I found this one 3500mAh and ordered it : http://www.ebay.com/itm/251065892927
for 9$ I'm willing to give it a try (and even though it may be the exact same one from a chinese seller, I prefer to have it ship from a US location).
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Have you received/tested the battery? Interested in getting one as well
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Yea I received it a week ago, I like it so far.
The battery door you can tell is cheap when you get it, however I've gotten use to it fast, the slightly rubberized texture is a nice feel for me and seems to fit better in my hands now.
After about 2, 3 days of charge up, drain down, charge up it seems to be nicely consistent now in the power usage can easily get a couple of days out of it before needing a charge (mostly on account of both my SetCPU profile and undervolting table).
Basically once fully charged it could take about 1.5-2 hours before it would end up showing 99% on stuff like Google Music, email, Facebook, etc.
A battery screenshot back when I was doing a bit of music and background notifications (fb, email, twitter, Skype, etc logged in and notifying around 10-15 minute mark), screen not on as often, but I don't usually have my screen on all that often especially as I don't normally sit thru a game that long.
Charges pretty fast at least.
I don't remember 100% what I did at what specific time frame, but I know from 42% to 36% I was watching an Episode of Heroes so bout 40ish minutes of netflix there.
EDIT (7/26/2012):
I drained the battery down til the phone died, and used a battery monitoring app to measure the mV charging back up from 0% to 100%. Also a mAh measurement of the battery. (took about 5 hours to drain the battery down with everything running GPS, 100% screen, wifi, bluetooth, FM radio, 90%+ CPU load, etc)
Thanks for the info, I will definitely be getting one.
Hopefully it will render the same results for my phone.
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The phone it self is a brick, but this brick has ascended past a normal brick, it has become a super brick!! im not joking lol but on how do you curry that around? its like we've gone back to the 90's
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The phone it self is a brick, but this brick has ascended past a normal brick, it has become a super brick!! im not joking lol but on how do you curry that around? its like we've gone back to the 90's
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Lol It's not that big, I can actually put it in my pant's pocket just fine. If I can still wrap my first set of knuckles around the lip of the phone it's still not too thick, notice that the whole thing is not thicker than the width of my thumb.
it seems so uncomfortable... I imagine myself typing with that thing on my hand! Nice to know anyways that it's a real working battery!
Looks nice, thanks! I'm getting one !
Just ordered one.
How long did it take to ship to you?
( I am from Holland )
siemz said:
Looks nice, thanks! I'm getting one !
Just ordered one.
How long did it take to ship to you?
( I am from Holland )
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Being that I'm in the United States (Grand Rapids, Michigan), and the seller was also in the United States (Georgia) I paid 6/21 Thursday and received it on monday morning 6/25. One of the reasons I picked this seller was because shipping was from the US and not from China, even if the product itself was probably identical to the Chinese shippers.
If you were in Holland, Michigan (which is bout a half an hour drive from me) you'd probably get it in the same time frame. Not sure about Georgia, USA to Holland (EU), probably faster than from Shanghai maybe.
With the latest EliteKernel I'm getting even better battery life (primarily in screen off mode) so will probably be posting another screenshot in the next day or so.
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Being that I'm in the United States (Grand Rapids, Michigan), and the seller was also in the United States (Georgia) I paid 6/21 Thursday and received it on monday morning 6/25. One of the reasons I picked this seller was because shipping was from the US and not from China, even if the product itself was probably identical to the Chinese shippers.
If you were in Holland, Michigan (which is bout a half an hour drive from me) you'd probably get it in the same time frame. Not sure about Georgia, USA to Holland (EU), probably faster than from Shanghai maybe.
With the latest EliteKernel I'm getting even better battery life (primarily in screen off mode) so will probably be posting another screenshot in the next day or so.
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Okai, thanks!
Cannot wait ^^
what kind of mAh does the one you got off ebay have?
and does it get hot at all?
i'm thinking of getting one of these... especially because cm9 seems to be draining my battery pretty fast.
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what kind of mAh does the one you got off ebay have?
and does it get hot at all?
i'm thinking of getting one of these... especially because cm9 seems to be draining my battery pretty fast.
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The one I bought is 3500mAh (should say the same on that specific ebay listing).
Yea CM9 was eating my battery like crazy which is why I switched over to EliteMod ICS (based on the CM9 Kernel, but uses AOKP for the rest of it and his own tweaks).
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it seems so uncomfortable... I imagine myself typing with that thing on my hand! Nice to know anyways that it's a real working battery!
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I actually got one few moths ago and Ive got to say, that using hw keyboard is incredibly easy even with this battery mounted. I would say mby easier than with normal one.
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I actually got one few moths ago and Ive got to say, that using hw keyboard is incredibly easy even with this battery mounted. I would say mby easier than with normal one.
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Yea I find it easier because the extra 'lip' on the battery door makes it easier to grasp when working in landscape mode. Normally landscape isn't a problem if you're not using the keyboard at all, but once you slide out the keyboard the working thickness you have to grab onto is effectively halved with the original battery door.
Wow, ~2 days of battery life? Is it really worth the extra bulk, though? And how long does it take to fully charge?
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Wow, ~2 days of battery life? Is it really worth the extra bulk, though? And how long does it take to fully charge?
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The day it arrived it took about 4-5 hours to be considered 'charged', when I first got it, it said 66% but thats because it was going off the info from the stock battery when it was actually near dead. So for a couple hours it'll actually say 99% until it finally hits the top at 100%. It takes a couple of days for the battery stats to become accurate it seems, but you could go a full day easy after the first 5-6 hour charge.
I've gotten setCPU profile tweaked and undervolting as low as I can while keeping 122-1286 stable, but I don't use it 24/7 at full brightness so yes it could go without a charge for over a day and a half. (though seems longer now that the new EliteKernel is actually easier on the battery once again).
With my original stock 1300mAh battery if I were to keep it in standby I could probably best around 18-20 hours, but that is if I didn't actually have the screen on most of the time.
If I get a chance to actually run down the battery I'll get a screenshot.
Far as the bulk, it actually doesn't bother me as much as some people may think, I actually prefer the cheap semi-rubberized backing on it to the chrome door, and it's easier for me to grip especially in landscape orientation, and I don't wear tight jeans or anything like that. But yea may seem like a brick when our phones are getting thinner and thinner.
I went with that ebay listing because I didn't like how some of the more expensive offerings (22 to 80$) had a dome-like covering over the speaker as opposed to the flat flush that this has, and the gamble thus far seems to have paid off.
Hmm this is sort of unrelated to the main topic, so I'll apologize, but:
Recently, my Desire Z got some water damage. Seems to be working fine at the moment, but I notice the battery's been overheating, despite relatively moderate use, and playing games such as Bloons TD resulted in a considerably toasty back cover. Does this seem like a good time to switch out my battery?
Short answer yes, why not try out the one in the op? Seems promising!
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Thanks for answering! I'm considering a 1800mAh one though, as I prefer retaining the phone's original exterior appearance.
I just got mine about two weeks ago so here is my review. I ordered the same one as the OP on ebay and paid $6. This is one of the best mods done to my phone! I can easily get 3-4 days out of my phone before having to charge. I'm on stock GB. Sure it ads weight and thickness but not having to worry about my phone making it through my 12 hour work shift is well worth it. I previously had a 2200mah ebay battery made for the Evo 4G. The battery door no longer fit so I just used a cheap ebay case. I could get 12-14 hours out of it, but it started to wear out and I was lucky to get 10 hours out of it. This 3500mah battery is def worth it.
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I just got mine about two weeks ago so here is my review. I ordered the same one as the OP on ebay and paid $6. This is one of the best mods done to my phone! I can easily get 3-4 days out of my phone before having to charge. I'm on stock GB. Sure it ads weight and thickness but not having to worry about my phone making it through my 12 hour work shift is well worth it. I previously had a 2200mah ebay battery made for the Evo 4G. The battery door no longer fit so I just used a cheap ebay case. I could get 12-14 hours out of it, but it started to wear out and I was lucky to get 10 hours out of it. This 3500mah battery is def worth it.
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Good to know, I been pretty much on EliteMod ICS since I had the battery, but least your post gives me kind of an idea what stock would be like (or better yet what something like G2Lite 1.6 would be like).
Trying to drain down my battery, wasn't draining fast enough. So grabbed a battery draining app, gps, screen to 100%, BT, CPU load up.
Got setCPU profile set to 1286mhz, performance governor. And Spirit FM running in the background.
It's down to 33% so far, once I can get it under 5% or so I'll get it plugged in and charging up so can get an idea of the battery's minimum mv vs maximum mv, and 'measured' mAh. I previously did it from 29% to 100% with a measured mAh around 2700.
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All righty so after much pondering and wondering 'should I' and 'what if'... I finally said screw it and bought the 3,600mAh Mugen Power Battery for my G2
Pricey at $100 and nearly 3 weeks to get due to back order, it was tough... but once I got it, installed it, charged it, deep cycled a couple times... battery life is flat out awesome.
Typical daily usage for me includes 2-3 sessions of 20 minutes of streaming music (Pandora or Subsonic), 20 minutes calling, ~50 to 100 SMS, ~20 emails, and occasionally I'll get on the browser and check stuff out online.
I leave GPS and 3G on all the time, Sync is always on, I turn WiFi on when I'm at home, sometimes I use bluetooth (very rare) for keyboard.. I use Automatic brightness
On my G2 using CM7, and overclock to 1.1Ghz w/ONDEMAND governor stock 1300mAh battery achieved 14-20 hours of run time, typically the phone was dead after around 15 hours. Sometimes I would get more if I didn't use it much, other times if I GPS on battery, I get 10-12 hours
Now with 3600mAh.. the WORST I've gotten (this was trying to kill the phone asap) I got 20 hours. Mind you I had NAV on when it wasn't needed, I left brightness at max, left WiFi and bluetooth on, etc etc...
I've been using the phone today normally, my battery is at 82% and I've been 9 hours and 19 minutes since unplugged. This battery is ridiculously awesome!! I haven't even been able to drain it under normal usage, yet lol
The size it added is not all that big of a deal.. I can post some pictures but the fat cover adds maybe 1/8 inch to the phone's thickness. Its ugly IMO... but its functionality has captured my heart lol I really do love the run time with this battery, it was so worth ditching my case and paying $100 for it. I really do like it!
I'll post pics when I get another camera to snap some of the phone (my phone has become my primary camera LOL)
Some pictures to add:
My "best" battery time with the stock/OEM HTC 1,300 mAh battery:
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3,600mah Battery is 12% in this picture.. Could have done MUCH better though:
You can see a sharp drop.. I played games on the phone for 2-3 hours. I imagine if I did not play any games on it, I could have gone much longer.. I would guess perhaps another 12-24 hours on this charge!
Huh?
Sorry, your avatar distracted me
Nice review though, I stuck with the mugen 1800 and it serves my purpose. Get's me easily through the day with the little extra kick if needed
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Huh?
Sorry, your avatar distracted me
Nice review though, I stuck with the mugen 1800 and it serves my purpose. Get's me easily through the day with the little extra kick if needed
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I considered the Mugen 1800 for a while too but I figured for the money the 3,600 gave me more of what I wanted...
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My "best" battery time with the stock/OEM HTC 1,300 mAh battery:
3,600mah Battery is 12% in this picture.. Could have done MUCH better though:
You can see a sharp drop.. I played games on the phone for 2-3 hours. I imagine if I did not play any games on it, I could have gone much longer.. I would guess perhaps another 12-24 hours on this charge!
Could you provide a photo of what the battery looks like on your case, please?
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Could you provide a photo of what the battery looks like on your case, please?
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Yeah I'll run by my friend's house n use their cam to shoot some pics of this phone some tiem today
Impressive usage but $100 is way too much for a battery lol
Photos please
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I bought 3 batterys for 20 bucks so i just swap them out. >< iono but same here 100 seems like way to much.
if i traveled alot i may have gone this route but im almost always at home or infront of a computer at work.
Mog said:
I bought 3 batterys for 20 bucks so i just swap them out. >< iono but same here 100 seems like way to much.
if i traveled alot i may have gone this route but im almost always at home or infront of a computer at work.
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I do travel a lot sooo yeah I needed the battery. I almost bought an iPhone instead cus I was really close to getting pissed at the battery. This saved me
I bought a 3500mAh battery off eBay for 18 bucks shipped.
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I bought a 3500mAh battery off eBay for 18 bucks shipped.
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1. And is the battery any good so far?
2. Can you point me to the seller?
Thanks for the info. I am in need of finding another battery solution because I end up having to charge on the car ride home every day to use for the evening. Its a pain.
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1. And is the battery any good so far?
2. Can you point me to the seller?
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The battery is pretty good. I can get a full days use easy out of it. This includes heavy browsing, games, 100-200 texts a day, email, Twitter and Facebook. Here is the link, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120680372473&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I also have a picture of it on the phone itself.
I bit and got the 1800 mAh battery, didn't want the extra bulkness, but needed something to get over this crappy stock battery, I usually do a lot of texting/talking on my mytouch 4g and it would usually get me thru the day if not more then 24 hours including stand by. With this battery, I couldn't get thru a whole day w/o charging, so hoping the 1800 mah battery can help.
3500mAh for 12 bucks: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/3-7v-3...y-pack-with-back-cover-for-htc-desire-z-55616
The 3600 are probably just labeled with a higher rating.
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3500mAh for 12 bucks: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/3-7v-3...y-pack-with-back-cover-for-htc-desire-z-55616
The 3600 are probably just labeled with a higher rating.
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most are this batteries are mislabeled either way haha... I prefer paying for the mislabeled 3600 since I'll get it in like 3 days rather than like 20 XD
These 3500 mAH batteries aren't bad at all. I've been using it for 2 weeks now, and I can last 2 days no problem. Only challenge is trying to completely kill the battery.
Might save a few bucks, but you have to be careful with these no-name batteries.
They sometimes only test at 60-70% of the capacity they're listed at.
http://batteryboss.org/
Now Id still say this is a better deal than the Seidio or Mugen, considering the 3200 Mugen tested at 75% of the capacity promised, and Seidio 3500mah at 81% of promised capacity.
The no name (different no-name but still) 3600mah tested in at 2466mah, 70%, but costs a lot less that the Seidio and Mugen (15% the price).
I bought a 3500mah. Hopefully the battery life makes up for the bulkness of the phone.
One question. Does it feel weird with the big battery in your pocket?
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I think im going to get it for my g2. To me it looks super cyberpunk
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So after reading about vibrant users having success with using the epic touch 4g battery. I figured I'd order one up. Why? Well both of my batteries are a year old and I can tell they have degraded over time. And this one is 300mAh MOAR!!!! than the stock 1500mAh battery that came with this device.
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=28506
The new battery is just about 1/64th of an inch thicker than the fascinate stock battery but it still works with the stock battery cover. Just into the first full charge and I can tell a difference already with screen on time at an hour with 84% left. Where normally after an hour of screen from a full charge I would be at 70%. The one thing I notice though is the battery does not charge in my spare charger that I got from vzw a year ago. It must have the same hardware check that the phone does. But since I'm running an mtd rom it charges fine in the device since the hardware check is not included within mtd kernel source.
***TOUCH WIZ USERS*** The fascinate has a hardware check that will only allow for the use of "vzw" specific batteries. So before you order one confirm that your current custom kernel has the hardware check disabled and that you can use/charge 3rd party batteries.
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how do you check for the hardware disable. im running on the GeeWiz 2.0 Alpha EI20
Ask whoever compiled your kernel.
I've been using the Epic 1500 mah batteries for a long time now. I was getting them off eBay for $2 a piece including shipping brand new out of China. Just ordered 2 more this morning, although they've gone up to ~$4 each with shipping. I use two external aftermarket chargers as well, so I rarely ever charge them in the phone. That's why I've never understood the battery life worry, I just carry a spare battery. (Have 7 now, but we have two fascinates in the house)
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I've been using the Epic 1500 mah batteries for a long time now. I was getting them off eBay for $2 a piece including shipping brand new out of China. Just ordered 2 more this morning, although they've gone up to ~$4 each with shipping. I use two external aftermarket chargers as well, so I rarely ever charge them in the phone. That's why I've never understood the battery life worry, I just carry a spare battery. (Have 7 now, but we have two fascinates in the house)
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errr right.... But the battery in the the op is from the sgsII line and not the original sgs variants. The fact that the epic sgsII came stock with 1800mAh is what I was interested in.
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Yeah I realize that, my point was even though that battery is cheaper than the OEM battery for our phone, the battery I mentioned is still a fraction of each. At $3.70 a battery I can have a lot of 1500 mah batteries to one 1800 mah batteries. Although I may have to check eBay and see if I can find the new 1800 ones dirt cheap too.
Nice info chopper
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Thanks for the great info. Just ordered one for my Fascinate running MIUI/Glitch. The additional 20% in battery capacity will definitely be welcome.
I too just ordered one, I need the extra battery, I eat it up at work and then dont have enuf left for the night time. I love my phone and I always seem to need to do something on it.
Very pleased so far. I wanted to give a couple charge cycles and time to settle in. But it almost feels like them good ole DJ05 days of yesteryear in the battery department with this thing. I had ALOT of downtime today at work and hammered the device (found a sweet disc golf game and logged about 1 1/2 just on that ) today and just watched the battery level trickle down. And even did some maps with gps today (who knew there are like 4 sheridan rd's on the north side of chicago that run e/w and n/s) cause we got lost.
Background of my current set up:
Pool Party 1.4.1 (mtd rom) which includes jt0912 kernel within rom.
I sync gmail and have fancy widgets update every hour. Twitter is done via a colorize widget that I have set to manually update when I feel like it. The rest of the screen time is reading emails and xda and rootz apps with some surfing in between gaming. My screen brightness setting is always at 45%. Oh yeah forgot, 25 minutes of talk as well.
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would have been nice if this battery came stock a year ago.
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Ohhh the dj05 days.. I miss those much. Used to listen to music all day at work, 8 hours of media server running and some web surfing and would get home and still have 80% battery left.. Wish someone knew why that service release sipped the juices so slowly..
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I got the new Epic Touch 4G battery yesterday. I charged it to 100% with the phone off, rebooted into recovery and cleared Batt Stats. Today I'm going to let the phone run down to almost nothing before charging again. Any other suggestions for maximizing battery life?
Also, Chopper I noticed your Cell Standby is much lower than mine, I'm at 24% and my Display is at 14% with only 1h 25m time on. Any suggestions on improving/reducing Cell Standby battery usage?
I'm running MIUI 1.9.16, the last Glitch kernel, and the EC09 radio.
Thanks.
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I got the new Epic Touch 4G battery yesterday. I charged it to 100% with the phone off, rebooted into recovery and cleared Batt Stats. Today I'm going to let the phone run down to almost nothing before charging again. Any other suggestions for maximizing battery life?
Also, Chopper I noticed your Cell Standby is much lower than mine, I'm at 24% and my Display is at 14% with only 1h 25m time on. Any suggestions on improving/reducing Cell Standby battery usage?
I'm running MIUI 1.9.16, the last Glitch kernel, and the EC09 radio.
Thanks.
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Move to a better signal area, haha.
You could try updating your PRL (*228 option 2).
Just ordered mine, should get to me late next week. I chose Economy shipping cause I am poor as all-get-out.
Also, Google Checkout is probably one of the best things evar. Don't need to register with ANOTHER site? Okay, thanks Google.
Well, shoot. Was gonna post a big hullabaloo about finding this battery in the Vibrant forums, and I've been beaten to the punch. Oh well. Here's what I was gonna write. Er... copy and paste?
Hello there, Fascinate people! Visitor from the Vibrant forums here. We found and tested an 1800mah battery that, while intended for the Epic Touch 4G, fits and works perfectly in the Galaxy S and all it's variants. I've personally tested it in a Samsung Fascinate and a Samsung Vibrant. The Fascinate was a tighter fit than the Vibrant, but the battery door closed just fine.
I've personally tested the battery over the past week and it lasts significantly longer than the default 1500mah battery (I'm a relatively new Vibrant user, so my battery is only a couple months old). The math seems to match up with the 1800mah claim. To be clear, this isn't as surprising as it would be if this were a random Chinese ebay battery. This battery is made by Samsung for the Epic Touch 4G. It's noticeably thicker than the stock Galaxy S battery, but not so thick that the battery door on the Vibrant and Fascinate won't close completely.
The battery can be found here:
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=28506
I spent quite a bit of time trying to find the best 3rd party battery for my phone, and lo and behold, the best one comes from Samsung itself.
If you'd like to read more than just my humble opinion, here is a link to the thread started in the Vibrant forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262035
Hope this information is helpful. Enjoy your Galaxy S!
this battery does indeed work very well. the battery is bigger and the door does fit tight, but the door does close completely. just started using it and am noticing significant gains after 12 hours of use. I will post back after a few charge discharge cycles with current setup and screenshots.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x1800mAh-B...361622?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27bf3fea96
that would fit, correct?
it says it has a usb port but does it come with a usb cord as well that would fit in my fascinate? (mainly directed at the guy who buys the batteries off ebay)
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x1800mAh-B...361622?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27bf3fea96
that would fit, correct?
it says it has a usb port but does it come with a usb cord as well that would fit in my fascinate? (mainly directed at the guy who buys the batteries off ebay)
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I would stick with the mobile city deal and avoid Hong Kong
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I ordered mine last nite from thecellguru.com and got my email this morning that it shipped. This place is about 20 mile from my house. Hopefully its in the mail tomorrow. 18.92 plus 1.99 shipping.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x1800mAh-B...361622?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27bf3fea96
that would fit, correct?
it says it has a usb port but does it come with a usb cord as well that would fit in my fascinate? (mainly directed at the guy who buys the batteries off ebay)
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I have two of those.chargers, never used the USB port though. Mine did not come with cables though, you can use.the stock one if you wanted. I've bought 8 batteries out of Hong Kong, all OEM Samsung batteries, never had an issue or problem. Just got 2 in the mail today actually. If you have an external charger and multiple batteries there really isn't much of a reason to plug your phone in on a regular basis anyways.
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I have two of those.chargers, never used the USB port though. Mine did not come with cables though, you can use.the stock one if you wanted. I've bought 8 batteries out of Hong Kong, all OEM Samsung batteries, never had an issue or problem. Just got 2 in the mail today actually. If you have an external charger and multiple batteries there really isn't much of a reason to plug your phone in on a regular basis anyways.
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can you link me to the ones that you buy? I just ordered the naztech one but i can return it if its a huge cost/efficiency difference
Mugen Power just released 1800mAh and 3600mAh (this one I'm interested in) for MyTouch 4G Slide. I just check them on their Facebook page and I'm quite interested in the performance...
http://www.facebook.com/mugenpowerbatteries
Mugen Power 1800mAh battery
Mugen Power 3600mAh battery
Yeah I was suprise there wasn't a post about this earlier, I am interested in picking up one too but not sure which one I would go with...
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I love Mugen Power batteries. I bought one for my G1 and the words "battery life" was just something other people complained about when flashing a new ROM and not something i ever thought about again until I bought the MT4GS. I'm definitely picking up one or both of these. I can't tell if the 3600 is going to be offered in black though. I may contact them and ask. I can tell you with that 3600 you could go camping in the mountains for a few days and not worry about you phone dying...very handy trip battery
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My 1900 anker battery was much cheeper and it lasts really long
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siani_8 please do let us know whether they will offer a blank door for the 3600 battery when they reply to your message.
siani_8 said:
I love Mugen Power batteries. I bought one for my G1 and the words "battery life" was just something other people complained about when flashing a new ROM and not something i ever thought about again until I bought the MT4GS. I'm definitely picking up one or both of these. I can't tell if the 3600 is going to be offered in black though. I may contact them and ask. I can tell you with that 3600 you could go camping in the mountains for a few days and not worry about you phone dying...very handy trip battery
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Honestly I was very disappointed with HTC over the stock battery issues. Very, very limited battery life but more importantly, the heat issue. There were a few times where I was seriously evaluating whether I needed to put the phone down and give my hands a chance to cool off before I started getting mild burns. It was in my hands for a while there almost 20-something hours a day for days on end. I wouldn't worry about it starting a fire or anything like that, but that long-term exposure to the heat against my skin was becoming a consideration.
This was before, and the reason I waited so long on, getting a case. The idea of trapping more heat against the phone to me was my immediate evaluation and dismissal of the thought.
The second generation snapdragon processors had a fatal flaw. They were overly subject to heat stresses that just burned up the chip, because of what the chip was. Third generation snapdragon processors are in our phones, and I just couldn't pass this device up.
The more I thought about the heat issue, the more I decided that it was the battery that was the problem. HTC brought us an insane piece of hardware, but they aren't a battery manufacturing company and nothing else. I suppose the idea that they just got a battery in it to get the hardware out the door is a concession to getting the actual device itself to the specs it is. The heat issue makes it not okay though.
I'd forgive a crappy battery out of the box, but not one that directly damages and shortens the lifespan of the device it's in. Heat is your enemy, especially so when the phone itself is that hot.
Along comes a thread on the anker battery, and a decent amount of people who chime in or get and love this battery. I looked one up and found it for $3 at amazon - how could I not get it when an HTC replacement battery is $35-$40 for less then 1600...the anker is a 1900.
I absolutely love the anker battery, it's completely changed the experience. I no longer walk out the door and wonder if i'm going to run out of power, and I have two energizer 4000 usb-battery packs I can take with me.
The heat issue...gone like it never existed. My phone is no longer destroying itself just to live. I can do whatever I want on the phone for hours on end and not really give much consideration to what my battery is like until towards the end of it. With the stock battery, I was evaluating my next possible power sources before i'd leave a place.
...solving the heat issue let me consider cases, and another negative about a case was how often I was swapping out my MicroSD card for a while, there weren't any long periods of time (more then maybe a third of a day) that I didn't swap out a card.
I've since passively seen the name mugen tossed around in XDA, and i'm pretty sure it was considered a quality piece of equipment...just in a general non-specific sense. This thread kinda confirms that impression a bit with the opportunity to answer the question.
If the 3600 is legit, and I didn't click the link I don't have the time to look now, i'd love to know about it. I have some other things i'd like to get for this phone before a new battery would be a worthwhile consideration, but if it's really a good 3600 battery then that time would come pretty quickly, and it would honestly be more about protecting the investment in the hardware i've purchased, then getting extra run time.
If the battery runs hot, i'm not interested, so i'd appreciate if those who are going to jump on either of these to make a note of that, and maybe pass it along?
I'd really love to have this battery in my phone, if it's as good as i'm thinking/wishing it could be.
I'd like to say thank you to the people who are gonna jump on this and be able to tell us about it, people will definitely be paying attention.
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The black door option is right on their page. Just select the drop down box.
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The black door option is right on their page. Just select the drop down box.
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The drop down option wasn't there yesterday because I was looking for it but they added it, probably after I contacted them because they got back to me last night and said it is available.
They also added the Mytouch 4G Slide to the list of phones on their site with nothing available yet two weeks ago after I contacted them the second time. I had been waiting for them to add product listing since then.
Yep the option wasn't not there yesterday, only thing now is they aren't in stock till Oct. 28 and shipping from China is another 2 weeks which total a month before it will be ship to our doors. Fudge cake -_-"
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Thats alot for a battery... A hundred dollar for 3600 and almost 50 for 1800....
Anker is 20 dollars for 1900.
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Thats alot for a battery... A hundred dollar for 3600 and almost 50 for 1800....
Anker is 20 dollars for 1900.
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You're right it is a lot. However, from experience, I can tell you that I bought the Mugen Power slim extended and the extended with battery door (2600 mah I think) over three years ago for my G1 and both hold just as long of a charge today as the day I bought them. Also, the 2600 mah lasts around 3 days for me. Seriously, while overclocking and flashing new ROMs I never once thought "Is this ROM going to have good battery?" I just never thought about that stuff anymore.
Also, I'm a firm believer in "you get what you pay for" and I already found enough stories floating around the forums that put the idea in my head that those Anker batteries MIGHT be 1700 mah...but yeah that's more than the OEM so it is still an increase and can be considered a great deal still. I can't tell you how long Anker batteries will last because I've never owned one myself but two of those Anker batteries and a charger for less money than a lower capacity OEM almost sounds too good to be true and I'd like so see some legitimate tests on how much extra juice they are providing and for how many charges will they continue to provide it.
The plus sides for Anker: If you bought the two pack with charger then you can always have a backup and the price really is right and I did hear there is a Warranty. There are also plenty more positive stories for Anker than negative ones.
I've never owned an Anker battery so I'm not bashing it for those who have bought it and would like to buy it. You are saving a lot of money if you decide to go that route. Personally though, I just bought a $500.00 phone and I'm a little skeptical to stick in a battery that costs the same amount as a pack of AA's from Wal-Mart. So for my personal piece of mind I'd rather spend a little more on a battery that I've come to trust from previous experience.
That said, I just bought the Mugen Power 1800 (two weeks for delivery) and I'll probably pick up the 3600 as well because I do a lot of camping and I like the security of a long lasting charge on trip for a few days or more.
BTW does Anker have a website or do they just sell batteries through ebay and Amazon? I looked but I didn't see one. If anyone can point me to their site, I'd appreciate it. I was mainly curious about their Warranty. Where do you send it if the batties do go bad especially if you bought them on Amazon or ebay or something? *Edit* I just found their website. It was iAnker.com
I am the same, at first seems like an awesome battery but idk how long itll keep holding that much of a charge, anyone with insight to that?
I received my Mugen Power 1800mah. I'm on the first full charge now during a recommended 5 charge break-in period. This battery isn't rated much higher than stock so I'm really not expecting a miracle out of this one. I'm just hoping to get some more out of my day without a charge. When it's time for miracles, I'm pulling the trigger on the 3600mah.
That said, I can tell you that at least the battery is a perfect fit for the phone and there was no shoving or forcing to get it in.
siani_8, thanks for the update on the battery - keep us posted ( I know you will ) on how it goes for you.
I'm glad to hear it's a great fit, but i'd honestly expect nothing less from a company whose name oozes quality like Mugen.
I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this thread to see what comes from this.
Thanks!
NEW MUGEN POWER BATTERY INITIAL CHARGING INSTRUCTIONS
1. CHARGE BATTERY FOR 8-12 HOURS
For the first 4-5 charges, please charge the battery in the device for 8-12 hours using the main power adapter and with device turned on (Important: For the first 4-5 charges You Should charge the battery for 8-12 hours, even if your phone is showing that it is fully charged already!).
2. USE DEVICE AS NORMAL
After each charge, please use the device as normal, until device tells you the battery is very low, then recharge.
3. REPEAT 4-5 TIMES
Repeat this process for 4-5 times.
After that you can recharge the battery whenever is suitable for You, and just until your device is showing it is fully charged. Important: NEVER drain the battery completely to 0%.
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I tried to follow the initial charging instructings as best I could for the first 4 days of use. I took the phone off charge at 6:30 A.M. in the morning and had it back on by 6:30 P.M. (unless noted otherwise) to give it the full recommended 12 hours of charge.
I have no real controlled test for the Mugen Power 1800mah battery; however, I'm going to give a rundown by day of my experience so far with this battery.
I am currently using the Bulletproof ROM and stock Kernel.
For all days so far, the phone has been on the entire time unless specically noted. Also wi-fi, wifi calling, GPS, and bluetooth were enabled the entire time and power saving features remained unchecked in the settings. Screen brightness stayed at setting 1 of 3. My homescreens currently include the Weather widget, Friendstream widget, and Calender Widget.
Day 1: During day 1 of usage, I sent frequent texts to my girlfriend during the day, made a couple of short phone calls, read the news in the morning and checked my email occasionally as well as the XDA Forums. I had a stop on the way home and barely made it to the charger at 6:30.. the phone actually shut down a minute before I got it on charge so on day 1 I got 1 minute shy of 12 hours.
Day 2: The usage on day 2 was about the same as day 1 except I had to turn the brightness up all the way and use the phone heavily for about 15 minutes or so when I got home to drain the battery to 2% and put it back on charge. Again, around 12 hours of my normal usage is fair assesment of day 2.
Day 3: When I woke in the morning I booted into recovery and and reset battery stats. When I rebooted it was showing 93% *shrug* I also dropped my phone during the day and the battery fell out..ooops. Anyway, the phone life seemed to be doing a little better on the third day so I started using it more heavily. I was checking my email frequently, sending frequent texts, checking the XDA forums a lot, updated about 6 apps, checked the news app more than a few times. When I got home at 6:00 I had turn the brightness all the way up and use the phone for about 20 minutes straight to kill it to 2% and get it back on charge for 12 hours.
Day 4: I used the phone as much as I wanted to on the 4th day. I still texted as I usually would, made a couple short calls, checked the news and XDA frequently, took some pictures read the news - all standard stuff. It was Friday and I wasn't worried about getting it on charge by 6:30 so I continued to use it as normal and I made it to 8:30 before it dropped to 2%. Day 4 was 14 hours of continued usage.
I expect under the conditions of normal use I won't get much more than Day 4. I suppose if I wanted to conserve and enable power saving settings, turned off GPS during the day and only enabled bluetooth when I knew I was getting in the car then I might be able to sqeeeze out more. Of course if I played a video game on it I'm sure I'd get a whole lot less.
I am not unpleased with the results of the battery and is probably about what I expected for my my normal usage.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=669497
This might help in general...link that should have made it's way here sooner. XDA review of li-ion batteries and care for them.
Just a follow up on my Experience with the Mugen 1800mah
I ran the phone yesterday with all the same criteria as my previous posts for Days 1-4 except I kept GPS and Bluetooth off all day. After 24 hours the phone was at 16% and then I put it back on charge. I was reading the XDA forums a lot yesterday, texted moderately, read news, made a few calls, took a couple of pictures and checked my email frequently. I thought that was worth sharing. Everyone uses their phones differently so individual results may vary across all batteries and phones
Obviously, I wasn't awake for 24 hours. The phone was in hibernation for 8 hours while I slept.
I do know I couldn't make it half a day on stock with my usage, so I'm pleased so far with my second phone using Mugen Power.
I was bored and decided to post some screen shots of my battery usage today on the Mugen Power 1800mah. Screen brightness was at level 1 of 3, GPS and Bluetooth off all day today. I'm still on Bulletproof ROM with Stock Kernel. 13 and half hours of pretty good use today and I'm still at 17%. BTW I just order the Mugen Power 3600mah so I can give that whirl too but I'm kind of attached to my Trident Case now so I'll probably only use that battery on long trips. We shall see. Sorry the pictures are so big!!
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just ordered one! hope its worth it!
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just ordered one! hope its worth it!
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I hope it is too! Mugen makes a quality battery and you will get more life than stock, without a doubt.
However, it should be noted that users of the Anker Battery 1900mah are reporting longer runtimes than my battery for a cheaper price. Please keep that in mind before purchasing. I've seen a couple users stating 24 hours of good use.
I don't own that battery so I'm just trying to give a detailed representation of my real world useage on the Mugen 1800mah. In my previous screenshots, it says the display was on for 4 hours total. I was using it quite a bit today, on various apps so I'm not sure why only XDA shows up in the usage. I messaged quite a bit too but I'm not sure what that shows up as. Does that fall under Dialer usage I wonder?
I recently purchased this for my galaxy s4. I got right at 9 hrs before it went to 0% and completely turned off. 3 hrs was non stop screen time. I did not use any battery management apps and left wifi on non stop but turned off blue tooth.
It seems like this battery only gave me about 1 he extra over stock. This is a stock replacement. I've seen a lot of Zerolemon worship videos on YouTube but no "real reviews".
Has anyone else any experience with this battery ? Doesn't seem that great.
Ok I must be the only one who owns this battery. That's OK I've always considered myself a pioneer. At any rate I checked again and same thing. No NFC, takes forever to charge, no significant change in battery time. The battery itself is larger than the stock albeit only by a millimeter or so.
Waste of money.
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Ok I must be the only one who owns this battery. That's OK I've always considered myself a pioneer. At any rate I checked again and same thing. No NFC, takes forever to charge, no significant change in battery time. The battery itself is larger than the stock albeit only by a millimeter or so.
Waste of money.
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If you looked there is like a big thread about this battery a few posts down. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356581
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I wouldn't say it's a waste of money... Mine have been treating me well. Really the batteries are only about 2800 mAh or so, not an actual 3000, but I'd still prefer the extra hour or so even if it takes away NFC (that I never use).
Here's the best I've gotten with this battery all on LTE.
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I returned the 3000mah battery today.
The 3000mah is 600mah over stock. So in theory you should get +20% more battery time. My Samsung was about 8 hrs which is I believe what samsung claims anyway. So in theory I should get an additional 96 minutes of time. Using touchwiz I got the most 56 minutes.
For me an additional 56 min does not warrant $20. I'd rather take the 20 and buy the bigger 7500mah or keep it slim stock and buy an external that I plug up. Some. A disagree with me but 56 minutes is negligible. 96 minutes would be better as my phone rips through power.
I definitely did not get the same time as you did but I'm using TW and not ASOP. Then again I used it in the manner I normally would and disabled juice defender. Juice defender is pretty good and works well on aggressive setting and helps extended battery life.....
I just personally did not find value in the battery.
Just ran my Samsung battery again and recharged it. It lasted about 8 hrs 20 min this past time. It charged faster than the Zerolemon as well. I may try Ankor or another extended battery. The actual door batteries seem to be better value. My friend got the mophie juice pack for $99. No NFC, no USB OTG, bulky, 2300mah. That's a pretty bad deal the case is huge and that's way too expensive for such little battery..I use USB OTG alot
I have the Zerolemon slim line I don't remember mah but I have had good luck with it. I have gone two days on it, making phone calls and social media . Go figure I guess it the luck of the draw.
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I'm looking for a better battery, but it has to have a thin enough back case that the touchstone hack would work. Suggestions?
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I returned the 3000mah battery today.
The 3000mah is 600mah over stock.
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The original Samsung Battery has 2600 mah and the Zerolemon claims to have 3000. That's 400 more not 600.
Good point, I did re-read this thread. I know a friend who also got this battery a little after I did and kept it. I told him about my extra time, and he approximately did get 1hr extra over stock as well. He's had it now for a month, and he says the time now is equivalent to stock (i.e. the extra hour does not seem to take hold anymore).
At any rate, with a spotty experience it is hard to justify over just buying a stock Samsung battery if you need the extra capacity. I don't mind losing the NFC over extra battery time, but the results are negligible at best.
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Just ran my Samsung battery again and recharged it. It lasted about 8 hrs 20 min this past time. It charged faster than the Zerolemon as well. I may try Ankor or another extended battery. The actual door batteries seem to be better value. My friend got the mophie juice pack for $99. No NFC, no USB OTG, bulky, 2300mah. That's a pretty bad deal the case is huge and that's way too expensive for such little battery..I use USB OTG alot
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How about a Onite one?It is popular on Amazon.
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How about a Onite one?It is popular on Amazon.
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I never tried it. What I ultimately did was get a portable battery pack and another Samsung battery. The portable battery pack can charge the phone on the fly with the USB cord and also charge any other phones or devices. The spare Samsung battery is for a battery swap if I need the phone ASAP.
The first Samsung battery I got was a fake, so I just went to Fry's Electronics and bought retail an authentic Samsung battery. I knew the Samsung battery was a fake because around 13% it would be become unstable and just turn off. It never went systematically to 0. It just was a toss up when the phone died under 13%. Eventually the battery would just completely die in 2 hrs.
This what I'll do in the future is just buy a spare stock battery. I already have a universal portable battery pack.
I looked at all options. The ZeroLemon extended batteries are bulky (the big ones) and heavy. For anyone who holds and uses their phone a lot, the phone becomes very big to just take in and out of the pocket frequently. Plus it looks horrible in my opinion. If you feel that is a great option for you, more power to you. I take a lot of pictures with my phone, and that battery pack isn't happening.
I also looked at battery pack cases which were not my thing. You buy a Mophie case that makes the phone so huge and only charges your phone to 80% ? For a whopping $100. What a deal.
I bought a spare authentic Samsung battery from Fry's for like $30 or so. My phone is slim, I can take pictures easily, and when I socialize with women and get their numbers, they aren't laughing at my ridiculous phone lol.
I like my zero lemon batteries actually. I got what I paid for. Marginal batteries which help me get through the day. I didn't expect some magical change. They are 10 bucks how much did you think they would help? I like the red charger and I swap between the two batteries I got. Beats carrying around a charger I just pop the other battery in and I'm good for the day.
That's fair. They just were not my thing. I'm content with another genuine Samsung battery. One of my friends got one and still has it. He said that the additional time is not there anymore, and they have the same life as the Samsung batterys. Not sure if it is his battery or how they really are, but I'm content not having it. Plus the battery creates a very minor bulge at the back. I had a very tight fitting case on when I tried the battery and it created a minor gap.
If you like them more power to you, but I don't care for their products.
I have a 3000mah battery.. idk what brand.. it was a gift. So to get the most outta my L720t I bought a $9.99 wall mounting battery charger. And at night I'll charge both my Samsung battery and the extended life one. I use my Samsung till it's dead.. then I'll pop in the slightly bigger one. This way I always know I'll have enough juice..
Thanks for all your input guys.. I was wondering weather or not to get another 3000mah battery.. I'll stick with what's working... lol
I get over 4hrs of on-screen time on my stock battery in my gs4 that I bought the first week in may 2013. I was considering the zerolemon 3000mah but idk now. worst case scenario is that I can always return it if I see no improvement over stock
Just depends on what your need is. Are your guy's cases super tight fitting ? There will be a slight bulge at the back, full disclosure, so if it is extremely tight fitting that might be an issue. Do you have an aluminum backplate battery cover ? Again, you might run into problem it's not a 100% OEM fit, more like 97%.
I just don't think it is worth the hassle since the stock battery works fine and fits fine plus has Samsung quality control, but that's just me. The questionable benefit, unknown quality of the battery, and bulge at the back isn't my thing.
I was sick of my battery life being horrible no matter the rom or customizations so I went ahead and ordered this bad boy that just came in today.
Initial impressions:
The size isn't that much bigger than the phone with the seidio case that I had... it still fits in my jeans pocket (don't own skinny jeans, so no clue there).
Will update this once I get more time with it and let u know about charging time, how long it last, and if there are any other questions let me know.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01429DBXW
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Acquired one of these myself. I really like ZeroLemon's battery design - a lot of these cases just bulge out the back where the rest of the battery is while leaving the rest of the phone thin, which is super unwieldly. ZL actually designs their batteries to pack in as many cells as possible over the entire back of the phone, which makes it a much smoother experience.
The battery ended up lasting me a little more than 3 days, which was great. However, I found that the power button was way too easy to press - I had to be careful putting my phone away every time because even the gentlest press seemed to trigger the button and allow things to happen on-screen in my pocket, which is not ideal.
I'll be posting my review later tonight on the Amazon product page. Overall, I'd say if you need a 9000mah battery on your phone, this is the way to go..if you don't store your phone in your pocket. To be fair, with how thick your phone becomes with this case, people who hold their phones in their pockets aren't really the main demographic, I'd say.
I got this battery also. I like this a lot better than the Mugan 6,000mAh I bought for about the same price. As far as lasting 3 days, I guess if you don't use it a lot, that would be really easy. I normally plug mine in every night. But for an experiment I decided to let it go. Surprise it lasted me the whole 2nd day too. But time for bed, I plugged it in after 39 hours I plugged it in at 23%. Compared to stock where I had to charge sometime during the day. The Mugan would last me the whole day. But it is always nice to know that if I needed, I could go 2 days without a charge. A lot longer if I take it easy.
The case is ok, I like the back of the phone better because it isn't weird shape. I hate the other where the battery juts out and the top is skinny. That made the whole phone hard to hold. But this one tapers a bit near the top, but is a lot nicer to hold. I think it was a lot better investment than the Mugan....
I just got this from Zero Lemon. For those of you that have this battery, do you notice that your battery level in the status bar is inaccurate? I charged mine to 100% (which took a LONG time). After starting my edge, my battery level dropped to 97% in like two minutes. Is the system just showing inaccurate readings because of the larger battery? I'm at 93% after only being turned on for 14 minutes. My 3000mah battery did much better that that.
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
At first I saw those results and then I would get to 1% and it would last over 5 hours on there. For me I wiped battery stats, let it completely die, recharged it without disconnecting it, let it fully discharge again and it seemed to drain more accurately afterwards
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Geners said:
I just got this from Zero Lemon. For those of you that have this battery, do you notice that your battery level in the status bar is inaccurate? I charged mine to 100% (which took a LONG time). After starting my edge, my battery level dropped to 97% in like two minutes. Is the system just showing inaccurate readings because of the larger battery? I'm at 93% after only being turned on for 14 minutes. My 3000mah battery did much better that that.
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
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How is your 3,000mAh battery after 16 hours with 5 hours screen on time?
I don't sweat the small stuff... As long as I can a full day + out of this and not be gimping my phone, I'm set... lol
My Amazon Review
I've never used an extended battery on any cell phone before so I wasn't sure what to expect. I loved the idea of getting tripple the time out of one charge so was excited to give this a try.
I'll begin with the battery. The batteries are BIG. I felt that they could have a slightly tighter fit in the phone battery pocket but knew the case would help hold them in place. No big deal. I installed the battery and my phone showed a 59% charge. I wanted to run the battery down as far as possible before fully charging. It sure didn't take long. My phone was dead in only a few hours. So I charged the batteries to 100% while I slept. Turned on my phone and headed for work. In the hour it took me to get to work, (with my phone in my pocket) I'd used 20% of my charge. Wwwhhaaaaat!!!??. I could actually watch my charge meter go down while using my phone. I was so disappointed. I was getting better time out of my 3000mah stock battery. I even posted a help question on Xda Developers for advice on why I'm losing a charge so quickly. One member stated that they had experienced the same issue for the first few days, but charge time improved. So I decided to stick with the Zerolemon for a little while longer. Boy am I glad I did. I'm writing this review on my phone 40 hours after unplugging from my charger and still have 47% charge left. The battery gets slightly warm when charging but nothing to get overly concerned about. It never gets hot while in using my phone. I think Zerolemon had done a great job of designing this power source. My only suggestion for the actual batteries would be maybe a note in the instructions informing us that it may take a few charges to see the full benefits.
On to the case... The case is a nice TPU material with a slight texture that prevents it from being slippery. It slips on and off my phone with ease while still being snug enough that it doesn't come off if I don't WANT it to. I was concerned that it would be difficult to put in and out of my pocket because of the size, but it hasn't been an issue at all. My speaker still sounds loud and clear. Zerolemon has done a FANTASTIC job of making all ports easily accessible as well as my s-pen. I will say that the case has caused a slight lifting of my screen protector where others that I use have not. It's not a deal breaker though. The complaints about the power button are justifiable. It is a bit too touchy and needs to be tightened up, somehow. It hasn't been an issue for me but I can see how it might be for some.
All in all, this battery /case combination isn't perfect. But it's pretty damn close. I'm very happy with Zerolemon's efforts and attention to usability. I will continue to use this battery /case combo for a long time to come.
Thank you ZEROLEMON !!!
Just order mine, icant wait wait to get it. So tired of haing to charge my phone in the middle of the day. Thank you guys for your reviews. Really helped me make up my mind.
That's great, you will love it. All day is no problem, no matter how you use it.
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Can anyone show a picture of how the camera, flash, and heart rate sensor area looks with the zero lemon. I want to buy this but want to see how the bezel surrounds that area since I can't find any pictures of that. Thank you!
Hope this is what you want.
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Getting mine today. I cant wait!!!
Oditius said:
Hope this is what you want.
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Thanks! This what I was wanting to see. So they didn't make the bezel correctly to fully surround the camera and heart rate/flash. Still doesn't look bad... Probably going to buy one tonight! Thanks again!
Got everything charged up and running. I was having some issues with the power button so cut a little piece of paper to fit between power button and ir blaster and doubled it and the power button works awesome now. I will have to come up with a more permant solution later.
I would like to know, does this battery support the adaptive charging feature? Will it still charge 3000mah worth of power in one hour?.or how long does it take to charge? Does nfc still work?
Also no one seems to mention this but there is no cutout for the speaker. How does that affect functionality?
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darkleafar said:
I would like to know, does this battery support the adaptive charging feature?
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Yes, it shows fast charging and does it pretty quick
Will it still charge 3000mah worth of power in one hour?.
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Probably, but no way to measure it myself.
or how long does it take to charge?
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From 20% about a couple hours to 100% But I don't stick around because I plug it in before I go to bed. But in the beginning I did get up to check, so I know it is less than 3.
Does nfc still work?
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I would say yes, because I set it up, but haven't tried using it. As I don't really use it in the first place. ZeroLemon says it does.
Also no one seems to mention this but there is no cutout for the speaker. How does that affect functionality?
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The speakers work fine. Probably because if there being so much space and places the sound can come out. I don't think the case was meant to be soundproof.
Woke at 9 and took my phone off charge at 100%. About to go to bed and i have 2% left. 7 hours of screen on time. Loving it!!
So I just got this badboy delivered! Man I burst out laughing when I saw the battery. It's so huge.
Questions: I'm assuming the phone can't detect the true capacity of the battery? So battery readings are useless? Any app out there that can? How about when it's charging? How do I truly know of the battery is at 100%? How do I truly know how much juice I got left?
Thanks! Pictures below
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darkleafar said:
So I just got this badboy delivered! Man I burst out laughing when I saw the battery. It's so huge.
Questions: I'm assuming the phone can't detect the true capacity of the battery? So battery readings are useless? Any app out there that can? How about when it's charging? How do I truly know of the battery is at 100%? How do I truly know how much juice I got left?
Thanks! Pictures below View attachment 3523450
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You should never assume. [emoji6] it's reading fine on mine. Did you expect it to read 300%? If it says zero, then your phone will be dead. If it says 100%, then the battery is full charged.
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You should never assume. [emoji6] it's reading fine on mine. Did you expect it to read 300%? If it says zero, then your phone will be dead. If it says 100%, then the battery is full charged.
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How about the "remaining hours" estimate? Is that accurate? Cuz I had read somewhere that it was normal for the phone to stay stuck at 1% for hours or something like that?
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