[ale] [Semi-ot rant] Why is obtaining a cell phone battery such a degrading experience?

[Bob Toxen]

I've ALWAYS had good luck with Batteries Plus, with locations in Duluth
and, I think, Marietta.

They'll install most batteries without charge.

They'll certainly test the new battery for you without charge.

Bob

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 09:52:42AM -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Meh spent $7 for a clock battery for my beloved Lenovo R-51, went through
> the 8-step and 35-screw procedure to replace it, sewed everything back up
> and discovered that the battery was still dead.
> 
> Fortunately, it's a CR2032 with a weird plug.  I plan to cut the plug,
> solder some copper plates to the appropriate wires, then use conductive
> glue or conductive tape to stick them on a known-good battery.  In my
> experience, soldering connections to a lithium cell is a Bad Idea.
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I've actually had good luck with batteries from Amazon, doing the same as
> > below. I got a new battery for my Droid for $9.98, and my wife got one for
> > her basic circa 2008 phone for I think under $9. They were "Lenmar"
> > aftermarket and sold by Amazon themselves, not someone else just selling
> > through Amazon. I ended up upgrading to a newer phone 10 months later, but
> > she has been using the aftermarket battery for over 1.5 years.
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From: *"Chris Fowler" <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> > *To: *transam at verysecurelinux.com, "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <
> > ale at ale.org>
> > *Sent: *Wednesday, October 8, 2014 3:41:58 PM
> > *Subject: *Re: [ale] [Semi-ot rant] Why is obtaining a cell phone battery
> > such a degrading experience?
> >
> >
> > I bought a new battery for my S4 last week.
> >
> > I found one on Amazon.   I took some time reading the reviews to make sure
> > it
> > was not fake or the capacity was a lie.  It cost $14 and my phone is now
> > like it was when I bought it.
> >
> > Batteries, battery packs, and things like that I am careful about getting
> >  on eBay because I know
> > that most likely they will be fake.   With Amazon I can read the reviews
> > and send it right back.
> >
> > Chris
> >
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