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Title: Battery Needed
Post by: brashley46 on July 19, 2007, 06:18:37 pm

I need a new BL-08 for my 860. Does anybody have any experience with this ebay vendor? http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...62020&rd=1&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=130133662020&rd=1&rd=1)[a href=\'http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=130133662020&rd=1&rd=1\' target=\'_blank\'][/a]

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: jfv on July 19, 2007, 06:55:32 pm

Just last week I bought a battery from them, using the buy-it-now. It went smoothly and I got the package yesterday (I'm in the US). I haven't actually tried the battery, though.

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: jfv on July 20, 2007, 09:33:36 am

The battery is not an original Sharp battery as you can probably tell. It's lithium polymer rather than lithium ion and is rated at 2000 mAh as opposed to 1700, which is good. The battery seems a tiny bit bigger than the original Sharp. The original one slides easily into its slot while this one needed a bit of a push. I left it overnight to charge and the Zaurus booted up normally this morning. So far so good. It will take a while to evaluate the performance of the battery.

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: brashley46 on July 21, 2007, 11:03:38 pm

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The battery is not an original Sharp battery as you can probably tell. It's lithium polymer rather than lithium ion and is rated at 2000 mAh as opposed to 1700, which is good. The battery seems a tiny bit bigger than the original Sharp. The original one slides easily into its slot while this one needed a bit of a push. I left it overnight to charge and the Zaurus booted up normally this morning. So far so good. It will take a while to evaluate the performance of the battery.
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Okay, let me know if there are any medium term problems? I'll probably order one on my next payday as my wife's Palm Tungsten E2 is totally inadequate.

If there are any issues I'll get [a href=\"http://conics.net/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=88&osCsid=08a7fa30a1053e523015733ad460a5e2]this[/url] from Conics.net instead.

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: brashley46 on August 01, 2007, 11:14:00 pm

I've gone ahead and bought the one through eBay. I'll report any problems once it gets here from Hong Kong, probably next week.

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: zeigerpuppy on August 03, 2007, 08:29:59 am

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I've gone ahead and bought the one through eBay. I'll report any problems once it gets here from Hong Kong, probably next week.
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I replaced my C3100 battery and have had no problems using a higher capacity battery - but I do recommend using your usual battery when first installing pdaXii13 for the first time, it seems the battery calibration can get out otherwise.

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: brashley46 on August 03, 2007, 08:13:42 pm

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I've gone ahead and bought the one through eBay. I'll report any problems once it gets here from Hong Kong, probably next week.
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I replaced my C3100 battery and have had no problems using a higher capacity battery - but I do recommend using your usual battery when first installing pdaXii13 for the first time, it seems the battery calibration can get out otherwise.
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As I've no intention of switching away from CACkO 1.23, there's no problem.

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: brashley46 on August 08, 2007, 02:15:05 pm

Battery arrived this morning, now charging in the Z. I had to shave a tiny bit of plastic off the thing to get it into the battery compartment. I shall report on how well it holds a charge later.

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: brashley46 on August 10, 2007, 04:54:08 pm

So far, it seems to work. Reasonable cost, holds a charge, what's not to like?
Well, having to shave the battery that little bit to get it into the compartment it's supposed to fit is rather offputting. But what the hey, the Z is usable again!

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: pelrun on August 10, 2007, 10:14:04 pm

In my case I got another one of those Cameron Sino batteries to replace one which had died. The new one seemed dead on arrival. Actually it was fine, it fit in the compartment but the plastic around the terminals wasn't right and prevented getting a connection.

So I removed the little strip between the bottom of each terminal and the case seam... and the battery worked! I then did it with my older dead battery... and it was fine too! I guess I had only ever used it in my old 860...

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: brashley46 on August 21, 2007, 09:29:09 pm

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In my case I got another one of those Cameron Sino batteries to replace one which had died. The new one seemed dead on arrival. Actually it was fine, it fit in the compartment but the plastic around the terminals wasn't right and prevented getting a connection.

So I removed the little strip between the bottom of each terminal and the case seam... and the battery worked! I then did it with my older dead battery... and it was fine too! I guess I had only ever used it in my old 860...
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Mine has simply stopped working after 2 weeks of use. It won't even boot up the Z any more. I guess I'll try that strip-removal and see if it's obstructed contacts. In any case I now have a BL-06 ordered through eBay and we'll see if that works.

Title: Battery Needed
Post by: jfv on August 21, 2007, 10:57:04 pm

I am sorry you are having trouble with your battery. Mine is working fine.