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Anker 2x 1800mAh

http://www.amazon.com/Anker-Batteri...=UTF8&qid=1326384240&sr=8-1#productPromotions
This is a great deal on Amazon, two 1800 mAh batteries plus a charger for 20 bucks right now. I recommend it.
I just bought these a few days ago and got to use them yesterday. I was amazed... 300 mAh more than my year-old stock battery and it lasted forever. On my normal battery I get maybe 9 or 10 hours of light usage, data off all day unless I'm using it for tapatalk, etc. and then the phone dies. On this new one I got it up to 14 hours and it was down to 40%.. only put it on the charger because I had to sleep.
And that was 14 hours of medium to heavy usage... I had two batteries with me so I really wanted to stress them and see how long they would last. I left data and sync on all day, streamed music for about an hour with google music, used google talk to chat with friends, played fruit ninja, watched youtube videos, downloaded Big Gigantic's new album over 3G... etc and still the battery lasted way longer than my stock one. I didn't even have to worry about needing to switch batteries which was what I bought them for, I didn't expect this great of a result from it.
All in all, I recommend these if anyone is looking at buying extended batteries. It's a great price right now, the things charge in the phone and come with a wall charger with USB ports and a battery charger that can charge whichever one your phone isn't. I've never been more happy with the battery life on my phone, I don't think you could go wrong with these.

good work>>>>>>

does it fit with the standard battery cover

phillip_viado said:
does it fit with the standard battery cover
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yes, it is the exact same size as the stock battery. fits in my cover and seidio case perfectly
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So I ordered this for my moms Fassy that I had and she is on stock rom slightly debloated and after putting it in it says that that battery isn't recognized. Any ideas for fixes?
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Skidoo03 said:
So I ordered this for my moms Fassy that I had and she is on stock rom slightly debloated and after putting it in it says that that battery isn't recognized. Any ideas for fixes?
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hm... I have not tried it on anything except custom roms. I've heard that some roms don't support different types of batteries. maybe try flashing her to cm7, miui, something like that.
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sageDieu said:
hm... I have not tried it on anything except custom roms. I've heard that some roms don't support different types of batteries. maybe try flashing her to cm7, miui, something like that.
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Iirc its the kernel that determines the 3rd party battery support and not the from. Try KGB or geewiz kernels for tw. I got a guide in general section that has all this information.
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that sounds right, try that.
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Alright I will check the guide, thanks guys.
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+1 on the kernel from what i've heard. I was about to pull the trigger on one of the epic touch batteries on amazon litterally when i read this post. For the same price you can't beat these. Battery life has been a much welcomed improvement, and being able to just swap a fresh one from the charger and keep going really cant be beat. Thanks for the find bud.

davezx6r said:
+1 on the kernel from what i've heard. I was about to pull the trigger on one of the epic touch batteries on amazon litterally when i read this post. For the same price you can't beat these. Battery life has been a much welcomed improvement, and being able to just swap a fresh one from the charger and keep going really cant be beat. Thanks for the find bud.
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yeah it's really awesome, you're welcome. question, have you had any issues with the wall charger? I may be doing something wrong but mine doesn't seem to be charging my batteries.
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Hmm. No I haven't noticed any issues. I do know that those prongs tend to move every time I attach the battery though are you possibly just not getting it to seat well? What specifically is happening?
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davezx6r said:
Hmm. No I haven't noticed any issues. I do know that those prongs tend to move every time I attach the battery though are you possibly just not getting it to seat well? What specifically is happening?
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well I hardly use my extra battery, I usually just use the one because I don't need a second. so I charge the extra one and keep it in my pocket, and when I need it it is almost dead. I don't know if it's not charging, or if it's just discharging somehow while being in my pocket for a couple of days.
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It could be discharging. I have noticed if I take a battery off the charger for a couple of hours and then pop it back on it will begin to charge again. It seems odd that it would lose so much charge after only a few days but who knows. I always alternate back and fourth so that the batteries wear evenly. I would try that for a few days and see if it helps. If not call Amazon or banker and see if you can get a replacement. On a side note how the hell are you getting days of life? I get maybe a day of medium heavy usage. Also I'm in a 90 to 100dbm environment pretty much all day though.
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I'll try the suggestions, thanks.
With my usage, it just depends on what I do.. on a regular day I have wifi most of the day and stream google music and check xda and Craigslist, and SMS... besides the constant streaming it's average usage. I keep my screen dim because I'm usually inside. That gets me about 16 hours.
Today in addition to those things, I used GPS Navigation and my phone to make calls to get directions and navigate to a car to look at, I played with flashing a couple of mods, and I wrote a google doc going back and forth between docs and browser to finish up my homework on the way. plus I've been outside today so my screen has been on around half brightness so I can use it. I am at about ten hours now and I have 20% battery.
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sageDieu said:
yeah it's really awesome, you're welcome. question, have you had any issues with the wall charger? I may be doing something wrong but mine doesn't seem to be charging my batteries.
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quoting from the other thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=22480776
xmsnx said:
Click on the link in my post above, or here (click on the text, it's a link ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJ-IEfbM6s
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Gonna try this out... I'm on CM9 and it seems to be a major battery hog!
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Thanks for this, ordered it over the weekend.
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mrjake1970 said:
Thanks for this, ordered it over the weekend.
AOKP M4 :: Glitch V4.5 Kernel :: EH03 Radio
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yes sir, let us know how it works after you've had it for a day or two?
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Hey Sage, are you still having issues with that battery, or did it get better over time?

1800mah battery life

Amazon had a samsung oem japanese built 1800mah battery
For 16.99 last week. Full charge start with heavy use and wifi teathering I'm at 15 hours with 25% left. Gonna run it down before I charge it again. Checked today price is at 18.99 now still a good price. Being shiped by simple cell.
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I have an OEM 1800mah battery as well and it's goddamned adequate. I'm no legal expert but I'm pretty sure it should be a crime that the phone was released with only 1500mah.

just got my OEM 1800mah battery yesterday, so we'll see the results soon.. Plugged it in overnight and unplugged this morning before work.. so we'll see how it holds up by comparison..

pvtjoker42 said:
just got my OEM 1800mah battery yesterday, so we'll see the results soon.. Plugged it in overnight and unplugged this morning before work.. so we'll see how it holds up by comparison..
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I did the exact same thing. So far at 2 hours and 12 minutes of on screen time, mix between 3g and wi-fi...still 58% left
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i went with a 3500MaH and its incredible looking at 30 hours use and 3 days stand by and it was only 7$ id go with one of them. I have had no issues at all with it and it comes with custom back plate fits good no issues a little bigger but its so worth it.

ajf64 said:
i went with a 3500MaH and its incredible looking at 30 hours use and 3 days stand by and it was only 7$ id go with one of them. I have had no issues at all with it and it comes with custom back plate fits good no issues a little bigger but its so worth it.
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Wrong thread
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ajf64 said:
i went with a 3500MaH and its incredible looking at 30 hours use and 3 days stand by and it was only 7$ id go with one of them. I have had no issues at all with it and it comes with custom back plate fits good no issues a little bigger but its so worth it.
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+3
if you don't mind added width, there's no reason to not get the fat 3500

iviyth0s said:
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if you don't mind added width, there's no reason to not get the fat 3500
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That has absolutely nothing to do with the purpose of this thread though. There are threads dedicated to the fatter batteries and every time someone posts a thread about an 1800 to 1900mah battery everyone hijacks insisting on the fatties.
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Zeinzu said:
That has absolutely nothing to do with the purpose of this thread though. There are threads dedicated to the fatter batteries and every time someone posts a thread about an 1800 to 1900mah battery everyone hijacks insisting on the fatties.
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Not gonna argue with that, not trying to threadcrap!!

Zeinzu said:
That has absolutely nothing to do with the purpose of this thread though. There are threads dedicated to the fatter batteries and every time someone posts a thread about an 1800 to 1900mah battery everyone hijacks insisting on the fatties.
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LoL... fatties
#chubbychasers

Do you have a link? I have a fat battery but think I would prefer to go with a slim one.
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White QCell 3850mah Extended Battery

Not as bulky as I thought, for 20 bucks and free shipping why not? Bout to test this bad boy.
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Link?

Link to battery
Found it on Amazon with a quick google search. Can't post link yet.
Might get one myself!

Ah I see it:
http://www.amazon.com/QCell-Samsung...OKPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334859710&sr=8-1
Curious to hear the OP's thoughts as I have a white Skyrocket myself that I have a black seidio extended battery and case on those (gonna be gone ALL day) days.

I bought one two days ago, I've been waiting patiently for an extended battery with white back panel. I should have it Monday or Tuesday and I will report back here with my experience as it seems no one else is taking the time to do so.

Can you give us an idea of how thick the battery itself is?
100% thicker than stock battery?
50%?
25%?

CZ Eddie said:
Can you give us an idea of how thick the battery itself is?
100% thicker than stock battery?
50%?
25%?
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I am curious to see how big it looks altogether on the phone.

CZ Eddie said:
Can you give us an idea of how thick the battery itself is?
100% thicker than stock battery?
50%?
25%?
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I would say 50-75% thicker, the battery life is pretty damn good, about 16 hours with pretty heavy use, 4 hours screen on, constant Facebook checking, brightness at 45%, plus its not even that noticeable in pocket.
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Kenneth.Torres said:
I would say 50-75% thicker, the battery life is pretty damn good, about 16 hours with pretty heavy use, 4 hours screen on, constant Facebook checking, plus its not even that noticeable in pocket.
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That's terrible, I get that with stock battery
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xcrazydx said:
That's terrible, I get that with stock battery
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I could barely get 7-9 with 3 hours screen on with stock.
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Kenneth.Torres said:
I could barely get 7-9 with 3 hours screen on with stock.
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That sucks man. Research how to optimize your phone
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I'm on my second day with the new battery, been off the charger now for just under 14 hours and am still at 68% with heavy usage, 2 hours talking time, texting all day, using Facebook frequently and have played about 30 mins of Drag Racing the game. I'm happy with it, I finally feel like I can do whatever I want as much as I want all day and not have to feel like I need to charge as often as possible. Again I'm very pleased with it so far.

Same here, I'm at 82% with pretty moderate use, brightness at 45%, facebooking constantly, games, and about 2 hours screen on
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Just got the battery not too thick or heavy. But, I like a case for protection, anyone find one?
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Hey all,
I'm going into day 3 with a full charge on this battery. I posted some pictures here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25310131&postcount=6 that show the difference in phone width with and without, bare battery width difference and the color difference between back plates on the white model.

I got my qcell battery about three days ago and so for its lasting pretty well. Im on my third day of using it(charged the battery at night) and its steadily been improving. Right now I'm at 68% right now at 9PM and it has lasted over 14 hours with brightness on low, listening to music all day, texting sporadically, playing an online game for over an hour, some youtube videos, and syncing 2emails and engaget. Screen was on for over 2 hours. I only have one bad thing to say which is it sometimes gets really hot and I have to shutdown phone to cool it down, maybe its my cf or something like that.

bonkieash said:
I got my qcell battery about three days ago and so for its lasting pretty well. Im on my third day of using it(charged the battery at night) and its steadily been improving. Right now I'm at 68% right now at 9PM and it has lasted over 14 hours with brightness on low, listening to music all day, texting sporadically, playing an online game for over an hour, some youtube videos, and syncing 2emails and engaget. Screen was on for over 2 hours. I only have one bad thing to say which is it sometimes gets really hot and I have to shutdown phone to cool it down, maybe its my cf or something like that.
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I don't think its the Qcell battery, before when I used stock battery it would heat up too
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Now How about a case?
Its great to find a place to get the Skyrocket Extended battery with white cover but now my case does not fit. has anyone found a case? do the flexible ones fit?

kaellan said:
Its great to find a place to get the Skyrocket Extended battery with white cover but now my case does not fit. has anyone found a case? do the flexible ones fit?
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Seidio has a case for their extended battery, it may fit? http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-skyrocket-surface-extended-case-black-p/csr5ssskyx-bk.htm

Alright so I'm about ready to call this thing junk. I get as much battery life out of my Verizon Nexus 2100mah extended battery as this q cell 3800 without the extra bulk. Not to mention the fact that it takes forever to charge. I had high hopes for this battery but alas...
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Laza 3800mAh Battery + Cover

Since I couldn't find any detailed information or pictures of the Laza 3800mAh Battery + Cover and the Laza Smooth Case so I decided to purchase them both for $40.47 on Amazon. Even though my phone is white and the back cover is black, it's unnoticeable once the case is on.
I cannot post links yet since I am a new user but I will post them in a bit. I have compiled a few images of the battery, cover, case, and phone. If you have any questions please feel free to ask them.
Here is a youtube video I recently made regarding the cover, case, and battery. Enjoy! (4/10/13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33OTOpVixsM
Here is an unboxing: (4/15/13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz6867yq5zc
CLICK HERE TO SEE BATTERY LIFE
I accidently wrote Zala instead of Laza in the pictures. -.- Rookie mistake. (4/10/13)

what about performance (battery life) ?
Thanks for sharing your experience !

Re: Zala 3800mAh Battery + Cover
I'm still in the process of testing it and documenting it. So far I get over 16 hours with more than 30% still remaining. You can easily get 24 with about 4 hours of screen time. You can even push it to 5 if you watch a movie. But I think spending that much time on your phone is unnecessary.
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Re: Zala 3800mAh Battery + Cover
I've had the same battery for a few months now, I get a whole day + with heavy use. Mixed calls/Web and games throughout the day and 2-4 hours of Pandora depending on how long I'm in the gym
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Re: Zala 3800mAh Battery + Cover
I've had this only for a few days but I can tell its a good investment.
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Spikebrian said:
I've had the same battery for a few months now, I get a whole day + with heavy use. Mixed calls/Web and games throughout the day and 2-4 hours of Pandora depending on how long I'm in the gym
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Dang, you're spending 2-4 hours in the gym everyday? You're either freaking massively strong, or you're looking at yourself in the mirrors too much.
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bps119 said:
Dang, you're spending 2-4 hours in the gym everyday? You're either freaking massively strong, or you're looking at yourself in the mirrors too much.
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even pro power lifters don't spend that much time at once... your either over working or you stand around and talk
of course I could be wrong and will never know as this is the internet, but that's my experience anyway lol. Even the great Arnold spent no more than 1 1/2 hours. Granted, he worked out twice a day, but were talking one shoot here

Re: Zala 3800mAh Battery + Cover
The first 2 pictures show the device always on WiFi. I easily got a day and a half with way over 7 hours of screen time. The next 2 pictures show the device with about 8 hours on 3g and a 2 hour phone call. This made the battery last only 18 hours but I still consider this a full day. Great battery, buy it if you don't think the stock one is good enough for you!
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Do you mean Laza*? Lol

bps119 said:
Dang, you're spending 2-4 hours in the gym everyday? You're either freaking massively strong, or you're looking at yourself in the mirrors too much.
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Believe me it's an addiction, between my main lifts for the day, core and cardio, the hours add up.
If you worked out regularly you would understand.
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icenight89 said:
even pro power lifters don't spend that much time at once... your either over working or you stand around and talk
of course I could be wrong and will never know as this is the internet, but that's my experience anyway lol. Even the great Arnold spent no more than 1 1/2 hours. Granted, he worked out twice a day, but were talking one shoot here
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Do you even lift bro? I can spend 2 hours in the gym easily. On a more serious note this is about the battery not about working out.
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godbilla said:
Do you even lift bro? I can spend 2 hours in the gym easily. On a more serious note this is about the battery not about working out.
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Bench: 275
Dead lift: 390
Squat: 450
Dumbbell Shoulder Press:100
Curl:65
All for reps @ 5'11 194, 16% so I gotta lose a little more lol
But back on topic im not a fan of these batteries, yes they add significant life to your phone but at the tradeoff of several ounces and significant bulk. Extended batteries don't fit into pockets too well in my experience

Thanks
Thanks lol, don't know how I missed that.
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Do you mean Laza*? Lol
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I had a good laugh
Thanks for your review though. I've ordered this setup as well, it comes in next week.
I think this tip posted by user 'hitekredneck' in another thread was so good it might as well be posted in here too. I've used this tip with the stock battery and I'm having a big improvement in how long it lasts. Running CM10.1
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No, I use nothing at all. Just best use practices and common sense. One more thing I might mention. After doing the overnight charge routine I always shut my phone completely down and let it sit for a minute or two before starting it back up. If you use CPU Spy to check deep sleep cycles you will see why. If I do not shut down as mentioned my phone will still go into deep sleep but not as consistently, nor for as long, as it does when I do the shut down and restart after charging. Also, when powering on, if you have to wait for more than 3 or 4 seconds holding the power button before feeling the device vibrate, pull the battery for 30 seconds, put it back in a try again. Deep sleep is never consistent for me when I have to hold the button down for 8-10 seconds before I feel the vibration signaling the startup sequence.
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godbilla said:
Do you even lift bro? I can spend 2 hours in the gym easily. On a more serious note this is about the battery not about working out.
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That's way too long for one session. Some research would explain why. Yes, I lift bro.
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BRO DOWN
godbilla said:
Do you even lift bro? I can spend 2 hours in the gym easily. On a more serious note this is about the battery not about working out.
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That's way too long for one session. Some research would explain why. Yes, I lift bro.
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NFC laza
It was not commented on so I figure I would add my two cents in:
The Laza battery has a NFC coil in the back of the battery, just like the stock one. Some of the cheap extended batteries leave this feature out.
After testing the Stock Battery NFC coil vs the Laza Battery NFC coil I can confidently say:
There is no difference in pick up distance or read/write speed on a Type A (ISO/IEC 14443 type A) Mifare 1k chip ( same thing as a Samsung Tec-tile)

Yes and No
When I ordered my battery they were out of stock of the NFC batteries. So instead of waiting a month for them to ship the NFC battery I asked them to ship me a non-NFC battery. So sadly I don't have NFC capabilities =(.

davolesh said:
When I ordered my battery they were out of stock of the NFC batteries. So instead of waiting a month for them to ship the NFC battery I asked them to ship me a non-NFC battery. So sadly I don't have NFC capabilities =(.
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I ran into the same thing ... But it took me filing a claim a claim to find out after 3 weeks of waiting had to do a refund

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Please check out the video I recently made on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33OTOpVixsM

[Q] I need a new battery

hey there...
I think my battery is damaged. it's inflated and with paying HD game it last less than 2 hours. while when I bought my phone I could play 4-5 hours of HD games.
now, since where I live, there are lots of useless Chinese fake batteries, I want to know which one battery is good and how can I make sure that it's orginal.
thanks.

Order straight off samsungs website. If you want you can register your phone on the Samsung website and get emailed a 50% off up to 50$ discount so the battery and wall charger will be 25$
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I think it is better you buy a samsung original battery

bextro said:
I think it is better you buy a samsung original battery
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+1 to that! But you may also want to consider buying a cheap spare to carry with you in case you run out of juice sooner than you can get to a charger.
Also, be careful not to buy batteries that are manufactured more than a year ago. It is a known limitation of Lithium-Ion/Polimer based batteries (used in most phones/tablets these days) that their capacity diminishes over time. Even if they are not used, in a year or so they start to "go bad" and are almost completely crap after 2 years. You'll get maybe 70% of the rated capacity, and they won't hold the charge well at all. It's not a defect, just a downside of the technology. You can mitigate this by storing them at 40% charge in a cool place, but how many stores are actually going to do that?

People speak very well of batteries ZeroLemon
a greeting

I'm using an Opteka battery http://opteka.com/s4batt.aspx.
Works fine with no issues.

tech_head said:
I'm using an Opteka battery http://opteka.com/s4batt.aspx.
Works fine with no issues.
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how much extra hours are you getting? do you feel its really 3000mah?

tech_head said:
I'm using an Opteka battery http://opteka.com/s4batt.aspx.
Works fine with no issues.
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kuljit55 said:
how much extra hours are you getting? do you feel its really 3000mah?
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I too have Opteka, love it. Can last all day (20 hours) with 4 hours screen on time. Best performance i have ever gotten.

Q] I need a new battery
elesbb said:
I too have Opteka, love it. Can last all day (20 hours) with 4 hours screen on time. Best performance i have ever gotten.
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i have a hyperion batt 4200 it was great and then i bought a 7200 it awsome im on my phone all day for work