So, i've been looking at some extended capacity batteries like this one http://mobyl.ro/baterie-extinsa-samsung-galaxy-s4-i9500-capac-spate-5800-mah-albastru
But surfing the net, i read in a review that the phone actually only uses 2600 MaH of the 5800 and then it reaches ZERO. Restarting the phone would instantly show the remaining 50% of the extended battery. It seems....dubious. Is it any truth to this claim?
Thanks
If there is then it's because of that particular battery model and not because of the phone.
I don't see a logical reason why the phone would have a 2600 mAh limit.
Thank you. Fair answer.
Does batteries are crap and the battery cover starts coming off after a while. I had one before and it was a waste of money.
Good luck with your product.
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hi, i was wondering if anyone is using, or has used an 'extended' 2400 mah battery-the normal battery is 1350 mah?
2400 mah mah batteries are common on ebay etc. so i was thinking of getting one but i have a few questions if anyone has used one...
-do they work?
-quality?
-battery life?
-any other problems?
thanks
aameerp said:
hi, i was wondering if anyone is using, or has used an 'extended' 2400 mah battery-the normal battery is 1350 mah?
2400 mah mah batteries are common on ebay etc. so i was thinking of getting one but i have a few questions if anyone has used one...
-do they work?
-quality?
-battery life?
-any other problems?
thanks
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I bought one quite soon after buying my TyTn.
To answer your questions (based on my experience):
- it worked out of the box, first time. Full charge from the mains.
- the quality was superb. As its a thicker battery, you get a new back piece.
- heres the rub: battery life was no better than with my normal battery. I discharged and re-charged about 4 times, but to no avail. I was bitterly disappointed with it, and now it just sits in my bag as a spare battery. I've not used it since.
- no other issues.
Hope this helps
Greg
GregE240 said:
- heres the rub: battery life was no better than with my normal battery. I discharged and re-charged about 4 times, but to no avail. I was bitterly disappointed with it, and now it just sits in my bag as a spare battery. I've not used it since.
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crap then!
i have a 2600 battery that i got from daydeal.
http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?productid=15375&cat=2787
if you use directpush or stream audio or otherwise extensively use the dataconnection you will not get much better life out of the battery.
if you set your mail sync to 10 minutes or more and longer during off peak times then it will give a lot of battery life.
I was able to get 40+ hours out of my phone with a 2 hour charge in the middle.
mine increased the life of my phone but a large margin.
I could use it all day as an mp3 player and occasionally get mail.
The dataconnect sucks down the battery at an enourmous rate.
I got the Seidio 3200 mAh pack for mine and it has worked great. The only problem I have is the added thickness, but you can't add that much and put it in the same space. I leave the push mail on all day and I can go 2.5 days between charges. In fact I have yet to go below 50% batt. life.
my 2 cents worth
I bought this and it is GREAT and even BETTER PRICE. Seido was good but pricey when I was shopping.
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXTENDED-3000MA...ryZ15034QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I bought a 2800 a couple of months ago. It works great I never seen my battery drop below 50%. Also it came with a extra charger and a car charger.
What about a good replacement battery that doesnt require a larger back plate?
I just ordered the 1500 mAh pack from Seidio last night( can't get used to the 3200 mAh hump pack)and I will let you know which one works better. Depending on which one I like better, I'm going to sell the other on on the Bay .
I had an extended cheap battery from eBay. It worked for about 3 weeks then stopped working for some reason. Time to order an expensive but high quality piece.
cib911 said:
I just ordered the 1500 mAh pack from Seidio last night( can't get used to the 3200 mAh hump pack)and I will let you know which one works better. Depending on which one I like better, I'm going to sell the other on on the Bay .
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I read a review on the 1500 the reviewer said you won't see any difference.
Let us know how it works out for you.
cib911 said:
I just ordered the 1500 mAh pack from Seidio last night( can't get used to the 3200 mAh hump pack)and I will let you know which one works better. Depending on which one I like better, I'm going to sell the other on on the Bay .
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Howd it work out?
Selling? sold hah?
LOL @ the people buying batteries from ebay.......... THERE IS A REASON why they are cheap
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Howd it work out?
Selling? sold hah?
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My new 1500 works fantastic, now I can get through ~36 hours before it dies on average. My original battery was barely lasting 12 hours. but it was 9 months old.
With the inherent issues with Lithium Ion battery you really dont want to be putting any old PoS battery in there. Unless you have a spare Hermes for when your's melts or goes pop due to a bad/faulty/cheap battery.
I assume HTC sell official batteries?
Im looking for an X1 replacement batter with the charger. I have this same exact thing for my HTC Touch Cruise and believe me it is a godsend. Instead of sitting there for my phone to charge, I have one in the dock charging all the time. So when I run low to dead just swap and in seconds I have new juice.
Link to the htc touch cruise one that i have
http://cgi.ebay.com/1350mAh-Battery...14&_trkparms=72:1205|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
unless your a really power user you probably won't need to charge the battery that often given hercules is powering the x1 i think with heavy use you'd be good charging it probably once every 10-12 hours
What about with WiFi use?
I know on my Wizard the battery goes in about 2 hours with WiFi active even if its just idling with Messenger. Have they actually improved that much over the years? I'm hopeful but also skeptical.
WMVWifiRouter will kill your battery in an hour and a half.
I'd be curious to know if there are any reliable aftermarket batteries. Buying any Sony OEM parts are always ridiculously expensive and many aftermarket batteries don't work well with Sony products.
well based on what i've been reading about the X1 it's supposed to have a nice increase in battery life compared to our current HTC phones. supposedly sony made a special project just for the phone codename Hercules it's supposed to be using a 1800 mah li poly in stead of what we use in our current phones which is li ion supposedly using the li poly is going to give the battery a much needed boost that all ppc's need to go all day or maybe a couple of days given the usage
Li-poly batteries is over 20% higher than that of a classical Li-ion battery and they store more energy than nickel-cadmium (NiCd) and nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries of the same volume.
When compared to the lithium-ion battery, Li-poly has a greater life cycle degradation rate. However, in recent years, manufacturers have been declaring upwards of 500 charge-discharge cycles before the capacity drops to 80% (see Sanyo). Another variant of Li-poly cells, the "thin film rechargeable lithium battery", has been shown to provide more than 10,000 cycles.
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stole that from the wiki page
Hi.
I recently bought a new Fat battery for my desire. It promises to deliver 2600 mAH but i have my doubts...
First of all, only the voltage is printed on the battery itself.
Second, I experience worse uptime than on my original 1400 mAH battery.
Third, I guess Iam just sceptical by nature.
So my question: Is there an app out there that will display max capacity?
Or do I really have to measure it with a multimeter?
Hearnz said:
Hi.
I recently bought a new Fat battery for my desire. It promises to deliver 2600 mAH but i have my doubts...
First of all, only the voltage is printed on the battery itself.
Second, I experience worse uptime than on my original 1400 mAH battery.
Third, I guess Iam just sceptical by nature.
So my question: Is there an app out there that will display max capacity?
Or do I really have to measure it with a multimeter?
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the only way to measure precisely is using an app called
battery monitor widget
have it measure the current and voltage every 60 seconds
fully charged ur volatge suppose to be at ~4.2V with either battery
the drainage suppose to be the same at screen off
lets say ur phone drains 9mA steady
u should see the voltage sinking slower on the higher capacity battery
i would give it an hour or 2 hours on each battery to check the result
example:
1400mAh battery
steady 9mA current over 2 hours from 4200mV down to 4150mV
2600mAh batter
steady 9mA current over 2 hours from 4200mV down to 4175mV
hope it helped^^
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.digibites.m.sysmon&feature=search_result
This shows the mAh.
if you brought the £13 one made in China from ebay (like I did) then it's a total fake the stock battery lasts longer, the only good thing about it is because the back cover is that much thicker you can rest it on it's side to watch movies etc...!
beanbean50 said:
if you brought the £13 one made in China from ebay (like I did) then it's a total fake the stock battery lasts longer, the only good thing about it is because the back cover is that much thicker you can rest it on it's side to watch movies etc...!
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That's true. Better to buy the original.
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Galaxy S3 Neo has a ridiculous stock 2100 mAh battery which offers a very poor duration. That's the reason I need an extended one. I have tried lots of extended batteries of different brands such as DSK, Anker, and one that I don't know its brand, I bought it from http://www.tucargadorsolar.com/. All of it have offered me a very poor duration. They are supposed to have twice the capacity of stock battery but here are the results that I got with all of them:
Original 2100 mAh battery, 100% charged, holds for 5:30 hours on continuous video playing until it reaches 5%.
Different extended batteries (4200 to 4400 mAh depending on the brand), 100% charged, hold for 6:45 hours on continuous video playing and in exactly the same conditions of the other test (screen brightness, bluetooth, wifi...).
I have repeated the test lots of times and always get the same results. If an extended battery of 4200 - 4400 mAh has a double capacity and original battery holds for 5:30 hours, why the extended one does not hold for the double, 11 hours?
I suppose that I have been testing batteries coming from not reliable brands.
I ordered a battery from Mugen Power 3 months ago, because it is supposed to be a reliable brand. But 3 months later still know nothing about the order I've made, and now they don't answer my e-mails.
What can I do? Is there another brand which is reliable enough to offer me a good duration?
I am really annoyed with this, I have lost very much money and time and all batteries I buy are in a very bad condition.
Well you could just money to buy another phone Anyway, if you're on stock, I can't say much, but using a custom kernel with governors etc, it would be really a great option as with the default battery, it last way more longer.
It's really strange, really. Have you calibrated the batteries right by reading the manuals? Are you sure about the capacities (Have you tested them with a multimeter)? Have in mind (if you haven't already known that) that I9300 batteries are exactly the same, because it's wide known and there are for sure reliable sources. A phone like Neo, is easily targeted with fake things. Last, you should buy from Amazon and read the reviews. Oh, did you try to contact with the companies?
Again, it's very strange....
S3 neo's battery functionality is a joke...
I try a lots of extended batterys baut only one is in right...Anker 7200mah(buy from amazon)
But s3 neo have a "bug"...completly charge of ectended batery is possible just if you replace battery after first charge to "100%" and put on charge again...aproximately after replace cell, phone was display the true charging %...
After 2x 3x replaces battery was true 100% charged...
Discharging is same way....after first 1-2% level replace the batt....it shows aprox. 70% after....
Replace "trick" is only one way to use extended batterys capacity.
Hi all,
Using AccuBattery and it's telling me the battery is around 4160 mAh (that's from three charges so far). Obviously it should be around 4500 mAh.
Anybody else see this?
Thanks
I've installed the app to test your problem. It detected the correct battery capacity for me. The app tells you that you can adjust the battery capacity, probably because sometimes the reading is wrong.
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I've installed the app to test your problem. It detected the correct battery capacity for me. The app tells you that you can adjust the battery capacity, probably because sometimes the reading is wrong.
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No, no you misunderstand.
It detects 4510mAh which is correct. Once you've gone through a few charging cycles the app will tell you the actual capacity of your battery under the "Health" tab.
Me too, Accubattery says I have 4220 mA battery. Its around 5% less than original capacity (4510).
I see when battery is full charged, battery down from 100% to 99% quickly. On oneplus 7 pro I had the same problem, battery was "old" and OP7pro lost 5% quickly.
I don´t think it is enough to return the OP8pro, I will buy a new battery in the future when battery is older.
They use battery designed for max 4.4V. Advised capacity is correct if battery charged to designed maximum voltage however there is software limitation and you cannot charge battery over for example 4.275V in 7 pro. Real capacity is approximately 10% lower than advised. You have to understand that Oneplus is Chinese company so you cannot expect any reliable and trustworthy information from them.
Mr Paul said:
Hi all,
Using AccuBattery and it's telling me the battery is around 4160 mAh (that's from three charges so far). Obviously it should be around 4500 mAh.
Anybody else see this?
Thanks
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4042mah on my one... But battery life has been great... It seems the voltage limit thing is the main reason.
4440mAh on mine.
Many reviews in playstore says similar problems on many phones.
Seems this app is not really accurate.
Thanks all
On new Pixel 4 XL I had 3850 mAh according to accubattery and 4100 mAh on LG V50. This measure is quite reliable after long time usage and you gonna see quite similar results like using usb meter. On my 7 pro I had 86% designed capacity and I have bought new battery - still 88% but when I noticed what's written on battery label all happened clear. Please never believe Chinese people even if it is global company they always lying because of they drink lay whit mother's milk and it's strongly correlated whit their totalitarian culture.
I just did 3 charges on my new op 8 pro and i'm getting 4419 mah ... :S
I did around 5 charges and mine is 4084mah, battery life is not great...
It's not accurate lol, don't trust it
Lossyx said:
It's not accurate lol, don't trust it
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how do I get an accurate reading?