pointers for cheaper N800 batteries anyone?

[vees]

Hi,

I am doing so much stuff with my N800 all day long that I am going to drain its battery pretty fast. Does anyone here have a good source for cheaper batteries for the N800? Either discounted Nokia batteries or good quality non-Nokia batteries?

Thanks for any pointers,

VS

[akonradi]

Most of the batteries that I have seen have less power, so stay away from those. There have been reports of internal batteries exploding if they are not Nokia batteries. I use the Proporta USB mobile device charger. It gives about 300% extra battery life at 3400mAh. Combined, that's 4900mAh which will last quite a long time. It is external, but it is much smaller than the internet tablet itself. I am yet to have a problem with it.

http://proporta.com

[geneven]

I have had extremely good luck buying stuff from Hong Kong via eBay, including two N800 batteries and a charger. I like buying from Hong Kong and I trust purchases from there.

[dcarter]

I bought the cheapest battery possible off EBay a year ago. Many people told me to watch out; This battery was wrapped in white cardboard, cost about 12 dollars, and has worked flawlessly since I bought it, on regular charges.

I imagine if it broke, it would cause troubles. I don't know of any actual cases in which a 770 battery (or replacements) have broken and damaged or destroyed the device. It is soft on one side, but I don't know how long it was soft like this, and has been this way for at least 4 months of constant use.

I think it lasts longer than my original battery, certainly at least as long as the original battery. It is 1300 size. I bought it from Hong Kong. Superstitious, I don't put it in my N800.

Not telling you what to do, just relaying my experience with a cheap-o battery.

dcarter

[vees]

I am all for the cheap-o battery, provided it meet two criteria:

1) somebody else used it on a N800 without problems
2) there is a weblink to where I can get it

Any suggestions?

Kind regards,

VS

[geneven]

I think that if you go on ebay and search for bp-5l the company calling itself t-dimension is the one I dealt with.

[peterjb31]

Most of the batteries that I have seen have less power, so stay away from those. There have been reports of internal batteries exploding if they are not Nokia batteries. I use the Proporta USB mobile device charger. It gives about 300% extra battery life at 3400mAh. Combined, that's 4900mAh which will last quite a long time. It is external, but it is much smaller than the internet tablet itself. I am yet to have a problem with it.

http://proporta.com

Is it possible to charge the N800 through the USB port then. I read somewhere that it didn't work.

[Karel Jansens]

Is it possible to charge the N800 through the USB port then. I read somewhere that it didn't work.

You read right.

[vees]

You read right.

which is probably the single worst design flaw in this otherwise fantastic unit :(

[vees]

Most of the batteries that I have seen have less power, so stay away from those. There have been reports of internal batteries exploding if they are not Nokia batteries. I use the Proporta USB mobile device charger. It gives about 300% extra battery life at 3400mAh. Combined, that's 4900mAh which will last quite a long time. It is external, but it is much smaller than the internet tablet itself. I am yet to have a problem with it.

http://proporta.com

I don't get it. Are you referring to this (http://proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php)? I ask this because this device charges through the USB port which the N800 cannot do, I think, so how does this thing work? Does it come with a connector which fits to the charger port on the N800?

[luketoh]

Yeah, is there a USB to N800 charger connector type of thing? That means, we can plug one end to the USB of a laptop and the other end goes into the N800's charging hole plug.

[bnk1999]

I bought a cheapo battery ($15) from ebay for my then 770 and now use it for my n800. It has literally fell apart. Cheap material. It still holds somewhat of a charge but has never performed like the original nokia battery. I just ordered another battery on ebay for $34 from another ebay seller. He claims his battery is a geniune nokia battery with the nokia hologram. I hope he is right. I'm still going to keep the cheapo for as long as it holds a charge, but from my experience nokia batteries are far better than the imitations found all over ebay.

[Karel Jansens]

Yeah, is there a USB to N800 charger connector type of thing? That means, we can plug one end to the USB of a laptop and the other end goes into the N800's charging hole plug.

I have a wireless mouse/keyboard. The mouse came with a USB charging cable that ends in what appears to be a pretty standard "old style" Nokia charging tip. I just tried it with my converter tip and it charges my N800 absolutely normally. It pretty much charges anything that's content with 5-ish volts.

So: yes, any USB cable that has an old or new Nokia-like charger tip on the other end will charge your N800. The N800 appears to have more intelligent (or less stupid, depending on your current stance with Nokia) charging circuitry than the 770 in any case, meaning that it's a lot more tolerant about the juice you're pouring into it.

[akonradi]

Yeah, I was not too specific there. The Proporta USB battery plugs into a USB port, but has a series of adapters that fit into the power ports for different electronics. It does not charge into the USB port on the n800, but rather the normal charging port. It's kind of confusing to explain, but I can say that it does work for the n800, and that's the most important thing of all.

[computx]

Does anyone know of a charger that you can set a battery in to charge while using another one on the n800?

[geneven]

Yes, I bought a charger from Hong Kong on eBay and it works great. I almost never charge using my N800 now.

Here is one unusual battery problem I had which I should mention:

When I bought the charger, I got a battery with it, which was labeled Nokia, not paper wrapped, real authentic plastic. It fit so tightly, that once I couldn't get it out of the N800 without prying and damaging the battery.

So I lost that battery, which I didn't realize I was gettting anyway.

Moral: beware of genuine Nokia batteries! Or ones that look genuine...

[Jaykie]

Yeah, is there a USB to N800 charger connector type of thing? That means, we can plug one end to the USB of a laptop and the other end goes into the N800's charging hole plug.

Nokia CA-100 cable for example does the trick
http://www.nokia.co.uk/A4323758

Br,
Jaykie