Finally Got The Spare Battery For My Lumia 950XL!!!

[Abhinav Mudaliar]

Finally after searching a lot and coming across many OUT OF STOCK messages i got hold of the Lumia 950XL battery...booked it on 4th may and it has been shipped already, i have been provided with tracking details too...lets hope i get is soon

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Finally after searching a lot and coming across many OUT OF STOCK messages i got hold of the Lumia 950XL battery...booked it on 4th may and it has been shipped already, i have been provided with tracking details too...lets hope i get is soonView attachment 126044

is that the price of the battery? 1742 rupees? That's kind of cheap

 

[Abhinav Mudaliar]

Yeahh thats the price with shipping and all it comes to around 22000rs(28dollars)

 

[Manu Sekhri1]

How will you charge the spare battery? External charger?

 

[Y C Neo]

How will you charge the spare battery? External charger?

Charge one phone until full, swop out the battery and charge another.
There are many so-called universal battery charger out there, but not sure which type is compatible.

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[Chintan Gohel]

How will you charge the spare battery? External charger?

I'm also curious about this

 

[Abhinav Mudaliar]

Charge one phone until full, swop out the battery and charge another.
There are many so-called universal battery charger out there, but not sure which type is compatible.

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Thats the way...charge one till 100% swop out the battery and charge another

 

[TechFreak1]

Charge one phone until full, swop out the battery and charge another.
There are many so-called universal battery charger out there, but not sure which type is compatible.

Posted via the Windows Central App for Android

I used to use a universal charger (powergen universal rapid smart charger), the pins are on sliders so you can move them around - not all batteries use the same pins for charging. I'm not sure however how it would perform with the 950XL battery and also the battery may be larger than the charger itself when extended.

www.amazon.co.uk/PowerGen-Multi-purpose-Desktop-Charger-Samsung/dp/B005H05YTA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1462761473&sr=8-7&keywords=powergen+universal+charger

 

[Y C Neo]

I used to use a universal charger (powergen universal rapid smart charger), the pins are on sliders so you can move them around - not all batteries use the same pins for charging. I'm not sure however how it would perform with the 950XL battery and also the battery may be larger than the charger itself when extended.

www.amazon.co.uk/PowerGen-Multi-purpose-Desktop-Charger-Samsung/dp/B005H05YTA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1462761473&sr=8-7&keywords=powergen+universal+charger

Many of the universal battery charger is only compatible with batteries with the type of charging contact on the left (refer to below pix), unfortunately Lumia 950 XL batteries is of type on the right.

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[Chintan Gohel]

Another thing with these chargers is that they have slower charging speeds

 

[TechFreak1]

Many of the universal battery charger is only compatible with batteries with the type of charging contact on the left (refer to below pix), unfortunately Lumia 950 XL batteries is of type on the right.

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You could try flipping it so the contacts are on the left side :winktongue:

 

[newnews]

Another thing with these chargers is that they have slower charging speeds

well, it does not matter because you have enough time to charge a spare battery

 

[Abhinav Mudaliar]

Yup got it today....it was quite quick..

 

[Abhinav Mudaliar]

And it works flawlessly....Genuine Microsoft Lumia 950XL battery

 

[falconrap]

I was beginning to think these things were like unicorns. Would be nice if they were a little more readily available, like, I don't know, say in the Microsoft store (looking at you MS). Hopefully, these will start hitting sites in the States like Amazon.

 

[Ibodnano]

Where is the link to buy this battery?

 

[J F Stager]

What is the web address to order one of these?
Did you receive your battery?
Are you happy with the replacement battery?

 

[peter leung 10586]

it is not Microsoft authorized. I don't recommend using such suspicious product.

 

[Ibodnano]

it is not Microsoft authorized. I don't recommend using such suspicious product.

what do you recommend?

 

[PGrey]

I used to use a universal charger (powergen universal rapid smart charger), the pins are on sliders so you can move them around - not all batteries use the same pins for charging. I'm not sure however how it would perform with the 950XL battery and also the battery may be larger than the charger itself when extended.

www.amazon.co.uk/PowerGen-Multi-purpose-Desktop-Charger-Samsung/dp/B005H05YTA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1462761473&sr=8-7&keywords=powergen+universal+charger

You have to be a bit careful with these, and make sure you have one that has a good algorithm.
Since they don't have all the pins (many batteries have a thermal pin and I can't remember the last one), it has to watch for voltage cut-off, when charging, so it doesn't overcharge your battery. The good ones are implemented well, I have an old one that's very consistent. Unfortunately, given all the differing pin-outs, having one of these that's universal and uses the thermal and other extra functions is largely impractical, particularly since they have to compete price-point-wise.
I think with a lot of the stuff out there now, you have to very carefully read reviews, paying close attention to the negative ones, to make sure they're not causing exploding or leaking batteries, as the result of overcharge.