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Accessories 1500mAH which Fake or Real?

i posted this on another battery thread, but i am posting here to report back on my earlier post here (whew):

as i posted earlier, i had a 1500 battery i got off ebay, but it was not an HTC battery, and it was NOT a good battery. (note: maybe don't a) buy your 1500 on ebay from austintexwireless, and b) don't pay under $3 for a battery, because chances are, it's not so good.) on grandmasterb's recommendation, i got the htc 1500 from bidallies on ebay, which is how i know the first one was bad. this one? fantastic. i tried to kill it yesterday, but still ended up with almost 50% power at the end of the day. it's improved with each day's use. and i text a lot, play games, use the nav, take photos, send photos, check fb, watch video...i do a lot of stuff. i've got my mail pushing every 15 minutes, my screen brightness is probably like 75%, and i get hourly weather and fb. i've got tons of widgets. this battery is a very happy little thing. fits perfectly, charges well. me love.

i also need to thank grandmasterb for suggesting the boxwave crystal screen protector, but that's for another thread. :-)

still might go back to the 2150 i have, especially once i get my modified case from drpheta this week!
 
I'm still happy with the 1500 (1100mAh) eBay batteries I got from Hong Kong. One battery will get me through a 5-6 hour kayaking trip with GPS constantly on with a few texts. Then when I'm done, if we don't want to head in (kayak to a beach, etc) I just pop it out and pop a new battery in. Couldn't be happier :D
 
Yesterday my 1500mah OEM HTC Touch pro 2 battery lasted 15 hours and I was at 50%...

Honestly thats amazing considering what I was getting with the stock and the shit seidio battery
 
Kills me that I paid $46 for my Seidio POS that yields the exact same usage I get from my $14.95 bidallies battery. That was my first and last Seidio purchase. ;(
 
Thanks everyone for the info, just purchases my 1500mAh battery from bidallies! :)
 
Thank you guys so much for recommending bidallies. After comparing prices in few sites and reading reviews here and on xda-developers I decided to buy from bidallies, and boy I am impressed. I purchased 2 batteries from them, one for my HTC Hero and one for my gf's Imagio, I can't believe how fast I received them even with the free shipping option. After 2 full charges on my new battery this baby lasts 2 hours longer then the one that came with the phone. Anybody looking to buy original HTC 35H00123-0[FONT=&quot]​[/FONT]0M try these guys at
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bidallies eBay store or at bidallies.com I promise you won't be disappointed.
 
Ok I am biting the bullet and getting the 1500 from BidAllies. I hope it works ok, and that it does not void my warrenty.. thus why I wanted to get the EVO 4G's 1500
 
Get the RHOD160 from the_oem_spot on eBay. It's an HTC OEM 1500mah battery and holds a great charge compared to stock. I get about 2-3 hours more on it per day and I bought the REFURB version for $5.00 (best offer). My wife uses the OEM (non refurb) battery from the same seller w/ her DInc. (paid $10) and we cannot tell a difference between them. Save $$$ and get the refurb.

REM OEM HTC RHOD160 BATTERY FOR HTC HERO EVO 4G DASH 3G
 
sirchadwick1 said:
Get the RHOD160 from the_oem_spot on eBay. It's an HTC OEM 1500mah battery and holds a great charge compared to stock. I get about 2-3 hours more on it per day and I bought the REFURB version for $5.00 (best offer). My wife uses the OEM (non refurb) battery from the same seller w/ her DInc. (paid $10) and we cannot tell a difference between them. Save $$$ and get the refurb.

REM OEM HTC RHOD160 BATTERY FOR HTC HERO EVO 4G DASH 3G
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The only thing I would say about that is what do you do when the battery starts to drop off in capacity after a couple of weeks because it was adequately used before you got it? Just food for thought...
 
GrandMasterB said:
The only thing I would say about that is what do you do when the battery starts to drop off in capacity after a couple of weeks because it was adequately used before you got it? Just food for thought...
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Batteries are commonly refurbished/recycled. From what I've experienced in the past w/ other cell phone refurb batteries... there is no dropoff or difference. I wouldn't be surprised if half of the refurb phones that you get nowdays include a refurbed battery as well.
 
sirchadwick1 said:
Batteries are commonly refurbished/recycled. From what I've experienced in the past w/ other cell phone refurb batteries... there is no dropoff or difference. I wouldn't be surprised if half of the refurb phones that you get nowdays include a refurbed battery as well.
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The refurbed phones I've gotten in the past don't come with a battery or back cover. If you are buying used/refurbed phones off ebay then yes I would expect a used/refurbed battery.

At the end of the day these batteries are only good for so many charge cycles, so if you purchase a battery that has already been cycled 150 times then it is inevitable that you are going to see a dropoff alot sooner than if you buy a new battery.
 
I really wish I saw this thread before I bought one of ebay! Oh well, at least I got a wall charger so it can't be all bad. I just ordered a new one from bidallies :) Thanks guys!
 
PartyGurle said:
I really wish I saw this thread before I bought one of ebay! Oh well, at least I got a wall charger so it can't be all bad. I just ordered a new one from bidallies :) Thanks guys!
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I'm not a huge fan of the battery I got from bidallies. It caused some really weird things to happen with my phone. I purchased a backup from VZW directly with my corporate discount and no issues. My bidalllies battery has sat in my drawer for a few months.
 
dspcap said:
I'm not a huge fan of the battery I got from bidallies. It caused some really weird things to happen with my phone. I purchased a backup from VZW directly with my corporate discount and no issues. My bidalllies battery has sat in my drawer for a few months.
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What weird things did it cause to happen?
 
I've read several reviews online in which people claim to have been ripped off by BidAllies.

I'm seriously considering ordering their 1500mah battery because the one I previously ordered from Hong Kong wasn't legit.

Should I be hesitant?
 
TeddyHeisman said:
I've read several reviews online in which people claim to have been ripped off by BidAllies.

I'm seriously considering ordering their 1500mah battery because the one I previously ordered from Hong Kong wasn't legit.

Should I be hesitant?
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It was nothing but a good experience for me. I even spoke with them about advertising it as working in the Incredible in the future because it worked great in mine. They were very friendly and helpful. I would recommend them.

GMB
 
sirchadwick1 said:
Get the RHOD160 from the_oem_spot on eBay. It's an HTC OEM 1500mah battery and holds a great charge compared to stock. I get about 2-3 hours more on it per day and I bought the REFURB version for $5.00 (best offer). My wife uses the OEM (non refurb) battery from the same seller w/ her DInc. (paid $10) and we cannot tell a difference between them. Save $$$ and get the refurb.

REM OEM HTC RHOD160 BATTERY FOR HTC HERO EVO 4G DASH 3G
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I bought from OEM spot and it should be here today

I got the "OEm battery for sprint HTC Touch Pro 2 and EVO"

I paid 18 for two.
 
GrandMasterB said:
It was nothing but a good experience for me. I even spoke with them about advertising it as working in the Incredible in the future because it worked great in mine. They were very friendly and helpful. I would recommend them.

GMB
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Thanks for the info. Just ordered the 1500. Hoping I get the real thing this time :eek:
 
I just ordered a 1500 battery from Bid Allies thanks to Grandmaster B's endorsement. This will be for my dad's Incredible as I'm still stuck with the Eris for a couple more months.

I'm wondering if the 1500 would work with my Eris too...
 
scooz16 said:
I bought from OEM spot and it should be here today

I got the "OEm battery for sprint HTC Touch Pro 2 and EVO"

I paid 18 for two.
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Got mine yesterday. Charged it while off over night last night.

I did notice that my LED light blinked orange a few times when I first plugged it in. Does that mean it was shipped to me with no charge? Don't they say it's not good to store with no charge? If it's trully a brand new battery should it have no charge when shipped?

so far it's working well after 1 charge.

I have one hour of awake time and 5 hours of up time. I'm at 83%.
 
update-

2 hours of awake time and 13 hours of up time.

58%

Not a heavy use day for me but I've probably made 30 minutes of phone calls, 20 texts, 15 minutes of word feud, 20 minutes of Gchat and maybe 20 minutes of twitter and internet use.
 
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