Your experiences with the BL-4D battery

**Samanosuke** · 05-08-2012, 01:25 PM

I'm looking for the best place to buy a BL-4D battery and the experiences you've had with them. I think I saw go0gle had a good experience with his BL-4D for his N8.

**UFO_Sasquatch** · 05-08-2012, 02:03 PM

Bought mine from Amazon. Nokia OE brand.

**Samanosuke** · 05-08-2012, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by UFO_Sasquatch

Bought mine from Amazon. Nokia OE brand.

I'm looking for one with greater than 1200mah does such a thing exist? Also are the ones with more than 1200mah actually rated at that much or is it a hoax?

**UFO_Sasquatch** · 05-08-2012, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Samanosuke

I'm looking for one with greater than 1200mah does such a thing exist? Also are the ones with more than 1200mah actually rated at that much or is it a hoax?

I did look for that but was not able to find one. If they do exist I'm sure they'd be an aftermarket brand. Which is what I wanted to avoid with the 1200mah one.

**AAAAAAA7** · 05-09-2012, 02:22 PM

I baught a bunch of batteries to test , some rated at 1800mah and 2200mah, they are all the same 1200 mah batteries , they are scams.

**terre08** · 05-09-2012, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by AAAAAAA7

I baught a bunch of batteries to test , some rated at 1800mah and 2200mah, they are all the same 1200 mah batteries , they are scams.

Same here, I complained through eBay and I got my money back and could keep the battery which is fine as a 1200 mah.

**3Gphreak** · 05-09-2012, 10:48 PM

If I were you I'd just buy a genuine Nokia battery or you could buy a case that has a battery incorporated into it. My N8 is over a year old and the battery is quite strong still.

**Samanosuke** · 05-10-2012, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by AAAAAAA7

I baught a bunch of batteries to test , some rated at 1800mah and 2200mah, they are all the same 1200 mah batteries , they are scams.

This is what I wanted to hear.

Thank you.

**Dr Tran** · 05-14-2012, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Samanosuke

I'm looking for one with greater than 1200mah does such a thing exist? Also are the ones with more than 1200mah actually rated at that much or is it a hoax?

I bought one with 1500mah. It worked fine for the first week, then lost a lot of charge.

**cyberstoic** · 05-16-2012, 09:15 AM

Over the past few years I have bought replacement batteries for a variety of phones (never Nokia ones though so take this with a grain of salt). The only ones that were any good were the Seidio, Anker and Mugen in that order. The Seidio were high quality and the one in my hd7 lasts 40% longer than the stock one ever did. The Anker ones also appear to be close to what they were rated and definitely lasted longer than stock.

Anything else was junk, in my opinion. Junk ones that are seriously over rated will show 100% charge on the phone for a minute and then rapidly drop to 85% or 75%. Note what they drop to because that is probably what they are actually capable relative to the stock battery. (e.g., If the stock battery was 1300 mah, and you put the fake one in the phone and in a few minutes plummets to 75%, then that battery was probably 950 to 975 mah rather than the 1300 or whatever they said it was.) This is just an observation but after being burned a few times and thinking about it, this is the best I could come up with.

FWIW, stick with stock, and if you want to try something else, Seidio, Anker and Mugen in that order.

As with all things, your mileage may vary.