Canon A-4000 IS replacement battery made in China

Re Canon A-4000-IS replacement battery
I have the best warranty Best Buy offers, so when my battery stopped working in my camera and would no longer recharge, I requested a new battery. Best Buy sent me a different batter made in China.
It worked fine but now needs to be recharged. I just noticed the connection at the end of the battery that needs to jibe with the connection in the charger do not line up. I have two rechargers and neither matches the rather "centered" connection on this Chinese battery. So it is not recharging in either charger.
How do I recharge this battery--buy yet another charger that likes Chinese batteries?
Why did Best Buy send me a battery that is such a hassle to recharge??????

Get a battery from SterlingTek. They have what you want. Best Buy uses batteries from random sources and they may not always be of good quality.

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Like a lot of you I had problems with my battery. I noticed earlier this year my MBP would power-off when there was still lots of battery charge left. It gradually got worse and worse. A few months ago I noticed whenever I pulled the power cord out it would switch off and recently I can only use it when it's plugged in.
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Hmm... Newer Technologies' reseller list includes OWC/esales but they
are not the same; one is a reseller and the other is a manufacturer. A
few product names at OWC are not seen anywhere else unless you look
real hard, but Newer Tech and NuPower can be bought direct from Newer
Technologies online; and a reseller could contact them to carry their stuff.
In any event, if just the plastic is mal-formed, and the section not fitting up
is just a layer of white plastic, that'd be comparatively easy to change. If
nothing else, Apple should have a shorter waiting list on replacement cells
now the recall numbers have been going out to customers. I got mine after
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to use a portable computer. It just sits there and I have to hassle with it;
to keep it charged up and up to date. With winter here, I don't carry it while
travelling anywhere, it'd freeze too easily over the distances I have to go!
Did Newer Tech offer to refund monies and take back these odd batteries?
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Mike,
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Posts requesting ideas for replacing a battery get replies warning folks away from any battery not sold in an Apple store,_ and yet_ the batteries bought from Apple get horrendous reviews (2 out of 5 stars based on 749 reviews).
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I've also noticed that, among batteries bought at Apple by people posting to this forum, some are Sony and some are SMP, and some people have had bad experiences with Sony and some with SMP. And if one is better than the other, but Apple sells both, how do I make sure I get the better one? Which is the better one? How does Apple choose which to sell? Why does it choose lousy batteries? Are the batteries lousy, or are they not being charged or cycled or calibrated properly? Can so many people be so bad at calibrating their batteries?
So, if Apple's replacement is rubbish, why not use a replacement battery from elsewhere? Has anyone on this forum bought and used a replacement battery from somewhere other than Apple? If so, what has your experience been like? Are the warranties honoured, or difficult to get honoured? Will any of these damage the computer? And, will using any of these void my Apple Care warranty, which will expire in July?
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5) www.power-battery.org: MA896LL replacement battery, brand new, 10.8V, Li-Polymer 1 yr warranty, 15 days money back, US$114.62.
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Hi Apple Maddened.
Yes, it is frustrating and there is no simple solution, I'm afraid. The Apple batteries for these models themselves seem to be very variable in quality and it is pretty clear that not many of them make the "300 cycle / 80% original capacity" mark that was claimed for them, unfortunatly.
My own reservations about buying or recommending cheap batteries from unknown, or previously unheard of, internet supplies lies primarily in the "safety" area. Bad lithium batteries can be dangerous commodities. They can burn down not just your computer, but your house.
For me, this wipes out most of the cheapest options, but it leaves a number in the "a bit cheaper than Apple but from well regarded , manufacturers / suppliers" range.
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1) - "Canada Batteries" sounds like a "reputable" local operation at first glance, but I see when I look at its web site that it is actually simply an internet order company for which the only address given is a supposed warehouse in New York! My bet is that this is simply a more palatable name / front for a SE Asian direct selling organisation. All MBP batteries are Lithium Polymer versions of Lithium Ion batteries. They have to be to fit the case! I wouldn't worry about the difference in name, but I would wonder if I was going to be able to genuinely exercise warranty claims or sales returns if necessary. The fact that it uses different nominal voltage and capacity figures from the original batteries makes me wonder a bit, too. My gut reaction would be to steer clear.
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3) "TechFuel" - very little real information available. "Battery Heads" seems to simply operate out of an office suite in Utah. Very cheap. (Too cheap to be any good? probably. I'd be wondering about these actually being "seconds" , or perhaps batteries that have been on the shelf for too long and are effectively "past their use by date" - Lithium batteries don't take kindly to being stored for long periods without use)
4) www.attuu.com Not so cheap, may be worth a try. Probably also simply a US "office" for a SE Asian supplier. Require you to pay shipping for any warranty claims etc. Add US $8 charge to cost for shipping = $113US - cheaper than the Apple offering in Canada by $45 but only $16 less than the price in the US Apple stores! If you have any dealings with anyone in the US, given the strength of the Canadian $ at present, you might be better placed simply getting someone to buy you a genuine Apple one there!
(and so the list goes on).
There are at least two better known brands of replacements that are available at prices somewhat cheaper than Apple's Canadian price, and which have known reputable companies behind them, that may be worth considering.
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The other "better known" supplier are "FastMac" - see http://store.fastmac.com/productinfo.php?productsid=3
These are claimed to be US made and I have no reason to doubt this. They also cost $99 and I've seen reports from people who have been happy with them (and one from someone who was not) , though I do doubt that their actual capacity is really any greater than the original.
I'd be inclined to think about the Newer or the FastMac battery if you don't want to buy another Apple one. They might not be as cheap as some of the others (though cheaper than your Canadian Apple ones), but in both cases we know they are genuine operations, with genuine reputations to defend.
My own guess, though, is that the performance of these better known batteries may not be much different to the Apple ones either. The fire scare that occurred with Lithium batteries at about the time the MBPs were released, coupled with the huge recall that Sony had to make as a result, means that these batteries were designed conservatively, sacrificing longevity for safety , I suspect.
My own reaction to the underperforming batteries in the pre-unibody MBPs is basically to treat them like a set of car tyres (whoops, "tires" for those in the US). I see them as replaceable commodities that I'll probably have to fork out for replacements for before I get around to buying a new "vehicle" instead. Like tyres, they vary in durability depending on how they are treated to some extent, but even then no two sets ever seem to be quite the same!
Yes, the price is a bit of a kick when it occurs after only 18 months (my own experience with my first MBP battery) . In Australia at present the Apple offering still costs an outrageous $199AU ($185US) despite the increased strength of the Australian dollar against the greenback, but even at this price over eighteen months it runs out at about 35 cents a day - a small price to pay for portability, less than the cost of a single cigarette, and probably less than the difference in the price of the additional electricity needed to run a desktop instead!
As far as your question about the new , non removeable, batteries in the unibody go I have a current model 13" unibody as well as my SantaRosa 15". After 130 cycles and 8 months use it is sitting on 98% of its original capacity, still working beautifully, and with a substantially better "health" rating than the replacement (Apple) battery in the Santa Rosa , purchased at about the same time (which has 92% after 54 cycles over 9 months - still better than my first one was doing at this point in time but far from ideal). The batteries in the new ones are labelled as "non-user replaceable", but in reality they are very easy to change , too. All round they are a vastly better product IMHO.
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I just finished running the AHT and an extended test. Hardware error pointing to the battery on both:
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Do these codes refer strictly to the battery, or to possibly other components that interact with it?
I can not give you a definitive answer to that. The 'x's' which I have marked should be letters. If so, could you provide them and that may give us a clue:
If that is actually what was generated by the AHT, then I am a bit surprised.
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http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/BAP15MBU78W/
Based on the reputation of the company, I personally would be willing to try their non-Apple branded replacement. I have dealt with them a fair amount, so my statement is from experience. Note that is has a 1 year guarantee as do the Apple batteries. ( I will need a replacement for my 2010 MBP and I will probably purchase it from them)
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