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Powerskin case and battery

Pretty soon we can get a case and a battery extender with powerskin. What do u guys think about it?
http://androidcommunity.com/powersk...le-for-samsung-smartphones-20110426/#bXpulseX
Or buy directly from them @ http://www.power-skin.com/
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stealthsal said:
Pretty soon we can get a case and a battery with powerskin. What do u guys think about it?
http://androidcommunity.com/powersk...le-for-samsung-smartphones-20110426/#bXpulseX
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If this is true, sweet. I know that this doesn't replace the OEM battery but instead will plug into the USB Port instead. Or atleast I think. I know the mophey juice packs for iPhone work this way because its to hard to replace the battery and omg did it do wonders for that phone.
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That's a sweet idea hopefully it doesn't interfere with the GPS like "thicker" batteries did on other devices.

tyguy said:
That's a sweet idea hopefully it doesn't interfere with the GPS like "thicker" batteries did on other devices.
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It probably will in all honesty, but the great thing about it is, with this using the USB port to attach with, it will mean that removal will not cause your phone to shut off. If I remember correctly the EVO extended battery replaces the OEM battery and it hurt the GPS. So if you want to use GPS and the battery kills ur signal, pop it off and put it back on when you get there
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This looks pretty sweet...

I will buy one when They are out. Since i dont use gps that much just calls games apps email and work this case and battery extender would really come in handy.
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stealthsal said:
I will buy one when They are out. Since i dont use gps that much just calls games apps email and work this case and battery extender would really come in handy.
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Couldn't agree more! If GPS is needed like mentioned above you can take off the case without it killing the phone! Can't wait for this to come out!

I havent been able to get more info on this case i know its not out yet and i did sign up to get and email when it comes out, and also for doing that i will get a discount on it. Dont know how much but anything is better than nothing.
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Maybe it'll come out this month. They said they're releasing new products every month.

I'd love to have something like this to help my phone last throughout the day.

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I'd love to have something like this to help my phone last throughout the day.
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+2 to that

I emailed Power Skin and this is the response I got:
The HTC Inspire 4G is scheduled to be released in early June. Be sure to complete our mailing list so that you will be one of the first notified. Thank you for your interest in PowerSkin.
Charge On!

stealthsal said:
Pretty soon we can get a case and a battery extender with powerskin. What do u guys think about it?
http://androidcommunity.com/powersk...le-for-samsung-smartphones-20110426/#bXpulseX
Or buy directly from them @ http://www.power-skin.com/
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wow, this looks awesome!

Thanks for the info OP
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I need this they need to hurry
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Hm, according to the website they will "personally email you with a nice discount code when a case becomes available (if it is not currently)". Thats worth getting their spam for a month!

I want it. Right now. Please.

I can not wait this should really help with battery life.

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Sheesh, it's going to be almost double the thickness...?
I'm having reservations of getting this now...

Its going to be like carrying around a small netbook in my pocket.

So after todays update i returned my Thunderbolt

Its gone, todays radio made the phone even worse for me, always had a crap signal to begin with but it got almost unusable after the update, i was gonna get a charge but......the store said they have moved back the date to a TBA again, he also said they bionic has been cancelled, i was left with no option but to go back with the iphone, i almost went with a galaxy S, but ive had one of those upto getting my TB and didnt really wanna go back to something i had already had..
To sum it up, the TB is a great device that lacks the testing it required, it seems to have been rushed out with horrific battery life even with custom roms its still crap for heavy users, and poor signal..
Ill buy one again if they get there crap together and fix the obvious faults, but until Verizon releases a good dual core android im gonna have to stick with what i know.

Cool story, bro.

cool story bro, tell me again with subtitles.

I don't notice any change after the update

ThunderBolt isn't for everyone I guess. I love 4G and I can work with the small battery.
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One less person to hear whining..... Duh winning!
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Good for you. No one gives a ****.

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Yikess......not sure where you live, but I get fantastic 4 g everywhere in Chicago, have had 2-3 random reboots since I bought on day 1 (which could be less that the reboots on my Dinc), and get reasonable battery life, best phone I have yet to own.

Not to crap on your post , but I took my ip4 back because of bad service. My TB will hold service where the ip4 wouldn't. I will take service over battery anyday.
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Interesting.... You took it back, after being rooted and applying the update (that's what your other post said) sounds like someone may have messed up...

I just had 4G turned on in my city (Sacramento) a few minutes ago.. I've had the phone for a while and it rocks!!!.. I am surprised you've had so many issues with your phone.

lilmoney30 said:
Not to crap on your post , but I took my ip4 back because of bad service. My TB will hold service where the ip4 wouldn't. I will take service over battery anyday.
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Yeah and at least you can change the battery when it dies.. You can't even do that with the iPhone, what a great "feature". Two batteries and a stand alone charger only cost $10 on eBay. Besides I get over a day of battery anyways. I think the real problem existed between the phone and the ground...

I've loved my TB since day 1 and have no problems with it other than a slow to find me GPS. I love this phone and would have to agree that the problems for many seems to be between the phone and the ground. Rooted with DasBAMF 1.6.3 FTW!

1 less idiot asking where the unrevoked 1 click root is at...

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1 less idiot asking where the unrevoked 1 click root is at...
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Golden .... Still hanging out in the TB forum after the break up though? Sounds like he's not really over it ...
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ip4, u're holding it wrong.
thunderbolt, u're rooting it wrong.

i don't get it heh

never had an issue on my end. a few minor gliches running CM7 beta... but its a beta. i got the extended battery. made a world of difference. it will hold me over until slahyer updates the rom
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Horrible Battery even with Seidio Ext. Battery *ROOTED*

I know this is one of those things that everyone seems to complain about, but there is definitely something going on here. I have Seidios 3200 MAH extended battery for my ROOTED bolt, yet my friend running the same ROM as me is getting almost double the battery life with a stock battery. I know the first thing to check is if any apps are killing my battery, which I have checked through thoroughly with no luck. I have tried uninstalling these apps with no luck on better battery life. If it helps I'll post the apps I have
- Beautiful Widgets
- Brilliant Quotes Free
- Days left widget
- Draw Something Free
- Engadget
- Facebook
- iHeart Radio
- Instagram
- Twitter
- Yahoo Mail
- Ringdroid
- Root Explorer
- WeatherBug
- XDA
- Zedge
This of course doesnt include the stock apps on the ROM.
Currently running the Plan 9 ROM, if anybody has any tips for getting the battery up to par I would be very grateful!
EDIT: Forgot to mention how long my battery is lasting me. I'm getting about 8 hours before she is sucked dry

Plan 9? For the Thunderbolt?
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Plan 9? For the Thunderbolt?
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Actually it's called "Plan .9" Its only been out for a few days and it's a very very minimal sense ROM. It's missing alot of the sense features as to make the battery better, some people are getting up to 3 days while on it. And the developer is very responsive so far with adding sense widgets and squashing bugs. here is the link...
http://www.teambamf.net/topic/3868-rom-thunderbolt-plan-9/

Interesting, didn't know about this one. Sorry, I can be of no assistance with the battery issues you indicate.
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Have you tried a battery calibration?
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Seidio can be dirty filthy liars with their battery ratings too.
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Seidio can be dirty filthy liars with their battery ratings too.
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I've heard that too. I also have heard about fakes that say on the packaging and on the battery they are 2600mah when they aren't.
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Oh really? Thats news to me.... hope my battery isnt one of those few. I tried a calibration this morning, and it didnt seem to help at all

Bigwidge said:
Oh really? Thats news to me.... hope my battery isnt one of those few. I tried a calibration this morning, and it didnt seem to help at all
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Yea the Chinese are getting into making bogus crap and selling it in bulk to people on eBay and other places. My stepdad bought a bunch of bnib usb flash drives on eBay claiming to be 200gb and none of them worked. They were some of the best fakes I have ever seen. They were in packing identical to the actual product.
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I bought my battery directly from Seidio, don't think its a Chinese scam. But Something is definitely eating my battery, although the battery usage is showing my display as the main culprit.
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You're showing 5 hours and you are only at 56%. That would mean you have around 5 more hours. It looks like you made some serious phone calls which would eat up a lot of battery too. I don't know if you use auto brightness but it can help if you disable it and set it at the lowest possible setting you can stand. Another thing you might look into is the Facebook app. It was causing a wake lock on my phone so I removed it and that helped me a lot.
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If its a sense rom, try imo 5.2 kernel for sense. Use setcpu for a screen off profile of 245/386. If its desensed alot, you can probably get away with underclocking it to 768. Brightness is huge batt hog, set as low as possible. I have as few things syncing as possible also. Interesting looking rom, i will try it out with my stock battery and let you know.
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Ok, its loaded. Fastest booting rom ive had. I did try ziggys 11:05 kernel first, did not overclock, but did set screen off profile. This thing flys, and i havent played much with it yet. Ill let u know more tomorrow.
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the best battery life ive ever gotten was from the full blown MR4 rom with the stock MR4 kernel and the MR4 radio
people say that the MR4 Kernel slows the bandwidth down somehow and maybe it does but its awesome on battery life

Thats the thing, I only spent about 15 minutes total throughout the day on the phone so it seems like its eating much more battery than usual. Maybe I'll try a new kernel and see how that pans out.

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If its a sense rom, try imo 5.2 kernel for sense. Use setcpu for a screen off profile of 245/386. If its desensed alot, you can probably get away with underclocking it to 768. Brightness is huge batt hog, set as low as possible. I have as few things syncing as possible also. Interesting looking rom, i will try it out with my stock battery and let you know.
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do you have a link for the imo 5.2 kernel?
Edit: Nevermind I found it -- http://rootzwiki.com/topic/603-kernel-gb-sense-leankernel-minimalistic-kernel-620-5612/ . Trying out the settings you reccomended now, I'll get back with the results after a charge up!

Im at 40% after 9 hours, 56% display, 17% phone calls, other assorted. Stock battery. All in all, id say not to bad.
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wonder why mine is that much less... who knows anymore haha

Id guess its your widgets, im completly stock besides ziggys kernel. Tomorrow ill try the imo kernel.
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I'd try to turn off widgets, but also turn off all background running apps.
Seal is a good program to keep apps from turning on imo. I use it to limit usage - on most Roms I get almost 30 hrs of battery life. (Extended battery).
Good trick - overnight I use Airplane Mode and my battery drops at most 5% for 10 hrs.

ROM for best battery life

I just got the Samsung Galaxy s3 the other day and I am impressed. I was coming from an iPhone 4. Only thing I don't like is the battery life. So far I've flashed synergy 1.7, beans build 8, and Scotts cleanrom. Synergy seems to be the best on battery life, but I just want to know what others think. Also, I am running IMO lean kernel .01 on all of them at stock speeds. Not over clocked. Just wanting opinions.

Try synergy 1.3, best rom with excellent battery life
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There really is no best rom, it's all about user preference and exactly what you do with your phone. Try them each out for a week to weigh the pros/cons (or in your case scope out the battery life), then go with the one that you like best.
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I'm anal when it comes to being updated. My personal preference is staying on the latest. I just want decent battery life. I'm already on 91% and I took it off the charger an hour ago
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Vorfidus said:
There really is no best rom, it's all about user preference and exactly what you do with your phone. Try them each out for a week to weigh the pros/cons (or in your case scope out the battery life), then go with the one that you like best.
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Thanks for the info but I've done that. They all seem the same. I think my real concern is the kernel. I like Scotts cleanrom but I wanna know which kernel is recommended for battery and performance
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All the ROMs do a pretty good job. If battery life is your #1 concern and nothing else matters:
1. keep screen brightness on minimum. Screen filter can reduce brightness even more.
2. If you use wifi, set it to sleep unless charging.
3. Don't use 4g. Use 3g only.
4. Disable syncing or data entirely and only manually sync when you need to. (Something like JuiceDefender can automate this)
5. Disable google backup.
6. Disable GPS and verizon/google location services.
7. Disable bluetooth.
8. Check and eliminate all wakelocks using betterbattery stats.
9. Turn off all haptic feedback.
10. Freeze all Samsung and Verizon related services using titanium Backup.
11. Maybe a mild underclock on your kernel.
At this point, you will get great battery on your dumbphone with a giant screen

Haha thanks man. Yeah I'm just stupud about battery. I pay attention to it too much. I'll do all that. Stupid giant screen indeed
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1350 on this phone runs good with great battery life.
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I was having horrific battery on 1.7 with IMO's 0.1 beta. I completely wiped and reinstalled 1.7 on stock kernel, let my battery completely die and charged it up last night. Today I am at 90% after 3.5 hours unplugged listening to pod casts the whole time and texting and reddit app. Yesterday I was at 78% doing much less and unplugged for less time. I think when updating to new ROMs its important to do a full wipe and make sure if you use TiBu don't restore any system data. I don't have anything frozen as well

I'm getting almost 24 hours with about 2 hours of screen time, so much better coming from a Galaxy Nexus

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8. Check and eliminate all wakelocks using betterbattery stats.
10. Freeze all Samsung and Verizon related services using titanium Backup.
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What are wakelocks and how would I go about doing that? Which services are safe to freeze?

hey guys i just got an s3 and im new to this ad understand there more roms. what is currently the rom with the best battery life? I use my phone quite heavily with power saver mode on and it still doesn't last me a whole day. im on stock and still have to root. cheers

most roms are same across the board.. I would recc. synergy as is w/ziggy kernel. turn off 4g/sync/gps when not using it. :good:

Vorfidus said:
There really is no best rom, it's all about user preference and exactly what you do with your phone. Try them each out for a week to weigh the pros/cons (or in your case scope out the battery life), then go with the one that you like best.
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This ^^^^^^^^^^
And the reason these threads are closed immediately. Please search before posting and it would have been obvious.
There is no substitute for reading about the software you are going to alter your $700 device with.
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What's the hottest your phone has ever been?

My SC-05D just hit 51C and I think I burned the tip of my finger a little. I can still feel it.
51C is 123.8F by the way.
I wonder if there's any danger in breaking these things at such temperatures?
So, what's the hottest your phone has ever been?

I did a search before I posted this and over 80 different threads came up with "How hot does your phone get" but none of them seemed to have a poll... So I started this one.
Also, sorry for the type-o! 53°C should obviously be (127.5°F) instead of (27.5°F).

Bifurcator said:
My SC-05D just hit 51C and I think I burned the tip of my finger a little. I can still feel it.
51C is 123.8F by the way.
I wonder if there's any danger in breaking these things at such temperatures?
So, what's the hottest your phone has ever been?
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The highest recommended temperature is 108 F I think
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44 °C
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According to ROM Toolbox, I've reached 111°f.

Unsure of Temp...App wouldn't work....
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My s3 has only been up to about 115 degrees Fahrenheit, but my tablet has been up to a freakish 135. Scared the crap out of me
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:highfive: LOL @ Big Joe... :silly:
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Justus, wow.. 135... That's very near the melting point of many plastics - isn't it?
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But how come there's numerous reads, 5 replies and only 1 other (besides me) clicked on a poll entry? [EDIT: Now two others. Yay! ]
The poll doesn't show up on phones?
I'll have to remember that.

my galaxy s3 doesn't get hot, even trying to force it with games or other apps

what the ****, you never played a game with the OneX did you?
my OneX gets over 70° hot, i even reached 80° once.
srsly, why is 55° the highest value? xD
EDIT: Even now when it just lies around, it's on 40°+.
Tegra3 ftw.. (definitely the last nvidia phone for me)

ginzo said:
my galaxy s3 doesn't get hot, even trying to force it with games or other apps
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I also have a Galaxy S3 and mine gets pretty hot. Google3D maps plus GPS keeps it at an almost constant 46°C
46°C is about when I start getting concerned and the feeling is eye-wideningly uncomfortable.
Turn on GPS, WiFi, and play this to level 3 and then take a look at the Battery Mix temperature log.

racecondition in a rom plowed through battery...
Yep, that's hottening indeed.
Full battery to empty in 20 minutes. It happened more or less 30% when moving out of coverage of wifi.
Logs where filling in crazy speed with something in the lines of "couldn't set country...".
So 55C yeah... Easy.

Wow...
What battery spec?

Using BatteryLife widget I saw a 116°F once while playing a game. GPS also gets the metal kickstand on my Evo pretty toasty.
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Pre-dawn raid said:
Using BatteryLife widget I saw a 116°F once while playing a game. GPS also gets the metal kickstand on my Evo pretty toasty.
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My phone got REALLY SMOKIN HOT once.
So I took it on a date
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My phone got REALLY SMOKIN HOT once.
So I took it on a date
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Lol that's funny
I got my phone up to 118 degrees, my old wildfire s
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The speech-to-text in mine runs fairly cool.
Always under 45°C anyway...

If I leave my phone in the car it gets much warmer but other than that it seems to run pretty cool.

55°C and rising, had to turn it off.
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