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I am looking for a Nexus One replacement battery. Any recommendation appreciated on where to buy something good and reliable (and what to stay away from).
A battery with a higher capacity but same form factor as the standard one would be great.
Thanks.
Mugen brand or Seidio
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the opposite of what most people will probably tell you... Go to eBay! I wouldn't eBay if you definitely need an extended battery, but if another battery with the same capacity of the original is good enough for you, you can get cheap knockoffs that perform as well as the stock battery without it costing you an arm and a leg.
My G1's previous owner must've overheated the original battery or something... it's puffed up and barely fits anymore and it doesn't hold more than an hour or two charge. I ordered a pack of three batteries off eBay that came with a wall charger. I got the batteries a couple weeks later. One battery was completely dead. One only holds about 90% as much as a stock battery usually does. One was perfect. I contacted the seller about the dead battery and he refunded my purchase price completely, no return required. All in all, it worked out pretty well for me... and the original cost was only seven or eight dollars.
Had anybody had their 6p battery replaced? Can anyone recommend a good battery? What else should I expect as far as costs and turnaround time?
I would especially be interested in hearing if anyone had a bad experience (e.g., damaged device) getting their battery replaced or if anyone has any shops they can recommend in the bay area. Thanks!
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Had anybody had their 6p battery replaced? Can anyone recommend a good battery? What else should I expect as far as costs and turnaround time?
I would especially be interested in hearing if anyone had a bad experience (e.g., damaged device) getting their battery replaced or if anyone has any shops they can recommend in the bay area. Thanks!
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I would recommend doing some searching.... https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/accessories/oem-battery-t3534410
Lots of information here
The camera glass is supposedly the worst part. I hear it breaks very easily.
crixley said:
The camera glass is supposedly the worst part. I hear it breaks very easily.
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I'm wondering if someone tries to fix it for me and they damage it, would they pay for a replacement part? I doubt it and that worries me because I'm sure I can ask a repair shop to do it and they might say yes but they may not be experienced in replacing 6p batteries.
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The camera glass is supposedly the worst part. I hear it breaks very easily.
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I just replaced my battery earlier today. The camera glass was actually pretty easy, once I used a heat gun on it. The only thing I damaged greatly was the bottom plastic cover. Slipping a thin blade under it left a bulge in it. I had a spare and replaced it.
I did mine today also. It wasn't to bad.. The most important thing is HEAT or the glass will crack. It took me about 40 minutes to finish it
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bigmatt503 said:
I did mine today also. It wasn't to bad.. The most important thing is HEAT or the glass will crack. It took me about 40 minutes to finish it
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Will you guys report if you see a big difference after changing? I'm ordering a sino today. If you have Accubattery installed I'd be curious in knowing what it reads the replacement battery health as.
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Will you guys report if you see a big difference after changing? I'm ordering a sino today. If you have Accubattery installed I'd be curious in knowing what it reads the replacement battery health as.
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I got the Cameron sino battery from Amazon. Accubattery said my og battery was at 78% and my nexus was losing its charge much faster when I purchased it a year ago. My new battery is showing 99% after 24 hours with accubattery. I'm glad I took the risk of swapping the battery myself
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Will you guys report if you see a big difference after changing? I'm ordering a sino today. If you have Accubattery installed I'd be curious in knowing what it reads the replacement battery health as.
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I've been running Accubattery for quite a while. Before the replacement, I was down to 60% battery health and getting around 2 hours of screen-on time. I was getting shutdowns at 15% and 20% battery life. Also, a heavy-load action like taking pictures wasn't safe when at less than about 60% battery remaining, since I'd get just a few pictures and then a sudden shutdown.
My battery replacement was advertised to be and looks like a legitimate OEM Huawei part. I'm now showing 107% battery health after a couple charges and a predicted screen-on time of about 4.5 hours. I also used the phone a lot yesterday for video, audio streaming, gaming playing, etc., and it held up solidly compared to what my old battery was giving me.
And I concur with bigmatt503 that heat is the key to avoiding damage to phone parts. I think if I'd have used more heat on the bottom plastic strip before wedging the knife under it, I would have avoided damaging it and would have been able to reuse it, rather than replacing it with a new one. The heat source for me was a heat gun bought from Amazon.
highvista said:
I've been running Accubattery for quite a while. Before the replacement, I was down to 60% battery health and getting around 2 hours of screen-on time. I was getting shutdowns at 15% and 20% battery life. Also, a heavy-load action like taking pictures wasn't safe when at less than about 60% battery remaining, since I'd get just a few pictures and then a sudden shutdown.
My battery replacement was advertised to be and looks like a legitimate OEM Huawei part. I'm now showing 107% battery health after a couple charges and a predicted screen-on time of about 4.5 hours. I also used the phone a lot yesterday for video, audio streaming, gaming playing, etc., and it held up solidly compared to what my old battery was giving me.
And I concur with bigmatt503 that heat is the key to avoiding damage to phone parts. I think if I'd have used more heat on the bottom plastic strip before wedging the knife under it, I would have avoided damaging it and would have been able to reuse it, rather than replacing it with a new one. The heat source for me was a heat gun bought from Amazon.
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I did a bit more research and found out that the battery I used as a replacement is not a real OEM battery. The ribbon cable on it is thinner than the OEM and the temperature sensor is locked at 25C. See this thread for a lot more information on finding an OEM battery and the non-OEM batteries that do have a working temperature sensor:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/accessories/oem-battery-t3534410
highvista said:
I've been running Accubattery for quite a while. Before the replacement, I was down to 60% battery health and getting around 2 hours of screen-on time. I was getting shutdowns at 15% and 20% battery life. Also, a heavy-load action like taking pictures wasn't safe when at less than about 60% battery remaining, since I'd get just a few pictures and then a sudden shutdown.
My battery replacement was advertised to be and looks like a legitimate OEM Huawei part. I'm now showing 107% battery health after a couple charges and a predicted screen-on time of about 4.5 hours. I also used the phone a lot yesterday for video, audio streaming, gaming playing, etc., and it held up solidly compared to what my old battery was giving me.
And I concur with bigmatt503 that heat is the key to avoiding damage to phone parts. I think if I'd have used more heat on the bottom plastic strip before wedging the knife under it, I would have avoided damaging it and would have been able to reuse it, rather than replacing it with a new one. The heat source for me was a heat gun bought from Amazon.
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Thanks for sharing guys. What battery did you purchase?
highvista said:
I've been running Accubattery for quite a while. Before the replacement, I was down to 60% battery health and getting around 2 hours of screen-on time. I was getting shutdowns at 15% and 20% battery life. Also, a heavy-load action like taking pictures wasn't safe when at less than about 60% battery remaining, since I'd get just a few pictures and then a sudden shutdown.
My battery replacement was advertised to be and looks like a legitimate OEM Huawei part. I'm now showing 107% battery health after a couple charges and a predicted screen-on time of about 4.5 hours. I also used the phone a lot yesterday for video, audio streaming, gaming playing, etc., and it held up solidly compared to what my old battery was giving me.
And I concur with bigmatt503 that heat is the key to avoiding damage to phone parts. I think if I'd have used more heat on the bottom plastic strip before wedging the knife under it, I would have avoided damaging it and would have been able to reuse it, rather than replacing it with a new one. The heat source for me was a heat gun bought from Amazon.
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Thanks for sharing guys. What battery did you purchase?
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I bought mine from an eBay vendor, but I don't think they are still selling the battery.
After reading through the thread I posted about above, it seems like these are the best bets for getting batteries that have the temperature sensor:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252482757101?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KV4OIDE/ref=s9_dcacsd_dcoop_bw_c_x_1_w
I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?
ev713 said:
I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?
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It is NOT the software. There is no fix for a badly degraded battery. Replace your battery. Buy the battery online and then shop around for a local shop to install it if you're not able to.
ev713 said:
I've been doing tons of research on this whole battery draining issue on the 6p. I cant seem to find a simple solution around this tired issue that plenty of people seem to be having. My battery has about 3 Hrs of screen on time before it dies. I've tried shutting down all kinds of connection settings, clearing the cache and even factory reseting my phone. I just recently tired the android O beta and that didn't help either. All I want is to figure out if my battery needs to be replaced or is it the software that's killing my battery. I've even called google and they cant help, Huawei wants to charge me $165 for a replacement battery and thats way too much. Has anybody found a fix that doesn't involve rooting the phone?
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Are you dying at 60% or lower? Does it happen when you open the camera? Does the phone shut off when a random loud sound plays or something of sorts? I ask cause that is what is happening to me. Random reboots? I don't think that is "battery" related per-say.
Have you tried installing a battery stats app that can help narrow down the culprit?
More details would probably help others help you.
Does it fully charge?
How long does the battery last, not just screen on time?
3 hours SOT doesn't sound terrible. I've heard worse.
How old is the phone?
Had the same problem...I bought a new original battery from ebay and replaced the old battery by myself. To be honest, there was not much improvement...now with a medium usage (whatsapp, wifi or 4g always on, some clash of clans/clash royale gaming) I get 3hrs30min SOT at the late evening, never more. And also I'm on francokernel so I should easily get 4hrs but nothing.
Anyway, unless you are an expert, I don't recommend you to replace the battery for yourself because, sadly, the N6P is a phone impossible to open up without damaging it especially the rear glass...surprisingly, on my case it didn't break but it's all scratched and I should buy a new one.
Furthermore, now my battery doesn't charge anymore up to 100%...it's stuck at 93% and only if i unplug and plug again the phone it gets to 98%...to get 100% i have to plug and unplg it several times and wait something like 30min to get from 98% to 100%. I don't know what caused this problem but it looks like there's no solution...software and hardware battery calibration didn't do anything. Maybe the battery I bought was faulty...
In conclusion, buy the new battery but ask someone expert to replace it if you aren't.
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Had the same problem...I bought a new original battery from ebay and replaced the old battery by myself. To be honest, there was not much improvement...now with a medium usage (whatsapp, wifi or 4g always on, some clash of clans/clash royale gaming) I get 3hrs30min SOT at the late evening, never more. And also I'm on francokernel so I should easily get 4hrs but nothing.
Anyway, unless you are an expert, I don't recommend you to replace the battery for yourself because, sadly, the N6P is a phone impossible to open up without damaging it especially the rear glass...surprisingly, on my case it didn't break but it's all scratched and I should buy a new one.
Furthermore, now my battery doesn't charge anymore up to 100%...it's stuck at 93% and only if i unplug and plug again the phone it gets to 98%...to get 100% i have to plug and unplg it several times and wait something like 30min to get from 98% to 100%. I don't know what caused this problem but it looks like there's no solution...software and hardware battery calibration didn't do anything. Maybe the battery I bought was faulty...
In conclusion, buy the new battery but ask someone expert to replace it if you aren't.
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The first replacement battery I tried acted like that and it was quite frustrating. It wouldn't charge to 100% and had about the capacity of my degraded OEM battery. I ended up ordering this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-3-82V-3...wei-Google-Nexus-6P-H1511-H1512-/351786248092 It charges to 100% and has like new capacity, but no internal battery temperature sensor. I installed it in January and have been happy with it. Others have opted for the Cameron Sino brand replacement. more expensive but with working battery temperature sensor.
You can order a replacement back cover with glass and bottom strip for around $25 if you're worrried about scratches. That's under $40 for new battery, aluminum back, camera glass, and bottom strip.
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The first replacement battery I tried acted like that and it was quite frustrating. It wouldn't charge to 100% and had about the capacity of my degraded OEM battery. I ended up ordering this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-3-82V-3...wei-Google-Nexus-6P-H1511-H1512-/351786248092 It charges to 100% and has like new capacity, but no internal battery temperature sensor. I installed it in January and have been happy with it. Others have opted for the Cameron Sino brand replacement. more expensive but with working battery temperature sensor.
You can order a replacement back cover with glass and bottom strip for around $25 if you're worrried about scratches. That's under $40 for new battery, aluminum back, camera glass, and bottom strip.
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I think I'll go for the Cameron Sino battery...a little more expensive, yes, but more reliable...I've also heard of people complaining that after 2 months their batteries (ordered from ebay, false OEM) died...
So, is that the answer to our fast draining battery issues? To get a replacement battery? The Cameron Sino?
baldybill said:
So, is that the answer to our fast draining battery issues? To get a replacement battery? The Cameron Sino?
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Yes.
Unless it came from the play store where you can RMA it and let Google have the problem.
But if Google replaces it, it may have the same issues, right?
It could I guess if the battery in the replacement device is a dud. Just got my replacement and the battery is showing 106% capacity compared to 30% capacity on the old one. Back to how it was when I first got it so happy with that service seeing as it was nearly 2 years old.
If the new one does not have a full capacity, then just reject it before you swap over to it and get Google to send out another.
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It could I guess if the battery in the replacement device is a dud. Just got my replacement and the battery is showing 106% capacity compared to 30% capacity on the old one. Back to how it was when I first got it so happy with that service seeing as it was nearly 2 years old.
If the new one does not have a full capacity, then just reject it before you swap over to it and get Google to send out another.
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How are you checking the capacity?
Accubattery is one way. Do a couple of decent charges with the screen off and then look at the health report.
Same, I tried several things, clearing the Cache, factory reset and nothing works. My Nexus 6P randomly shuts down between 80% to 90% and doesn't turn on umless I connect it to the charger.
I've owned by Axon 7 A2017GV1.30B02 for just over a year. But my battery drains rapidly, not even lasting overnight sometimes.
Any idea where I could get the battery replaced? As I love the Front Facing Speakers and Dolby and I can't see any other mobiles that have these.
Thanks
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I've owned by Axon 7 A2017GV1.30B02 for just over a year. But my battery drains rapidly, not even lasting overnight sometimes.
Any idea where I could get the battery replaced? As I love the Front Facing Speakers and Dolby and I can't see any other mobiles that have these.
Thanks
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Replace it yourself, you just need a craft knife and something dull to pry the battery loose.
Check JerryRigEverything's video on how to disassemble the phone. Also, when you are about to reassemble the phone, check that the buttons are sticking out as they should be, and slide that side first. and you're done.
Buy an original-looking battery from aliexpress, the cheapest ones are the same quality as the more expensive ones. The Cameron Sino ones are good too. Just ignore the 3650 mAh ones, those are fake.
I am planning on replacing my battery for my S8+, does anyone know if it is possible or not to upgrade the 3500mAh battery to a greater value?
ih8snow.lc said:
I am planning on replacing my battery for my S8+, does anyone know if it is possible or not to upgrade the 3500mAh battery to a greater value?
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Possibly but more than likely a bigger battery will also be thicker which means a custom back.
Ah ok, just been researching online on eBay and found a seller selling a 4200mAh battery replacement for S8+ where the battery was covered in some gold coloured material. Seems really sketchy but if anyone wants to find it, just type in high capacity S8 plus internal battery in eBay.
ih8snow.lc said:
Ah ok, just been researching online on eBay and found a seller selling a 4200mAh battery replacement for S8+ where the battery was covered in some gold coloured material. Seems really sketchy but if anyone wants to find it, just type in high capacity S8 plus internal battery in eBay.
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I dont even bother to many cheapy on the market some claim more mah others are just low quality I just stick oem and a portable charger if need be