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Just bought an extended battery from eBay... wish me luck!

Hello all!
Like the title says I just got an extended battery for my rooted x10a... I will give a review once it arrives, just wanted to start off a thread incase anyone else is interested or if anyone has used this battery before just sound off...
Here are some highlights:
100% Brand New High Quality non-OEM Li-Ion Enhanced Battery.
Quantity: 1
Getting a second battery allows the user to become even more mobile!
This is brand new and not grey market.
Manufactured by Cameron Sino which means Quality! One-Year manufacturer's warranty.
Latest Lithium Ion battery technology gives the best performance possible compared to other battery technologies such as Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH).
Cell type: Lithium Ion
Color: Black
Voltage: 3.7V
Amperage: 2600mAh
EAN No.: 4894128035084
Consists of P/N: CS-ERX10BL (Replacement for OEM p/n: BST-41)
Compatible with:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Xperia X10a, Xperia X10i & Compatibles
Comes complete with a black color extended battery door (made of plastic) for the device. Please note that this door increases the thickness of your device by approx. 1/4" (6mm).
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Ahh man you just took the Sexy right out of her.
Your link didn't work proper here it is. 2600mAh battery
Not sure if it's needed or not getting 2 days out of heavy use (6hrs+ music 4hrsvideo but load of texting), but let us know how it goes.

For the price I ordered one too.
Thanks for the heads up
Sent from my X10a using XDA App

Let us know how it goes. 2600 mAh would be nice, but it will also kill X10's beauty.

Well I just received my 2600mAh Cameron Sino so here are my first impressions.
Battery fit is PERFECT, I'm actually surprised.
The cover is identical in colour and finish to the original. It's "almost" perfect. In the top left corner at the side (the one I received) doesn't lock in perfectly. You would have to look very close to see the gap but there is one.
The battery is twice as thick as the original but considering how thin the original is, it's not all that bad.
Over the next few days I'll exam the most important aspect of the new battery ... does it last a long time
I'll report back.

Izzy_Deadyet said:
Well I just received my 2600mAh Cameron Sino so here are my first impressions.
Battery fit is PERFECT, I'm actually surprised.
The cover is identical in colour and finish to the original. It's "almost" perfect. In the top left corner at the side (the one I received) doesn't lock in perfectly. You would have to look very close to see the gap but there is one.
The battery is twice as thick as the original but considering how thin the original is, it's not all that bad.
Over the next few days I'll exam the most important aspect of the new battery ... does it last a long time
I'll report back.
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Thanks for the future and current reports. Could you include some photos as well?
Thanks

Nimche said:
Thanks for the future and current reports. Could you include some photos as well?
Thanks
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Yup, by the end of the week when I report on the battery I'll include some pics.
What I can say at the moment, on an overnight unplugged test, it did worse than the original battery but it is only the first charging. I'll cycle it twice this week.

Just a quick review on the first day of usage .... fantastic!
This 2600mAh is outstanding. I'm at 9 hours since unplugged and I've had the displayed on for over 4 hours. I also enabled background data this morning as well as setup Facebook and Twitter accounts. I have about an hour of phone calls to add in there as well. Spent a bunch of time organizing 7 home pages on ADW.Launcher.
Still at 67% and I haven't even cycled the battery once yet.
Really impressed.
Sent from my X10a using XDA App

BTW majik8ball, I didn't mean to hijack your thread.
Did you get the 2600 yet?

Izzy_Deadyet said:
Just a quick review on the first day of usage .... fantastic!
This 2600mAh is outstanding. I'm at 9 hours since unplugged and I've had the displayed on for over 4 hours. I also enabled background data this morning as well as setup Facebook and Twitter accounts. I have about an hour of phone calls to add in there as well. Spent a bunch of time organizing 7 home pages on ADW.Launcher.
Still at 67% and I haven't even cycled the battery once yet.
Really impressed.
Sent from my X10a using XDA App
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Thanks for the Info! That is an awesome price eh? I went ahead and bought one too. Sure it might take away from the slim, sleek look of it, but after reading this I think it's worth it.

Reeonimus said:
Thanks for the Info! That is an awesome price eh? I went ahead and bought one too. Sure it might take away from the slim, sleek look of it, but after reading this I think it's worth it.
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I'll have more to add on the weekend but after 2 full days of use I'm MORE than impressed with the Cameron Sino!!
Wait until you hear what I've put this new battery through
I will quickly add this: based on the 2600mAh battery performance I must conclude that the original SE battery that I have is either defective or a serious piece of crap.

Had a few moments so here you go.
My non scientific but fairly accurate comparison of the original SE 1500mAh battery compared to the Cameron Sino 2600mAh.
First of all, the fit is 100% perfect. The cover looks original but doesn’t lock perfectly in the top left side leaving a very very small gap. Yours may lock in better than mine if you get one.
With the original battery:
GPS off
WiFi off
Bluetooth off
3G ON
Background Data off
No social networks running (Twitter, Facebook etc.)
10 Emails
10 SMS
45 minutes talk time
15 minutes browser
15 minutes market
Screen set to about 20% brightness
Total screen on time about 2 hours
Unplugged at 4:30am and 10 hours later the battery was approx 20%
(This WAS a normal day over the past 3 weeks because I was stretching battery life)
With the new battery: (Did the same thing for the past 2 days)
+GPS ON
WiFi off
+Bluetooth ON
3G ON
+Background Data ON
+Twitter and Facebook both running
Same Emails, SMS and talk time
+Screen at 50%
+Playing online Poker for 2 hours
+Reading XDA Forums 30 minutes
+NewsRob 20 minutes
Market for 15 minutes
Total screen on time about 4.5 hours
At this point, 10 hours, I’ve already FAR exceeded what the original battery would have handled and this Cameron Sino battery was still at 62%.
Since I did want to cycle it I had to get it down lower so I did this:
On the car drive home I put the X10 on the passenger seat, turned on the WiFi, turned up the screen brightness to 100% and played YouTube videos in the High Quality mode (30 minute drive). Got home, put the X10 on the desk and continued playing HD YouTube for the next 90 minutes before the battery was finally down to 18%.
Now, I’m not going to log times and conditions and test these batteries over and over so you’ll have to take what you can from what I’ve posted above.
I’m my opinion, this 2600mAh battery, which should last 1.75 times as long as the original, is lasting 4 to 5 times longer given the load I’ve put on it.
If I were to have read and not posted the above info I would think it’s a fairy tale, it’s not. Maybe my original battery is simply defective. All I can say is that the new 2600mAh battery has made me actually “like” the X10. Before this battery I may as well just bought some crappy Moto RaZr because I couldn’t use the features of the X10 since the battery would have been dead in 3 hours.
I don’t sell Cameron Sino batteries and have nothing to do with Cameron Sino. I’m simply their newest and biggest fan.
I’ll try to post pics by this weekend.

Izzy_Deadyet said:
BTW majik8ball, I didn't mean to hijack your thread.
Did you get the 2600 yet?
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Izzy no worries bout taking over we're in a forum to discuss and you've done a great job of it so far ... sorry I've been away but been playing with my buddies dell streak for the past week... now on to the battery... Izzy like u I've experienced the fact that the supplied battery cover doesn't fit, on the lower lecturing side near the camera it just doesn't snap in to the groove. The cover still stays on but since it doesn't fully snap into place dust and other undesirables find there way.into the phone... so I contacted the seller and.in turn he contacted cameron sino, hopefully they will send me a cover.
Now on to battery life: I've been getting 5.5 days with light use (just text, calls, market updatesz), almost 3 days with medium use of text internet calls and music, 1.5 days with heavy movie watching, text and calls... so all in all a great value for $20 if only they fetal me a.new cover
Ps I am using ultimate juice defender, no set cpu with 7 screens and a boat load of widgets

majik8ball said:
Izzy no worries bout taking over we're in a forum to discuss and you've done a great job of it so far ... sorry I've been away but been playing with my buddies dell streak for the past week... now on to the battery... Izzy like u I've experienced the fact that the supplied battery cover doesn't fit, on the lower lecturing side near the camera it just doesn't snap in to the groove. The cover still stays on but since it doesn't fully snap into place dust and other undesirables find there way.into the phone... so I contacted the seller and.in turn he contacted cameron sino, hopefully they will send me a cover.
Now on to battery life: I've been getting 5.5 days with light use (just text, calls, market updatesz), almost 3 days with medium use of text internet calls and music, 1.5 days with heavy movie watching, text and calls... so all in all a great value for $20 if only they fetal me a.new cover
Ps I am using ultimate juice defender, no set cpu with 7 screens and a boat load of widgets
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I was thinking about the Dell Streak before I decided on the X10, was I wrong
I'm not too concerned about the cover gap but that's only because I use a silicon case so it really doesn't matter that much. Would be nice if the case did lock in though. I was happy the battery fit so well. I have extended batteries for other WinMo devices that I just about had to insert using a hammer.
I also think the battery life is outstanding. I never really cared that much about getting more than one day but I really wanted to get at least one day With this battery I know I can do 2 days with fairly heavy use.
I also use Juice Defender, SetCPU and ADW.Launcher with 7 screens. Was doing that with the original and this battery.
For $23 it's a pretty hard deal to beat.

can you upload some pics with the new battery on X10 ? and also with the new back cover ?

I'll do some pics on the weekend.
Sent from my X10a using XDA App

Izzy_Deadyet said:
I'll do some pics on the weekend.
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Nice, i'm really interested too!!!

Thanks for all the great info, this might be my next battery!

Pics are sort of crappy. Used a 3.1 cam on another phone and then had to resize to post them. Should give you an idea though.
Original and the fatty

BTW, the normal use for me daily is pretty much this: WiFi off, Bluetooth on, GPS off, Background Data on, Gmail sync for contacts/email/Calender, Weather Widget, 4 email accounts .... the basics.
With the above, no phone calls today (Saturday), it's been unplugged 7 hours and has lost only 6%. I'm happy with it.
I used it heavy yesterday (Friday) and ended with 61% remaining after 12 hours.
(I'm on the 024 firmware)
EDIT -> Aside from the above usage from yesterday (Saturday) I've added about 1 hour of phone calls, now (Sunday) 27 hours since unplugged, all background running, battery at 71%

Extended Battery that is not bulkier? (can use original battery door)

hi does anyone know of an actual battery that has more capacity but does not require a bulkier battery door?
and most importantly, that it DOES give you more battery life?
because i once bought a 2000MaH battery for my HTC TP2 on ebay and that was the biggest scam i fell for, the stupid battery gave approximately the exact same battery life as the old battery... which was 1500MaH

X-Kenshin-X said:
hi does anyone know of an actual battery that has more capacity but does not require a bulkier battery door?
and most importantly, that it DOES give you more battery life?
because i once bought a 2000MaH battery for my HTC TP2 on ebay and that was the biggest scam i fell for, the stupid battery gave approximately the exact same battery life as the old battery... which was 1500MaH
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Yeah the batteries that do not require a bigger back door are all going to perform the same oem or worse. So you can get a cheap charger and and extra oem battery and do that,or say **** it and get the big ass battery

X-Kenshin-X said:
hi does anyone know of an actual battery that has more capacity but does not require a bulkier battery door?
and most importantly, that it DOES give you more battery life?
because i once bought a 2000MaH battery for my HTC TP2 on ebay and that was the biggest scam i fell for, the stupid battery gave approximately the exact same battery life as the old battery... which was 1500MaH
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ahhh the eternal quest for the holy grail of batteries. nope, it's not possible. not until battery technology improves. If it was possible to have a better performing battery that was the same size HTC would of put it in their to begin with. check out batteryboss.org for proof.

OneStepAhead said:
ahhh the eternal quest for the holy grail of batteries. nope, it's not possible. not until battery technology improves. If it was possible to have a better performing battery that was the same size HTC would of put it in their to begin with. check out batteryboss.org for proof.
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I did check it out! What's wrong with the 2150mAH TP2 battery as an option? I ordered one. Thanks for the link.

Here's one: Mugen Power Extended Battery 1800mAh for HTC Evo 4G
However, the reality is that Manufacturer claims a 20% improvement in battery life. Depending on your use that may or may not be significant enough. I'm just running stock battery w/ custom ROM (Damage Control) and some system tweaks which significantly improved battery life (errr, at least resulted in less battery drain
-kp

GaryJ51 said:
I did check it out! What's wrong with the 2150mAH TP2 battery as an option? I ordered one. Thanks for the link.
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The 2150 OEM TP2 is the official HTC extended battery, its thicker and requires a extended battery door.

kperry1911 said:
Here's one: Mugen Power Extended Battery 1800mAh for HTC Evo 4G
However, the reality is that Manufacturer claims a 20% improvement in battery life. Depending on your use that may or may not be significant enough. I'm just running stock battery w/ custom ROM (Damage Control) and some system tweaks which significantly improved battery life (errr, at least resulted in less battery drain
-kp
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The "1800mAh" Mugen tested identical to the 1500mAh OEM battery.. save your money. http://batteryboss.org/results/NewMugen1800mAh_vs_NewOEM1500mAh.png
IMO the best option is to tweak your settings.. Im getting as much as 30 hours out of my OEM 1500 battery now. I also have 3 spare
batteries in case I ever need more juice. they are quite small and fit in a wallet fine. i've yet to actually need one. You could also try
this, which was told to me by an HTC Rep (and it for real almost tripled my battery life!)
"To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: 1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well."
you only need to do it once, and then again each time you flash a new ROM or do an OTA update.

did this method of turning the phone on and off and charging the battery for another hour improve battery life for anyone?

OneStepAhead said:
The 2150 OEM TP2 is the official HTC extended battery, its thicker and requires a extended battery door.
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OOPS! Time for a new door.

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IMO the best option is to tweak your settings.. Im getting as much as 30 hours out of my OEM 1500 battery now. I also have 3 spare
batteries in case I ever need more juice. they are quite small and fit in a wallet fine. i've yet to actually need one. You could also try
this, which was told to me by an HTC Rep (and it for real almost tripled my battery life!)
"To ate.
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30 hours? you joking right?
If you getting that much why in the world would you have the need for an extra battery let alone three?
I call BS

That's hardly BS.
I easily get 30+ hours out of a single charge.
Right now im at 22 hours with ~45% battery life on stock 1500mAh.
It's a rip-off to get an extended battery because they don't perform as well..

I am waiting on a 1750mAh spare battery that fits with the standard back plate. If it works well, I will advise.

what is your up time though. i have an 3500mah extended battery and i don't get 30 hours still

topdnbass said:
That's hardly BS.
I easily get 30+ hours out of a single charge.
Right now im at 22 hours with ~45% battery life on stock 1500mAh.
It's a rip-off to get an extended battery because they don't perform as well..
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I keep 4g on
I keep data always enabled too.
Do you?

I get over 9 Hours with BT, and data on all day. I have a task manager that shuts things down every 30 mins "IGNORE LIST messages, gv dialer, clock, task manager" Without it I was getting 4 hours. I make calls and surf the web and watch my porn clips during the day, so it does get used. I sent for the 1750 yesterday so I will update this after I get it that thing going. And the new batterys do have to be charged and discharge like 20 times before the hold a charge as well as they say it can.. Batterys on ebay=joke, buy the name brand ones. I used to make r/c battery packs and they have a peak run time in life, and its not the first time you charge them. It takes time..

I went to eBay and bought the "HTC EVO 4G BATTERY 1800+Dock USB CHGR SPRINT TOUCH PRO2" from vendor Chichitec. Vendor is located in California, so no sketchy chinese vendor, high ratings and fast delivery.
I haven't really timed how much more usage I'm getting with this new battery, but it does last longer, trust me.
The separate wall charger also seems to charge the OEM battery better than just by using the usb cable on the phone.
Not a bad deal for $19.98 at your door.
~fb

topdnbass said:
That's hardly BS.
I easily get 30+ hours out of a single charge.
Right now im at 22 hours with ~45% battery life on stock 1500mAh.
It's a rip-off to get an extended battery because they don't perform as well..
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Sadly, for people who actually turn on their phone this is somewhat unrealistic.

Kooper113 said:
Sadly, for people who actually turn on their phone this is somewhat unrealistic.
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I turn mine on quite frequently and posted my build below.
SayWhat10 said:
30 hours? you joking right?
If you getting that much why in the world would you have the need for an extra battery let alone three?
I call BS
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I get anywhere from 20-40 hours on a single charge(OEM battery) depending on my usage running Damage Control 3.2.3 with netarchy's 3.7.5 kernel, setCPU and Advanced Task Manager. I have setcpu keep the CPU @ 245mhz when the screen is off and 245mhz-1113mhz(on demand) when the screen is on.
I also use Advanced Task Manager($0.99) to kill out the programs I'm using with a widget/button. Whenever I'm done using the device I quickly hit the kill button(which doesn't kill the normal essentials) and shut the screen off which down-clocks the proc to 245mhz.
Today for instance:
-unplugged at 07:00
-GPS on, Wifi Off unless needed, 4G Off, Bluetooth On during travel
-beautiful widgets updating weather every hour via cell triangulation
-stock weather updating every hour
-used for slacker via the AUX jack for 45mins-1hr on the way to work
-1 bluetooth call in between listening to slacker on the car
-about 10-15 calls today while at work
-about 10 emails came in and I read them
-browsed web for prob 20mins during lunch on office wifi
-used for slacker via the AUX jack for 45mins-1hr on the way home
-rebooted device
-made 1 non-bluetooth call, sent a few text messages, and then posted this
I'm now at 61% battery remaining and probably won't charge this until lunch or on the way home from work tomorrow. I would give my up time vs awake time but I restarted the phone an hour ago so those figures aren't there anymore.
So, BS? I think not.

I have read what batteryboss has said but I can tell you I get 3-4 hours longer use from my 2000Mah battery. Now I am seeing a big drop off with Froyo but it is on all my batteries, even the OEM.

clayginn said:
I have read what batteryboss has said but I can tell you I get 3-4 hours longer use from my 2000Mah battery. Now I am seeing a big drop off with Froyo but it is on all my batteries, even the OEM.
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I hear that, I probably lost 20% or more with froyo and immediately reverted back to my DC 3.2.3 build.

[Q] Where to buy BETTER & GOOD replacement BATTERY for HTC Desire?

Hello Androians,
I'm from the Philippines, and want to know more about better and good replacement battery for the desire. I'm surfing and looking into Ebays. but can't decide which one and have doubts if this would fit for Desire. I've heard a lot from a MUGEN or SEIDIO batteries, but don't know which one is with greater and better battery life.
Hope you can help me decide,or find new brands of replacement batteries that provides good and compatible battery for HTC Desire.
Thanks
Regards,
Chad

google for mobilefun htc battery ba s410...
(sorry but I'm not allowed to post direct links 'cause I'm a new user...)
I saw it from another post somewhere; It is the only htc original battery I found.
I bought it last friday but not yet received, so I can't tell you how it is.

Before you dive in for a 3rd party batt ...
I read an article sometime ago comparing batteries. forgive me for not being able to remember the source (or sponsors for that matter) for the article, but HTC original batt is supposed to be of high qualities having effective charge capacity of 90% or so. 3rd party may claim higher capacity but their effective capacity is can be about 80% or lower.
This chart might be useful
http://batteryboss.org/

craylim said:
Before you dive in for a 3rd party batt ...
I read an article sometime ago comparing batteries. forgive me for not being able to remember the source (or sponsors for that matter) for the article, but HTC original batt is supposed to be of high qualities having effective charge capacity of 90% or so. 3rd party may claim higher capacity but their effective capacity is can be about 80% or lower.
If i can find the article again i will post it up.
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I have also read this. Unless the battery shows a significant increase in capacity (one of those 2500-3500mah ones which require a different back panel) then the likelihood is that you will have worse battery life compared to your original HTC battery.

this is for General subForum,sorry m8 nothing with development

I bought the Mugen 3200 battery,it is bigger and comes with a new back panel but now instead of charging by noon I spent the whole day trying to get the battery to drain ,best i got was 40% after more than 20 hours of usage.

zaki67 said:
I bought the Mugen 3200 battery,it is bigger and comes with a new back panel but now instead of charging by noon I spent the whole day trying to get the battery to drain ,best i got was 40% after more than 20 hours of usage.
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Wow. That's great. How's the performance of your HTC Desire and hows the temperature of the phone?
Where did you bought the Mugen Battery for HTC Battery?
Thanks mate

zaki67 said:
I bought the Mugen 3200 battery,it is bigger and comes with a new back panel but now instead of charging by noon I spent the whole day trying to get the battery to drain ,best i got was 40% after more than 20 hours of usage.
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Im also interested where you've bought that batt.. Does it make the phone a bit bulkier? Since you said that it came with a new back-cover.. i suppose it adds to the back of the phone which is fugly.. for me at least.. Anyone tried any of the "normal" batteries and can provide feedback? Or anyone knows from where can i buy an original one? Im fine with that as long as the price doesnt go up from 25e...

Sorry for the late reply , I got it from mugs website for 79 dollars , it does make the phone a bit bigger with a lump on the back ,( this also makes most if not all cases useless ) but it is not as bad as I thought it would be from the pics and the performance.is much better than I.expected .it is now 9 : 22 pm and I have 66 % of my battery remaining I used to get this percentage by noon .
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yeah mugen power batterys are the best, i also have the big one with the diffrent battery cover, sometimes i can go 3 days without charging you can buy them here http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/

Seidio battery works fine for me. I bought 2 other batteries from e-bay for less that usd10 a pop but they dont fit. They are slightly bigger. If i force it in, it can fit but not sure what will happen in the long run.

Which is a good or recommended battery for wildfire S

Hi Folks,
I recently purchased a HTC Wildfire S. I am quite disappointed by the battery performance. The dialer and android system always shows 49 % usage. Is it a bug in GB or is this normal behavior ?
I feel my battery drains out very fast in a day. I usually do a 20-30 mins of call/day. About 10-20 Mb of internet data via 2G. But at the end of the day around 8-8.30 PM my battery is almost at 25-30% or sometimes less than that. I have disabled all the vibrating notifications. Wi-Fi and bluetooth OFF, I have installed juice defender which shuts the data off when the phone is idle. Though there is some improvement after this, i still feel the battery is going down.
When googled about this, everyone had almost the same complaint. And the only suggestion was to have an extra 1500 or 1900 mAh battery. Now which is the recommended battery without making any change to the hardware etc
coz i see lot of them taking a 3500 mAh battery with extra cover and changing the contacts and all. I dont want to do all those but just to improve my battery performance. Can you help me out ?

I use this battery :
http://www.batterychampion.fr/produ...rtmentProductId/76703263/shopGroupId/95658473
I can use my device almost during 3 days without any charge : calls, sms, internet and games.

Its very large. I wanted a small phone...

The 1500mAh Replacement Battery For HTC HD7 fits the Wildfire S and gives you an approximate 20-30% boost in battery capacity.

Edit: Nvm, never bought a new battery lol

and what about 1900? any suggestion?
and btw, 1500 and 1900 battery has same sizes as the original? only the 2200 and 3500 needs a new back cover ,right?

the only extended battery worth getting is the Cameron Sino 2200mah version. Yes, it does make you phone quite a bit thicker...but it's the only one i've found that does what it's supposed to do.
I tried first a 3500mah version, but after a couple of weeks it lost it's ability to hold charge almost completely, so it was actually worse than the stock battery.
Next was the eCell 2350mah version (Gold), this didn't last much longer than the stock battery either, although it did give a litte extra, but no where near the 2x capacity of the stock, as it should have been. (i think i got like an extra hour or two oout of it)
and finally....the CS 2200mah version.....where I usually get around 8 hours tops on the stock battery (i leave things syncing every hour, quite alot of texts every day, a fair bit of internt use too), I can now use my phone for 2 full days straight, and by night-time on the second day it's finally down to around 10-15% battery left, so go mad playing games for an hour or two to really run it down to nothing, then leave it on charge over-night.
I would highly reccommend this battery, it's the only one you'll ever need, and you can actually make use of the "smart" features of your phone....I can actually use programs that need GPS without having to worry if my battery will die, leaving me stranded
it only costs around £10 on ebay.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150696338487
the thickness is something you get used to, and some people even find it a bit more comfortable to hold....so it's not necessarily a bad thing.

A review of the Cameron Sino.
It comes as advertised.

SomeDudeOnTheNet said:
Thanks a lot for the info, I'll be buying it soon.
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From my personal experiences the HD7 replacement doesn't give that boost. Maybe I got a weak unit... Soon I will order another one just to make sure.
I suggest you check this thread for comparisons between different batteries and results:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419930
On page 3 of that thread I show my tests and comparisons of:
HTC Stock 1230mAh
HD7 1500mAh replacement
ECell Gold 2430mAh
Thanks to d33ps1x for his great public service testing several batteries and showing us what we can expect from them. If he didn't open that thread (and others) I probably wouldn't have shared my results.
I suggest everybody take a good luck before spending their cash.

I've recently bought the 3500mah battery with black cover at FocalPrice for 6€ shipping included.
When I get the order I'll post my results.

DanHidalgo said:
I've recently bought the 3500mah battery with black cover at FocalPrice for 6€ shipping included.
When I get the order I'll post my results.
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3500... i rly hope it will be that much, but it will more likely be 1700 to 2000 MAX

I thought that too but a friend bought it and told me that his phone stays on for a least 2 days without charging it.
When it arrives my home I'll post my results with pics of the difference.
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DanHidalgo said:
I thought that too but a friend bought it and told me that his phone stays on for a least 2 days without charging it.
When it arrives my home I'll post my results with pics of the difference.
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okay, we expect your review .. .

I got the Cameron Sino Tech 2200 mAh about a week ago.
I cant give an accurate review of the battery but I've found that its well worth the extra size for the extended life, i get a couple of days out of it now.
Its cheap as well and now I have a spare battery so if I know i'm gonna be away from a charger I can take the original battery with me.

greavous420 said:
I got the Cameron Sino Tech 2200 mAh about a week ago.
I cant give an accurate review of the battery but I've found that its well worth the extra size for the extended life, i get a couple of days out of it now.
Its cheap as well and now I have a spare battery so if I know i'm gonna be away from a charger I can take the original battery with me.
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Like other people have seen (d33ps1x for example), the Cameron Sino 2200 mAh is the best bang for the buck. Even if it makes your phone "fat" it is a real power improvement.
The ECell Gold 2430mAh has barely 1600mAh inside so it's obviously false advertising when they say that they use Li-Polymer. I have one and ordered the second unit because even if it doesn't correspond to what's promised, it still gives a nice boost comparing to stock.
I'm also curious how different the two batteries can be. The second one will arrive this week. I will prepare it and test it as soon as I get it in the mail.
All those 1500mAh you can find on eBay are only marginal improvement when comparing to the stock battery. If they can provide 1300-1350mAh then you are a very lucky owner.
There are some amazing batteries out there, but they are too expensive.
I'm talking about Mugen Power Batteries:
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/
I had one of their batteries on my HTC Desire and it was something out of other world. If you follow their instructions (that come with the battery) you won't regret buying one. Right now the Wildfire S 1500 mAh is out of stock and will be ready for shipment on the 17th February. This means they're being produced now and who buys them will get brand new batteries, that haven't stayed for months in a warehouse. If they were cheaper I would definitely order one. If Mugen Power announces 1500mAh, they're definitely inside.

I want to buy the Cameron sino 2200 may, but will it fit a metro pcs wildfire s???

I get one or two days? I think that's good? It's longer when wifi is off.

id05dav said:
I want to buy the Cameron sino 2200 may, but will it fit a metro pcs wildfire s???
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The battery will fit, but the cover will not.

chicle_11 said:
The battery will fit, but the cover will not.
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I got the battery, it fits, but it's BIG! I got a soft silicone case and it works. It stretches and fits fine, it protects the phone without a back cover.
The battery is a definite improvement over the original.

How's the mugen 1800 battery?

I have heard mixed things about batteries that keep the same format as the original, but this is mugen... I'm expecting quality.
I would buy a larger battery it a bigger cover existed though
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I have it and i can say, it gives u about 20-25 % more of battery than standard. Not bad at all. And for 25 dollars, i think it 's a good price

Link plz
Dany XP said:
I have it and i can say, it gives u about 20-25 % more of battery than standard. Not bad at all. And for 25 dollars, i think it 's a good price
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If u know where to buy one of those batteries could u post link, plz?
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I have the Mugen Power Battery and i must say it is working well. The extra juice of 300 mAh gives you about 1h more of gaming time ,this means 4 hours instead of 3 hours with standard battery (maximum brightness, no overclocking). With overclocking to 1.5GHZ you will get 3 hours of game time. Battery fits good into the battery slot but it's not as easy to get it in or out of the slot as like the normal one. But thats okay. No problems with the original backcover. You can get one at their official site, just google it. It is safe and you get your package in about 2 weeks normally because it ships from Hong Kong. Or you find a shop which offers Mugen Power Batteries. Remember that the Battery for Xperia X1, Xperia X2 and Xperia X10 share the same battery size.

I have been using mine for a few weeks and I get 5 hours of screen time and like 12 idle(heavy use)
light usage I can't get like 40 hours
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Sounds like a pretty good upgrade.

Well, my first day with the Mugen 1800. :victory:
Right now seems the battery drains much slower than before but it's somewhat difficult to put in place because it fits tighter than the original one. Even I was feared of breaking something while I was trying to put it inside, lol.

So guys, since Mugen Power is having a Countdown discount this Christmas, can anyone make another comment on their 1800mAh batteries for the Xperia PLAY after months/weeks of using it? I might be getting one in the next few hours and I want to make sure I'm not shelling out dollars for a crap battery. I know Mugen has a good rep but reviews talk better. Please guys, say something, convince me!

It's the best battery I have ever seen, it constantly holds like 20% more than the stock, even after 6 months.
You need to be rooted to modify a few settings btw.
It's expensive but if you got the extra money and need more charge, then absolutely go for it.
I constantly got 5+hours of screen time
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And by screen time you mean?
I'm thinking of buying because I think the stock battery is already losing its former juice. It already easily drains 8-10% of juice by just fiddling through SMS conversations. Jeez. Additionally, after I full charge the battery and leave it idle for about 30 minutes, the percentage usually just drops to a whopping 74%. That ain't healthy anymore, right?
I've been using genuine MSM.HK batteries before and they are the best I think. So this is basically my first time to buy and use a Mugen battery.

Screen time means the time that the screen is on.
Normally that's just browsing and chatting etc, gaming time is obviously less but still better than stock.
That is a lot of drain though maybe some rogue app is eating your cpu
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After months of use, i'd say that with 1800mah battery you gain about 20-25 % battery. Not bad, especially for just 24 dollars (i guess less, with these days discount)

If there's one rogue app that keeps running in the background even it was already closed, it would be Camera360. The app is awesome I think especially with the Magic Skin that I rarely see in a camera app so I basically cannot give up the app at the moment.
Now I'm thinking twice. 20-25% more battery cap at $30? I can't really decide because I could easily get a same (or even better) quality genuine MSM.HK battery at stock mAh for a measly $6 at a local battery shop that I can get to in under 30 minutes. Jeez, I'm confused.
PS, it appears $31.95 for me, minus 7% holiday discount so that would be $29.71.

narflynn619 said:
If there's one rogue app that keeps running in the background even it was already closed, it would be Camera360. The app is awesome I think especially with the Magic Skin that I rarely see in a camera app so I basically cannot give up the app at the moment.
Now I'm thinking twice. 20-25% more battery cap at $30? I can't really decide because I could easily get a same (or even better) quality genuine MSM.HK battery at stock mAh for a measly $6 at a local battery shop that I can get to in under 30 minutes. Jeez, I'm confused.
PS, it appears $31.95 for me, minus 7% holiday discount so that would be $29.71.
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I spent 25.44$ months ago (actually it was $ 27.36 but i got 5% discount for "i like it" their facebook page or somethning like that

For some heavy use the Mugen gives you more confidence with its adittional 20%. I love don't be worried about if my battery will last until I arrive home.
If you usually don't have problems with the stock battery capacity then go for a normal, cheaper replace.

I've heard good reviews for mugen batteries but personally I wouldn't spend that much for a small upgrade.

Yeah @LordBattleBeard, I've thought of that, too.
I actually bought yesterday a genuine MSM.HK BST-41 1500mAh for my Xperia PLAY and I'd say at same mAh, it outperforms my stock battery. No more questionable drains, temps stay constantly at 25 degrees Celsius even while gaming, and playing for 1.5 to 2 hours now only slashes about 15% of juice. I say I just made myself a good deal.
Thanks anyway, everyone, for your insights on the Mugen 1800mAh.

narflynn619 said:
Yeah @LordBattleBeard, I've thought of that, too.
I actually bought yesterday a genuine MSM.HK BST-41 1500mAh for my Xperia PLAY and I'd say at same mAh, it outperforms my stock battery. No more questionable drains, temps stay constantly at 25 degrees Celsius even while gaming, and playing for 1.5 to 2 hours now only slashes about 15% of juice. I say I just made myself a good deal.
Thanks anyway, everyone, for your insights on the Mugen 1800mAh.
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In the same kind of boat and stuck between the two. Was going to get the BST-41 but was worried by one massive thing, my current battery, not sure about everybody elses, is a Li-ion battery and the BST-41 is a Li-Polymer. Should I be worried or should I just take the plunge?

I think it's just fine. Most handhelds today use Li-Ion alongside Li-Po, and vice versa. I honestly didn't even know that BST-41 was Li-Po until you posted it and I actually had to look at my Play's original battery to confirm.
As for their difference, here are good posts to read:
http://www.batteryeducation.com/2006/04/what_is_the_dif.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080504170740AAevnfI
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/15775_How_do_Lithium_batteries_work.php

narflynn619 said:
I think it's just fine. Most handhelds today use Li-Ion alongside Li-Po, and vice versa. I honestly didn't even know that BST-41 was Li-Po until you posted it and I actually had to look at my Play's original battery to confirm.
As for their difference, here are good posts to read:
http://www.batteryeducation.com/2006/04/what_is_the_dif.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080504170740AAevnfI
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/15775_How_do_Lithium_batteries_work.php
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Thanks!
Decided to take the plunge, can't go wrong with and item that costs £3.33!