Hardware Shopping for a new battery for my GBA-SP

KimKong

KimKong

Game Developer / Graphic Artist / Musician
OP
Member
Level 7
Joined
Nov 2, 2008
Messages
296
Trophies
1
Website
skrap-klan.itch.io
XP
1,131
Country
Norway
Hey, I noticed my battery is starting to get a little old and worn out. And I'm wanting to swap it out with a brand new one. But I'm a bit hesitant as to where I'm going to shop for these types of batteries.. Most of my concern come from not wanting a cheap crappy battery that wont last.

I'm looking for a good place to buy new high quality batteries. Anybody know of such a shop..?
Any help is much appreciated!
 
Plstic

Plstic

Guru Meditation Error
Member
Level 12
Joined
Apr 21, 2010
Messages
1,196
Trophies
1
Location
Milwaukee WI
XP
2,836
Country
United States
KimKong said:
Hey, I noticed my battery is starting to get a little old and worn out. And I'm wanting to swap it out with a brand new one. But I'm a bit hesitant as to where I'm going to shop for these types of batteries.. Most of my concern come from not wanting a cheap crappy battery that wont last.

I'm looking for a good place to buy new high quality batteries. Anybody know of such a shop..?
Any help is much appreciated!
Click to expand...
I wouldn't go with an aliexpress battery. Get one of these. https://www.heldergametech.com/shop/batteries/game-boy-advance-sp-megabat800/
 
  • Like
Reactions: KimKong
natsume_ronin

natsume_ronin

Member
Newcomer
Level 4
Joined
Oct 12, 2020
Messages
12
Trophies
0
Age
27
XP
451
Country
Australia
The Helder battery that Plstic recommended is of good quality, along with Helder's other products. If you're not located in the US or UK and are comfortable with minor soldering, Makho's battery mod is also very reliable. Note that it requires you to print your own pcb, but a few vendors carry pre-assembled versions of the mod. Details are in this video:
 
  • Like
Reactions: KimKong

Site & Scene News

Go to forum More news

Popular threads in this forum

Feedback  Omega Flash D.E. (Rev B) & EXEQ Gamebox SP compatibility

Misc  The GBA era is so classic,but talking about GBA in 2024 seems outdated?

Hacking Emulation Homebrew Misc  i made a LOT of High Quality GBA videos...

Hacking Emulation  EXEQ Gamebox BIOS dump for possible emulation purposes?

Hardware  SuperCard microSD - White Screen on game start

Homebrew  SCFW: Bleeding-edge modular kernel branch

GBA plays GB/GBC games well but freezes when playing GBA Games

Has anyone developed a tool to view the iPS & BPS patch support ROM information?

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    They'll be getting in the territory of portable Pcs anyway
     +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Again you get what you pay for, its like buying a S series for $300 but its only 1440p native, if you want true 4k, gotta get the X model for $500. But yea you right, when moms buying it anyways, you gotta stay cheap.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    They could use HD out on their TV no real need for a monitor these days tbh the purists will disagree
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I'm kind of phasing out on the need for wanting all these consoles cool to have but they just become dust build ups
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I here ya there, I have too many myself, and have hard time letting them go, since most of mine I've modded at some point. Anymore I just play Switch on the go, seriesx at home.
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    ack my throat
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I need to invest in some storage totes tbh
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Tots?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Tootles
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Tootles? Wtf
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Oh tootles
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Oh totes , lol, like Tupperware storage, I gotcha
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I'm designing my own entertainment cabinet for my man cave, to store all my systems, then I'm also designing a power supply/HDMI switcher so I can switch to whichever system I want, and power it also. Already picked up the cabinet board, but tinkering with my drawings before start
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    But yea, I have frogger arcade cabinet that I gutted and put a Pi4 then Pi5 into, but it never gets played much anymore, should sell it. Even when the kids come over, they don't want to play on it, just the xbox. TMNT and Simpson's arcade is still so fun on it, esp w 2 players.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Gonna check out the new Garfield looks like garbage
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Can't wait to see the new "stick" that can actually play Ps3 or 360 games. I know they are getting close.
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    @Xdqwerty didn't you see the new garfield?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Ah it's all animated I was hoping for some live action
     +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, yes i did
  • T @ TheSusKing:
    does anyone know if you can run android apps on a usb
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    You mean use a external usb thumb drive as storage? Yeah it depends on the phone
  • T @ TheSusKing:
    no, i mean if i could store the app on the usb so it doesnt take up my storage
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    By changing the apps location https://www.croma.com/unboxed/how-to-move-android-apps-from-internal-storage-to-an-sd-card
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, why do you ask?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    https://youtu.be/iAJ-J1R7juY?si=ZKM6T19bTLp533m4
    K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2: https://youtu.be/iAJ-J1R7juY?si=ZKM6T19bTLp533m4