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I forgot to add this, for anyone else who gets these exact same batteries: The positive tab is the one on the left, as you are looking at the side of the battery with the printing on it, and the tabs facing up. It has also been extended at the factory, so the positive tab is longer than the negative tab. I'll add a photo later.

In related news, I measured the voltage of each of the 10 batteries. They were almost all identical. They ranged from 3.83 volts to 3.85 volts. I'll guess that at roughly 70+% of capacity, going off some online curves for LiPo batteries and some readings from the AccuBattery app for the (estimated 91% of new capacity) battery in my Pro1 X. I plan to set a calendar reminder to charge them back up to about that level every half a year or so. I'll document that process when I get some equipment I've ordered.

@MonCon, Peaseley thanks you for your well wishes. Considering all he's been through, I think he is doing quite well. Here he is post sew-up. As you can see, he has managed to keep his cheerful disposition through it all. He is currently resting, and helping himself to quite a few Easter treats. He's a bit self conscious about it, so no photos of the feasting (yet).

I was thinking the same thing. It might be to make it look like they are installed in something, since that is a key requirement for shipping lithium ion/polymer batteries with some shippers. They did have the lithium ion batteries sticker on the outside of the box. I don't know how difficult it is to determine they are batteries on an x-ray. I would guess they would open it up if they thought it was something illegal. They would hopefully see it was not and then forward it on to you? The stealing concept might hinge on the percentage of Danish customs officials who

Drum roll, please.....🥁 Meet Peaseley (one of my daughters named him). Last photo is my original Pro1 next to the stack of new batteries. Looks like a match.🔋

My package left Hong Kong on 4/2 and arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, on 4/1. Not sure how the time travel will affect the batteries. I am hoping they will gain capacity as they age instead of lose it. If the effect is exponential, one day I hope to never need to charge my phone again. 😅 It also looks like it cleared USA customs: Fingers crossed for no troublesome adhoc'ers.

There was a link in the text from DHL. I clicked on that and it said that I should fill out some fields for a no signature required delivery. I specified where to leave the package, agreed they aren't liable, and digitally signed my name. I am not sure what would have happened if I didn't see these fields and fill out the fields. They may have left a note or something instead of leaving the package. I also found more shipping status info from that link, in a tracking subpage: Status Shipment has departed from a DHL facility HONG KONG - HONG KONG SAR, CHINA : Tuesday, April 02,

I got another email update today, where it said shipped again. The tracking info didn't show it had gone anywhere yet. But then later in the morning, I got a text from DHL. It said I should receive the package 3 days from now (Thurs, April 4th). Assuming that isn't an April Fools joke, I should have some batteries in hand this week.

Oh yeah, I forgot that your battery started with 2 cells, but you separated them. I will probably attempt something similar, but with the batteries that @SchattengestaItbought. I haven't taken my Pro1 X apart yet, so I won't mess with that. I will probably take the bms and connector off the MI 6 battery I bought for testing with my Pro1. I proved that it would power the Pro1. I still have that phone taken apart. We'll see if the BMS likes the new batteries and how the plug orientation works. This all assumes that the new batteries arrive on their long journey from China.

A couple questions: Did you use aluminum flux when soldering? Are these batteries a single cell or more than one cell? The reason I am asking is because I am pondering using an external charger to keep the spare batteries charged over time. The chargers have connectors for balancing the cells, but it requires extra wires coming from the batteries.

It now shows as shipped, and I have a DHL tracking number.

The status changed to "arrived". I paid shipping charges of $105.34. I'm a little disappointed that I won't be getting a stuffed animal.

My second order shows that the item has been shipped to parcelup and they are now waiting for it to arrive.

Danes...always causing trouble for the world. 😂🤣

That might be why they will no longer purchase them! 🤣

Does anyone know if there is another service that can do the order from the real source instead of parcelup?

My first order, where I updated it to air mail, was canceled again. The reason this time was "we were not able to purchase it.". The second order, where I picked DHL, shows a status of "purchased". The hover over on that states, "ordered, but not yet shipped by seller". Very odd. It seems like each time an order is placed, it is like rolling the dice. Fingers crossed on this second order.

Did you somehow reverse it through PayPal?

They canceled my order. They said it was either restricted for purchase or shipping. I modified it to be 10 batteries and picked air mail instead of EMS. We'll see what happens with that. Update: I also created another order for 10 batteries and specified DHL shipping for that one.

I ordered 20! 🤣 We'll see what they charge for shipping to the USA. I picked EMS delivery.

Self made phone??

Hey, if it works, then you succeeded. Good job! Thanks for explaining. If we could find a source for the pro1x battery board and connector, we'd be all set. This would allow making up batteries without risking taking the board off/on multiple times. Although, I am guessing taking it off a hacked battery than off an original would be easier. It would still be great to have a handful of batteries with connectors that could be charged every X months on an external charger. With a number of replacement batteries and maybe an extra phone for spare parts, and some extra screens, some

Is this the link you ordered them from? https://parcelup.com/shop/item.php?id=664752226102

Nshan's batteries are lower capacity than the original. Are @SchattengestaIt's batteries lower capacity too?

Wow, this looks like you found/built the holy grail we have all been looking for. Did you take that board off your pro1x battery or did you get it somewhere else? How is it working for you now? It would be great if you could explain what you connected to what, and more details about the isolation issues.