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Hi & welcome to danimations digital media tips
in this episode we're looking at android smartphones once again
this time at Mototola's Milestone XT720 now this was a great handset on spec
but like most high-end smartphones it does draw a lot of power
so I had a look online and I found myself the largest capacity replacement battery I
could and i'm gonna show you how to swap that battery
out and then talk a little bit about whether it
really delivered what it promised to.
So your first step is to simply 'power off' the phone
so hit 'power off' there OK
Now we flip the phone over and remove the battery hatch
now in here we see the original stock battery that was shipped from Motorola
you see the model number there is BP6X that's the model number I searched for to
find a suitable replacement battery online.
Now pop that battery out and check out the flipside
on the flipside it says the capacity of the battery is 1390 mAh.
Now here's the Deji high Capacity Business Battery that I found to use as a replacement
You'll see that it's capacity is 2000 mAh- a fairly substantial improvement.
The case is kinda cool too, it's tin and it reminds me of a primary school pencil case
maybe something worth re-purposing when you're done installing your battery
Now there's a little contact protector, a piece of sticky tape there attached to the
battery peel that off
and that will reveal the contacts through which the power passes from the battery
to the phone once installed
and in it goes, matching contacts with phone contacts
and replace the battery hatch
and power up the handset
the battery will ship with some charge so you should be straight down to business.
So now you've seen the battery installed, you're probably wondering
“Is it worthwhile?” Now if you're just looking for a runtime benefit,
the battery works, no doubt about that you get more time out of a single charge of
your battery. However, the battery meter, at least in Froyo
2.2 which is the operating system I'm running on here
the battery meter simply doesn't understand this battery
so what happens is the meter will tell you that you've used 75% of your battery
in a relatively short period of time while the remaining 25% can take hours if
not half a day or more to deplete. Now this may not sound like a big deal, but
unfortunately things like the camera simply aren't useable when you reach really low capacity
on your battery. Also you'll start to find that you'll get
warning prompts when you open a variety of applications
telling you that “Oh no, you've got low battery, you'd better
not use it all up by using this application” Very frustrating.
So the danimations round-up on this is: if you're all about power, go for it, but if
you want a hassle-free battery maybe consider an alternative brand
or you know what? Maybe it's time for a different handset all
together.