Originally Posted by vdupham

I bought the new battery today . I read the first time using instruction , but I still do not understand , Can you help me ?
1.Full charge and discharge 4, 5 times ????

Is it the Samsung battery? Then, in my experience, you just pop it in and don't give it another thought.

Hi guys,

So i dont know if i trust the Anker one. but the original samsung 1800MAH seems good. also i got the same battery in the original post for only $12 including shipping from amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Standa...710+EB625152VA

do you guys think i made a mistake or is the samsung a bettery choice?

Originally Posted by hshaikh

Hi guys,

So i dont know if i trust the Anker one. but the original samsung 1800MAH seems good. also i got the same battery in the original post for only $12 including shipping from amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Standa...710+EB625152VA

do you guys think i made a mistake or is the samsung a bettery choice?

I have seen both the Samsung and Anker battery in action, and both perform equally well in my opinion. Personally I just stick with the Samsung, but would not hesitate to purchase the Anker one if I needed to.

so i just got the samsung 1800 Mah in the mail, sharging it now and will wipe battery stat after. i recently bought the captivate used from craigslist. by the look of the phone I would say it was 6 months to a year old. i got a good price. the original battery manufacture date is 07/2010.

that being said I assume there is some wear involved in the old battery. what do you guys think the old battery was rated at? so i know what to expect. iwas getting about 16 hours with the old battery with moderate use. so bearly a day

Expect very close to 24 hours with the same use. It sounds like you're on ICS. That was the worst for battery life.

yes i am on CM9. so will it still run 24 hours you think. i dont mind charging everyday i just wanted to make sure it lasts a full day. before it was like 16 hours. so if it was a long day and i dont get home until midnight it may not have lasted

also i see you are using a jelly bean version for the cappy. do you think that is better than ICS?

So no clear cut winner between the Samsung battery and the Anker battery, correct?

i dont think there was a consensus. but if there are equal id go with OEM samsung just becuase it will probably be more reliable in the long run. I always buy cheap chinese accesories (cases, headphones, screen protectors, memory cards) but the one thing where i dont compromise is chargers and batteries.

Originally Posted by CuriousTech

Expect very close to 24 hours with the same use. It sounds like you're on ICS. That was the worst for battery life.

ICS was worst for battery life? I think froyo and gingerbread would be worse, ICS gives really good battery life, JB is good on the battery too, if you install a good build of it (ie.DT) IMHO.

I was getting up to 6 days on this battery with 2.3.6 and thunderbolt. That was Saurom. ICS dropped it to 2 days on the same use. JB is at about 2.5 days. So it's a little better, but right now that's with something keeping WiFi on 100%.

@hshaikh Yes, I think JB is as good if not better than ICS right now, and getting better. I've been doing nightlies so no-wipe flashes. I got the 24 hours based on the increase to 1800 from probably under 1200 if your battery is the original 1500. They do wear down.