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2010-07-08
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#12
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i've used my stock batt quite hard in the last 3 months then bought a replacement (bl-j5) from a cheap market stall. with this regardless of what apps you've got going or how hard you use it a spare will be your best friend. as a batt will never last as long as you want. but hey its a few bucks n your n900 deserves it
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2010-07-08
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Joined on Dec 2007
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#13
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Originally Posted by BigTony
Err.. I don't think you can get an official battery for 5 (pounds?). But I do think it's possible a new battery is better. Especially if your device has locked up and stayed stuck at 600 Mhz for a while (you know cause the N900 will be pretty hot). I think that might kill some battery cells.
After owning the N900 for a few weeks and watching the battery life drain away quite quickly I went and bought a new battery from Amazon. I'm planning on using eCoach for long bike rides so I new 3G/GPS would be on a long while and that eats up the battery.
So I charged up my new purchase, and its much much better life than the battery that came with the phone. 1 hour bike ride and virtually no life used up on the battery - compared with 30-40% life with the origial battery.
Wonder if I just got a bad battery with the phone originally, but I read lots of folk having battery troubles - maybe a £5 at amazon is a good investment.
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2010-07-08
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#14
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Originally Posted by andygee
Basically the battery can tell N900 "I'm a 2000mAh battery!", and N900 will show a bit more than half full battery after 900mAh when the battery is infact 5 minutes to empty..
Are you sure your battery is actually being read correctly by the phone?
I belive sometimes the phone cant read some replacment battries so you dont notice the battery life indicator changing...
Don't rely on the meter to tell you anything.
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2010-07-08
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Joined on Nov 2009
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#15
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i get 2 hours continuous browsing off the first bar, about an hour each for the next 6 bars then it seems to drain quite fast on the last bars. wierd
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2010-07-09
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Joined on Oct 2009
@ Italy
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#16
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Originally Posted by BigTony
A friend of mine did the same.
After owning the N900 for a few weeks and watching the battery life drain away quite quickly I went and bought a new battery from Amazon. I'm planning on using eCoach for long bike rides so I new 3G/GPS would be on a long while and that eats up the battery.
So I charged up my new purchase, and its much much better life than the battery that came with the phone. 1 hour bike ride and virtually no life used up on the battery - compared with 30-40% life with the origial battery.
Wonder if I just got a bad battery with the phone originally, but I read lots of folk having battery troubles - maybe a £5 at amazon is a good investment.
Simply you will get high percentage reading until that nice number suddenly falls.
You have to look at the real usage time and not to a number that means nothing on the cheap batteries.
There is no proof to support ur words. sry.
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