Hi all,
I have heard that Anker batteries have best review as an aftermarket battery for our note 4.
My phone is almost 3 years old and I need to buy a replacement battery. Anker battery is currently out of stock in amazon. Other options are RavPower, Zerolemon, PowerBear which have 3220 mah capacity, Acevan has 3450mah capacity. Which one should I go for?
Thanks In Advance.
Personally, RavPower would be my first choice, PowerBear second.
Another vote for Ravpower
I'd normally say RAVPower as well (I have 3) but this is worth noting
Anything but Acevan
Didn't check this forum first, bought an Acevan a few months back. Was excellent until two days ago, when it started causing some serious power system issues. Phone crashed every time I turned the screen off unless it was plugged in. Ordered a new one because I have some other older issues (Sleep of Death, fixed with Partial Wake Lock, and some weird camera focus thing), but swapping the battery back to the old one let me shut my phone screen off without the phone crashing again.
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I got this Galili 1570mAh battery for my Nexus One and I have run several tests to see how it compares to my stock battery. I could not find any reviews on this battery so I figured $15 is cheap enough to give it a shot and see.
Test setup:
N1 OEM battery used for 5 months or so.
Galili 1570mAh battery used for 2 full charge and discharge cycles (according to my research it is a myth that you have to do discharge/recharge cycle few times to get full capacity in lithium ion batteries)
I tested using following steps:
1. Fully charge the battery, give it an extra 30 minutes or so at 100% charged.
2. Hold the power and trackball button to go into Bootloader mode. This is great for battery testing as the power drain over time is identical each time, as only screen is using power and there are no power saving feature kicking in like screen timeout etc.
3. Unplug the power supply and start timer.
I used video camera to keep track of time as I didn’t feel like staring at my phone for over 3 HR’s.
The original battery tested out to around 3 Hrs 15 minutes before the screen went dark. The Galili time fluctuated around 2 Hrs 52 to 2 Hrs 54 minutes. I run the tests 3 times or so over span of 2 weeks with almost identical results.
Conclusion: Yet another battery that lies about its capacity. It seems to be the norm that all the aftermarket battery manufacturers are inflating the capacity information. I found this cool web site where there are bunch of them tested.
batteryboss.org
This is OK battery for a backup but I was counting on getting higher capacity in the same footprint. It looks like none of the batteries out there can beat the original N1 battery.
thanks for the review!! Shame its crap!
So the lesson here is to fork over a little more for a genuine Nexus One battery and don't go cheap with the generic batteries.
That's my recommendation after buying batteries from eBay that wouldn't power up my phones.
I have only ever bought batteries for all my phones off ebay and never had an issue with any of them. They have all performed about the same as the official OEM counterparts. Now SD cards is an story... lol
Lithium Polymer
Why aren't lithium polymer batteries used more? I remember my ooooollllddd sony ericson phone had one....I think it was model t-something...LoL! Isn't it supposed to be better than lithium ion?
SiNJiN76 said:
Why aren't lithium polymer batteries used more? I remember my ooooollllddd sony ericson phone had one....I think it was model t-something...LoL! Isn't it supposed to be better than lithium ion?
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Uh, the Nexus One does have a Lithium Ion Polymer battery..
i juz now recieved a 1800 mah battery..i got it from deal extreme..
im unable to charge the battery.the diamond refuses to charge the battery.
when i replaced the battery with the world one..(the one came with my phone a genuine one)its charging well..
im using the custom rom and the custom radio..
please any one reply ASAP.....
I had a similar problem after purchasing a high-capacity battery. At first I thought that the circuitry was refusing to recognise the battery because it was an after-market one and gave up. Clumsily, I forgot to disconnect the phone off the charger when I gave up. Came back two days later, and miraculously, the new battery was charged.
It turns out, some of the aftermarket batteries are shipped with 0% charge; whereas most branded batteries are tested before they leave the factory, leaving them with a small amount of charge. Try leaving the new dead battery on the charger for 24-48 hours.
i don't have the same problem...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-2300mAh-...ccessories&hash=item43aedc12f9#ht_3183wt_1037
has anyone tried this battery?
what about the ANKER batter?
is any better than stock?
I've heard it's capacity isn't what's advertised and that it's best to go for the Anker battery.
bstylz911 said:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-2300mAh-...ccessories&hash=item43aedc12f9#ht_3183wt_1037
has anyone tried this battery?
what about the ANKER batter?
is any better than stock?
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That looks suspiciously a lot like Chichitec charger/battery with a different sticker. Almost definitely not 2300mah, it would have to be way thicker for that.
I'd go with Anker if you want cheap but OK. If you want even cheaper and OK, than go for Chichitec
Both are a little better than stock, and it's always great to have a spare battery at hand.
After reading this
"Please Note:
The battery must be fully recharged before use.
A temporary short capacity of new battery will be resulted from not used for a long time, it is normal, the total capacity will be reinstated via used for 3-5 times.
When first get the battery, use it out, charge for 10 hours for the first three times, use it out again, then it only need to charge about 5 hours for normal use.
The best storage temperature is 20°C--5°C"
I would stay away
When I first got my Galaxy S3 (Verizon) the OEM battery lasted at least a good 9 or 10 hours, usually plenty to last the day. But I wanted more than that so I got a pack of 2x QCell 2300mAh batteries for cheap on amazon, with one of the wall chargers that you pop the battery into. That was July of last year and I promptly lost one of the batts at school, so in May of this year I got another pack of 2 batts, this time EZOPower, 2100mAh.
Both brands worked pretty well while I had them and I would generally just start the day taking my GS3 off the charger and putting the extra battery in my pocket, and at ~8pm or so I'd switch them out and have more than enough for the rest of the day, and some for the next day if I didn't make it home for some reason that night.
But recently that time to switch has been creeping down earlier and earlier, and lately I've noticed I wake up to the battery icon showing the circle but no percentage (just switched from AOSP to Pacrom, dunno if that makes a difference) and when I take it off it's about 95%. When I switch batts, which is now at about 2 or 3pm if I wake up at 10, the second one (coming off the cheap battery-only wall charger) is at 75% or thereabouts and each lasts less than 5 hours.
Attached are my stats from the other day. I keep all my radios on all day usually but lately I've been having to selectively put it on airplane mode whenever I can afford to, if I want to have enough juice to last through the evening. This sucks. I know batteries die over time but I've literally had these ones for a few months and they're terrible already. Is it because of my hot swapping habits? Does that drive down the battery life over time, or is it something to do with how android pegs the amount of juice left on each battery? Is there a way to wipe the battery stats, or would that even help? There used to be an option for it in CWM but I looked today and I suppose it's gone. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but I've never had battery life this bad on any phone.
tl;dr bought a pair of non-OEM batteries with a wall charger, been hot-swapping them for more power throughout the day, but in just a few months their life is approaching nil. What am I doing wrong?
Bump. Anyone knowledgeable on this? I'm pretty sure it could apply to just about any phone and I know plenty of other people do the same thing I do with these battery pairs on Amazon so this would be useful for progeny.
Do you leave them in the charger until you need them? Usually, the longer a battery charges while it's fully charged, the more the total charge will diminish. So, the longer you keep it charging more than it needs to, the faster the battery dies out. Also, when you get a new rechargeable battery, or even a new phone or tablet with a rechargeable battery in it, the first thing you should do is use it till it's drained. Don't immediately plug it in to the charger. Keep in mind, though, that no matter what you do your batteries will diminish. Cheaply made batteries will diminish faster than higher quality ones, so that may attribute to how fast your batteries are dieing.
I could be wrong, though.
I actually do keep it on the charger long after it's charged. And I have heard that before - but don't most chargers have a built in feature that cuts off the current once the battery is fully charged?
Anyway I'm not sure that's the sole reason for the batteries being so ****ty. Although idk, I also could be wrong, lol.
About to be taking the bus to my university and I was just wondering if the stock Samsung 2600mah batteries hold their charges for a while...like weeks or even months without significant loss..
I'm debating either getting a portable power bank so I can charge on the go while I am on the bus or roaming around campus or just getting a couple extra Samsung OEM batteries and calling it a day..
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About to be taking the bus to my university and I was just wondering if the stock Samsung 2600mah batteries hold their charges for a while...like weeks or even months without significant loss..
I'm debating either getting a portable power bank so I can charge on the go while I am on the bus or roaming around campus or just getting a couple extra Samsung OEM batteries and calling it a day..
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I have an extra OEM 2600mah battery that was fully charged a couple of weeks ago. I just swapped it and my phone is showing 90%.
ryant35 said:
I have an extra OEM 2600mah battery that was fully charged a couple of weeks ago. I just swapped it and my phone is showing 90%.
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Very nice to know...thanks very much :good::good::good::good::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive::highfive:
Just get any 3rd party battery that has a good rep. I used the zerolemon ones that fit the stock battery door, and they lasted me about 8 mths before starting to discharge more quickly and shutting off my phone randomly. It got slightly bloated too so i threw it away and got a pair of new ones.
I'm not into powerbanks, but if u are u can get one.
I am using spare battery (not original) and Philips power bank.
If you are using your phone very much you cannot survive all day with one stock battery charge.
I have an OEM battery i got from Amazon for $5. It holds charge pretty well. Typically i only have to swap to my spare once a month or so. After a month to six weeks my battery is about 89%.
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About to be taking the bus to my university and I was just wondering if the stock Samsung 2600mah batteries hold their charges for a while...like weeks or even months without significant loss..
I'm debating either getting a portable power bank so I can charge on the go while I am on the bus or roaming around campus or just getting a couple extra Samsung OEM batteries and calling it a day..
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I have two Onite 2600mah battery with charger.After charge and dully drain the battery for the first 3 cycles as the service team told me,the battery can last a long time.Even when heavy used,I have an extral battery to replace.In this case,I think a powerbank is no need.
But if you don't want to bring an extral battery in your bag or you have many devices need to charge,a powerbank is more useful.
"Oem battery" + eBay= fake