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[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Sorry to hear brother, i think we should all get together and all send him the same message, link him to this thread and give him a lengthy list of XDA members who have received faulty batteries repeatedly who are going to leave him bad ratings and report his user account to Ebay. Reguardless of if hes a middle man or not, dont you think after the first time you sent out a faulty battery to REPEATED customers, you would check to see if the replacements work BEFORE sending them out?! I mean the first time isnt even excusable because a couple people already informed him that that batch was bad yet he still sent out the batteries. Thats just crappy customer service and a horrible business trait. Mine should be here within a day or two so ill keep you guys informed.
[G1 Accessories] exceed73:
Hi,

Same problem for me with a battery build in November.

obo_hk send me another one, just received today, it seems to be ok.
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
Charge it once and see if it stay that way, they all look good at first but then they go dead and its over. Unable to charge after the first day.

I can almost guarantee you that it NOT work. If more than a few people are having issues its a major breakdown on Quality Control if they even exist for Andida at all.
[G1 Accessories] exceed73:
erf, doesn't need to wait for tomorrow.

The new one (build in december) does not work, decreasing charge. :mad:

So I'll contact obo_hk again.
[G1 Accessories] AlanL228:
I too had mine ordered back in 11/09. First battery was lost in mail, and he sent me a replacement. The replacement has a date code of 12/2009, which doesn't charge. Contact obo_hk and he asked me to send it back for replacement and he will refund the shipping. I start to wonder if it even worth the trouble for a $10 battery. Do you guys have any other recommendation on another battery?
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
This is just getting ridiculous now...
[G1 Accessories] zimphishmonger:
Just got my battery after waiting for 2 weeks, and it shows the EXACT same symptoms. Package says manufactured 12/2009. I sent them an angry :mad: ebat message referencing this thread, and demanded a working replacement or a refund. Glad to see i am not the only one having this issue......

Back to the stock battery for now :( loses 50% in 2 hours, maybe I should have just gone OEM

Edit: the temp reading on my battery is also inaccurate....states its 325 degrees F....thats def not true. Anyone else noticing faulty temp readings aside from the charging issues.
[G1 Accessories] kaukas99:
same thing here, just received replacement battery manufactured on 12/09 and its not charging :( Simply unbelievable
[G1 Accessories] Ace42:
Dont buy these its nothing but junk that the seller is selling to make a quick buck.
[G1 Accessories] zimphishmonger:
Ya, this seller sounds no good. Think I will just demand a refund even if he offers a replacement. Cant believe some of you are on your THIRD replacement and still have issues.....completely unacceptable imo, especially if they know there is an issue w/ the Nov and Dec batches.

I'll keep an ear open to this thread to see if anyone received a working replacement....
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
Thanks Oreo, sorry to hear you have the same issues as do sooooo many people.

Its a cat and mouse game with this seller, regardless of where the product comes from they should stand by thier products.

All these people that are on the companies side probably even work for him.

They are 100% happy because they have all of our money and we have nothing more than paper weights/garbage.

As you and I have mentioned we need to stand up against this and reconfirm that we want a working battery and we want it NOW.

There is going to be hell to pay if I do not get my moneys worth and THEY WILL receive the most worst rating for their shop and like you said reported to ebay.
[G1 Accessories] XZ32:
had the same issue as many of u in november (11/2009 battery), always got some fc saying smth like :

'the charging current is not enough for device consumption. Please switch to AC adapter'.

he sent me a replacement, arrived today (12/2009 battery), loading it as we speak, will post the result.

EDIT: same FC with the replacement ugh :(
[G1 Accessories] zimphishmonger:
Opened an ebay case against the seller and demanded a full refund. You should all do the same as this seller is certainly not genuine\legitimate\customer-focused, this is complete BS.

Edit: obo_hk would like me to ship the battery back to him....Um, it costs half the battery price to ship it back, and its defective. Im not returning it cause i dont like it :confused:
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Amen.

I doubt anyones going to get a working battery unfortunately, im hoping for the best though.

Amen X2!!!

Damn man...

Im waiting on my replacement. If its another dud (which im pretty sure its going to be), im going to do the same.

Still waiting.........
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
this guy is hopeless - on holiday leave now?

i started this transaction 1 December 2009. Nearly 2 months and still no working battery. Been waiting 19 days for the 3rd battery to arrive, and no doubt from other users here - sounds like I'll be getting a dud made in 2009 12... asked if it is a 2010 01 but no response yet.

all this effort and waiting for $11. i'm starting to get very impatient and frustrated. will def leave neg feedback if I dont get a full refund.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
He really got over on us man, this sucks. Somebody should try to figure out how to get in touch with "Andida" and really see whats up, if this dude is legit or not. ****, we could have probably done a group buy from Andida and got a batch of good working batterys for $7 a piece or something like that if we would have known ahead of time.
[G1 Accessories] zimphishmonger:
I am waiting for ebays response team to get back to me. I am done w/ the seller, as he seems to care nothing about customer service.
[G1 Accessories] jeffrimerman:
I just got my replacement battery today

I put it in and connected the charger and it is charging just fine. I will run it out completely and charge from there. I think it said the same thing the bad battery said "2009 11 12". I assume it means the year month then date.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
I really hope i have the same luck when my replacement gets here. Thats good to hear that someone finally has a working battery. Was this your 1st or 2nd replacement?
[G1 Accessories] jeffrimerman:
This was my 2nd

I think it took about 2 weeks to get. I was about to message the guy, but when I checked the mail it worked. I think someone else mentioned the same, so it was probably only some bad ones in a batch. He is probably mailing out so many that even a 100 bad ones is probably just a fraction of what he sends out, but it is enough to piss off a lot of people. He should have probably had someone open up the replacements and test them before sending, but if he is mailing out 1000s, he probably figured too much trouble. Hopefully everone's replacement will work.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
So you have fully drained the battery, charged it back up and using it again with no problems? Congrats man lol, your probably one of the first in awhile. He said he sent me a replacement 3 weeks ago, now im messaging him on Ebay and hes not answering. This is the first and only replacement i will receive, if when it gets here it doesnt work, im getting a full refund, opening a case against him on ebay and leaving negative feedback. You think after the first couple incidents he would have some sort of logic but it doesnt appear so. Its just ridiculous for $10 dollars.
[G1 Accessories] jeffrimerman:
It is charging now

I ran it till it went to yellow in the battery image. I plugged it in now and it is charging. I will let it charge for a couple hours and see how fast it charges up.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
So my replacement still hasnt arrived, even though im pretty sure its not going to work. I emailed the seller to see whats up and finally after 3 emails i got this back...

obo_hk

Hi, the producers made big mistake and they are recalling all the G1 batteries now. If it is faulty again, please return them and we will replace new ones produced on Jan and Feb for you. We will pay for the shipping cost by airmail, Thanks.

Ill update as soon as the replacement gets here. For anybody that has got a couple faulty ones, shoot him an email and im sure he will do the same for you.
[G1 Accessories] zimphishmonger:
hahaha, I got the EXACT same email from him, and said no I want a refund. Still waiting for a response from ebay customer service. How exactly are they going to pay for return shipping, via paypal?? We can barely get a response from them....
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
Sounds like they want the batteries back so they can collect and you getting shafted in the a$$ getting nothing in return. I can't understand how a seller like this can continue to lie and steal to the consumer without consequences.

Sooner or later ebay WILL act if they do not provide from their end and we make enough noise.
[G1 Accessories] zimphishmonger:
Its been a week, and I;ve yet to hear a response from Ebay.....If they dont step in, i'll most likely just dispute it w/ my credit card company....this seller is a REAL piece of work, and deserves all the negative feedback\ebay customer service requests people can rack up.

Worst ebay experience ive had my 7 years as an Ebay customer :mad:
[G1 Accessories] XZ32:
Got the exact same reply after my replacement (12/2009) didnt work.

The shipping costs to send both batteries back to HK was 3€, but he told me its not worth it and that he sent me another replacement today.

Hopefully ill get a proper one this time.

Im going to be patient cos lots of people DID get a working battery...
[G1 Accessories] ultma75:
mines works quite well actually. i can go over 24+ hours even with moderate internet usage and texting all day
[G1 Accessories] XZ32:
And from what month are those batteries if I may ask?

Im wondering if I could still use the 2 faulty batteries I got by charging them in an external charger...

Anyone that got this working?
[G1 Accessories] warburto:
Wanted to give you guys an update on my dealings with the Ebay merchant Obo_HK who is selling most of these andida 1600mah batteries.

So far he's replied to every one of my messages through Ebay, but he takes his time doing it. I wanted him to send out a new battery gratis, but he refused, asking me to send back the original battery and that he would send a replacement. He has at this point refunded me the cost of returning the battery (3.12$) and has stated that a new battery is on the way back to me.

Aside from being very very slow, he's been reasonable. If I finally get a working high capacity battery out of this, I'll end up having to say it was worth it, but just barely. It's been over a month now dealing with him and I still don't have the replacement. Oh well, you really do get what you pay for.
[G1 Accessories] AlanL228:
I am too just sent my battery back per his request for a replacement since last week, and I also offer to refund the return shipping cost. It will take about 2 weeks before the return get to him. Hopefully the newer batch of batteries will have less issues than the old one.
[G1 Accessories] legend221:
How exactly did he refund you the money? Also, $3.12 cents all the way to where they are located. I highly doubt that. Its almost as much as the 9.99 just to send it back. And are you sure they are going to pay you for the total amount you paid just to send those dud batteries back.

For a few bucks more you can get a higher capacity 2300 battery. Id rather do that in the end then deal with these idiots. I believe I will leave the lowest rating possible and just make a case against them. I tried to tell them it cost more to ship the faulty batteries back to them then to buy higher capacity ones and they haven't replied in 4 days.

Looks like they don't care if I leave them terrible feedback and most importantly if I have a working product or not. F*** them!!!!
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
i got the same response from obo.... please send the batteries back.

i replied with - i will send them back once you've sent me a working battery. no reply. will follow up now. over 2 months on this now... amazing, it'll be 1/4 of the year for a $10 battery.
[G1 Accessories] warburto:
He refunded the money through paypal, and 3.12$ was what the Post Office lady charged me when I sent it via airmail first class. I'm not making it up, seriously, I have no stake in this, just reporting what's going on with me. I'm sure that even at 3.12$ he's taking a huge hit, which makes me wonder why he wants them back.

Also, I just can't handle the extended battery cover, the phone is huge enough as it is.
[G1 Accessories] im.l0ltn:
I'm guessing bad batches. The one I bought in August is still running fine. They probably want the batteries back so they won't be help responsible if anything happens. (Exploding batteries & etc)
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
It's scary to think that he's still sending the november batches out.

I just bought one a few days ago....... Ya

But during the payment process, I noted in both ebay checkout and paypal checkout to NOT send a november battery. I want the both of us to save money and hard times. I then sent a ebay message and email.

Covering my bases to say the least.

I got a reply from him the next day via personal email.

All he said was to make further contacting through ebay...

17% of me says scam. The other % wants to stay away from a fat phone and crappy battery life all at the same time.

We'll see what happens. I'll report back when I get mine...
[G1 Accessories] Foxwolfe:
I'm willing to give the seller the benefit of the doubt that the mishap was out of the his control and possibly something that happened with the actual dealer, considering there was multiple people that recieved correctly working batteries prior to the "bad batch".

And if it is a piece of junk or a scam, well I've lost 10 dollars on worse things I guess :P
[G1 Accessories] 2leaponover1:
Well, i've spent $20 so far and have two non working December batteries. He told me that he would reimburse me the cost to send the batteries back. I guess i'm gonna try the external charger, but it not even staying charged while plugged in pisses me off. I still don't think it's a scam, but it's possible. I guess we will find out from the people still following through with the process. I'm probably just gonna buy an external charger and see if that works.
[G1 Accessories] nyne7lac:
I tried my luck and ordered a 1700mah battery from obo....

Waited 2 weeks....

And received the wrong battery! I told him on ebay, didn't get a response, so I filed a paypal claim
[G1 Accessories] AlanL228:
Just got a respond from the seller via ebay messaging system. He received the faulty battery that I sent 2 weeks ago, and just issued refund of the postage of $3.12 that I spent sending it back with paypal. He also informed me that the replacement had been sent out. I will keep everyone update on the replacement upon arrival. For those whom try to contact him, do that via ebay instead of a direct email.
[G1 Accessories] benoitb85:
He told me via eBay that he's got a batch of batteries from before november now.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Alright guys, I just received my 1600mAH battery from this dealer.

Yes I said 1600 cause after doing a long and hard search, I came to the conclusion that there is no 1700.

But anyways, just out of the packedge, I noticed with half a charge it still had more life than my stock battery. I went twelve hours bofore it died. I then left it on the charging dock overnight. This will be the first actual day I've used it so I'm still a little skeptical but its still in the green after surfing the web for 2 hours so that's a good sign.

Did I mention that its a jan batch battery? Woot woot!

I'l check back in in a few days to let you all know how this battery is working out.

Until then, keep faith in the guy...
[G1 Accessories] XZ32:
NICE to hear the 01/2010 batch seems to be working!

Keeping my hopes up for my replacement (#3 already lol), cant wait till it drops in my mailbox.

Hope being patient and friendly pays off!
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Well I might have jumped the gun with a thought like that though cause 2 hours after posting, I'm now at 62% battery life. I have a few ways of charging this battery though so ill let it die and then charge it with a little beefier charging cable.

(About an extra .3 volts)

I use the charger cable from the g1 box cause I didn't care for the red led on the one that came with my dock I got off ebay. And I charged this battery in the 2nd battery slot of the dock and not in the phone itself so its all about trial and error right now before I finally say that this is a faulty battery. It could just be user error at this point.

I probably do the same power saving techniques as the rest of you so I don't know. Only time will tell in this situation. This lazy guy sees it as having a 6 month warranty so I have a lot of time to figure it out.

Also, I reset the battery stats when I put the fresh new charged battery in device...
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Good to hear that the battery is working man, finally people are starting to get good ones it seems. Im still waiting on my 2nd replacement which is probably going to be faulty then he said if it is to send it back and he will issue ANOTHER replacement...smh. All this for $10, ridiculous. Anyway, let me get this straight...you've charged the battery with the 2nd slot on the dock and not the OEM G1 cable charger that comes with the phone? If so, can you try it with the OEM G1 cable charger because this is the problem everyone is speaking about. Pretty sure others said it works in the dock but not on the charger cable/usb cable for some reason so thats the problem were trying to see resolved.
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Well the stock cable is the one that I use on my dock. The dock doesn't take any power away from the device unless its charging a second battery. That's why I said I have a few ways of charging this thing. The dock acts as a usb hub more or less. It makes charging your device look pretty and that's about it.

So tonight, I will try to charge with no second battery and see what I come up with.

If the results are the same, I'm pullin out the beefy charging cable.

Ill even try a mytouch charge cable and block if I have to. Really don't wanna send this back...

Update

So I put the fully charged battery in around 10a.m. and it died 12 hours later. Battery is still in the device and is charging. Nothing else is plugged in so no power is getting taken away from charging of the device.

We'll see what the outcome is in the morning...
[G1 Accessories] nyne7lac:
Well I have to go back on my original post....

the seller must have been busy or something because he sent me the wrong battery at first. Now 3 days later I recieve the correct battery.

I told him if he wanted to other battery back he would have to pay shipping but he hasn't responded
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
You're not going to like this post guys...

The battery seems like it's 1000mAH instead of 1600 like the label says. I know that this is not true.

Problem is though, a 25% decrease from full in only 2 hours of use, .5 hours of that actually getting used to full extent is not really what I would call a step up from the stock 1150mAH battery.

So in my opinion, this is a dud battery that I received. But I still have a couple more ways of charging it... At this stage though, I really don't know what to think.

Maybe it needs to be sent back for a good one but that is something I would like to avoid. I'll have it figured out by the end of the week and make my decision on Monday, IF there is still a little bit of cash left in my pocket by then, of course...

When I first discovered there was a 1600mAH battery for my device, I was like WHAT!?!

I questioned HTC at that moment wondering why the hell they didn't make this standard with the Dream.

Well, after I received one, the answer kinda made itself clear...

Here's hoping for a little more juice again!
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
obo replied and said he'll send me a feb battery, should be on it's way. if it's working - i'll ship back the duds
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
Well I hope it works out for you. I am in the process of communication with the seller as we speak. He asked me to take a pic of the battery cause he didn't think he had any jan batterys or he thought there were no problems with the jan batch. Didt make it clear.

I know this isn't his fault and I let him know this. His respone was very quick.

I took a pic of the battery and the green sticker says 2010 01 02.

I do believe this IS from the jan batch.

Now I'm hoping he'll send a new one before I send the dud but ill work with him on that when the time comes if I have to.

Does anyone have a good 1600mAH battery around here who can tell me how many hours it takes for your fully charged to drop to 15%?

I'm using my stock battery right now to see how long it takes me to drop it down 25% from full. So far, after an hour of use, I'm at 92%. Only a 8% drop so if I continue to use the device for the same amount of time doing the same thing, it should only be a 16% drop from full after 2 hours and that would tell me that the 1600 is infact, a dud...
[G1 Accessories] calvin_sy:
well well, just checked the mailbox and it arrived! fastest ever. Still has a singpore post stamp on it. Not sure how that works if it has a HK post customs on the back of it.

anyways, plugged it in and it loaded with 68% and confirmed its 2010 02.

it's now on 69%... first positive sign that IT IS ACTUALLY charging. i wanna give it 2 cycles to really test if the battery works as it should and what capacity it really holds.

but first signs are good - the new batch WILL CHARGE via a normal usb cable connected to a laptop usb port.

EDIT: Just went up to 70%. now 75%
[G1 Accessories] philosophics:
That's good to hear mang! When you get the chance, let us know how long it takes for you to drain 25% from full, please...
[G1 Accessories] XZ32:
So i got my 3rd battery today (replacement #2).

Excited, sure, but when i cheked the back of the package i read "2009/10"...

And yeah, again the same issue, battery isnt loading on usb or AC adapter, its draining...

Again i get the FC:

'the charging current is not enough for device consumption. Please switch to AC adapter'

I guess ill have to ask for another replacement, from 02/2010.
[G1 Accessories] oreoOozZz:
Hang in there man, you will get a working battery.

On another note, calvin its great to here you finally got a working unit and philosophics, hey atleast your battery charges lol. Both of you keep us updated.

To summarize, i ordered my first battery in december, received it in june, it was a dud. Asked for a replacement that he made sure worked before he sent it in the beginning of january, still havent received it meanwhile he said he sent it out january 14th in one email and january 15th another. I really am fed up but have kept my cool through this whole process because i realize he is a person but at the same time, its 3 months later and i still dont have a working battery. My conclusion was an email to him saying i still havent received the 2nd replacement and if/when it does get here, were both almost positive its not going to work so i told him to please send out another replacement that hes 110% sure works(i stressed this to the max) and upon receipt and confirmation the battery is infact what is listed and works as it should, i will send him back all the dud batterys i've received so he can get his money back from Andida for the bust units. He said he sent one out as of yesterday so again, im waiting...

I just want a working extended battery lol. I have an OEM one which is eh, on its way out im guessing and i also have the seidio 2600mAh with the extended cover. As much as the life ROCKS on it, its just too bulky for everyday use. I get tired of everybody laughing at my phone because it looks like a cinderblock lol.

You guys continue to update and i will do the same, best of luck.