Hi guys. So I basically had a problem with my phone a while back, and I actually asked you guys but no one knew what the problem was. I realized I fried my battery, and I was searching every where for a cheap 3800 mAh one and I managed to find this guy:
So I was like, "Hey, it's 10 bucks, I can't go wrong, right?" and I ordered it.
It came in the mail within 5 days, which was like 6 times faster than those Chinese websites.
I put the battery on my phone and it works!
Now, I don't have a regular battery to compare with this 3800 mAh one, but I can tell you my regular one lasted me about 12 hours, from 7 am to 7 pm on a weekday.
My regular usage is 3 hours of learning Korean on my bus rides, playing music with speakers for 4 hours, sitting in my pocket when it's not doing anything, and sometimes some YouTube when I get back home.
This new 3800 mAh battery lasts for 26 hours with the same usage, and that's after I've watched an episode of Suits on my phone in bed =D
It is fatter than the regular battery, but that is to be expected from any 3800 mAh battery. It doesn't actually add much more weight to the phone. My regular case won't work with the increased bulk of the phone, but they do give you a new fatter battery cover, which feels pretty good in your hands. The shade of gray of the new battery cover matches the shade of gray of the phone.
I also need to download a better screen shot app, because all the screenies of the battery life that I took turned out black =O
Click here to buy it from Tmart.com
There's already a 3800mah thread full of insights just like yours! BTW the main problem with it is it degrades quickly. after 4 months, mine's giving me about 4:45min screen on time, earlier it was 6. In comparison, the standard battery gives 3 hrs so it's a huge step up! Definitely worth the 10 bucks, and should last until the nexus 5 arrives anyway!
I actually want to make this phone last as long as possible. I might even skip the nexus 5 and go nexus 6 lol. Who knows, maybe by that time the nexus 6 will be implanted in our brains.
convolution said:
I actually want to make this phone last as long as possible. I might even skip the nexus 5 and go nexus 6 lol. Who knows, maybe by that time the nexus 6 will be implanted in our brains.
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Haha, that's actually possible. I'm on cataclysm 4.3 right now, this rom makes the phone fly like it's a galaxy s4! All the games work, multitasking is reasonably good, and there's definitely going to be a 5.0 update coming for it so I don't see why not!
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I'm also thinking about buying a battery like you, watching your theme has encouraged me more thanks for sharing your experience :good:
I too have an aftermarket 3800mah battery and I love it! Definitely recommend it for everybody.
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Is that battery identical to this: http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-GT-i9250-Compatible-International-GT-i9250/dp/B006ZBGBKG
is it for international or us? Is my yakjuxw (I don't how else I should specify the model) compatible?
his thrslirn
seems cool...
going to test it if i find it in Iran...
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There's already a 3800mah thread full of insights just like yours! BTW the main problem with it is it degrades quickly. after 4 months, mine's giving me about 4:45min screen on time, earlier it was 6. In comparison, the standard battery gives 3 hrs so it's a huge step up! Definitely worth the 10 bucks, and should last until the nexus 5 arrives anyway!
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Agree its china made, bought from ebay good at 1 - 3 month, after thad degrade quickly and sometime make my phone reboot.
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I got one similar to this. It seemed to have lost it's capacity fairly quickly. At first it worked well. I wonder if this may have been due to CM 10.2 as well.
It looks similar to the Hyperion. It does degrade quickly. mine now only lasts about 28 hours with only about 2 hours of screen time. It's too bad, because when I got a full day of hiking with gps tracking it was awesome.
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It looks similar to the Hyperion. It does degrade quickly. mine now only lasts about 28 hours with only about 2 hours of screen time. It's too bad, because when I got a full day of hiking with gps tracking it was awesome.
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I have got a similar $10 battery folks. Now i did not get an external charger for out, is it alright if i charge with my regular USB port with the samsung 1A charger. Also m not getting any mind blowing backup compared to my 1700mah stock battery, just marginally better. I have just done 3 cycles with it may be it will improve.
One more thing the battery percentage
falls rapidly once it gets to 20. I mean its almost like a percent per minute, dunno what to do about it. :banghead:
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I the same or similar battery. One day i tried using it (its my backup) and I cannot get the cover to snap into place. No matter how much I push on it the tabs are just getting messed up and I could not get all of them to click into the body of the phone. I used to work fine when I got it, as i recall.
Have you had this issue?
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I the same or similar battery. One day i tried using it (its my backup) and I cannot get the cover to snap into place. No matter how much I push on it the tabs are just getting messed up and I could not get all of them to click into the body of the phone. I used to work fine when I got it, as i recall.
Have you had this issue?
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With this battery, you have to use the extended back cover. Mine works fine and its even easier to get on and off than my original cover. The original cover will not work with this battery.
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I had the Hyperion 3800 after about 3 months it was during about as fast as the stock battery u get what u pay 4
hyperdrive powered s4
I bought this on the 6th and haven't received anything yet.... and the tracking on the Tmart website isn't showing where my package is... just that it shipped on the 6th... Kinda feeling this is shady now?
Why use a screenshot app??? Volume down and power!
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I bought a "3500mAh EXTENDED BATTERY+DOOR Fr SAMSUNG Captivate I897" from E-bay. So far, so good. I recommend it to anyone who wants a great boost in battery life. Plus it's less than $10. I am running FASTY II 2.0. I's say medium usage, mostly texting, and checking email, and Facebook.
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Shoot! And I thought I had the latest and greatest with my excellent 3300 mAh Seidio Extended Battery. Now it doesn't feel so excellent anymore.
I just bought one cause the low price, thanks for showing us this.
You're welcome
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I bought a "3500mAh EXTENDED BATTERY+DOOR Fr SAMSUNG Captivate I897" from E-bay. So far, so good. I recommend it to anyone who wants a great boost in battery life. Plus it's less than $10. I am running FASTY II 2.0. I's say medium usage, mostly texting, and checking email, and Facebook.
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can i get a link
Display time???
& voice calls time??
Just curious...is the an installulous like app for the android
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can i get a link
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Just search "3500mAh EXTENDED BATTERY+DOOR Fr SAMSUNG Captivate I897" on E-bay and you'll find it.
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Display time???
& voice calls time??
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My display at the time was probably around 3-4 hrs. Voice calls was <1hr.
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Just curious...is the an installulous like app for the android
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No, it's just a menu option to view battery usage.
I can vouch for this battery, it freakin rocks! & It's a few bucks cheaper now, I got it at $15 shipped a while back.
I was on Fasty 2.3 when I tested the battery, medium usage overall...heavy texting though.
Edit: Hmmmm....now that I see that picture, I wonder why my phone didn't include stats for my WiFi or calls or stuff like that. Weird.
Not to be a Debbie-Downer, but out of four of these that I have received, only one seems to put out more juice that the OEM batt. That being said, I love the one that works!
I ordered a pair of these from ebay. One wouldn't hold a charge for more than a few minutes. I contacted the seller and told them that one of the batteries was bad. They ended up sending two more as a replacement. Out of the four, one is great (I would guess maybe 2500 mAh?), one is around the same as the OEM battery, one I get constant reboots with, and the one that doesn't hold a charge.
I love my one that works. It was well worth it for the price, but clearly there are some quality issues going on.
thinking about getting one of these if I go on a larger trip. I allready have a spare 1650mAh Battery though.
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thinking about getting one of these if I go on a larger trip. I allready have a spare 1650mAh Battery though.
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It's just good to know I can use my phone heavily and not run out of battery before the day's end. Of course if you're playing graphic intense games then that will never be possible.
I might check this out. Ever since I got on the 2.3.4 gingerbread roms and running Dark Core/Talon my battery life has gone to crap.
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I received my bad boy today. I cut my rubber case so it protrudes out, and I honestly don't mind it. It makes holding the phone somewhat nicer, than a flat brick. I charged it for only 2 hours, but now i'm letting it go for 8. Then i'll wipe stats and whatnot. But it's pretty damned nice so far. When I received it, it was at 45%, and it took atleast two hours of 3d games to bring it to 25%. I'm really amazed this was $10, and I paid for faster shipping ($5).
It seems really worth the price, and I would like to thank the poster again for mentioning this.
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I received my bad boy today. I cut my rubber case so it protrudes out, and I honestly don't mind it. It makes holding the phone somewhat nicer, than a flat brick. I charged it for only 2 hours, but now i'm letting it go for 8. Then i'll wipe stats and whatnot. But it's pretty damned nice so far. When I received it, it was at 45%, and it took atleast two hours of 3d games to bring it to 25%. I'm really amazed this was $10, and I paid for faster shipping ($5).
It seems really worth the price, and I would like to thank the poster again for mentioning this.
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You're very welcome. I'm glad you are having good results also. I've been using this for about a week now, still getting great performance.
I can attest to this battery as well. It just wont die. I have had it for the last 3 days, and each charge cycle that I give it brings more time to the battery. I went from being at 32% after a full day on the stock battery with moderate usage, to 60% with this battery today on heavy to almost excessive use. I'm talking, videos on youtube, Downloading apps, texting, calling, music ect. All of this is on Fasty II 2.1 and its just incredible to see my phone go for so long now.
Just ordered mine But going to use latest Stable of Miui
I can also attest to the excellant performance of this battery. I just got mine last night. First thing I did was charge it with the phone off to 100%. I played 3d games for about 30 minutes, watched a 2 hour movie, about 30 minutes of internet browsing, used gps for 30 minutes on my way to work this morning, and have been listening to pandora for the pass 2 hours and I'm at 52%!!! My previous battery would have been DEAD by now. For 15 bucks this battery is a no brainer! I'm sure as others have posted that the battery life will only improve once I calibrate it and charge it a few more times.
Thanks to the OP.
I can get over a day on the stock battery!
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You may be able to get over a day, but what do you do with your phone? Do you use any programs like Juice Defender? Are you a power user? Way all do you do that makes your stock battery last for over a day?
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It's getting late......after a long day waiting for this 3250 mAh battery to go flat, here is my review for what it is worth.
I have been searching for a month to find a battery that had the capability to last me all day. Not a bulky one! One that would fit within the original case. Not make my phone look pregnant.
I wanted a battery that i could Take off charge at 8am being able to last me all day, with LIGHT to MEDIUM usage (not heavy use!), right up until I went to bed at 10 and put it back on charge.
Is this the one??? (battery photos below)
I sourced this one. It just about fits the phone. I had to peel the battery label off at all 4 corners to get it in. It's fits in fine with standard Samsung back on. No bulge. I put in straight into my phone and charged it up to 100% then took it off charge and restarted the phone.
I'm not expecting amazing results on this first drain as I am more than aware it will take 3 to 4 cycles to gain it's full effectiveness. I am however expecting it to beat my standard battery display time on this first drain as it holda 34% more charge and then improve again after 3 more days use!
My stock Samsung battery lasts normally 4 hours display time with light to medium use. I have google location turned off, brighteness to auto and i am running gingerbread LA6. Full Samsung stock fresh out of the box. No root. No mods at all. And I have all the Samsung crap turned on and registered. I have google email with 2 accounts running. I play the odd game, and text and email like crazy. I used Ebay app heavily and also surf the Web lots. There are widgets on all 7 screens running and I always have a heavy usage live wallpaper running.
Phone finally starting to go flat... I will take screen shots of battery use and upload them. With my finally thoughts and finally 1st battery use screen shots as soon as it goes flat.
And obviously I'll look forward to your valued thoughts and views and make use of your experience as I'm new to this.......hopefully won't be too long!
Bye 4 now
1st day results in.
2nd day results in..
Photos of battery weights...
3Rd day results...
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Where did you buy it ?
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is thic ?
http://cgi.ebay.fr/3250MAH-Gold-HIG...SAMSUNG-GALAXY-NOTE-I9220-N7000-/290677438392
Yes
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Ok..finally ran out of juice.
Remember this is not scientific just based on my daily normal use. But I did use my phone near enough full time today to make it go flat to see what it could do.
Again this is the first charge out of the bag. And I am interested to see how it gets on over the next few charges.
First Days below... More on day 2 tomorrow.
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During the day there have been no issues at all. It's been cool all day, no strange out of the ordinary things happened at all.
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This has been going on for years on Ebay. Fake batteries & fake memory cards from China. Don't know how they get away with it, but I suppose money talks.
Please keep us updated. 5h 19m is my best display time using the Anker battery.
Fake? ie not Samsung? Its a replacement battery, So what as long as they work and do what you want
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I am extremely interested so please keep us updated. If we can get an extra hour I would be very happy!
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I am extremely interested so please keep us updated. If we can get an extra hour I would be very happy!
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Try the Anker battery, im seeing about an extra hour of display time over the stock battery.
That's exactly what I've found with this battery on the first cycle today. I'm hoping that will improve over the next few charge cycles.? We will see
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I'm actually quite intrigued to hear about this...my boyfriend uses a non branded battery from China for his Galaxy S2 and he's had no problems with it seems. I think he may have got it from ebay too. Combining that with a rechargeable case he never has to worry about recharging his phone. I hope this one works out well.
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Fake? ie not Samsung? Its a replacement battery, So what as long as they work and do what you want
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When I had my SGS2, I bought a 3,500mAh battery from eBay. It lasted longer, but not as long as I expected.
I tested it with a battery analyzer and sure enough, it was 2,413mAh. I bought another two, those only measured out at about 2,100mAh.
Those high mAh ratings you see on ebay batteries are fake.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17100991#post17100991
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18529580#post18529580
Like I stated earlier I've not got a care in the world about any 'fake' statements! @ £10 as long as it does what I want it's win win.
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Fake? ie not Samsung? Its a replacement battery, So what as long as they work and do what you want
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No fake as in false advertisement! That's not really 3250 or whatever mah. If it was why wouldn't Samsung have made a 3200 or 3500 mah stock size battery? I can get 8 hours and over 5 hours screen on with stock 2500 easy. Usually mine goes all day with 4-8 hours music and 3-5 hours screen and last from 7am to 10pm ... its a scam that battery is maybe 2800 mah if that .....
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Like I stated earlier I've not got a care in the world about any 'fake' statements! @ £10 as long as it does what I want it's win win.
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Well, it doesn't do what you think it does. After using it for ~3-4 charges, change back to your stock battery
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No fake as in false advertisement! That's not really 3250 or whatever mah. If it was why wouldn't Samsung have made a 3200 or 3500 mah stock size battery? I can get 8 hours and over 5 hours screen on with stock 2500 easy. Usually mine goes all day with 4-8 hours music and 3-5 hours screen and last from 7am to 10pm ... its a scam that battery is maybe 2800 mah if that .....
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So you have one of these batteries have you? you've tested it have you? Your the one who's fake. Making unfounded statements you drongo
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Well, it doesn't do what you think it does. After using it for ~3-4 charges, change back to your stock battery
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Oh dear, hello on first cycle it'd already beaten my stock battery by an hour display time! Can't you read drongo
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In the beginning it gave me around 2-2.5 days worth of battery per charge which was fantastic. The extended battery weighed about 3x the stock battery for outputting almost 2x. I liked the fact that it lifted the phone up so it wouldn't damage the camera lense (since the lense does stick out past the back cover). It was the same plastic as the rest of the phone so it made the phone look stock.
But after about 5 months, the battery capacity greatly decreased to the point where I was getting about 7 hours until I received the 20% battery warning. This battery was preforming worst than the stock battery.
So in the end I went back to the stock battery. What was everyone else's experience with these extended batteries?
Thanks. I was just shopping for an extended battery this morning. My stock battery is still doing okay after 14 months, but I wanted something to counter the effect ICS has had. I saw Seido's on sale at Newegg and was about to pull the trigger, I'll hold off until I hear more.
you might as well give it a try. I bought mine for around 10usd
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you might as well give it a try. I bought mine for around 10usd
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Would you mind indicating exactly which 3800mAh battery you are reviewing?
Cell phone batteries and memory cards both suffer from a large amount of poor-product masquerading as quality. Reviews of this type of product are not actually helpful unless they identify the specific product, brand, and even seller.
I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if I purchased an extended battery for $10 and it started to go bad after 5-6 months. As comparison, my stock battery went bad after about 13 months. While paying more doesn't guarantee that you'll get something great, it is generally true in my experience that you get what you pay for.
http://www.tvc-mall.com/details/Sam...th-Battery-Cover-3800mAh-BATY-EpicTouch4G-01/
Assmilk......lol
Didnt get it till I watched chappelle show
I ordered the qcell I had the Trexcell which started to go from 10hrs screen on time (wifi) (5-7 3g/4g) to back to stock oem. You should try that one I read nothing but good reviews on it
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Would you mind indicating exactly which 3800mAh battery you are reviewing?
Cell phone batteries and memory cards both suffer from a large amount of poor-product masquerading as quality. Reviews of this type of product are not actually helpful unless they identify the specific product, brand, and even seller.
I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if I purchased an extended battery for $10 and it started to go bad after 5-6 months. As comparison, my stock battery went bad after about 13 months. While paying more doesn't guarantee that you'll get something great, it is generally true in my experience that you get what you pay for.
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This is good to know. Thanks.
I bought the trexell 3800 mah battery from amazon. Its flat out amazing. I get 2.5-3 hours of screen on time on stock. With this I get 6+ . Worth every penny!! It always last all day even playing games all day!
http://www.amazon.com/Trexcell-Sams...8957470&sr=8-6&keywords=epic+4g+touch+battery
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I was gonna try the Trex or QCell batteries but held back after reading many so-so and bad reviews. Instead I decided to give the one made by Gorilla Gadgets a shot. I'll be receiving mine this week. I'll post up a review after I've had it for a few days. Hope it's awesome~!
Gorilla gadgets extended battery works really good. Had it on HTC evo, evo shift for my 12 yrs old son. On my ET4G too. No complaints at all.
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Gorilla gadgets extended battery works really good. Had it on HTC evo, evo shift for my 12 yrs old son. On my ET4G too. No complaints at all.
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I hope you're right. I just got mine today and I'm using it right now after it hit 100% charge. I hope this didn't turn out to be a waste of money. How long did the Gorilla batteries last for you on average? (not phone battery life but the actual battery itself life)?
You gotta follow this video how maximize the use of your extended battery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An4LjtOqLdA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If you guys need a case for your ET4G wih extended battery check the link below.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006X1FZXC
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my trexcell took a dump awhile back, now my stock battery is doing the same that did (say its charged then freezes and reboots to an empty battery) i just bought 2 cheap extended 3800s on ebay with a battery charger and extended backs for 17bux, will see how these fare in comparison.
I've seen a 4100mah battery on Amazon for about $30
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I've seen a 4100mah battery on Amazon for about $30
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It's the Qcell, and it's amazing so far
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I have the Trexcell battery and it sucks. It drains so fast that it feels as if I have the OEM battery in the phone.
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I have the Trexcell battery and it sucks. It drains so fast that it feels as if I have the OEM battery in the phone.
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The Hyperion I got is like that too, I'm sticking with only Qcell for now
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Yeah, after three trexcells, two that need to be thrown out because of bulging, I just got a qcell 4100. I know the number means nothing. It said to do 6 full charge and discharge cycles in the beginning, and let the first one charge for nine hours. I'm on my second charge so far. Don't know if it's true but I read somewhere to charge with the phone off. The first charge ran reaaaly long before dying. Don't know if it was bad batteries or bad external chargers, but both my Samsung externals would only charge the trexcells to 95%, even if it was a 12+ hour charge.
Here I am about 4-5 months in on my 3800 batteries. 1 trexcell and 2 generic. Far as comparing to stock? Stock batteries make me sick now. They drain so much faster. The big ones amaze me how long they last. I do rotate the stockers in so they dont sit and go bad. So ill have a few days of extended then stock then extended ect. The performace of extended is so good I now see the big lump as sexy! I did find a great use for my stockers. (have 4) I was in my best friends wedding the other day and with no case and slim battery the phone slid in tux pocket easy lol. +1 but half way through reception I had to drunken walk way out to car and get spare -1. Right now as I set im about to hit 2 days on Trexcell on the newest Jellyverse sitting at 37% +20.
I've gone through a number of batteries and long story short, they've all sucked. Even the original stock battery was crap. I've been using this battery for almost 4 weeks and I've been getting absolutely stellar battery life. I'm well beyond that initial conditioning phase.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2450mAH-EB6..._Cell_Phone_PDA_Batteries&hash=item4ac2c14f8b
2450mah. I'm usually skeptical of higher mah ratings as you can only cram so much juice into a given form factor, but I'm left wondering if lion chemistry has really improved this much. Ever so slightly thicker than a standard stock battery (same size as the 2100mah andida if anyone else had one), but fits the stock battery back w/ a bit of manipulation. E4GT is stock GB27 (w/ root). I'll get more screenshots now that I'm really paying attention to performance.
I'm getting consistent 4hours+ of screen on time while actively using the phone. 2 google accounts, sync enabled, no kernel tricks, 'auto' screen brightness (not lowest), haven't even disabled useless apps, etc.
Sample size will soon be 2; i've ordered a 2nd battery for my wife's phone so I'll compare once it gets here.
tldr: 4+, could probably eek out 5 hours of active screen on phone use w/ a standard size (non-ugly hump) battery.
Nice I can barely get 1 hour of battery life from mine.
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How's the battery holding up now about 6-7 weeks since you got it? Still really good battery life? When you do about 4-5 hours of screen time how many hours of battery life are you getting? Also what rom are you on? And how does your wife's battery that you ordered compare? Sorry for the 21 questions, but thanks
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How's the battery holding up now about 6-7 weeks since you got it? Still really good battery life? When you do about 4-5 hours of screen time how many hours of battery life are you getting? Also what rom are you on? And how does your wife's battery that you ordered compare? Sorry for the 21 questions, but thanks
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I'm wondering this too.
im also wondering if this is legit...not a bad investment for $7 but it wouldnt even be here for another month. I just got an epic 4g for $50 and am super satisfied with it (coming from the beast Note 2)...I'm actually surprised with its performance all around EXCEPT for the battery life. I do realize the battery and phone are close to 2 years old which is why im looking into a new battery.....
but really, selling my note 2 for 400 and picking this up for 50 is prob the best investment I ever made, saving my upgrade for "the next next big thing" :good:
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How's the battery holding up now about 6-7 weeks since you got it? Still really good battery life? When you do about 4-5 hours of screen time how many hours of battery life are you getting? Also what rom are you on? And how does your wife's battery that you ordered compare? Sorry for the 21 questions, but thanks
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I'm curious as well.. OP please deliver!!
I bought 2 of these for $10 about 2 weeks ago and so far so good. With 4g, bluetooth, and gps on all day, I get about 14 hrs (with 3.5-4hrs screen time) and still have about 15% before putting it to charge. Great deal
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I bought 2 of these for $10 about 2 weeks ago and so far so good. With 4g, bluetooth, and gps on all day, I get about 14 hrs (with 3.5-4hrs screen time) and still have about 15% before putting it to charge. Great deal
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So you been using it for 2 weeks? Is it really a stock sized battery - will fit with otterbox? Think I might get it... 4 hours screen time is excellent
I'm on Calks EL29, so not a JB rom, but yes 2 weeks. Its a little tight, so I took the label wrap off to save some thickness.
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Is it able to fit inside the phone without having to buy a replacement back?
Yes, you still use the same stock back the phone came with, its just tighter.
The only question in my mind is longevity, as I have purchased some knockoff batteries (sold as Samsung OEM with almost identical labeling as the original battery), that started to degrade within a month and now are useless except for short term emergencies.
Most people on these forums swear by Anker batteries, which I've never tried, but I still have Ferocity Mobile batteries (bought on ebay but no longer sold) which are still going strong. They just dont hold a candle to these 2450s,so they are my backup batteries now (have two Epic Touch phones in the family).
I will report back periodically on how they are performing over time.
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ShoePhone said:
Yes, you still use the same stock back the phone came with, its just tighter.
The only question in my mind is longevity, as I have purchased some knockoff batteries (sold as Samsung OEM with almost identical labeling as the original battery), that started to degrade within a month and now are useless except for short term emergencies.
Most people on these forums swear by Anker batteries, which I've never tried, but I still have Ferocity Mobile batteries (bought on ebay but no longer sold) which are still going strong. They just dont hold a candle to these 2450s,so they are my backup batteries now (have two Epic Touch phones in the family).
I will report back periodically on how they are performing over time.
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Would you or OP be able to do a test on those 2450 batteries that OP has? Do you have the same type of battery as OP? If so could you please run a streaming netflix 3g test on it and see how long it runs till it drains from 100 to zero. I'm a HEAVY user on my phone and that would be the closest way to gauge it to my usage even though i don't stream video all day lol. Thank you
Yes, same battery as the OP.
Link the test and I'll try it.
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ShoePhone said:
Yes, same battery as the OP.
Link the test and I'll try it.
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Well there's really no test link. I meant if you could just drain it under heavy usage and post a picture of the Battery usage and then the screen on time. Thanks
I'm not a Netflix guy.
Bottom line: Its cheap and gets to you fairly quick considering China, so why not take a shot if you need a battery?
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ShoePhone said:
I'm not a Netflix guy.
Bottom line: Its cheap and gets to you fairly quick considering China, so why not take a shot if you need a battery?
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You're right and it does fit in the original battery cover which is awesome. For the conditioning what did you do? Did you do a full discharge then recharge 6 times?
Bought two
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You're right and it does fit in the original battery cover which is awesome. For the conditioning what did you do? Did you do a full discharge then recharge 6 times?
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Figured it was worth a shot since it is so cheap.Any recommendations for methods or software to calibrate? Just charge/discharge cycles as listed above or something else?
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Figured it was worth a shot since it is so cheap.Any recommendations for methods or software to calibrate? Just charge/discharge cycles as listed above or something else?
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Callibratimg doesn't do anything useful. It doesn't hurt either but it is pointless.
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graydiggy said:
Callibratimg doesn't do anything useful. It doesn't hurt either but it is pointless.
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How about calibrating a bigger battery? I have the QCell 4100 and I was told to calibrate it everytime I pull it off the charger at 100%.
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How about calibrating a bigger battery? I have the QCell 4100 and I was told to calibrate it everytime I pull it off the charger at 100%.
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Callibratimg does nothing for the battery. It clears the battery stats. That's it. A reboot does the same thing.
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Does anyone have any real experience with the slim extended battery for OGP ? So far, I searched and found a 3850 mAh made by AcerSoft, and some 4000mAh for F240 model. Do they have real capacity as claimed and use interchangeably ? TIA
With my experience with slim extended ....has not been any better on any device I've owned. You gotta think if a 3rd party company claims they can make higher capacity slim batteries then why wouldn't the manufacturer of our device just go ahead and make one same size ? ...IMO grab a zerolemon or just stick with OEM battery. Once again only my opinion.
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With my experience with slim extended ....has not been any better on any device I've owned. You gotta think if a 3rd party company claims they can make higher capacity slim batteries then why wouldn't the manufacturer of our device just go ahead and make one same size ? ...IMO grab a zerolemon or just stick with OEM battery. Once again only my opinion.
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Agreed. I had a slim "extended" battery for my old Atrix 4G and it ended up giving me LESS battery life.
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Guys, i just bought a LG G Pro, so still getting used to it. How many battery hours do you usually get in a full charge??
And also, how many hours of screen on??
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I'd usually get around 3.5hours of screen on over 18 hours of use on the stock ROM. With MIUI, I'd get around 6 hours of screen on over about 27 hours.
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Guys, i just bought a LG G Pro, so still getting used to it. How many battery hours do you usually get in a full charge??
And also, how many hours of screen on??
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It depends on how you run the device. I can get over 8 hours of on screen time. however, that's at 0% brightness — inside isn't that bright this time of year
Standby mode with everything off should show very little decrease in battery, if you see a lot of drain at that point then something is eating on the battery. Most ROMs and stock do very similar when in full use (the screen eats most) from what I've seen however, standby can be very dramatic.
Thank you. Normal use (wifi, 3g, browsing, facebook, whatdapp), no gaming or music.
So far so good, i think. At least better than Lg optimus g. I am getting 5h 30min of screen.
I agree with Neroga and Shayne. I also got an "extended" battery for my old Note 1 and it sucked. I got less battery life off that than I did on my stock battery. They are not worth it. If you really need/want that much battery life then just buy two batteries and have one charged while using the other.
The zero lemon battery works great. Makes the phone bulky and heavy but you will adjust and it will soon be comfortable.
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The zero lemon battery works great. Makes the phone bulky and heavy but you will adjust and it will soon be comfortable.
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+1 to this but no bigger than having a big, protective case. Got my 9300mAh ZL battery with a modified Abacus flip case and couldn't be happier. Can't beat going 3 days with 12+ hours of screen on time.
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I'd usually get around 3.5hours of screen on over 18 hours of use on the stock ROM. With MIUI, I'd get around 6 hours of screen on over about 27 hours.
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How'd you get MIUI on your E980? I've looked seemingly everywhere and couldn't find it. I only found the F240L version. I want to improve from the somewhat bloaty stock to something faster with better battery life.
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How'd you get MIUI on your E980? I've looked seemingly everywhere and couldn't find it. I only found the F240L version. I want to improve from the somewhat bloaty stock to something faster with better battery life.
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It's over in the general section starting with WS0008 Developer Edition or something like that. The thread is old but the ROM is maintained.
The performance is comparable to stock, maybe slightly better, but the battery life is awesome. ColorOS will give you the same thing with some extra features, but autocorrect on any keyboard will cause whatever app you're typing on to crash.
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Zero Lemon isn't great - It is just the only big company with a product offering
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The zero lemon battery works great. Makes the phone bulky and heavy but you will adjust and it will soon be comfortable.
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My zero lemon battery worked great for 7 months until it spontaneously combusted in my phone in my pocket. I must have dropped the phone the day before, and a short caused it to smolder through the battery cover and melted the plastic in the internal body of my phone. Unfortunately, this battery only comes with an 180 day warranty (6 months), and it burned up at 7 months, but I will see if they can refund it. After having a spontaneous combustion incident, I am not sure I want to have another one in my phone.
It also weighs almost 6 ounces ( a half pound is 8 ounces.) I thought it must be a lead acid battery when I first received it because the battery was 3-4 times heavier than my phone with the original battery in it. It lasts 2 days of heavy use and a week if I don't use 4g or the wifi. I think 4500 mAh would be a perfect amount of capacity for one day, so 9300 mAh is overkill.
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My zero lemon battery worked great for 7 months until it spontaneously combusted in my phone in my pocket. I must have dropped the phone the day before, and a short caused it to smolder through the battery cover and melted the plastic in the internal body of my phone. Unfortunately, this battery only comes with an 180 day warranty (6 months), and it burned up at 7 months, but I will see if they can refund it. After having a spontaneous combustion incident, I am not sure I want to have another one in my phone.
It also weighs almost 6 ounces ( a half pound is 8 ounces.) I thought it must be a lead acid battery when I first received it because the battery was 3-4 times heavier than my phone with the original battery in it. It lasts 2 days of heavy use and a week if I don't use 4g or the wifi. I think 4500 mAh would be a perfect amount of capacity for one day, so 9300 mAh is overkill.
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Can you still use your phone or did the battery ruin it?
I can still use the phone, but it's really easy to drop something that weighs a half a pound and is bigger than your hand. Other people will probably drop their phones and have the same problem. The good news is that the TPU case is very protective of the phone, and the battery broke instead of the phone when I dropped it. The bad news is that I only have a 6 month warranty and it broke at 7 months so I'm out of luck.