I bought a "3500mAh EXTENDED BATTERY+DOOR Fr SAMSUNG Captivate I897" from E-bay. So far, so good. I recommend it to anyone who wants a great boost in battery life. Plus it's less than $10. I am running FASTY II 2.0. I's say medium usage, mostly texting, and checking email, and Facebook.
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Shoot! And I thought I had the latest and greatest with my excellent 3300 mAh Seidio Extended Battery. Now it doesn't feel so excellent anymore.
I just bought one cause the low price, thanks for showing us this.
You're welcome
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beast534 said:
I bought a "3500mAh EXTENDED BATTERY+DOOR Fr SAMSUNG Captivate I897" from E-bay. So far, so good. I recommend it to anyone who wants a great boost in battery life. Plus it's less than $10. I am running FASTY II 2.0. I's say medium usage, mostly texting, and checking email, and Facebook.
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can i get a link
Display time???
& voice calls time??
Just curious...is the an installulous like app for the android
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Just search "3500mAh EXTENDED BATTERY+DOOR Fr SAMSUNG Captivate I897" on E-bay and you'll find it.
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Display time???
& voice calls time??
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My display at the time was probably around 3-4 hrs. Voice calls was <1hr.
ukiani said:
Just curious...is the an installulous like app for the android
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No, it's just a menu option to view battery usage.
I can vouch for this battery, it freakin rocks! & It's a few bucks cheaper now, I got it at $15 shipped a while back.
I was on Fasty 2.3 when I tested the battery, medium usage overall...heavy texting though.
Edit: Hmmmm....now that I see that picture, I wonder why my phone didn't include stats for my WiFi or calls or stuff like that. Weird.
Not to be a Debbie-Downer, but out of four of these that I have received, only one seems to put out more juice that the OEM batt. That being said, I love the one that works!
I ordered a pair of these from ebay. One wouldn't hold a charge for more than a few minutes. I contacted the seller and told them that one of the batteries was bad. They ended up sending two more as a replacement. Out of the four, one is great (I would guess maybe 2500 mAh?), one is around the same as the OEM battery, one I get constant reboots with, and the one that doesn't hold a charge.
I love my one that works. It was well worth it for the price, but clearly there are some quality issues going on.
thinking about getting one of these if I go on a larger trip. I allready have a spare 1650mAh Battery though.
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thinking about getting one of these if I go on a larger trip. I allready have a spare 1650mAh Battery though.
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It's just good to know I can use my phone heavily and not run out of battery before the day's end. Of course if you're playing graphic intense games then that will never be possible.
I might check this out. Ever since I got on the 2.3.4 gingerbread roms and running Dark Core/Talon my battery life has gone to crap.
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I received my bad boy today. I cut my rubber case so it protrudes out, and I honestly don't mind it. It makes holding the phone somewhat nicer, than a flat brick. I charged it for only 2 hours, but now i'm letting it go for 8. Then i'll wipe stats and whatnot. But it's pretty damned nice so far. When I received it, it was at 45%, and it took atleast two hours of 3d games to bring it to 25%. I'm really amazed this was $10, and I paid for faster shipping ($5).
It seems really worth the price, and I would like to thank the poster again for mentioning this.
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I received my bad boy today. I cut my rubber case so it protrudes out, and I honestly don't mind it. It makes holding the phone somewhat nicer, than a flat brick. I charged it for only 2 hours, but now i'm letting it go for 8. Then i'll wipe stats and whatnot. But it's pretty damned nice so far. When I received it, it was at 45%, and it took atleast two hours of 3d games to bring it to 25%. I'm really amazed this was $10, and I paid for faster shipping ($5).
It seems really worth the price, and I would like to thank the poster again for mentioning this.
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You're very welcome. I'm glad you are having good results also. I've been using this for about a week now, still getting great performance.
I can attest to this battery as well. It just wont die. I have had it for the last 3 days, and each charge cycle that I give it brings more time to the battery. I went from being at 32% after a full day on the stock battery with moderate usage, to 60% with this battery today on heavy to almost excessive use. I'm talking, videos on youtube, Downloading apps, texting, calling, music ect. All of this is on Fasty II 2.1 and its just incredible to see my phone go for so long now.
Just ordered mine But going to use latest Stable of Miui
I can also attest to the excellant performance of this battery. I just got mine last night. First thing I did was charge it with the phone off to 100%. I played 3d games for about 30 minutes, watched a 2 hour movie, about 30 minutes of internet browsing, used gps for 30 minutes on my way to work this morning, and have been listening to pandora for the pass 2 hours and I'm at 52%!!! My previous battery would have been DEAD by now. For 15 bucks this battery is a no brainer! I'm sure as others have posted that the battery life will only improve once I calibrate it and charge it a few more times.
Thanks to the OP.
I can get over a day on the stock battery!
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You may be able to get over a day, but what do you do with your phone? Do you use any programs like Juice Defender? Are you a power user? Way all do you do that makes your stock battery last for over a day?
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I bought it and it finally came in today...all I can say is it's the best money I have spent. The fit and quality and reserve power is amazing. Out of the box it had 56% life. I have tried draining it with movies, qik, anything that pulls juice...gps on, wifi on (i know it actually uses less batt on wifi but I have 12m net lol), even have the brightness up...after 2 1/2 hours I have only pulled it down to 40%!
I know there are other batteries that are very cheap compared to this unit but I can say fit is excellent. Power is shocking...it is well worth the $65 to own such a power, well designed battery and back plate. The non skid coating doesnt even fly off my center console anymore. GREAT PRODUCT! very satisfied!
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I bought it and it finally came in today...all I can say is it's the best money I have spent. The fit and quality and reserve power is amazing. Out of the box it had 56% life. I have tried draining it with movies, qik, anything that pulls juice...gps on, wifi on (i know it actually uses less batt on wifi but I have 12m net lol), even have the brightness up...after 2 1/2 hours I have only pulled it down to 40%!
I know there are other batteries that are very cheap compared to this unit but I can say fit is excellent. Power is shocking...it is well worth the $65 to own such a power, well designed battery and back plate. The non skid coating doesnt even fly off my center console anymore. GREAT PRODUCT! very satisfied!
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Yep. I have a Platinum branded 3500 mAh from Seidio, and it lasts forever. Don't know how I ever got by without it.
Does the battery get more powerful overtime?
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For me it got better after about the fifth charge.
Swyped from my Cyanogen HaxTC Supersonic 4G
Can anyone post pics please?
I can't post links yet due to post count so you will have to play around with my links to see them. Add http and also dot com to Amazon.
Seidio looks like this:
amazon/Seidio-Innocell-Extended-Battery-Black/dp/B003SNIR7Y
I personally don't like the "bulky" square look on this one. I opted for the Quickshippers version. Much more smooth and "cleaner." Not to mention about 1/2 the price.
amazon/SHIPPING-UPGRADE-3500mAh-Extended-Battery/dp/B0042TY68C
Was in the market for a new case until I saw the Quickshippers battery... My main concern has always been camera protection.. The battery cover alone looks like it would do the job, no?
also anyone in the market for these extended batteries. There is kernel developed that allows for full charging of the them. SBC kernal it comes in sense and AOSP
Here is the link for the Quickshippers option. If anyone has this, let me know what you think in regards to protecting the camera in particular.
stkiswr said:
I bought it and it finally came in today...all I can say is it's the best money I have spent. The fit and quality and reserve power is amazing. Out of the box it had 56% life. I have tried draining it with movies, qik, anything that pulls juice...gps on, wifi on (i know it actually uses less batt on wifi but I have 12m net lol), even have the brightness up...after 2 1/2 hours I have only pulled it down to 40%!
I know there are other batteries that are very cheap compared to this unit but I can say fit is excellent. Power is shocking...it is well worth the $65 to own such a power, well designed battery and back plate. The non skid coating doesnt even fly off my center console anymore. GREAT PRODUCT! very satisfied!
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I have the same battery and have a couple of tricks you may or may not know. I get about two days out of mine with moderate to heavy usage.
1. when the charge light goes green, the batt isn't full. charge about 3 or more hours over to get a full charge. I charge mine overnight and it's good. If you remove right after the light goes green you will not see much difference from the stock battery.
2. I just recently started running Calkulin's new kernel. I'll give you the link. I use the one that says SBC for Netarchy's CFS More Aggressive 4.2.1 (aka 131) 131.zip (2.91 MB). Find the one that best suites your rom, This one kicks ass. Scroll down to the second post. Here's the link- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876590
3. as far as turning things off while not using them, that's up to you. I dont and I still get the great life.
Hope this might help! Enjoy that awesome batt. By the way, bout the green light, the phone only recognizes either when the batt reaches 1500 or it reaches the proper voltage that makes the phone think the batt is full. It was set that way for use with the stock batt. This is what I've read bout and recognized from personal experience.
Not sure I want to **** w the kernel atm. I managed 60 hours and charge the phone every 2 days...its amazing
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Unplugged 12 hours @ 69%...seidio is a great battery
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Not sure I want to **** w the kernel atm. I managed 60 hours and charge the phone every 2 days...its amazing
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That's great time. If it works great. The one I spoke of is supposed to be the newest and hottest thing out because of its ability to trickle charge the batt. When I take the phone off charge, it stays at 100% for hours if I dont use it. I've taken it off charge in the morning before just to test it and woke up bout 4 hours later and the phone was still at 100%. I've never fully tested to see how long mine will last as far as hours. I could guess that I would get at least the same as you. For instance, I took it off charge yesterday about 10am and right now I have 61%, granted I have had it connected to the computer a couple of times to download and transfer stuff.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
Just thought I might post a photo of the Anker 2800 mAh battery and cover which seem to be a good alternative to the rather large 3200-4800 extended batteries.
Since Anker seems to be relatively well regarded, I bought one of these, but nowhere could I find a side view photo to make an intelligent judgement of size.
So here it is for all to see.
Well, isn't this really stupid. I just wanted to post a photo, but new users cannot post outside links. But there seems to be no way to upload a photo for others to see. Sorry folks. Try to cut and paste this then:
members.toast.net/designer/ebay/atrixExtside.jpg
don't forget the http. without the www
I just charged it today and my battery meter reads 1880mAh. However, BMW free seems to be terribly inaccurate on the first try.
I'll let you know what it reads after a few charge/discharge cycles.
Wolfgang
There you go.
I'd like to know more about this. I wanted a bigger battery, but not the added bulk. This seems to fit the bill nicely.
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I'd like to know more about this. I wanted a bigger battery, but not the added bulk. This seems to fit the bill nicely.
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then why would you want this battery? it looks like it doubles the thickness of the phone
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then why would you want this battery? it looks like it doubles the thickness of the phone
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I meant compared to those massive 3200mah ones that quadruple the thickness. I'm sorry if I didn't explain myself thoroughly.
but at 1880mah this isnt even an extended battery, they probably just glued two cheap chinese batteries together. just buy the oem replacement instead.
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but at 1880mah this isnt even an extended battery, they probably just glued two cheap chinese batteries together. just buy the oem replacement instead.
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The OP said it was 2800mAh?
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Oh I see what you mean. That's why I'm waiting to hear back from the OP.
Mystery solved
Thanks for posting my pic OmniAngel.
Looks like the free version of battery monitor widget only shows the estimated power on the quick stats screen. When you dig deeper, you get the REAL measure- That shows at 2664 mAh
OK, I'll buy that.
Battery has been in use all weekend (although partially tethered to my car power outlet when I used the phone as a GPS for 3 hours at a clip, twice) without a regular charge. It's now at 43%. It seems that if you use it as a full-time GPS, there is not much difference in battery life before and after you unplug it, since the phone is using so much power for the constant bright screen and GPS function. The GPS, BTW, works great on the atrix combined with the Google maps app.
I'm not a power user, but last night after coming home I surfed for about an hour on wifi and ejoyed the NASA app pics I downloaded for a bit longer. Also used the phone several times to check email this weekend.
Overall, very happy with the battery. Will let it run down to about 5-10% before charging for a few times to properly condition it.
Also- Neotekz- if you have ever seen the mugen battery (about 3/4" + thick itself, ) mounted on the phone, you'd find this battery rather small in comparison (about 11mm).
Wolfgang
Atrixnooby said:
Thanks for posting my pic OmniAngel.
Looks like the free version of battery monitor widget only shows the estimated power on the quick stats screen. When you dig deeper, you get the REAL measure- That shows at 2664 mAh
OK, I'll buy that.
Battery has been in use all weekend (although partially tethered to my car power outlet when I used the phone as a GPS for 3 hours at a clip, twice) without a regular charge. It's now at 43%. It seems that if you use it as a full-time GPS, there is not much difference in battery life before and after you unplug it, since the phone is using so much power for the constant bright screen and GPS function. The GPS, BTW, works great on the atrix combined with the Google maps app.
I'm not a power user, but last night after coming home I surfed for about an hour on wifi and ejoyed the NASA app pics I downloaded for a bit longer. Also used the phone several times to check email this weekend.
Overall, very happy with the battery. Will let it run down to about 5-10% before charging for a few times to properly condition it.
Also- Neotekz- if you have ever seen the mugen battery (about 3/4" + thick itself, ) mounted on the phone, you'd find this battery rather small in comparison (about 11mm).
Wolfgang
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So that's a definite yes that I should buy it??
Little too bulky in my opinion
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Thanks for the review. I actually decided to buy one yesterday. Thanks.
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Does the new back cover have a matte finish? Or is it glossy like the stock cover?
Matte finish, nice deep black color, it fits really well, anker is a very good manufacturer and has done a great job with this battert and the back plate.
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Matte finish, nice deep black color, it fits really well, anker is a very good manufacturer and has done a great job with this battert and the back plate.
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You think you could do like a YouTube review or something? I'd greatly appreciate it. <3
I just got it in the mail. I have been using it all day. You can't beat it for $15. Thanks again!
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I'm really interested in this but I need someone to test it for me if possible. With about average internet use on 3g and about 2 hours worth of calls and some gaming and news reading..right now I can barely get 12 hours out of my battery which is weird :S I am working on that but I would love to have the extra bit of umph!
I have been using the anker batt for abt a week now. Nothing like having enough juice to last a whole day of heavy use. What good is a powerful phone that you can't use because you are afraid of running out ofpower?
When I first charged it up, I was trying to run it all the way down. I was at 1% for three hours with this anker battery!
The battery back cover feels a bit strange and you wont be using fingerprint with this battery but its small price ro pay in my view.
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I received mine two days ago. I'm currently at about 31 hours on battery. I used to get about 14 with the stocker.
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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
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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
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
Hi guys. So I basically had a problem with my phone a while back, and I actually asked you guys but no one knew what the problem was. I realized I fried my battery, and I was searching every where for a cheap 3800 mAh one and I managed to find this guy:
So I was like, "Hey, it's 10 bucks, I can't go wrong, right?" and I ordered it.
It came in the mail within 5 days, which was like 6 times faster than those Chinese websites.
I put the battery on my phone and it works!
Now, I don't have a regular battery to compare with this 3800 mAh one, but I can tell you my regular one lasted me about 12 hours, from 7 am to 7 pm on a weekday.
My regular usage is 3 hours of learning Korean on my bus rides, playing music with speakers for 4 hours, sitting in my pocket when it's not doing anything, and sometimes some YouTube when I get back home.
This new 3800 mAh battery lasts for 26 hours with the same usage, and that's after I've watched an episode of Suits on my phone in bed =D
It is fatter than the regular battery, but that is to be expected from any 3800 mAh battery. It doesn't actually add much more weight to the phone. My regular case won't work with the increased bulk of the phone, but they do give you a new fatter battery cover, which feels pretty good in your hands. The shade of gray of the new battery cover matches the shade of gray of the phone.
I also need to download a better screen shot app, because all the screenies of the battery life that I took turned out black =O
Click here to buy it from Tmart.com
There's already a 3800mah thread full of insights just like yours! BTW the main problem with it is it degrades quickly. after 4 months, mine's giving me about 4:45min screen on time, earlier it was 6. In comparison, the standard battery gives 3 hrs so it's a huge step up! Definitely worth the 10 bucks, and should last until the nexus 5 arrives anyway!
I actually want to make this phone last as long as possible. I might even skip the nexus 5 and go nexus 6 lol. Who knows, maybe by that time the nexus 6 will be implanted in our brains.
convolution said:
I actually want to make this phone last as long as possible. I might even skip the nexus 5 and go nexus 6 lol. Who knows, maybe by that time the nexus 6 will be implanted in our brains.
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Haha, that's actually possible. I'm on cataclysm 4.3 right now, this rom makes the phone fly like it's a galaxy s4! All the games work, multitasking is reasonably good, and there's definitely going to be a 5.0 update coming for it so I don't see why not!
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I'm also thinking about buying a battery like you, watching your theme has encouraged me more thanks for sharing your experience :good:
I too have an aftermarket 3800mah battery and I love it! Definitely recommend it for everybody.
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Is that battery identical to this: http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-GT-i9250-Compatible-International-GT-i9250/dp/B006ZBGBKG
is it for international or us? Is my yakjuxw (I don't how else I should specify the model) compatible?
his thrslirn
seems cool...
going to test it if i find it in Iran...
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There's already a 3800mah thread full of insights just like yours! BTW the main problem with it is it degrades quickly. after 4 months, mine's giving me about 4:45min screen on time, earlier it was 6. In comparison, the standard battery gives 3 hrs so it's a huge step up! Definitely worth the 10 bucks, and should last until the nexus 5 arrives anyway!
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Agree its china made, bought from ebay good at 1 - 3 month, after thad degrade quickly and sometime make my phone reboot.
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I got one similar to this. It seemed to have lost it's capacity fairly quickly. At first it worked well. I wonder if this may have been due to CM 10.2 as well.
It looks similar to the Hyperion. It does degrade quickly. mine now only lasts about 28 hours with only about 2 hours of screen time. It's too bad, because when I got a full day of hiking with gps tracking it was awesome.
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It looks similar to the Hyperion. It does degrade quickly. mine now only lasts about 28 hours with only about 2 hours of screen time. It's too bad, because when I got a full day of hiking with gps tracking it was awesome.
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I have got a similar $10 battery folks. Now i did not get an external charger for out, is it alright if i charge with my regular USB port with the samsung 1A charger. Also m not getting any mind blowing backup compared to my 1700mah stock battery, just marginally better. I have just done 3 cycles with it may be it will improve.
One more thing the battery percentage
falls rapidly once it gets to 20. I mean its almost like a percent per minute, dunno what to do about it. :banghead:
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I the same or similar battery. One day i tried using it (its my backup) and I cannot get the cover to snap into place. No matter how much I push on it the tabs are just getting messed up and I could not get all of them to click into the body of the phone. I used to work fine when I got it, as i recall.
Have you had this issue?
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I the same or similar battery. One day i tried using it (its my backup) and I cannot get the cover to snap into place. No matter how much I push on it the tabs are just getting messed up and I could not get all of them to click into the body of the phone. I used to work fine when I got it, as i recall.
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With this battery, you have to use the extended back cover. Mine works fine and its even easier to get on and off than my original cover. The original cover will not work with this battery.
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I had the Hyperion 3800 after about 3 months it was during about as fast as the stock battery u get what u pay 4
hyperdrive powered s4
I bought this on the 6th and haven't received anything yet.... and the tracking on the Tmart website isn't showing where my package is... just that it shipped on the 6th... Kinda feeling this is shady now?
Why use a screenshot app??? Volume down and power!
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