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Then, the battery needs to be cycled several times before it is optomized; meaning the phones circuitry learns the discharge rate of the battery so it can be more accurately reflected by the battery drain algorythm.
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This is correct, but just to be clear for anyone who might read this and misinterpret, this isn't to improve the actual battery life. Li-ion has no memory. It's to set the indicator accurately.
I suppose if the phone will shut off automatically based on the indicator, there is effectively no difference, but just sayin.
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OEM vs ebay battery: I bought a "Original HTC" battery off ebay for my TP1 and it was not origina and not HTC, in fact, it wasn't even new - it had the lines rubbed into it from the back cover of the phone - and lasted much less than a day. Some Amazon batteries fall into this category as well. Be careful what you buy.
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Good advice. I will say, though, that I bought an "OEM" battery from fleabay, too, and while its surface appearance looks glossier than the one that came with my phone (so I wondered about its authenticity), its life is at least as good as my original, and maybe even better.
YMMV. Just don't freak if the battery looks different. HTC may have sourced the batteries from different places or something, and you didn't necessarily end up with a worse battery just because it appears different in small ways.