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[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
This makes me flabbergasted...

All of you are having these problems with charging the battery but the only problem that I. Possibly have is having a battery that could possibly in my opinion, not have enough juice.

The only reason I think this is because the first intial use before the battery was put on a charger, I got 12 hrs of use out of it. The battery came a little more than half full...

After charging it the first time, the life of it seemed to wither away. Like I said in the above posts, a 25% drop from full with only 2 hrs of use. Not cool in my opinion.

But I was using my stock battery yesterday to see how long the battery lasts and I'm back to having mixed feelings about it. I think more tests need to be made and I need to actually document my research. I will come back with an update once I figure it out...
[G1 Accessories] XZ32:
Yeah man, ill keep on going till i get a working one hehe!

U cant really blame the guy (or at least i cant), i mean he sent me 2 replacements already without me sending the faulty ones back. He's also very nice and replies pretty fast (on ebay msg, not through mails).

Just too bad the shipping takes so long always...
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
Depends what you are doing with the phone... heavy 3g bt on brightness full etc.

Feels like a stock to me. Charged to 100%.went to sleep with 96% woke up 7hrs later with 84.. in line with th othr. browsing to xda and typing this post... its now 77%. Cyanogen 4.13.1 on middle brightness. Wifi off. Bt off. Google sync on I don't get emails through gmail. But will give it more tests.

At least I have a spare now.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
K so now I'm a little churned up.

I noticed a hair in my camera, so I was removing the back and the battery fell out. I decided to read the label. Its not what's on the label that concerned me. Look at the printing showing up from underneath...

So if you can't see it, it says a-hoodie-blah 1100mAH

WHAT?!?!

So I contacted the seller. Told him to send me an actual 1600mAH battery and in return, I would give positive feedback.

Now, the situation has changed. At first, the manufacturer was at fault but now he is to.

My reason? He knowingly posted and sold a false advertised item.

If I was a rude guy, I COULD have him banned. But I just want a nice long lasting battery. I am willing to work this out so we'll see what happens...

What do you guys think of this and what would you do if you were me?

that is a HUGE pic and I am sorry!
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
HAH! i checked mine after seeing your image, mine also has 1100mah... no doubt the other 2 duds at work are 1100mah too. i'm surprised i didnt notice it before because i peeled the sticker off one of the duds to find the serial code.

so no wonder we are reporting the same usage stats... 50mah more than stock.

it's taken 2.5 months to get a working battery. i can't even leave feedback because it has exceeded 65 days. i'm not going to try and fight him - i might just keep the other 2 duds and get an external charger and have myself 4 batteries.

going to recalibrate the batt doing this http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Troubleshooting#Battery_recalibration
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Wow, thats some ish. I just sent him an email to make sure he sends me a 1600mAh AS ADVERTISED and not a 1100mAh so we could complete this sale once and for all.

My spidey senses are tingling though, i have a feeling im going to be receiving the same thing you guys got. I hope not for his sake, we'll see in due time.
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
i was wrong.

i checked the 2 duds again.... no mention of 1100mah... just some numbers. these were 2009 11 and 2002 12 duds.

2010 02 batts have 1100mah printed.

I have noticed the new 1600mah battery does last longer..... but that could also due to it being a fresh battery and the stock has been worn out (not treated properly... second hand phone)
[G1 Accessories] vaskas:
Was also pwned with 12/2009 battery. Was very angry, now waiting for the replacement.
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
I have the 10/2009 Battery barely received it today. So far its charging, well see if its a dud like the 11/2009 and 12/2009 batteries he has sent previously.

On a side note I also received my 2300mah battery and it makes the G1 look even older, LOL. Dont know how people can rock those batteries making the phone look from the 90s.

Will keep ya posted on the results...
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
As expected the new battery is useless.

Its time to take action and file an ebay claim against them.

There is hell to pay and I will deliver it!
[G1 Accessories] acidwashg1:
been following this thread, seems like a lot of you are having problems with this seller. I had a good experience with the seller back in early September of 2009, but all of the stories I've read over the past 10 pages makes the seller seem like a crook. I would caution anyone from buying a battery from obo_hk until he resolves the issues. to state it again though, I did get an extended battery from the seller. I can't comment on the exact mAh of the battery but it does last considerably longer than the two revisions of the stock OEM battery that I have. to everyone having issues with the seller, I wish you good luck. guess I was fortunate enough to have a good experience with the seller.
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
another update. another package came in the mail today and looked suspiciously like another battery. sure enough it's another.

so i've received 4 in total from obo - thanks. 2 are duds from 2009 11 and 2009 12. I then got a third working one from 2010 02 and this one is 2009 08... just plugged it into my phone and it's charging.. went from 55 to 57%

thanks obo.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Just make sure it's not 1100mAH or you'll have to ask for another one...
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
my dealings with obo is done, whether its 1100 mah or not, its taken 3 months.. and i've got 2 working batteries. it's been an interesting purchase. the item doesn't show up in my ebay anymore anyways (over 65 days)
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
This seller deserves no sympathy

I advise all that have made purchases to just file a claim against them before its too late.

We have all given this supposed company more than enough time and chances to send working, as advertised batteries.

If it hasn't happened yet, it will not in the future either.

Don't you see they are just buying time so you wont file a claim and or refund against them.

Do not think twice, make a paypal claim, an ebay one whatever you have to do just do it

NOW

.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
I don't know mang. I think you're being a little rash. It's not entirely his fault for the reason of the battery is sealed in the package with the green sticker not visable, thus meaning the 1100mAH isn't visible either.

With that said, it's the manufacturer we should filing a claim on and he should be doing the same cause he's losing out on a lot more money than you thing he is. These batteries are purchased at a bulk rate, but he's paying for the 1600mAH and receives 1100mAH to sell to his customers. So the manufacturer makes bank and receiving end (obo and us) get the un-lubbed shaft stuck where the sun don't shine.

Regardless of the situation and rather or not I feel sorry for him, I WANT A 1600mAH BATTERY and I will contact him every day until he sends me one!

And to all of you who are talking about the listing not showing in your Myebay anymore, it's not hard to do a seller search and type in obo_hk and press enter to be able to contact him again. That's what I do...

And another thing, to those of you that are getting mad at this guy cause he won't respond - Hong Kong is part of China and China is closed for the new year...
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Still no battery, he said he was sending another replacement a month ago, never showed. now its 3 weeks later again when he said he was sending another full working replacement and still nothing. I told him he has until the end of this week and after that, all bets are off. Im not playin games with this dude anymore, all i want is my freakin battery...is that too much to ask for? Jesus christ, the worst $10 i ever spent in my LIFE.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Ya, I've been trying to contact him for the past few days now and it's added up to a little under 2 weeks. I keep telling him to send me another battery and I will send the dud back but he keeps telling me to not worry about what's printed on the battery. I should pay attention to the performance of the battery.

WELL I HAVE AND IT DOES NOT BEAT THE PERFORMANCE OF MY STOCK BATTERY. I WANT WHAT I PAID FOR!!!

So now that I have been trying to contact him and he keeps dodging the final outcome of sending me a replacement, I have grown very impatient and annoyed with him. I hope for his sake that he does not annoy me further...
[G1 Accessories] Foxwolfe:
I can't even get him to reply to my questions, I got one of the ones from October but it still wouldn't charge. I opened a case file through ebay to get a return.
[G1 Accessories] jdotvo:
Sorry to hear that everyone is experiencing so much grief over this. I must be one of the lucky ones.

I bought mine back on the 6th of this month. Received it about a week ago. I can honestly say I'm completely satisfied with the battery. HUGE improvement over the stock. I've had my phone since Nov. 08' and the battery performance has decreased dramatically. From a full charge, I can goto bed and wake up 6-7 hours later and it would be down to 98%, where as the old one would be down to 65%. When I'm working... texting, gps, web browsing, 50% brightness, the battery would be done by lunch time. Now, I can go a full day and it would be to about 30%.

With that said, hopefully this seller comes through for everyone.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Yea, hes gettin flaky lately.

Do what you gotta do man, this is just gettin ridiculous now.

You definetly are one of the lucky ones man.

Here's his response to me after repeatedly emailing him and then putting a little "UMPH" into the last one, he finally answered...

Dear oreoOozZz,

Hi, we've shipped the replacement on 12th before Chinese New Year, normally should arrive now but it maybe a bit delay due to the holidays. If it doesnt arrive before coming Wed, we can refund fully, thanks

- obo_hk
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Ya, he replied to me and told me that he was going to refund my money. So with that refund, I'm going to buy a 1700mAH battery for my girlfriends fender mytouch and then wait a little while before I buy another battery for my dream...
[G1 Accessories] torchedlh:
After reading this thread I think I will stay away from this seller/battery. Ended up buying 2 of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320494267206&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Hate that it says "high quality"...I hope they truly are OEM. But for $8 shipped for two you can't beat that deal!
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Yea, if mine doesnt get here by the end of the week, im going to do the same.

I also just purchased two from the same source, at that price...why not? Who cares if their duds, its only 8 bucks lol.

I just need mOaR pOwARs!!!!
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Just woke up right when the mail man started knocking on my door and ringin the bell but i missed it, then i thought about it and i was like OH CRAP THE BATTERY!!! HES SENDING IT REGISTERED THIS TIME!!! i leaped outta bed, ran outside lookin like a crackhead and stopped the mailman 2 blocks down, had to sign for it this time. Wish me luck!
[G1 Accessories] AlanL228:
Received my replacement last week w/ the date code 09/09. It had been almost a week, charge and hold charge w/o issue. last a bit longer than the stock one.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Thats good to hear man, gives me some good feelings about tryin this battery later...I can hardly wait. I dont wanna do it now though because i wanna put it in, drain it till its dead then let it charge completely and another couple hours after (overnight while im sleeping) and then use it tomorrow to see whats up.
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
Its good to see some people are getting workable ones finally.

1 out of 12,540 G1 owners using this seller recently.

I urge no one to make a new order with obo_hk.

You're in for an instant FAIL if you do.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
I have good news, my battery fully charged and i took it off at 2:00 PM, had a phone call or two, couple texts and its still at 99% for now. I will report back in a little while.
[G1 Accessories] slinky1914:
I use the Mugen 2300mha it does really well. My stock battery I think something was wrong with it. I bought the phone used and when we finally did get 3g here my battery would be fully charged in the morning and by lunch have about 20% left. I would text some but mostly web surfing I would use about 30mb a day. Needless to say it would be dead before I would get home from lunch at 4pm and it would take like 8 hours or longer to charge.

My mugen will last until I get home from work and when I get home from a day of web surfing at work it would be at 30% at 4pm and it might be dead at 9pm. So this one last about twice as long and the size of the battery is about twice as big too. Happy with my experience.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
There was nothing wrong with your OEM battery, they just suck lol. Ive experienced the same. Yesterday i woke up, i had been charging my phone overnight. It was at 100%, i took it off the charger, had a 45 Minute phone call until it was abruptly ended by my phone shutting off because the battery was dead. Like WTF is that? What was HTC thinking when they made this phone and chose this battery, its a complete joke. You have a phone with ALL these features, all these apps and settings to play around with yet you cant use any of them, you have to limit your use and not do such things your phone is capable of because the battery can not handle it!!! I also have a Seidio 2600mAh but after awhile, i just get tired of the phone being so fat. The battery life is insane and i love it, its like you have nothing to worry about but then when you start typing and the back starts creeking because its not OEM material, when your hand starts to get tired after anything more then a 20 minute phone call. I just wish they had like a 3000mAh battery that could fit with the stock back, that would be IDEAL. Idk, i guess budgets are to blame for the battery ( or lack there of, should i say ) with the G1.

Anyway, its now 4:56, ive been texting back and forth alot since my last post, the battery is now at 69%. Not bad i guess, i think my OEM battery would have been up to like 40% or lower by now, i will compare after as i have the OEM battery in my pocket fully charged and ready to go as soon as this one dies.

If anybody was wondering, i always run Advanced Task Manager to kill everything every 30 minutes. I also have the widget on my home screen which im constantly pressing to end all (OCD much?), brightness on 0%, 3G On, No backgroud data, No sync, no GPS, No BT or WIFI, Screen Timeout at 30 seconds, full animations and 180 degree rotation.

OH, also another thing ive found to greatly save battery although i know most people probably wont like it. Turn off EVERYTHING that flashes the LED for an indicator ( AIM, Texts, Email, Missed Calls, Etc... ), one day i was bored so i figured i'd give it a whirl and it definetly does make a difference because think about it; sometimes your phone sits for hours with that stupid LED flashing away wasting your battery when you know to check your phone periodically for calls, texts, etc... anyway. Just personal insight i thought i'd share. Ill report back in a few.

P.S. I know, the never-ending story lol. Since i waited FOREVER to get this battery, in the meantime i ordered 2 "OEM" batterys for $8 and a G1 dock for $16 so im gonna be all loaded up and ready to go as soon as everythin gets here, i will have like 3 spare batterys for the day, its gonna be great lol. Say goodbye to fat extended battery brick back!!!! (although ill probably still use it sometimes lol ). Here's the links just incase anybody is interested:

"OEM" batteries for $4 a piece.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320494267206&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

G1 Dock With Sync/USB Cable.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120525887720&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Been textin back and forth since the last post, checked facebook a couple times. 4 or 5 short phone calls and the battery is at 39%.
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
So whats the improvement over the stock battery.

How much of a percentage gain are you experiencing?
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Its hard to say, it could be a placebo effect but right now it feels like it has a little increase over the OEM. I cant really be too sure until i test it for a few days.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
11:26PM, battery is still at 21%. I wanna go to sleep sometime soon, if i had to give an opinion for now though...i would say it def has some more pep then the OEM battery because my OEM battery would never last 12 hours on 3G.
[G1 Accessories] aalsmadi1:
whatsup fellas, hey man are you using the andida battery?

i just ordered one off of obo_hk i think on monday, i gotta couple questions:

1. do you think i'll get a dud

2. if i DON'T get a dud what should i do? drain all the way then charge all the way?

3. how long do u think it'll take for the battery to get here, this dude didn't send me a tracking number or ne thing, and i sent him a message regarding that.

i wish i had gotten to your posts before i ordered, but oh well seemed like a nice battery and i read good reviews on it a few months back.

thanks in advance
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
You should be fine my man. It was just a bad couple of batches he had, everything should be A-OK now. It takes about 15-20 days to get from HK to the states. When you get it, put it in the phone and drain it completely, not until it shuts off the first time but until you keep turning the phone on to the point where it wont turn on no more then, keep the phone off and stick it on the charger when you go to sleep...just let it charge overnight till its fully charged and then some...i do like a good 8-10 hours. Take the phone off the charger and turn it on, use the phone as you normally would and try not to turn the phone off or hook it up to usb or outlet charger until its dead, then when it is completely dead again, repeat the process of off overnight charging. continue that for a couple days and after that just use it like you normally would, it should be fine.

P.S. I never slept, instead i just chilled out and watched a couple movies with the wife, its now 5:39AM and the battery is still not dead. The phone has been pretty much idle but its still crazy. Its on 21%, im about to turn WIFI, GPS, BT, Brightness 100%, SYNC, Never Timeout Screen and all that on so i can kill it because i need it to be totally dead before i go to sleep.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Took the phone off the charger around 2PM and its now 6:45PM, ive used it more today. PhoneMyPC, texting, phone calls, web browsing. The battery is at 51%.
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
I advise all that have made purchases to just file a claim against them after the 1st one is a dud.

We have all given this supposed company more than enough time and chances to send working, as advertised batteries.

Don't you see they are just buying time so you wont file a claim and or refund against them.

Do not think twice, make a paypal claim, an ebay one whatever you have to do just do it before too much time passes and you cant do a thing about it.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Yea i agree, at this point; he shouldnt be shipping out anymore dud batteries under any circumstances.

Its 2:19AM and the battery was still at 22% so i turned all the wifi, gps, brightness and all that on to kill it because i gotta go to sleep soon. Battery DEF lasts longer then an OEM one, ill tell you that much.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
obo_hk told me last week he was giving me a refund.

Haven't seen or heard from him since...
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
He's a very busy dude, you gotta keep on. Just ask him for another battery and say f the refund bro, he wanted to refund me too because i kept naggin him but i persisted for a working battery and finally got one, im completely happy with it too as it lasts a good amount longer then the OEM battery (IMHOA). Just keep hittin him up, he will hit you back. Also, hit him back through ebay...not through reg email.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Also, my dock just got here and its pretty nice actually for 16 dollars. The only thing that sucks is you can only charge either the phone through USB, not through the wall charger therefore it has to be hooked up to a comp/laptop. The 2nd slot to charge an extra battery is what runs off a wall outlet. I wish it was capable of supporting two wall chargers; one for the phone itself and one for the 2nd battery. Oh well, its still good and if anybody is looking for one i DEFINETLY recommend this seller. Superfast shipping ( Im in NY and it came from Cali in one day, standard shipping ) and its a sturdy product, not some cheap falling apart crap. Another good point is that, remember all the dud batteries obo_hk was sending out? supposedly one of the dudes on this thread said the only way to charge the dud batteries was in a dock with the 2nd slot...time to experiment, if this works i will have about 6 batteries all together lol.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Mang, use a multi-plug adapter.

That's what I had to do with my dock. I can now have a charger pluged in at all times and have a data cable waitin ready with mic enabled stereo speakers all at once.

Needless to say, my nightstand looks very clean but look at the back side, and you'll laugh at all my wires...
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Thats a great idea my friend, care to lead me in the correct direction for a good quality multi-plug adapter? Or are they all the same really?
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Ya mang, I got mine from ebay. I have 1 htc multi-plug adapter that has 2 usb's, 1 3.5mm jack and 1 2.5mm jack.

Then I have 2 htc usb y-adapters.

Apparently, the multi-adapter will allow you to use headphones with a built in mic but I haven't tried it yet cause the adapter would add that much more bulk in my pocket.

Do a search on ebay for htc dream y adapter and you'll find a grip of em. But be careful cause a lot of sellers like to overprice them...
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
No dizzle, good looks homie.

I also have good news, the dock worked and now the original dud battery obo_hk sent me is fully charging lol. 2 Extended Batteries for the price of one, i guess it was worth it after all. Now i have one OEM battery, two Andida 1600mAh(or maybe 1100mAh really?) extended batteries, 1 Seidio 2600mAh extended battery and 2 "OEM" replacement batteries from ebay at $4 a piece. Thats a sh!tload of batteries lol.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
You need a carrying bag...
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
I need to rent a room lol.
[G1 Accessories] benoitb85:
I received my 3rd battery. It is charging !

The sticker says it is from 2009/08, I'll comment on the battery life later.

I have to check my account to see if he also refunded the 3€ I spent to send the previous 2 batteries back.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
You shouldnt have sent them back, i got him to send me replacements without sending nothing back and it turns out that even though the dud batteries wont charge in the phone, they charge in a dock that you can buy on ebay for 15 bucks with the 2nd slot so you could have had 3 batteries for $25 bucks lol. Good to hear you got a working battery though finally.
[G1 Accessories] revwillie:
it looks like obo_hk stopped selling the andida 1600

I was thinking about getting one of the good ones, but oh well.
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
He finally realized those Andidas were not coming through.

The hassle from many of us and the countless others made him put up the gloves of the defect prone 1600mAh he was advertising.

Trust me you didn't miss out on anything :D