Just want to share some early impressions of Anker 2500mAh battery for the Note.
I brought this on Amazon UK for £10, which is half the cost of the cheapest stock battery I can find from trusted online shops, the Anker seems few grams heavier than the stock battery.
I have used the Anker in the Note for two weeks now and decided to do a control test against the 4 months old stock battery.
The Note was set to play 720P version of “The six sense” on desktop version of YouTube using Boat browser at full brightness, with the sound at 50% output to a pair of headphones.
The YouTube page was refreshed every 1:30 hrs to restart the movie, and battery usage recorded after the 5% low battery warning popped up.
As you can see the Anker lasted 1 hr longer than the stock battery in the test. It would have been better if I had a newly conditioned stock battery to compare against the Anker. Still it shows the Anker advertised 2500mAh capacity is not too far off.
I’m going to continuing to use the Anker as my main battery and the stock as backup. I also had an Anker battery in my HTC Sensation for 3 months and was very pleased with the battery life, so I think it should stand up pretty well for long term daily use.
So if you don’t want to spend £20 on a stock battery, the Anker is a very good alternative. It is few £ more expensive than some generic batteries on eBay, but Anker has good reputation with their products, just check out the long thread in HTC Sensation accessories section.
Thanks for the compare. 4 hours screen time for stock battery is kind of disappointing.
I actually own one and it fairs well as a spare for prolonged usages.
I owned two spares for my Galaxy S2, also. So in a nutshell, quality and performance of the Anker brand has been consistently excellent.
For $12, it's worth the purchase. :thumbup:
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Thanks for the compare. 4 hours screen time for stock battery is kind of disappointing.
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To be fair, the test was designed to stress the battery to the maximum under controlled condition.
The Note was playing a 720p Flash video with full screen brightness. The movie also has very little black background, so the OLED’s power efficiency is minimised.
I also had the phone’s cell radio enable and CPU scaling set to “on demand” so the battery drains even quicker.
Under those conditions, 4 hrs of usage for a 4 months old phone battery is not too bad, a new stock battery would probably last around the same or more than the Anker did.
I've no problem using the Note all day long with the stock battery with Juice Defender to auto manage my data connection.
Agree, you were over-stressing the battery, but Engagdet got over 9 hours looping a video at 50% brightness (still overkill IMHO).
Also, in my experience, Juice Defender has always given me less battery life when enabled. I got about 30 mins more display time and 2 hours of overall time with Juice Defender off vs. on.
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Agree, you were over-stressing the battery, but Engagdet got over 9 hours looping a video at 50% brightness (still overkill IMHO).
Also, in my experience, Juice Defender has always given me less battery life when enabled. I got about 30 mins more display time and 2 hours of overall time with Juice Defender off vs. on.
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I'm confident that they were not looping a flash video, but a locally hosted video file. The OPs test.stresses the device much more as flash video consumes a lot of battery power to play, especially as he was streaming the video, and the screen consumes a large amount of power at full brightness.
For what it's worth, I bought one of these on this thread's recommendation, and have not been disappointed.
I purchased one of these for my S2, it was dirt cheap. Absolutely brilliant battery and it seems Anker have done it again, highly recommended and I may well purchase one of these for my Note soon.
Thanks for the battery recommendation!
What charger would you all recommend to go with this battery?
It has been a month now since using the Anker as daily battery, so I decided to run the same test again. As you can see, there is no difference compared to the test I did earlier, so it seems to be holding the charge. I'll do the same test again after 2 months to see what the difference is.
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Thanks for the battery recommendation!
What charger would you all recommend to go with this battery?
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I use a normal USB wall charger can be find very cheap online. I don’t think the battery charge any quicker with higher amp charger like the Galaxy Tab and ipad.
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Agree, you were over-stressing the battery, but Engagdet got over 9 hours looping a video at 50% brightness (still overkill IMHO).
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There is no way the Note battery can last 9 hrs, I got a new ipad on the weekend and was using the stop watch on the Note to time how long a full charge take. After 6 hrs and 30 mins, the Note battery was around 18%, the Note screen was at minimum brightness most of the time.
So I call BS to Engagdet test on the Note, even though their battery tests are accurate most of the time.
anyone know where to buy?
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Thanks for the battery recommendation!
What charger would you all recommend to go with this battery?
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I use a normal USB wall charger can be find very cheap online. I don’t think the battery charge any quicker with higher amp charger like the Galaxy Tab and ipad.
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I actually didn't mean charging this spare battery in the phone, but meant what exernal charger whould you all recommend for charging the spare battery while my main is installed in my Note?
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I actually own one and it fairs well as a spare for prolonged usages.
I owned two spares for my Galaxy S2, also. So in a nutshell, quality and performance of the Anker brand has been consistently excellent.
For $12, it's worth the purchase. :thumbup:
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Thanks，at that price I‘ll give it a try
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I actually didn't mean charging this spare battery in the phone, but meant what exernal charger whould you all recommend for charging the spare battery while my main is installed in my Note?
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I got the Samsung Battery Charger Stand, it charges via the same type of USB port on the Note. I use my Note in Desk Clock mod during the night so the stand coming handy, I can position the Note horizontally so it can be connected to a wall charger.
Link to Amazon
thanks for the review and the opinions guys! currently searching for a good yet price worthy battery to buy!
Attached are my stats with the first full charge cycle with this battery. Needless to say, I'm very pleased. Awesome value!
Thanks for the battery recommendation!
but i hope that will release a galaxy note battery with built in NFC chip...
Just bought two of them for 20 bucks, I saw the review decided to give them a try. Ill report back about quality but I hope they are as good as I've head.
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Agree, you were over-stressing the battery, but Engagdet got over 9 hours looping a video at 50% brightness (still overkill IMHO).
Also, in my experience, Juice Defender has always given me less battery life when enabled. I got about 30 mins more display time and 2 hours of overall time with Juice Defender off vs. on.
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I bought Juice Defender Ultimate & it was useless for me. My battery ran out faster with Juice Defender than without. Not using any battery saver app anymore.
how about Nomax?
anyone hv any comment
i saw in ebay its look good but im not sure.
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Just bought one of these intending to replace my stock 1500mah battery. $42 and free shipping from Mugen's website. Will let you all know if it delivers!
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...ended-battery-for-samsung-galaxy-s-i9003.html
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Just bought one of these intending to replace my stock 1500mah battery. $42 and free shipping from Mugen's website. Will let you all know if it delivers!
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What is the difference between the batteries in our phone and the 9003 ? Mugen has a 1600 listed for our phones.
Let us know if it fits . Thanks .
Oh sweet man please let me know how it goes. I am either going to do that or get the nice big fat one with the stand
I just bought a generic 3500MAH battery for the Vibrant off Amazon for $15. No regrets so far.
You can get the Momax 1700mah battery for $17 from ioomobile or $19 from ebay. Both with free shipping
I use an original vibrant battery in my i9000 too so the momax will fit the vibrant/i9003.
Please, tell me how are your results. I want to have a battery with more capacity but using the same back case.
Just waiting on its arrival now. I looked into other brands, but kept finding massive amounts of negative reviews, like the Momax battery.
Like from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478270
I actually had the Touch HD version, which worked perfectly fine for me Which was why I had no issue buying it for the i9000. I have been getting around 40 hours from light/minimal usage on the MIUI.us rom. I am getting around 30-35 hours on the standard i9000 and vibrant batteries.
I also bought one of the cheap 3000mah ebay batteries but didn't have any luck with that. I was getting around 45-50 hours but after a few recharges it dropped to less than the original battery.
I firmly believe in "you get what you pay for" however I have to say I have not had any problems with the momax battery so far, touch wood.
Was it delivered? My battery is worse every day even with Bi-Winning v3 with Bullet kernel. It dies too quick! Using WCDMA with HSDPA is the same as seeing my battery % going down realtime.
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There are a couple things you can do to stretch battery life without too much compromise.
First, go with a black background. There's a free app on the market that's easy to miss. Do a search for blackwallpaper, all one word. AMOLED screens love darker colors when it comes to battery usage.
Second, get a 2g/3g toggle and switch to 2g when you don't need data and are primarily just texting or playing games.
Pick up the Bali-X kernel. Lots of battery saving goodies in there. Afterward, pick up SetCPU and reduce the voltages as far as you can without getting crashes or "sleep of death" issues.
Now, even when gaming, my battery isn't too stressed, and when I left it off the charger overnight, after 9hrs it had burned through a miserly 4% battery.
Finally, get a retractable usb data/charging cable. Can be had for a penny plus a couple bucks shipping. Retractable means easily pocketable, so whenever it occurs to you, break it out and connect your phone into whatever PS3, TV, Computer, or Laptop is available that has a USB slot.
The battery hasn't arrived yet. Supposedly takes as much as two weeks. I'm waiting with baited breath!
Woohoo! The battery has arrived and is on the charger as I type. Will have photos and whatnot after I've gone through the initial charging and discharging.
What I can say for certain is that the I-9003 battery fits perfectly into a standard Samsung Vibrant. No issues whatsoever.
Thanks, dude, for your info! I would be going to the shop to get one if you review it positively. I think I will have the "Purchase" button under the mouse arrow!
http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41082/mugen-power-battery-review.html
http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/mugen-battery-review-samsung-galaxy-s-htc-desire-z.html
http://androidforums.com/htc-hero-sprint/27678-mugen-power-1800mah-review.html
Funny quote from the second review, "These third party batteries come in two flavors – one without an extended back cover and another one with a back cover, which usually adds a couple of inches thickness to the phone."
Could you imagine if it was a couple of INCHES of thickness? It'd be almost as thick as it is wide
Doing a battery drain test now. Had my phone's screen on nonstop for 2hr30min, and the battery is down to 84% (though probably slightly inaccurate still). Will see how it fairs after I've charged and discharged it a few times. No, not from 100% to 0%. From 100% to 20%. Don't want to kill my battery.
Day 2, barely used my phone today, and it's at 84% with 18hrs of time away from the charger. Screen on time of only 16 minutes. The battery is definitely lasting longer, so I think I can safely say that this is a legitimate 1700mah battery. The real test will be how well it works after a few weeks, though I have high hopes.
I've just ordered mine! It won't ship until august, the 8th.
How is it going with your battery? Doest it last noticeably more?
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Just lasted over 48hrs on one charge with light use. Mostly texting and some very brief gaming and market updates. Wifi and bluetooth were on the entire time. I'm definitely seeing a noticeable improvement in battery life.
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Added link to the battery and website. I feel like the 1700mah is a little conservative on their part. It feels like I'm getting more battery than the rated 200mah difference would allow. Anyway, loving the purchase, and no issues so far. Will keep everyone posted if it suddenly bursts into flames, or bakes me a pie.
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...ended-battery-for-samsung-galaxy-s-i9003.html
Thanks for posting your results.
I've been having trouble getting my battery to last more than 24 hours. :/
Though the latest releases of CM7 seem to be the problem. I was getting 24 hours easily with other roms..
So this 1700mah battery fits in the vibrant with the original back cover?
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So this 1700mah battery fits in the vibrant with the original back cover?
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Yep! Using the original that came with my Vibrant. Fits perfectly.
Alright so recently I purchased the Anker 2050mAh battery. It's compatible with the T989 (Hercules) and I727 (Skyrocket). It fits in the standard battery cover.
Like my previous Anker batteries, this one arrived with 66%. I used Juice Offender to drain it to 0%, and then fully charged it.
I later used it moderately throughout the day and it lasted about 16 hours. 4 hours on 4G and 12 on Wifi. I DON'T have screenshots though. By moderate use I mean quite a lot of texts, IMs on Facebook, checking Facebook every half hour, about 30 pictures taken in 8MP resolution (without flash), a few quick calls with Google Voice, a bit of web browsing, about 30-45 minutes of gaming, and a few YouTube videos streaming on 4G in high quality.
The next day, I used it on a full charge. The screenshots are attached. I used it moderately/heavily this time. About 3 hours on 4G and 10 on Wifi. More texts, IMs, pictures, 6-7 minutes of HD video recording, streamed more YouTube videos in high quality on 4G, an hour of gaming, some web browsing and dictionary use, and 2 very short calls. As you can see in the screenshots, my phone was awake quite a lot.
NOTE ABOUT THE SCREENSHOTS: The battery isn't at 81%. It really died, and when I put my stock battery in, the battery stats continued (which is really strange) so that's when I took the screenshots. If you look at the chart you can see it went all the way down and then a sudden rise up to 81% at the very end.
Note 2: When Wifi was on, I was using Wifi calling, so the phone signal was turned off.
Note 3: This is on rooted stock ROM + stock kernel, with almost all bloatware removed.
[url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0078WR4KW/]Here you can save money by buying two batteries + the universal Anker battery charger. The charger can charge almost any smartphone battery by lining up the metal contacts properly. It can take power by plugging it in a wall outlet or by a USB cable connected to a PC or wall outlet. It can also charge a phone by connecting a micro USB cable from it to the phone. So you can charge two batteries at once.
Awesome,thanks for the review!
This is great.
I used Anker 1900mAh for my sensation and it significantly increased battery life compared to HTC battery. Hope this battery does the same to my T989!
Update: I just bought one. Will try it for few days and update here on how it works!
bix73 said:
This is great.
I used Anker 1900mAh for my sensation and it significantly increased battery life compared to HTC battery. Hope this battery does the same to my T989!
Update: I just bought one. Will try it for few days and update here on how it works!
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I'll be watching this thread. I've been wanting to get this, but this is the only review I've found so far.
One thing that caught my eye is that Ankor says "Keep the battery power between 5%-95%", but i like to plug in my phone/battery and just let it charge while i sleep or whatever. I wonder if my habits of just letting it charge until i unplug it will negatively effect the life of the battery.
bix73 said:
This is great.
I used Anker 1900mAh for my sensation and it significantly increased battery life compared to HTC battery. Hope this battery does the same to my T989!
Update: I just bought one. Will try it for few days and update here on how it works!
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That's Great!
okbye said:
I'll be watching this thread. I've been wanting to get this, but this is the only review I've found so far.
One thing that caught my eye is that Ankor says "Keep the battery power between 5%-95%", but i like to plug in my phone/battery and just let it charge while i sleep or whatever. I wonder if my habits of just letting it charge until i unplug it will negatively effect the life of the battery.
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Things become abnormal when too overly do. I suppose this is the common rule.
Some batteries may not have the "overcharge protection", and if it is not protected, battery life will be shortened. And for me, even if the battery is protected, I will still use it with care.
whoever tests this out, can you guys also use DISPLAY ON TIME and VOICE TIME if you use that. (2 main factors)
What type of usage did you get with the stock battery? At that price I may pick one up.
I'm running an aftermarket rom and tend to get that already, but I'm not too sure what stock debloated is capable of with the normal battery. it's Amazon prime too, so i might order it tonight and see how it does this weekend.
EDIT: Damn, or for $10 more a second and a charger. 2 of my immediate family use this phone.... hm....
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would this one fit?
http://www.amazon.com/Extended-Battery-Samsung-Galaxy-Skyrocket/dp/B006WO0YMM/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_1_0
Thanks for posting this, just ordered a pair.
Looks promising.
I got about 23hours on one charge off these batteries
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Is it worth it for the extra 200 mAh?
And in the description for the batteries, Anker says:
Using Tips:
- Keep the battery power between 5%-95%.
- Avoid overcharge and over discharge. Please stop charging when the battery is 100% charged.
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Should we maintain batteries like this because I heard otherwise?
asting said:
What type of usage did you get with the stock battery? At that price I may pick one up.
I'm running an aftermarket rom and tend to get that already, but I'm not too sure what stock debloated is capable of with the normal battery. it's Amazon prime too, so i might order it tonight and see how it does this weekend.
EDIT: Damn, or for $10 more a second and a charger. 2 of my immediate family use this phone.... hm....
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would this one fit?
http://www.amazon.com/Extended-Battery-Samsung-Galaxy-Skyrocket/dp/B006WO0YMM/ref=pd_sxp_grid_pt_1_0
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Dude, it says right on the product description:
Same size as standard battery. Do NOT required to use bulky back cover.
Tynen said:
Dude, it says right on the product description:
Same size as standard battery. Do NOT required to use bulky back cover.
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Thanks for the rude response, but that wasn't the question
The question is will that battery fit the T989. I see the original battery linked says it fits the i727 and t989, but this is listed as the i727r. I don't know the variants of the skyrocket well, if at all, so my question is will the one I linked fit our devices.
I have it and it fits. Comes with funny English......also ignore signature I am using t989
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I have it and it fits. Comes with funny English......also ignore signature I am using t989View attachment 977464
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Damn if it's certificated I'll pick up two.
bum protection too!
helps with bum outbreaks as well. on a serious note it seems to work just as well if not a little bit better than the stock battery. can't comment much on use because i have been flashing too many ICS roms
u guys see this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...494600?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item231a439f08
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u guys see this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...494600?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item231a439f08
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That appears to be the same one I linked to earlier (but listed specifically for this phone at a higher price).
looks good
but i think with my anker as a primary, a charged oem battery as a backup, and a powerskin ready to snap on I should be ok with power... just wish there was an easy way to tune down the auto-brightness on our devices. ive seen roms with it built-in but not sure how
ORdered one thanks for this OP
Woah, nice find man! Im seriously thinking about buying a second battery now. how much is the battery percent increase? 5-10ish%?
Hey guys just a quick simple question, which of these two brands is more reputable and offers higher quality batteries?
http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-GT-i...843965&sr=8-2&keywords=i9250+extended+battery
http://www.amazon.com/Onite-Extende...843965&sr=8-1&keywords=i9250+extended+battery
Both have good ratings on amazon but I was wondering about guys who actually have these batteries. Is the larger hyperion better than the NFC equipped Onite? FYI I never really use NFC so it is not a factor here. I just want to get the better quality, longer lasting battery.
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Hey guys just a quick simple question, which of these two brands is more reputable and offers higher quality batteries?
http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-GT-i...843965&sr=8-2&keywords=i9250+extended+battery
http://www.amazon.com/Onite-Extende...843965&sr=8-1&keywords=i9250+extended+battery
Both have good ratings on amazon but I was wondering about guys who actually have these batteries. Is the larger hyperion better than the NFC equipped Onite? FYI I never really use NFC so it is not a factor here. I just want to get the better quality, longer lasting battery.
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I don't have the Hyperion battery, I instead have once from QCell and the Onite (3500) you linked. I got them since October/Septmeber 2013 and both of them blow the stock (1700) battery away. But my QCell battery seems to last a little bit longer (and I think its a slightly larger capacity battery) but the battery seems to discharge at a weird rate. It rapidly discharges and then it gains back a couple of %. As a result, the battery graph looks very spiky jittery mess. But it still works fine but it may randomly shut down at the 5-10% mark.
Right now, I use the Onite as a daily driver for those reason alone as it doesn't derp like the Qcell does. It definitely falls under the category of not bad. But be warned batteries of this size will make your phone huge, bulky and heavy haha. Picking up a Nexus 5 will make you think its a feather light after using huge batteries on the GNex.
Wifi use at home easily gets me 5-6 hour screen on time with a little more than 2d uptime. The days where I go out the entire day, it would last about 4 hours +/- screen on time (I run at way higher brightness when I'm not at home), BT on when in the car streaming audio for 1 hour, average signal and about 15+ hours uptime because I replug in when I sleep with usually 10-30% to spare. In short, I never run out of battery less than a day of usage. Almost double the battery life of stock battery. With Trinity kernel, you easily gain an extra half an hour of SOT on this battery.
GTA SA though kills the Onite battery flat in 2h 30m of continuos gaming with thermal throttle disabled (Trinity kernel) at 20%+ brightness
amd-dude said:
Hey guys just a quick simple question, which of these two brands is more reputable and offers higher quality batteries?
http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-GT-i...843965&sr=8-2&keywords=i9250+extended+battery
http://www.amazon.com/Onite-Extende...843965&sr=8-1&keywords=i9250+extended+battery
Both have good ratings on amazon but I was wondering about guys who actually have these batteries. Is the larger hyperion better than the NFC equipped Onite? FYI I never really use NFC so it is not a factor here. I just want to get the better quality, longer lasting battery.
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I would go for the Onite, for sure. Even if I don't really like to use not original battery. I think it's unsafe for the smartphone itself.
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I don't have the Hyperion battery, I instead have once from QCell and the Onite (3500) you linked. I got them since October/Septmeber 2013 and both of them blow the stock (1700) battery away. But my QCell battery seems to last a little bit longer (and I think its a slightly larger capacity battery) but the battery seems to discharge at a weird rate. It rapidly discharges and then it gains back a couple of %. As a result, the battery graph looks very spiky jittery mess. But it still works fine but it may randomly shut down at the 5-10% mark.
Right now, I use the Onite as a daily driver for those reason alone as it doesn't derp like the Qcell does. It definitely falls under the category of not bad. But be warned batteries of this size will make your phone huge, bulky and heavy haha. Picking up a Nexus 5 will make you think its a feather light after using huge batteries on the GNex.
Wifi use at home easily gets me 5-6 hour screen on time with a little more than 2d uptime. The days where I go out the entire day, it would last about 4 hours +/- screen on time (I run at way higher brightness when I'm not at home), BT on when in the car streaming audio for 1 hour, average signal and about 15+ hours uptime because I replug in when I sleep with usually 10-30% to spare. In short, I never run out of battery less than a day of usage. Almost double the battery life of stock battery. With Trinity kernel, you easily gain an extra half an hour of SOT on this battery.
GTA SA though kills the Onite battery flat in 2h 30m of continuos gaming with thermal throttle disabled (Trinity kernel) at 20%+ brightness
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Thanks for that really in depth response, I appreciate it. I will definitely buy the Onite battery. Thank you again.
I bought the Hyperion 2 days ago and here are some screen shots of my usage yesterday, I think I could do better with some modifications...
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I've own the SGS3 almost since launch day. Soon it will be 2 years old.
I'm getting 3 hours SOT and 24 hours total.
I'm thinking of buying a new original 2100 battery to see if it improves battery life. Would it?
Anyone has tried this?
Thanks.
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I've own the SGS3 almost since launch day. Soon it will be 2 years old.
I'm getting 3 hours SOT and 24 hours total.
I'm thinking of buying a new original 2100 battery to see if it improves battery life. Would it?
Anyone has tried this?
Thanks.
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I haven't tried it yet since I'm hopefully getting a new phone soon but I do believe it would help, maybe an extra hour SOT because I know my battery was amazing back 2 years ago and now I get the same times you do if not worse.
After a year on mine I was only getting 1700mah, So now I get a new Anker 2200mah battery every 6 months because they are just as good as original but do last longer.
Theoretically yes! battery life should improve, as you will be having a new battery.
My battery is just over a year old and i get around a 1d12h worth of battery time and roughly 3.5 to 4 hours SOT.
I recently bought a Pisen 2100mah battery off the internet and for the same SOT i got more usage. maybe 1d 20h nearing the 2d use.
n.b; wifi is always on. i use 3G for like 30 mins during a day
from what I've heard, newer generations of batteries, like ones that ship with SGS3, should not be drained to 0% with phone shutting down. it was advised to charge at low percents like 1% to 5% while phone is still on
Sensamic said:
I've own the SGS3 almost since launch day. Soon it will be 2 years old.
I'm getting 3 hours SOT and 24 hours total.
I'm thinking of buying a new original 2100 battery to see if it improves battery life. Would it?
Anyone has tried this?
Thanks.
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Of course it would and if you dont have problem with size and weight i recomend you to get samsung's 3000mhA battery. Why not getting a bigger battery
It depends how old the battery is though. All Li-ion batteries degrade over time, even if they aren't used. So if you get a 2 year old battery, that has been sitting on a shelf somewhere, it won't help as much as you'd hoped. Depending on the temperature and charge level it was stored at, it could have lost a lot of its capacity.
So the trick is to get a newly manufactured battery, which isn't so easy since most sellers don't write this information.
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After a year on mine I was only getting 1700mah, So now I get a new Anker 2200mah battery every 6 months because they are just as good as original but do last longer.
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i've been trying to find an app that measures the actual battery capacity.. i havne't found one yet... what do you use?
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i've been trying to find an app that measures the actual battery capacity.. i havne't found one yet... what do you use?
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try Battery Calibration by Nema, it is on play store
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Of course it would and if you dont have problem with size and weight i recomend you to get samsung's 3000mhA battery. Why not getting a bigger battery
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Since a bigger battery means the battery is thicker,the original back cover wouldn't fit,then you need to use a specific cover which would make your phone heavier.
Right now I am in this trouble,I got a Onite 4500mAh extended battery with a blue cover,hopefully it's a great product, shipping as listed and battery performs exactly as listed,I just don't like the cover,it made my phone looked heavier.I was wondering maybe I should choose a power bank and put back my OEM one on.
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It depends how old the battery is though. All Li-ion batteries degrade over time, even if they aren't used. So if you get a 2 year old battery, that has been sitting on a shelf somewhere, it won't help as much as you'd hoped. Depending on the temperature and charge level it was stored at, it could have lost a lot of its capacity.
So the trick is to get a newly manufactured battery, which isn't so easy since most sellers don't write this information.
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This is true. You also need to account for your usage. If you do a lot of activity that heats your battery up (games, navigation, etc.) Then even a shelf stored battery will help since heat is another Li-ion killer.
My S3 was 2 years old in May of this year. I have been having issues with the battery and charging. My USB charging port has the classic loose connection issue as does the headphone jack. I see the fix and YouTube videos to repair but have not yet done that. I last week got my new OEM Samsung battery and the external charging kit. I just upgraded to Kitkat 4.4.2 NDA8 despite being eligible for a new phone discount from Sprint. My S3 is a 32gb unit and I will not buy a S5 with only 16gb, no way no how.
The new battery is performing very well. It is so close on updating to 4.4.2 that I can not be certain that there were not issues with my rooted 4.1.2 build after so many months. For sure the new battery is lasting longer. I think it was worth the $42.03 spent on the charger and battery as my USB port is in question and I can always swap batteries and charge with the external charger.
My S3 has a new lease on life and I can wait for new tech before upgrading. xda developers forum - root - and the desire for liberty is a powerful combination.
why not try using wireless charging? the qi reciever + charger should not cost you mote than 35 bucks. and you can still use your current battery, battery cover, & nfc, unlike powermat.
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A 2 year battery will definitely be worn-out. Depending on the charging cycle count, could be only a 20%,but maybe a 50 or 70%.
I bought a Zerolemon 7000mAh battery few months a go, I'm usually getting 4-5 days on normal usage, and 11-13h of screen on.
Best bought I have ever made.
Guys I really need to buy a new battery for my Galaxy Nexus gsm i9250<br />
I am not looking for oem replacements but extended battery of about 3500 (the higher the capacity the better) mah or more from 3rd party manufactures. <br />
I want a battery which will last a long time not a cheap chinese knock-off. Nfc dosent matter cause i dont use it and probably never will. <br />
Also I am also looking for an external charger cause i will keep more than one battery. I've had a bad experiance with cheap external chargers destroying my batteries <br />
Since amazon and ebay dont ship to my country I am going to use an importing service which will add to the costs. So i want my first experience buying online to be good<br />
Amazon links are preferred and thanks in advance<br/>
The problem with those good quality batteries is that they cost more than the phone is worth :/ You can buy a used Galaxy Nexus for ~50$ while the good extended batteries cost more than that. I just went for a cheap Chinese one for less than 20$. It says 3800 mAh but the real capacity seems to be rather around 3000 mAh, judging by how it performs.
I too was looking at getting an extended life battery, but for me $ wasn't the issue, size and reliability were more concerning.
Then few months ago I got 1 on those USB power sticks as a gift and it's been really helpful whenever I've needed a recharge when I'm out or forget and don't have time to wait to charge up via wall charger.
Now only issue is that for the post few months it's been cold out and the stick is stored easily in my jacket, but not sure I'll enjoy carrying it as much in my jeans pocket.
I had a bad experience with a mtec 3800mAh the price was convenient (10€) and I also found good opinion about this battery. But when I use this battery the smartphone turn off themselves with a 30-40% residual battery... And if I reboot it the battery percentage is very low 3-4%. I don't know if the battery is falled or maybe I have to set some parameters.
LolliGNexus
I'm using a qcell 3800mah battery and getting good results. The battery section usually shows 6 to 7 hours of screen usage before the low battery warning cuts in. If I don't use the phone much, I can finish out the day with 70% or more remaining.
It is a bit heavier, but the stock battery is total garbage.
tomasz86 said:
The problem with those good quality batteries is that they cost more than the phone is worth :/ You can buy a used Galaxy Nexus for ~50$ while the good extended batteries cost more than that. I just went for a cheap Chinese one for less than 20$. It says 3800 mAh but the real capacity seems to be rather around 3000 mAh, judging by how it performs.
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Yea the step price is really a turnoff
mdki1996 said:
I had a bad experience with a mtec 3800mAh the price was convenient (10€) and I also found good opinion about this battery. But when I use this battery the smartphone turn off themselves with a 30-40% residual battery... And if I reboot it the battery percentage is very low 3-4%. I don't know if the battery is falled or maybe I have to set some parameters.
LolliGNexus
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Sounds like you bought a cheap chinese knockoff
what9000 said:
I'm using a qcell 3800mah battery and getting good results. The battery section usually shows 6 to 7 hours of screen usage before the low battery warning cuts in. If I don't use the phone much, I can finish out the day with 70% or more remaining.
It is a bit heavier, but the stock battery is total garbage.
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Sounds promising can you provide the link
Yes I am also interested about this battery, have you just bought it and used without set anything (wipe battery stats...etc)?
LolliGNexus
Here you go, apparently it's twenty bucks with the back case. I also bought the rubber bumper from amazon for a few dollars. Now that I realize that's half the value of the phone, it's a bit concerning. However, it beats dropping $650 on a new nexus or HTC phone.
Qcell battery: http://qcellpower.com/accessories.php?id=39
a case that fits the extended battery back (apparently, the trexcell case I had is now unavailable): http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Exte...806985&sr=1-6&keywords=i9250+extended+battery
Now that I'm running nephilim's settings on Cm remix+smitty superram kernel it's really humming along quite nicely. Occasionally there are a few hiccups, but battery life is incredible. My wife's nexus 5 requires constant charging, I can use mine all day and not plug in until I go to bed at midnight.
what9000 said:
Here you go, apparently it's twenty bucks with the back case. I also bought the rubber bumper from amazon for a few dollars. Now that I realize that's half the value of the phone, it's a bit concerning. However, it beats dropping $650 on a new nexus or HTC phone.
Qcell battery: http://qcellpower.com/accessories.php?id=39
a case that fits the extended battery back (apparently, the trexcell case I had is now unavailable): http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Exte...806985&sr=1-6&keywords=i9250+extended+battery
Now that I'm running nephilim's settings on Cm remix+smitty superram kernel it's really humming along quite nicely. Occasionally there are a few hiccups, but battery life is incredible. My wife's nexus 5 requires constant charging, I can use mine all day and not plug in until I go to bed at midnight.
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Currently unavailable, how much paid you for this battery?
GN-LiquidKat
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Currently unavailable, how much paid you for this battery?
GN-LiquidKat
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I paid $25 back in april of 2013. I am routinely seeing the batteries for this phone go into the discontinued/unavailable phase, as I would expect (I have only seen one other Galaxy Nexus in the wild in 3 years. )
My best advice would be to scour eBay and see if you get lucky. Amazon is sporadic on keeping older electronics stocked.
Some screen grabs I did since I forgot to charge my phone last night.
Nearing 6 hours of screen-on time with 25% remaining.
Not too shabby for a phone that is what, four years old? Either way it has served me well and will hopefully have some more time to go until it finally dies.