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i recently bought a extended battery with cover off of the official VZW online store. the battery worked great for about a day until the battery life ran out, then i tried to charge it and now it just started randomly shutting off on me even when the phone said i had about 60% battery remaining. so i left it in the charger over night and now it wont even turn on at all until i put in the regular battery. so i ordered a new one and you know what happened? the exact same problem occured with this battery to. it worked fine for a day, then it ran out of juice and completely stopped working.
so here is my warning to all of you. DO NOT BUY THE EXTENDED BATTERY. it is complete garbage and does not work at all. dont waste your time or money on it because you will for sure have the same problems i did. i am now stuck with 2 non working extended batterys that i need to send back to verizon to get my money back.
I was having crazy issues with my batter acouple nights ago. I never let my phone completely die but it happened this sat. I put it onthe charger then when I tried to turn the phone on the battery meter went from 0% to 5% to 60% then I unplugged it and tried turning it on to no luck... thereafter I put it on the charger and waited for it to get to about 15% and turned it on while still plugged into the wall and it started up. I let the battery charge full and the phone began working like normal.
I am on leaked 2.2, with rubix rom and o/c'd 1.15 and on stock battery
I have 2 stock batteries that I swap daily. If you let the phone die completely you can't turn it back on until you've charged the battery to at least 5%. Sometimes when I swap a battery from a fully charged to one that's about 15% to recharge, it says it's at 60%. Not sure why, but it sounds like the phone's software looks at the readings and says to itself, "there's no way I can go from 100% to 15% when I shut down and rebooted." I'm sure it's just the software being stupid.
I've had the extended battery since I bought the phone about a month ago, never had a single problem with it and my battery life is great...
I bought the extended battery when they became available, and have not had a problem with it. Knock wood
Love my extended battery. No issues here.
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No issues with my extended battery either. In fact, I regularly get 30 - 36 hours out of it!!
Extended here too, no problems whatsoever since it was released. The issue I have is the motorola cases not fitting.
Had I known this, I would have bought the Siedo extended battery instead.
irascible said:
Extended here too, no problems whatsoever since it was released. The issue I have is the motorola cases not fitting.
Had I known this, I would have bought the Siedo extended battery instead.
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I just bought 1 of the hard cases from verizon and it's allllmmost perfect. No problems whatsoever except for that the 1 spot above the charging port will not stay snapped. i got my extended battery last night. I let it charge for 12 hours for the first time and I hope that helps it. I kind of believe that that is some peoples problem. they don't let it charge long enough the first time. I let it charge 10 to 12 hours and then let it die all the way the first 2 or 3 charge cycles. Then I usually plug it in once It gets down to 15 percent and every 10 or so charge cycles I let it die completely. I can't wait for the seidio 2800 mah battery. Is there any news on a release date? I had the 3500mah battery for the incredible and it was spectacular. I use the phone so much that the standard battery only lasts 3-5hrs but the seidio innocell lasted 1.5 days. A huggggeeee upgrade. But I couldn't find a reasonible case afterwards so I kinda put my silicone case on and traced around the new battery cover with a boxcutter to make it fit. Afterwards I melted the edges with a lighter to smooth them and prevent splitting. The DInc seidio extended case doesn't cover the bat door anyway. Not to mention it doesn't even cover half the edges. I sure hope they design a bettr case for the DX cuz I love their batteries are the best
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Are you using the Moto charger?
I had similar problems with my first extended battery for the Droid X. However Verizon replaced it, and there has been no problem since.
As for incompatibility with cases, I use the snap on clear case from Verizon. Had problems with it not wanting to stay snapped together. After modifications to the case failed to correct the issue, I removed the battery cover completely. No issues anymore.
Plus since I use the clear case, I have a nice nerdy view from the back.
xmetl said:
DO NOT BUY THE EXTENDED BATTERY. it is complete garbage and does not work at all. dont waste your time or money on it because you will for sure have the same problems i did. i am now stuck with 2 non working extended batterys that i need to send back to verizon to get my money back.
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I received my Extended Battery two days ago. I love it! It holds significantly more power. And I can still use my Body Glove Droid X cover with the Extended Battery and included battery cover.
Anyway... I rate my extended battery experience as 10 out of 10.
I cant say I noticed to much of an increase but i'm back and forth with modding and o/c so I know lots of that goes into play with battery times.. right now i'm on an UV and I can easily go into a 2nd work day without needing a charge.
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burbank said:
I received my Extended Battery two days ago. I love it! It holds significantly more power. And I can still use my Body Glove Droid X cover with the Extended Battery and included battery cover.
Anyway... I rate my extended battery experience as 10 out of 10.
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Yes...extended battery didn't make a bit of difference...it made a HUGE difference.
It is barely noticeable in size...fits in the multi-media dock, no probelm with my hybrid TPU case...and lasts quite a bit longer.
Or maybe I should say...gets me through to where if I did run out of juice...I'm at home with a charger. Either way...I'm good from 6am to 6pm at least. (i dont call anyone btw). Just massive amounts of texting and web.
I have had mine for almost 2 months and it works great. I deffinitely notice a difference from the stock battery. Would by again if I had to do it all over.
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Love my extended battery. No issues here.
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Same story here.
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xmetl said:
i recently bought a extended battery with cover off of the official VZW online store. the battery worked great for about a day until the battery life ran out, then i tried to charge it and now it just started randomly shutting off on me even when the phone said i had about 60% battery remaining. so i left it in the charger over night and now it wont even turn on at all until i put in the regular battery. so i ordered a new one and you know what happened? the exact same problem occured with this battery to. it worked fine for a day, then it ran out of juice and completely stopped working.
so here is my warning to all of you. DO NOT BUY THE EXTENDED BATTERY. it is complete garbage and does not work at all. dont waste your time or money on it because you will for sure have the same problems i did. i am now stuck with 2 non working extended batterys that i need to send back to verizon to get my money back.
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It's good to post your experience, however don't you think a sample of one device and two batteries doesn't qualify as a crappy accessory? I've been running an extended battery since it came out with great results. As a matter of fact a week ago I tried to go back to the standard battery just to make sure the improvement wasn't in my head and the difference was at least 3 hours.
So assuming you aren't frightened at the prospect of returning a battery if it doesn't work for you, go ahead and get one. For a very modest bump in weight it adds a lot of life.
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Same story here.
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Same with me, mines working great.
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Don't buy the extended battery
I also bought the extended battery from Verizon. It works fine except for a small problem. The built-in battery monitor some times complains that I have installed a non-compatible battery or something like that and suggests that I replace it with the original. A question mark "?" shows up in the status bar and the battery level is not reported correctly.
I picked up "Juice Defender" and paid for the pro model. It says that in last 48 hours It has multiplied battery life by X1.73. I also downloaded an app called "battery Status" which shows the percentage of battery left. Lots of nice options for display.
So what did I do with my original battery? Hmmm I noticed that it is fairly thin so I stuck it in my wallet. Since the ram is non-destructive, I can change the battery when it gets low.
All in all I am very happy with the "Extended Battery" I got from Verizon.
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I have been using my extended battery for two day now and......
It is uber-awesome! I am very happy with it at the moment!!!!!! (two days, I was typing faster than I was thinking!)
I know nothing about the Evo, so if this is for the wrong version, apologies.....but this is a great deal.
You need to go here before they sell out, who knows how many they have in stock. Normally around $50 shipped, you can get it for around $8 ! ! - Use this code at checkout: 2200evobatery
http://www.handhelditems.com/premium-exten...0-p-157130.html
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Out of stock
Sent from my Evo, ho!
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Out of stock
Sent from my Evo, ho!
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ordered one hope my order went through
These are $13.79 with free shipping
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/3-7v-2...ery-pack-with-back-cover-for-htc-evo-4g-41890
Those batteries are all over ebay for that price, even cheaper sometimes.
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Those batteries are all over ebay for that price, even cheaper sometimes.
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True. Did a quick search and I came up with this one for $7.93 with free shipping. Cant expect much for that price but I heard good things. Im happy with my Platinum Series 3500mAh
http://cgi.ebay.com/3500mAh-Extende...532545?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43a35c2001
I wouldn't trust chinese batteries. got 2 from ebay and one from quickshippers on amazon. one decent one from ebay. the other two don't even charge past 60% after calibration... ridiculous. I'm buying a platinum series battery right when april rolls around so i can redeem my ebucks
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I wouldn't trust chinese batteries. got 2 from ebay and one from quickshippers on amazon. one decent one from ebay. the other two don't even charge past 60% after calibration... ridiculous. I'm buying a platinum series battery right when april rolls around so i can redeem my ebucks
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Me and one of my co-workers just got the Quickshippers version from Amazon... Maybe we just got a good batch but they are both working out great! New back covers that come with it fit like OEM too. Got them for $11 shipped... No issues so far...
i bought one of these a couple of weeks ago from this store. with minimal/moderate use, after 12+ hours, it was at about 74%.
finally got mine after more than 2 weeks..but they send me 3500 instead of the 2200 i ordered
personally I will not deal with handhelditems.com, very shady company. slow shipping and lousy support too.
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personally I will not deal with handhelditems.com, very shady company. slow shipping and lousy support too.
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dang it..after using for a day and charging it the second time it stopped charging ..my light blinks amber and green...i emailed for rma
All right here is my 3500 experience so far. I bought a 3500 from quickshippers on Amazon for 13.00 battery came in 3 days i placed it in and used it for 4 hrs it went dead i used old battery and wiped battery stats tried to charge 3500 battery in the phone it gave a over heat green and red led. Then i took the sd card out old battery back in and wiped again and re tried charging. it worked. I charged over night with the phone off. Unplugged at 7 am this morning it is now 11:10pm and i have 9% remaining and want to go to bed but battery is still going.
I used the phone normally not a heavy talker. But heavy internet, txt and 100 emails aday using k9, 2 gmail accounts. Today i ran wifi all day 4g for 1 hr or so youtube and a. Small amount of gaming.
For 13 bucks this is awesome. I can't wait until this battery is conditioned...
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All right here is my 3500 experience so far. I bought a 3500 from quickshippers on Amazon for 13.00 battery came in 3 days i placed it in and used it for 4 hrs it went dead i used old battery and wiped battery stats tried to charge 3500 battery in the phone it gave a over heat green and red led. Then i took the sd card out old battery back in and wiped again and re tried charging. it worked. I charged over night with the phone off. Unplugged at 7 am this morning it is now 11:10pm and i have 9% remaining and want to go to bed but battery is still going.
I used the phone normally not a heavy talker. But heavy internet, txt and 100 emails aday using k9, 2 gmail accounts. Today i ran wifi all day 4g for 1 hr or so youtube and a. Small amount of gaming.
For 13 bucks this is awesome. I can't wait until this battery is conditioned...
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tried that didnt work..my led keeps blinking red and green
What charger are you using?
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What charger are you using?
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my evo..i shipped it back today for a replacement. hope i get a better one
i can vouch for the 3500 battery. Bought it and have been using it. I figured the most accurate way to measure the battery life would be to leave it unplugged and just not touch the damn thing since saying i used it for 12 hours with moderate usage is rather subjective....
To my surprise, it discharges at a rate of about 1% an hour if not doing anything on it! On stock, running CM7, it would discharge at a rate of about 5-7% (i did used to have better battery life on the stock battery with netarchy's kernal and myn's rls 5 but i love gingerbread too much and realized i don't need sense [fyi it used to discharge around 3% if phone left on with wifi enabled and not doing anything) My results are better than expected because I did also apply the "lower havs -75mv havs edit" by viper in the development thread.
So in conclusion
3500 battery + savage-zen kernal + CM7 + vipers HAVS edit = awesome battery life
FYI: I did have to charge the battery fully and reboot once it reached a hundred to actually fully charge the battery. When I got it, it charged at a rate of about 5% per minute which I thought was really fast. Once it hit 100% I rebooted, it went down to 87% and slowly charged up to 100% (over 20-25 minutes). Then from there, I got awesome battery life.
I also tried to charge the battery with the phone off at that point and it didn't continue to charge; I also plugged the battery into an external charger at that point and it didnt resume charging either so I figured it reached full capacity.
evoic said:
I know nothing about the Evo, so if this is for the wrong version, apologies.....but this is a great deal.
You need to go here before they sell out, who knows how many they have in stock. Normally around $50 shipped, you can get it for around $8 ! ! - Use this code at checkout: 2200evobatery
http://www.handhelditems.com/premium-exten...0-p-157130.html
Check my profile, I'm a member with a Samsung Captivate.
Not affiliated with these guys at all, just saw the deal on Slickdeals and thought of you folks.
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Noice! I've got the classic one from Sprint. Works wonders with an SBC kernel.
Okay i just purchased the 3500 mAh battery from gorilla gadgets and it seems to me i got a faulty battery. The reason is i took the battery out of the package and placed it into my phone and held the power button..........Nothing it wont boot up? Well on their tutorial they said that, their battery will be half full and to drain it then charge it. Well my phone didn't even turn on and so i plugged the charger in and it said 100% so i turned it on and and i got to boot logo then went off back to showing the green battery charged, so i rebooted and it got to desktop but after 3 seconds it turned off and went back to displaying the green battery charged? so i took it off the charger and i same thing? It seem like it cant stay on and hold a charge and then it said it was 87% when it got turned on and when it went back off showing the charge it said 87 then bam! straight to 100%
Why is this happening? i called Gorilla Gadgets and they said will send out a replacement and that it could be you received a faulty battery.
What are your thoughts on this, and has this ever happened to you guys i mean its ridiculous i bought the battery on the 20th it got processed on the 21st and said it was going to be here by the 23rd didn't show up in-till the 27th i paid for USPS priority mail which means 2 to 3 business days. Well i understand because Christmas but i'm still upset that it took that long to get here and then ending up with a bad battery.
Could it be my phone, because i put 1500 mAh back in and it wouldn't boot but i put it in the charger and booted it up but took off the charger during boot logo and turned off, but then i gave it a few seconds and it turned off without charger just fine?
It is a bad battery. I have 2 bad replacements from Best Buy that do the same thing. 1 will power on but as soon as 3G connects it goes black.
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kennyglass123 said:
It is a bad battery. I have 2 bad replacements from Best Buy that do the same thing. 1 will power on but as soon as 3G connects it goes black.
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Dang, which company or battery do you have?
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Dang, which company or battery do you have?
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They sent me a stupid 1200 mAh battery for a replacement by Lenmar. It took 3 to get a good one. They reimbursed me for getting an OEM off Ebay as well.
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I have a 3500 battery (Ebay) in my rooted epic the battery stats reads 100 percent but when i unplug it it shuts the phone off i know about the battery stats erase in CWM 5 i cleared it but it still saying 100% and i know its not 100 because it has done this b4 when i 1st recived the battery i did break the charge cycle because i use my phone alot for work and plugged and unplugged it alot could that have ruined it
used to work great now its giving me hell
Drain it if possible then Charge it over night and see if it still does it. If not pop in the old battery boot up and then pop in the new one this should update the phone to read the actual percentage.
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You have a bad battery. Same thing happened to me. Put the phone in flight mode. I bet it stays on but as soon as you turn on data, poof it goes. Someone else just had the same issue.
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Try this for kicks and see what happens..wipe battery stats again.. make sure battery is fully charged. Wipe battery stats again, let battery get low, and wipe stats again, then fully charge it. If this doesn't work, u really do have a bad battery.
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i will be trying everything you guys are saying i forgot the part the battery was on charge over night all night last night
zoobear1 said:
i will be trying everything you guys are saying i forgot the part the battery was on charge over night all night last night
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If the phone goes off as soon as it is unplugged the battery cannot provide enough current to keep it on....bad battery. No battery stat clearing in the world is going to magically provide more current.
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Its magically delicious! Lol
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kennyglass123 said:
If the phone goes off as soon as it is unplugged the battery cannot provide enough current to keep it on....bad battery. No battery stat clearing in the world is going to magically provide more current.
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Hey kenny any idea why a 3500 maH would drain as if it were a 1500maH brother has an evo and recently got a new battery and it won't drain correctly it runs through it as if it was still a 1500. And he has calibrated it and charged it for hours......?
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Biggoron said:
Hey kenny any idea why a 3500 maH would drain as if it were a 1500maH brother has an evo and recently got a new battery and it won't drain correctly it runs through it as if it was still a 1500. And he has calibrated it and charged it for hours......?
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There are good and bad 3500 mAh batteries. If you sliced them open, more often then not the cheaper ones are two 1200 mAh batteries so you are probably gaining 30-50% more life if it is a good one. The better ones are two 1500 mAh batteries. If he has gone through the wiping of battery stats and recalibration then it is more than likely not a good set of batteries. The cheaper batteries are not always a good deal.
My 4300mah battery I fully charged it over note.. but when it was done said full at 88%
Now I'm noticing when it drops a few % if u put phone to sleep or come back the displayed% will jump back up a few notches
Its almost acting like a rechargeable case
Could this be cause my phone can't read this battery's mah Max %
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It's possible, but not likely, or others would've mentioned it by now.. The battery may just not be reporting correctly. My old phone had/has similar issues with a 3rd party battery. No matter what it won't charge 86%. But I've noticed I still do get the expected life from a full charge, much more actually! So though it's annoying I just deal with it. Old phone so not a big deal anymore. But after a year and a half, it's still going strong!
I have also noticed sometimes it'll drain kinda quick at the bottom, but once it gets to 3%, it'll stay there for nearly a whole day sometimes!
This is on a MyTouch 3G Slide.
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Yea that's interesting ....it still shows
Normal 1% drain constsntly but stays put when it gets lower...
Its only a knock off brand not like a seidio which is better.
I noticed my first charge and drain it was draining fast so I started to think is this junk...but toward low charge its like the batt stayed hybrenated.
Its gotta be better than the 2100 mah stock... even if it is no name brand 4300mah.
I just hope it cycles and settles with improvement cause now I lost the option for a case by choosing a ext batt which I'm not happy about no case
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Yea that's interesting ....it still shows
Normal 1% drain constsntly but stays put when it gets lower...
Its only a knock off brand not like a seidio which is better.
I noticed my first charge and drain it was draining fast so I started to think is this junk...but toward low charge its like the batt stayed hybrenated.
Its gotta be better than the 2100 mah stock... even if it is no name brand 4300mah.
I just hope it cycles and settles with improvement cause now I lost the option for a case by choosing a ext batt which I'm not happy about no case
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Never understood why people want a brick on the back of their phone. I'm using the Anker 2200 now. Works fine.
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Never understood why people want a brick on the back of their phone. I'm using the Anker 2200 now. Works fine.
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I have one (ZeroLemon 7000 mAh) and I couldn't see myself using it everyday, you might as well be a brick in your pocket. But extended batteries are nice for vacation or if you travel a lot.
To the OP, I've always wondered why extended batteries seem to "charge" themselves when the phone isn't in use for a certain period of time, the ZeroLemon battery I have always does it and I've had it it on 3% and last me a whole day. I guess the phone has a problem calculating and displaying the correct percentage.
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