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kaintfm 		Old
15th October 2011, 01:20 AM
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Default Galaxy S compatible 1800mah battery for $20
Hello there, Mesmerize people! Visitor from the Vibrant forums here. We found and tested an 1800mah battery that, while intended for the Epic Touch 4G, fits and works perfectly in the Galaxy S and all it's variants. I've personally tested it in a Samsung Fascinate and a Samsung Vibrant. The Fascinate was a tighter fit than the Vibrant, but the battery door closed just fine.

I've personally tested the battery over the past week and it lasts significantly longer than the default 1500mah battery (I'm a relatively new Vibrant user, so my battery is only a couple months old). The math seems to match up with the 1800mah claim. To be clear, this isn't as surprising as it would be if this were a random Chinese ebay battery. This battery is made by Samsung for the Epic Touch 4G. It's noticeably thicker than the stock Galaxy S battery, but not so thick that the battery door on the Vibrant and Fascinate won't close completely.

The battery can be found here:

http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wire...roductid=28506

I spent quite a bit of time trying to find the best 3rd party battery for my phone, and lo and behold, the best one comes from Samsung itself.

If you'd like to read more than just my humble opinion, here is a link to the thread started in the Vibrant forum:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1262035

Hope this information is helpful. Enjoy your Galaxy S!

I did a brief search on this particular Galaxy S variant. Something having to do with it being like the Fascinate and having issues with charging? Maybe I read it wrong, but if that's the case, I'm personally having no issues charging the phone using USB, though I prefer to use a wall charger.
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18th December 2011, 04:09 AM
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Default update compatibility with Epic Touch 4G batt
New to forums so plz be patient...

I did try the 1800mah battery for the Samsung Epic Touch 4G suggested in original post on my stock (not yet rooted) Samsung Mesmerize with Gingerbread 2.3.4. It does indeed fit although the back cover is pressed tight up against the battery and requires a little more firm pressure to secure the back cover. So it is a tight fit, but does absolutely fit.

The problem is, the phone Refused to Charge! It does turn on and does work just fine with the Epic Touch 4G battery, but when charger cable is plugged in a window pops up saying "unable to charge non-standard battery". Dang...

Perhaps some of the roms other than stock will work, removing the software battery check, but the stock phone will not charge this battery

This is my first post to a forum in a while so if i failed to follow some etiquette, let my know.

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