Hey guys, g2x is on its way gonna be here monday. I know with my past devices like my hd2. The battery life was good but died after almost a day and close to night i would run out of battery. I thought it would be handy to have another battery to just pop in when my other was getting low so i didnt have to sit next to a charger. Im planning on getting an OEM battery as a spare.
So my question is, has anyone found a nice "spare battery" charger that you could charge just the battery without the phone? Like a cradle for it? or even a dock that holds the phone and the battery? Or have you had an positive experiences with any specific ones?
Thanks
Maybe this is what you're looking for.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1500mAh-battery-charger-T-mobile-LG-G2X-Optimus-2X-/190524967506?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2c5c2c4a52
You could also get a charger like this:
http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Multi-Purpose-Universal-Battery-Surround/dp/B004B8A5MK
I bought one and it's great because any Li-Ion battery will charge in it. You just move the pins around to align properly. So I can use it with my camera batteries, Nexus One, Optimus One, etc.
i am going on a travel abroad... will be using camera and camcorder a lot and wifi.... what do you recommend? a portable charger or extended battery? i want a cheap solution..preferably available from ebay
budget : not more than $30-34
extended battery
Battery will do better
I've just come back from holiday and had a portable charger. It was useful, but I often found that the battery would hardly last the day and there wouldnt be any place to charge it (you don't really want to be back in your hotel when you could be out sight seeing). Rather than trying to find a socket, I'd just get an extended battery. You can just swap it over and continue your fun rather than rooting around for power.
if i buy an extended battery i need to also buy a seperate battery charger so that i can charge the 2 batteries at the same time
it depnds how you'll spend your time.
but you can swap the battaries on the phone to charge them.
Normally charging the battary will last 1 hour.
again it depnds about the places you'll visit.
How many mAh are you planning on using per day? An extended battery will give you 3000mAh compared to the 1400mAh on the original battery. A decent portable charger will give you 5000mAh.
The only down side of using the portable charger is waiting for the battery to charge, most will do that at 500mAh so 3 hours to totally charge the normal desire battery from flat. However while the extended life battery has died the charger will still have about 1.5 charges left in it.
1 thing to point out unless you get a solar charger some portable charges will only charge from USB so make sure you have a way to charge that when out and about
I would get the potable charger (and remember to put it on charge when you have a spare min throughout the day) as when you replace your phone you cant really do much with the extended battery with your new phone, least the portable charger can be used over and over again.
i finally opted for a spare battery solution. I bought an oem battery for desire/nexus one. and i will buy a battery charger so that i can charge both batteries when i go to sleep so that they are both ready the next day
Get a portable charger instead. Taking the battery in and out can wear off the back lid easily.
Get a big battery, it's better than changing between batteries. As well you have to carry the portable charger when you travel. And you have to charge it, too.
So the extended battery should last one day (except you use GPS all time) and you can charge phone when you sleep.
I use a proporta turbocharger and I found it more usefull 'cause I can spare it with my friends with Desire HD, iPhone 4 and LG Optimus 7: with 2 of this we managed to stay all charged all day long and recharged both of them in hotel during the night.
For a trip is a Extended 3000mAh Li-Ion Battery a good solution. It comes with battery cover. Price about 25 $
For the daily use, its too big for me.
yeahman45 said:
i am going on a travel abroad... will be using camera and camcorder a lot and wifi.... what do you recommend? a portable charger or extended battery? i want a cheap solution..preferably available from ebay
budget : not more than $30-34
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Extended battery for sure.
can aosp/sense kernel recognize bigger extended battery? afaik, there is a problem when charging bigger extended battery.
in my personal opinion, the standard battery (htc original) is much better than other and my desire remain slim. and if i travel, i prefer to use big portable charger to charge the handset when is not used. and charge them both when i sleep.
Most batteries with lots of ampere just have them as a tag... Check this site for information:
http://batteryboss.org/
I suggest you buy another original battery as from time any battery will lose capacity and this way you are flexible.
To charge you can buy a cable designed for charging the smartphone from your car e.g. HTC CC-C200 or the car dock from my signature.
Why you should use this: The data line is used for power and not for data and therefor the charger is recognized as a wall charger, not as usb cable. Thus recharge is lots faster (with 1000 mAh) than with any 3rd party charger/cable with 500 mAh although the charger itself could give you 1000 mAh (USB specifications!).
I'd go with an portable charger because you don't acutally need to restart your phone when plugin it in.
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I'd go with an portable charger because you don't acutally need to restart your phone when plugin it in.
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If one is in a sunny place would it not be better to use Solar Charger?
solar charging is super slow
bliblablub said:
Most batteries with lots of ampere just have them as a tag... Check this site for information:
http://batteryboss.org/
I suggest you buy another original battery as from time any battery will lose capacity and this way you are flexible.
To charge you can buy a cable designed for charging the smartphone from your car e.g. HTC CC-C200 or the car dock from my signature.
Why you should use this: The data line is used for power and not for data and therefor the charger is recognized as a wall charger, not as usb cable. Thus recharge is lots faster (with 1000 mAh) than with any 3rd party charger/cable with 500 mAh although the charger itself could give you 1000 mAh (USB specifications!).
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Thank you very much for the info.
I use a car charger (not HTC) which gives 1000 mAh and even with the original cable that came with desire, charging is slow. If I get this right, it is fault of the cable, right?
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Thank you very much for the info.
I use a car charger (not HTC) which gives 1000 mAh and even with the original cable that came with desire, charging is slow. If I get this right, it is fault of the cable, right?
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I suppose, best is you try it yourself - maybe a mate got one. As you may know USB allows only 500 mAh, using that secial cables that don't comply with USB (as they only charge) the producer can avoid this restriction.
Hi my moto x 2014 does not last more than 12-13 hours is there a battery case or a extended battery that I could buy.. I see a mugen power for 2013 moto x but could not find anything for 2014 model please help.
Give it time for a battery case. I have my 10000mah battery pack with me most of the time just in case. That thing would charge my note 3 three times before I'd have to charge it. Haven't given the moto a test with it.
I have a moto 3000 pack when i need a blip of extra juice. Works great.
I keep one of these on me at all times. Charges my phone as fast as a wall adapter.
http://www.amazon.com/13000mAh-External-Portable-Compatibility-Charging/dp/B00BQ5KHJW
Just bought a xiaomi power bank 10400mah : beautiful, wonderful, it just work as it should and all this for only 15€ when other companies try to sell the same between 30 and 40€.
+1 for the xiaomi power bank, best balance between power and price
Look up power case on Amazon I bought one but haven't had much use to it yet since I just got my phone but it's something
mugen case with SD slot
Just saw a mugen case today, haven't ordered it yet since I have one but might check it out next paycheck also it has asd card reader
I found this one. I'm thinking between this one and a motorola battery pack.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00PI0FW96/ref=pd_aw_sbs_1?pi=AC_SX230_QL60
I have an Anker battery pack with smart charging and it charges the Moto X as fast if not faster than the wall charger that came with it. Plus I get 4 charges to one full charge on the Anker.
I love my power pack mini. It's not a lot of juice but it's on my keyring, which means I have it literally 100% of the time. It has two features that are kind of money in the bank. The first is pass through charging so I can set up both my phone and pack at night and everyone is at 100% the next day. The second is that it uses motorola connect to be a smart unlock & find my phone device.
So - all that makes it pretty awesome. A tile (which does smart unlocking is $25), and this is slightly larger and comes with 1500mah. It reliably gets me from 30% to 70%.
I'm really happy with it.
Hello friends
I am using asus zenfone 6 which has a non removable battery
And back.up is not good at all..
Is it possible to have a extended battery pack for non removable battery as well ??
Thanks
I use a monoprice battery pack but there are definitely others with more charge out on the market - did you have a particular budget in mind?
@gossymer
is that a powerbank or external battery pack ? like zero lemon 1100mah battery pack for samsung galaxy s5?
It's an external battery charger than you use with a usb cord.
I carry a backpack anyway so I use it to charge my tablet and phone on the go. I prefer not to increase the weight of my phone directly since I spend a lot of time reading ebooks on it (2 to 4 hours a day) and that leads to hand fatigue
Edit: I tend to prefer heavier chargers that I can charge weekly instead of daily (10000+ MAH) but you can get really small lightweight ones that are 3000 MAH and comparable to the size of a lipstick.
Hello
This is a the Best spare battery charger i found
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovhQ9PoFzI
I have tried many kinds of Universal Battery Chargers they take more than 12hrs to charge my phone battery
Temei is the Best cos it charges the battery with micro Usb
and does faster in 4hrs than the Samsung Spare Battery Charger which takes 6hrs
I got it from :
http://www.guuds.com/product/MA-2010_...
also can find it on Ebay