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Funny Thing About the Extended Battery

My friend had gotten a Inc2 as a replacement for her BB and they sent her the extended for free as well as the regular. She didn't want it so I decided to try it out. I immediately noticed two things:
1) It adds negligible weight but a desired width to the phone, both are nice and work well with my large hands.
2) The backing for the extended battery actually makes clicking on the power button easier. Using the regular battery cover it was almost a chore to turn the screen on as the power button was almost flushed with the case.
So if you're thinking of shelling out moolah for it, it's a good bet you'll still love your phone afterwards.

But how's the battery life?

I have the extended battery also and love it! I just went to the lake for the 4th and didn't charge it from thursday morning until sunday around noon. Granted i didn't use the phone as heavily as usual i still spent around an hour a day on the internet, used gps, talked around 45 mins a day, and sent approx 50 texts a day. So i would say its pretty good!
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SHAKEJONES said:
I have the extended battery also and love it! I just went to the lake for the 4th and didn't charge it from thursday morning until sunday around noon. Granted i didn't use the phone as heavily as usual i still spent around an hour a day on the internet, used gps, talked around 45 mins a day, and sent approx 50 texts a day. So i would say its pretty good!
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Agreed..I get 20 hours with it and I'm heavy user, plus my cell signal is terrible...like 40% time without signal...I just wish I could get a white or red back to it
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it's b.s. though that the original Incredible had a 3500 mah extended battery where this one for the inc 2 is 2150 mah.
i'm waiting until a more powerful extended is available for the inc 2.
on a side note though, i used to have the thunderbolt and got the extended battery for that. the extended battery only helped a little bit but took twice as long to charge.

The only thing about other batteries is they may not work in the phone. I'm not sure about this phone specifically but my fascinate wouldn't charge one of the extended batteries I bought for it because it wasn't OEM. I had to install a custom kernel in order to make it work. In all honesty though, when I'm not on vacation I use the crap out of my phone and I haven't gotten it below 30% in a days time. And I'm sure if I HAD TO, I could go 4-5 days on a charge if I were away from my house/truck

Has anyone tried these?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00510XVG4/ref=mp_s_a_11?qid=1310099306&sr=8-11
Sounds like a good alternative if they fit and improve battery life if even just a little.

TheAtheistReverend said:
Has anyone tried these?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00510XVG4/ref=mp_s_a_11?qid=1310099306&sr=8-11
Sounds like a good alternative if they fit and improve battery life if even just a little.
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that would be cool if you could swap batteries without the phone going off.

drtchocky said:
they sent her the extended for free as well as the regular.
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How did she get one for free? I am about through with my 14 day trial and considering a return because of battery life.
Thanks

I just got a Dinc 2 for a replacement also. I was working on replacing my eris for the 5th time and I was able to talk them into this instead (note this does not happen all of the time). I think they have an abundance of returns on this phone so they are turning them into warr replacements.

Some people are getting new devices out of this, not just refurbs. I think they are using this one because it's one of their cheaper current models.

Thoughts on this battery?

Hey i just bought these, what do ya'll think? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260787324461&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_4717wt_821

I bought one about a week and a half ago. Not name brand and look very similar to this one.
I'm happy! I work 12 hour shifts and I can go all shift HEAVY usage. ( never leaving my phone alone for more than 10 minutes at a time) and I still have about 40% percent left when I get home. I have went around 20 hours before. But make sure you condition it!
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I can almost bet this is not a true 3500 mah but i don't care for the 12 dollars I paid and the fact that I can be at work all day come home and play with my phone for a full 1.5 hours after work and have 35 percent.
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I got this same deal about 6 months ago.. They've been fine batteries and being that you get 2 it's definitely worth it. I had times with certain roms where battery drain was unbelievably high but if you have the right kernel it seemed to do well. I recall netarchy sbc no havs no uv worked very well in the froyo roms..

I wouldn't buy them.
I bought a similar deal with only 1 battery for $15 or so. The charger, battery and back case look similar to the one pictured. I wish I hadn't. The battery last about the same as my stock battery, so I wish I had just gotten a second stock battery I could throw in my pocket. If I want to do that with this battery I have to carry the extra thick battery and a different back.

i have them and love them... i have had mine off the charger for over 16 hours and its at 41% now.. thats with moderate to heavy use for about 8 hours and 8 hours on standby during the night while i slept (i forgot to plug it in)
im using the new mikG 2.0 base rom and it helps pretty good..
i was using juice defender but it lasts longer without it, but without the trickle charger the battery doesnt fully charge so you get that drop at the beginning, but if you put it on the external charger it will fully charge.
best thing i bought for 20 bux, i bought the 2 battery and a charger kit... cant go wrong for 20 bux

Well thanks for all the input! I should get them early next week so i can test them out on my vacation!

Amazon has them and for $8-12 its better than spending $50+ or carrying 3 batteries around.
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1800mah Mugen Power battery?

Anybody have experience with the 1800mah Mugen Power battery? Are they any good? they are the same size as the regular one and fit the stock back cover.

The general consensus in other threads where this was already discussed is that it is a good battery. You might try searching for these threads to see some discussion

nimdae said:
The general consensus in other threads where this was already discussed is that it is a good battery. You might try searching for these threads to see some discussion
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Is this the item?
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/review/product/list/id/638/category/965/
This should fit the incredible 2 with the standard battery cover?

I have one on the way. Hopefully I get a few extra hours a day out of it. It would be nice to not be panic charging throughout the day.

So far not so good. Lasts til right after work for me on normal use. Reminds of the ****ty Seidio batteries
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How long have you been running it 06? So my birthday present is maybe a dud then...

About a week. I've tested lots of batteries and this one is far from impressive. For $45 i feel ripped off
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Great, thanks 06. I'll report back.

I've been using the Mugen 1800 for a couple of months now; I find it does last several hours longer than the stock battery. I am certainly not a heavy user of the phone but I do a lot of reading on it and a lot of google searches. I normally get ~30 - 35 hours between charges. I usually charge over night and then turn the phone off for a bump charge in the morning...works well for me. I especially like that the battery is the same size as the original and does not require a different back.

Great to hear. Familiar with the ole bump charge coming from Dinc 1
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been using this for about a month now, on my days off when I turned off the 3G it can easily last for 60~hr on wifi with minimal usage, only a few voice calls, sms/mms, and browsing. But when I have 3G on, using BT and GPS navigator for two hours, I can get about 10hr before i need charging again.

For an accurate account of my battery usage I guess I could say I get about 8 hours out of it with moderate to heavy usage through the day. With the stock battery I'd average about 10 to 12 hours or so. Heaviest battery use is of course screen and everything else I've checked as very normal (<5%).
I'll give it another week then send it back. Every aftermarket battery I've purchased has been bullcrap. The best batteries I've tried are genuine OEM HTC batteries.
The stock Incredible 1 battery is a 1300mah and I purchased a genuine OEM HTC Touch Pro 2 battery at 1500mah for $15. HUGE improvement. Made my $45 Seidio look like a 1000mah. If I could find a comparable HTC battery with a higher capacity I'd gladly pay the same price as the Mugen for it.

I used the HTC branded EVO4G/Touch Pro2 in my original DInc too, and loved it; I tried it in the DInc2 for a couple of weeks without problems other than the back cover not quite closing completely. I still had good signal strength but it bugged me that the back cover wasn't quite right so I tried the Mugen and have been using it since.

I bump charged three times this morning while the phone was off. Haven't touched the phone until now and i'm at 77%. 2 hrs and 20 minutes and I'm down 23%.
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Wierd. I bump charged yesterday morning; battery stats show up time 1d 3h 56s and I'm at 65%.

edster00 said:
Wierd. I bump charged yesterday morning; battery stats show up time 1d 3h 56s and I'm at 65%.
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I only expect 10 hours or so because I use my phone.
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06stang said:
I only expect 10 hours or so because I use my phone.
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Did you charge your mugen for 12hr as they recommended when you received it? I heard when they are new they need to go through 2 to 3 cycles before you see any improvement.

ben805 said:
Did you charge your mugen for 12hr as they recommended when you received it? I heard when they are new they need to go through 2 to 3 cycles before you see any improvement.
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Yessir. Not my first rodeo....
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backordered. Not shipping till at least the 20th.

Chichitec 1900 mah battery

Anyone heard of or use these batteries? They sell em on Amazon pretty cheap and I'm thinking about ordering. Currently have the 3500 mah from seidio but gettin tired of the thickness.
Link to Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/CHICHITEC-Battery-Charger-Incredible-KNOCKOFF/dp/B003XOUM12
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Mine arrived yesterday
$28.99 for 2 plus a charger. I have a shift but same battery. Took about 3 hours to charge the first one then i stuck it in the phone. Been in there 13 hours so far. Light use last night before bed, some market browsing, couple text and a call. When i woke it's at 76%. Later today i'm going to let it run some movies. I ran 3 hours of movies yesterday with the stock battery and it was in the red so we'll get a comparison. I ordered the batteries thurs morning and they arrived sat morning using their regular usps shipping ca to nv.
post more later.

Yep, picked them up for my son's EVO and I periodically use them when I want a thinner look than my 3500. Put them both through two full drains and have had them a couple months, very nice. Charges take a while but prefer the trickle method. Read both pros and cons, but good experience for me.
Octiproc nvidgpu andrapple posted via the pocket...

comparison
2nd day with the Chichitec 1900 mah battery vs stock 3 month old battery.
Ran the same 2- 1.5 hours movie off the net (using 3g) back to back with stock and the 1900's. So 3 hours straight runtime for each. Also had location/gps checked ON to suck some more battery.
The stock beeped just as the movies ended and it was in the red.
The chichitec was in the yellow and showed 28%.
I've read new batteries new a few days use b4 they break in or take the max charge so i'll do a similar test in a few days.

Thanks keep us posted please
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Thx for the responses mine will be here Wednesday I'll update after a few cycles
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Thank you guys for the updates. I called sprint the other day and asked them if they know of a extended life battery that I could still use the stock back plate. They told me no but the have one with a back they could sell me. I saw this and with your guys updates I decided I am going to buy these and with my girl and I having evos we both can have one. Thank you.
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steve97ta said:
Anyone heard of or use these batteries? They sell em on Amazon pretty cheap and I'm thinking about ordering. Currently have the 3500 mah from seidio but gettin tired of the thickness.
Link to Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/CHICHITEC-Battery-Charger-Incredible-KNOCKOFF/dp/B003XOUM12
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In the pictures on the website in the 1st post they show a "real" vs "fake" battery. Basically from what I can see, the "real" battery has a barcode on it. Then there is a picture that has a ton of batteries all stacked up which I assume is to show how many they have BUT they don't have a barcode on them! So they show you how to tell a real one from a fake one and also show like 500 fake ones in their add!

I noticed that the "real" one say HTC on it and the fake don't
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OK been using 1 of the chicitecs for about a week comparing it to my stock.
Last 2 days results. Ran them both down till they quit. The chicitec had about 27 % left when i woke so went to work to run it down also. Easy winner. This on a shift 4g. I use cpu tuner (not for overclocking) so i get good battery life when the phones sitting idle. For $28.99 can't lose really for 2 batteries even if they didn't last a minute longer. I ordered mine thurs morning and received sat morning using their regular usps shipping from ca to nv.
chicitec
19 hrs 52 minutes
display 4 hrs 10 minutes
includes 7 hours sleep
stock
9 hrs 55 minutes
display 3 hrs 29 minutes
dead b4 bed
Posted this here since it's the same battery as you use.

Where did y'all get these
Link?

first post
ok heres the deal
battery life seems a bit better than stock. maybe cause the stock has lost a little capacity.
the battery seemed thicker than stock. but i removed the label from one of them, it might be thinner actually. stamped on the back is 1550 not 1900.
battery widget monitor says capacity is 1450.
if you're looking for 2 stock batteries ok. if looking for extended don't be scammed.
bought through amazon but my account there shows no purchase. not sure how htcexpress managed that. so i can't leave feedback (negative).

anybody who has these batteries wanna comment on the previous post?I was about to purchase these batteries but i dont want them if they're same as stock,1500 mah.
reading their feedback on amazon it seems very mixed.

pics
pics of the batteries-chicitek
u can the 1550 on the back of the one i removed the red sticker from. (In next post)
thickness is close don't have a micrometer!

1550
1550
false advertisement/htcexpress.com
also if you check the customer revies on this item it stopped months ago.
amazon is checking as to why. stopped by vendor after the most recent comments were negative?

My Review after 6 months of the 3800mah extended battery with cover

In the beginning it gave me around 2-2.5 days worth of battery per charge which was fantastic. The extended battery weighed about 3x the stock battery for outputting almost 2x. I liked the fact that it lifted the phone up so it wouldn't damage the camera lense (since the lense does stick out past the back cover). It was the same plastic as the rest of the phone so it made the phone look stock.
But after about 5 months, the battery capacity greatly decreased to the point where I was getting about 7 hours until I received the 20% battery warning. This battery was preforming worst than the stock battery.
So in the end I went back to the stock battery. What was everyone else's experience with these extended batteries?

Thanks. I was just shopping for an extended battery this morning. My stock battery is still doing okay after 14 months, but I wanted something to counter the effect ICS has had. I saw Seido's on sale at Newegg and was about to pull the trigger, I'll hold off until I hear more.

you might as well give it a try. I bought mine for around 10usd

AssMilk said:
you might as well give it a try. I bought mine for around 10usd
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Would you mind indicating exactly which 3800mAh battery you are reviewing?
Cell phone batteries and memory cards both suffer from a large amount of poor-product masquerading as quality. Reviews of this type of product are not actually helpful unless they identify the specific product, brand, and even seller.
I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if I purchased an extended battery for $10 and it started to go bad after 5-6 months. As comparison, my stock battery went bad after about 13 months. While paying more doesn't guarantee that you'll get something great, it is generally true in my experience that you get what you pay for.

http://www.tvc-mall.com/details/Sam...th-Battery-Cover-3800mAh-BATY-EpicTouch4G-01/

Assmilk......lol
Didnt get it till I watched chappelle show
I ordered the qcell I had the Trexcell which started to go from 10hrs screen on time (wifi) (5-7 3g/4g) to back to stock oem. You should try that one I read nothing but good reviews on it

Kn0wBuddy said:
Would you mind indicating exactly which 3800mAh battery you are reviewing?
Cell phone batteries and memory cards both suffer from a large amount of poor-product masquerading as quality. Reviews of this type of product are not actually helpful unless they identify the specific product, brand, and even seller.
I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if I purchased an extended battery for $10 and it started to go bad after 5-6 months. As comparison, my stock battery went bad after about 13 months. While paying more doesn't guarantee that you'll get something great, it is generally true in my experience that you get what you pay for.
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This is good to know. Thanks.

I bought the trexell 3800 mah battery from amazon. Its flat out amazing. I get 2.5-3 hours of screen on time on stock. With this I get 6+ . Worth every penny!! It always last all day even playing games all day!
http://www.amazon.com/Trexcell-Sams...8957470&sr=8-6&keywords=epic+4g+touch+battery
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I was gonna try the Trex or QCell batteries but held back after reading many so-so and bad reviews. Instead I decided to give the one made by Gorilla Gadgets a shot. I'll be receiving mine this week. I'll post up a review after I've had it for a few days. Hope it's awesome~!

Gorilla gadgets extended battery works really good. Had it on HTC evo, evo shift for my 12 yrs old son. On my ET4G too. No complaints at all.
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altamonte32 said:
Gorilla gadgets extended battery works really good. Had it on HTC evo, evo shift for my 12 yrs old son. On my ET4G too. No complaints at all.
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I hope you're right. I just got mine today and I'm using it right now after it hit 100% charge. I hope this didn't turn out to be a waste of money. How long did the Gorilla batteries last for you on average? (not phone battery life but the actual battery itself life)?

You gotta follow this video how maximize the use of your extended battery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4LjtOqLdA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If you guys need a case for your ET4G wih extended battery check the link below.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006X1FZXC
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my trexcell took a dump awhile back, now my stock battery is doing the same that did (say its charged then freezes and reboots to an empty battery) i just bought 2 cheap extended 3800s on ebay with a battery charger and extended backs for 17bux, will see how these fare in comparison.

I've seen a 4100mah battery on Amazon for about $30
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Jared King said:
I've seen a 4100mah battery on Amazon for about $30
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It's the Qcell, and it's amazing so far
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I have the Trexcell battery and it sucks. It drains so fast that it feels as if I have the OEM battery in the phone.

Prey521 said:
I have the Trexcell battery and it sucks. It drains so fast that it feels as if I have the OEM battery in the phone.
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The Hyperion I got is like that too, I'm sticking with only Qcell for now
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Yeah, after three trexcells, two that need to be thrown out because of bulging, I just got a qcell 4100. I know the number means nothing. It said to do 6 full charge and discharge cycles in the beginning, and let the first one charge for nine hours. I'm on my second charge so far. Don't know if it's true but I read somewhere to charge with the phone off. The first charge ran reaaaly long before dying. Don't know if it was bad batteries or bad external chargers, but both my Samsung externals would only charge the trexcells to 95%, even if it was a 12+ hour charge.

Here I am about 4-5 months in on my 3800 batteries. 1 trexcell and 2 generic. Far as comparing to stock? Stock batteries make me sick now. They drain so much faster. The big ones amaze me how long they last. I do rotate the stockers in so they dont sit and go bad. So ill have a few days of extended then stock then extended ect. The performace of extended is so good I now see the big lump as sexy! I did find a great use for my stockers. (have 4) I was in my best friends wedding the other day and with no case and slim battery the phone slid in tux pocket easy lol. +1 but half way through reception I had to drunken walk way out to car and get spare -1. Right now as I set im about to hit 2 days on Trexcell on the newest Jellyverse sitting at 37% +20.