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External battery charger for Universal.

Is there an external charger available for Universal battery.
My old battery shuts down at 34% of power,hence I've purchased a new one.I am a 'heavy' user so I just thought it would be better if there were any external charger available for the spare battery.

kalya said:
My old battery shuts down at 34% of power,hence I've purchased a new one.I am a 'heavy' user so I just thought it would be better if there were any external charger available for the spare battery.
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Hmmmm... I'd be interested in this too. Use a second battery for emergencies when travelling and it's a pain in the arse swapping them and trying to fully charge them both before setting off.

got my battery and the charger from this guy...appox 10.5$ for both
http://myworld.ebay.com/lifestyle0806

That's a pretty good deal, but...
...looking specifically for some kind of cradle charger just for the battery so you can drop it in and charge without it being in the phone... think that's what kalya is after too...

i mean i got the battery and desktop charger for 10.5$...if you need pics or any other info let me know

fallenczar said:
i mean i got the battery and desktop charger for 10.5$...if you need pics or any other info let me know
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Oh, righty! That is good.... Would love some pictures if you can PM me, if not I'll PM my email to ya.
... as per bloody usual, i didn't look at the link properly... you would have thought I'd learn, wouldn't ya
Link's here, kalya http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-Charger...oryZ15034QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ShippingPayment. Many thanks fallenczar! Looks ideal.

here are the pics... they were taken from the uni...so the quality is horrible[]

Man, that's sweet... I'm sold. Just wondering how the battery performs? Is it an official one cos it looks like it?

Ah, well, I bought one anyway... I'm willing to pay that just for the charger, and fallenczar, if you say he's a good seller, that's good enough for me. Many thanks.

SpyderTracks said:
Ah, well, I bought one anyway... I'm willing to pay that just for the charger, and fallenczar, if you say he's a good seller, that's good enough for me. Many thanks.
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well the battery in the pic is the original one...the new battery is SUPERB...this is a pretty handy thing...charges the battery real quick...the only thing you have to be sure of is that you have to put in your charger into the mini-usb port of this charger with a little force as it is quite hard...and the led takes a couple of sec to show the charging indicator

fallenczar said:
well the battery in the pic is the original one...the new battery is SUPERB...this is a pretty handy thing...charges the battery real quick...the only thing you have to be sure of is that you have to put in your charger into the mini-usb port of this charger with a little force as it is quite hard...and the led takes a couple of sec to show the charging indicator
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Sweet... so long as it does the job. I'm impressed, only ordered yesterday and it was shipped this morning. Nice.

Thank you both,fallenczar and spydertracks.It's exactly what I want.Your 'little' discussion answers all questions,thanks again.

One alternative worth considering is http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=4970 which will allow around four or five full charges to the Universal, I have been using the slightly smaller capacity pack for quite a while. Very handy when using the 3G connection, just keep it plugged in to the phone and it tops off the battery - Mike

kalya said:
Thank you both,fallenczar and spydertracks.It's exactly what I want.Your 'little' discussion answers all questions,thanks again.
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Answered mine as well!! Also ordered and received. Thanks for the discussion, guys.

Portable Chargers

Hi,
I wasn't sure where to put this so feel free to move it where it need be.
I recently got a new HD7 (love it!!! ) but unfortunately the battery leaves a little to be desired, it only has a 1230mAh battery. This spring i need to survive a 15hr bus ride to Florida with no plugs in site for the whole time. So my question is who has a portable charger they like and or one that will help me last 15hr? I am looking at the Power Mat portable 2x which should give me almost 7 full charges on it 7800mAh but I am game for anything that will give me lots of power.
Thanks!

nat1 said:
Hi,
I wasn't sure where to put this so feel free to move it where it need be.
I recently got a new HD7 (love it!!! ) but unfortunately the battery leaves a little to be desired, it only has a 1230mAh battery. This spring i need to survive a 15hr bus ride to Florida with no plugs in site for the whole time. So my question is who has a portable charger they like and or one that will help me last 15hr? I am looking at the Power Mat portable 2x which should give me almost 7 full charges on it 7800mAh but I am game for anything that will give me lots of power.
Thanks!
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look at this : http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/htc/htc-hd7-t-mobile-9292.html
you can buy 1800MAh or 3900mAh

hd2leo_fusion said:
look at this : http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/htc/htc-hd7-t-mobile-9292.html
you can buy 1800MAh or 3900mAh
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hummm....... Any idea how long the life time of these is?

nat1 said:
hummm....... Any idea how long the life time of these is?
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nop but mugen make very stronger battery life so u can't buy it eyes closed(i ordered one for my 7 mozart,i wait it )
here is the link for other user using mugen battery for their HTC
-http://bit.ly/dpWGYS

well.... I picked up the powermat, I have to admit its incredible..... its a great accessory for anyone on the go.

That non-standard batteries are ugly!
I have APC UPB10 - portable USB-battery. It is very compact and has capacity nearly 10x more than standard HTC HD7 battery. This thing charges all my gadgets when I am not at home. And I've never been in situation when my portable charger was totally run out of power.

Portable battery pack?

Any know a good brand for portable battery pack to charge the note?
The ones i have looking into:
1. New Trent iCruiser IMP1000 11000mAh External Battery Pack
http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Trent-iCruiser-IMP1000-Blackberry/dp/B004CHMP50
2. Momax iPower Pro 8000mAh Universal Portable Battery Pack
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/momax-ipower-pro-8000mah-universal-portable-battery-pack-p33032.htm
3. Just Mobile Gum Plus 4400 mah
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Mobile-Universal-Charger-iPhone/dp/B002YN4RKU/ref=pd_sim_sbs_ce_1

I use this energizer one...bought it on eBay for about 30 bucks I think...works very well..
http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/us/products/xp4001/

DMax99 said:
I use this energizer one...bought it on eBay for about 30 bucks I think...works very well..
http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/us/products/xp4001/
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Too big for me, wanna small light one and can fit in the jacket.

Why not just get some extra batteries and put them in your wallet
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I'm a Noob, but I would of thought the following would be the best solution
official Samsung products as according to the Samsung manual, none Samsung batteries & chargers may damage your device:
Official Samsung Galaxy Note Holder and Battery Charger
Official Samsung Galaxy Note Replacement Battery:
I'm afraid I'm not allowed to post external links at this time, but if anyone would care to intercede on my behalf and post relevant product link or simply copy&paste to Google search.

bendoe91z28 said:
Why not just get some extra batteries and put them in your wallet
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I had 3 batteries with mine old Desire and it takes time to charge all 3 full. Note takes 3Hx2= 6H.
This time I wanna try out portable battery pack instead and can also charge other device too if needed.
I never used portable battery pack before and just dont know which brands are good or bad ones.
Anyway, I might go for New Trent one, small/light and 11000mah sounds good. Just the cheap price makes me wonder how good can it be?

dt33 said:
Too big for me, wanna small light one and can fit in the jacket.
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it's not that big....almost big as the note, but thicker....
I'm not sure how many charges you can get from small ones...

I took delivery of one of these yesterday, look nice, haven't tried it out yet...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000UH46YY

ive never tried those personally but the primo charger done very well on this review
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...juice-when-you-need-it-and-a-whole-lot-of-it/
also there is this one , supposedly on a discount :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00439G3WS/
ive had a tecknet charger but unfortunately either it was a faulty unit or its just like that where it wasnt able to keep up and charge my Desire HD .
keep this thread updated with feedback guys , much appreciated..
Cheers

The New Trent line of charges are excellent. You won't regret it.
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Just ordered New Trent iCruiser IMP1000 11000mAh External Battery Pack and see how it works out.
And thanks all for suggestions.

The TeckNet iEP380-II 7000mAh I ordered from Amazon.co.uk appears to work fine.
It charged the battery from 40% to 73% in around 1:20 whilst I was watching TV tonight (including the last episode of Dexter, Eek!). I had the Wi-fi on, updated a couple of apps and played with the phone quite a bit, so I'm fairly happy with that.

I'm using Sanyo mobile booster 5000mAh costing around SGD$70~
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I have an Anker Power Bank. It is about half the size of a pack of smokes. It works awesome, and easily slips into ANY pocket.
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-5600mAh-External-Battery-flashlight/dp/B0058QLT42/ref=sr_1_8?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1324421001&sr=1-8

berwhale said:
I took delivery of one of these yesterday, look nice, haven't tried it out yet...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000UH46YY
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I have this one too & can confirm that it's a great little battery pack. It's already saved me a few times in the 2 weeks that I've had it.

Momax iPower Pro Portable Battery Pack
Hi, everyone!
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note and I´m thinking of buying the Momax iPower Pro 8000mAh Universal Portable Battery Pack. Does anyone have any experience with it?
Or can you maybe suggest something similar?
Thanks!

I have ordered one of these http://portablepowersupplies.co.uk/portapowPremium.htm still waiting on delivery but it should work great for the Note when far from a wall socket.

I have the phonesuit primo...nothing but praise for this portable battery. I have only filled it up two or three times in the year that I have had it, but it doesn't seem to lose power over time. I use it for emergencies in charging my Galaxy Tab, and have used it to charge my Nokia E71 and a few friends iPhones. Looks nice as well.

I got mine New Trent iCruiser IMP1000 11000mAh and just for 1 week.
It came with around 75% charged (3 LED lighted) and icould charge the Note from 10-15% both times., still got 1 led left. Then I put it on charge overnight and it took around 14H before fully charged.
From 15% to 100% took around 2H 40min and less then Samsung charger that took 3H 30 min.
Thats is something weird about the 3 leds that display how much battery is left, donnu if it display correct about how much battery left its on the battery pack.
From fully charged, it drops from 3 leds to 1 led in around 2H charge time on mine Note. Donnu if the 3 leds are displaying wrong about how much battery is left, or I need to recharge it few times, before it reach full potential of the battery pack?
Or just the battery pack dont have that 11000 mah juice as the spec say its?
One minor problem, I have, is it cant charge mine bluetooth SonyEricsson MW600, it start to charge it for a while and then stop keep charging it. Had to unplug the microusb cable and replug it to charge it.
Well, gonna wait until recharge it few more times and see how it goes. Right now recharging it for 2 time and update later for more "reviews".

New Trent iCruiser IMP1000 11000mAh
i'm about to take the leap for New Trent iCruiser IMP1000 11000mAh , one last thing , any users who own one can say the pros and cons for it , it aint a cheap unit to purchase, im quite convinced about it but u know , just need the final confirmtion from xda community
cheers

External Batteries

I was just wondering whether external batteries are generally quite reliable, and if so what the best brands are to go for? I am looking for a relatively powerful one - I am not afraid of a little bit of cost, but obviously I don't want to spend masses.
Thanks

Ive got a New Trent and its well built and reliable. The 11000mAH will last you for several days. Have a look on Amazon.

I have a "Just Mobile Pro" or something like that.
4400mAh with 1000mA output.
But the EasyAcc 5600mAh (which I don't have) does sound better and cheaper (on Amazon).

Second new trents 11000mah one that thing is a beast

Chartist said:
Ive got a New Trent and its well built and reliable. The 11000mAH will last you for several days. Have a look on Amazon.
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24inchsub said:
Second new trents 11000mah one that thing is a beast
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yeah i got that bad boy too and its a beast. well worth the price

Chartist said:
Ive got a New Trent and its well built and reliable. The 11000mAH will last you for several days. Have a look on Amazon.
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Thanks not heard of New Trent before. Looks good. Can you confirm it's output charging current though? I can't find the spec on it anywhere. I'm assuming it's the full 1A, as it says it can charge an iPad, but could you please confirm? Looks like I'll be needing one!
Cheers.

wnp_79 said:
Thanks not heard of New Trent before. Looks good. Can you confirm it's output charging current though? I can't find the spec on it anywhere. I'm assuming it's the full 1A, as it says it can charge an iPad, but could you please confirm? Looks like I'll be needing one!
Cheers.
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i can try to charge my ipad when i get home haven't tried actually.

I bought the Anker 5600mAh battery for my HTC Desire. Great quality, compact and it fits in my pocket very nicely. I bought it for $30 on ebay
http://www.ianker.com/products_astronew.html

gordongartrell said:
I bought the Anker 5600mAh battery for my HTC Desire. Great quality, compact and it fits in my pocket very nicely. I bought it for $30 on ebay
http://www.ianker.com/products_astronew.html
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Flashlight feature's a nice touch.

isound portable external battery. Has built in flashlight too. Comes in two flavors, 16000mah and 8000mah.
If you look around you can find it cheaper elsewhere
http://www.isound.net/shop-by-type/accessories/i-sound-portable-power-16000-mah.html
Zagg Sparq 2.0 6000mah. Not worth the $100. Went on sale for $50 before..
Love the design and its built it power plugs. Loses charge over time. Google user reviews.
http://www.zagg.com/accessories/zaggsparq.php

knoxploration said:
Flashlight feature's a nice touch.
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It's good and bad . I was on the train heading home from work and I was charging my phone with the Anker charger. I accidentally pressed the power button twice and the flashlight turned on. Sitting across from me was this fairly attractive woman with a skirt on. She automatically crossed her legs and looked at me weird. I hope she doesn't think that i'm a pervert.

gordongartrell said:
It's good and bad . I was on the train heading home from work and I was charging my phone with the Anker charger. I accidentally pressed the power button twice and the flashlight turned on. Sitting across from me was this fairly attractive woman with a skirt on. She automatically crossed her legs and looked at me weird. I hope she doesn't think that i'm a pervert.
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Hah! Good thing I didn't have a mouthful of soda there...

Good thing to remember with external battery packs is that during usage some of the charge goes to charging the battery while some is lost in heat. I think I read some where its normaly 30-40%. So for example a 11000mah battery will give you some where near 6600mah of charge so about 3 and half charges of the HTC One X.
I'm considering either the:
TeckNet® iEP387 7000mAh Dual-Port 2.1Amp Output Universal USB Battery Bank
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
New Trent iCruiser IMP1000 11000mAh External Battery Pack
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
Although not 100% sure I need either at the moment

HTC-Gunge said:
Good thing to remember with external battery packs is that during usage some of the charge goes to charging the battery while some is lost in heat. I think I read some where its normaly 30-40%. So for example a 11000mah battery will give you some where near 6600mah of charge so about 3 and half charges of the HTC One X.
I'm considering either the:
TeckNet® iEP387 7000mAh Dual-Port 2.1Amp Output Universal USB Battery Bank
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
New Trent iCruiser IMP1000 11000mAh External Battery Pack
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
Although not 100% sure I need either at the moment
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The heat loss is inevitable but the capacity should be unchanged.
What the heat loss means is that you need more than 11000mAh to charge up the full 11000mAh battery due to the losses.
The tecknet is very good value. I am considering it at the moment

tsleng said:
The heat loss is inevitable but the capacity should be unchanged.
What the heat loss means is that you need more than 11000mAh to charge up the full 11000mAh battery due to the losses.
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Yes but I'm talking about in the other direction. So once you have 11000mAh in the device and you charge a device that take 1800mAh you will actually use aprox 2520mAh in doing so. My numbers and calculations maybe a little flawed but my point is that you cant do a simple 11000 / 1800 = 6.1 charges as you need to take into account heat loss which is around 30 - 40% (so I read on one of the amazon reviews)
Either way both devices are nice and cost quite reasonable.

Hampa_D said:
i can try to charge my ipad when i get home haven't tried actually.
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tried it with my ipad last night and it worked great, it worked as if it was on AC

Have got the Tecknet IEP987 7000mah battery myself. Has run through two charges of a sensation XL and my Fiio Headphone amp, and still around half full.
Am more than happy with it.

HTC-Gunge said:
Yes but I'm talking about in the other direction. So once you have 11000mAh in the device and you charge a device that take 1800mAh you will actually use aprox 2520mAh in doing so. My numbers and calculations maybe a little flawed but my point is that you cant do a simple 11000 / 1800 = 6.1 charges as you need to take into account heat loss which is around 30 - 40% (so I read on one of the amazon reviews)
Either way both devices are nice and cost quite reasonable.
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Ah yes of course. Did not realise you were talking about the other way round charger>>phone
Not sure how efficient but if say 10% loss, we still get around 5 times charge with a 11000mAh batt. to a One X.
I am leaning towards the 7000mAh. Not sure if I need it or not...

tsleng said:
Ah yes of course. Did not realise you were talking about the other way round charger>>phone
Not sure how efficient but if say 10% loss, we still get around 5 times charge with a 11000mAh batt. to a One X.
I am leaning towards the 7000mAh. Not sure if I need it or not...
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Also don't forgot not to simply divide the battery pack's capacity by your phone's battery capacity to see how many times it will charge, unless you are charging it with the phone turned off.
With the phone on it is obviously using the usual amount for running the phone, whilst it is being charged. Add the current being drawn for keeping the phone running (say 250mA when awake) for the time it takes to charge (for me 2 hours) and you are looking at 500mAH. Add that to the capacity of your phone battery before dividing it by the capacity of your battery pack to figure out how many charges you'll get from it. Figures used are just for example purposes. Use a current widget if you want to know how much your phone is using.
Plus like a phone's battery, a new battery pack will take several charge cycles to reach full performance. Where as with a phone's battery which only takes about 2 weeks (charging it every day), a battery pack will take that much longer to get the full performance out of, as you wont likely be charging it more than once a week/month.
And then there's the battery indicators. These New Trent ones look sensible, but I once purchased a Proporta Turbocharger 5000mAHr unit. It had three blue LED battery status lights that were always on if charging. If you looked directly at them they'd burn your retinas out your skull. They could be seen from space. Stupidly and comically bright. They HAD to eat into some of the capacity.
Copper losses over the cable at the distances involved in your average charging cable will be negligible. If you really want to reduce it, don't use those silly skinny retracting yo-yo charging cable things that some of them come with. Use a decent quality USB to microUSB cable. The higher the guage of the cable and quality of copper, the less volt-drop there is. I keep a good few of these kicking about at home as they are well made but not too costly, and come with a nice cable tidy clasp...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-NOKIA-CA-101-CA101-USB-DATA-CABLE-LEAD-5230-/140579882085?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccesories_MobilePhoneDataCables_JN&hash=item20bb36c465

fi3ry_icy said:
since the battery isnt gonna be removable, i am currently considering buying a portable charger..
here are some i found.. would like an opinion on which capacity would be good..
http://www.netimes.com/shop/power-master-9600mah-portable-mobile-power-p-3052.html?cPath=445_711
http://www.netimes.com/shop/2000mah...pack-with-led-light-p-3264.html?cPath=445_711
http://www.netimes.com/shop/dualport-5000mah-external-battery-pack-p-3109.html?cPath=80_731
http://mobilemate.yetaa.com/accessories/pineng-5000mah-power-bank.html
the last link has the same capacity as the 2nd last but it is way cheaper.. is it safe?
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here u go..
posted this in another thread..
cheers..

question about Anker bettaries

i want to order Anker batteries 2200 on amazon ... is that batteries must be charged by the external charger or can be charged as the normal batteries inside the mobile

mina_munchy said:
i want to order Anker batteries 2200 on amazon ... is that batteries must be charged by the external charger or can be charged as the normal batteries inside the mobile
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It can be charged inside your phone or with the external charger.....(Captain Planet voice) "THE POWER IS YOURS!!!!"

Superman0069 said:
It can be charged inside your phone or with the external charger.....(Captain Planet voice) "THE POWER IS YOURS!!!!"
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Yes, however don;t expect a car charger to keep up with it, at least mine won't

idbl_fanatic said:
Yes, however don;t expect a car charger to keep up with it, at least mine won't
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You need a good car charger then. I spent like $45 on mine, has a "high output"

mina_munchy said:
i want to order Anker batteries 2200 on amazon ... is that batteries must be charged by the external charger or can be charged as the normal batteries inside the mobile
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They can be charged either way, though they will charge fastest when you plug the charger into the wall and put the battery directly into it. This is probably also best for the battery life in the long run.

Any updates about the quality of the battery? I just ordered one off amazon myself, hahaha. My current battery lasts 4 hours if I'm lucky on any rom, so I figured it was time for a new one.

Good call! :good:
Psiryu said:
Any updates about the quality of the battery? I just ordered one off amazon myself, hahaha. My current battery lasts 4 hours if I'm lucky on any rom, so I figured it was time for a new one.
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I sure hope it's good, I bought a set on amazon and I'm going to start using it tomorrow. I've noticed a drop in my oem battery life, so thought I'd give these a try.

coltonbauman said:
I sure hope it's good, I bought a set on amazon and I'm going to start using it tomorrow. I've noticed a drop in my oem battery life, so thought I'd give these a try.
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I have those batteries and ordered them thru amazon..They work great!! but you get better charging with the charger that comes with it that connect to the wall socket. after you see the blue light..leave it for 15 more mins..as it get better charge!! They're just about the same as the stock batts..No NFC also.

ed20932 said:
I have those batteries and ordered them thru amazon..They work great!! but you get better charging with the charger that comes with it that connect to the wall socket. after you see the blue light..leave it for 15 more mins..as it get better charge!! They're just about the same as the stock batts..No NFC also.
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I like these batteries so far. I've been charging just through plugging my phone in, and I've seen no issues. The charget hey come with is handy too.

coltonbauman said:
I like these batteries so far. I've been charging just through plugging my phone in, and I've seen no issues. The charget hey come with is handy too.
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Does the 2200 battery fit with the stock cover plate?.. I have the S3 and my wife has the S2 so I dont much about the S2 phone.

I have these batteries and yes, they fit the stock backplate. I give them 4/5 for stock replacement just because no NFC. Actual charge capacity is great for the stock size.
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