NET10 One Touch Pixi Glitz Replacement Battery 3.7V 1450mAh

NET10 One Touch Pixi Glitz / A463 — 3.7V Li-ion Replacement Battery

This is a 3.7V, 1450mAh Li-ion cell replacing the original battery in the Alcatel One Touch Pixi Glitz, One Touch Pixi Glitz 4G, and A463/A463BG variants sold under the NET10 network. It fits the same physical bay and connector as the factory cell. Dimensions are 64.25 × 49.88 × 4.20mm — measure your existing cell before ordering if you're unsure.

• A463 and Pixi Glitz 4G compatibility: Both the standard A463 and the 4G variant share the same battery bay geometry and 3.7V supply rail. The connector pinout and BMS handshake protocol are identical across the series, so one cell covers the full lineup without modification.
• Bench tested on actual hardware: We cycled this cell through full charge and discharge on the A463 platform. The BMS negotiated charge termination correctly at 4.2V and low-voltage cutoff triggered cleanly without triggering a hard lockout loop on the phone's charge IC.
• Fuel gauge recalibration after installation: After fitting this cell, run one complete discharge down to automatic shutdown, then charge uninterrupted to 100% before normal use. The Pixi Glitz fuel gauge IC calibrates against the cell's discharge curve on that first full cycle — skipping it causes the percentage counter to read inaccurately for weeks.

Sudden shutdown at 20–30% on the Pixi Glitz after a cell swap

This happens because the fuel gauge IC still holds the discharge curve data from the degraded original cell. When the new cell hits a voltage region the old calibration data maps to "20% remaining," the modem or display draws a brief current spike that the gauge IC interprets as a low-voltage emergency. The phone shuts down even though actual cell charge is higher. One complete discharge-to-shutdown followed by a full uninterrupted charge resets the coulomb counter and maps it to the new cell's actual curve. After that cycle, shutdowns at false low percentages stop.

Phone shows incorrect or jumping battery percentage after replacement

The fuel gauge IC on the A463 platform uses a stored discharge curve to estimate remaining capacity — it does not directly measure charge state in real time. When a new cell goes in, that stored curve no longer matches the actual cell chemistry, so the percentage readout jumps or stalls at fixed points like 50% or 80%. Run one full discharge to automatic shutdown, then charge to 100% without interruption. After that cycle, the coulomb counter resets its reference point to 3.7V nominal and the percentage display stabilises.