Extended batteries

jpitch2415 · Dec 14, 2011

I was going through amazon and was checking out this battery, does anyone own it? I'm kinda hesitated with no reviews or feedback but it looks amazing

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brucegil · Dec 14, 2011

I'm Testing Them Now

I got two 1800 mAh batteries and a wall charger from Amazon. I have deep cycled one of the batteries so far, but I need to run some more cycles. Also, I need to put the original battery back in and time it to see how much more, if any, I am getting from the replacement batteries. I will try to report back in a few days with better data.

As for the charger, it can charge the battery directly, outside of the phone. And it has a USB port for charging the battery in the phone. So if you swap out a dead battery, it can be charging while you are using the spare battery in the phone. The charger is small and can easily be carried in a bag or briefcase.

Reclaim · Dec 15, 2011

Awesome. For 17 bucks I'll try it out.

StrangeShadow · Dec 15, 2011

I got the SaFPWR Fusion 2 case with the 1800 MhA battery. It works great, I run off of the case's battery all day, and sometimes it runs out and switches to my phone's battery around 10 at nite. Lasts me all day, even using Pandora, internet, e-mail, textes, etc.

Pretty pricey, but it's a case and extra battery, so I just looked at it like if I got and paid for both.

Plus, it has a year warranty, so I can just go in and get a new one before the year is up.

Case makes the phone a bit heavey, but I don't mind, feels like it gives it a more solid feel.

jpitch2415 · Dec 15, 2011

I've ordered the two 1800 mah batteries plus this so i should be set for the life of the phone which is till the edge comes out, this stock battery is pathetic, the amaze has a 1820 mah and its not even lte

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porcupineli · Dec 19, 2011

I would go with one of these 1700mAh or 3400mAh from Mugen.

brucegil · Dec 27, 2011

1800 mAh batteries not any better, for me anyway

brucegil said:
I got two 1800 mAh batteries and a wall charger from Amazon. I have deep cycled one of the batteries so far, but I need to run some more cycles. Also, I need to put the original battery back in and time it to see how much more, if any, I am getting from the replacement batteries. I will try to report back in a few days with better data.

As for the charger, it can charge the battery directly, outside of the phone. And it has a USB port for charging the battery in the phone. So if you swap out a dead battery, it can be charging while you are using the spare battery in the phone. The charger is small and can easily be carried in a bag or briefcase.

After running one of the 1800 mAh batteries through 4 full discharge/cycles, I got 20-40 hours per cycle. (Note, my usage pattern is probably less than most folks.) However, after running the 1650 mAh battery that came with the phone through 5 full sycles, I got about 48 hours each time, except for one where I got 24 hours with much heavier (for me) use.

So, I think I can say that the 1800 mAh batteries don't really provide significantly more power. They are the same size as the 1650 mAh battery.

The main benefit is simply having a spare battery in an emergency. Also, the charger can charge the battery while out of the phone.

PS: At night, I will put the phone in Airplane mode. It uses little power while I am sleeping, extending the battery time.

Vetdoctor · Dec 31, 2011

:>;
Requires too many permissions. What's with "access to power" all about anyway. Besides that I looked closer and see that it does not include either a screw driver or adhesive. Are they insane?

Product Description
This item does not include screwdriver or adhesive. If you want the screwdriver, you need to buy this item:url-link

Joking aside I sweated buying a cheap 3400 battery for my EVO and it was the smartest thing I've done. Worked(s) great. I will give my new Vivid a month to break in but likely buy this one and risk the $16

jpitch2415 · Jan 1, 2012

I don't get why you would need a screw driver I put the battery in today and the cover slid on just like the regular cover does

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slapshot30 · Jan 1, 2012

jpitch2415 said:
I don't get why you would need a screw driver I put the battery in today and the cover slid on just like the regular cover does

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How thick does it really make the device? Can you post a picture of a side view pretty please.

jpitch2415 · Jan 2, 2012

This is my stats so far, I'll work on getting a pic up , so far this battery is very good for $16

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slapshot30 · Jan 3, 2012

jpitch2415 said:
This is my stats so far, I'll work on getting a pic up , so far this battery is very good for $16

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Thanks, I'm anxious to see how thick it makes the phone. Obviously increasing battery life though by the look of your screenshot.

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jpitch2415 · Jan 3, 2012

I found a flaw!!! The clips where it goes into the back are very thin so you have to be careful when removing , otherwise great battery

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jpitch2415 · Jan 5, 2012

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thinkhope · Jan 8, 2012

How's the battery life been so far? Still getting more than a day??!

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jpitch2415 · Jan 9, 2012

Well I ran it is but I stopped using it when I broke the snaps in the cover so I am waiting on a replacement cover to use it again

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lostsoul1 · Jan 17, 2012

I signed up because of this thread. Its great to find others that have tried this. I have posted some of this on other sites..

I bought the 3600mAh from ebay for about 13 bucks. Popped it in and it was at 75%. I used Battery dr. app to see what usage time are compared to stock. Even at 75% it should have been more then what the stock batt had.... but it didnt.

Anyway, I thought it was a cheap chinese battery and just left it in the phone and charged it over night. I thought it was a wash and didnt thinking about it till later that day.. After it was charged the wife used it a little and hours passed. When I picked up the phone it was still showing 100% so I re-charged it just in case and ran it through a test.

Turned wifi on
Bluetooh on
sound at max
ran a long netflix move 2H:30min+
then did it again
and again.. haha

Anyway I didnt finish the 3rd time around, but it looks like I can get with all that **** on about 7 1/2 hours of netflex. Hell without wifi and bluetooth that might be over 8-9 hours..

I have not tested the stock one, but I dont think it will last that long. Which leaves me to think for some reason the Battery dr. app or something is not really forecasting the right amount of talk/video time. Also I ran Nav for over an hour the phone was warm and Battery Dr. showed the same temp all the time. maybe there is another app to try.. or maybe there is something in the battery that gives the phone info..

jpitch2415 · Jan 17, 2012

Well I'm still averaging around 27 hours so for $15 I think this is the best battery I've owned

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lostsoul1 · Jan 17, 2012

I just dont know why any of the aops doesnt show the difference..

I just tried "one touch battery saver" and that shows the same talk time, surfing time as the stock battery..

jpitch2415 · Jan 19, 2012

You might need to reset stats from fully charged ?

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