Lumia 710 extended battery ?

[nanzforever]

I have a Nokia Lumia 710, got it on 17th December. I love the whole experience except for the battery life. Even when its full charged, the battery settings displays the max time to be 21 hours. If I do happen to use it a little more than the normal calling, that is a maximum of 1-1.5 hours its gone in around 14 hours. Nokia really should have fitted a 1500 mAH battery on 710 and 1800 on 800.
Anyways the point is, it also supports the standard e63 battery which is the BP-4L so it should also support the extended version of bp4l available with mugen. Its supposed to be a 1800 mAH battery and if it really is that much, I think my battery life would become awesome. What do you think guys, should I go for it ? Is it worth it and has anyone actually tried that ?
Here is the link for the battery ->
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...nded-battery-for-nokia-e61i-e90-n810-e71.html
By the way, Nokia Care here in India sucks, they want to take away my phone for more than a week without giving me a standby phone which supports microsim. I mean how stupid is that and then they expect me to give them my device.
Sorry for posting about the Lumia 710 on the Lumia 800's forums but hey they are siblings aren't they

 

[jasperh90]

Have you or anyone else tried this yet? This is the only post I could find related to this other battery, and am quite interested in any results from other users.

If it works I want to get the other battery as well.

 

[dschach]

The Nokia 710 uses the same battery as the Nokia 603 which is a a BP-3L not a BP-4L.

 

[andrey08]

This is not entirely true

BP-3L is the native battery but a BP-4L will fit. Youmay need to remove the foam, or at least shave it down if you feel it makes the back lift too much

I saw it here:
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/w.../nokia-lumia-710-now-available-3528351-7.html

I have now ordered a mugen 1800mah since I have used mugen before and found the quality to be reasonable.
I hope the extra 200mah over standard 1500 nokia is worthwhile as well
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...nded-battery-for-nokia-e61i-e90-n810-e71.html

I will update once I get a chance to cycle the battery a few weeks.

 

[dschach]

Okay the BP-4L fits if you don't mind the back bulging a bit. If it works for you ...

By the way, the newset Nokia OEM BP-4L is 1650mAH. Before buying a mugen power or other after market battery I suggest you check out battery boss. OEM's like Nokia rate their batteries correctly. Aftermarket batteries retailers grossly overrate their batteries capacity.

http://batteryboss.org/

 

[geoken]

Does the bulge make it feel like the cover isn't fitting/closing properly? Also, would it be possible to get rid of the bulge by shaving the cover a bit?

 

[dalerka]

I ordered 2200mAh BP-3L Battery For Nokia 603 Lumia 710 Asha 303 Asha 3030, so will see how it'll fit my lumia 710.

 

[olbez]

Got 710 as well...

Any updates, guys? Especially curious if there is a place to get the new 1650 mAh BP-4L battery... Searched all over google and couldn't find a legit place.

Thanks.

 

[vnvman]

I ordered 2200mAh BP-3L Battery For Nokia 603 Lumia 710 Asha 303 Asha 3030, so will see how it'll fit my lumia 710.

Hmm. I doubt you'll be able to snap the back cover on with that bad boy :/

 

[italianjob1970]

Mugen battery

I've got the Mugen 1500mah battery and been using it for a week now.

I've been charging it for 8 hours or more for the first 5 charges, as recommended by Mugen and now the battery diagnostics shows a maximum capacity of 1175mah

This is worse than the stock 1300mah battery!!!

Not sure if it's a bad battery or the Nokia software can't work out what it is or how to charge it properly???

 

[vnvman]

I've got the Mugen 1500mah battery and been using it for a week now.



I've been charging it for 8 hours or more for the first 5 charges, as recommended by Mugen and now the battery diagnostics shows a maximum capacity of 1175mah



This is worse than the stock 1300mah battery!!!



Not sure if it's a bad battery or the Nokia software can't work out what it is or how to charge it properly???

Those might just be incorrect readings, generally Mugen batteries aren't rip offs. How's the actual battery life being after the upgrade?

 

[italianjob1970]

Mugen battery

It's currently showing time since last charge 1 days 18 hours
Remaining 1%, less than 1 hours

The phone has been used moderately, a few calls, texts and watching the live football scores - but not much more.

The full charge capacity is showing 1160 ???

I'm finding it hard to work out if the battery is actually lasting much longer as the drain details are not very linear at all. It seems to drain quickly at first and then slows right down, so 40% can be lost quite quickly but then it then keeps re-estimating how much charge is left.

One might get in a bit of a panic if out and about with the phone and solely relying on what the battery monitor was telling you.

 

[wardoc22]

Just a quick reply. I ussually hang out in the general and development section but have you guys tried flashing the lumia 710 russian rom yet?

After flashing the russian rom for the lumia 710, my battery drain went from around 200MA/H to around around 110MA/H.

It was just something I noticed when unlocking my bootloader to full unlock my lumia.

A few heads up on the russian rom though. It disables 4G, only letting you have 3G, H, and E data connections.

If anyone wanna do it, head on over to this link to the rom:

http://narod.ru/disk/45935058001.2aaca38c9acf622332f4a81b5bf0e331/RM-803.rar.html

And a guide on how to flash it with nokia care:

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-interop-unlock-nokia-lumia-710-800-flash-a-custom-rom/

My experience from it was pretty good. before flashing, unplugging it at 7am to go to school, and getting home at around 3pm, it would usually be at around 50% battery.

After flashing, it would sit at around 70-75%ish.

Tell me what you guys think.

 

[*Detection*]

It's currently showing time since last charge 1 days 18 hours
Remaining 1%, less than 1 hours

The phone has been used moderately, a few calls, texts and watching the live football scores - but not much more.

The full charge capacity is showing 1160 ???

I'm finding it hard to work out if the battery is actually lasting much longer as the drain details are not very linear at all. It seems to drain quickly at first and then slows right down, so 40% can be lost quite quickly but then it then keeps re-estimating how much charge is left.

One might get in a bit of a panic if out and about with the phone and solely relying on what the battery monitor was telling you.

Where are you seeing remaining capacity in diagnostics ?

Mine just shows Current Discharging 120-140mA

 

[dioadi]

i got an extended battery for Lumia 710, 1600mAh,
i sell it at XDA marketplace, here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694718

 

[lbshock]

wow, I need. how much????

 

[*Detection*]

Anyone got any updates on confirmed extended batteries for the 710 that hold the advertised power and are not just 1100mAh sold as 1500mAh ?

 

[qwerty109]

I bought a BP-4L 1500 mAh (I actually ordered the 1650 mAh one, after verifying with bastards from uk-mobilestore.co.uk that they actually have the 1650 version, but they've sent me the old 1500 mAh one - couldn't be bothered to return).

It fits instead of the original Lumia 710's BP-3L but it is a bit thicker so I had to remove the sticky foam thingie from the back cover. I also trimmed the back cover a bit later (using sandpaper) for a perfect fit - took me a while.

The jump from 1350 mAh to 1500 mAh is actually quite noticeable - I'm happy with the battery life now (lasts me at least a day now)!

I'm still looking to buy the original Nokia 1650 BP-4L but can't seem to find it anywhere though (Orange accessories are advertising it but they'll just send you 1500 mAh - my experience, had to return it.)

 

[*Detection*]

I bought a BP-4L 1500 mAh (I actually ordered the 1650 mAh one, after verifying with bastards from uk-mobilestore.co.uk that they actually have the 1650 version, but they've sent me the old 1500 mAh one - couldn't be bothered to return).

It fits instead of the original Lumia 710's BP-3L but it is a bit thicker so I had to remove the sticky foam thingie from the back cover. I also trimmed the back cover a bit later (using sandpaper) for a perfect fit - took me a while.

The jump from 1350 mAh to 1500 mAh is actually quite noticeable - I'm happy with the battery life now (lasts me at least a day now)!

I'm still looking to buy the original Nokia 1650 BP-4L but can't seem to find it anywhere though (Orange accessories are advertising it but they'll just send you 1500 mAh - my experience, had to return it.)

Nice thanks, so the Nokia 1650 BP-4L will fit with a slight mod to the back cover then.

Does it last the whole day with things like wifi on and all live tiles background processes enabled etc ?

If I set apps background processes to on, my battery dies very quickly


Just found this, but when you Google the product number it also states 1500mAh, so looks like everywhere is falsely advertising them as 1650mAh
http://www.virginmediaaccessories.com/bp-4l-battery.html

 

[qwerty109]

Nice thanks, so the Nokia 1650 BP-4L will fit with a slight mod to the back cover then.

Yep - it's almost perfect fit, but not 100% perfect - there's a very slightly raised cover edge on one side now but I can't be bothered to trim the cover anymore / fix it somehow as the problem is only cosmetic and not really noticeable unless you've got OCPD

Does it last the whole day with things like wifi on and all live tiles background processes enabled etc ?

If I set apps background processes to on, my battery dies very quickly

Mine definitely does, but then again I don't have lots of apps.

I usually don't even charge it overnight anymore, just when syncing and in the car, on my way to/from work.

Just found this, but when you Google the product number it also states 1500mAh, so looks like everywhere is falsely advertising them as 1650mAh (virginmediaaccessories . com)

I sent them (virginaccessories) a couple of emails to ask for clarification, but they don't bother to answer - I would guess that you're right, they are falsely advertising it too (probably just copy/pasting info from Nokia official web page and not bothering to check what they've got in the actual stock). Their prices are also a bit on the high side.