Replace your Nexus 10 battery

[Umass021]

That is to bad. Let us know what they say.

 

[Atmazzz]

That is to bad. Let us know what they say.

The vendor was pretty fast in approving a return and sent a return shipping label within an hour. I'll ship it today and wait on a refund. I think next I'll just get a cheap 10,000 mAh external charger. Now to try out Lollipop 5.1

 

[Umass021]

How long does your older battery currently last?

 

[Atmazzz]

How long does your older battery currently last?

It lasts about 2 1/2 to 3 hours just watching movies. Less if I'm surfing the net a lot. It cuts off between 45%-50% now usually. It was making it to 25%-30% up until 2 or 3 weeks ago.

 

[Harlie2]

I just replaced the battery with the one from cell-phone-repair. It seemed to go smoothly. I was careful about static and carefully reseated the cables. The same as I did when I first opened it to restore the old battery when the initial replacement turned out to be DOA.
As I was reseating the case the power button was pressed sufficiently long to power on the tablet. The battery was at 42% however the touch screen does not respond. I reopened the case and reseated the LCD cable. No luck. I am charging it now.
Suggestions?

 

[crxssi]

As I was reseating the case the power button was pressed sufficiently long to power on the tablet. The battery was at 42% however the touch screen does not respond. I reopened the case and reseated the LCD cable. No luck. I am charging it now.
Suggestions?

You will have to open it again and re-seat all the ribbon cables yet again. Remember that one of them has a connector that works backwards from the other. Sorry, I don't know which one is the touchscreen cable, though.

 

[Harlie2]

Well 7 times lucky. I opened the case 4 times to reseat the cables. The second cable left of the LCD cable is the digitizer cable. But I can't tell you it was the problem connection. There was really nothing different in the care with which I inserted the cables each time. The last time opening the case took less than 5 minutes and only required the 3 corner pry tool.
The battery appears to be performing well. Cell-Phone-Repair may have good batteries but the stiff cardboard envelope with a piece of stiff cardboard inside is a problematic shipping method.
I needed an OTG cable and mouse to shut down the tablet before opening.

 

[always_black]

Really god info about Cell-Phone-Repairs shipping method. Already been down that route with a Amazon seller in UK. Came all smashed up wrapped in plastic envelope and a cardboard piece. To me this is very negative and I will not buy from them. Samsung repair or chuck it in the bin seems to be the options

 

[wonderrx]

Picked up a battery from Cell-Phone-Repairs also, installed it in about 20 minutes yesterday, took a little force to get the shell off the main body, but nothing terrible. Used the YouTube video as a reference a page or two back.

Swapped battery in, no issues.

Everything booted up just fine and battery said it had 86 percent. It's much stronger now, son ran it down to like 47% over the course of the day yesterday with no issues, going to try to run it all the way down tonight.

Thanks all!

 

[Susie Bowers]

Lots of good info on this discussion thread. We had similar problems with our Nexus 10 and decide to change the battery. We ordered a new battery from Amazon and got it in 3 days. We did not get the battery replacement kit. We just bought the Samsung SP34696A8H battery for Google Nexus 10 ($54.74) and then bought a tool kit for battery replacement (SMAVCO - 7 Tools [T8, T6, T5, T-, T+, Plastic & Pentalobe] Repair Kit Opening Tools For iPhone, iPad, GPS, Kindle, Nook, iPod, Watch repair, Battery replacement ) Everything worked fine, until we turned the tablet back on. The touchscreen would not work. We did see that someone else had this problem and opened the tablet back up several times to check the cables. Everything seems to be fine. If someone else has had this problem and can give us some clues on what to do, that would be great.

 

[crxssi]

Everything worked fine, until we turned the tablet back on. The touchscreen would not work. We did see that someone else had this problem and opened the tablet back up several times to check the cables. Everything seems to be fine. If someone else has had this problem and can give us some clues on what to do, that would be great.

You just have to carefully remove and re-seat the ribbon cables again.

 

[RadOD]

Lots of good info on this discussion thread. We had similar problems with our Nexus 10 and decide to change the battery. We ordered a new battery from Amazon and got it in 3 days. We did not get the battery replacement kit. We just bought the Samsung SP34696A8H battery for Google Nexus 10 ($54.74) and then bought a tool kit for battery replacement (SMAVCO - 7 Tools [T8, T6, T5, T-, T+, Plastic & Pentalobe] Repair Kit Opening Tools For iPhone, iPad, GPS, Kindle, Nook, iPod, Watch repair, Battery replacement ) Everything worked fine, until we turned the tablet back on. The touchscreen would not work. We did see that someone else had this problem and opened the tablet back up several times to check the cables. Everything seems to be fine. If someone else has had this problem and can give us some clues on what to do, that would be great.

Is this the one you bought: amazon /ZTHY-Google-Nexus-10-N10/dp/B00PANRXFC/ (sorry post count too low to link)
Gets lots of bad reviews for selling used pre-worn-out batteries. Please report back on how yours is holding up.

 

[JoelC87]

Hi guys, seems I just missed out on getting a battery from that Ebay store by only a couple of days as it says they have no stock left.
I tried messaging them asking if they are now completely out but got no reply. Don't suppose anyone has any other leads?

Cheers.

 

[Kevin Watson2]

Just replaced my battery... Using my N10 to type this post... Ordered from cell phone repair shop on eBay... Working good so far... Pics attached

 

[wonderrx]

Cool for the pics. My replacement from same place has been in almost 2 months now, much improved to original battery. Tablet is still a strong piece!

 

[Transtang z28]

My battery has been cutting out between 20 and 30 percent, which I know is normal. My problem is that my tablet is taking MUCH longer than ever before to charge. In 8 hours it will only charge 30 percent! I haven't seen any complaints like that before, but I don't think it is my charger...

 

[crxssi]

my tablet is taking MUCH longer than ever before to charge. In 8 hours it will only charge 30 percent! I haven't seen any complaints like that before, but I don't think it is my charger...

see
http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-10-tablet/232516-battery-charge-times.html
http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-10-tablet/270875-why-my-n10-charge-so-slow.html

Hint: It is probably your cable

 

[Transtang z28]

Thanks crxssi! You're always around with dependable info. I laughed when I read that it probably is the cable after all. That makes me feel a little better.

My apologies for not looking more on the forum for my problem. I automatically assumed it had been battery and had this thread saved for a few months, so I figured it was the best place to post and didn't think to do a search. I'll probably try and get my hands on a pogo charger since I've always wanted one anyway. Now I have a reason to get one.

 

[d1575]

If you are still looking to replace your battery, I called Samsung, after generating a ticket via chat, and they are charging me $91.96 for the battery replacement including shipping to and from.

 

[GreyGnome]

I found a replacement battery from here a dealer called encompassparts . Just type that into your address/search bar on your browser. Precede with triple-w-period if you'd like, and end with period-com.

Once on their website, search for GH43-03780A in the "Quick Parts Search" box in the upper left-hand corner.

I can't post links :-( . Damn spammers. Well, these guys seem pretty legit to me and I have no other affiliation with them.

The battery was dated 1/2015 (see the photo). It cost $87.25, and came just a few days after ordering.


After a slow decline followed by 2 replacement battery failures, it's nice to find not only a Samsung branded battery but now my tablet is like a whole new device... just like brand new.

For the record, I have done searches for the following model or part designations: GH43-03780A, sp3496a8h, GT-P8110 Galaxy Tab, Nexus 10 battery.