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Spare OEM Battery

I've been Quoted INR 900 (USD 17) for OEM S3 battery by Samsung Service center and tomorrow I am going to buy it, as mine last only 1.5 days.Anyone thought of doing same?

R u mad?? 1.5 days is more then enough

This is ridiculous
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With my S1 and then S2 I purchased 3 spare batteries and in-wall charger off eBay for about 11usd. In roughly 2 years they never let me down. Keep 1 in the car, 2 at home and 1 in the phone obviously.
I have already bought 3 for my S3. Should be here next week.
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That is so ridiculous.
When are you ever 1.5 days away from a power source?
Like fair enough if you are away for a weeks camping trip or something but otherwise lol.
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ICS. said:
I've been Quoted INR 900 (USD 17) for OEM S3 battery by Samsung Service center and tomorrow I am going to buy it, as mine last only 1.5 days.Anyone thought of doing same?
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Thats a pretty decent price IMO, thanks for the heads up. Might get one as a spare for a rainy day

hefonthefjords said:
That is so ridiculous.
When are you ever 1.5 days away from a power source?
Like fair enough if you are away for a weeks camping trip or something but otherwise lol.
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Why charge your phone when you can just pop the back cover and slap a full battery in? I have rarely used the charger in 2 years.
From 0 to 100% in 30 seconds. That's why I love a removal battery.
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I'm not the one who like to carry chargers and hunt for outlets and using phone while charging.I have habit of charging the phone whilst its switched off which dramatically improves cell life.
@sxi200:completely agree with you mate nothing beats a spare 100% battery.

Spare battery always from the accessories thread once they start posting with battery's like the Anchor etc .
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sxi200 said:
With my S1 and then S2 I purchased 3 spare batteries and in-wall charger off eBay for about 11usd. In roughly 2 years they never let me down. Keep 1 in the car, 2 at home and 1 in the phone obviously.
I have already bought 3 for my S3. Should be here next week.
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Hi, what is the price of each battery and the battery charger did you pay?
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You do make a great point. Replace a battery in 3 minutes or charge the phone for a few hours.

I have never used a spare battery,
All my phones have only needed one charge a day, my iphone 4 i would plug in for on hour or so before getting out of bed
I have modified my S3 so it just needs to be placed on the palm touchstone, so whenever i put my phone down on the bedside cabinet it charges
Samsung will be releasing thier own wireless charger in the next few months, nothing simoler than just placing your phone on the charging pad, certainly easier then messing around removing tne fiddly and delicate rear cover of the phone
Even car charhers are so cheap now, and just 20 minutes on the way to work will add quite a bit of power
Its not like a few years ago when the smartphone would need constant charging because the battery on lasted a few hours
However, if you prefer keeping spare batteries then thats your choice, and whatever works for you is all that is important.. Enjoy your S3's.

mix1987 said:
Hi, what is the price of each battery and the battery charger did you pay?
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I paid $12AUD (Approx 12USD) for all 3 batteries and wall charger. Got them today. Took 7 days to arrive from China.
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sxi200 said:
I paid $12AUD (Approx 12USD) for all 3 batteries and wall charger. Got them today. Took 7 days to arrive from China.
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The only trouble with no oem batts, is they dont normally have the NFC stuff in, so no good if you use NFC

Last year I was caught short 6 times with unplanned stuff that happened and didn't have enough charge and had to swap the battery over, so I'll definitely be getting a spare and keeping in the glovebox along with my emergency charger, and if I had an IPhone or One X I would have been stuffed, and that's why I'm never gonna buy a phone without a removable battery even though some experts say that's the future of Smartphones.

Im always by a charger but sometimes (weekend night) I will need a spare so its always nice to have the option to swap batteries.
Question though.
If I get another OEM Samsung battery with NFC chip does anything on the phone need to be reset each time I swap back n forth or will it just pick up after each swap.

Michael_P said:
Last year I was caught short 6 times with unplanned stuff that happened and didn't have enough charge and had to swap the battery over, so I'll definitely be getting a spare and keeping in the glovebox along with my emergency charger, and if I had an IPhone or One X I would have been stuffed, and that's why I'm never gonna buy a phone without a removable battery even though some experts say that's the future of Smartphones.
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You could also look at it this way, if you are close to your glovebox, you are close to the cigar lighter
Even when i was in hospital there was a socket near the bed
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bizdady said:
Im always by a charger but sometimes (weekend night) I will need a spare so its always nice to have the option to swap batteries.
Question though.
If I get another OEM Samsung battery with NFC chip does anything on the phone need to be reset each time I swap back n forth or will it just pick up after each swap.
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Should just swap, i think its only the antenna in the battery

searley said:
Should just swap, i think its only the antenna in the battery
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That makes sense. Ill probably pick up a few emergency Ebay batteries as well though. The wifey is a battery hog when we go out.

searley said:
You could also look at it this way, if you are close to your glovebox, you are close to the cigar lighter
Even when i was in hospital there was a socket near the bed
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Should just swap, i think its only the antenna in the battery
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Well yeah if I want to sit in the car for 3 hours while it charges. What I'm talking about is doing things where I actually need my phone to be mobile and can't do that if I'm stuck by a charger, and too often I have been caught short on charge and a spare battery has saved me.

Michael_P said:
Well yeah if I want to sit in the car for 3 hours while it charges. What I'm talking about is doing things where I actually need my phone to be mobile and can't do that if I'm stuck by a charger, and too often I have been caught short on charge and a spare battery has saved me.
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as i said before, if that works for you.
I come from the iphone background.. Had them all.. Sony experia mini.. Htc one x.. And none of them had replaceable batteries and you get used to it
I think its a case of i always left the house with a good charge, and when in the car i would put on charge for the lenght of the journey
However, i know that buying a spare battery for me would be a waste, as i rarely keep a phone for more than 3 months

Battery Life Suggestions

Hi! I'll be going abroad in a couple of days and while I have tested most JB roms I'm not sure which rom has the best battery life. I'm currently using Rasbeanjelly and Trinity Stable 35 and I only got 3hrs of screen on yesterday (however I did have 3G enabled most of the time). Can anyone please suggest the best ROM for battery life ?
(Sorry if this has been asked before but I needed to know the answer with the latest roms)
Thanks

3h screen on is already decent for jb. You wont get much better.
Theres a lot of tweaks you can do. One of the most helpful ones is using a screen filter set at about 50%. Its good in the dark, sometimes in the sun you will wanna disable it.

Purchase an extended battery ASAP, they're awesome. Also, another recommendation is to buy an external battery that does at least 1AMP output.
Useful link for the battery.
Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=120832462058
You've pretty much done all you can software wise. Don't ever use auto brightness FYI, that seems to be a big thing that people do and wonder why there battery drains.
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I get over four hours of screen on time and over 12 hours of battery life with moderate use on stock jb. I consider this to be very good.
If you plan to use GPS a lot, an extended battery is recommended.
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Samsung extended battery is quite nice and fits in most stock covers.
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Thanks for all the replies
AlexWekell said:
Purchase an extended battery ASAP, they're awesome. Also, another recommendation is to buy an external battery that does at least 1AMP output.
Useful link for the battery.
Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=120832462058
You've pretty much done all you can software wise. Don't ever use auto brightness FYI, that seems to be a big thing that people do and wonder why there battery drains.
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Do you mind explaining why auto brightness drains so much ?
Thanks

modstorm said:
Thanks for all the replies
Do you mind explaining why auto brightness drains so much ?
Thanks
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Think of it this way:
On your phone is a variety of sensors that go off only at certain times (an example being the sensor to the left of your camera, it senses when your face is pressed up against your phone during a call and turns off your screen, call some and cover it with your finger, you'll see).
Now, for auto brightness there is a little hole in the upper right on the back of your phone. Turning auto brightness on keeps this little "camera" on permanently. It causes the phone go run a constant series of scripts telling it to adjust the brightness over and over again and on the fly.
I guess that's the best description I can give, I hope that helps.
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AlexWekell said:
Think of it this way:
On your phone is a variety of sensors that go off only at certain times (an example being the sensor to the left of your camera, it senses when your face is pressed up against your phone during a call and turns off your screen, call some and cover it with your finger, you'll see).
Now, for auto brightness there is a little hole in the upper right on the back of your phone. Turning auto brightness on keeps this little "camera" on permanently. It causes the phone go run a constant series of scripts telling it to adjust the brightness over and over again and on the fly.
I guess that's the best description I can give, I hope that helps.
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Thanks I get your idea. I'll use the phone without auto brightness for a couple of days and see how it goes. Thanks for all the replies

AlexWekell said:
Think of it this way:
On your phone is a variety of sensors that go off only at certain times (an example being the sensor to the left of your camera, it senses when your face is pressed up against your phone during a call and turns off your screen, call some and cover it with your finger, you'll see).
Now, for auto brightness there is a little hole in the upper right on the back of your phone. Turning auto brightness on keeps this little "camera" on permanently. It causes the phone go run a constant series of scripts telling it to adjust the brightness over and over again and on the fly.
I guess that's the best description I can give, I hope that helps.
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That little hole in the upper right on the back of the phone is a 2nd mic for when your recording video to cancel noise. The auto brightness sensor should be on the front of the phone, as there are 2 sensors beside the front camera.
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msavic6 said:
That little hole in the upper right on the back of the phone is a 2nd mic for when your recording video to cancel noise. The auto brightness sensor should be on the front of the phone, as there are 2 sensors beside the front camera.
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My mistake, thanks
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I Am Marino said:
Samsung extended battery is quite nice and fits in most stock covers.
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And what battery might that be?

jzero88 said:
And what battery might that be?
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The Official Samsung Extended Battery ( 2000Mah for GSM)
Here is a link so you can see it: http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-extended-battery-and-cover-for-gsm-galaxy-nexus-226962/
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I also recommend the extended battery, I bought mine from Verizon and I get about 17 hrs. I need to play with the settings a bit more and try other kernels. I also suggest to select "never" in the email app, not the gmail. The app seems to wake the phone up the most.

if you wanna try a new rom, try this it's mine i've a very good battery life with it.
here's the thread for info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29863202#post29863202
BigB1984
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NFC question

When using NFC tag I understand that when u place or hover over it some action takes place. Can u set it up that when the communication is lost ie u take the device away from the tag it does something. What I'm looking to have is when I place my phone on the tag in my car the setting for display changes to full brightness but when I take it of it goes back to auto.
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Negative. You need another tag, maybe in a conspicuous spot on your door to swipe past on your way out the car to set it back to auto.
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Nfc task launcher allows you to program two separate tasks per tag. In your case, swipe once for full brightness, swipe again to toggle.

Does it matter which tag I get other than size and water proof etc in other words can certain tag do more than other.
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Look at tagsfordroid.com 10 of them plus a key fob for $16 with super fast shipping

does having NFC on use extra battery or does it hardly make an impact on battery performance?

tft said:
does having NFC on use extra battery or does it hardly make an impact on battery performance?
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Leaving it on for a week and off for another week, can't tell any difference what so ever

havent seen a real impact as far as nfc but i turn off if im not using!
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FI-27 sprint samsung issues.

With regards to either poor battery life or usb failure or modem issues. This has been acknowledge by sprint. As i sent my phone in today they were already aware of the problem. For those of you whove had luck with stock fi-27 good for you. For others nothing will save your phone your better off just sending it in. Reverting back to gb will do nothing because of the coding from ics that causes your usb port to fail and then this becomes a hardware failure. Just a heads up.
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The "voltage too high" warning is hardware failure not software related. Its caused by either the USB port getting dirty or going bad or the charging module on the logic board failing. Battery bulge is caused by excessive heat and/or overcharging which is caused by the charging module not shutting the input off like its supposed to. Both are hardware failure and not directly related to software. Although the excessive heat issue can come from wakelocks keeping the processor running for too long increasing the phones temp which will result in a swollen battery if left alone. I had the battery bulge from excessive heat plus my battery has been charged more times than the avg 500 cycles which weakens its core structure making it more likely to fail from excessive heat.
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The "voltage too high" warning is hardware failure not software related. Its caused by either the USB port getting dirty or going bad or the charging module on the logic board failing. Battery bulge is caused by excessive heat and/or overcharging which is caused by the charging module not shutting the input off like its supposed to. Both are hardware failure and not directly related to software. Although the excessive heat issue can come from wakelocks keeping the processor running for too long increasing the phones temp which will result in a swollen battery if left alone. I had the battery bulge from excessive heat plus my battery has been charged more times than the avg 500 cycles which weakens its core structure making it more likely to fail from excessive heat.
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What would you say is a normal battery temp?
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My battery temp ranges from 24C at idle to 42C under load. In normal use it sits around 32.

lol cool story bro. get a replacement and never update your phone.. ur more then able to always stay on old setups .. fi27 has been amazing for me.. only issues ive had were user error
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What would you say is a normal battery temp?
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Try to stay below 115°F in use anything over 120 starts causing damage after long periods (30+ mins @120°+) idle it should stay between 90° and 100°F due to body temp if its in your pocket, below 90° if sitting on a desk or table indoors. I've had mine get as high as 150° F while charging over night when my battery started bulging so now i place a gel ice pack with a towel on it on my desk and sit the phone on the towel while it charges overnight until my new battery arrives. Its kept my phone around 80° F when I wake up and as low as 70°F when the ice pack is fresh. Once the bulge begins the battery gets really hot really fast from the internal damage causing a chemical reaction. The bulge separates the internal deviders that keep the chemical blocks separated normally. If a good(structurally sound) l-ion battery reaches 200°F it can rupture causing severe chemical burns. I've done a few tests using a Plexiglas box over a hotplate with a battery on the hotplate until it ruptured, after I saw reports of laptop batteries exploding and didn't believe they'd really blow up.

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Try to stay below 115°F in use anything over 120 starts causing damage after long periods (30+ mins @120°+) idle it should stay between 90° and 100°F due to body temp if its in your pocket, below 90° if sitting on a desk or table indoors. I've had mine get as high as 150° F while charging over night when my battery started bulging so now i place a gel ice pack with a towel on it on my desk and sit the phone on the towel while it charges overnight until my new battery arrives. Its kept my phone around 80° F when I wake up and as low as 70°F when the ice pack is fresh. Once the bulge begins the battery gets really hot really fast from the internal damage causing a chemical reaction. The bulge separates the internal deviders that keep the chemical blocks separated normally. If a good(structurally sound) l-ion battery reaches 200°F it can rupture causing severe chemical burns. I've done a few tests using a Plexiglas box over a hotplate with a battery on the hotplate until it ruptured, after I saw reports of laptop batteries exploding and didn't believe they'd really blow up.
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Okay thanks! Mine got to about 115F but that was because it was in the car and it was also off. When mine charges it only goes as high as 92, which I'm going to guess is good.
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I am running FI27 and I have no problem with this release. This release is probably the last ICS we will get. I'm running at 19 hours and it's at 67%.
Oh and BTW I did have the over voltage charging problem. Went in and had them replace the phone and a brand new battery and it hasn't happened at all. This was a couple of months ago though.

elliwigy said:
lol cool story bro. get a replacement and never update your phone.. ur more then able to always stay on old setups .. fi27 has been amazing for me.. only issues ive had were user error
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Cool bro thanks for your help. Glad its worked out for you bro. You must be pretty lucky bro. No bro really thanks for your help bro.
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Okay thanks! Mine got to about 115F but that was because it was in the car and it was also off. When mine charges it only goes as high as 92, which I'm going to guess is good.
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Yea the cooler the better, I live in FL if I left my phone in the car it would probably explode in the summer. It can easily get over 175 in the direct sunlight inside my car. It gets so hot it steals your breath when you get in. Before my battery started bulging I'd rarely break 110 using it playing a game for 2 or 3 hours. Now with the bulge it barely gets below 100, but my battery looks like its pregnant its swollen so bad. Once it starts it just get worse and worse and the longer it goes the faster it swells. This last week I've been able to see a difference day to day with the naked eye. Hopefully this new battery gets here soon, so I can ship my OEM to Samsung, already got the shipping label just can't go without my phone while I wait.

xe4zy said:
If this has been discussed or has been mentioned feel free to lock this thread.
Im just gonna get right to it. On my last two topics i explained how after the new update my battery life is beyond terrible. 20% drop in 30 mins with no use. I got my battery replaced. Same result. Went to my sprint store a day later. Found out after people have updated to the new ics FI27 35% now have borked phones. Atleast 18% are battery issues. I am one of the percents. With said i hope people read this. If anyone can offer suggestions to fix this im open to it. But please know i have gone back to gb and the technician at sprint told me it wouldnt matter because of the coding of ics. This also relates to the car chargers telling your phone when trying to charge it the "voltage is to high."
With that said besides going back to gb im open to other options. Thanks for your help.
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Im not worried about ICS, Im on JB. Root your phone, get rid of all the bloatware, and load what you want. Take control of your situation, or sit back and complain. It your choice.

Hey OP, I'm not minimizing your issues at all, I'd just like to know where those percentages came from for borked phones from fi27..?
And 35% from what number of known updates at the time? Gotta have a base number to have a percentage.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Try to stay below 115°F in use anything over 120 starts causing damage after long periods ....
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I have also seen this happen when at or above 115....the phone starts to act weird.etc. and I am still on EL29.
I try to run the phone at 800 when watching vids/navigating/gaming and so on for long periods to keep the temp down.

byrdcfmma said:
Im not worried about ICS, Im on JB. Root your phone, get rid of all the bloatware, and load what you want. Take control of your situation, or sit back and complain. It your choice.
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No ones complaining im just stating a fact or a new problem. I mean we all knew battery hasnt been the greatest but this is terrible. Ill probably try jb but it wont fix the problem with regards the usb port. Im sure we will see another update to fix the latest bs update.
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xe4zy said:
Cool bro thanks for your help. Glad its worked out for you bro. You must be pretty lucky bro. No bro really thanks for your help bro.
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That was a bro overload.
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Yeah just because you had issues with fi-27 doesnt mean its going to jack up everyone phone. I've ran it since it was leaked and now the official. Hell I get better battery life with FI-27 then I have on any rom since GB. So as always... Cool story bro
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Uh ok maybe i wasnt clear 35% have this issue. Its not me complaining its a usb port problem that will either a)mess up your radio b)mess up your battery c) make your usb port unfunctional. Ask a sprint rep next time. Im just passing along the message.
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And how long did it take for all this to happen? I've been running this for 2-2.5weeksish
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xe4zy said:
Uh ok maybe i wasnt clear 35% have this issue. Its not me complaining its a usb port problem that will either a)mess up your radio b)mess up your battery c) make your usb port unfunctional. Ask a sprint rep next time. Im just passing along the message.
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You mean the sprint reps that can't give you the same answer twice? Yea OK, I'm sure s/he pulled some numbers out of thin air to shut you up and avoid doing anything resembling real work most of the reps/techs at any service center's knowledge is limited to what's on the piece of paper infront of them. There are a few who actually research solutions to problems but 90% of them barely have a high school education and their tech skills are limited to "a factory reset will fix your battery bulging" :thumbdown:

OP is a retarded piece of goat dung.
That is all.
Tappin' Typin'

Jogging with the note

I imagine it won't be a very practical endeavor, I'll probably use my s4 for when I do exercise. What do you plan on doing?
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glock115 said:
I imagine it won't be a very practical endeavor, I'll probably use my s4 for when I do exercise. What do you plan on doing?
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i have always used my note 2 now note 3 lol

Really? It's not clumsy? I'm always skipping tracks when jogging.
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glock115 said:
Really? It's not clumsy? I'm always skipping tracks when jogging.
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http://www.neptunepine.com/
Much better than the Galaxy Gear faux-smart watch.
just swap sims and you're good to go.
I'm really considering this as well because both the Note 2 & 3 are huge and clunky while working out.

glock115 said:
Really? It's not clumsy? I'm always skipping tracks when jogging.
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I used to use one of these while working out. Locked the screen and disabled the Changing of tracks with the volume rocker. That way there were no accidental track changes. I lost the Nokia bluetooth adapter and have ordered this as a replacement.
The main reason I like this style of bluetooth adapter is that it allows me to use whatever set of headphones I want to. I just wish someone would make one with Apt-X.

nubie said:
http://www.neptunepine.com/
Much better than the Galaxy Gear faux-smart watch.
just swap sims and you're good to go.
I'm really considering this as well because both the Note 2 & 3 are huge and clunky while working out.
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The sim card on this phone is a huge pain to remove though.
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aooga said:
The sim card on this phone is a huge pain to remove though.
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Right though! The only way I was able to remove it was by using nail clippers. I ended up scratching the plastic off pretty bad but it's the only way I could get it out

Why not just get an armband?
http://www.amazon.com/COD-TM-Armban...qid=1381135984&sr=8-1&keywords=note+3+armband
Or one of those runner waist packs?
Pair with some bluetooth headphones and go.

Whichever arm that you put that arm band on would definitely get "jacked" after running with that on.
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I went jogging yesterday with the 3 in an armband that I have had since my Note 1. This is when you appreciate the lower weight. Was fine.
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Anyone else plan to use S-health? I think it's kinda cool.

kabuk1 said:
Anyone else plan to use S-health? I think it's kinda cool.
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I left it on a main page because I want to check it out
seems useful

kabuk1 said:
Anyone else plan to use S-health? I think it's kinda cool.
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I found the pedometer pretty interesting so far. I did a 1.5 mile walk yesterday and used both S Health and Runtastic for tracking. Both apps were spot on for distance, but were off by 50 calories of each other. So runtastic tracked my distance by GPS and S Health tracked my distance by steps. I was impressed.
I also like the fact that you can turn off the screen and it will still track your steps.
I use fitbit for weight tracking, myfitnesspal for calorie intake and runtastic for walking, cycling and heart rate monitoring. While S Health is more nicer looking and has everything rolled in one, I don't think I'll use other then for the built in pedometer. But I'm thinking on buying a BodyMedia Link for a more precise daily calorie burn.
Also I can't get S Health to detect my runtastic heart monitor. It says it will work with the Wahoo monitor which, I think is just a rebrand.

Sistum Id said:
I found the pedometer pretty interesting so far. I did a 1.5 mile walk yesterday and used both S Health and Runtastic for tracking. Both apps were spot on for distance, but were off by 50 calories of each other. So runtastic tracked my distance by GPS and S Health tracked my distance by steps. I was impressed.
I also like the fact that you can turn off the screen and it will still track your steps.
I use fitbit for weight tracking, myfitnesspal for calorie intake and runtastic for walking, cycling and heart rate monitoring. While S Health is more nicer looking and has everything rolled in one, I don't think I'll use other then for the built in pedometer. But I'm thinking on buying a BodyMedia Link for a more precise daily calorie burn.
Also I can't get S Health to detect my runtastic heart monitor. It says it will work with the Wahoo monitor which, I think is just a rebrand.
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How much does it drain the battery to leave it on all day? I used the "Moves" app which is kind of like S Health without all the excessive features (basically just a pedometer) and my battery drained around 20% more every day, so I stopped using it. (On a Nexus 4 though, thats why i'm wondering what it is on this phone).

aooga said:
How much does it drain the battery to leave it on all day? I used the "Moves" app which is kind of like S Health without all the excessive features (basically just a pedometer) and my battery drained around 20% more every day, so I stopped using it. (On a Nexus 4 though, thats why i'm wondering what it is on this phone).
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I haven't noticed any battery impact thus far. But while at work, out of habit, I plug my phone to charge. I also pause the pedometer when driving and if I'm going to be sitting for awhile.

Sistum Id said:
I haven't noticed any battery impact thus far. But while at work, out of habit, I plug my phone to charge. I also pause the pedometer when driving and if I'm going to be sitting for awhile.
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Thats good. I guess thats why samsung has all those sensors on the phone.

I'll probably get some cheapo MP3 player to jog with, possibly a iPod Nano. Granted I've jogged with my Note 2 before, it just becomes kind of a chore to hold and run with.

Been using a spibelt (http://www.spibelt.com/) for years (g1, galaxy vibrant, g2x, s3) and found that the Note3 just barely fits (i dont' have a case yet) in the big pocket of the 2 pocket style belt. No bounce at all while running.

nubie said:
http://www.neptunepine.com/
Much better than the Galaxy Gear faux-smart watch.
just swap sims and you're good to go.
I'm really considering this as well because both the Note 2 & 3 are huge and clunky while working out.
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My gear works quite well thank you.

It does, but the problem is that it needs a phone to make it "smart." I believe it's not self sufficient.
I'm not knocking it, it's a great effort. But, it's hard to ignore that it is more of an accessory to the galaxy devices, rather than a stand alone smart watch.
I was getting one myself when I first heard about it, but seeing it's limitations, I don't think it is justifiable to shell out 300 for it.
Granted, the gear 2 will be just amazing. Look at the note series... The 2nd and 3rd revisions are just awesome.
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