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

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Wed Oct 15 10:56:01 EDT 2014


On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>

Yep. Really need a spot welder for that. Digikey has batteries with
pre-attached tabs. Batteries plus _used_ to be able to do that as well.

>
> -- 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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