Extended Battery Help

jimtc · Apr 20, 2011

We need to find out if anyone has a battery that is bigger than 1500 mah. It looks like the Optimus 2x uses the same battery so I would hope someone has a 1650 or 1800 mah out there. Let me know if a source is found. It would be nice to have an external wall charger as well.

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Cheeze[iT] · Apr 21, 2011

Or maybe a dock with spare battery charger on the back to at least hold a stock battery to charge

grenademasta · Apr 21, 2011

Check on Ebay every few days. I haven't seen one yet but they make it for most phones. The batteries are thicker than the standard ones and it also comes with a different rear cover to accept the thicker battery. It is usually from China and around $15 or so.

schmit · Apr 23, 2011

grenademasta said:
Check on Ebay every few days. I haven't seen one yet but they make it for most phones. The batteries are thicker than the standard ones and it also comes with a different rear cover to accept the thicker battery. It is usually from China and around $15 or so.

the optimus 2x has been out for a while, and there's nothing yet.. I agree.. probably will be out soon. too bad they can't pack more punch into the same size.. don't want to make my phone any thicker.. I'll have a case for it where it wont' fit in then..

baldwinguy77 · Apr 23, 2011

schmit said:
the optimus 2x has been out for a while, and there's nothing yet.. I agree.. probably will be out soon. too bad they can't pack more punch into the same size.. don't want to make my phone any thicker.. I'll have a case for it where it wont' fit in then..

Sometimes there are extended batteries made that are the same exact size as the stock one but have a larger capacity. For example, I bought a Seidio extended 1750mAh battery for my Droid X which was the same size as the original battery but had about 250 more mAh to it...it gave me a couple more hours on one charge. Hopefully something similar is made for the G2X!

kentrik · Apr 23, 2011

Maybe a bunch of us should just write to seidio and ask them to start on developing one for us...

baldwinguy77 · Apr 23, 2011

kentrik said:
Maybe a bunch of us should just write to seidio and ask them to start on developing one for us...

Lol good idea...here's their twitter page: https://twitter.com/#!/seidioseidio

andonnguyen · Apr 24, 2011

Seems kind of shady (these batteries are running for $5-10 a piece) but here's what I found, 1600mah, haha:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2x1600mAh-B...&ps=63&clkid=8677498459030269031#ht_675wt_936

http://www.rpasonline.com/pd-1600-mah-battery-for-lg-optimus-2x.cfm

question.com · Apr 25, 2011

If they make a extended batt That's the same size, ill def get it. I don't want a bigger one cause it will cause problems with my car and house dock.

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kentrik · Apr 25, 2011

That's the nice thing about the Seidio ones. They are a legit company, and they can usually squeeze an extra 150-400 mAh out of the standard size battery. They aren't too terribly expensive, either. I am thinking for now, though, I may have to give one of those ebay ones with the separate battery charger a try....I have had good luck with ebay laptopt batteries, so....it might be worth the $20 for it.

Also, I will start spamming Seidio's twitter. Lol.

GideonX · Apr 25, 2011

kentrik said:
That's the nice thing about the Seidio ones. They are a legit company, and they can usually squeeze an extra 150-400 mAh out of the standard size battery. They aren't too terribly expensive, either. I am thinking for now, though, I may have to give one of those ebay ones with the separate battery charger a try....I have had good luck with ebay laptopt batteries, so....it might be worth the $20 for it.

Also, I will start spamming Seidio's twitter. Lol.

Seidio slim extended batteries are usually way lower than what they state. Just run a quick search on here...bottom line, you may as well use the stock battery in most cases.

rotohammer · Apr 28, 2011

kentrik said:
They are a legit company, and they can usually squeeze an extra 150-400 mAh out of the standard size battery.

Actually, they just re-label their inferior batteries with bigger mAh numbers and make a big profit for their efforts.

No company has ever made a legitimate higher capacity OEM size battery ever.

I've spend hundreds of dollars on batteries just to rip them apart, document my findings and test.

aquariumdrinker · Apr 28, 2011

rotohammer said:
I've spend hundreds of dollars on batteries just to rip them apart, document my findings and test.

This is what I have always suspected. Can you give a link to a writeup of your findings?

rotohammer · Apr 28, 2011

aquariumdrinker said:
This is what I have always suspected. Can you give a link to a writeup of your findings?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2097942&postcount=47

http://batteryboss.org/

Outlaw71 · Apr 28, 2011

Agreed. Seidio does make some legit extended batteries, like the 2500 and 3500 mAh one's they put out for the EVO and Droid X, etc... but the ones that are the same size as the stock battery don't hold any extra juice, they take advantage of the loop hole in the rules concerning how companies can label batteries.

Batteries have a range of mAh that they hold. Say the battery in our device has a range of 1300 to 1700 mAh, most companies will use the average and label the battery at 1500 mAh. Seidio on the other hand will label theirs on the high end of the range at 1700 mAh, which is perfectly within their right to do, but is rather deceiving to the consumer.

rotohammer · Apr 28, 2011

Outlaw71 said:
Batteries have a range of mAh that they hold. Say the battery in our device has a range of 1300 to 1700 mAh, most companies will use the average and label the battery at 1500 mAh. Seidio on the other hand will label theirs on the high end of the range at 1700 mAh, which is perfectly within their right to do, but is rather deceiving to the consumer.

There is no range. All the OEM batteries I've tested were within 3% of their tagged rating.

Regarding Seidio, there is no explanation as to why their "same size & higher capacity" batteries consistently deliver less power than an OEM battery.

But don't let me stop anyone from buying their snake oil.

Regarding Mugen, that first link shows a disassembled 3000mAh battery that contained 2 1200mAh cells. I call it fraud, plain and simple. They all do it, I've proved it.

crazythunder · Apr 29, 2011

i just ended up getting this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N63AC6 . i have a body glove case and they're a pain to snap off everytime i want to replace my battery while at work. for me, this is much easier.
now if they made a good extended battery with a custom back cover like i had on my g1, i'd get it.

v8dreaming · Apr 30, 2011

rotohammer said:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2097942&postcount=47

http://batteryboss.org/

You ever tested any of the batteries from htc express? Those seem to work well.

mingkee · May 1, 2011

Currently I am using Veho 5Ah external battery while I am waiting for 2 more batteries.
With regular microUSB cable, it works fine.
http://www.jr.com/veho/pe/VEH_VCCA007PBP/
$35 isn't bad at all.

schmit · May 6, 2011

andonnguyen said:
Seems kind of shady (these batteries are running for $5-10 a piece) but here's what I found, 1600mah, haha:

Definitely stay away from the 1600mah. I saw those and I emailed one of the buyers.. and asked him for his input on the battery b4 I made a purchase. He said "stay away, they are junk and only hold a charge for a couple of hours. save your money."

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