I have a lenovo thinkpad edge e520 that detects thrid party batteries and refuses to charge them. Lenovo no longer sells batteries for my model, would this one be a good replacement?
(my current battery from china got detected after 6 months of using and is now useless )
>>57188597
Yes.
OP here, dumbass me forgot to include the link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-ThinkPad-Li-Ion-Battery-4400mAh/dp/B00BV6V8VC/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1477140892&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=lenovo+thinkpad+edge+e520+battery+factory
are you using stock os? if chink one got detected, this replacement will probably got detected too
>>57188597
Open the old battery and replace the cells yourself.
>buying Lenovo
Kek you deserve it
>>57188597
>buying chink batteries
>detects thrid party batteries and refuses to charge them
Damn , you learn new things everyday
>>57188597
>got detected after 6 months
A quick search tells me you don't have battery DRM. What you have is a laptop that is very sensitive about having the right battery voltage.
OP here, it was the same voltage as the genuine one ( but it was a chinese one, so that might not be accurate). Lenovo doesn't offer that kind of batteries for sale, I get a message when I turn my laptop on saying that my battery is not genuine. I am running Debian 8.