Seido 3800 maH battery purchased! - best practices?

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http://www.amazon.com/Seidio-BACY38S.../ref=de_a_smtd

Just purchased the battery above! My very first Seido. Hope everything goes well but based on the reviews it should do exactly what I want and need it to do! Can anyone give me any input on best practices once I get my battery in? I did rush delivery and it should be here tomorrow.

1) I've read a couple people saying it reads 100% all day and some people say it reads perfectly find (battery is at 50% and the indicator on the phone actually says 50% too). How do I get it to read the battery correctly?

2) Also, should I charge it once I receive it first or should I put it in the phone and drain it all the way first then start charging?

3) Does the battery have that auto off charging thing that turns off charging when it reaches full? Or do you have to baby sit it and your phone when it's charging and unplug it from the charger manually to stop the charging from ruining the battery?

4) Is the battery actually fully charged once your phone says 100% or do you have to charge a couple hours after that still?

I have one.

- youll want to properly calibrate your battery. Mine came with about 40% to start with. Just use it normally to drain it first then fully charge up to 100%. When you reach it youll want to charge it an extra 2 hours or so. Also dont forget to wipe battery stats and pull it out for 30 seconds before use.

- it took me about 6-7 charges to get it going at its full potential.

- try to avoid charging in the middle of battery use to 0%.

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Originally Posted by anomy13

I have one.

- youll want to properly calibrate your battery. Mine came with about 40% to start with. Just use it normally to drain it first then fully charge up to 100%. When you reach it youll want to charge it an extra 2 hours or so. Also dont forget to wipe battery stats and pull it out for 30 seconds before use.

- it took me about 6-7 charges to get it going at its full potential.

- try to avoid charging in the middle of battery use to 0%.

Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

Thanks man.

Ok I received it and I was able to drain it from what it read as "40%" and brought it down to 0% dead with a bunch of indoor GPS, pandora playing, all radios on, and max brightness and screen on in about 3 hours.

I'm letting it charge now to 100%, going to let it charge an additional 2 hours after that and then "wipe battery stats."
[Q] Does this mean go into recovery and do the wipe battery stats option in there after it hits 100% + 2 hours?
[Q] What does it mean pull it out for 30s before use? Does this mean wipe battery stats -> then take the battery out of the phone for 30s -> put the battery back in -> turn it on? Is that the right order?

If someone could answer soon that'd be awesome. It's charging right now and I want to make sure to get this down right the first time

Id say your good with the drain and recharge plus the extra 2 hr.some may say battery stats are a myth.I look at devs roms and none if there instructions include reset battery stats if I helped hit thanks...good luck with your battery I hope it helps

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Charge it to 100% + extra 2 hours then go to recovery and wipe battery stats. After that turn ur phone off pull out the battery out for 30 sec. Then put it back in and proceed with normal use. Then as I said before try to avoid charging in the middle to its way to 0%. And repeat.

The myth about battery stats was regarding a different matter. When i did not calibrate my battery for a long time I noticed that it decreased total life by 10%. So it is imperative that u do it at least time to time.

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Originally Posted by anomy13

Charge it to 100% + extra 2 hours then go to recovery and wipe battery stats. After that turn ur phone off pull out the battery out for 30 sec. Then put it back in and proceed with normal use. Then as I said before try to avoid charging in the middle to its way to 0%. And repeat.

The myth about battery stats was regarding a different matter. When i did not calibrate my battery for a long time I noticed that it decreased total life by 10%. So it is imperative that u do it at least time to time.

Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

Been doing it and im VERY happy with this battery. I actually do not mind at all the "bulk" that the battery + cover brings to the phone, I prefer it! It makes the phone less slippery and a much better feel in my hand!

I ordered the case + clip holder from Seido as well and can't wait to get those in.


First test: (I never charged it the entire day)
3 hours of GPS
heavy browsing
music playing every once in a while
pandora
max brightness
no juicedefender, but i did use SetCPU to underclock the CPU when the battery got too hot (which never happened)

Lasted from 7am to 6pm. That is an INSANE amount of time considering all the unnecessary stuff I was doing with it! This battery is amazing!

I'm going through a "regular" day of usage today instead of trying purposefully to drain it. It's been off the charger since 7am and its sitting at 72%. Satisfied!

Originally Posted by syypher

Been doing it and im VERY happy with this battery. I actually do not mind at all the "bulk" that the battery + cover brings to the phone, I prefer it! It makes the phone less slippery and a much better feel in my hand!

I ordered the case + clip holder from Seido as well and can't wait to get those in.


First test: (I never charged it the entire day)
3 hours of GPS
heavy browsing
music playing every once in a while
pandora
max brightness
no juicedefender, but i did use SetCPU to underclock the CPU when the battery got too hot (which never happened)

Lasted from 7am to 6pm. That is an INSANE amount of time considering all the unnecessary stuff I was doing with it! This battery is amazing!

I'm going through a "regular" day of usage today instead of trying purposefully to drain it. It's been off the charger since 7am and its sitting at 72%. Satisfied!

Blown away right now, with how well 5.1 is running with the 07162012 Nightly CM9. Never had this much success with battery before!

Can't post screenie yet, but will add once I am allowed to.

Originally Posted by Weazmeister

Blown away right now, with how well 5.1 is running with the 07162012 Nightly CM9. Never had this much success with battery before!

Can't post screenie yet, but will add once I am allowed to.

I just flashed CM9 Nightly 07162012 yesterday and the battery life has been amazing.

I work at AT&T Corporate Store so I use it at work.

-A few calls
-Texting
-Pandora
-Metal Slug 3
-Facebook
-Instagram

So basically my daily usage and within those 23 hours it also includes me downloading all my apps and syncing my information on to it.
*Oh, I also have the same battery. That's why I posted this on here.*

Here's my results

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Thanks for the feedbacks guys, this looks very promising.