Yet another topic about battery replacement...

[treehugger38294]

First things first. Wireless charging is totally irrelavant with what battery you have inside. The coil is attached to the back plate, not the battery. If it is not charging wirelessly check your installation.

Secondly, ebay+batteries = fake. Also, anything more than 2300mAh = fake. These are the two steps you have to do to check if a battery is genuine:
a) Check the battery temp. If it always says 29c, then it is fake.
b) If it DOESN'T have LG printed on the back (or has sth else like Samsung TSDI), then it is fake.

Spareslg used to carry original batteries and I bought one myself about 1,5 years ago. I don't know if this is still the case now, although I don't see why they would change now. So your best bet would be them.

Interestingly, when I first replaced my N5 battery, the original one from the factory had Sony printed on the back. I ordered it from the Google store.

 

[noxpax89]

First things first. Wireless charging is totally irrelavant with what battery you have inside. The coil is attached to the back plate, not the battery. If it is not charging wirelessly check your installation.

Secondly, ebay+batteries = fake. Also, anything more than 2300mAh = fake. These are the two steps you have to do to check if a battery is genuine:
a) Check the battery temp. If it always says 29c, then it is fake.
b) If it DOESN'T have LG printed on the back (or has sth else like Samsung TSDI), then it is fake.

Spareslg used to carry original batteries and I bought one myself about 1,5 years ago. I don't know if this is still the case now, although I don't see why they would change now. So your best bet would be them.

i just changed my battery, and the original battery doesn't have LG printed on the back, it actually says SONY

 

[santi1993]

Hi:
I ended up by buying an original battery from spares LG. So far, i'm very happy with the performance: i'm getting between 2h30m and 3h00 SOT, with 4G, wi-fi and Bluetooth allays on.

your SOT sucks haha

im getting 3h-3h30 with a 3-4 yr old battery

4G Always on, Wifi often

 

[Rockman501]

Well, back in September I bought a 'genuine LG' BL-T9 with tools from a Chinese seller on ebay for $9.
I literally went over it with a magnifying glass and it appears genuine. All the markings are correct, the temp varies, and the build quality is the same as the original.
In fact, the only way I could tell the 2 apart was the sticky residue on the back of the original and the mfg date (11/26/2013 & 07/08/2016).

I took a chance on getting a fake, and if I did it turned out to be a good fake, as SOT went from under 2hrs to slightly over 4 and standby time is almost 5 days compared to the 2.5 or so from the original.
I gambled the $9 and unless my Nexus does a Note 7, I did good.

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Manufacturing date is important with Li-polymer batteries.
A 3-year-old unused battery will not last as long as a 3-month-old unused battery.
The 'new' 2013 battery may last longer than the used one in the phone, but it won't last as long as a 2015 battery would.

I'd sooner buy a decent generic 2015-2016 battery than a genuine LG battery made in 2013.

I know it's been a while, but could you provide the link for that, or even the seller. Also, how is it doing now.
Thanks

 

[BearOfXDA]

Well, I have to ask before buying one, but is there a battery that you guys would recommend?

Sorry for bringing up an old thread

 

[234herobrine432]

Well, I have to ask before buying one, but is there a battery that you guys would recommend?

Sorry for bringing up an old thread

Look for my thread, (2700mah battery from nexus 5x)
If you can solder and use a dremel I would recommend the battery by a (broken) nexus 5x, search on ebay, I got a broken 5x with waterdamage for 20€

 

[caifaz]

wireless charging not working? try pressing the NEXUS word area in the back you will hear a click, and that's it

 

[paradoxiumwind]

Well, I have to ask before buying one, but is there a battery that you guys would recommend?

Sorry for bringing up an old thread

Just get an 'OEM' one from ebay. It probably won't be OEM, but I've found that they work the best in terms of actual stated capacity rather than those bunk higher capacity ones.

 

[tvfan1]

Well, I have to ask before buying one, but is there a battery that you guys would recommend?

Sorry for bringing up an old thread

I bought and replaced my original one with one from Polarcell (bought on Amazon but can be also found on Ebay) and am very satisfied with it so far (after a month of use)
good luck!

 

[TheReduxPL]

I bought and replaced my original one with one from Polarcell (bought on Amazon but can be also found on Ebay) and am very satisfied with it so far (after a month of use)
good luck!

I've heard about Polarcell batteries, good to hear they're considered good.
I just bought one from Wannsee-Electronics (official Polarcell shop), 20 euros including delivery to Poland, so a bit cheaper than if I had bought it from e-Bay. I'll post the results too, since I had a bad luck with my current cheap battery replacement, and now the battery dies in around 50 minutes of using Chrome

EDIT: Battery arrived a few days ago, indeed very good results so far. Used the LAB501 Battery Test (Video), old battery went from 100% to 1% in 142 minutes, while the Polarcell one took 381 minutes. If this battery retains this kind of performance for much longer, that will be 20 euros well spent :good:

 

[Syaani]

Someone should test Replacebase's battery replacement for Nexus 5. There have been great and high quality replacements for OnePlus One devices.
https://www.replacebase.co.uk/replacebase-lg-nexus-5-replacement-battery-bl-t9-3-8v-2300mah/