
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knighthorus said:
well…I ordered a battery last week and it was suppose to be OEM battery for my Samsung Galaxy SIV from ebay. As Soon as I received this battery a few days ago( the battery looks legit and exactly like the one on my GS4), I plugged it into oulet and tried to charge it. But something weird happened since then! If I turn on my phone, it would restart again and again after the Samsung Logo appear on display. Several times later, it finally turned on.
Cuz I was not at home recently so I borrowed my friend’s MPJ extended battery he bought from their website and tested the phone again. My S4 then boots smoothly and work perfectly so I was confirmed that the OEM battery is a fake one! Besides, with the fake OEM even though it has full bars, the phone also constantly loses connection.
My friend then told me he has saw a vedio about fake battery which NFC doesn’t work ealier on and I remember mine fake one also claimed it has NFC. Cuz my friend’s GS4 MPJ battery also have NFC, so I deciede to test my NFC…and yes…the result is the fake OEM battery was not responding at all…just regret to buy it…never buy OEM batteries for cheap anymore!! Anyway I just stop using that fake battery in case more problems occur… I have ordered a same new battery as my friend’s this time and now waiting for it…
The fake OEM battery is printed as “CELL MADE IN JAPAN, ASSEMBLED IN CHINA”…I am not sure it is a point to distinguish a fake OEM battery? It would be helpful if anyone tell me more about how to distinguish a fake battery
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fake batteries cant be differentiated ...
oem dont hav 3 lines printed on the bottom left .. only 2 ...
just dont buy cheap stuff .. its a battery ... a $2 thing can f**k up your $600 device !!
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just dont buy cheap stuff .. its a battery ... a $2 thing can f**k up your $600 device !!
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Normal battery's are also not good, mine has become fatter and keeps turning off the whole time, gosh it hate the S4, i should have stayd with my S3...
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Hey guys, i've had my PPC 6800 (bell) for about slightly over a year now.
Recently i've noticed that the battery is dying instantly every time i make a call or access the internet. It can go from 90% down to 6% in a matter of seconds. I've tried differnt firmwares and nothing helps at all. Anyone got any ideas? Is my phone kicking the can..? or is it my battery?
Thanks for the help
I would say it's the battery. I had same thing after about a year too. Mine would go down even if I wasn't using the phone. I thought it was the phone's fault so I called Verizon and they sent me a new phone. But battery acted the same. So I bought another battery. All is fine now!
it could also be a problem with the phone. Does it get really hot during the drain periods. I had on that did and it was just defective.
hmm well it acts normally when i'm just using the GUI (aka just playing games etc), however everytime i access data or call, the battery dies in several minutes. I'm gonna try upgrading the battery i guess, its a shame they're just so expensive
You can get oem ones cheap on ebay. Or even the cheaper chinese ones
Could ya tell me if this battery would be compatable?
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25024
Or could you recommend any other sites/links to get a cheap batt from?
thanks again
It would work and it is the same as the cheap extended ones on ebay. The battery is of great quality but it should last. I look at the cheap ones this way. I can buy at least 3 of them for the price of a name brand one. This allows me to buy them if they fail cheap.
Today I noticed that my battery was swollen enough to make the back cover look bulged. I got a new battery and it is now working fine. If you're curious enough about why it got swollen, maybe that was overcharging OR I was unlucky enough to get a bad quality battery.
any ways the new battery what I got is different model, It is "B600BC" and says "Cell made in korea, assembled in china" whereas the one that come in box is "B600BE" and only says "Made in china".
I'm not sure which model is latest.
Please post what model is of your battery, just remove the battery, it is written on the side that faces the phone.
My is made in Korea, asssembled in Vietnam O.O . Model is B600BE and I got it as stock with my i9505 - Poland.
DJ SNap said:
My is made in Korea, asssembled in Vietnam O.O . Model is B600BE and I got it as stock with my i9505 - Poland.
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B600BE - Cell Made In Japan, Assembled in China
I had the same problem. Battery swollen and my phone was shutting down randomly. I was forced to buy a new battery and now everything is fine.
My old battery lasted 2 months so this is kinda scary.
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Lympe said:
I had the same problem. Battery swollen and my phone was shutting down randomly. I was forced to buy a new battery and now everything is fine.
My old battery lasted 2 months so this is kinda scary.
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What is model of your battery? Maybe there is a defective series of S4 battery.
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Today I noticed that my battery was swollen enough to make the back cover look bulged. I got a new battery and it is now working fine. If you're curious enough about why it got swollen, maybe that was overcharging OR I was unlucky enough to get a bad quality battery.
any ways the new battery what I got is different model, It is "B600BC" and says "Cell made in korea, assembled in china" whereas the one that come in box is "B600BE" and only says "Made in china".
I'm not sure which model is latest.
Please post what model is of your battery, just remove the battery, it is written on the side that faces the phone.
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B600BE - Cell Made In Japan, Assembled in China
Mine is B600BE, Made in China. I have I9500
I think BE should be newer (tho i bought my S4 first week of release) following how Samsung releases ROMs. MDK after MDE, Something like dat.
Just saying
stanley08 said:
Mine is B600BE, Made in China. I have I9500
I think BE should be newer (tho i bought my S4 first week of release) following how Samsung releases ROMs. MDK after MDE, Something like dat.
Just saying
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Yea I see the logic, maybe BE is newer but the battery that swelled was also BE model. I now have a BC model so I think I'm on the safe side.
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I had the same problem. Battery swollen and my phone was shutting down randomly. I was forced to buy a new battery and now everything is fine.
My old battery lasted 2 months so this is kinda scary.
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How many days passed since you bought the new battery?
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I have the same problem here. Got a swollen battery but now, my back plate can hardly close perfect. I have the B600BC and my back plate was closing fine but my battery was dead so i replaced it. I didn't know about the difference un till i bought a new one which is the B600BE. You guys have an idea that maybe i have to replace my back plate?
BE version, made in Korea and assembled in Vietnam.
Haven't had that issue (yet?)
However I did have a couple of Nokia batteries do that to me in the past, I also remember reading about Apple and HP laptop batteries having the same issue a few years back.
I'm (70%) certain that this is usually caused by heat... Or storing it with too much/little power... Try to never let it get over 30°C for too long and always store battery packs with 40% charge, no more, no less, when not using for long periods of time... Swelling is the first warning of a battery that's about to explode.
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I also have a B600BE came with my I9500.
It is supposed to have 2600mAh capacity and Samsung mentioned the same on it. But when I checked its capacity with some applications on playstore it shows only 2100mAh. Has any one checked it? Please reply with your battery capacities.
Application which I used to check capacity is Battery monitor widget.
Thought I should add some info...
My previous S4 was stolen a few months ago... And (a week before the release of the S5) I went and purchased another S4 at full price...
Lamenting aside.... The battery on this one is also a B600BE however it does seem to run a lot colder and last a slight bit longer...
Not sure if this is due to firmware / software changes, though I'm pretty certain I'm running more battery intensive apps than before, maybe there are differences in quality within the same versions...
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Thought I should add some info...
My previous S4 was stolen a few months ago... And (a week before the release of the S5) I went and purchased another S4 at full price...
Lamenting aside.... The battery on this one is also a B600BE however it does seem to run a lot colder and last a slight bit longer...
Not sure if this is due to firmware / software changes, though I'm pretty certain I'm running more battery intensive apps than before, maybe there are differences in quality within the same versions...
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It isn't uncommon for the same batch of batteries to have different performance.
Samsung acknowledged the problem of swelling with the batch of batteries with serial number starting BD. They will replace any defective battery free of charge
I don't think new S4s purchased now have any issues though
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Here B600BE on i9505, in europe.
Yet another fantastic thread discovering the America for 600 times...
going back, the swelling batteries issue was limited to the batch which SERIAL NUMBER was beginning from BD.
and please, do not mix the TYPE with the BATCH....
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B600BE version, made in Korea and assembled in Vietnam.
replacement from aliexpress, suppose to be fake B600BC cell made in Korea and assembled in CHINA
Replacement have a bit worse lifetime (use as spare for long trips and skiing)
My b600bz battery is swollen. Not sure if anything has ever happened to it only had it a year and bought it used
Hey all...
I recently had to replace my Note 4 battery and have found that the battery is not available... It's been replaced with a different part number. The old one is EB-BN910BBU while the new one has been marked EB-BN910BBE...
What's the real difference? I have been struggling with charging it fully as well... Stops right around 89%. I have factory reset to see how it goes but with the new battery it seems to drain awfully quick.
Has anyone else had any issues with finding batteries? OR does anyone know what the difference in the batteries is?
Thanks!
digitalnights said:
Hey all...
I recently had to replace my Note 4 battery and have found that the battery is not available... It's been replaced with a different part number. The old one is EB-BN910BBU while the new one has been marked EB-BN910BBE...
What's the real difference? I have been struggling with charging it fully as well... Stops right around 89%. I have factory reset to see how it goes but with the new battery it seems to drain awfully quick.
Has anyone else had any issues with finding batteries? OR does anyone know what the difference in the batteries is?
Thanks!
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i have 2 original samsung note 4 battery, both are EB-BN910BBE and they have no problems giving me expected battery lifes. you can try reset the fuel gauge by entering *#0228# in dialer and then press quick start, after the phone lids up you charge the phone until 100% and leave it for sometime.. hope it works.
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i have 2 original samsung note 4 battery, both are EB-BN910BBE and they have no problems giving me expected battery lifes. you can try reset the fuel gauge by entering *#0228# in dialer and then press quick start, after the phone lids up you charge the phone until 100% and leave it for sometime.. hope it works.
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What does resetting the fuel gauge even do? That doesn't make entire sense to me... does it just re-calibrate it?
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What does resetting the fuel gauge even do? That doesn't make entire sense to me... does it just re-calibrate it?
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just resets the reading of the battery, yes its recalibrating but after you did the process dont unplug the charger until it reaches 100% btw is both of your batteries original?
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just resets the reading of the battery, yes its recalibrating but after you did the process dont unplug the charger until it reaches 100% btw is both of your batteries original?
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Yes both the new batteries I got are OEM. I have tried to charge the two new batteries to 100% but they don't want to fully charge. I've factory reset my phone and wiped the cache... still no dice. But then the question about the differences between the batteries comes up... IS there a difference between the U battery (which is the old stock battery from when I got the phone) and the E battery (which is the new replacement OEM one...)
I was personally told by Samsung that the U and E are region codes for the batteries designed for different models of the phone. They went further to tell me that getting a battery for a different region phone would have unpredictable and possibly bad results if used in a U.S. branded (U) phone.
The true differences I have no clue and have just started looking this true difference due to my battery is now failing and it is a U battery. Some things I have uncovered is the E variant is suppose to be superior to the U variant however, I keep seeing a pattern for those with 'older' U.S. Note 4s, particularly the AT&T models with poor performance from the E batteries. If it is simply bad luck or actual truth I have no clue. Still looking.
I had the issue buying 3 of the E version on ebay not knowing any difference from china. They worked fine for 6 months then completely died. noticing the original battery was U version and still working I found this link. I can confirm the phone occasionally reboot for no reason about 3 months into using them but since the phone is a couple years old I did not really suspect the batteries at the time.
1. Batteries wear out (slowly) sitting on the shelf. Buying demonstrably NEWly manufactured batteries would be in my opinion the trick to successful battery replacement. Maybe this is a problem for the obsolete Note 4. Bought a "new" battery today... Ad says OEM but is it going to be? And will it have been on a shelf for the past 4 years? Maybe. I will see.
2. Charger issue on an old phone? I do not know about this if it is an issue or not.
I have a problem with my note 4, the phone shuts down by itself before reaching 0% battery and then it goes in a bootloop or it remains shutdown. If I want to power it up it doesn't pass the first "note 4" screen and it shuts down again.
The only way to power it up is to connect it to a power source. And the charging continues form the percentage at wich it did shutdown. Sometimes does this at 10% sometimes at 20%.
Sometimes after a sudden shutdown it powers itself up and the percentage is 0% and shuts down again, but if I plug the charger it continues from the percentage at wich it shuted down (25% for example).
I read somewhere that buying a new battery will do the trick. So I bought a new oem authentic Samsung battery but the problem is even bigger now. The new battery sometimes shuts down at 60%.
I thought the problem is my custom rom so I flashed the stock one unrooted, just stock firmware. The problem persists.
I tried to calibrate the battery using diferite methods, root method, classic method, a method where I type *#0228# in the dialer. No luck.
Another thing is that the new battery it's not at all better at battery life than the old one, it looks like it's draining at the same speed as the 2 year old one.
I found a lot of topics on Google about this problem but no solution.
Should I get my new battery replaced? Some people did this but with no luck.
Please help, I don't want to buy a new phone because I really love this note 4 but if I can't find a solution I will have to replace it.
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Where did you buy the "new oem authentic Samsung battery"? In my experience, if it didn't actually come from Samsung or a carrier, it's probably fake. Maybe try an Anker?
It's probably a fake battery. I bought (against my will ) a refurbished Note 4 a couple of days ago and I had that problem. The battery that came with the phone was not an original one. You can verify it by touching it or just looking at it. The original ones have a NFC chip under the label, the fake ones don't.
Before returning the phone i bought an OEM battery and it went down to 0 before shutting down. With the fake battery it would shut down between 18 and 15%.
Buy a brand new genuine Samsung battery mate. If not online go to them Samsung cafes or whatever they are called in your place.
The battery looks like a original one and has the nfc chip.
I bought it from a big online retailer and I have warranty and invoice. I will go to a Samsung service center and ask for a replacement under warranty and if they say the battery is fake I will return it from where I bought it.
I will update the thread when I have news.
Thank you for your advices.
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Same here I'm thing of selling this Samsung Galaxy Note 4 even if I enjoy it alot
Few months ago i brought a samsung battery for my S5 from a local tech shop.
I've got a feeling it wasn't a Genuine one or could be a bad one. But i've been having issues with it.
So i wanted to buy another battery but not sure which one to get. Also on a tight budget right now.
I was looking at the RavPower S5 battery. Is that good? I know it doesn't have nfc, but i hardly use that feature.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battery-RA...515020637&sr=8-1&keywords=ravpower+s5+battery
Please help me out, thanks. :good:
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Few months ago i brought a samsung battery for my S5 from a local tech shop.
I've got a feeling it wasn't a Genuine one or could be a bad one. But i've been having issues with it.
So i wanted to buy another battery but not sure which one to get. Also on a tight budget right now.
I was looking at the RavPower S5 battery. Is that good? I know it doesn't have nfc, but i hardly use that feature.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battery-RA...515020637&sr=8-1&keywords=ravpower+s5+battery
Please help me out, thanks. :good:
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I bought two of these for my parents identical phones https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Capable-YONTEX-Replacement-Protector/dp/B074PQL78T/ref=sr_1_12?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1515042133&sr=1-12&keywords=s5+battery
Brand is "Yontex" and came with extremely tight tolerance screen protectors (I think I went through all of them but one until I got one to fit).
They claim to have NFC like the stock batteries. I let them charge, then drained them to 0 a few times like they state to do in the instructions.
1-On my dads phone who just has basic stuff installed, the battery life increased back to how it was when new...It can sit for almost 2 days on one charge.
2-On my moms phone who has an insane amount of crap running 24/7, the battery life did not really increase that much until I started running a wake-lock app to figure out what was still draining the battery.
(snapchat, gasbuddy, weather channel & facebook were the major offenders).
I have not actually tested the NFC function since they never use it. On another note, I don't think Samsung makes S5 batteries anymore, so any stock you find is old stock from when they were being produced years ago. Lithium batteries die whether being used or sitting on a shelf, so a fresh production date helps.