what is decoded, full coded, half coded means in battery?

[Happy Hopping]

In all those camera battery, they keep saying "Decoded", Full Code, Half coded. What does these 3 terms mean?

 

[Zepher]

copied this from someone,

Decoded battery is non-original, third part manufactured battery that doesn't have Canon's microchip for tracking charge and number of shots taken, but otherwise behaves and acts just the same (i.e. charges on Canon original charger, and shows the remaining charge capacity on the LCD screen). Difference between decoded and original battery is the price.

In an effort to prevent the use of clone batteries, under the guise of safety, compatibility and warranty, these batteries were specially encoded with some form of “DRM” so that plain regular clone batteries couldn’t be used. Instead, the camera would display an error message and refuse to operate.

“Fully Decoded” batteries then became available which emulate the original EN-EL14 battery, such that it passes the genuine check. These were slightly more expensive, but they were still significantly cheaper than the original replacement.

 

[Happy Hopping]

then what on earth is half coded?

 

[jiminator]

google....

LP-E6 LPE6 Battery Half Coded Version for Canon 6D 5D Mark III 5D Mark II 7D 60D Camera

Note: This item is half coded version, cannot show battery level on camera LCD; can only be charged by OEM battery (SKU. 142204), can't charge by original charger!