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[Q] NOT SEIDIO- 3500mAh battery + cover on Amazon- $23.99

3500mAh battery + cover- looks smoother than Seidio, but also looks like it could be cheaply made.
Check it out.
What do you think? Would you gamble on it? Why or why not?

i took the gamble, i'll let you know how it is in 2-6 business days

$19? Seems cheap...especially for an "extended" battery. Our 1900mAh battery as a replacement costs more than that, haha.

will this still fit in the lapdock?

Would probably fit in the lapdock if you took the back off
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xandr115 said:
Would probably fit in the lapdock if you took the battery off
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fixed for ya

I ordered one from Gorilla Gadgets. I can easily use the phone HEAVILY (games, calls, texting, facebook, music, bluetooth always on) from 630am to 10pm without charging or it dying.

Just took the risk as well. Will report back on how it does. 2-6 business days!

Keep us posted guys. My gf is picking up the atrix so this would be a good accessory to pick up
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Im interested in seeing how this fits. Also how the battery life is with setcpu disabled under heavy use
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I hope it's good but odds are it's crap like every other aftermarket battery.
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They took forever to ship it, but it's shipping now. Hope it gets here soon!

Well, came home to the package, and it does NOT fit in my phone. I don't know what else to do.

Sinful Animosity said:
Well, came home to the package, and it does NOT fit in my phone. I don't know what else to do.
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Geez man that really sucks. Thanks for letting us know tho.

I think I might not be trying hard enough to make it fit, but it just seems like it doesn't want to go in.

Hello, everyone. I received this battery a couple days ago. The battery doesn't just slip right in, you have to push really hard. Overall, the extra sign is not as bad as i thought. It actually blend in with the phone. I was using it heavily for 14 hours straight, when the phone said i have 1% left. I thought that the phone would shut off but it keep on going for another 3 hours. It probably can go on but im afraid it might ran out while im on the road. I recharge it and will continue to monitor it. The only problem i see is the battery indicator is not accurate. I hope that it will calibrate itself in a few more power cycle.

You had to push hard? I pushed super hard and I was afraid of breaking the phone. I'll give it another shot though!

Sinful Animosity said:
You had to push hard? I pushed super hard and I was afraid of breaking the phone. I'll give it another shot though!
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Yes, put the battery conductor side down first and push the rest of it down. It will work.

Sorry. I feel like an idiot for not being able to push a battery in. But when you put it in conductor side first, did the back of yours get stuck on the fingerprint scanner part?
I feel like I'm going to break the device if I push any harder.

Sinful Animosity said:
Sorry. I feel like an idiot for not being able to push a battery in. But when you put it in conductor side first, did the back of yours get stuck on the fingerprint scanner part?
I feel like I'm going to break the device if I push any harder.
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No, mines isn't stuck on the fingerprint part. I hope we got the same battery. I got mine from the link on the first page of this post.

LED Modification (Epic 4g Touch)

Wanted to show you guys a mod I just finished on my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36994299&postcount=242
I will post instructions for anyone that wants to know how to do it. I just need a better camera to take the pictures with.
This is pretty convenient for females that use larger purses to store their phones as well as for leaving it laying about in a dark room. I always end up searching for my phone in the dark on or around my bed. It keeps me from having to get up to turn on a light. It also works even when the phone is turned off. I have not seen any extra drain on the battery either.

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU DO TO YOUR DEVICE
Parts list.
2 wires of any color from a USB cable about 6 inches in length. You will not use all of the length but it helps to have more than needed and to cut them to fit right. You will need them to be thin. I used black (Negative) and white (Positive).
100ohm resistor. Will take a touch of brightness away but the mod works like a charm.
3.5 mm LED
Wire cutters
Dremel tool
Electrical tape.
You will need to cut the hook for the strap and dremel it down. This is where the LED will sit. put electrical tape in place. THIS IS IMPORTANT. This area will have exposed aluminum.
Also, as seen in the second photo, you will need to cut the small section out to allow for the wires to fit properly.
Pic 3 shows where I soldered my wires for power. looks horrible, but the flux is not all that great. Your positive lead is on the right and the negative is on the left as shown in the picture. Nothing is soldered to the middle lead.
In the 4th picture you see the resistor. That is the only place I could fit the resistor because I did not have any SMD caps that I could use. It will be places in the little crevice under the vibration motor.
You will want to run the wires under the SD cradle to make sure they fit well.
I cannot say exactly where to put the 3.5 mm hole in the battery cover as each will be slightly different. I got lucky with my placement.

Surprised no one has said anything to this yet.
Looks really cool and interesting. I might take you up on this depending on the difficulty and amount of time I have!!
Hopefully you can find a better camera to take pictures with.

crkdslider said:
Surprised no one has said anything to this yet.
Looks really cool and interesting. I might take you up on this depending on the difficulty and amount of time I have!!
Hopefully you can find a better camera to take pictures with.
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Yeah. Me too. XDA has been dead the last few days. I have also seen the flow of assholes and idiots come through, so that explains some of the silence. I will have a better camera in the next few days.
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Does the LED changes into different colors? I may look into doing it also. :thumbup:

That's some clean work. I too am interested in the mod, whenever I feel brave enough or have the time, I'll probably do it haha.
Very clean work though.

bloopblah said:
Does the LED changes into different colors? I may look into doing it also. :thumbup:
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Not this LED. I would either need a tri-LED or a dual and a pin-out of the entire mobo as well as a reason to have it change colors. The wiring needed and extra components would probably not fit though...

naripsta said:
That's some clean work. I too am interested in the mod, whenever I feel brave enough or have the time, I'll probably do it haha.
Very clean work though.
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Thank you. I have specialized in cosmetic mods on many things from game consoles to computers to phones. I may offer a service here to do work if a MOD would allow it and people were interested.

Good work man. That is freaking cool.
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DEF3NDER said:
Good work man. That is freaking cool.
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Thanks man. I will be posting instructions tomorrow evening with pictures.
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graydiggy said:
Thanks man. I will be posting instructions tomorrow evening with pictures.
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Can't wait! I think the tri-color LED thing could pretty sweet. As long as you have the white LED light, then the other colors are just for convenience

Ran into a little problem... Apparently 3.7 volts is too much for the led to handle for more than a few days. So I am calling in some help with this. I broke my voltmeter so I can't test for what resistors/diodes I need to keep the current down and keep the LED on. I need it to be at 3.3v for the LED. My best bet is to use a SMD as it is small and will fit perfectly within the phone. Does anyone have any ideas?
EDIT: Fixed it. I ended up going through resistors with trial and error. Ultimately came to a 1 OHM resistor. Had to completely rework the wires in the unit. I had to sacrifice just a tiny bit of brightness but it is still very effective. Also, it does not put off the heat like it did without the resistor. I am very confident that this LED will last. I will be posting pictures tonight. And a simple walk through and parts list.

Interested in them pictures lol.

That's a pretty neat mod. Did you wire it so the LED is on constantly, or is it tied to the front notification LED?
Also according to a LED calculator I found here, you only need about a 22ohm 1/8W resistor for a LED with a forward current of 20ma (most 3&5mm led bulbs.) Since you used a 100ohm resistor, that would explain your loss in brightness.

bigj231 said:
That's a pretty neat mod. Did you wire it so the LED is on constantly, or is it tied to the front notification LED?
Also according to a LED calculator I found here, you only need about a 22ohm 1/8W resistor for a LED with a forward current of 20ma (most 3&5mm led bulbs.) Since you used a 100ohm resistor, that would explain your loss in brightness.
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It is wired to stay on constantly even if the phone is powered off. As long as the battery is inserted and has some juice, it will be lit. I am not sure if I have a 22ohm resistor. The loss of brightness is not too bad. Like I said, it is still very effective.
EDIT: I actually used a 1ohm resistor if I remember correctly. I don't know why I put 100. I will fix that. The calculator is telling me that is what I needed to use anyways. I will double check when I have my phone apart again and am taking pictures for the tutorial.

Sorry guys. I will do the pics and tutorial tomorrow. Spending time with my girlfriend and our son tonight. She rules the the coop when she is home.
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Updated second post with pics and a small lame ass walk through.
Sorry it took so long. Been spending time with my girlfriend and our son.

cool stuff man .. what kind of game console mods did you do?

This is a nice mod. Good work.
Any ideas for a vent of some sort for the extreme heat this phone gets while playing games like order and chaos?
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Dalek_Caan said:
cool stuff man .. what kind of game console mods did you do?
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Cosmetic and lighting mods. I also did cooling modifications as well.
robrooter said:
This is a nice mod. Good work.
Any ideas for a vent of some sort for the extreme heat this phone gets while playing games like order and chaos?
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"This is the Droid I have been looking for!"
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I don't think that will be possible. The only time my phone heats up like that is when I have it charging.

My Samsung Galaxy S3 exploded last night while I was sleeping

well not mine actually, but check the link. this is the first im hearing of anything like this...discuss
This is my first time posting so cut me some slack! Also not sure if this is the best place to post this.
Last night at about 3:15am EST (about 1 hour after i plugged it in and went to sleep) I was awoken by a loud noise and a weird squeaking sound. (I charge my phone while I'm sleeping on my bed right next to me)
So, I woke up, and saw a ton of smoke coming out of my phone -- it also smelled REALLY bad. Half asleep, I jumped out of bed and turned the light on, only to see that my phone was just beginning to go on fire. I dumped a glass of water I had in the room on it to stop it from burning...then woke up my brother to come help. The smoke smelled so bad and wafted through the entire second floor of my house. I had a foam mattress pillow top that had a hole burned through it too--which we later threw out because it was still burning throughout. Also, some of the plastic on my phone was melting and kind of shooting out of it, and some landed on my pinky finger and burned some skin off (very small burn though).
Does anyone have any suggestions what I should do? Call Verizon? Samsung? Have a lawyer call them? I'd also like to get some type of replacement phone in the meantime...
Here are the pictures
EDIT: People keep requesting pictures of the battery. Here they are
ALSO: To answer many questions: EVERYTHING was stock/Samsung that I had received when I purchased my phone. Stock battery, charger, etc. Additionally, my phone was NOT rooted.
Edit 2: Thanks so much for all of your comments and insight. The real big question here is -- Do you think I have an actual legal case? As in, a product liability case. Or, do you think I'm better off taking what the PR team will give me? (Perhaps, a new phone, new mattress, etc)? I did not suffer any TRULY substantial damages to myself or personal property. I am really tossed up on this...Any advice would be appreciated.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1f5hoq/my_samsung_galaxy_s3_exploded_last_night_while_i/

The comments people are leaving are hilarious lol, doesn't surprise me too much with how hot I've felt some devices getting. He probably installed a fart app or something lol. Sucks but Samsung should pay for everything the guy states like mattress and phone and such.
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He should sue the hell out of them because they can afford it, the burn to his hand alone will easily net him a 4 figure cheque.

Kinda makes me hope my phone catches on fire now lol
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MazingerZed said:
He should sue the hell out of them because they can afford it, the burn to his hand alone will easily net him a 4 figure cheque.
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If there's even a case. Sounds like he just wants to be reimbursed for the phone and damage done to his bed. It also sounds like he doesn't even care about the burn to his finger.
If he does file a lawsuit, I sure hope his phone was stock (I have no idea how they would check now) and that he was using the stock battery. I'm sure samsung is going to bring up the wall charger and micro usb cable as well.
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Im sorry, but in my opinion, things like this shouldnt always warrant a lawsuit. Does anybody really think that Samsung is guilty of wrongdoing here? Yeah it sucks and is scary that it happened, but just file an insurance claim to replace the bed and phone and move on with life.
How many GS3s have been sold now, plus all the extra batteries and only one has done this? Pretty good if you ask me.
Sounds like it was probably just a faulty battery or something like that.
Anyway, like I said its just my opinion and thought id share it.
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I couldn't even tell that was still the battery since it had warped and expanded so much due to the explosion....now I'm not going to charge my S3 right next to my head when I sleep.

Reimbursement I vote in the least, I mean what's a "600$" phone gonna be for them lol, I assume it was a faulty battery I've read that before about it melting a case
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I'm scared of my phone now.. Won't be charging it on my bed anymore...

reminds me of that story i heard about an iPod Touch exploding in someone's pocket during class...ouch

saranhai said:
reminds me of that story i heard about an iPod Touch exploding in someone's pocket during class...ouch
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Seems like in both cases of exploding iPod Touches, a lawsuit against Apple followed:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/apple-sued-after-ipod-touch-exploded-in-boys-trousers-49301555/
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/02/apple-sued-for-exploding-ipod-touch.html

This actually happened to me also so I know what he is going through. I set my phone down to charge. I woke up about an hour later to a plastic burning smell. I grabbed my phone and it was literally melting. Not on fire, just extremely hot and I ended up burning my fingers. I immediately pulled the battery out. Let it cool off (the smell didn't go away) and then it powered back on and has been charging normally ever since. It's kinda scary to think what would happen if I didn't wake up and notice my phone almost blowing up.

mazdamiata210 said:
This actually happened to me also so I know what he is going through. I set my phone down to charge. I woke up about an hour later to a plastic burning smell. I grabbed my phone and it was literally melting. Not on fire, just extremely hot and I ended up burning my fingers. I immediately pulled the battery out. Let it cool off (the smell didn't go away) and then it powered back on and has been charging normally ever since. It's kinda scary to think what would happen if I didn't wake up and notice my phone almost blowing up.
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What firmware and ROM are you running?

I don't think he has an S3. All of his other posts are for the Note2.
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Aerowinder said:
What firmware and ROM are you running?
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It was stock everything, not even rooted.
DocHoliday77 said:
I don't think he has an S3. All of his other posts are for the Note2.
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And I do have an s3... My sister uses it.

ok thx for clarifying.
What build is it on?
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Just stock 4.1.2 from AT&T
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mazdamiata210 said:
Just stock 4.1.2 from AT&T
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Wasn't aware they got the 4.1.2 update. That's a bmer though on all accounts. I live in Phoenix AZ and we see nothing but triple digits from may til august and I've never felt burnt by my phone, I'm lucky to have resistant skin I guess.
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Oh yes they got it months ago. But this happened while charging, in the air conditioning. So there was no reason for it to be that hot. When I turned it on there was no program in the battery list which was eating up the battery so it is very strange.
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mt3g said:
I live in Phoenix AZ and we see nothing but triple digits from may til august and I've never felt burnt by my phone, I'm lucky to have resistant skin I guess.
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mt3g targaryen

My Charging Port Burned.

So I know this is nothing new but Im just so MAD!
My charging port burned while I was charging it. What the hell!!!
I take very good care of my phone & never put it through heavy usage, just the normal calling, texts and a little bit of Internet.
So my question is, where do I go from here. Can Samsung fix my problem. Or will they just turn around an say "Not Our Problem buddy" lol
But seriously this suck big time..
I'll try to upload some pictures asap.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Ps. I Don't have insurance through my provider.
I paid the phone in Full.
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gonzalez. said:
So I know this is nothing new but Im just so f*@#king MAD!
My charging port burned while I was charging it. What the hell!!!
I take very good care of my phone & never put it through heavy usage, just the normal calling, texts and a little bit of Internet.
So my question is, where do I go from here. Can Samsung fix my problem. Or will they just turn around an say "Not Our Problem buddy" lol
But seriously this suck big time..
I'll try to upload some pictures asap.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Ps. I Don't have insurance through my provider.
I paid the phone in Full.
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You can swap out the charging port yourself relatively easily.
Use this video guide. It's VERY thorough. It shows you how to COMPLETELY disasemble the S4. You will find that you have access to the charging port pretty soon in the dissasembly process.
I think you have to swap out that entire circuit board that the charging port is connected to. I mean you could desodler the port and solder a new one one, but that's a lot of work for minimal gain when you can buy the entire assembly for $8.
They are all over eBay.
Here's 1 example. I searched for S4 Chargine Port
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Chargin...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a88d3b1c9
I think you are looking at maybe a 10-15 operation on the phone here with an $8 repair.
That's assuming that the fried charging port didn't blow something else out. But were I a gambling man, I'd bet that it somethign else did get fried it would be localized to something else on that lower circuit board and you need to replace that whole peice anyway.
The S4 is remarkabley easy to break down and change defective parts on. So don't get too upset. This is an easy fix.

Hey thanks for the reply I feel a little better now, actually a lot better.
You somehow built my confidence up & I may just fix it myself. First thing I gotta do is open up the hood on my s4 lol and go from there.
Thanks for the ebay link.
Oh one more thing, you mentioned something about a video? I see no link to the video.
Surprisingly S4 is still up an running just like any other day. Amazing I know! But sucks that I wont be able to charge it
So I gotta find a cheap replacement in the meanwhile. Anyways Im getting off topic now.
Thanks again for the reply I really appreciate it...
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Get a wireless charger pad & receiver it uses different pins away from the usb plug. For file transfers use wifi

gonzalez. said:
Hey thanks for the reply I feel a little better now, actually a lot better.
You somehow built my confidence up & I may just fix it myself. First thing I gotta do is open up the hood on my s4 lol and go from there.
Thanks for the ebay link.
Oh one more thing, you mentioned something about a video? I see no link to the video.
Surprisingly S4 is still up an running just like any other day. Amazing I know! But sucks that I wont be able to charge it
So I gotta find a cheap replacement in the meanwhile. Anyways Im getting off topic now.
Thanks again for the reply I really appreciate it...
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My bad....i cant link it from my phone.
But look at my profile and look for Threads Started By Skipjacks.
Like the 3rd or 4th one down is a thread on fixing a broken proximity sensor.
The link to the video is in the first post. I used the same video for the proximity sensor guide. It is a complete tear down video of every component on the phone.
Watch it and you will see how easy it is. The electronics are simple. Its getting the plastic case off that is the hardest...took me almost a whole minute!
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.

Note 4 Fast Charging

Okay, when I was looking for some information about fast charging, I came across this. Is this true?

edwardjiang7 said:
Okay, when I was looking for some information about fast charging, I came across this. Is this true?
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There is no need to worry, the Li-Ion batteries are made for it.

That's what they at. Even with with the thing about how you should charge your battery fully before you use it in the beginning. I still notice a difference...

No idea what point your making. I love the swappable battery option as well. I just choose to use it differently. Instead of taking my phone apart at work, keeping track of the battery, VA just fast charge the crap out of it. Then when the battery loses noticeable capacity, I'LL CGANGE TO A NEW BATTERY. No, I probably won't, because in the year or more it takes for that to happen, I'll be buying the Note 5.
I do know this, using the touchscreen gradually eats away at the initial brightness. I choose to just use voice commands and keep my screen off at all times. Same thing with my car. I walk to work so I don't wear out my tires. Oh yeah, I walk barefoot, video put my shoes on at work, valves the soles.
Phones don't last forever, but in the time we have this, before it either gets outdated, upgraded, or we get a contract renewal, it will last.

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No idea what point your making. I love the swappable battery option as well. I just choose to use it differently. Instead of taking my phone apart at work, keeping track of the battery, VA just fast charge the crap out of it. Then when the battery loses noticeable capacity, I'LL CGANGE TO A NEW BATTERY. No, I probably won't, because in the year or more it takes for that to happen, I'll be buying the Note 5.
I do know this, using the touchscreen gradually eats away at the initial brightness. I choose to just use voice commands and keep my screen off at all times. Same thing with my car. I walk to work so I don't wear out my tires. Oh yeah, I walk barefoot, video put my shoes on at work, valves the soles.
Phones don't last forever, but in the time we have this, before it either gets outdated, upgraded, or we get a contract renewal, it will last.
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Wow, great. I really likes that. Appreciate it and Merry Christmas!

Dude, you got to be kidding. Does sarcasm exist in Asia?

big70tom said:
Dude, you got to be kidding. Does sarcasm exist in Asia?
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Lol, i got thr sarcasm, thats why I said I liked the post.

Whew, I was worrying about your safety crossing the street.... Glad to know.

Don't know although I have 3 batteries I swap between

oneandroidnut said:
Don't know although I have 3 batteries I swap between
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Just out of curiosity, why so many?
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blastokid said:
Just out of curiosity, why so many?
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just to have several spares always ready lol

edwardjiang7 said:
Okay, when I was looking for some information about fast charging, I came across this. Is this true?
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I wouldn't worry about it. Fast charging isn't exactly super new. As others have pointed out you will likely be looking at a new phone before you notice severe enough of an issue

Rather than wait for Samsung to stock their fast charger, I ordered one of these from Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q0WM8KC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It looks like an inexpensive 3rd party alternative.