Replacing my Treo 600 battery with a higher capacity 2000mAh one.
Here is my experience with replacing my Treo 600 Battery with one from www.pdaparts.com. I believe I saw these guys from a link on www.engadget.com.
Basically, My Treo was giving some erroneous battery indications, i.e. a red battery indicator with a red x on it. Sometimes the battery indicator would show %0 life left although you could use the phone as normal. The big problem seem to be when the screen would occasionally get washed out, probably due to the problematic battery.
Although there is a one year warranty on the unit. I decided that I would get a few more minutes of run time with a higher capacity battery.
You will need a torx 6 bit screwdriver to unscrew the four screws that hold the cover in place. You can get a torx Allen type wrench from the same guys. I proffered to keep the cost down by not buying all the extras. The battery in my opinion should of been about $10 dollars less or the tools should be included for free. I paid the list price plus about $6 for shipping. I do give them a plus for shipping the same day. I ordered on Thursday and received it on Saturday!
Radio Shack does have a nice screw driver kit that includes the small torx drivers.
The battery replacement took me about 10 minutes and I used a plastic spoon instead of the case opener that the company recommends. I found that this works just as well and the case popped right off. The actual instructions are here.
The new battery is working like a charm. It took a few hours to charge but it is working as expected.
- Alex