HTC 1500mAH Fake or Real?

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With all the 1500mAH batteries people are buying, how do you know if what you bought a real 1500mAH battery from HTC or not?

Well, I purchase a HTC 1500mAH from an ebay vendor with a 98% feedback rating. I was skeptical, but the price was low enough to try it out and see if it really is legit. Well, he sold me a fake HTC battery. How do I know? Read on.

True 1500mAH batteries have the following information:
- Part no.: 35H00123-00M (or 03M or 22M some xxM)
- Model: RHOD160
- mAH: 1500mAH
- Whr: 5.55Whr

The first RHOD160 1500mAH battery I bought from eBay (bidallies) was legit. All the watermarks, numbers, and fonts match up. Lastly, it works way better than the stock battery and at least as good (if not better than) the Seidio 1750mAH.

Now, this other guy on ebay (orange_chan) is supposedly selling the RHOD160 battery for less than $8 US. However, some of the numbers don't match up (while it's printed RHOD160 and 1500mAH on this battery).
1. the part no is 35H00125-07M
2. the Whr is rated at 4.07Whr
3. the font is different

Part no 3500125-07M is for the 1100mAH battery from HTC, and 4.07Whr = 1100mAH.

Take the Whr/#Volts = mAH. 4.07Whr/3.7V = 1100mAH

I hope this helps. I've attached three images depicting what I'm talking about.

Mine is the first. I got this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Gotta be VERY careful on ebay, but this vendor seems to be the "go to guy" on the other android forums.

Edit: I'll add it's performing great (HTC 1500) compared to the stock battery. It appears to be giving me similar life to the seidio.

Re: HTC 1500mAH Fake or Real?

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I jusr bought one from bidallies so hopefully it is real. My 7 month old oem tp2 1500mah is losing 25% every 3 hrs and it was in my pocket most of the time. Email was set to check every 30 min though. I wonder if the push gmail is causing it to die.

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1500mah and 1300mah in the oem battery are very close. The 1500mah battery might not be true. Best way to check is go to radio shack and borrow(test in store) or buy a voltage meter. If the battery has more juice then it will last longer. No need to guess.

I found it wasnt the battery fault, it was K9 Email killing it. I almost doubled the time by stopping polling in K9. Now I get 4-5 hrs for 20% of battery. I can go about all day now.

Originally Posted by marcw2

1500mah and 1300mah in the oem battery are very close. The 1500mah battery might not be true. Best way to check is go to radio shack and borrow(test in store) or buy a voltage meter. If the battery has more juice then it will last longer. No need to guess.

Not true. A fully charged battery will always have the same voltage, no matter what the mah rating. Only way to test is to put a know load on it, and track voltage as the battery drains.

Originally Posted by jmdearras

Not true. A fully charged battery will always have the same voltage, no matter what the mah rating. Only way to test is to put a know load on it, and track voltage as the battery drains.

I was thinking of one of these, which will show you the extent of the charge. but it might not work with cell phone batteries. I do not know the voltage of the battery.

go to batteryjunction and seach for zts-mbt9r.html or zts-mbt-1.html( i am not allowed to post links)

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Today I received from bidallies and compared to my stock TP2 and I think they are making knock offs but really close. Now I really don't care too much as long as the quality lasts. Subtle difference in the fonts and the symbol on the middle back has a different number. Also the word serial and part on the real battery are abbreviated S/N and they are actually spelled out on the bidallies battery. The OP pics have it spelled out too, but I know the original TP2 battery is real since it came out of the box with the phone. The part number is as the OP posted but my real HTC battery last 3 is 08M. So time will tell if this is a real HTC.

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Re: HTC 1500mAH legit battery from Bidallies.

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Thank you guys so much for recommending bidallies. After comparing prices in few sites and reading reviews here and on androidforums 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​0M try bidallies on eBay and I promise you won't be disappointed.

Hey, guys, I have HTC 7 Pro that came with battery RHOD160 that is exactly like the first picture in the opening post.
Now it's 2 years old and I am looking for a new battery. I made some research and it turned out that all batteries sold in my city are like the third picture: RHOD160, 1500mAh, 4.07 Whr, Part No: 35H00125-xxM
Is it possible that all batteries in all stores are fake? If so, this is a big conspiracy!

Also, they told me that all original batteries are sold in these tiny nylon bags, not in blisters/boxes, because they make them more expensive. Is this true?
How to be sure that the battery I buy is original?

drPheta, it's been 3 years sinse you've bought the fake 4.07 RHOD160 battery. Please tell what do you think of it.