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So just recently, my phone's battery life has suffered a lot. Right now I'm at 73 percent after an hour and 24 minutes with just light web browsing on wifi. On every rom I've been on, its like this. So, I'm thinking I'll need a new battery?
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I also can't last 6 hours. It just drains very badly. I think I need a new battery.
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I just received my new 3500 mah battery last night. It's been off the charger for about 30 mins and after some pretty heavy usage (overclocked), it's still at 100%. I paid about $12.00 for it shipping and all.

aaCotyaa said:
I just received my new 3500 mah battery last night. It's been off the charger for about 30 mins and after some pretty heavy usage (overclocked), it's still at 100%. I paid about $12.00 for it shipping and all.
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Haha, I'm sure you'll get great battery life outta that one, but I don't want the bulk.
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sounds like a bad battery, best bet is to just buy some off eBay, look in the accessories sub-forum and go from there.

After you've installed "every rom", do you use TB to reinstall your apps?

djvoleur said:
After you've installed "every rom", do you use TB to reinstall your apps?
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Every rom i mean, all ics roms. And first I'm going to clean up my charge cycles for a bit and see if it improves, if not, I'll see about getting a new battery, and no, I do not use titanium backup.
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Well ICS, and battery just don't go well together if you use your phone, with the phone on standby you can last for a long time but if you're using it... that just means terrible battery life is to be expected. I would say 7 hours was pretty good for me if I had screen on time for any thing near 2 ½ hours
Check that by battery then click on display and see screen in time.
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aaCotyaa said:
I just received my new 3500 mah battery last night. It's been off the charger for about 30 mins and after some pretty heavy usage (overclocked), it's still at 100%. I paid about $12.00 for it shipping and all.
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Where exactly did you buy it at?

You could try wiping the battery stats in recovery when the battery is full, run it all the way down to zero and see if that helps, but mt3g is right.

Maybe I'm used to being in school where i would have 90 percent battery at 3:30 in the afternoon, so then i would have only half the day to use it. Maybe its not the battery, maybe its me being thrown off from being on summer break. But then again, a can sit here just letting my phone sit with the screen on and watch the battery just drain...

Anthony1596 said:
Where exactly did you buy it at?
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This Guy.
If you do a search for 3500mah batteries in the forums, you'll find that a LOT of people from here order from this guy, because the prices are reasonable and the shipping is fast.
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ehafling said:
You could try wiping the battery stats in recovery when the battery is full, run it all the way down to zero and see if that helps, but mt3g is right.
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Letting your phone drain to 0%/dead is bad for lithium ion batteries and will actualy shorten their life span.
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Just a quick tip: I noticed even with the new batter that after about 70% the battery started to drain a little a faster. The biggest culprit was "Cell Standby" which hovered around 50% I set my network preference to GSM/WCDMA (Auto Mode), and this cut this battery drainer down by 50% or more.

Before switching your battery , try the BetterBatteryStats app, it helps you figure out whats eating your battery if its not actually bad. If this doesn't work, your last resort it to change your battery but i would suggest to try the app and read thru the thread for that app in the App section of this website. It will help you tons.

Safe battery temperature?

I received my Nexus wireless charger today, and the only issue I've noticed so far is that it really heats up the phone... A lot.
I have a battery temperature monitoring app, and it reported a battery temperature of about 107 degrees Fahrenheit. At that point I stopped charging because I was afraid of damaging the phone.
I really like the wireless charger, but I'm afraid for my phones hardware integrity. How hot should I let it get before being worried?
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Bumping, I can't be the only one with this issue.
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kehlan said:
Bumping, I can't be the only one with this issue.
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No, you aren't the only one. I have two tylt Qi charger chargers and they both heat the phone to 108F while charging. The tech support at tylt is good and they said they tested several different brands of Qi chargers in the Nexus 5 and they all heat the battery to that temp. They also said that it's a bit higher battery temp than they've see with their charger on other Qi compatible devices. Apparently just happens on the Nexus 5.
I asked them if I should be concerned about battery life and they said they have been unable to obtain specs for normal operating temps for the battery in the Nexus 5.
I believe the people at tylt but I'm still going to open a new thread specifically asking people to post their battery temps while Qi charging.

I did a bit of research, and apparently smartphone batteries are mostly in a good operating range when they're beneath 125 degrees Fahrenheit.
If I actually experience any quality decrease in my Nexus 5, I'll contact Google and pin it on them. I'm literally only using their products with this phone.
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kehlan said:
I did a bit of research, and apparently smartphone batteries are mostly in a good operating range when they're beneath 125 degrees Fahrenheit.
If I actually experience any quality decrease in my Nexus 5, I'll contact Google and pin it on them. I'm literally only using their products with this phone.
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Lithium batteries are rated much higher for discharge temperature than charging temperature. 125F sounds like a discharge rating.
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Everyone please post your Qi wireless charging device and max battery charging temp here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544768
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kehlan said:
If I actually experience any quality decrease in my Nexus 5, I'll contact Google and pin it on them. I'm literally only using their products with this phone.
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Battery degradation is a fairly long process. It may not be evident until after the warranty runs out. It will also be difficult at that time to know how much excess battery wear was due to the heat.
Wouldn't matter that much to me if the battery was removable and easily replaced.
I will probably continue to risk the battery on the Qi charger and attempt to replace it if it gets weak. It's just going to be more involved to replace. I'll also bet the replacement batteries are more expensive than if the phone was designed for a removable battery. This would be due to less demand for replacement batteries.

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NCguy said:
Lithium batteries are rated much higher for discharge temperature than charging temperature. 125F sounds like a discharge rating.
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Everyone please post your Qi wireless charging device and max battery charging temp here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544768
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Battery degradation is a fairly long process. It may not be evident until after the warranty runs out. It will also be difficult at that time to know how much excess battery wear was due to the heat.
Wouldn't matter that much to me if the battery was removable and easily replaced.
I will probably continue to risk the battery on the Qi charger and attempt to replace it if it gets weak. It's just going to be more involved to replace. I'll also bet the replacement batteries are more expensive than if the phone was designed for a removable battery. This would be due to less demand for replacement batteries.
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From what I understand, almost all the components under the hood are easily replaceable. I think I'll be okay with replacing the battery.
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kehlan said:
From what I understand, almost all the components under the hood are easily replaceable. I think I'll be okay with replacing the battery.
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looks like getting the case off might be a bit of a challenge but agree it looks doable. Probably have to buy the ifixit toolkit.

turning off daydream has dropped my tylt charging temp by up to 12F to a max of 98F.

The less your phone is doing while it charges the better. Not only will it charge faster but it will not reach as high of a temperature.
Try enabling Airplane mode when you need a quick charge or to keep your temps down.

looks like I got a bit too optimistic. I was hoping that I wouldn't have another random overheating incident with my 2 tylt chargers. I just pulled my phone off the charger with no charge, 70% full and 132F battery temp. As much as I love my tylt chargers it may be time to throw in the towel. That kind of temp not only ruins the battery but it could potentially ignite the battery if the battery were to develop a thermal runaway condition. I'm truly heartbroken.

Hi,
Here is the max battery temperature according to the thermal-engine.conf file (thermal throttling after), so considered as safe I think:
Code:
[battery_monitor]
algo_type monitor
sensor batt_therm
sampling 10000
thresholds 480000 550000
thresholds_clr 460000 500000
actions battery battery
Maybe a little above is safe also...

viking37 said:
Hi,
Here is the max battery temperature according to the thermal-engine.conf file (thermal throttling after), so considered as safe I think:
Code:
[battery_monitor]
algo_type monitor
sensor batt_therm
sampling 10000
thresholds 480000 550000
thresholds_clr 460000 500000
actions battery battery
Maybe a little above is safe also...
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Not sure what those numbers mean. Maybe you could interpret?
I do know that lithium shouldn't get hotter than you can comfortably hold or it will definitely lessen it's life. If it has reached that point then red flags because that's a sign that it could continue and ultimately reach thermal runaway.

Its still normaly while charging
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bene1 said:
Its still normaly while charging
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That doesn't tell me what 500000 stands for. It certainly can't be degrees. You can't just throw out numbers like that with no explanation if you expect credibility. Lithium fires burn at 2000 F so a heat threshold of 500000 C or F makes no sense at all.
I can tell you that my phone triggered a "Battery Overheating" condition at something less than 132 F so what's the phone using for it's own internal thresholds?

Battery charging time

What is everyone's average time to charge from 0 to 100. I'm trying to decide whether I need to replace my battery. Thanks in advance
Edit: I'd like to know the charging time with the stock wall charger.
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vandizzam said:
What is everyone's average time to charge from 0 to 100. I'm trying to decide whether I need to replace my battery. Thanks in advance
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with the stock charger, about 2.5 hours. i went and bought a 3.1 amp charger yesterday, and it charged my phone from 5% to 100% in 1 hour 30 minutes!
it would all depend on the charger you are using(no, they all arent equal), and whether you are charging via wall or usb.

vandizzam said:
What is everyone's average time to charge from 0 to 100. I'm trying to decide whether I need to replace my battery. Thanks in advance
Edit: I'd like to know the charging time with the stock wall charger.
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my phone takes 36 min exactly from 0-100

abhishek 9650 said:
my phone takes 36 min exactly from 0-100
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if so, your phone isnt getting charged fully, your battery stats will be off. how much screen on time to you get per cycle?

simms22 said:
if so, your phone isnt getting charged fully, your battery stats will be off. how much screen on time to you get per cycle?
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buddy i 10 hrs of continuous screen time.
even i tested it by using battery monitor apps

Can anyone recommend a good charger for this device?
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Ok Now this game is getting dirty and don't bring nationality in between....as per you have done b.tech whats the big deal in it.
On topic nexus 5 uses battery charging IC( TI BQ24192) which does not support more than 1.5A current so even if you use a 10A charger max it will take is 1.5A.

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Let's keep it on topic guys, without offending or even threatening one another
We're one big community, we don't know such things called borders

varuntis1993 said:
Ok Now this game is getting dirty and don't bring nationality in between....as per you have done b.tech whats the big deal in it.
On topic nexus uses a chipset( TI BQ24192) which does not support more than 1.5A current so even if you use a 10A charger max it will take is 1.5A.
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he changed his battery as well, to one thats 3 times as big. so his post is meaningless to the op, considering that what he was talking about is not standard for a charger nor battery for the nexus 5. he was just trying to make himself appear better than he actually is.
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thanks(im out of thanks)

simms22 said:
he changed his battery as well, to one thats 3 times as big. so his post is meaningless to the op, considering that what he was talking about is not standard for a charger nor battery for the nexus 5. he was just trying to make himself appear better than he actually is.
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thanks(im out of thanks)
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Yeah I saw that...I am also an Indian but that thing doesn't matter here.
Btw to the op you can get this one if you think your charger is having some issues.
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_Charging_Accessory?id=nexus_charging_accessory

varuntis1993 said:
Yeah I saw that...I am also an Indian but that thing doesn't matter here.
Btw to the op you can get this one if you think your charger is having some issues.
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Nexus_Charging_Accessory?id=nexus_charging_accessory
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yea, and it doesnt matter. im a russian ukrainian who became a nationalized american in 1980
i think the op thinks his battery might be messed up, but i also think its probably the charger.

simms22 said:
yea, and it doesnt matter. im a russian ukrainian who became a nationalized american in 1980
i think the op thinks his battery might be messed up, but i also think its probably the charger.
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I will try my stock charger and my Nexus 7 charger then report back.
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vandizzam said:
I will try my stock charger and my Nexus 7 charger then report back.
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i used my nexus 7(2012) charger on my nexus 5 for a month, it did alright

Just did a full charge on the stock charger. Took exactly 3 hours while the phone was on. I used it for about 10 minutes while charging. Is this normal compared to everyone else?
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That's about what I get on the stock charger.
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2 and half hours for me stock charger. About and hour and a half or less on higher amp charger.

vandizzam said:
Just did a full charge on the stock charger. Took exactly 3 hours while the phone was on. I used it for about 10 minutes while charging. Is this normal compared to everyone else?
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Next charging cycle try to turn airplane mode on It charges a lot faster.
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Donnie Sins said:
Next charging cycle try to turn airplane mode on It charges a lot faster.
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Will do.
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Has anyone checked their charging rate with a battery monitoring app ? I have been experimenting with different chargers and I can't seem to get the charge rate >1A. The max I have been able to get with the phone in idle with the screen off is 1010ma.
This is nowhere close to the 1.5A max.
I'm running Carbon ROM + LaboDJ's version of Franco r49. I've tested using the Nexus 4/Nexus 5/Nexus 10/Blackberry Playbook chargers.
To charge from 0 - 100 takes me over ~2.5hours.

My nexus 7 charger takes just over an hour from 10 to 100.

Replacement battery

Has anybody experience with third parties batteries? I've been looking at the new power 99 batteries, do you know of this will solve the notes battery problems?
Cheers
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I have bought note 8 battery for my n5110 from this eBay seller with good result:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement...489?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418feb28a1

Thanks for your reply, I was wondering how it compares to the old one...will replacing the battery solve my battery problems? My battery is life is very inconsistent, sometimes I get day, sometimes it'll go down 30% in 10 minutes and is flat within the hour. No matter what I do our don't..
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Brother
first thing to search for for battery troubles before battery
is your charger usb cable
Install galaxy charging current from play store
plug in your charger
let app measure current ampere
if it's 1.8
the trouble in battery
if it less than
u must test other premium usb cable

Looking for a battery

My phone's stock battery isn't getting me through the day and the two other supposedly "original" replacements which I bought are even worse. Has anyone recently bought a good standard-sized replacement battery for the S5 which they can recommend?

Amazon...$9.23

ANKER Official Store
Works well for me, bought 3 or 4 months ago.

bbsc said:
ANKER Official Store
Works well for me, bought 3 or 4 months ago.
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says it cant be shipped to the states. :/

thegreatkazoo said:
says it cant be shipped to the states. :/
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I'd look at this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/292096156962

bbsc said:
I'd look at this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/292096156962
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added to cart. waiting on the 4th.

I have 3 of these batteries, works very well:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01B80ZWXU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I went with this one (PowerBear brand on amazon.com) a few months ago. It has been working great (but no NFC).

Battery
Just go to Samsung direct: Guaranteed to get an official one with NFC support. It will say out of stock on their website, but if you do an online chat then they will source one and send it out to you.

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added to cart. waiting on the 4th.
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Interesting, how it goes.

bbsc said:
Interesting, how it goes.
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I got one from ifixit along with a back cover and a charger cover.
A buddy of mine gets a discount through them so he just for it for me.
Black front, white back, gold charger cover. Lol

https://www.anker.com/it/products/variant/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-2800mAh-Li-ion-Battery/A6091021
is it compatible with SM-G900F?

Bort76 said:
I went with this one (PowerBear brand on amazon.com) a few months ago. It has been working great (but no NFC).
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I'm thinking of buying this as well. Could you please tell what's your usage and the screen-on time as well as the stand-by time? My current so called "official" Samsung battery gets charged from 0% to 100% in around 1 hour and the maximum I get from it is 2 hours SOT and 6 hours total...that's just sad, my S5 was a champ a few years ago. Waiting for your input

koragg97 said:
I'm thinking of buying this as well. Could you please tell what's your usage and the screen-on time as well as the stand-by time? My current so called "official" Samsung battery gets charged from 0% to 100% in around 1 hour and the maximum I get from it is 2 hours SOT and 6 hours total...that's just sad, my S5 was a champ a few years ago. Waiting for your input
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This isn't going to be super helpful, since my phone has just been sitting on my desk playing podcasts. Anyway, I'm at 66% battery after 7h 44m off the charger. Total "awake" time is 3h 20m. SOT is only 21 minutes.
I'm very happy with this battery, if that helps. I think the life is on par with stock - just no NFC.

Bort76 said:
This isn't going to be super helpful, since my phone has just been sitting on my desk playing podcasts. Anyway, I'm at 66% battery after 7h 44m off the charger. Total "awake" time is 3h 20m. SOT is only 21 minutes.
I'm very happy with this battery, if that helps. I think the life is on par with stock - just no NFC.
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I never used NFC anyway (though I see how cool it can be, it just never got off). How long does it take to actually recharge the PowerBear from 10-15 to 100%? (I love that brand name lol)

koragg97 said:
I never used NFC anyway (though I see how cool it can be, it just never got off). How long does it take to actually recharge the PowerBear from 10-15 to 100%? (I love that brand name lol)
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I rarely get that low and mostly charge overnight, so I can't really say. I can tell you that I sometimes wait to charge until I get to the office and at around 40-50% and it takes maybe an hour to get to 100% with a 1 A charger.

Bort76 said:
I rarely get that low and mostly charge overnight, so I can't really say. I can tell you that I sometimes wait to charge until I get to the office and at around 40-50% and it takes maybe an hour to get to 100% with a 1 A charger.
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OK, thanks for the info. Would probably get one bear soon

andrea2004 said:
https://www.anker.com/it/products/variant/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-2800mAh-Li-ion-Battery/A6091021
is it compatible with SM-G900F?
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Probably. I don't see how a battery can be different between the different models. If it's the same size then it's fine I guess.
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Bort76 said:
This isn't going to be super helpful, since my phone has just been sitting on my desk playing podcasts. Anyway, I'm at 66% battery after 7h 44m off the charger. Total "awake" time is 3h 20m. SOT is only 21 minutes.
I'm very happy with this battery, if that helps. I think the life is on par with stock - just no NFC.
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Oh, I forgot. Do you have 4G always turned on or you have mobile data off unless you need to use it? And are those podcasts streamed online or played locally from an mp3 file for example?

andrea2004 said:
https://www.anker.com/it/products/variant/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-2800mAh-Li-ion-Battery/A6091021
is it compatible with SM-G900F?
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Yes, works fine in my 900F. Much better than other aftermarket batteries I tried.

koragg97 said:
Probably. I don't see how a battery can be different between the different models. If it's the same size then it's fine I guess.
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Oh, I forgot. Do you have 4G always turned on or you have mobile data off unless you need to use it? And are those podcasts streamed online or played locally from an mp3 file for example?
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OK thank you very much
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lambada24 said:
Yes, works fine in my 900F. Much better than other aftermarket batteries I tried.
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ok, thank you so much, I'm buying.