[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] bejunk:
Battery!

[MENTION=7746932]Robert-R[/MENTION]

Oh, man you really hit me on my foot :P. Backflash. I read those articles, long time ago, i remember. Im now myself a bit confused... I did not thought buying damn S3 battery will be such a hassle (i bought a lot of batteries for friends an some of my old phones, and also like checked everything i could to make sure those are legit & new. "german gründlichkeit" ) So now i got some time to check my batteries, did some research, but:

Problem: I dont know if the old battery i have is the original which shipped with that phone, but its 38.45g - 38.45g which is officially specified by Sammy.

Problem2: Now im really not sure if my bought one is real, because its just 35.80g ... -> I bought that one with that "ebay insurance" (i dont give much on it, but it worked everytime until now) -> So, i think about returning it (seller has to pay me my money & take cost of shipping back, if.)

Problem3: I will go on Holidays for allmost 2 weeks and dont have time for that rite now -> So i will see.

Anyway, by reffering to these e trade supply How to identify.., the battery looks 100% legit. I even pulled up the sticker -> its the same NFC tag from same company (i did not wanted to pull NFC tag because of damaging it... )

OK, so far. I need more testing right now. Letting it charge and discharge atleast 3 times fully (which i didnt had time until now) to let it calibrate. Below attached are images of both. I will update on this topic for sure.

Anyway, what you think of this?: http://www.mediamarkt.de/de/product/_samsung-original-1558814.html 14 bucks would be cheap too and we have 2 years gurantee, especially if they dont deliver whats promised. Giving it back at Media is atleast much more easier than ebay, i guess?

Peace! :)

I cant say anything about this right now, because, like stated everywhere, you need atleast 1-3 full cicle charges to calibrate the battery & the phone. Its on my plan. I will use new battery now until death, than my old & lets see. But my system is too heavily modded (custom Kernel, OC, xposed etc) to give an "objective" view on SOT on new battery. What i read that those fakes sometimes indeed work same as new ones, but there are many failures after 3 months or a year (where they blow up eg). Also keep in mind, most people who are satisfied or dont have any problems, will not go back after few months/a year and write "thats all good" -

Attached are the pictures where u can see the date, i found out, we can also get battery info from internal Service (theres a nice thread full of codes in S3 forum, dont have link Handy, the one for battery is *#0228# -> which needs to get typed into your phone) menu, but i cant get in :( [MENTION=4122877]curiousrom[/MENTION] did you have a tip how to get into that Service menu? I saw we have the apk in system?

[MENTION=3020437]Willy89[/MENTION] If you buy battery, then buy it from an big retailer, locally (not online) if you really want to get sure. After all this, im unsure myself now...:( AFAIK EU law says, you have 2yrs of warranty on electronics, especiallly if they promised something which is not true, so you should be on the safe side. 14€ seems okay, but i guess in Italy there should be an big local retailer chain too, which sells originals.

peace!

NOTE: I removed the sticker on both, thats why the look a bit worn on on side. They both have the NFC chip, same manufacturer, boot look exactly same unterneath.

EDIT: xda seems currently have some problems, cant uppload my files properly, will try later.