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[Q]Legit 3500 mAh battery?

I want to extend my battery life. Wondering if anyone's tried anything but the stock 1850 mAh battery? If you have, please provide a place to purchase it. Thanks

JUST GOT ONE IN FROM CHINA...WILL REVIEW IN A COUPLE DAY...IT DOESNT SEEM TO READ THE TEMP RIGHT...trying to kill it now ( i know it doesnt matter but i like to see how quick i can kill it off)

Those batteries are a scam..why bother getting a bigger one anyway, not only do you lose Nfc, the stock battery already lasts a whole day easy

I don't get the problem with the battery, I can watch shows and movies all day at work and still come home with at the worst 40% battery life
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AznDud333 said:
Those batteries are a scam..why bother getting a bigger one anyway, not only do you lose Nfc, the stock battery already lasts a whole day easy
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I dont use NFC anyway, and its 18 bucks big deal...stock battery might last you a whole day but it only last 7-9, 10 at the most for me.
I want a battery that i can use my screen to 100% display setting, let people use my internet via wifi hotspot and not have to worried it die in 3-4 hours. i dont care for aesthetic much it's a f****** phone.

G1_enthusiast said:
I want a battery that i can use my screen to 100% display setting, let people use my internet via wifi hotspot and not have to worried it die in 3-4 hours. i dont care for aesthetic much it's a f****** phone.
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LOL. Please post a review because I wanna get one too

cam1john said:
I want to extend my battery life. Wondering if anyone's tried anything but the stock 1850 mAh battery? If you have, please provide a place to purchase it. Thanks
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The only legit I know is 2000mAh from Mugen Power so far...
2000mah for t-mobile sgs2 battery

Boweezie said:
LOL. Please post a review because I wanna get one too
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well here's my review
it's a POS. i bought a battery from the infuse will be here tomorow and will test it out...yes i know i will get skeptic but if it works i'll be getting 30-40 hours on my phone lol
its not 3500 mah but it is longer than stock

Innocell 3800mAh Super Extended Life Battery
I have used Seido Cells with G1's before and they were still running just like new after 18 months of heavy usage, twice the battery life over stock. The case looked better on the G1 as the back was flush. On one of the phones the case did crack and break after a 3 ft fall. It was a cheap and quick replacement from Amazon, under ten bucks if I remember right.
The one offered is a 3800mah at 69.99 and shipping now.
http://www.seidioonline.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s-II-3800-extended-life-battery-p/bacy38ssg2t-bk.htm

I really want a better battery too, I'm waiting for ANKER to make one for the t989. I have no idea how people manage to squeeze so many hours from there phones on this stock battery, but I usually go 5-7 hours before it dies. I'm not a heavy user but I do have my screen to 100% all the time. I don't mind carrying spare batteries.
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Daddio06 said:
I don't get the problem with the battery, I can watch shows and movies all day at work and still come home with at the worst 40% battery life
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LOL - what a job

If people are really concerned about hte battery life etc, just get one of those mobile chargers. They will charge everything from laptops to cell phones...they are called power packs.
first link on google...came up with this. http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-XP4000-Universal-Rechargeable-Power/dp/B0029U2WTG

There is a lot of fraud on these extended battery

Yeah i agree, there is a lot of fraud with the battery packs. Someone should regulate them and make sure that what they advertise is true.
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Hyperion 3500mah Battery. Any Experiences?

I've been looking at this battery. http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Incredible-3500mAh-Extended-Compatible/dp/B005CJDPRY
It's a 3500mah with the battery cover, for 14.99. Sounds like a steal. Anyone have experience with it? The reviews on Amazon all sounds good but it's amazon, so I don't trust the reviews all that much.

I don't have any experience with it, however - Verizon gave me the extended battery for free.
Try calling them up, and complaining of poor battery life. Like, 6 hours. They will ask you questions about use, recharing, water damage, ect. Play dumb & tell them that you are trying to do everything right (not leave it on charger, don't let battery overheat, turn off battery draining services, ect).
Then, they should (if you phone is under warranty) offer you a batter. At this point, ask for the extended battery, and make sure the rep knows that you want the one that comes with the new battery door.
Should be able to score it for free, worked for me. No screaming, yelling, or cursing required. I just calmly explained the problem. It works because your battery is covered by the mfg. warranty that lasts a year.
Good luck.
Btw, the OEM extended battery is redonkulous. straight up crazy. the only problem is finding a case that does not suck balls.

seejoshplay said:
No screaming, yelling, or cursing required. I just calmly explained the problem.
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Lol I like that
I kinda wanna get the ext. battery too. I have talked to a guy who works for Verizon, I wonder if I could get him to score me one (insert devious laughter here)

Jesus Christ! That makes your phone a giant lol. I don't think I could deal with a battery that enlarges my phone to that extent. I'm good with my stock battery anyway, I get around 1 1/2 days out of it almost always, it's all about how you oc/uv it.

The HTC one is just not that thick. I even made my own case out of the silicone part of a sedio active. A little xacto work, and I have a nifty little bumper. Very punk rock.
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n0yd said:
I've been looking at this battery. http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Incredible-3500mAh-Extended-Compatible/dp/B005CJDPRY
It's a 3500mah with the battery cover, for 14.99. Sounds like a steal. Anyone have experience with it? The reviews on Amazon all sounds good but it's amazon, so I don't trust the reviews all that much.
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WARNING:
Cheap cheap cheap. You get what you pay for.
I'm disgusted with the "antennas" in the battery cover. They are sprayed-on metallic paint. Reception sucks, GPS unuseable, and I am not the only one with this experience. Keep your packaging and receipt, cuz yer gonna want to return it.
I could imagine trying to get away with it if you had a different battery cover, but I highly doubt the thing is even 35oomAh anyway. Cheap is as cheap does. Get the OEM.
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This is the one I purchased. Not "Hyperion" but it looks as though it is the same battery cover. Read the less happy reviews on the hyperion battery, they confirm my suspicions...

(long dead thread, perhaps)...I'd avoid it. I bought one awhile back. While it's fairly decent to begin with, once it's been in use for awhile (months), the maximum charge drops off fast. Oh it'll charge to 100% but as the day goes on, it'll drop drop drop. Swapped it out for one of the HTC 2150 batteries I had and it's like night and day...the OEM battery is only down about 25% since early this morning (the Hyperion would've definitely been well below 50% remaining)

catnapped said:
(long dead thread, perhaps)...I'd avoid it. I bought one awhile back. While it's fairly decent to begin with, once it's been in use for awhile (months), the maximum charge drops off fast. Oh it'll charge to 100% but as the day goes on, it'll drop drop drop. Swapped it out for one of the HTC 2150 batteries I had and it's like night and day...the OEM battery is only down about 25% since early this morning (the Hyperion would've definitely been well below 50% remaining)
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Yeah I'd only trust the OEM one. It's actually really cheap now a days: I saw it for around 10 dollars sometimes less on amazon.

KaiNaeco said:
Yeah I'd only trust the OEM one. It's actually really cheap now a days: I saw it for around 10 dollars sometimes less on amazon.
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Got the OEM 2150 ext battery on Amazon for $11. Could have gotten the Hyperion 3500 for the same price, but I read TheAtheistReverend's review of it and decided on the OEM instead. I can honestly say that performance is so good with the OEM 2150 that I don't think I needed a 3500 mah battery after all.
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jtsrtr13 said:
Got the OEM 2150 ext battery on Amazon for $11. Could have gotten the Hyperion 3500 for the same price, but I read TheAtheistReverend's review of it and decided on the OEM instead. I can honestly say that performance is so good with the OEM 2150 that I don't think I needed a 3500 mah battery after all.
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Yeah i saw some reviews of it. It claimed that the battery back that they gave with the battery also effected 3G connectivity. When I heard that I already didn't want it. So I went OEM.

I have 3500mah battery too... verry powerfull... my inc2 can online more than 15hours... amazing
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KaiNaeco said:
Yeah i saw some reviews of it. It claimed that the battery back that they gave with the battery also effected 3G connectivity. When I heard that I already didn't want it. So I went OEM.
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You actually can use the HTC extended back with the Hyperion (3500) battery.

Has anyone tried one of these cheapo ebay extended batteries?

Found this extended battery on ebay, was wondering if anyone on here has tried it, i know it looks hideous, but if you know your making a trip somewhere it could come in handy if it works the way its supposed to. Its cheap as hell too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/14067375514...XX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649#ht_781wt_1165

9 bucks... can't be too great,
but what can you lose? lol

Seems to me that if the larger aftermarket brands have trouble meeting the stated mAh rating on their batteries, what more of unbranded ones that goes for an even lower value?
I also still have very clear memory on exploding phones from third party batteries years ago

I bought a cheapo 3800mah and it lasts barely longer than my stock extended battery. I wish samsung made an official 3800mah version

evilkokonut said:
I bought a cheapo 3800mah and it lasts barely longer than my stock extended battery. I wish samsung made an official 3800mah version
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Buy 2 stock batteries and solder them together. Works great.
3500 real mah. I didn't think the 2000 extended batteries would fit under the cover from the Hyperion I had here. I agree though, if I can solder it up in an evening, Samsung certainly could work up something.

hopefully more phones in the future will be like the razr and give us a factory extended battery closer to 3000mah.

Razr maxx when I had it for a week was sick! Hard use all day, charged every other day, seriously insane battery life. If that phone ever gets bootloader unlocked, I would be all over it again.
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ttabbal said:
Buy 2 stock batteries and solder them together. Works great.
3500 real mah. I didn't think the 2000 extended batteries would fit under the cover from the Hyperion I had here. I agree though, if I can solder it up in an evening, Samsung certainly could work up something.
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Have you done this solder thing? Any tips?

if you look at the battery in the phone you can see that there is some space at the top of each terminal, use this space to solder a fine piece of copper wire to a second battery. make sure to solder the batteries in parallel, positive to positive and negative to negative, to retain the same voltage.
i remember taking apart a so called 3500mah battery from ebay and they were just two cheap 1500mah batteries tapped together. Apparently in china 1500X2 is 3500.

Why does everyone want extended batteries? 99% of people have access to a power cord most of the day and just don't need it. Granted, I'm new to the phone, but I really hope I don't need to carry around a huge battery or two. Personally I'd rather charge it more often. Just my own opinion.
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I bought a 3600 mAh extended battery for a few dollars on ebay. Despite the fact that it makes my phone look like a beached whale, it totally got rid of my power shortage anxiety. My most useful ebay purchase so far..
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neotekz said:
i remember taking apart a so called 3500mah battery from ebay and they were just two cheap 1500mah batteries tapped together. Apparently in china 1500X2 is 3500.
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Even If it's 1500 that's still 3000mah for less than $10. Pretty good deal.

dwang said:
Even If it's 1500 that's still 3000mah for less than $10. Pretty good deal.
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they start loosing capacity after the first few charges and became unusable after 3-4 months.

neotekz said:
they start loosing capacity after the first few charges and became unusable after 3-4 months.
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As long as you know that I don't see a problem. Spend $10, use it for 6 months, buy another one. Much better than spending $100 for a mugen.
Even the Samsung batteries lose their capacity over time.

albsat said:
Have you done this solder thing? Any tips?
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It needed more space than I felt OK taking up in someone else's thread.. So here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25115863

My opinion about a 4000 mAh mugen battery

Hello guys, I would like to tell you my opinion about a battery that I had the chance to try. I'm talking about a battery produced by Mugen for Samsung Galaxy Nexus, with a capacity of 4000 mAh (more than double of normal rate).
Usually I'm used to use the smartphone with many apps in the background (WhatsApp, Dropbox, Beautiful widget and many other) and i often run games, especially in down time of the day. Im also linked to a carrier that has only 3G. Before attempting the battery I used to utilize three batteries so i can change eachother when the current one is downloaded.
With the Mugen's 4000 mAh battery i have found no problems to arrive safely at the end of the day, even when I spend hours playing.
In addition, the cover included in the package greatly improves the grip (im serius!).
I've tried it for 5-6 days but if you want to get more details, statistics and screenshots you can view this video review (in Italian)
You can buy it from www.mugen-power-batteries.com

Does this battery maintain NFC ability? I've seen some extended batteries that don't and some that do.
Thanks.
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Glad to see you got through the day. I bought a cheap 3800mah battery off ebay for my nexus and I don't think it did any better than the 2100mah extended battery. :-/
That pop out stand seems useful too.

KRJ_87 said:
Does this battery maintain NFC ability? I've seen some extended batteries that don't and some that do.
Thanks.
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Would like to know this also please. I would like to invest in a battery either as replacement or backup but would like to keep nfc so my phone can have sex with the sgs 3
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DriveEuro said:
Glad to see you got through the day. I bought a cheap 3800mah battery off ebay for my nexus and I don't think it did any better than the 2100mah extended battery. :-/
That pop out stand seems useful too.
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bah...i just did the same thing, though i still dont have either the battery or the phone yet. i'll report back when i get both.

I have used the Seidio extended batteries since my Dinc days and I love them. The 3800 monster for gnex does have nfc and it'll last for days with my SlimICS rom.highly recommended. The casing leaves a lot to be desired but its totally worth it for me for battery life.
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mk_ln said:
bah...i just did the same thing, though i still dont have either the battery or the phone yet. i'll report back when i get both.
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You get what you pay for... :-/
I just wanted to believe it was better... but my Screen On time was no better than extended OEM.

DriveEuro said:
You get what you pay for... :-/
I just wanted to believe it was better... but my Screen On time was no better than extended OEM.
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sometimes you get better than what you pay for . I recall getting a cheap 1800mah battery for my i9000 and it definitely lasted longer than the OEM one.

dr.m0x said:
Would like to know this also please. I would like to invest in a battery either as replacement or backup but would like to keep nfc so my phone can have sex with the sgs 3
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The Mugen Power 4000 Mah supports NFC. A larger backcover is included.
The back cover has a kick-stand, this is great for watching video's.
The only disadvantage with the new backcover is that you cannot change backcovers too often. This is due to the vurnable "holding pins"
I have my 4000 Mah for about a month now, and it is awesome! The battery lasts 2,5 day's with heavy usage. Now I just have to find a way to cut out the back of my cardock in a proper way to fit the larger backcover.

Sorry for late reply! The battery is NFC compatible, i've tested it with another phone and it works!
It can totally replace the original battery

Affordable Extended Battery

Does anyone know of a good, reliable extended battery that won't charge up the ass like the Mugen one does? (I'm sorry, but my Fascinate got a whole day on a $20 extended, $100 is unacceptable)
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obsidianchao said:
Does anyone know of a good, reliable extended battery that won't charge up the ass like the Mugen one does? (I'm sorry, but my Fascinate got a whole day on a $20 extended, $100 is unacceptable)
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I got one from an Amazon seller for $12. I think it's 3,700 mah and I easily get a day out of it. However, it's stupid to use something that large and that adds weight and bulk to such a thin and light device. Especially when it's just as inexpensive and easy to simply buy 2 or 3 stock-sized batteries and a wall charger on eBay. I carry 1 or 2 spare batteries in my back pocket and don't even notice they're there. Why wouldn't you do this?

im currently testing this one.
on my 2nd cycle right now with 26% left im at:
21hs up time, 3hrs screen time about 1hr Pandora. been on 4G/3G the whole time with all my radios on but GPS.
it seems like im getting about 30% more life out of this batt vs the OEM. which seems to be getting me over a full day of use with out needing a charge.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787678

obsidianchao said:
Does anyone know of a good, reliable extended battery that won't charge up the ass like the Mugen one does? (I'm sorry, but my Fascinate got a whole day on a $20 extended, $100 is unacceptable)
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MUGEN is a great brand, i know because i own their battery for my G2 and S2, you get what you paid for man. on test i found that the MUGEN outlast the SEIDO by 30-40 min screen on time under hard benching...now this data is of course base on S2 battery.
right now i am testing Hyperion, look for my post, i will give more update soon as i am on my 3rd full charge right now, will bench by the end of the week. I am in talking with MUGEN and Anker to give me a free sample to do a review on their battery,

id agree that "namebrand" batteries tend to yield better results.
in fact i would have personally preferred a Samsung Extended battery. but i cant see spending $100 one a 4000mAh battery from Mugen when a replacement 63Wh batt from Samsung for my M11x is $125.

pieces of cake said:
I got one from an Amazon seller for $12. I think it's 3,700 mah and I easily get a day out of it. However, it's stupid to use something that large and that adds weight and bulk to such a thin and light device. Especially when it's just as inexpensive and easy to simply buy 2 or 3 stock-sized batteries and a wall charger on eBay. I carry 1 or 2 spare batteries in my back pocket and don't even notice they're there. Why wouldn't you do this?
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Just throwing out counterpoints: It can be a hassle to have to shut down, take the phone out of a case (if you have one), swap batteries and put it back together, etc. With an extended, you don't miss a beat. Also, since the phone is thin and light, having a big, heavy battery isn't so bad -- makes it feel about the same as a lot of older phones.
That said, I'm using a stock battery, but have been considering a nice extended battery eventually.

ponyboy82 said:
Just throwing out counterpoints: It can be a hassle to have to shut down, take the phone out of a case (if you have one), swap batteries and put it back together, etc. With an extended, you don't miss a beat. Also, since the phone is thin and light, having a big, heavy battery isn't so bad -- makes it feel about the same as a lot of older phones.
That said, I'm using a stock battery, but have been considering a nice extended battery eventually.
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These are my exact gripes with multiple batts.
Has anyone tried this battery/company in general? http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00757ERD2/ref=aw_ls_1_1?colid=3EACYNGZLF0SP&coliid=I2TMXT0T6H4NMI
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I just don't see how any one can justify carrying extra batteries on a +600$ phone?
I mean the battery life is great already, not shabby by any means. I got 1d 11h with 3 hour screen on time on my Verizon phone this weekend on stock battery. But no call or hotspot like I do during my work day. But a ~2500mAh would probably last me the whole day even on a work day. I'd pay $45 for that with nice cover. (slightly thicker won't be such a bad thing on this phone)
I have few more days before I can return this phone to verizon for full purchase price of 600 bucks. But it's making me think twice about returning it because it's still 2x better than my rooted galaxy nexus.

Carrying extra batteries, at least for me, is zero hassle. They slip into my back left pants pocket and I never even notice they're there. Granted, I can see swapping batteries being somewhat of a hassle for some people but, even if you had an extra step in removing a protective case, how long could it really take? 1 or MAYBE 2 minutes? This phone shuts down quickly and boots up just as fast.