On this month it already have 15 months of use, i never put it on a cover, i assume is normal but i´m worried if it can be the battery, some one else have this problem???
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Hello all,
today I finally received my 2000mAh battery from Mugen Power, bought for 59.44 € (including delivery and taxes).
The site works quite well but I had a problem when selecting the payment options, which the staff from Mugen quickly fixed.
The battery took exactly 1 week to arrive (I am in Italy).
I will update the post later with info about how long the battery lasts and if Mugen will replace the cover (which has a defect).
First impressions:
the packaging is quite good and the battery is well protected.
ALSO I did not have to use a katana to cut open the plastic box, which is good!
At first look the battery does look new, however the writings in the centre are sort of faded... I just hope this is not a used one.
The replacement cover has the same diamond "cut" of the original but is not made from shiny plastic but from a "matte" one. It probably looks like the same plastic used for the original HTC 1320mAh battery, but I am not sure since I don't have it.
On the whole, I like a lot how it looks and... Look ma'! No fingerprints!!!
First problem with the cover: the camera hole is, well, just that, a hole!
And I mean that it doesn't have a small cover lens like the original... uhmm...
Luckily the real camera lens is quite deep inside the cover, so it is not so easy to reach it with the fingers but still, a small lens would have been nice for protection against dust!
Second problem: the cover fits perfectly EXCEPT for the lower right corner (the one opposite the stylus)... You will see in the pictures what I mean.
I will write to Mugen later asking them if it is possible to have the cover replaced and let you know the answer.
In use: the telephone works fine and properly "recognise" the battery.
I tested GPS almost immediately. WORKS, and quite well too.
TomTom 7 took about 10 second to get a fix and I used it to track my itinerary from work back home and it never lost signal.
Ok, now for the pictures, I am lucky that today I have with me another Diamond (a colleague asked me to upgrade the firmware for her) for the comparison, so you can see exactly how much bigger it gets.
I also weighted both of them and compared the "big" Diamond with my old Nokia N73.
As you will see, it doesn't really get that much bigger and heavier. It is still a couple of mm thinner that the N73!
There are also a couple of pics showing the missing lens from the cover.
On the whole I feel that if Mugen replaces my cover (they DID) it was money well spent!
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Mugen has quickly replied to my email saying that they are already dispatching a new cover!
They also asked if I could send them some pictures of the problem so that they can check whether this is a production defect that they can resolve in the future!
Well, I must say that I think their support is GREAT!
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First day of use:
I unplugged the phone this morning at 8 and now at midnight I miss only the first two bar in the battery indicator (I will install something that indicates percentage tomorrow).
So it ha been on for 16 hours and I sent 4 or 5 SMS, made 20 minutes of phone call, surfed the internet for 15 minutes and used GPS for 2 or three minutes. No Wi-Fi on today.
Also, the phone is constantly set in 3G (and reception is bad here so it should consume more).
This is the first full charge of the battery.
So far I am pleased... Let's see how it goes on...
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The battery lasted until Saturday at around 14:00.
I did use a bit of wi-fi during the last couple of days (about 1 hour and a half), very little gps, few SMS and about 45 minutes of phone calls.
I never turned off the phone (including during the night), so it means that the phone lasted for 4 full days and a half before needing a recharge.
Very satisfied!!!!
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Yesterday I received the new cover Mugen sent me.
It fits MUCH better than the old one. There is still a tiny (almost unnoticeable) space left in the same spot as before but it is practically invisible.
Still no cover lens but in the end I am very happy with the new cover.
How long has it been since I received the battery? 9 days? I am on the second charge since then!!!!!
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The rest of the pictures...
Please let us know how many days you get from your battery (of course, not today, you just received it ). I have a 2000mAh battery (not Mugen, some Hong Kong no-name) which lasts me about 4-5 days with only phone usage and email checking once an hour during the day. And I never turn the phone off at night. I am also curious how thick this battery is (could you measure with a ruler and let us know how many mm?) I have the O2 UK Diamond, which they called Ignito, the back cover is flat and not interchangeable with the Diamond cover, so it was a bit more difficult to find an extended battery with the right cover. And my cover leaves a little gap too, just like yours, I guess they all have a problem here, apart from the original 1340mAh ones.
The cover doesn't look bad (the matte surface makes it worth the money) and hopefully the new one you will recieve from MUGEN will seal all corners properly.
I think you can solve the "just a hole in the cover" problem by adding your own cover lens. Some ultra thin transparent plastic sheet glued from behind the cover might just work.
Cheers m8!
great review, thanks!
although the problem with dust is real, having no lens on that new cover may just improve a quality of your pictures, from what website you've made order?
banesi said:
from what website you've made order?
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Here...
http://www.mugenpowerbatteries.com/
I picked up the extended battery yesterday, which I am not too happy I had to do, but that is for another thread. I wanted to see it on the phone before I made a decision on purchasing it. The salesman had no problem with that and put it on the phone for me. I liked it. I bought it. I took it home and used the phone without worrying about the battery for the first time. Then I took a picture and it was horrible.
The new back has a protective piece of plastic on the inside over the flash.
The salesman did not remove this before putting the new back on.
FYI
Please delete, mis post, sorry.
When you tried it on, you haven't purchased yet so maybe he wanted to keep as much of the packaging intact.
I on the other hand left it on and only realized it when swapping batteries after depletion. Didn't try with camera.
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Did they make a TPU Case, I just ordered the battery from the ZeroLemon seller for $59.99 and got a rubber back, so I was curious since I already got the battery if I could order a hard plastic TPU case, I see they have one listed with battery for $79.99, but I don't need another battery, just the case.
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Did they make a TPU Case, I just ordered the battery from the ZeroLemon seller for $59.99 and got a rubber back, so I was curious since I already got the battery if I could order a hard plastic TPU case, I see they have one listed with battery for $79.99, but I don't need another battery, just the case.
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Hey mate. Can you please give me a short review on the ZL? How long do you have it? Dos it keep its capacity after months of use?
Thanx man
Well I've had it for about 2 and a half months and no major loss of battery percentage or anything like that, it's stayed the same since I bought it.
My only annoyance and major problem is I wasn't given a Samsung fast charging adapter and if i try to charge with a normal low powered charge on any battery it doesn't even trickle charge my phone and I wake up and comeback to a dead battery whereas if I turn it off overnight and let it charge.
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Deciding whether to get a case and removable batteries, or just get an extended battery with its hard case(which hopefully keeps the water resistance).
Otterbox is a bit of a PITA, but after having a phone in an Otterbox thrown against a wall screen-first, without a mark to the phone, the case or the wall, I don't mind having to go through ripping the case off, doing whatever has to be done, then replacing the case. It's better than doing without the phone for a few days while I'm waiting for a new screen. (I can't tell you about the Lifeproof, I've never owned one, because I don't go swimming with my phones, but it's probably about the same. Quality protection costs. (Besides, if you recharge at 40%, you won't be replacing batteries that often.)
LifeProof Fré and extended battery works just fine, but without backside cover on. I´ve been using that very combo when kayaking. Be sure to check all sealings are in the right places though... Changing battery is also a easy-piecy with said case.
I bought a Pixel off eBay with insurance. About 6 months later the charging port started acting up and the battery would drain very quickly, even quicker when off. Contacted insurance and they gave me a gift card to ebay for the price of the phone, which I used to buy another phone. However, they let me keep the phone. I bought a charging port and battery and replaced them. The phone seems to be good as new. So I haven't glued the screen on yet (waiting on glue). Also, the old screen has a lot of glue all over it. I've also read a few posts where people say they've screwed their phone with the glue. So I'm kinda wondering if I should get a new screen with adhesive already on it. Anybody here "been there done that"? If so is the gluing pretty straightforward? Thanks