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2010-05-06 , 10:50
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I though this may be interesting to some; looking at the poor battery performance I bought the following battery from amazon.com + a BL-5J wall charger (in DEC 09) to keep a constant back up.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product

The new battery turned out to last much longer (full day of heavy usage) that I have stopped using the first, original one, now I’m not sure the new one is authentic but the N900 desktop battery meter is unable to read the usage % and the icon remains full at all time until dying out (No, this isn’t why I think it last longer)!

I hope this helps.
 
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2010-05-06 , 11:02
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try running the battery completely empty once. it might calibrate the charging chip.
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2010-05-06 , 11:05
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So you're saying that Amazon are selling counterfeit Nokia batteries that actually last longer than the official ones? The only drawback being that the phone can't seem to read/calculate the charge % ?
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2010-05-06 , 11:08
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wtf? its brand new,, u maybe used to used/ old batteries?
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2010-05-06 , 11:25
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ossipena, tried that, didn't help, thanks..
cashclientel, not sure about the counterfeit part, looks genuine to me..
f2thak, not sure how informed -or not- you are but what I'm "used to" isn't relevant to the thread.
 
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2010-05-06 , 11:34
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I've edited your post to just include what I'd summarised

Originally Posted by TECHDUCK! View Post
I bought the following battery from amazon.com...The new battery turned out to last much longer...now I’m not sure the new one is authentic but the N900 desktop battery meter is unable to read the usage % and the icon remains full at all time until dying out
So you're saying you don't think it's counterfeit!?

Does it last longer or not?

Or am I totally confused here?
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2010-05-06 , 11:41
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cashclientel, it looks identical to the original with minor differences, what made me doubt was the battery meter issue.
Again, as mentioned earlier "The new battery turned out to last much longer (full day of heavy usage) "
Take it easy..
 
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2010-05-06 , 12:14
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anyone else bought a 2nd battery from amazon????

if it lasts longer i want one
 
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