[DIY] Upgrading N95 Battery

[woooers]

I am sure this has been discussed on one level or another, but I thought I would throw it out there...

I have seen (probably off a link from here) someone sand down the battery cover of their N95, just by a few mm, and thus increasing the space enough to install a superior N95 8GB battery. I was thinking of buying a spare cover, about £4 I think, and have a crack at it...

What are your thoughts? Have you done it? Is it worth the hassle? Where is a good place to pick up a genuine N95 8GB battery?

Just thought it would be a little project to do one day. If I go ahead with it, I will document it and let you know how I got on!

[nokiaparts]

I haven't done this myself , but in theory you should get around 25% more life from the battery if you compare the capacity of each.

You can get hold of BL-6F on eBay, or just search around on google. You should be looking at around £30 for a genuine battery.

[clevernickname]

I'm interested to know how you get on!

[huyqvu]

is it worth it though? i mean the cover is already thin. if you make it any thinner wont it crack with less effort? how much thicker is the bl-6f vs the 5f?

[btuis]

To be honest, its probably not worth it. I have The BL-6F in my N95-3 and its not good for more than two days, if that. I don't know how bad the 5F is but if you're an active user of your phone, the 6F won't do much better.

[huyqvu]

i go through 2 5f batteries each day. but im listening to music all day with it and plug in on the way home.

[woooers]

Mmm... Well, I will keep it in mind, but I think your right, it is a bit of a mission. If I come across a BL-6F battery somwhen I will consider it. Otherwise - If it aint broke, don't fix it! Thanks guys!

[armand]

you can always have a go at it wooers. the bl-6f should be just a few mm thicker. so you can try sanding the cover as much as you can.

[Leong]

Just get a third bl-5f battery ;D

[marklaruk]

I saw some people fitting the Crystal cases on to the n95 which gave that bit of extra space for a BL-6F to be placed into the N95. I was wondering whether to do this, but I heard that these crystal cases were not too good.

[Grayburn]

I think they're crap,Crystal cases,but thats just my opinion.

[NZtechfreak]

Same here, besides, the phone will look rubbish with the battery all exposed through the crystal case (just think of its dignity for pity's sake!).

[MaTiCeK]

It's not the back of the cover that's too thick for the 6f battery, it's the hands of the cover that can't get around the battery. From experience I'd say it's not possible.

[samperry209]

aint worth it buddy just upgrade to n95 8gb if it bugs you so much! do more harm then good really

[alterfenix]

Don't take me wrong but instead changing battery isn't it better to buy for a few euros portable AAA charger like for example this one from Energizer?

[Micky]

The best solution is a Proporta charger.

[lucid]

Some of the crystal cases are better than others in terms of correct fitting and cracking. the 1st ones O2 sold cracked within a week or so but they then started selling slightly different ones, that were much better. i have one that has lasted nearly a year and is perfect. i haven't tried the really cheapy ones though. But have tried the ones that the carphone warehouse now sell. the top section is slightly too loose though this can be remedied with a couple of thin strips of sellotape at the top and bottom edge.

Can't seem to get those o2 ones anymore, they seemed to be the best ones, i originally got one of those a some someone on another forum i think 3g tested them all.

[dexxyy]

i bought one of these to help protect my screen (why couldn`t nokia have made the n95 fascia with a lens on it like the 95 8gb?) and it has a casing to clip your phone into, theoretically you could leave the battery cover off and the casing would hold the battery in. best of all it was only £3.

[nite4evr]

Gonna grab one off ebay and try it out.

[David5000]

Ive just moved from Sony E to a N95
Why is battery so poor on N95, i used to get double the time with the old Sony W850.

[buxz777]

to david5000

the n95 has alot more features then the sony device you mention these are power hungry features such as gps wifi 5mp camera etc etc

if you have early firmware on the phone then it was renowned for bad battery life , the newer firmwares v21 and i believe even v20 offer better battery life and many useres will tell you this

you should let us know what phone model you have ie 95-1 n95-8gb etc etc the press star hash 0000 hash on your standby main phone screen , this will bring up your firmware version and date it was released etc etc let us know what this says again and we will be able to help you more

you should also hold down the menu button on the stanby screen this will bring up a taskman screen close any apps you dont need by highligting them and pressing c , any open apps will also drain the battery quicker , you can turn packet data off to when needed , this will also help and also why not try turning the brightness of your screen down a notch and the backlight time down a bit these will all help

but really you need the latest firmware on there for max benefits

:-)

hope this has helped

search the forums there is load of info there a search button at the top type in battery issues or something this has been covered loads ;-)

have a good 1

[patt2k]

I haven't done this myself , but in theory you should get around 25% more life from the battery if you compare the capacity of each.

You can get hold of BL-6F on eBay, or just search around on google. You should be looking at around £30 for a genuine battery.

this is weaird why then my nokia n95-3 battery says it's Bl-6F and it's 1200 mah?

[Micky]

My N95-2 battery is a BL-6F, and thats a 1200mAh.

[fat boy dim]

seems like a lot of effort for little return, just buy a couple of spare batteries, they don't take long to charge, and 25% increase?... you get 100% with a spare.

[billman87]

2200ma batt are avaliable I got one up my GSM talk time from 6 hours to 8 hours, I called the company and spoke to a member of there staff before i bought the batt, It kick but sould fit an N95's but i will confirm that next time I have a n95-1 to play with. but be carefull a bad batt can scramble your phone or even ignite, but I cain mine daily for 2 months now and it still out performs the originals by far.

[petrolhead]

i fitted a bl6f to my n95, sanded back cover and filed 1mm off the lip on the bl6f, made a noticable difference to the runtime using tomtom but i ended up getting a brodit active mount for the car anyway so it`s moot. most of the time i use my even bigger aftermarket battey with it`s pregnant back cover. some folk dont like the fact it`s thicker but i prefer the way it sits in my hand, i dont like tiny phones. with the huge battery on it runtime is easily doubled and the phone runs cooler. it still fits in the brodit and my belt holster. the bigger back offers more protection to the camera too which is uesful because i`ve dropped my phone A LOT. the big battery is good for using tomtom through the earphones inside my motorbike helmet.