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Just ordered one off ebay for 8 bucks and free shipping. Maybe it won't blow up my evo
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get yourself a sbc kernel to charge it fully
So it won't fully charge without sbc?
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I got the Acase extended battery with cover, paid 25 on Amazon. I like. I can last all day with it without charging.
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I received my $8 3500 mah battery like 2 weeks ago and I love it. It took a month and a half to get here straight from China though. I can now last a whole day with heavy use. I am ordering another one for just in case battery. Also I'm running mill frigid 4.5 with stock kernel.
Edit miko froyo 4.5
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So it won't fully charge without sbc?
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it will much faster with sbc, I dunno how long it takes to charge full with stock kernel cause I can only charge for 10-12hrs at a time
You get what you paid for. An eight dollar battery from China.
use a headset.
Hong Kong is great for us poor folks!
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Poor or not, if those china quality batteries light up like a phosphor fire or blow up like the laptops used to in your pocket or face, you gonna wish you didn't get them. I am guessing if it isn't a htc or sprint battery, it would very well void your warranty if something battery related goes wrong. You can't cover your ass very easy like ruu before having a tech look at it.
More power to ya though. I hope nothing bad happens because of the battery.
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Poor or not, if those china quality batteries light up like a phosphor fire or blow up like the laptops used to in your pocket or face, you gonna wish you didn't get them. I am guessing if it isn't a htc or sprint battery, it would very well void your warranty if something battery related goes wrong. You can't cover your ass very easy like ruu before having a tech look at it.
More power to ya though. I hope nothing bad happens because of the battery.
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Someones mad they don't have 8 dollars to buy a chinese battery
Honestly I have the $8 battery and it dint blow up on me. Now if it blew up on you than go ahead and inform us. But, if you didn't experience that and you are assuming it might because its cheap keep your comment to yourself. An official HTC or Sprint battery has a small chance of exploding too. Shoot you have a chance of slipping and dieing in your shower every morning you take a shower. Well assuming you bathe every morning.
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Honestly I have the $8 battery and it dint blow up on me. Now if it blew up on you than go ahead and inform us. But, if you didn't experience that and you are assuming it might because its cheap keep your comment to yourself. An official HTC or Sprint battery has a small chance of exploding too. Shoot you have a chance of slipping and dieing in your shower every morning you take a shower. Well assuming you bathe every morning.
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Does this mean I have less of a chance of blowup because my 3500 battery cost $18?
I feel screwed. I paid $9.95. Six months ago. It's still going well.
First thing I do is check the cut off voltage on the battery.
If that works ( and they all have so far), then all's good.
BTW my son and a friend also use it ( and SBC), with no side affects.
Good luck with yours.
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Does this mean I have less of a chance of blowup because my 3500 battery cost $18?
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Your still screwed since you didn't pay $80 for a Seido. You should invest in a portable fire extinguisher. I bought one for $20 on eBay. Still waiting it to ship from Africa.
I have had an 1800 from china for a while with no probs at all I just wanted the 3500 because I'm a super heavy user. Ill let ya know how it turns out. Couldn't pass up the deal
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That's great you found a deal on an extended capacity battery. I'm just saying my opinion that I hope nothing bad happens because of the eight dollar battery from china to you or your phone.
I work with and for Chinese and even they steer away from electronics made in china. What I read from that was even they don't trust something made in the country they are from.
What SBC kernel are you guys using with this battery? I have sense so please recommend me a kernel. Thanks.
btw, don't expect 2 or 3 days of use out of the 3500, I'm a super duper heavy user and I can still drain mine in a day, I think 6 hrs its least I've gotten
my screen sleeps when I do
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btw, don't expect 2 or 3 days of use out of the 3500, I'm a super duper heavy user and I can still drain mine in a day, I think 6 hrs its least I've gotten
my screen sleeps when I do
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I have to say I agree. I am an extremely heavy user too and I can get through a day. But a charge is still needed @ the end of the day.
Has anyone tried buying a non official battery for their MS2 and care to comment or recommend any? Im going on holiday to france and i know my phone wont last a whole day without charging, so I was thinking of buying a second battery.
I read in another forum that using a non-Motorola battery displays some kind of warning. I'd go with an original battery.
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Has anyone tried buying a non official battery for their MS2 and care to comment or recommend any? Im going on holiday to france and i know my phone wont last a whole day without charging, so I was thinking of buying a second battery.
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using a non-original battery could have detrimental effects on your phone. there was a discussion on this on the forum of another phone. using a non-original battery could lead to leaks and other problems which would eventually lead to the warranty of your phone being voided.
stick with original motorola products. yes the battery might be very underpowered, but its the safest bet to ensure the longevity of ur phone
With a non original battery, the battery indicator of your phone shows a interrogation symbol. Also, it does not charge with the phone charger.
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@Motorola Milestone 2
bp7x 2300mAh battery
I 'm using a non-original battery . The MOMAX and everything's good ,it feels just like the original one except for battery tempperature sensor. the temp is always 26 in celsius
I personally have used seidio for my milestone and it works like a charm, its the extended 2800mah one it really performs like it should and not like how a lot of people claim thats its way less than stock! It does not always read it correctly but a quick reboot fixes that, like 50% after reboot would usually be about 70-80%. They way i used to use my phone (light to moderate level) would last about 2-3 days but after the extended I got twice that and some more. Just make sure you get stuff from the original manufactures either way and don't go for deals at amazon or whatnot as those guys might be selling either defected or not proprely stored stuff. Batteries are critical components don't go cheap on them! And no, my phone has not been messed up or had any leaks or anything and I have this for about 3-4 months now. The original battery degraded in about 6months if you have to compare.
That sounds promising, does the battery need to be charged with an external charger? And does the milestone complain that you are not using the official bettery
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I personally have used seidio for my milestone and it works like a charm, its the extended 2800mah one it really performs like it should and not like how a lot of people claim thats its way less than stock! It does not always read it correctly but a quick reboot fixes that, like 50% after reboot would usually be about 70-80%. They way i used to use my phone (light to moderate level) would last about 2-3 days but after the extended I got twice that and some more. Just make sure you get stuff from the original manufactures either way and don't go for deals at amazon or whatnot as those guys might be selling either defected or not proprely stored stuff. Batteries are critical components don't go cheap on them! And no, my phone has not been messed up or had any leaks or anything and I have this for about 3-4 months now. The original battery degraded in about 6months if you have to compare.
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reebooting your phone to get the exact picture also works on the standard battery. my question is, does the back part which houses the battery heat up when used? does the phone get hot during charging? do you need a new battery cover for it? and besides the longer usability, have you noticed any other performance issues on the phone?
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reebooting your phone to get the exact picture also works on the standard battery. my question is, does the back part which houses the battery heat up when used? does the phone get hot during charging? do you need a new battery cover for it? and besides the longer usability, have you noticed any other performance issues on the phone?
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Actually the rebooting to get the exact picture is not the same here, a jump to 20-30% on a stock battery? I don't think so. No I never encountered any odd behavior with the other battery. No getting extra hot during charge or use, get the typical little bit of heat while using 3G and browsing like mad but that would happen on the stock battery too. Battery cover for a 2800? of course, that stuff is huge! its protrudes like mad! a quick heads up though, the extended battery for the milestone 1 and 2 can use the same extended batteries. Don't know about the droid x though. Anyways, no performance issues, no heat while charging. The back covers supplied by these after market guys are not the best quality though so if you are someone who loves dropping phones and what not would recommed getting a spare back cover from the guys you get the batts from.
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That sounds promising, does the battery need to be charged with an external charger? And does the milestone complain that you are not using the official bettery
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No, I use my original charger and no complains or warnings by the phone. Not on the milestone 1 at least. In fact some times i use my ipod's adapter so no big issue. And it charges at the same pace as the stock, additional 1 hour or whatever. restart the phone to getting a proper reading as it shows 100% but upon restart its 70-80% since only the stock level is charged. I hear this app called battery left does great for calibration.
ALSO a thing to note, I only know of Seidio and Mugen to be relialbe after market battery guys hence their hefty pricing at times. The others claiming to have bigger batteries have cheated people with stickers and what not and usually end up underperforming and degrading considerably faster than burning paper! I remember 1USD batteries for nokias back in the day good for a quick one time run i suppose but these 1USD guys are now selling them with a better branding for like 20-40 USD.
Anyways Sedio and Mugen have facebook profiles and keep people posted on the latest on devices usually there, although its kind of sad since seidio have not followed through promised products at times.
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Actually the rebooting to get the exact picture is not the same here, a jump to 20-30% on a stock battery? I don't think so. No I never encountered any odd behavior with the other battery. No getting extra hot during charge or use, get the typical little bit of heat while using 3G and browsing like mad but that would happen on the stock battery too. Battery cover for a 2800? of course, that stuff is huge! its protrudes like mad! a quick heads up though, the extended battery for the milestone 1 and 2 can use the same extended batteries. Don't know about the droid x though. Anyways, no performance issues, no heat while charging. The back covers supplied by these after market guys are not the best quality though so if you are someone who loves dropping phones and what not would recommed getting a spare back cover from the guys you get the batts from.
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thanks for the info mate. ill do a lil more research and probably check it out myself.
Thanks for the info i have bought a Seidio Innocell Extended Life for Motorola milestone 2 from mobilefun £30.49 its the 1500mah version same size as original battery so no extra cover is required.
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Thanks for the info i have bought a Seidio Innocell Extended Life for Motorola milestone 2 from mobilefun £30.49 its the 1500mah version same size as original battery so no extra cover is required.
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Cool but as I suggested try and get them off the manufactures themselves as I have noticed some people complaining when purchased via 3rd party retailers.
Also another bud of mine had picked up one for the Nexus one, that phones back cover is a full one unlike the moto's and he too can vouch for the products positive performance. Either ways also check out some reviews from amazon.com for peace of mind.
http://yfrog.com/gz1yj2j
http://yfrog.com/h8n307j
Got my battery today looks official, I will charge it over night and test it tomorrow will let you know if it goes well.
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I 'm using a non-original battery . The MOMAX and everything's good ,it feels just like the original one except for battery tempperature sensor. the temp is always 26 in celsius
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can yo still charge it though because i bought the aninda battery and i could only charge it with an external battery charger
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http://yfrog.com/gz1yj2j
http://yfrog.com/h8n307j
Got my battery today looks official, I will charge it over night and test it tomorrow will let you know if it goes well.
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is the battery meter being shown or are you getting an error message because i would like to buy one
No complaints from the phone about it being the incorrect battery the battery has been charged within/by the phone no external charger required. I got the 1500mah version from mobilefun I doubt it will give much more performance but will see.
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After my first day of use I got around 11 hours of use before reaching 5%. Here are the usage statistics at 15%
https://picasaweb.google.com/105351366297036719015/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCJna6ZH6hLKxzQE
Wifi was on most of the time, I was using my phone for the usual things. Occasionally checking socialfeeds, engadget, xda every hour or so and internet browsing I played 10 minutes of angry bids. Updated some apps and downloaded a few new ones.
Overall not a significant increase in battery life maybe an hour or so more from what I am used to.
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Anyone try those 3500mah batteries off eBay? What kind of added lifetime does one get from those? Fraud issues?
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Anyone try those 3500mah batteries off eBay? What kind of added lifetime does one get from those? Fraud issues?
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I bought this one
http://gorillagadgets.com/samsung-epic-4g-extended-battery-3500mah-with-back-plate.html
and it has worked really well for me. no worries about a bad product or fraud from these guys. For $27 (I bought it for 24.99 but it didn't come with the fancy gorilla graphic on the battery)
How much extra time did this buy you, double? Thanks.
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Got me about 50% more...not double.
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The 3500mah batteries are all really 2400mah batteries. There is a huge thread in accessories on them that I started.
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For a twenty percent boost get the battery for the epic touch. Fits the OG epic just fine without changing battery cover. Might be able to sweet talk a sprint store into giving you one free if you go and complain about battery life and they happen to have one in the back from a returned ET. Battery looks the same, is slightly heavier and has 1800 mah stamped on it.
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I have it and really dont notice too much diff under regular use. Mine was like $12, so it just makes for a spare that came in handy several times.
I bought a pair of the 8$ 3500's off ebay and a 4$ wall charger. Phone will do 48 hours with light use. When I get a new game I can blow through one while charging the other.
So far, after a full charge and battery wipe, my battery life on cyanogen7 is as epic as my epic. Definitely notice a difference from the 1800mah to the stock 1500mah battery.
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I've noticed a pretty nice improvement from the 8 dollar one on ebay, I wouldn't say double either, but may 60 to 70 percent. I have been tweaking things for battery life recently, so that might be another thing that helps.
I am a pretty light user, I don't play games. On midNIGHT ROM 5.3 I went 6 days between charging. Of course that is with everything you can turn off; off.
Then I decided; why did I pay this money for this phone to use it like an old samsung a05?? (ok dated myself there).
I usually get 3-4 days texting, phone calls, weather updates, emails and poking around on the market.
randomrom rocks for excellent battery life.
I haven't felt the need to complain about my battery life since buying a battery extender for my Nexus S. I've never understood why people find it more necessary to have their phone paper thin but have to have this battery life anxiety. I don't get it. Guys do yourself a favour, get a battery extender.
Although I charge every day, I don't remember ever getting below 60 percent. Ya It's a little worse with 4.04 but still no problem at all with a battery extender. No worrying about what is running in background like bluetooth or whatever. Just using the phone the way I want. Stream musing when I want, watch tv when I have to kill some time etc.
They cost around $10 off ebay, no regrets, not much size difference unless you're into skin tight jeans....not that there's anything wrong with that
Just search for "nexus s extended battery" and you'll find plenty.
Ps. most are from china so be prepared to wait a month or more for it to come in.
yeah there are some posts in the accessories sub forum, I got the mugen 3900 mah and it is bliss
I have a 3500, only thing I hate is that I can't use NFC with it.
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not that I fully understand nfc but based on this cnn report I saw, I don't see the loss of nfc as a bad thing.
You know NFC only works in very close proximity and only after unlocking your device right?
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not that I fully understand nfc but based on this cnn report I saw, I don't see the loss of nfc as a bad thing.
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Well my friend you should look into, near my front door I have two nfc stickers one to toggle my wifi on/off
Another was setup so my one friend could connect to my wifi network and use pw with having to type it in
Another in my car dock to straight launch Pandora
Its really a convince
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I have a 3500, only thing I hate is that I can't use NFC with it.
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Ah that sucks the mugen extended battery cover does maybe if you email then you can just get the back door
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I'm planning on getting one too, any suggestions which one should I get ?
I believe there are multiple topics in the accessories sub forum with the different ones.
My mugen is great expensive though
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^ link please. Extended battery with NFC would be great.
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This is the one of the reasons why I just sold my nexus s =(
The battery life and the camera quality were the main reasons.
I switched over to the moto atrix 4g and it's simply amazing.
If the nexus s had a better battery life and a better camera I would have loved to stay with it.
Change kernel...
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Are there any good extended and/or expanded batteries for the S4?
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Zero lemon or anker.
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Are there any good extended and/or expanded batteries for the S4?
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Really depends on how big and heavy you want your phone to be, but if you don't care, the 7,500mah Zero Lemon is the biggest one there is. XDA isn't letting me post the link, but just search amazon for Zero Lemon S4, it's $40US.
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Really depends on how big and heavy you want your phone to be, but if you don't care, the 7,500mah Zero Lemon is the biggest one there is. XDA isn't letting me post the link, but just search amazon for Zero Lemon S4, it's $40US.
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Cool....I'll look it up. Are there any good ones that don't add bulk to the phone? This will be for my wifes phone and not sure if she would want the extra bulk.
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Cool....I'll look it up. Are there any good ones that don't add bulk to the phone? This will be for my wifes phone and not sure if she would want the extra bulk.
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I've yet to find one that doesn't require a new case and is worth getting. The only I know of gives you a whopping 6% increase in battery life. It would appear Samsung has already squeezed the most they can out of the battery with it's current size.
There are other batteries that won't add quit as much bulk though. s4tips .com/reviews/best-extended-batteries-for-samsung-galaxy-s4/ has a list of good ones. (I still can't post links so take the space out before .com)
UPDATE 1 -
Got the batteries yesterday - 2 3000mah and a charger. Charger worked well and the 2nd one is charging now.
Stock weighs 1.5 oz while the Zero-lemon ones weighed 1.6 oz.
I DID have to take off the white label surrounding the new battery for it to fit into the slot of the phone.
It is snug, but it fits correctly, but ONLY after taking off the wrap-around label.
I put the back on and it clicked in correctly and seems okay.
I have a aftermarket slimline case that still fits on it properly also - no issues between it and the battery.
Ill monitor battery life the next few days and see what I get. I usually get about 15 hours a day, with about
2-3 hours of screen time.
If anything, I have 2 extra batteries and a good plug in charger, all for $20.00, so Im happy so far.
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Yesterday I ordered off Amazon (2) of the zerolemon with the quickcharger. they were the 3000mah ones.
Reviews said they gave about 2 more hours worth of screen time. Said they are NOT NFC, and used that
space to add to the battery. Either way, said it will work with stock back. They were $20 shipped.
Should be here next day or two, so Ill let you know my results.
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