Time for a new battery

[techntrek]

I've had my Athena nearly 2 years now, with daily hard use. I'm surprised the factory battery has lasted this long, but I've noticed over the last month or two that it was going downhill quickly. In the last week it has finally fallen off a cliff - it will say 100% charge but 5-10 minutes of web surfing and it will just shut off, no warning.

Time for a new battery. I'm sure some of you are due for one, too.

I looked around the net and I see 2 or 3 shops selling a battery for about US$20, and in one case they even claim its a smaller (capacity) battery than the factory one. Plus shipping. Ouch. So, I found a supplier on Ebay that was advertising them for under US$10 - with free shipping and the same capacity as the factory battery. I ordered 2 and I'll post later to let you know how they seem to hold up.

Anyone else find a good source?

[mietulok]

Hi
I must say I've already had the same problem and am now quite happy with an ebay battery. seems not really worse than the htc one. There is one disadvantage, though. The pin that holds the battery in place breaks usually after one,two months of usage. Recently I had to make a replacement one using a copper wire -:) works pretty well.

[techntrek]

I'll be sure to keep the pin from the original battery in case this happens.

[jimmunsw]

Hi there ,
Try pm asking bradaland from usa , he seems to get a few advantage batteries at a very good deal in usa . But make sure those pins you are talking about is made of steel and not black plastic - some manufacturers produced oem batteries with plastic pins - it will break after a few times you slot in and out the battery , watch out ! Thks for reading - cheers - jimmunsw :)

[rpmbnsf]

Anyone notice the battery door will not fit (slight bulge in the middle of the door) with after market batteries? Even making sure the pin is locked into the hole the top part of the bracket seems to be sticking up to far. I even swapped out the metal pin from the original battery and still fits poorly.

Anyone have this happen ..and anyone have a solution? I just don't want to break the door tabs.

[techntrek]

The new batteries arrived today, two of the ones available on ebay right now (7 left last time I checked). They are marked identically to the original battery, with metal pins. I'll charge the first one tonight and let you know how it holds up in the first few days.

[cash365]

Hi :) Could you update us with the performance of your new battery if possible?

A link would be very helpful also or the name of the shop that you have bought it.

I have to change battery also and your experience can be helpful. :cool:

[techntrek]

So far both batteries are functioning normally. I haven't done any hard testing to see if they last as long, but under normal use they are fine. I bought them from user "bestseller2628" on ebay. Note: these are definitely Chinese knock-offs. BOTH batteries I bought arrived with an identical serial number sticker! But I expected that for something that cost half of what other dealers were asking (and since the batteries ship from Hong Kong).

[fire_z]

I bought an extra battery 3 months ago from a battery replacement shop (for pda,cameras,mobile phone etc.) in my area...I was surprised that they have one, 'cause there may only be roughly around 5-10 HTC Athena units/owners in our country (seen two brandnew units for sale, two used units for trade/sale, and known 2 other owners, total of 7 confirmed units in the country) ...

It has a metal pin and though it's only 1800mAh, with normal use it lasts a day and a half...

Good thing was it had a 3-month replacement warranty and worth only $16...:)

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x248/fire_z/IMAGE_0041.jpg

[gcp72]

Hello

I bought recently 3 batteries from ebay, 2200 mAh with plastic pin. Its work fine, like an original battery, but for very little money. The plastic pin was broken inmediately, but I can to extract it perfectly. I also bought a wall charger. I can charge the batteries without the pda.

[Thor Steinar]

Yes her:

http://www.boxwave.com/products/stdcapacitybattery/standard-capacity-battery-htc-x7500_2722.htm

Boxwave 2000 mAh

or

http://www.mugenpowerbatterijen.nl/

Mugen 2400 mAh

Don't buy Cameron Sino. SHIT.

[marek101]

Anything higher then 2200mAh ? Time is critical...