Replacement battery for PinePhone?
05-31-2025, 12:08 PM
(05-26-2025, 10:02 PM)Kevin Kofler Wrote: I have an original (or at least it claims to be original) Samsung EB-BJ700CBE as a spare battery for my PinePhone and it fits exactly. Not sure how you ended up with a too small battery. If it does not fit the PinePhone, it will not fit the Samsung model that it claims to fit either.
To get the original battery to charge, there is also a minimalist charging-only version of JumpDrive (with the USB "jump drive" code disabled, just initializing the minimum to initiate charging).
I was unable to locate a Samsung EB-BJ700CBE so I did an amazon search on that and the other suffixes on the Pine wiki. None of the hits mentioned BJ700CBE, so I just made what I thought was my best guess, which didn't work out. I was unable to get dimensions from the listings.
I was able to get the charging only jumpdrive image (github is a PITA for this) an that worked. After leaving it charging for over a day, I unplugged, removed the cover, removed the battery and SD card,
replaced the battery and cover, and replugged USB charger.
It booted! The battery was at 27%. After almost 3 hours after boot it is only at 52%, so I think I still urgently need a replacement, so I need a pointer to a model number known to work and preferably available on amazon or other US based supplier that is not ebay.
