For my Samsung Galaxy Note I bought a second original battery, but it has
swollen considerably, so much even that it does fit in my phone anymore.
Although there's a very limited garanty on batteries over here, I got a new
one from Samsung, which works ok.
2016-04-06 13:33 GMT+02:00 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> In my response to Rick's question about the C5050 card door switch I
> mentioned that I couldn't test my Samsung P&S because none of the 3
> batteries were charged. That didn't surprise me because it's been a very
> long time since I've used the camera.
>
> What did surprise me is that I had a hard time removing the battery that
> was in the camera. Turns out the battery was not only dead but had swollen
> in the center. It's about 10mm thick and has swollen by about 1-2mm in the
> center. The battery slides into the camera such that it's fairly tightly
> enclosed. The swelling was enough that it was now a tight fit and the
> spring that normally pushed it up so you can grip it was not up to the
> task. I had to remove it with a tool. Fortunately, the battery had not
> burst or leaked.
>
> I have three batteries. One is the original Samsung and the other 2 are
> cheap ebay things. It was one of the ebay batteries that was stuck in the
> camera. Checking the other one in its plastic storage bag showed it too
> had swollen. The Samsung brand battery was discharged but looked normal
> and is now on the charger.
>
> I mention this because I have several other cheap ebay batteries for the
> other cameras. The E-M1 batteries get a fair amount of usage and
> rotation. But the Canon batteries hardly get used any more. I think it's
> time to put them on the charger and check them out.
>
> You might want to do the same.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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