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Originally Posted by dhdurgee
WRT the topic of this thread, I am having a bit of a battery issue with my cell phone. It is an LG vs950 with a 2000 mAh high capacity lithium polymer battery that after a little over a year's use does not seem to last as long any more. I can order a kit with tools to replace it for about $50, which seems excessive. But then again, LG considers it non-user servicable.
Is there any hope for a similar approach for me? In my case I was hoping there might be a battery with more capacity that could fit in my phone. Any options available?
Dave
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Yes. The battery identification and/or protection circuit (and frame) should be kept and used for a LiPo replacement (which can be salvaged from a different phone or camera, or toy). If the replacement LiPo has no PCB of its own, you need to wrap it all so the heat can migrate to the saved circuit board, for thermal protection.
This method should work for any device with a LiPo-based proprietary battery.
Though be sure it is not a software problem. The NSA spy software that simulates a power down is known to eat batteries.
But really, get rid of apps running in the background, with your app manager.
Some smartphones come pre-loaded with bundles of crapware. If you cannot uninstall what you do not use, at least disable it. Such things that always run in the background (even when asleep, and only to check if new versions, or perhaps record and upload your contacts and GPU coords and whatever your TOS agreed to), well, they eat batteries too. Kill them. Kill them all. Then see if you still need a new battery.
EDIT: Also, I would not salvage parts from a useful (but low remaining capacity) battery, just a dead one. Sticking a small battery inside a big one that was still working will not give you much of an improvement. But you could slap a really big battery on the back and run the wires inside to the old battery circuit board.