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Thanks for the lead on Anker. If HTC says they don't sell new replacements I guess aftermarket is the only choice. I like having a real supplier with a real address and phone number and somewhere my wife can sue if it blows half of my face off. Sounds like Anker is a real company. I'll call them and try to confirm the right part for a BTR6425B HTC battery. <BR>
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Meanwhile, I tried one of the counterfeit batteries, and the phone didn't last overnight. I'll run a Nova battery test once it recharges and call the credit card company and dispute the charge. <BR>
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On Tue, 2014-10-07 at 14:44 -0400, dev null zero two wrote:
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I have bought spare Anker batteries for my last three cellphones from Amazon and they all work fine (though you have to buy special ones if you want NFC, but I don't really care about that).<BR>
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On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Byron Jeff <<A HREF="mailto:byronjeff@mail.clayton.edu">byronjeff@mail.clayton.edu</A>> wrote:<BR>
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 02:17:16PM -0400, Neal Rhodes wrote:<BR>
> Am I the only person that keeps their android smartphone more than a<BR>
> year?<BR>
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Nope. Going on three with my current one.<BR>
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> Because the new ones aren't any better and I'm grandfathered<BR>
> into an unlimited Verizon data plan?<BR>
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Understood.<BR>
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> But try to get a battery - sheesh.<BR>
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Agreed.<BR>
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> After looking all over, I call BatteryMonster and they swear these are<BR>
> new OEM batteries.<BR>
> So, I order 2 of them.<BR>
> Today they showup:<BR>
> The color of the label is wrong.<BR>
> The label doesn't fit snugly on the plastic case.<BR>
> They BOTH have the SAME serial#. My two genuine HTC batteries have<BR>
> different ones, and the later one has.......wait for it....... a higher<BR>
> serial#.<BR>
> That Serial number is LOWER than the serial number on my original<BR>
> battery which is now three years old.<BR>
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Typical.<BR>
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> In short, these are obvious counterfeits. They copied the same label<BR>
> from years ago and slap it on every one they crank out.<BR>
> I dunno. What do I expect. I call HTC and they say they aren't<BR>
> making replacement BTR6425B batteries anymore.<BR>
> But given that these batteries are known to sometimes explode and burn,<BR>
> one would like to avoid unknowns.<BR>
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I've tried at least 4 different batteries in my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket<BR>
and each and every one was much worse than the 2+ YO OEM battery the phone<BR>
came with.<BR>
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I wish there were a solid solution to the problem.<BR>
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BAJ<BR>
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