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.
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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.
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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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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
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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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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.
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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?
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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?
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I tried it and the hard case won't go together.
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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.
Are there any known cases that fit with this battery in place?
Scott
Where did you find a battery that big for the X because that is awesome. Getting back to your question I think you might have to custom make one.
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Even though this is dated( ), I thought I'd throw this out there for anyone else interested, the Trident Electra will fit an extended battery (and most kits will actually come with an included battery.) I've got one for my droid x2 and while the case is quite thick (about 2x thickness of a normal Dx/dx2) it is a BEAST. I really like the combination of the hard shell interior and silicone exterior, and I've even accidentally tested the durability by leaving my phone on top of my car after getting gas. Phone fell off as I was driving down the street and all it did was scuff the silicone a bit on one corner. Definitely worth the investment IMO, but I would try to get a case on Amazon or equivalent as Trident wants 80 bucks new! You can find it for half that elsewhere!
This is sort of reaching, but I wonder if I could apply heat to the back of a generic TPU case so that it would stretch enough to fit over the phone with the extended battery cover installed . I would leave the battery out when doing this to protect it from the heat .
buy a silicone one and cut the backing out and glue it on the back of the battery holder. Simple
I've been looking around for the last little while for a nice kickstand case for this phone. Preferably one that will fit the 2000mAh extended battery + cover I have coming for my GSM Galaxy Nexus.
The only two I've found are the VZW holster + case combo, and the Seidio Active case with kickstand. Both of these look seriously bulky.
Has anyone found anything closer to the slim TPU cases but with a kickstand? I see them in stores for the Galaxy S2 all the time, but never for our Galaxy Nexus.
ebay! Silicon hybrids do a job and are about £2.50.
A link would be great if you could provide. I've been on Ebay for hours in the past few weeks looking for one.
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I went with the VzW case and have the extended battery without the battery door. Really helps dissipate the heat and if my phone ever gets stuck it is easy to remove the battery. I have dropped it a few times and the phone still doesn't have a scratch on it. Love having the ability to put the phone in landscape or portrait.
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I went with the VzW case and have the extended battery without the battery door. Really helps dissipate the heat and if my phone ever gets stuck it is easy to remove the battery. I have dropped it a few times and the phone still doesn't have a scratch on it. Love having the ability to put the phone in landscape or portrait.
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What battery and case did you get? I was thinking of doing the same thing and wasn't sure if it would work.
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I've been looking around for the last little while for a nice kickstand case for this phone. Preferably one that will fit the 2000mAh extended battery + cover I have coming for my GSM Galaxy Nexus.
The only two I've found are the VZW holster + case combo, and the Seidio Active case with kickstand. Both of these look seriously bulky.
Has anyone found anything closer to the slim TPU cases but with a kickstand? I see them in stores for the Galaxy S2 all the time, but never for our Galaxy Nexus.
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I have the Seido Active Case with kickstand. It does add some bulk, but as someone who takes public transit regularly I was uncomfortable holding my Nexus without a case since it felt like it'd slip upon any jarring movement. The rubber part of the case does catch on my jeans sometimes (I don't wear baggy jeans), but other than that I've been really happy with the case. The kickstand is truly awesome; I have a Tasker setting to enable screen rotation when connected to work wifi, so it just sits in front of me in landscape.
I also have the 2000mAh extended battery, and it fits fine.
I don't know of any alternatives though, I liked the protection of the Seido and didn't look further.
I can't seem to find one that says it'll fit the extended (2100mah) battery. The case I just bought goes on, but theres about a 1/3rd inch gap in one of the corners and won't fit over it. Anyone know a case with holster that will fit with the extended battery? I thought Otterbox Defender would, but I can't find one in a store anywhere =/.
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I can't seem to find one that says it'll fit the extended (2100mah) battery. The case I just bought goes on, but theres about a 1/3rd inch gap in one of the corners and won't fit over it. Anyone know a case with holster that will fit with the extended battery? I thought Otterbox Defender would, but I can't find one in a store anywhere =/.
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http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-convert-value-pack-black-2100-p/bd5-hkr4ssgnlx.htm
This, it's a bit pricey but I'm sure you could find it much cheaper on ebay.
i use the double cover
Cut the "stock" battery cover right at the little lip that retains the sim card (leaving lip intact). The added thickness of the ext battery is the same height of the stock battery cover installed. Works great with any case and battery is held in properly.
good day.
You can use the 2100mah seidio holster with about any tpu case. I've used it with the Cruzer Lite cases after seeing it posted on here. Seidio is also good about their warranty on their case. Mine cracked when trying to remove it several months after purchasing it and they replaced it with no problems (though I did have to spend a dollar or so to mail the broken piece back in).
Please keep it respectful here fellas. It's just a cellphone case.