Can Nexus 5 use battery from LG G2?

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Nexus 5

The fifth Google Nexus phone. Officially announced on October 31, 2013, it sports a 4.95" 1080p display, a 2.26 GHz Snapdragon processor, and LTE support. Powered by Android 4.4.2, KITKAT. Manufactured by LG.

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Sergey @sergey71341

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Can Nexus 5 use battery from LG G2?

Hello,

Nexus 5 and LG G2 are very similar. There is a good chance their batteries are interchangeable.

If so, that would make it a cheap upgrade to 3000mAh for Nexus 5.

Thank you,

Sergey

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5 nov 2013 da iRobot

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Andrew Optimus Goldheart @andrew

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Hi Sergey, thanks for the tip! I looked into it a bit, and it looks like the batteries have incompatible connections.

From xda-developers forum, the LG G2's battery has its connection on the top left of the battery:

From our teardown, the Nexus 5 battery connection is on the top right:

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Connector is easily moddable. But the real issue is that BL-T7 is 7mm longer - won't fit anyhow. Thank you!

7 nov 2013 da Sergey

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This question was migrated from http://meta.ifixit.com/Answers. — iRobot
Connector is easily moddable. But the real issue is that BL-T7 is 7mm longer - won't fit anyhow. Thank you! — Sergey