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bst-40 1120mAh fits the Satio like a dream! |
DrewVL
Joined: Feb 02, 2010
Posts: 238
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On 2010-02-28 20:57:16, zide wrote:
Wow! Are those chinese 1800mAh reliable and do they fit perfectly? If that capacity is true, that's almost the double of the standard Satios battery! And that should make a nice differente in its autonomy!
What has that to do with Chinese?
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zide
Joined: Jul 20, 2009
Posts: 481
From: Portugal
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I've seen that that that battery on Satio will drain much (MUCH) faster if you let anything opened (like the Contacts or Messaging). It seems logical yeah, but it is such a huge difference! I've been carefully to close every application and my battery is still full after a full day of normal use. However, I'm curious about those 1800mAh batteries. |
gregpot2000
Joined: Nov 23, 2008
Posts: 136
From: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,
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I can confirm the battery does fit  I have had to take the foil off to make it fit though, cannot comment on battery life yet as I have only received it today, I am going to do the initial 12hour charge as well, I know some people say this is not needed now a days but I have bought phones in the past and not done it and had terrible battery life, Im not sure if it had a baring on it or not, but I just want to be totally certain.
One thing I must say though, without the foil the battery is very delicate and could easily fall apart and be useless I'm guessing, although for me as it will stay in the phone and not move this is not an issue, but it means people that use different sim-cards etc, would just need to be careful when handling it. |
rmk152
Joined: Dec 21, 2005
Posts: 125
From: United Kingdom
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@gregpot2000 - After roughly 2hrs the satio will disconnect from the charger so not sure how you could charge it for 12hrs, also the leaflet manual that came with satio said you can charge the phone any time for as long as you want and you can interrupt the charge and continue again without any harm. |
gregpot2000
Joined: Nov 23, 2008
Posts: 136
From: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,
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It has always been recommended to charge for 12hours for initial use though to condition the battery, whether this is relevant today, or has never been relevant, I just want to get the best possible performance from my battery, As I'm sick of having to charge my Satio before I go anywhere at all, or it running out and leaving me stranded on nights out |
gregpot2000
Joined: Nov 23, 2008
Posts: 136
From: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,
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Ok about the life of this new battery:
it seems alot worse! I was getting 24hours life from the original battery and this now seems to be half that only getting 12hours, and thats just with a few sms and moderate internet browsing! I know the battery needs a few cycles to reach peak, So I am waiting to see how it develops, but at the moment not good! |
nrich
Joined: Nov 17, 2009
Posts: 11
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Gregpot2000,
I concur wholeheartedly!
My bst-40 has been a disapointment also. I too was seeing about 12 hours (or less) life, even with only moderate use.
Also it seemed to confuse the Satio battery indicator. At times it would read three quarters full and yet still die.
I'm thinking maybe it's a bad battery? Maybe it's just not compatible with the Satio software (expecting 1000mAh)? Maybe the battery needs a week or two to improve its capacity, I know my bst-33 did.
It's been so bad in fact that I've reverted back to the bst-33.
If you are sticking with your bst-40 Gregpot then let me know how things continue please. |
cableguy
Joined: Aug 25, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Ireland
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Where did you get your Batteries from, I got two from ebay and both were none orignal SE.
So I think thats where ye are having a problem |
idumbakumar
Joined: Oct 01, 2007
Posts: > 500
From: chennai,india.
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i bought BST 40 and it barely fits with small blug in the middle of the batter cover.. but works finely...battery cover is more firm than before..
and i see the battery life is somewhat improved. so its worth using BST40 |
nrich
Joined: Nov 17, 2009
Posts: 11
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I got mine from Amazon and it is original SE. |
cableguy
Joined: Aug 25, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Ireland
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Are you sure it was from Amazon itself? or was it an amazon shop like ebay does?
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gregpot2000
Joined: Nov 23, 2008
Posts: 136
From: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,
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Mine was Amazon as well, and is an original S.E battery, with all the logo’s and holograms etc on it. I am going to give it the benefit of the doubt and presume it just needs to be “run in” at the moment before reaching peak performance. I am going to give it a couple of weeks and see if it improves, as even though it is only lasting 12hours currently it’s not causing me that much of a problem, as I have a charger everywhere I go, several at home, one at work and also a car charger, So I am hardly ever somewhere where I cannot charge it. |
cableguy
Joined: Aug 25, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Ireland
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yeah I got two from ebay, one had a playing card underneath the foil !!
The other one didnt look like it came from SE when I took off the foil |
cableguy
Joined: Aug 25, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Ireland
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Bought another BST-40 from an online shop and better seems to be preforming better.
I only have it in the phone for a day and am running Handy Shell now so its hard to say how much extra the battery is lasting.
It was a tight squeeze to get the back cover on, but it fits without any modification.
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altemyr
Joined: Jan 21, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Stockholm, Sweden
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I am not convinced that the improvement is very noticeable with the BST-40 battery after such a short time of usage as is mentioned in here. To begin with 1120 mAh is only 11% better than the original 1000 mAh that the BST-33 can deliver, and there is a burn-in period for at least a couple of weeks before the battey reaches its full capacity.
I would have liked a more scientific test with two identical Satios running exaclty the same programs in identical environments for a while and compare the two batteries. |
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Posted: 2010-03-02 00:20
