I thought about it and even on employee discount I couldn't justify it. It's such minimal difference I can't bring myself to do it. I'll stick with my car charger and 3500MaH Boost Pak.
Why? lol shouldn't that be obvious?
The difference is actually pretty large. With the 2100mAh battery in there it drains about the same speed as my Galaxy S II (bit slower, actually)...and that's on LTE. Granted, I haven't been using the phone *too* much, but even on Standby LTE eats up the battery fairly quickly.
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Like I said, I haven't been using it too much, but I've done enough (downloaded some things, browsed a bit, messaging, facebook, etc...). For awhile it hovered around 58%, then it actually went back up to 60%. I know the phone doesn't have a completely accurate reading, but my battery widget measures voltages to get a % and it's always been dead accurate. As it stands it looks like this thing will have no trouble making it through the day.
Screen on-time is 1:40. Not very much, but not bad considering how much LTE usually drains.
i think uninstalling TasKiller might actually be better for your battery life than having it installed on your phone. it was either after 2.0, 2.1 or 2.2 that taskillers ended up eating more battery life than they were saving.
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Why? lol shouldn't that be obvious?
The difference is actually pretty large. With the 2100mAh battery in there it drains about the same speed as my Galaxy S II (bit slower, actually)...and that's on LTE. Granted, I haven't been using the phone *too* much, but even on Standby LTE eats up the battery fairly quickly.
Like I said, I haven't been using it too much, but I've done enough (downloaded some things, browsed a bit, messaging, facebook, etc...). For awhile it hovered around 58%, then it actually went back up to 60%. I know the phone doesn't have a completely accurate reading, but my battery widget measures voltages to get a % and it's always been dead accurate. As it stands it looks like this thing will have no trouble making it through the day.
Screen on-time is 1:40. Not very much, but not bad considering how much LTE usually drains.
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Well it's not obvious for me because im spending $50 for an extra 13%. That's one of the weakest extended battery jumps I have ever seen. I just can't justify spending $50 to basically get an extra 30 minutes with my phone.
Honestly, I've gotten so tired of such the break through in technology and watch battery technology progress so little in terms of size goes. With the way the phones are progressing, We should have a 3500mah at this size.
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i think uninstalling TasKiller might actually be better for your battery life than having it installed on your phone. it was either after 2.0, 2.1 or 2.2 that taskillers ended up eating more battery life than they were saving.
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It was dependent on the model if im not mistaken, not so much the platform of android it was on. A lot of phones started coming out with integrated task managers already installed.
You guys know that if you walk into a Verizon corporate store to buy the extended battery, it's 50 percent off, right? Making it 24.99. I purchased mine today. I called my store beforehand to make sure they had stock and made sure they knew about the discount. At first they told me it was only for the extra stock battery with the external charger, but after looking it up, they found it. Even though I didn't have a Verizon account setup at that point (phone is being delivered tomorrow and I'm a new customer), I walked in and got the discount with no issues.
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You guys know that if you walk into a Verizon corporate store to buy the extended battery, it's 50 percent off, right? Making it 24.99. I purchased mine today. I called my store beforehand to make sure they had stock and made sure they knew about the discount. At first they told me it was only for the extra stock battery with the external charger, but after looking it up, they found it. Even though I didn't have a Verizon account setup at that point (phone is being delivered tomorrow and I'm a new customer), I walked in and got the discount with no issues.
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Same here. I didn't even have to ask if it was 50% off. They told me. I think it's $25 well spent.
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so today i was searching for a extended battery and came across this.
a seidio 3500mah extended battery wiht a new back piece it will run 70 bucks
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http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bacy35hev4-bk.htm
Let's start predictions now, I'm betting it will clock in at 1351 mAh
that back case looks horrible
ill wait til www.batteryboss.org gets his hands on one of these
I will definitely be in for one.
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so today i was searching for a extended battery and came across this.
a seidio 2500mah extended battery wiht a new back piece it will run 70 bucks
http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/bacy35hev4-bk.htm
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Is it me or does the OP say in his title that it's about a 3500mah battery and then discuss the 2500mah battery. What's the 3500mah battery tag line about?
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Is it me or does the OP say in his title that it's about a 3500mah battery and then discuss the 2500mah battery. What's the 3500mah battery tag line about?
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It's definitely a 3500mah battery. Just an typo I'd assume.
The back is thicker than the phone.. no thanks I will just continue to carry a spare battery.
These kind of batteries suck. If you need a decent backup just get an external battery. You can get an 8900mAh external that will last you more then you need. I always use mine when going on hiking or longer trips.. Generally where you would have a backpack of some smaller stuff. You do not need something like this for a days worth of common use.
I had one of those for my hero, get a big boost in life,. I went a three days without charge
What the hell is the point? I am getting nearly 20 hours of life out of my stock battery with two days of business use, and wifi. That looks awful as well.
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What the hell is the point? I am getting nearly 20 hours of life out of my stock battery with two days of business use, and wifi. That looks awful as well.
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You must not really use your phone like I do. Started at 8 today and its now 11 and im down to half battery even with overclock widget clocking it to 200Mhz when the screen is off
I bought one of these when the g1 came out and it gave me about 2 days off the charger. But im not sure how well this is gonna work with this phone. I really want to know how it worked with people who bought the smaller battery
If you dropped down that much you need to check your syncs and what using data. Is your phone set to cdma? I'm at 87% with 5 hours off the charger. Might as well solve whatever is eating up your battery first.
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If you dropped down that much you need to check your syncs and what using data. Is your phone set to cdma? I'm at 87% with 5 hours off the charger. Might as well solve whatever is eating up your battery first.
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I take my phone off the charger around 6 every mourning and I don't lose the first bar till 1030 or so.that's with lots of text, internet, and some phone calls. Not a complaint here
I remember everyone was talking all this hype about the extended Seidio battery for the Mogul... I bought one... and was completely unsatisfied, I sent it back in, the mfg, acted surprised and sent me another one.. .Honestly even the replacement was exactly the same.. The Stock OEM battery lasted longer, and was more reliable.
Unless something has changed with Seidio since then, (which I highly doubt) I won't be "upgrading" my battery -
- I'm with the other member, I'de be more inclined to get some kinda external battery, or something. Too bad the USB connection changed on this new EVO 4g.. cuz my IOGEAR AA battery emergency charger is SICK! hmm.,.. actually i'm going to look for a USB converter, so that I can keep this iogear around.
Woah! I've been waiting to finally see the design on this as I've owned Seidio extended batteries in the past on other devices. The design on that back is a definite no go for me. It's horrific! I just can't F'up a rather well designed device with that hunchback. No way!
will people start complaining when they want 3 days of batter life? And do you guys not go home at night or day or evening (depending on when you work) to charge your phones? my phone with heavy use last about 8to9 hours.. and light to no use 20hrs.. i charge it every night..
i have the same battery used for the hero from seidio, so i hope they give the option to purchase just the back battery door. If not, i will have to wait for nakedcellphone from ebay to get his Mugen extended battery line (which have very decent door designs) and he sells em separate.
No need to drop 60 again, right?
had one for my htc diamond.. ive been checking the site everyday for that.. the back is bulky because of the battery size but like whoever stated.. you can go nearly three days without a charge depending on use.. i love those batteries
Wow. I guess it works for some. Personally I keep a micro usb cable at my desk at work. That + car charger and I'm never far from a source to charge my phone
So, with all the chatter about crappy batteries on eBay, I figured I would try some and give them a half way decent testing. This was far from scientific, but I didn't feel like putting any more energy into it, and I don't have the equipment to test them otherwise.
I got THESE mostly because the seller is in the states, so it wont take 94 days to get my stuff. Also cause they're red, which makes them 146% less likely to suck. Note: I offered the guy $20 plus shipping, and he accepted that evening.
Before testing, I gave the new battery a 100% charge, then full discharge, and full charge again. I wiped battery stats, then rebooted and began the test. I did the exact same for the stock battery, but it may have a disadvantage, as it is a few weeks old. Maybe I'll test again in a while, if I get bored enough. For this test, I ran the Evo OC'd to 1228 on performance profile, set screen to full brightness and to never time out, streamed Pandora, and continuously downloaded from Dropbox. Running VaelPak 2.2 with Kingx #11 kernel. There were some variables to this, as I did use the phone during these hours, some calls, texts, browsing xda, etc. I tried to keep my use similar between the two tests, hopefully I did.
Well, how bout some pictures and results, eh. Stock 1500mah HTC battery first. Time from 100% to 10% was 107 minutes, time to shutoff was 123 minutes. You'll have to excuse the time since boot count, as I forgot that I had a SetCPU profile set to drastically under clock when the battery gets low, which caused the phone to freeze up since it was doing too much at once.
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And the 1800mah eBay special. Time from 100% to 10% was 139 minutes, time to shutoff was 145 minutes. Not sure what to make of this battery running through the last 10% so quickly, but oh well. Would be nice if this went away as time goes on, but I won't really be running it down that low normally anyway.
To conclude, I guess I didn't get screwed on these. Based on my non-scientific test, these batteries last about 18% longer. Which is pretty much what you would expect from a 20% larger battery. The biggest thing for me is that they fit with the stock battery cover so I can continue to use my Otterbox and car mount. Now, this was only one test, time will tell if they are really any good. I don't feel like working at testing any more then this, so I'll be happily oblivious to any degradation from these cheap batteries.
just got one of these cause i feel like my battery is defected or something so ill check this out extremely fast ordered saturday recieved today monday
thanks for the feedback on the higher rated batteries. I don't think the ebay batteries are crappy at all though. They work just as well as the stock battery for me. Had one go through the wash without any damage.
I've been using these red batteries since July. They definitely last longer than the stock HTC battery, and have not yet deteriorated in performance.
well hopefully mines gonna do good. charged it and its already down to 94% in 30 mins and dropped 5% almost immediatly after i took it off the wall charger then put it into the phone. but after that its only gone down 1% so 94% battery in 30 mins :/ running myns 2.2 with battery tweak
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well hopefully mines gonna do good. charged it and its already down to 94% in 30 mins and dropped 5% almost immediatly after i took it off the wall charger then put it into the phone. but after that its only gone down 1% so 94% battery in 30 mins :/ running myns 2.2 with battery tweak
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It will do that until you fully charge it a couple times and wipe battery stats, if you have amon ra recovery anyway.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
ive been using the same batteries too for about a week i think they are well worth the price. definetly last longer than stock red HTC batt.
Well my offer of $20 was declined. Not sure how long i want to wait to pick this up.
battery is by far way better then the original from what i can tell but havent done any significant testing
I would like to have 1, but I don't need 2. Wish I could find someone to go in halves w/ me. Preferably someone local to Nashville, TN. Any takers??
Well I got two of them from his regular web site. We will see how they work out.
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Thanks for the heads up on these batteries. Got the batteries and dock charger for $27.50 using make an offer.
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i got 1 plus wall charger for 25 htcexpress.com is his website
I also have these same batteries but I bought just one and the charging dock. They do last longer than the stock HTC battery glad I bought one !
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I would like to have 1, but I don't need 2. Wish I could find someone to go in halves w/ me. Preferably someone local to Nashville, TN. Any takers??
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Ill go in half with you (not sure how, though?), but I live in the Nashville area.
I got the 2 battery package with charger on eBay for $26 via "make an offer". I just scrolled through the feedbacks to see the lowest price they accepted... Charging now.
I just grabbed one of these batteries and the wall dock and I'm getting roughly 18-20% better battery life, good stuff for the money and no issues thus far.
Anybody want to lend one to the batteryboss.org guy for some scientific testing? If not, I may see if I can get 2 for $25 and send one in.
Well, if you don't have these batteries already, the value ship has sailed. Seller got greedy. They are now $60 for 2 batteries and charger on ebay, and $100 on Amazon.
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Well, if you don't have these batteries already, the value ship has sailed. Seller got greedy. They are now $60 for 2 batteries and charger on ebay, and $100 on Amazon.
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yeah i noticed he is jacking up prices every where but his site.
you can still get them cheap on there. i just ordered one for 14.99 with free 2-5 day shipping.
To break from the 1800 thread.
Just got battery today.... Gonna post some pics. As other commented, the alignment of the contacts just a hair off, but works perfectly fine on my phone. Hard to take pics, but tried.the.best I could. Fit is good and the cover snaps firmly
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Post some results.
Is the 2300 a Galaxy S II battery? That's what I'm seeing in some goog searches. Looks like their replacement for ours is 1850. But if it fits, hey.
Lucky you, i had to stick a piece of paper on the top left of my battery pocket in my phone in order for the contacts to align.
There's actually a thread about this battery here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445938
So far I'm getting a little over 24 hours with little-moderate use on ICS passion.
In the wide majority of test I've seen of Andida batteries, they always add somewhere between 30-50% of their actual capacity. In short, just about every third party manufacturer overrates their batteries and only the OEM numbers are accurate
http://batteryboss.org/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906611
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Lucky you, i had to stick a piece of paper on the top left of my battery pocket in my phone in order for the contacts to align.
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I have the same with the Andida 2300 battery and my Vibrant. I cut some of the envelope it came in, doubled it over and put it along the side of my battery. A snug fit, for sure... but its working great. Worth the $20 imho.
only on second charge and getting over 14 hrs and still at 50%
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I already have the samsung 1800mah battery. Is it really worth it to get this one?
Didn't work
I never got it to work in my phone. Finally got my phone to come on with this battery but when I plug the charger in my phone restarts. I have not been able to use it yet.
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I already have the samsung 1800mah battery. Is it really worth it to get this one?
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Apparently some people can't get the contacts to line up correctly and the battery doesn't work out for them.. so it might be a gamble for you.
1800/1500 = 20% increase
2300/1500 = 53% increase
I'm pleased with the batteries performance and understanding of the issues related to fitment. For $20...it was well worth it to me. My phone can stay away from the charger throughout the day.
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Apparently some people can't get the contacts to line up correctly and the battery doesn't work out for them.. so it might be a gamble for you.
1800/1500 = 20% increase
2300/1500 = 53% increase
I'm pleased with the batteries performance and understanding of the issues related to fitment. For $20...it was well worth it to me. My phone can stay away from the charger throughout the day.
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I understand on paper it should be a 53% increase compared to the stock battery, but is it showing a 50% in reality? I know samsung batteries are legit and should be close to the labeled mah rating. I don't know a thing about andida. I just don't to end up with a battery that might not even fit and is only really putting out like 1900mah.
This is a huge improvement for me. My phone used to be dead after 10 hours unplugged.
Another oddity since putting in this battery, my GPS started to work and lock on again... maybe the pressure it puts onto the phone helped the contact...weird positive side effect for me (I've not bothered to do the GPS contact fixes yet)
Sorry I don't have the fancy Battery stats screens that others seem to have :\
My 2300 andida is running about 14 hours as well. I can get through most of the day without thinking about my charger.
I'm on ics one comsics rc3.1 and I get more than 36 hours on light use, more than 24 hours on moderate use and like eight hours on real heavy use. My heavy usage usually involved full account sync and surfing the web on the mobile network non stop with screen on 75-90% of the time.
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I'm on ics one comsics rc3.1 and I get more than 36 hours on light use, more than 24 hours on moderate use and like eight hours on real heavy use. My heavy usage usually involved full account sync and surfing the web on the mobile network non stop with screen on 75-90% of the time.
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i'm on passion, i might have to try out one cosmics if battery life is that great..
Even of the contacts don't fit, you can put paper on the top left corner of the battery socket. And somehow, the battery doesnt need the paper later on. I think the battery gets "used" to the battery socket...
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Looks neat
The best purchase I've ever made for my phone was the 2700 momax extended battery ^^ I get on average 2 days on pretty much any rom
Xenoism said:
Looks neat
The best purchase I've ever made for my phone was the 2700 momax extended battery ^^ I get on average 2 days on pretty much any rom
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+1 I was on that before I switched to this. It was cool
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GOLD-2430MAH-BATTERY-SAMSUNG-I9000-GALAXY-S-
I'm new here and forum does not allow me to put any outside links, so put this in ebay search and you will find this battery
anyone tried it yet ?
My last bat stats. Noticed that the last 20% went pretty quick
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I was told to get the extended battery from verizon by XDA member player911. I said okay, looked online and didnt find anything. I pm'ed him and he said call the store, ask them if they have it, and ask the price. It may come up as 50.00, if so hang up call another store. When it comes up as 25.00, profit. I attached proof for the ones that say pics or never happened.
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They had a sale a while ago. Maybe that store didn't know it ended
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I work for Verizon the sale is still going on. The system automatically discounts the Reps do not have the capability for discretionary discounting
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Is this available online? I can't find on the verizon webstore.
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Is this available online? I can't find on the verizon webstore.
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Update: Order went through just fine:
Thanks to the OP for bringing this to my attention.
Hmm.. after more reading, I don't think the verizon battery will work with the gsm phone.. lol
No the LTE and GSM are different. They also have different battery doors.
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As far as I know, this battery has always been "on sale" for $25 from Verizon since launch. I've seen these reminder news posts about it about every month now.
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No the LTE and GSM are different. They also have different battery doors.
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The verizon battery comes with a new cover that will fit the battery. But you're saying the actual width/height of the battery is different and won't fit in the slot?
Does it make a significant difference? I have the stock battery and I am usually plugged into an outlet for some of the day, but I run full brightness and Juice defender and have NO problems getting through the day. Although I would like to feel like I dont have to be tethered to a wire all day.
I too am mulling over buying the "extended" battery. Even though I'm not far from a USB charger in my daily routine.
25 dollars isn't that much money, but it's pretty pathetic when you only get an extra what? 300mAh? Something like an extra 16% capacity.
From what I have seen the extended battery and door don't really add any significant weight or thickness to the phone (which is good) but it really makes you wonder why they didn't just make the "extended" the stock battery if it adds no significant weight or thickness.
I came from my Sprint Evo with the official sprint extended battery, and to be honest I'm enjoying the "thinness" of my Nexus without the double width action going on.
I might stop by the sprint store today and pick one up after work, ONLY because I really want to get my inductive charging mod completed today. It's kind of pointless to mod the stock battery door and all that junk only to have to do it again for the extended back cover.
Granted my Nexus only cost me 9 dollars after trading in my Evo4G, after a Rearth case, Zagg film, and touchstone materials I gotta start watching how much I spend if I throw an extended battery in the mix.
Seems I'm an accessory whore
I somehow lost my extended battery while on vacation and have to buy a new one.... I'm hoping it is still $25.... but when I pull it up it now says for me it is only 25% off making it $37... Could be because there is a corporate discount on my account. Anyone know if it still is $25, or am I just a couple days too late :-(
I've gotten some awesome battery life with AOKP mr1 build 6 and Lean kernel 6.3.1 lately. Just thought I would share incase anyone else is looking for awesome screen on time. This is with stock GSM gnex battery.
Also, anyone know why Google services is so high on the list. It never used to be a month ago and I don't do anything different. Anyone else's Google apps draining more lately?
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These kind of threads are discouraged. There are at least a couple dozen different combinations achievable and there is no reason for a thread for each. Just enjoy what you have.
Battery stats is always a relative statistic. You're just using less power from other areas.
Learn to search.
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These kind of threads are discouraged. There are at least a couple dozen different combinations achievable and there is no reason for a thread for each. Just enjoy what you have.
Battery stats is always a relative statistic. You're just using less power from other areas.
Learn to search.
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Not sure why you feel the need to have a **** response when I am trying to share my findings with this rom/kernel combo. I have tried many different roms and kernels and haven't had battery life nearly this good and thought someone else might be interested too.
Learn to not be a ****.
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When I last visited XDA yesterday or the day before I was ranting about Android's battery life. This thread bragging about 3 hours screen on time is the perfect example! OP not trying to change the subject or take away from your battery pride, but.. This is a joke. The phone stayed on for three hours and this guy is so happy about it he started a new thread. Android has a BIG problem, or maybe the more accurate statement is the companies who manufacture Android devices do. Am I the only one who feels this way!? (growing more and more bitter about it each day that it goes ignored)
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When I last visited XDA yesterday or the day before I was ranting about Android's battery life. This thread bragging about 3 hours screen on time is the perfect example! OP not trying to change the subject or take away from your battery pride, but.. This is a joke. The phone stayed on for three hours and this guy is so happy about it he started a new thread. Android has a BIG problem, or maybe the more accurate statement is the companies who manufacture Android devices do. Am I the only one who feels this way!? (growing more and more bitter about it each day that it goes ignored)
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Definitely one of my biggest gripes about Android is the battery life. I would really like to not charge my phone everyday. I don't like the bulk of extended battery and there seems to be no end in sight.
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I for one appreciate you reporting your battery life - probably didn't need its own thread (sharing the AOKP development thread would have been fine) but its good to give other users an idea of the kind of performance you're getting from your ROM/Kernel combo.
In regards to Android and battery life... Granted, its not like my Blackberry devices of 5 years ago, BUT, the devices are capable of much more. I charge my phone every night and sometimes even need a bump charge to make it through the day. Between my car charger and my office, I'm never in a pinch for some extra juice.
The way I look at it, if you want a car that puts out 500 horsepower, can't expect it to give you 40 MPG too.
Just my two cents.
gbarayah said:
The way I look at it, if you want a car that puts out 500 horsepower, can't expect it to give you 40 MPG too.
Just my two cents.
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Sticking with the analogy.. The problem is most of the cars being manufactured, and all of the cars worth having, are 500 horsepower now. But very few offer a larger gas tank, which would not be hard to do.
We need batteries like that of galaxy note 2, which is 3100 mah in a slim form.
Cool story OP.
This mind of threads appear almost once a week. We all know battery life is not that good for GNex. To gain 30min more battery life by trying so hard simply is not worth it.
Get an extended battery, 6 hours screen on time, problem solved.
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OP since you live only 15 minutes or so away from me, and I am on Verizon, have you done any overclocking/underclocking? Undervolting? What apps are you using? Getting great screen on time can only get you so far depending on the apps you use.