Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

I just bought a BL-5J battery from Amazon (not from one of their other sellers) that appears authentic. The hologram checks out, with the various dots visible from the correct angle and the physical package of the battery also appears correct.

However, the new battery seems to have strange performance characteristics. Specifically, it will show a 100% full battery meter for 8 - 10 hours, then with just a little bit of use (sending and receiving a couple SMS messages) it will drop to empty.

When I view the HAL data, I see this:

lshal | grep reporting
...
battery.reporting.design = 802 (0x322) (int)
...
battery.reporting.unit = 'mAh' (string)

The original battery showed a design value of 1288.

So does this mean that the battery is counterfeit? Does the battery.reporting.design value actually come directly from the battery?

Thanks!

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

The new battery may not be calibrated properly, try full discharge/charge for 2-3 times and see if that helps.

What's the value of battery.reporting.last_full ?

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

I'd say it's a fake, my two spares showed similar design values before I even charged them.
Plus the whole full -> empty thing happens with non-Nokia batteries, as with the Mugen

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

I have 2 spare batteries from Japod and I'm very happy with them. From DealExtreme. The price is very good and the performance is almost on par with the original ones.
I'll buy Japod anytime. No need for (fake or non-fake) originals anymore !

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

reporting.design comes directly from the battery itself.

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

this happened to me too. mine is fake. it only has 650MAh capacity and stays that way then suddenly turns 5/650 after 2 hours. good thing its only a spare.

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

i bought the exact battery off of amazon too, but myne show 806mAh for reporting design. i'm gonna return it and buy one from nokia themselves

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

It could be the case that the sticker is legit, but ripped off an old Nokia battery that ran out of charge, and was then glued into place.

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

Nokia itself said it took 2 weeks for the more upmarket counterfitters to duplicate the hologram...

Re: Odd value for battery.reporting.design - Counterfeit?
 

I think i have the same Problem.

I made a screenshot of BatteryGraph

left you can see the Graph for my "new" (propably Fake) battery.
After my N900 shut down without any alert i put in my original half charged battery (as you can see on the right)

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