[ale] [Semi-ot rant] Why is obtaining a cell phone battery such a degrading experience?

[Charles Shapiro]

Meh spent $7 for a clock battery for my beloved Lenovo R-51, went through
the 8-step and 35-screw procedure to replace it, sewed everything back up
and discovered that the battery was still dead.

Fortunately, it's a CR2032 with a weird plug.  I plan to cut the plug,
solder some copper plates to the appropriate wires, then use conductive
glue or conductive tape to stick them on a known-good battery.  In my
experience, soldering connections to a lithium cell is a Bad Idea.

-- CHS


On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>
wrote:

>
> I've actually had good luck with batteries from Amazon, doing the same as
> below. I got a new battery for my Droid for $9.98, and my wife got one for
> her basic circa 2008 phone for I think under $9. They were "Lenmar"
> aftermarket and sold by Amazon themselves, not someone else just selling
> through Amazon. I ended up upgrading to a newer phone 10 months later, but
> she has been using the aftermarket battery for over 1.5 years.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Chris Fowler" <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> *To: *transam at verysecurelinux.com, "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <
> ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, October 8, 2014 3:41:58 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] [Semi-ot rant] Why is obtaining a cell phone battery
> such a degrading experience?
>
>
> I bought a new battery for my S4 last week.
>
> I found one on Amazon.   I took some time reading the reviews to make sure
> it
> was not fake or the capacity was a lie.  It cost $14 and my phone is now
> like it was when I bought it.
>
> Batteries, battery packs, and things like that I am careful about getting
>  on eBay because I know
> that most likely they will be fake.   With Amazon I can read the reviews
> and send it right back.
>
> Chris
>
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