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Gold 2450mAh battery from ebay

Just wanted to report in with my experience of these large capacity batteries.
I purchased 2 of them along with a generic external charger and they are far better than the stock ones.
Currently been going for 48 hours and still at 25%. I was struggling to get 12 hours out of the stock battery.
They seem like reasonable quality and for around 10AUD each they are decent value. They fit under the stock cover too which is a bonus.
Anyone else using these?
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I don't suppose this battery is the"regular"size? Link?
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Sounds suspicious. 3 posts advertising a battery w/o any detailed information? Post some pics with the battery in your sgs2 and also post screenshots of your battery stats.

ozzy lion said:
Just wanted to report in with my experience of these large capacity batteries.
I purchased 2 of them along with a generic external charger and they are far better than the stock ones.
Currently been going for 48 hours and still at 25%. I was struggling to get 12 hours out of the stock battery.
They seem like reasonable quality and for around 10AUD each they are decent value. They fit under the stock cover too which is a bonus.
Anyone else using these?
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I bought 1 too, thinking it was only a stock battery or a cheaper one with beautiful wrapping and it surprised me. Last way much longer than usual one and yes it fit under stock cover.

ozzy lion said:
Just wanted to report in with my experience of these large capacity batteries.
I purchased 2 of them along with a generic external charger and they are far better than the stock ones.
Currently been going for 48 hours and still at 25%. I was struggling to get 12 hours out of the stock battery.
They seem like reasonable quality and for around 10AUD each they are decent value. They fit under the stock cover too which is a bonus.
Anyone else using these?
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Thanks for this info ! Would you post some pictures of the battery itself and some of usage stats , please ?

Most likely it is fake. Recently I bought 'gold' battery for my old SE K800 from ebay. Printed capacity on label was almost double than original battery but in fact real capacity was half of original. So, returned to seller and lost shipping costs only.
Unfortunately physics is in full force for batteries: at the moment larger capacity can be achieved only by more or larger sells!!!

I'm actually MORE than happy with original Samsung 2000MAh battery. I would NEVER put a fake or low quality battery close to my face.

Review 1650mAh (Stock), 3500mAh, 1800mAh and 2450mAh http://www.max-up.ru/news-apple/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-2-3500-mah-2430mah.html
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Review 1650mAh (Stock), 3500mAh, 1800mAh and 2450mAh http://www.max-up.ru/news-apple/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-2-3500-mah-2430mah.html
Translate ENG (google) http://translate.google.com/transla...e/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-2-3500-mah-2430mah.html
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Well that confirms all these uprated batteries are in fact rubbish with the exception of the much larger 3500mah one and even that was nowhere near the stated 3500mah rating

The gold batteries from Ebay are all fake. Don't waste your time. Peel off the gold cover, under it, you'll find an under powered rating.this batteries have already been discussed at xda over and over with picture evidences to show they are fake. Go buy a jaguar for 10 bucks and tell me it's real.
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I just bought one from ebay too. A gold 2450 mAh battery.
After I received it I put it in the mobile and battery snap from the market tells me the same remaining time as the stock 1650 mAh battery.. Then I peeled off the gold wrapper and underneath I found this inprint "HD504655AR 11K08NF1650".. 1650 ?? Strange coincidence ...
I opend a case with ebay requesting my money back because this looks like a fraud. I'll have to wait several days for it to close, but I will tell you how it ended...
I can only tell you that I should have read the posts here about the "gold" batteries.. Damn fakes!

Ok, so can anyone tell me how to identify a genuine Samsung battery?
My phone came with a battery that looks almost identical to eBay item 110825200405, except that mine says "Finished in Vietnam" and the recycle symbol is a bit different.
The supposedly genuine batteries on eBay (e.g. eBay item 140704498924) look quite different.
I got my phone from Orange/Partner in Israel and I'm wondering if they are using cheap aftermarket batteries to save money. Anyway, I want to buy a spare but I want to make sure that I'm getting my moneys worth for a battery that has the actual marked capacity and that will last.
Thanks.

Glad to trade abt the gold batteries here. I was abt to use a pair for myself

"Gold Batteries"
Bump.
I was about to post a big thing with a battery log that I kept for the first 5 charges of my new "Gold" battery along with how unimpressed I was and that it didnt seem any better than my stock 1250mAh. The new battery was supposedly 2450mAh. after reading the post 2 posts above mine I decided to remove the gold foil to look at the stamps on mine. I see nothing to indicate the mAh capacity on mine but after using it for a month I can say for sure that it is no better than my stock battery. I am not going to file it with ebay or anything but it sure seems like there are a lot of fakes out there. Mine came from Ghuang Dong china or something like that... lol. Anyway I only paid 6.99$ with no shipping and have a functional spare battery now so, oh well. Lesson learned. Figured I'd give my 2 cents.
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Oops. Just realixed this is for samsungs. Mine was for HTC Inspire. Probably all the same though... My bad.

my 2 bits worth
Just got the ebay GOLD (haha) battery as well but paid like 4 bux for it - FWIW it seems to hold a charge longer though it charges lightning fast which leads me to believe that it is indeed not 2450mah
After having done a bit of research, mah is a tricky thing to verify - can be done with a multimeter BUT there is a device called a battery-analyzer that does the trick. So these ppl that sell the possibly fraud batteries have tapped a great market: people (mostly) without the gear or know-how to check the quality of the goods!
regardless i needed a second battery so no loss for me. Now if it explodes or something I will report here first and I will not leave my 5star feedback for the "gold battery people" just yet
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***so the gold battery performance is incredibly poor - last less and less time with each charge***
I'd advise anyone to absolutely not bother with one of these

igor45 said:
Just got the ebay GOLD (haha) battery as well but paid like 4 bux for it - FWIW it seems to hold a charge longer though it charges lightning fast which leads me to believe that it is indeed not 2450mah
After having done a bit of research, mah is a tricky thing to verify - can be done with a multimeter BUT there is a device called a battery-analyzer that does the trick. So these ppl that sell the possibly fraud batteries have tapped a great market: people (mostly) without the gear or know-how to check the quality of the goods!
regardless i needed a second battery so no loss for me. Now if it explodes or something I will report here first and I will not leave my 5star feedback for the "gold battery people" just yet
UPDATE
***so the gold battery performance is incredibly poor - last less and less time with each charge***
I'd advise anyone to absolutely not bother with one of these
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battery analyzer? somekind of specific app or what do you mean with that?

zekenka said:
battery analyzer? somekind of specific app or what do you mean with that?
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It's a piece of hardware...
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hello,
I'm looking to buy galaxy s2 battery 2450mah so tell me from which site you bought this battery
reply me as soon as possible

maddler said:
I'm actually MORE than happy with original Samsung 2000MAh battery. I would NEVER put a fake or low quality battery close to my face.
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Can you post picture of this genuine Samsung 200mAh battery? Is the size same as 1650mAh one?

Pr0metheus2 said:
Can you post picture of this genuine Samsung 200mAh battery? Is the size same as 1650mAh one?
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the 2000mah is a bit bigger (that is why it needs a new cover plate)
I have an 1800mah (also a bit bigger) but fits nicely in the phone.

In case you haven't seen the anker 2800 mah

Just thought I might post a photo of the Anker 2800 mAh battery and cover which seem to be a good alternative to the rather large 3200-4800 extended batteries.
Since Anker seems to be relatively well regarded, I bought one of these, but nowhere could I find a side view photo to make an intelligent judgement of size.
So here it is for all to see.
Well, isn't this really stupid. I just wanted to post a photo, but new users cannot post outside links. But there seems to be no way to upload a photo for others to see. Sorry folks. Try to cut and paste this then:
members.toast.net/designer/ebay/atrixExtside.jpg
don't forget the http. without the www
I just charged it today and my battery meter reads 1880mAh. However, BMW free seems to be terribly inaccurate on the first try.
I'll let you know what it reads after a few charge/discharge cycles.
Wolfgang

There you go.

I'd like to know more about this. I wanted a bigger battery, but not the added bulk. This seems to fit the bill nicely.
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Plasmamuffins said:
I'd like to know more about this. I wanted a bigger battery, but not the added bulk. This seems to fit the bill nicely.
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then why would you want this battery? it looks like it doubles the thickness of the phone

neotekz said:
then why would you want this battery? it looks like it doubles the thickness of the phone
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I meant compared to those massive 3200mah ones that quadruple the thickness. I'm sorry if I didn't explain myself thoroughly.

but at 1880mah this isnt even an extended battery, they probably just glued two cheap chinese batteries together. just buy the oem replacement instead.

neotekz said:
but at 1880mah this isnt even an extended battery, they probably just glued two cheap chinese batteries together. just buy the oem replacement instead.
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The OP said it was 2800mAh?
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Oh I see what you mean. That's why I'm waiting to hear back from the OP.

Mystery solved
Thanks for posting my pic OmniAngel.
Looks like the free version of battery monitor widget only shows the estimated power on the quick stats screen. When you dig deeper, you get the REAL measure- That shows at 2664 mAh
OK, I'll buy that.
Battery has been in use all weekend (although partially tethered to my car power outlet when I used the phone as a GPS for 3 hours at a clip, twice) without a regular charge. It's now at 43%. It seems that if you use it as a full-time GPS, there is not much difference in battery life before and after you unplug it, since the phone is using so much power for the constant bright screen and GPS function. The GPS, BTW, works great on the atrix combined with the Google maps app.
I'm not a power user, but last night after coming home I surfed for about an hour on wifi and ejoyed the NASA app pics I downloaded for a bit longer. Also used the phone several times to check email this weekend.
Overall, very happy with the battery. Will let it run down to about 5-10% before charging for a few times to properly condition it.
Also- Neotekz- if you have ever seen the mugen battery (about 3/4" + thick itself, ) mounted on the phone, you'd find this battery rather small in comparison (about 11mm).
Wolfgang

Atrixnooby said:
Thanks for posting my pic OmniAngel.
Looks like the free version of battery monitor widget only shows the estimated power on the quick stats screen. When you dig deeper, you get the REAL measure- That shows at 2664 mAh
OK, I'll buy that.
Battery has been in use all weekend (although partially tethered to my car power outlet when I used the phone as a GPS for 3 hours at a clip, twice) without a regular charge. It's now at 43%. It seems that if you use it as a full-time GPS, there is not much difference in battery life before and after you unplug it, since the phone is using so much power for the constant bright screen and GPS function. The GPS, BTW, works great on the atrix combined with the Google maps app.
I'm not a power user, but last night after coming home I surfed for about an hour on wifi and ejoyed the NASA app pics I downloaded for a bit longer. Also used the phone several times to check email this weekend.
Overall, very happy with the battery. Will let it run down to about 5-10% before charging for a few times to properly condition it.
Also- Neotekz- if you have ever seen the mugen battery (about 3/4" + thick itself, ) mounted on the phone, you'd find this battery rather small in comparison (about 11mm).
Wolfgang
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So that's a definite yes that I should buy it??

Little too bulky in my opinion
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Thanks for the review. I actually decided to buy one yesterday. Thanks.
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Does the new back cover have a matte finish? Or is it glossy like the stock cover?

Matte finish, nice deep black color, it fits really well, anker is a very good manufacturer and has done a great job with this battert and the back plate.
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jamesc760 said:
Matte finish, nice deep black color, it fits really well, anker is a very good manufacturer and has done a great job with this battert and the back plate.
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You think you could do like a YouTube review or something? I'd greatly appreciate it. <3

I just got it in the mail. I have been using it all day. You can't beat it for $15. Thanks again!
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I'm really interested in this but I need someone to test it for me if possible. With about average internet use on 3g and about 2 hours worth of calls and some gaming and news reading..right now I can barely get 12 hours out of my battery which is weird :S I am working on that but I would love to have the extra bit of umph!

I have been using the anker batt for abt a week now. Nothing like having enough juice to last a whole day of heavy use. What good is a powerful phone that you can't use because you are afraid of running out ofpower?
When I first charged it up, I was trying to run it all the way down. I was at 1% for three hours with this anker battery!
The battery back cover feels a bit strange and you wont be using fingerprint with this battery but its small price ro pay in my view.
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I received mine two days ago. I'm currently at about 31 hours on battery. I used to get about 14 with the stocker.
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Ebay 3500 mah

Yep, my phone is melted down. Totaly busted. Went red, then melted. Really ****ing awesome.

Got a picture?

That happened to a friend of mine... Have you got pictures?

Lol, well. Let's put it this way, my picture taking device is now debris. I'll try and take a picture with a friends camera.

I only have 2000 mAh and my phone lasts for 2 days with moderate use running on stock is it just an average?

Wow that sucks. Any idea what brand or was it a non-brand item? If you have any details maybe post them so people stay away

wow, This was an original bettery?

Man that sucks, please link to the item and some picture would be nice, so nobody else`s phone suffers the same fate

is it this battery?

Thats why you shouldn't skimp out when it comes to batteries.

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is it this battery?
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I have the same battery, but I'm using it rarely, the batterylife is not better than the original, and it will not fit my phone holder in the car .
But you get a better grip on the phone with that backcover.

TheWizardbc said:
I have the same battery, but I'm using it rarely, the batterylife is not better than the original, and it will not fit my phone holder in the car .
But you get a better grip on the phone with that backcover.
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OK, that mean it is not that melted battery from @pierreluc102 post
@ pierreluc102 finally tell us exactly name of battery or make picture

sammyx said:
is it this battery?
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Cant post pictures yet, nor can post links, my friend is coming home tonight to take pictures for insurance purposes. I'll post them tonight or tomorow morning, and yes, sammyx had the very same picture the eBay battery had for image, and it is the very battery that melted my phone. 3500mah!
BTW, the acid that came out of the battery burned my floor and my cloths!
Edit: Not only my battery, but my cell phone is melted also!

TheWizardbc said:
I have the same battery, but I'm using it rarely, the batterylife is not better than the original, and it will not fit my phone holder in the car .
But you get a better grip on the phone with that backcover.
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the battery you have in that picture is the exact same one ive had in the past, i never experienced any issues other than after approx 75 charges the battery was down to around 75% capacity, i agree with thewizard you get a much better grip with it on. it could just have been a random faulty battery but it definitely sucks that it screwed the phone up. Ive never come across a perfect solution for upgraded batteries, i went from the above mentioned to the gold 2000 mah battery and to be honest was no better than the original but cost me £10 to find out lol
if anyone knows of any better alternatives be sure to give me a shout

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if anyone knows of any better alternatives be sure to give me a shout
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Yeah the OFFICIAL 2000mah battery from Samsung

Either get(or should have gotten) the anker battery or the mugen 3600 battery. When it comes to a £500 device, then spending £10 or £70 is more than suitable.
Have a good day.
PS: Really sorry about your device..

i was so close to buying this batter just now
thanks for the heads up
and im sorry for your loss

Av been using the anker one that comes with the charger so far so good.

iv been using the 3500battery for a few weeks now in some extreme conditions and haven't had any problems.
Im feeling a bit worried now took me a while to save up for my s2.

Never buy these cheap battery's..only buy from mugen seido or anker all others are junk and have much less capacity then advertised
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My opinion about a 4000 mAh mugen battery

Hello guys, I would like to tell you my opinion about a battery that I had the chance to try. I'm talking about a battery produced by Mugen for Samsung Galaxy Nexus, with a capacity of 4000 mAh (more than double of normal rate).
Usually I'm used to use the smartphone with many apps in the background (WhatsApp, Dropbox, Beautiful widget and many other) and i often run games, especially in down time of the day. Im also linked to a carrier that has only 3G. Before attempting the battery I used to utilize three batteries so i can change eachother when the current one is downloaded.
With the Mugen's 4000 mAh battery i have found no problems to arrive safely at the end of the day, even when I spend hours playing.
In addition, the cover included in the package greatly improves the grip (im serius!).
I've tried it for 5-6 days but if you want to get more details, statistics and screenshots you can view this video review (in Italian)
You can buy it from www.mugen-power-batteries.com

Does this battery maintain NFC ability? I've seen some extended batteries that don't and some that do.
Thanks.
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Glad to see you got through the day. I bought a cheap 3800mah battery off ebay for my nexus and I don't think it did any better than the 2100mah extended battery. :-/
That pop out stand seems useful too.

KRJ_87 said:
Does this battery maintain NFC ability? I've seen some extended batteries that don't and some that do.
Thanks.
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Would like to know this also please. I would like to invest in a battery either as replacement or backup but would like to keep nfc so my phone can have sex with the sgs 3
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DriveEuro said:
Glad to see you got through the day. I bought a cheap 3800mah battery off ebay for my nexus and I don't think it did any better than the 2100mah extended battery. :-/
That pop out stand seems useful too.
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bah...i just did the same thing, though i still dont have either the battery or the phone yet. i'll report back when i get both.

I have used the Seidio extended batteries since my Dinc days and I love them. The 3800 monster for gnex does have nfc and it'll last for days with my SlimICS rom.highly recommended. The casing leaves a lot to be desired but its totally worth it for me for battery life.
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mk_ln said:
bah...i just did the same thing, though i still dont have either the battery or the phone yet. i'll report back when i get both.
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You get what you pay for... :-/
I just wanted to believe it was better... but my Screen On time was no better than extended OEM.

DriveEuro said:
You get what you pay for... :-/
I just wanted to believe it was better... but my Screen On time was no better than extended OEM.
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sometimes you get better than what you pay for . I recall getting a cheap 1800mah battery for my i9000 and it definitely lasted longer than the OEM one.

dr.m0x said:
Would like to know this also please. I would like to invest in a battery either as replacement or backup but would like to keep nfc so my phone can have sex with the sgs 3
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The Mugen Power 4000 Mah supports NFC. A larger backcover is included.
The back cover has a kick-stand, this is great for watching video's.
The only disadvantage with the new backcover is that you cannot change backcovers too often. This is due to the vurnable "holding pins"
I have my 4000 Mah for about a month now, and it is awesome! The battery lasts 2,5 day's with heavy usage. Now I just have to find a way to cut out the back of my cardock in a proper way to fit the larger backcover.

Sorry for late reply! The battery is NFC compatible, i've tested it with another phone and it works!
It can totally replace the original battery

Highest slim battery in the world for i9300? 2980mAh Battery X-Level

So I was going through eBay AU and I found this 2980mAh battery at 3.8V by a company called X-Level (not sure if it is by X-Level but this but check it out!) and I wanted to share this with you guys.
Here's the link -
I just ordered one and I'm going to check out if this does lasts longer than the stock battery 2100mAh at 3.8V. I'm also going to compare it to another 3rd party battery (with no brand, *l'll post link of this as well below) that is 2300 mAh battery at 3.7V. Has anyone tried this yet? I'm willing to post results as soon as I receive my battery.
*Here's the link to the other battery I mentioned above -

Share your results please :beer:
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Will do.
And oops, forgot to post the links to the batteries. Updated OP.

Anyone have any prior knowledge of the brand? For that price I doubt it's going to be good.

If anybody has experience with this, also chime in :good:

You'd think at some point people would quit falling for these scams, but I guess not. There's no magical battery technology out there that allows a manufacturer to pack more capacity in the same size space.

thank you for that information. if this battery is not what it claims to be, I'll ask this thread to be closed.
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70 items sold, hope atleast one of it is by an XDA user and posts comment about it :good:

jmz768 said:
You'd think at some point people would quit falling for these scams, but I guess not. There's no magical battery technology out there that allows a manufacturer to pack more capacity in the same size space.
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FYI
Toshiba (if i were not mistaken) has now made batteries that has capacities of like 5200mah in a regular sized 2200mah battery. Meaning more juice in smaller pack.
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Source?
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tsukot said:
FYI
Toshiba (if i were not mistaken) has now made batteries that has capacities of like 5200mah in a regular sized 2200mah battery. Meaning more juice in smaller pack.
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Companies have been working on better battery technology and it shouldn't be much longer before they start showing up for sale to consumers. That said, this isn't anything more than a cheap knockoff with a different label.

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Just read it from my previous rss feeds a week ago.
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flexdog said:
So I was going through eBay AU and I found this 2980mAh battery at 3.8V by a company called X-Level (not sure if it is by X-Level but this but check it out!) and I wanted to share this with you guys.
Here's the link - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2980mAh-...-Samsung-Galaxy-S-3-SIII-i9300-/321012370740?
I just ordered one and I'm going to check out if this does lasts longer than the stock battery 2100mAh at 3.8V. I'm also going to compare it to another 3rd party battery (with no brand, *l'll post link of this as well below) that is 2300 mAh battery at 3.7V. Has anyone tried this yet? I'm willing to post results as soon as I receive my battery.
*Here's the link to the other battery I mentioned above - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Repl...lePhoneAccessories&hash=item4d0b930581&_uhb=1
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do you have feedback from this new battery ?

vladnosferatu said:
do you have feedback from this new battery ?
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My curiosity got the better of me and I bought one. I don't see any better battery life with this compared to the stock battery. I don't even use it since there is no NFC. If you want to Paypal me the cost for shipping, you can have mine.

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do you have feedback from this new battery ?
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Completely forgot about this thread, my apologies. However after usage I can tell you that this may be a very good alternative to stock, cheaper, whilst offering similar performance. Definitely not 2980 mAh though, however it is not a terrible purchase for $10.
Also the battery seems to fall out very easy when you take the back cover off, it does not fit snugly.

flexdog said:
Completely forgot about this thread, my apologies. However after usage I can tell you that this may be a very good alternative to stock, cheaper, whilst offering similar performance. Definitely not 2980 mAh though, however it is not a terrible purchase for $10.
Also the battery seems to fall out very easy when you take the back cover off, it does not fit snugly.
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gives more battery life than stock ? or is the same than stock ?

vladnosferatu said:
gives more battery life than stock ? or is the same than stock ?
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haven't done an detailed comparison but it gave roughly 3 hours and 30 mins screen time @ 16 hours cycles.

Thread closed and links removed at OP's request.