Accessories Spare Battery

[anthonygobot]

Wow it really sucks I just now went to use my spare battery I got on ebay and apparently it doesnt work with Froyo. I tested it out before upgrading to Froyo and didnt see any issues. Has anyone come up with a solution? I tried a battery app from the market but it kept reading 90% unless I plugged it in and then it would just say fully charged.

 

[Bankswood]

Tell me about it. Read this thread I put out there.

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/225812-battery-recognition-hack.html

 

[anthonygobot]

Well, I bought a charger that came with two DX batteries so I can charge them via the wall charger. Sucks there is no way around this and its lame Motorola can block 3rd party companies from making money.

 

[BabyDoc]

I bought 2 batteries and a charger off of ebay for about $10. I have had no problem with them, with Froyo 2.2. The batteries charge up either in the phone or in the charger. Since buying them, however, I rarely use them. I bought an OEM exxtended battery for my Droid X. That along with the Ultimate Juice application, I get at least 2 days out of my phone.

 

[anthonygobot]

I wonder why you arent having the same issues, I bet we bought the same battery/charger on ebay.

 

[georgemc26]

my sister bought a facinate and I bought the incredible, we both use to have EV2, now all the messages are split with and additional message saying could not receive enhanced message. What a drag. Cust Serv says Sorry thats the way smart phones work. 160 characters yea right. a LOT LESS THAN THAT... HTC CAN YOU FIX THIS PROBLEM?

 

[Aggie12]

my sister bought a facinate and I bought the incredible, we both use to have EV2, now all the messages are split with and additional message saying could not receive enhanced message. What a drag. Cust Serv says Sorry thats the way smart phones work. 160 characters yea right. a LOT LESS THAN THAT... HTC CAN YOU FIX THIS PROBLEM?

i think this may be in the wrong thread lol.

 

[BabyDoc]

I wonder why you arent having the same issues, I bet we bought the same battery/charger on ebay.

This is the one I bought. I got mine from this seller. Perhaps there are different non-oem batteries/chargers being sold on Ebay. In reading this seller's feedback, I didn't see any negative comments regarding this item, either.

EBAY Item:
280588157835

 

[quickaudi]

apparently, the chinese batteries don't monitor temp or voltage

 

[BabyDoc]

apparently, the chinese batteries don't monitor temp or voltage

That may be true for some of them. Again, the ones I got from Ebay work just fine. The Battery Status application does show its voltage and temperature.

 

[quickaudi]

are they chinese?

 

[BabyDoc]

are they chinese?

Yes and so are the OEM batteries.

 

[Bankswood]

Looks like from research by Scary Alein on my behalf if the battery does not have a micro chip that monitors things like temp and charging / discharging it won't work. I had two Chinese after market batteries that no longer work due to this issue. Seems BabyDoc got batteries that have the chip.