Ryan_3

bought a supposed new battery from ebay for my nokia n95. whats the battery life in general? I know theyre a bit shit but is it only one day? I ddint use it very much just for 15 minutes playing music. is it normal?

JamesXP

Genuine nokia battery or chinese importy stuff?

the fake batteries probably dont last quite as long as the real deal.

BM08

No thats not normal, it should last abit longer.

I have the newer n95 8gb and it lasts about 2 maybe 3 days with texts and a few short calls.

You can get batterys on amazon for £2-3 but it doesnt say whether its a nokia one or not.

To be honest in 1.5 years ive never thought the battery was shit considering the amount of tasks the phone can do.

DanW@FastFord

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Really?

Thrush

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paul16v

Would never have known

andy escos

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i only charge my n95 up once a week

Ed1

Porkie

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love the tags!

Oranoco

My old N95 was used loads and needed charging every night. Lightrt use would see 2 to 3 days on a charge

steanlol

Have you made sure that everything is closed down in the menu , that can draw your battery down .

BM08

There is that too, just press and hold the menu key then it will bring up a small menu, it should just say "stand by" if you have nothing running, if you do just select the programme in the list and close it, job done

DanW@FastFord

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Is there no end to your N95 (8gig) knowledge?

Ryan_3

it is original. the problem is, I received it in just a plastic wrap, not with its full plastic when you buy it from the shops. he told me its because of the postage, and is a top rated seller

Just done the stand by mate and all was ok. I even updated it last time

Ryan_3

just gave it a full charge during the night. listened for like 40 minutes music with 100% sound, sent 2 messages and a call of 2 minutes!! and a 6 the battery is dead. its not normal eh?

BM08

Ryan i asked on another forum and one guy said this.

" my N95 will last a few days on one charge if I don't do much with it. If I leave it on the bookshelf I could probably get the best part of a week out of it.

And it's original battery is still going strong nearly 3 years on.

I just had a look and there are several ebay sellers with "genuine" bl5f batteries for under a fiver, if you go to a semi reputable online shop then they are around £20, with a couple of places having them a little cheaper.

Now why would that be?"

I think hes saying you probably bought a fake battery hence why it was so cheap

Ryan_3

I bought it for 6 quid. It even has the nokia original sticker on it

I bought this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

the dodgy thing is that the picture is of a new sealed one, i just received it wrapped in plastic

Ryan_3

oww and it had almost full charge on it. I thought new batteries will have nothing

callummarshall

15 mins, fully charge over night and put music on again and if you get 15 mins again charge 24hrs and try again, youve gotta start the battery cycling dont know how it works but it does if it dosnet improve after 24hr charge yove got a dodgy battery you should get 2/3 hrs music with 5/6 talk time. hope this helps

BM08

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm

Ryan_3

in simple english pls lol?

it has taken now 1hr and 45 minutes to charge it full from dead. should I keep it charging or remove it?

DanW@FastFord

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The fact that it has Nokia stickers on it means nothing - the fact that it was 6 quid strongly implies that it's counterfeit. Pretty much all the cheap eBay electronic stuff like memory cards, phone chargers etc are cheap copies.

There are things you can do to 'calibrate' new batteries to help extend their life but yours sounds like it's just shit!

Get your hand in your pocket and get a proper one

Ryan_3

will email him then, as in the add it clearly states new. you know the stickers that change colour from green to brown etc lol.

thankx mate

BM08

Yeah i know the one but it really doesnt sound like a new one because it should be better than that.

Its worth spending abit more on a genuine battery if its going to last 2-3days

wirralphil

Ryan_3

yep, Im fed up of buying thingd from my phone on ebay. first I bought a supposed genuine fascia, and it was fake, and now this.

shops from malta are selling it for 25 euros, so maybe ill buy that.

BM08

I didnt realise your in Malta yeah it pays to research BEFORE spending any money

Ryan_3

yeah I know mate, but seeing that in the add it was a new original one its not fair lol. emailed him see how it sgoes, if not bad feedback and a claim to paypal lol.

BM08

That link says its been removed now.

Yeah id be abit pissed too, waste of time

Hope you get it sorted chap

ECU Monitor Enthusiast

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Just be thankfull you dont have an Iphone as the batery life is non existant

I really regret getting rid of my N95 8gb for the apple shite I have now.

The battery used to last me 4 to 5 days with the latest firmware update on the good old Nokia !

Ryan_3

I stuck with the n95 mate solely fro the 5 mp camera!

callummarshall

charge it for 12 hrs then fully empty it again then charge for 24hrs