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Cases that work with Extended Battery Cover

So I got the Extended Battery this weekend and the extended Battery Door/cover wont fit in my Best Buy Rocket dog Snap on case (sucks!). Anyone know what case will fit the droid x with the extended battery? Any snap on thin case like the one I have? Any pics?
Thanks

synplex said:
So I got the Extended Battery this weekend and the extended Battery Door/cover wont fit in my Best Buy Rocket dog Snap on case (sucks!). Anyone know what case will fit the droid x with the extended battery? Any snap on thin case like the one I have? Any pics?
Thanks
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You can do what I do and simply leave the back door off when you put the case on it.... The extended battery sits flush really.

Or you can just use the standard battery door cover. It will still fit.

I saw in another post that someone who used the standard cover with the extended battery said it looked like it was putting a bit of pressure onto the inside of the phone (I can't remember when or who posted this, sorry, so no link, but it was on xda I believe). So if that's true, that's probably not a good thing to do.

It does put pressure on some components if you use the stock battery cover. You can see it clearly about half way up the screen, and applying any pressure against the cover results in "pretty colors" on the screen. I tested it and quickly decided against such. I'm most concerned what would happen if further pressure would be applied to the screen or phone in pocket, and what could happen in even a minor drop. I use a clear snap on case, it stays on reliably.

I'm currently using my extended battery with the original thinner back cover so I can keep my phone in my Snap on case. There wasn't much pressure and im not seeing any effects on my screen but my phone back is heating up much more then usual. I also know that battery expand when they heat up, so I'm worry about future pressure issues with my original back cover.
So I'm looking for a snap on cover that will fit the extended back cover.

I have also learned you can just take the back cover of the Droid X off, and use a thinner hard shell case without adverse effects.

I'm rocking it with my cheap TPU case. Fits nicely and I like the TPU for 'drop protection' over a brittle case.

InfamousDX said:
I'm rocking it with my cheap TPU case. Fits nicely and I like the TPU for 'drop protection' over a brittle case.
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Have a TPU case myself...loving it and fits perfect with extended battery and door

I am using the stock battery door with the extended battery and have not had any problems. I can push on the back cover with quite a bit of force and there aren't any discolorations on the screen. The cover was slightly more difficult to slide on, but once I did it the first time it now goes on perfectly without any extra pressure. I am also not noticing any extra heat from doing this. I have a battery widget that shows me the temperature and I logged the temps for a day with standard battery and then again the extended and if there was any difference it was always less than 2 degrees fahrenheit.

Lucky, my standard door over my extended battery leaves a dark mark near the middle of the screen. So back to the extended door for me

After five days, I can confirm the otterbox commuter case works perfectly with the extended battery and cover.
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I purchased the Seidio Rugged case and it fits both the standard and extd battery.

Which TPU cases are you guys using or where did you buy them? I need 3 for all my Droid X's

The Trident case works as well.

I have the OtterBox Defender Series case and it fits great with the Motorola extended battery installed.
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Wow, maybe I received defective otterbox cases, but neither defender nor commuter works perfectly with my extended battery and cover.....ok, but definitely not perfect!
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Dr.Dad said:
Wow, maybe I received defective otterbox cases, but neither defender nor commuter works perfectly with my extended battery and cover.....ok, but definitely not perfect!
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Yeah, I didn't notice for a good while it as its hard to tell, but the commuter does not set perfectly flush with the screen along the side with the extended cover on. That lets some dust in.

Has anybody tried the sedio innocase surface with the extended battery cover? I am thinking about getting the extended battery and this is the case I use.
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I have the seidio innocase surface combo and just received the extended battery. I can use my case with the extended battery door. It barely separates the middle of the case. I was able to get the stock battery door on the extended battery with no problem whatsoever. Either way I am happy with it. The extra battery life is incredible.
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[Q] Can Otterbox Defender be modded to fit an extended battery?

I know many of us want to know, so to all the Defender owners out there (I'm still waiting for mine from Amazon) can it be modded to work with the 2600mAh battery or one of the 3500mAh eBay batteries? The commuter is just a tad to small for it to work, I'm hoping the answer is yes for the Defender.
I've ordered a 2nd battery door that I'm planning on cutting out a hole in so the battery pokes out. I suppose you could roll without a battery door at all as well. The next step would be to cut out the inside silicone membrane of the Defender to make room for the battery. At least that's my plan anyway.

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I know many of us want to know, so to all the Defender owners out there (I'm still waiting for mine from Amazon) can it be modded to work with the 2600mAh battery or one of the 3500mAh eBay batteries? The commuter is just a tad to small for it to work, I'm hoping the answer is yes for the Defender.
I've ordered a 2nd battery door that I'm planning on cutting out a hole in so the battery pokes out. I suppose you could roll without a battery door at all as well. The next step would be to cut out the inside silicone membrane of the Defender to make room for the battery. At least that's my plan anyway.
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Sounds exciting my man. Waiting to see the final product

I too am wanting to know the answers to this question...
after looking at a defender case on a friend's Iphone I was thinking it may be possible... but you would prolly have to cut some of the Defender's hard casing up to make it all fit
we really just need someone who has one and an extended battery to "eyeball" it for us

bump...
I really wish a Defender owner could chip in here

OneStepAhead said:
I know many of us want to know, so to all the Defender owners out there (I'm still waiting for mine from Amazon) can it be modded to work with the 2600mAh battery or one of the 3500mAh eBay batteries? The commuter is just a tad to small for it to work, I'm hoping the answer is yes for the Defender.
I've ordered a 2nd battery door that I'm planning on cutting out a hole in so the battery pokes out. I suppose you could roll without a battery door at all as well. The next step would be to cut out the inside silicone membrane of the Defender to make room for the battery. At least that's my plan anyway.
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I wouldn't see why not, but you'll be cutting through the hard plastic, not the silicone, the defender has the plastic on the inside and rubber on the out,so it will allow a bit of leeway depending on the elasticity of the silicone wrap. But without first seeing how far the 2600mAh battery sticks out, or knowing the thickness of the Otterbox's plastic, it's kind of a measure it and find out or just do it and find out.

Judging from pictures the 3500 battery looks to be about 2 times thick as stock. Which should put you about flush with the camera lens without the stock battery door. Everything looks like it should work hollowing out the inside of the defender exept they moved the kickstand up a little higher so you probably wont have enough meat there to support it.

i think the kickstand would be in the way... unless you want to cut that out completely and have no kick stand.
Im looking at my commuter and see the possibility of cutting out the battery back along with modifying the seidio battery cover to remove the rails... it should work better than on the defender.
dont know whether or not i want to commit to sticking a dremel tool in my case and doing some surgery.... i miss my extended battery though.

I have a defender case that I was willing to cut out but after studying it I realize its not worth even trying. The kickstand area would have to be completely cut out, the protector for the camera lens and led would also have to be cut out because the bottom edge would have to be cut for the battery to go through. The only hope is one of the seidio extended cases, the rugged in particular.
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I currently am using the rugged but dont have the extended but my sister in law does so ill do some investigating and ill post back the results. I think it should be ok but itll lose the silicone camera lense cover. Theres no kickstand so thats good. Only prob i think is the plastic outer might be too narrow.

Keep us posted, if it works I will buy one in a heartbeat. I can't stand having my EVO naked any longer but don't want to lose the extended battery either.
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For the amount of cutting that would need to be done, it probably would not be worth it. There is a lot of plastic to knife through. The silicone isn't terribly flexible either.
The case would be butchered due to fitment. Not worth spending $30 to essentially destroy a decent case.

I did it!
I have a big fat 3500 mah battery.
I also own a Defender. I put my EVO in the plastic Defender case WITHOUT the battery back on. I did not try to close the plastic case (it won't close), I just carefully stretched the rubber exterior over my ghetto rig and voila, IT FITS!
The answer is:
1) Leave the battery back off.
2) Don't try to clip the plastic case closed.
3) Carefully stretch the rubber exterior over.

Take pics I wanna seeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

No need, just looks like a slightly fat defender.
Mitchell's EVO

mitchellvii said:
I have a big fat 3500 mah battery.
I also own a Defender. I put my EVO in the plastic Defender case WITHOUT the battery back on. I did not try to close the plastic case (it won't close), I just carefully stretched the rubber exterior over my ghetto rig and voila, IT FITS!
The answer is:
1) Leave the battery back off.
2) Don't try to clip the plastic case closed.
3) Carefully stretch the rubber exterior over.
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So what about the 2600mAh one from Sprint. If I leave the back door off do you think the case would go together?

ClevelandWheeler said:
So what about the 2600mAh one from Sprint. If I leave the back door off do you think the case would go together?
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I tried it and the hard case won't go together.
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jeriel05 said:
I tried it and the hard case won't go together.
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The plastic case wont snap shut but if you stretch the rubber over it it works fine.

jeriel05 said:
I tried it and the hard case won't go together.
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The plastic case wont snap shut but if you stretch the rubber over it it works fine.
** However, with an extended battery and the Defender Case, you have transformed your sleek EVO into a big ass heavy brick.

[REVIEW] Seidio Innocase Extended Rugged Combo

Here's my review of Seidio's new case protecting EVOs with the extended battery. PLEASE let me know what you think, and feel free to be as brutally honest as possible.
http://wrlsfanatic.wordpress.com/20...edextended-rugged-skin-skeletonholster-combo/
EDIT: Whoops, forgot to mention typing with the rugged case on... kind of a huge deal. Updated.
EDIT 2: Added the rest of my pictures. The quarter pictures show just how much bigger this is than the regular extended case.

Can you do me a quick favor? Can you put your phone into the holster and attach the holster to your regular sized belt like a dress/casual style belt PLEASE!! I have a fried that had the standard rugged for his evo and his complaint was that the belt clip when attached to a regular belt would flop around and not sit snugly.

Is this with all the pieces on? according to seidio's site you have to purchase the innocase extended piece as well to use the case. I purchased the innocase active "limited edition" a couple months back, & to me it made my phone feel alot bulkier, kinda' like a brick, not to mention the silicone was a lint trap. I'm still debating over seidio's offering, or the sprint extended battery that comes with two battery covers, seidio seems alot more expensive since i would have to buy the battery, & still buy all the other pieces to make it work, what do you guys think?

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Can you do me a quick favor? Can you put your phone into the holster and attach the holster to your regular sized belt like a dress/casual style belt PLEASE!! I have a fried that had the standard rugged for his evo and his complaint was that the belt clip when attached to a regular belt would flop around and not sit snugly.
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The clip definitely has some room to move, but on me it's fine. I'm not a huge guy, but I certainly have some love handles, and they - I'm sad to say - would keep the phone in place just fine for me. I could definitely see someone that is thinner having trouble keeping the phone in place. Honestly, that's not my biggest gripe with that clip. It is going to CONSTANTLY turn the display on and off.
@Dog, first off, the Sprint extended battery is nice for not increasing the phone's size much, but there are ZERO cases for that phone. The only way to put a case on a phone with that extended battery on it would be to mod one... not my forte. I wanted the extended battery, so I didn't hesitate to buy the Seidio one BECAUSE I knew they had one case for it (the Innocase Extended) and were working on another (the Innocase Extended Rugged). If you don't care to have a case on your phone, then the Sprint one might be fine for you.

The modification isnt complex and the bonus is that with the sedio rugged you cant tell that the 2600 battery is even in there except for the little extra weight which make me feel more secure in holding my phone. But if you got burger king hands this may not be for you.....lol
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Could you post some pics of the case in the holster and clipped onto a belt? Or at least just take a couple pics from the side so I can see how big of a gap the clip has

Case with belt clip

I just bought a $3 (with shipping) plastic case with belt clip on Ebay, and it was a bust. Its securing clip locks into the detent for the battery cover and the only way to remove the phone from the case is to wrestle it loose, and in most cases the battery cover pops off in the process. Unacceptable.
I only need a cheap case for the gym, something that gives access to the earphone jack and has a belt clip. I would also like for the phone to be removable easily. Any other time and the phone stays in my pocket. Any recommendations?

Why not try one of the arm band pouches that people always put their iDevice in?

iclick said:
I just bought a $3 (with shipping) plastic case with belt clip on Ebay, and it was a bust. Its securing clip locks into the detent for the battery cover and the only way to remove the phone from the case is to wrestle it loose, and in most cases the battery cover pops off in the process. Unacceptable.
I only need a cheap case for the gym, something that gives access to the earphone jack and has a belt clip. I would also like for the phone to be removable easily. Any other time and the phone stays in my pocket. Any recommendations?
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You get what you paid for.

iclick said:
I just bought a $3 (with shipping) plastic case with belt clip on Ebay, and it was a bust. Its securing clip locks into the detent for the battery cover and the only way to remove the phone from the case is to wrestle it loose, and in most cases the battery cover pops off in the process. Unacceptable.
I only need a cheap case for the gym, something that gives access to the earphone jack and has a belt clip. I would also like for the phone to be removable easily. Any other time and the phone stays in my pocket. Any recommendations?
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If you don't have a case on your phone, check this out. More than 3 bucks but this is the type of thing you're looking for:
Can't hyper link, I'm apparently too new.
Search on amazon for "Seidio Spring-Clip Holster"
You really just need a holster.

i bought this case and really like it,
http://www.amazon.com/Verizon-Wirel...RL0U/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1325123854&sr=8-4
6.55 shipped
belt holster is rotatable and has a velvetish lining to protect the screen it is my main case out of the 4 i bought

Go to Verizon and get one..... Yea its 20 bucks... But Hella worth it......
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Jester1614 said:
i bought this case and really like it,
http://www.amazon.com/Verizon-Wirel...RL0U/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1325123854&sr=8-4
6.55 shipped
belt holster is rotatable and has a velvetish lining to protect the screen it is my main case out of the 4 i bought
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I got this case when I first got the phone. I wasn't sure I would like it. That was 8 months ago.
About a mount back, I took the clip off my belt and just dropped the clip on the floor in the bedroom. Somewhere in the process I stepped on it and cracked it. So at $7 I just bought two more (the cracked one actually still worked fine).
This case usually is great because of the texture that keeps it from slipping.
But just last night at work, I was carrying my phone and as I moved it from one hand to the other, it slipped. It went crashing to the concrete floor and slid about 8 feet. I can't find a mark on the phone or case anywhere. hard to believe but even the case is spotless from the fall to the concrete.
One of the best investments I have made right there.

Amazon/Verizon Holster
That Amazon/Verizon Holster is the same one I have. But I overpaid at Verizon. $20. Get it at Amazon. Verizon makes enough in overcharging. It is the exact same one. I really like it also. But I will warn you, this one too is a bit tough to get out of the holster without "popping the back. It is made to be snug. The brand Imprinted on mine is Qmadix. Hope this helps.

Jester1614 said:
i bought this case and really like it,
http://www.amazon.com/Verizon-Wirel...RL0U/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1325123854&sr=8-4
6.55 shipped
belt holster is rotatable and has a velvetish lining to protect the screen it is my main case out of the 4 i bought
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This. Ordered it with amazon prime yesterday and got it today. Also let me be the first to tell you I have tried just about every case, and this basic shell/holster always comes out best.

Jester1614 said:
i bought this case and really like it,
http://www.amazon.com/Verizon-Wirel...RL0U/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1325123854&sr=8-4
6.55 shipped
belt holster is rotatable and has a velvetish lining to protect the screen it is my main case out of the 4 i bought
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I got this a verizon for $20. Like another poster, I was really happy with it untol I stepped on the belt clip on the flor and cracked it. Found it on Anazon and bought two. This works VERY well IMHO. I've tried others, and always return to this.

I have been using the Platinum case with clip from Best Buy. I believe its the same as the Seido. Looks great, and has protected the phone well, and the clip is easy and convenient to use.

Shipping is double the cost of the holster! Are they still $20 at Verizon?
This was my favorite case for my Droid X! Always seemed to come back to this one bc of its size and it comes with a belt clip.

I have the platinum case that came with a belt clip that you can attach to the cover.
But it was about $30 if I remember.

Otterbox+extended battery is a go.

I have the CDMA Galaxy Nexus and I put it in an otterbox on the first day. When I found out Verizon was selling the extended battery half-off , I dithered. Would it fit my Otterbox? I ordered it, received it, pulled the old battery, and put the new one in. I put n the extended battery back.... and couldn't get the Otterbox to lock on... that is until I put the original battery backing on instead.
Yes, you can use the extended battery with the original back and still fit it in the otterbox. It is a tight fit. The plastic pegs barely line up, but it works. Very pleased for a bit more battery life and my phone still being safe.
**EDIT** I have the Otterbox Defender

are you using defender or commuter? it is a snug fit for commuter with extended battery using original backplate, but i need to cut the rubber skin where the battery is to get the NFC chip working

I am using the defender.

Nuts. I had hoped you were talking about the commuter. The defender is freaking huge, and then add in that the rubber makes it nigh impossible to get out of your pocket.
I had the defender for my Nexus One and got rid of it after a month or two. It got to be that if I needed to get the phone out of my pocket while sitting down, I was screwed.

Yeah, sorry. I use the belt clip, but feel like I am carrying around a tablet.
I can barely get it in my pant pocket.