New battery = amazing new life for my Nexus 5!

[onesolo]

Could you please post link for this battery?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00SHVIV96/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Just choose the one sold by Amazon itself
Sorry for the late reply.

Just received a battery sold directly from Amazon.co.uk (not from a 3rd party seller). Seems pretty legit to me. It has the same Part# and it says it's from October 2015. I'm waiting for a new screen+frame to switch everything at the same time. Only then I can tell if it's the real deal or not. But as I said, seems pretty legit

The battery that I received does not have the same part # that the original battery. It has a slightly different part#, the font is a bit small and on the back the lettering is also different. The original seems like a sony battery. The one that I bought think is from LG itself. The video tutorial that I use to see how to change my screen+frame, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0AoVcoRxjs has the same battery that I just bought, it has the same part#, the same lettering on the front and on the back. The only difference is the date. Mine is way more recent. So I must conclude that my new battery is original.

Ok, so only yesterday I finally tried to change the battery. I took so long, cause only yesterday I received the new screen+frame.
Well not everything run ok. I was able to change the screen with no problems.
The worst came with the battery. When I tried to put the new battery, the flex cable of the battery was not bended like the original. So I had to try to bended so that it could fit on the space. After I plug in everything, phone did not turn on like it used to. I did plug my phone to the charger, and it would light on the charging battery screen for a few seconds and then turn off, then turn on with the charging battery screen and turn off again after some seconds, and so on like a loop. I then took the new one, put the old one and push the on/off button and it works ok with no problems whatsoever. So my fears about some cable not connected well were off. It was about the new battery.
I still can't say exactly what had cause that connection problem, but pretty sure that I must made some mistake when bending the flex cable of the new battery damn it!!! I should have test it first without bending the flex cable!!!
Can this be the situation?!

 

[ssamara]

I too ordered a battery sold directly by Amazon UK, and I'm not sure what to make of it. The font is slightly different from the original, for example the letters used for the part # are taller than the original, but aside from that it looks pretty good. The QR code matches the printed date of manufacture, but that date is 2013.09.17, which coincidentally (or not) is the same date encoded in the QR code of the suspected counterfeit battery I received from ukmobilestore.

So this is either another good looking fake, or very old stock. Not sure I like either of those possibilities.

 

[Pedro2NR]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00SHVIV96/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Just choose the one sold by Amazon itself
Sorry for the late reply.


The battery that I received does not have the same part # that the original battery. It has a slightly different part#, the font is a bit small and on the back the lettering is also different. The original seems like a sony battery. The one that I bought think is from LG itself. The video tutorial that I use to see how to change my screen+frame, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0AoVcoRxjs has the same battery that I just bought, it has the same part#, the same lettering on the front and on the back. The only difference is the date. Mine is way more recent. So I must conclude that my new battery is original.

Ok, so only yesterday I finally tried to change the battery. I took so long, cause only yesterday I received the new screen+frame.
Well not everything run ok. I was able to change the screen with no problems.
The worst came with the battery. When I tried to put the new battery, the flex cable of the battery was not bended like the original. So I had to try to bended so that it could fit on the space. After I plug in everything, phone did not turn on like it used to. I did plug my phone to the charger, and it would light on the charging battery screen for a few seconds and then turn off, then turn on with the charging battery screen and turn off again after some seconds, and so on like a loop. I then took the new one, put the old one and push the on/off button and it works ok with no problems whatsoever. So my fears about some cable not connected well were off. It was about the new battery.
I still can't say exactly what had cause that connection problem, but pretty sure that I must made some mistake when bending the flex cable of the new battery damn it!!! I should have test it first without bending the flex cable!!!
Can this be the situation?!

Ouch, this does happen. The flex cable gets damaged (cracked). Take out the battery and inspect the flex cable for any damage. The best method is just as you said: first connect the flex cable to the phone and then place the battery while allowing to properly bend the flex cable.

 

[nokiagye]

I say it again bye only from LG

 

[Nexive]

What is your SOT guys on a Nexus 5 with a fresh original battery on marshmallow? (With wifi and/or LTE on?)

 

[dakore]

What is your SOT guys on a Nexus 5 with a fresh original battery on marshmallow? (With wifi and/or LTE on?)

There is no simple answer. You should compare your SoT under different conditions - new/old battery but same setup and usage pattern. I could say you my SoT is 4h but in next post somebody will say he can achieve 6h and everybody will start asking for his kernel settings etc. You can't copy somebody's SoT, in case you intended to do that.

My SoT depends on usage pattern on that day...
Right now it's 4,5h (20h on battery, 90% on wifi with 2G signal, the rest is on LTE very good/excellent signal strenght)
Ussualy it is around 3-4h, depending on how much I play Ingress during the day.
My battery is 4 month old.

 

[Nexive]

There is no simple answer. You should compare your SoT under different conditions - new/old battery but same setup and usage pattern. I could say you my SoT is 4h but in next post somebody will say he can achieve 6h and everybody will start asking for his kernel settings etc. You can't copy somebody's SoT, in case you intended to do that.

My SoT depends on usage pattern on that day...
Right now it's 4,5h (20h on battery, 90% on wifi with 2G signal, the rest is on LTE very good/excellent signal strenght)
Ussualy it is around 3-4h, depending on how much I play Ingress during the day.
My battery is 4 month old.

I just wanted to know because i consider to buy a new battery for my phone and if it's worth to do a replacement because there is a 4 month old fake battery in it and my sot is very less (1h30-2h30 max on wifi without data on). So if there is a big difference to the original one i would buy one.

I'm running completely stock.

 

[onesolo]

My phone when I got it, almost two years ago, since the begining of it, I never had more than 3 to 3,5h of SOT !!! Never!! Not with kitkat, with Jb, Marsh, never...
Maybe it was from the apps that I have installed, or maybe from the cell signal of my provider that I have. In standby I never, but never had any problems, stock or not... but when I turn the screen... hell breaks loose. Even with only wifi, when screen turn on, battery doesn't last enough on my opinion. But that I think is android's major fault. No matter the bigger batteries they put inside phones, android will always use more battery than iOS for example. iPhones have a much smaller battery compared with top android phones, but they last a lot more!! I know they are different platforms and even different CPU architectures, but Google and Android CPU makers mut change this paradigma !!! On android you have to have a 3000mah or more battery to get almost the same battery record on the latest iPhones... google should be ashame on this...

 

[fly23]

Same here, I never had these long DOT times. I changed the battery 2 months ago with a white 2600mah described one from aliexpress. Before (original) and after it did not change much.
After inserting the new Battery I I started Netflix and I got 3.40h with max brightness on stock rom with WiFi.
But in normal usage on Wifi with nearly lowest brightness and surfing I rarely get that 3.40h. With 20h standby mostly 3h is the end. If I am moving and use LTE I only get max 2h DOT.
Everything is the same one the old and new battery.
Maybe it's the cell standby, at home I am always connected to a very good lte signal, I will try 2G instead.

 

[dakore]

I believe I wrote this before - I use KRT16M modem since Kitkat. All newer modems gave me higher battery drain in idle (search my previous posts, I compared my batteries and wrote some useful info). You can try it few days and see if you feel the difference.

 

[Navalio]

Out of topic

Could you tell is the battery include a vibro module inside?

Thanks

 

[dakore]

Out of topic

Could you tell is the battery include a vibro module inside?

Thanks

Nope, vibration motor is separated module located under battery cover:
https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/SJQTUlA5iTNuxHlb.medium

Battery itself has nothing integrated inside.

 

[Navalio]

@dakore. Thanks!

 

[dripple_]

Hi guys,

Any good reference to buy a working recent battery in Europe/France ?

Thanks.
Dripple_

 

[Vk-dzK]

Hi Guys
My battery is draining very fast , but my Nexus 5 is sometimes smooth and sometimes is the system is slow , this may be the battery influencing the system slowdowns ?
The battery has 1 year and a half of use.
Thanks for help

 

[Primokorn]

Hi guys,

Any good reference to buy a working recent battery in Europe/France ?

Thanks.
Dripple_

I never found an official LG battery in France except in a certified LG service center (the price is not the same, about 60€). I finally use a compatible battery for 15€.

 

[Pedro2NR]

I've tried to order from spareslg, and although they now appear to be able to ship to the USA, I had trouble getting their web shop to take my payment. They only accept PayPal and bank transfers, but every time I would try to get it to work with PayPal there would occur an error where the redirect to PayPal wouldn't work: the error message made it sound like the "state" field in the address data from spareslg web page to PayPal wasn't getting filled in, so PayPal would reject the transaction. I can only imagine that spareslg web shop is probably setup to work with the European version of PayPal, where perhaps 'state' isn't used. And I'm not going to attempt a bank transfer.

For a us based supplier, I've heard that lg.encompass.com is an authorized lg parts seller, but I haven't tried to order from them yet.

I'm also having trouble ordering from Spareslg (USA).

I checked out lg.encompass.com and they are out of stock. The site states if ordered, it will ship 4/15/16 or 32 days. I'll check back with them then.
Here is the Web Link for the battery.

 

[Pedro2NR]

lg.encompass.com push their ETA until the end of May 2016.
I might just get an aftermarket from Amazon.
Based on reviews, these look good:

• Onite Replacement Battery
• Generic Replacement Battery

 

[Schwaka]

I bought this battery from Amatron back in December for $5 due to random shutdowns and my battery lasts much longer plus the shutdowns stopped.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00L1HWZXG/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Edit: It also came with the tools needed to replace it!

 

[Milan4o]

Hello I have being looking for forum topics like this for a while.
Was wondering if any one know online shop that sells ONITE batteries to Europe? ( Bulgaria). ?
I read some very positive feedbacks on it and it seems better than the original one.

P.S i am trying this at the very moment, hope it improve my battery at least a bit
(cant post link but its " Reset/calibrate your battery! " will drain 100% battery life and recharge at full )