Yesterday my phone randomly rebooted so i took out the battery and it has a slight bulge (baerly noticable). It lasts for a decent amount of time on a single charge and the phone doesn't heat up. Is it safe to keep this battery or should i buy another one?
P.S samsung wont replace it for free because i bought the phone from another country
If the serial number of the battery starts with BD then it is most likely from the batch that were faulty from manufacture. If that is the case I would replace it asap as there have been cases of it putting pressure on the screen
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The bulge isn't that big to cause pressure but i've heard it might explode while charging which would be far more dangerous than pressure...
Painman1963 said:
If the serial number of the battery starts with BD then it is most likely from the batch that were faulty from manufacture. If that is the case I would replace it asap as there have been cases of it putting pressure on the screen
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Yes the serial does start with BD
Buy a new one. This will get worse and before you know it your phone will ne rebooting 20 times a day.
Shug69 said:
Buy a new one. This will get worse and before you know it your phone will ne rebooting 20 times a day.
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So, should i check the serial of the new battery and avoid the ones starting with BD?
EDIT: I checked the phones of 2 of my friends. one of them had a battery starting YS and it was flat and fine. The other one starts with BD like mine and as expected, it's swelling
Don't buy anything, take it to service and they'll replace it for free.
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Don't buy anything, take it to service and they'll replace it for free.
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I already mentioned that i called the service center and they wont replace it because the phone was bought from Saudi Arabia (I live in Egypt).
Anyways, I bought a new one. The S/N starts with AA and battery life is a tad better than before. Now the question is, Can I still use the old battery when needed? like when i'm on a trip or something and need some extra power. The bulge is very small and it's lasts almost as long as a normal battery.
I wont risk it mate, i got mine replaced by sammy asap. Just buy a spare battery for trips.
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Dont risk using that old battery that swells. If you want an extra one, its best to buy one mate.
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I'm a newbie, can you addvice me what battery to buy? How mA? should be original?
Is this one good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ECELL-HIGH-CA...14&_trkparms=72:1300|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
Same question here... AT&T no longer stocks the battery and I need a replacement.
I'd want the battery with the longest life, which fits the same way as the standard battery... Also, not outlandishly expensive.
Thanks
This One seems to be getting a very good review.
Have you used that battery, k-semler? It looks pretty good, although it's pricey. I'm wondering if the tilt really will recognize that it's a high capacity battery, as this has been an issue with other high capacity batteries.
I haven't used it, but it seems to have a rather good review from that user on HoFo. I'm thinking about buying it myself.
I got the Cameron Sino battery. Slim battery fits the factory battery door. Power rating at 1600Mah compare to factory of 1350Mah which is a 18.5% power increase.
I got the battery and put it in the phone and use it until it was drained. I repeat that couple more times and after a few charges the battery seem to hold power very well.
With this new battery the phone last 1.5 day with normal use no problem ( Normal usage is not including using GPS and Bluetooth and Web browsing all day long)
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This One seems to be getting a very good review.
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That battery looks awesome, know where you could get this from in the UK?
http://www.amazon.com/1600mAh-Exten...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1226420513&sr=8-1
i have been thinking about getting this one. at only 10 bucks if it sucks i am not out much.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=390025505268 also that one
I just walked into an at&t store last week w / my kaiser in RLOD mode.
Bought a new battery and it started right up. So they do indeed still stock the battery. Duno if you were referring to some other higher quality battery, but the normal stock battery they do carry.
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http://www.amazon.com/1600mAh-Exten...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1226420513&sr=8-1
i have been thinking about getting this one. at only 10 bucks if it sucks i am not out much.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=390025505268 also that one
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I just ordered that battery from Amazon, and I notice that it's the same one PayPalBid speaks well of. I'm looking forward to receiving it.
Jim_R said:
I just ordered that battery from Amazon, and I notice that it's the same one PayPalBid speaks well of. I'm looking forward to receiving it.
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I bought the one from daily.source on Ebay for $8.60 including shipping. Works great for me.
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I bought the one from daily.source on Ebay for $8.60 including shipping. Works great for me.
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can you give the link
profusion said:
can you give the link
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http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-Tilt-8925-H...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50
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http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-Tilt-8925-H...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50
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is it really Samsung? and 1620mAh so it is more powerful?
is it normal behaving?
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is it really Samsung? and 1620mAh so it is more powerful?
is it normal behaving?
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I have no way of knowing if it's really a Samsung. It works perfectly and I dont know if it lasts longer than the original as its a long time since my original battery worked properly to compare.
This battery, like most of the after market ones does not have the metal shield stuck to the battery. I glued some foil on to the replacement battery although it worked just fine both with an without the foil.
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I have no way of knowing if it's really a Samsung. It works perfectly and I dont know if it lasts longer than the original as its a long time since my original battery worked properly to compare.
This battery, like most of the after market ones does not have the metal shield stuck to the battery. I glued some foil on to the replacement battery although it worked just fine both with an without the foil.
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I didn;t get that with the metal shield? Where it is?
Why they have to have this?
If my battery have not metal shield what should I do?
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I didn;t get that with the metal shield? Where it is?
Why they have to have this?
If my battery have not metal shield what should I do?
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The OEM battery had a metal plate stuck to the under side of the battery that makes contact with four earthing points in the battery compartment of the phone.
There has been a lot of discussion as to why this is the case but no concrete answers.
I have used the Ebay replacement battery with no metal shield with no problem at all.
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I just ordered that battery from Amazon, and I notice that it's the same one PayPalBid speaks well of. I'm looking forward to receiving it.
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how do you like it? does it work well? does the extra 300ma really help?
I have the same question Jim_R, how has that battery been working out? im thinkin about buying one.
EDIT: Just found this and at $8.95 /w ship, couldn't be a better deal, so of course i bought
I just purchased this accu. I bought it for $22 dollars included the shipping costs. (Shipping to Holland so worth the price!)
I've got to wait till they shipped it over to Holland but for this price it will be worth the time I hope.
I was hoping somebody already would have purchased this accu and reviewed it...
I'll post a review soon with my experience with this over powered accu.
For some reason, my g1 alwyas randomly turns off during the day, sometimes when i try to text, it just turns off, or when i recieve a call, it turns off, and the battery never represents a true showing, because sometimes itll sayy its very low and turn off, and i wait 5 mins, and turn it back on again without connecting it to a power source, and it says its a 66 pct... anyone have an idea why?
Is ur battery bulging in the middle? Your battery is probably crap. I would try buy a cheap new one online for like 5 to 15bucks that should fix the problem. I seen some 1400mAH batteries on ebay, you get 2 for 10$ but i dunno if they are good. Try look in the acessories section and you might find some good reviews on batteries. I need to get one too i wanna get the seidio one but priced at 40$ i rather sell my g1 put it with the 40$ and buy a mytouch 3g slide...
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Im pretty sure its your battery. Check the center of your battery and if its swollen then you solved your problem. This happened to me about a month ago and i feel u that rebooting reeeaally gets annoying! Just buy a new battery. I bought one from amazon for 15$ Give it a try
thank you all so much, so basically, it cant be the phone, it most likely is the battery
ThroughHymn said:
thank you all so much, so basically, it cant be the phone, it most likely is the battery
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NOBODY SAID THAT!
They're saying that it is LIKELY the battery.
NOT that it MUST be the battery.
then what could the software problem be? i flashed it back to the stock firmware and rom and everything, but the battery still runs out in like 8 hours
Hey, I know this is by far the most stupid thing I've done in a long time, so please don't point it out to me, but I traded my Galaxy S4 + cash for a G2. I checked out the phone for a bit to make sure it was fine, and so far it only has 2 issues, one of which I can fix.
1. The phone is an in-store demo unit, it keeps playing through Verizon's demo software, which I don't mind, I can fix that.
2. The phone's battery is dying, as in it's max charge yesterday was 37%, today it's 35%.
Now, I hate to ask this because I feel like a total derp, but is there anything I can do about the battery (I know it's internal, but is it able to be repaired)?
It isn't molded plastic so you can definitely change it. Haven't seen any threads on it yet though. As for point 1, try to get into factory reset mode and do that.
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From what I heard and read the back cover is simple to remove. Just put your nails into the small gap between the silver band and the cover and move it along the edges, I'm sure the cover should come off. The battery should be accessible, not sure if you need to unglue it or solder it off, which shouldn't be a difficult task. Then search eBay for a battery replacement which shouldn't be hard to find just search for the Korean model of the LG G2.
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shook187 said:
From what I heard and read the back cover is simple to remove. Just put your nails into the small gap between the silver band and the cover and move it along the edges, I'm sure the cover should come off. The battery should be accessible, not sure if you need to unglue it or solder it off, which shouldn't be a difficult task. Then search eBay for a battery replacement which shouldn't be hard to find just search for the Korean model of the LG G2.
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The Korean model has a 2600mah battery, while the other models have 3000mah. It's not the same battery, it might not even fit.
Do you have insurance on the line? If so just have it replaced.
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no insurance
I don't have insurance, but if I did, would it even cover my phone that has been swapped?
Edit: Also I contacted the seller and he said that the phone "requires" a special charger, which I know it says it's not the correct charger when I plug it in, but I don't think it "requires" the LG one, but I could be wrong I suppose, I am using a 2.0A charger from my old Note II
Have you tried to just do a factory reset on it to solve the issues??
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Hey, I know this is by far the most stupid thing I've done in a long time, so please don't point it out to me, but I traded my Galaxy S4 + cash for a G2. I checked out the phone for a bit to make sure it was fine, and so far it only has 2 issues, one of which I can fix.
1. The phone is an in-store demo unit, it keeps playing through Verizon's demo software, which I don't mind, I can fix that.
2. The phone's battery is dying, as in it's max charge yesterday was 37%, today it's 35%.
Now, I hate to ask this because I feel like a total derp, but is there anything I can do about the battery (I know it's internal, but is it able to be repaired)?
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Is 'go to the police' an option?
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Is 'go to the police' an option?
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Why would a store be selling off a demo phone of the latest model. Sounds very fishy.
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Got some weird problems with my S4.
So I had a rom installed, noticed the phone kept crashing, as in now and again screen would not turn on and it reset, now it got worse and to the point the phone would no longer boot.
So I flashed a stock rom: I9505XXUEMK8
And whilst the phone works, sometimes I get a no sim alert then then the phone resets and I can't get back into the OS without plugging it in.
I check in recovery and noticed even thought the battery life was showing at like 70% it's suddenly down to 0%
So nearly all of the time if I try to restart my phone I need to plug into charger to do it.
I've even flashed with PIT file too.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
Also getting no SIM, signal cutting out then resetting.
willhub said:
Got some weird problems with my S4.
So I had a rom installed, noticed the phone kept crashing, as in now and again screen would not turn on and it reset, now it got worse and to the point the phone would no longer boot.
So I flashed a stock rom: I9505XXUEMK8
And whilst the phone works, sometimes I get a no sim alert then then the phone resets and I can't get back into the OS without plugging it in.
I check in recovery and noticed even thought the battery life was showing at like 70% it's suddenly down to 0%
So nearly all of the time if I try to restart my phone I need to plug into charger to do it.
I've even flashed with PIT file too.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
Also getting no SIM, signal cutting out then resetting.
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What kind of rom did you install? "I9505XXUEMK8" is a modem
willhub said:
Got some weird problems with my S4.
So I had a rom installed, noticed the phone kept crashing, as in now and again screen would not turn on and it reset, now it got worse and to the point the phone would no longer boot.
So I flashed a stock rom: I9505XXUEMK8
And whilst the phone works, sometimes I get a no sim alert then then the phone resets and I can't get back into the OS without plugging it in.
I check in recovery and noticed even thought the battery life was showing at like 70% it's suddenly down to 0%
So nearly all of the time if I try to restart my phone I need to plug into charger to do it.
I've even flashed with PIT file too.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
Also getting no SIM, signal cutting out then resetting.
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A large quantity of samsung S4 was shipped with bad batteries that starts to swell after 2 or 3 months of usage, change the batterie under warranty since this is a know issue at samsung.
kind regards
I had a similar problem with mine. Phoned Samsung here in the UK and they wouldn't acknowledge there was a battery problem and wanted me to send the phone, battery and charger back to them which they reckoned would be a 10 day turnaround. I couldn't be without a phone for that long so I bought an Anker battery as no one I spoke to about a genuine one would guarantee a new battery with a good serial number Since fitting the Anker one I've had no more problems I still want a new one from Samsung though
I'll buy a new battery, I thought the battery was swelling and not sitting in but thought it was just me !!
It is indeed swelling, will it explode?
But does that explain the no sim and signal disappearing?
willhub said:
I'll buy a new battery, I thought the battery was swelling and not sitting in but thought it was just me !!
It is indeed swelling, will it explode?
But does that explain the no sim and signal disappearing?
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Check your battery serial #. If it starts with BDxxx or DDxxxx, Sansumg recognized they are dammaged and should replace it to you.
If its swollen then it's damaged.
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If its swollen then it's damaged.
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That's true, but not necessary if it would be damaged it will be swollen...
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jaswinky said:
That's true, but not necessary if it would be damaged it will be swollen...
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Thats not what I am saying.
If its swollen then it's damaged is someting completely different then saying if it's damaged then it's swollen.
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Thats not what I am saying.
If its swollen then it's damaged is someting completely different then saying if it's damaged then it's swollen.
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I know... because this I wrote "that's true...", I just added that comment for consideration...
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It starts BD...
Damn the thing is quite swollen, will it eventually explode?, can I keep using it till I get round to fixing it?
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It starts BD...
Damn the thing is quite swollen, will it eventually explode?, can I keep using it till I get round to fixing it?
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Here you have your resolution. You have a Samsung recognized damaged battery. Try to change it in the SAT (it should be free), or buy a new one.
Be careful, swilling can damage the hardware by forcing it... in your position I wouldn't use the phone anymore till you have a new battery.
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I know... because this I wrote "that's true...", I just added that comment for consideration...
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My apoligies then. I misunderstood you.
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It starts BD...
Damn the thing is quite swollen, will it eventually explode?, can I keep using it till I get round to fixing it?
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I'd buy a new one asap or replace it as fast as you possibly can, otherwhise it can cause damage to your phone at that's to avoid
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I'd buy a new one asap or replace it as fast as you possibly can, otherwhise it can cause damage to your phone at that's to avoid
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Had the same Problems 2 or 3 Weeks ago. I returned to the store i bought it, a worker there took my battery and checked with the finger how hard it is. After that gave me a new one and problems solved. it is a known problem, no problem to get a new bat.
Edit: Sorry for Quoting you Acer, your advises are good had exact that letters and made in china on the bat, now i have one made in taiwan. The other was getting bigger and bigger, had also fear he explod and so was good he kept it their.
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Had the same Problems 2 or 3 Weeks ago. I returned to the store i bought it, a worker there took my battery and checked with the finger how hard it is. After that gave me a new one and problems solved. it is a known problem, no problem to get a new bat.
Edit: Sorry for Quoting you Acer, your advises are good had exact that letters and made in china on the bat, now i have one made in taiwan. The other was getting bigger and bigger, had also fear he explod and so was good he kept it their.
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no worries glad that I was able to help
Maybe it's my OCD or maybe just that I love my G2. Knowing that when the times comes and my battery finally dies my G2 will be useless actually bothers me. Right now is the perfect phone except for this one small detail.
Is there a solution for this? Will it be possible to use the phone when plugged in after the battery goes?
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Maybe it's my OCD or maybe just that I love my G2. Knowing that when the times comes and my battery finally dies my G2 will be useless actually bothers me. Right now is the perfect phone except for this one small detail.
Is there a solution for this? Will it be possible to use the phone when plugged in after the battery goes?
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The battery like the rest of the phone is warrantied for a year, and rated to last for several.
Do you really think you're going to keep the phone long enough to kill the battery?
Very few phones have replaceable batteries now, and I'll take excellent build quality on the phone over a removable battery every time.
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The battery like the rest of the phone is warrantied for a year, and rated to last for several.
Do you really think you're going to keep the phone long enough to kill the battery?
Very few phones have replaceable batteries now, and I'll take excellent build quality on the phone over a removable battery every time.
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I do. All my old devices get repurposed into weather/clock stations in various rooms in my house. Why toss them? I have yet to have any battery die though.
Once it's out of warranty you can just buy a new battery and replace it yourself. I don't think it should be too hard to take the back off... The nexus 4 wasn't anyway.
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Once it's out of warranty you can just buy a new battery and replace it yourself. I don't think it should be too hard to take the back off... The nexus 4 wasn't anyway.
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Have you seen what you must do to replace it?
I doubt that anyone would do it himself. Never the less there are services who can replace it for you.
It is really hard to kill the battery. I have 3 years old phones which can last work day without charging.
I've never had an issue with batteries and I don't see having one with this phone.
on the move..
Keep the phone hot while charging (say, as a GPS in the car) you'll kill it within 18 months, easy. But treat it right and it'll be just fine.
And yes, I don't like the non-replaceable battery. That said, I've only replaced the battery in one phone that I was still using in the last four years.
And while replacing the battery in the G2 isn't impossible, it's far from easy. Lots of little cables to unplug, move, heavily glued down stuff, etc.. Pain in the ass.
I will not take years of significant extra bulk and 15% less battery life (2600 vs 3000mAh) just to easily be able to replace the battery 2 years from now. I would rather replace the phone when the battery dies, which will be needed anyway.
I also find it a little problematic long term. But I like the size of this phone. So I decided to buy it anyway.
No, I don't care if I have to spend some extra hour switching the battery if I still have the phone after 3 years or so when it's getting bad and needs to be replaced.