[Q] Higher capaciry replacement batteries and covers

[jgjones095]

OK I just got a HTC Desire HD as an new phone for renewing my contract.

Having come from a sony W995 (and never used / owned and apple product) its taking me a while to adjust to having no phyical keypad.
I did have a Tytan 2, before the sony but that was windows mobile based with the keypad (and that phone did frustrate me)

Still I enjoyed my W995 as it did what i wanted - MP3 player and decent camera, but its starting to show after 18 months!
I do a lot of travelling - flights etc - so wanted something i different.
The battery life on the W995 was great - could listern to the MP3 player for over 12 - 14 hours constant and still have 1/2 battery left.

Now to my questions,

1, The HTC battery life seem very poor so i am looking at getting a newer / higher capacity battery.

Anyone used / got experience with any of these batteries?

http ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOLD-1930mAH-BUSINESS-BATTERY-HTC-DESIRE-BRAVO-G7-/110637329983?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccessories_MobilePhoneBatteries&hash=item19c27fae3f

http ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3500mAh-Extended-Battery-Back-Cover-HTC-Desire-Z-/180640742134?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a0f06faf6

Or recommend any ones that will allow the phone to run, say over 10 hours use during flights etc.

2, Are there any decent protective covers for the Desire HD?
Looking at the state, and knowing how many times ive accidently dropped my W995 im sure the HTC wont last!

3, Are there covers with an intergrated battery in? - I remember a friend saying with there I-Phone they had a cover that fitted around the phone - with an integrated battery it to eek out the battery life.

Thanks

Jonathan

(to get the links to work delete the added space)
Sorry if ive broken the rules, but dont want to spam with 8 pointless posts 1st!

 

[MrYuiM]

Most of the extended batteries are fake and are actually worse than OEM batteries. Best thing to do is buy extra OEM batteries. As for cases I've heard good reviews about Otterbox's and Casemates.

Those two links are not for the Desire HD, the first is for the normal desire and the second is for the Desire Z.

 

[jgjones095]

Thank wasnt sure if they were for the HTC HD, they were linked by someone else.

I take it the battery that fits the HTC DHD only fits that model, and not others?

 

[tkolev]

Thank wasnt sure if they were for the HTC HD, they were linked by someone else.

I take it the battery that fits the HTC DHD only fits that model, and not others?

Yes. And being with an alluminum body, having physically bigger battery to incorporate more cells for higher capacity with a replacement cover is just not possible. Almost all batteries claiming to be "high capacity" are fakes and if they are not, the capacity increase is not so great to be worth it. For example 1800 mAh is clearly a fake and the more plausable 1300 mAh is just 5% increase over the stock 1230 mAh. For more power I think you should go for an external battery with an usb connection. That way you don't have to change the battery in your phone and this is something to be considered given the fragile cover.
For a case with the built-in battery - I haven't heard of such thing for our phones. Neat idea though.

 

[paul c]

There are a good number of threads about "high capacity" batteries from posters wanting to believe a $10 battery from China is in fact better than HTC's... fakes, don't fall for what an ebay seller is saying.

Search the Accessories subforum & you'll see them.

As stated, currently Mugen offers a 1300mah battery, offering 5% longer life (obviously something non-linear in the calculation there, I get 3.1%)

There is apparently a 1500mah battery from Mugen, look out for the thread in this subforum. That works out at just on 20% extra capacity, probably 25% by their reckoning

It's a big, bulky phone & HTC obviously didn't want to make it feel like a small tablet, although the big screen & processor are very thirsty.

3 options -

1. Juice Defender and/or use the phone less
2. make sure when you're at home/work/in the car etc, you have something to charge with
3. think about a battery pack which plugs into the phone & typically has capacity for 3 full charges or so (if you need power for a sustained period of time). They are about 1/2 the volume of the phone itself, not a bad option.

 

[ayedt]

Whatever it is dont buy from this online store obostore.com, they are just reaping your money..please remind your friends

 

[wander_jarra]

These batteries are not for the Desire HD? ! ! !

 

[senseye1977]

get your dhd rooted! take care with fake batteries as most of them don't have over charge protection....and could actually explode!

 

[avatar7]

Do what once rooted?

 

[panyan]

Yes. And being with an alluminum body, having physically bigger battery to incorporate more cells for higher capacity with a replacement cover is just not possible.

why cant they make a C-shaped battery that comes out of the side and stretches across the back of the phone?

 

[allajunaki]

Do what once rooted?

Root, load with a Custom ROM with Custom Kernel. Most of the custom kernels extends life of a single charge by as much as 50% (or More)

 

[hsevki]

OK I just got a HTC Desire HD as an new phone for renewing my contract.

http ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOLD-1930mAH-BUSINESS-BATTERY-HTC-DESIRE-BRAVO-G7-/110637329983?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccessories_MobilePhoneBatteries&hash=item19c27fae3f

http ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3500mAh-Extended-Battery-Back-Cover-HTC-Desire-Z-/180640742134?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a0f06faf6



These batteries are not for the Desire HD? ! ! !

 

[hsevki]

http ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOLD-1930mAH-BUSINESS-BATTERY-HTC-DESIRE-BRAVO-G7-/110637329983?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhoneAccessories_MobilePhoneBatteries&hash=item19c27fae3f

http ://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3500mAh-Extended-Battery-Back-Cover-HTC-Desire-Z-/180640742134?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a0f06faf6



These batteries are not for the Desire HD? ! ! ![/QUOTE]

 

[jgjones095]

Yes I now know they are not for the DHD
They were links passed onto me.
I though the phones might share the same batteries.

Root, load with a Custom ROM with Custom Kernel. Most of the custom kernels extends life of a single charge by as much as 50% (or More)

Where does one get these from and how does one to that?
I mean in a dummys step my step guide.

 

[tkolev]

why cant they make a C-shaped battery that comes out of the side and stretches across the back of the phone?

Because a/ you won't have wifi connectivity and b/ it will look ridiculous. The stock battery it pretty much the most capacity out phones will ever get. If you can't last a day with it or charge every night, buy an external battery pack.

 

[Joey93]

Where does one get these from and how does one to that?
I mean in a dummys step my step guide.

You can follow the guides in any ROM from the development section here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=765

But you'll need to downgrade (probably, check in settings > about phone > software version, anything above 1.72 build number will need downgrading), root, and s-off (This all looks scary if you haven't done it before, but if you follow the instructions, it's not that bad, if you have any problems these forums are fantastic at helping)
Downgrade - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
Root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837519
S-Off - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537

The instructions here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964996 - are probably better than my quick ones, but you might want to read all the pages and instructions at least once through before doing anything so you feel like you know what you're doing

I'd also like to recommend LeeDroid as a ROM, fantastic battery life, an easy 2 full days and smooth as anything - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842802

It does take a while but is worth all the effort, and it does all look scary doing things and typing things you don't really know what mean, but if anything does go wrong, this site is fantastic at helping out =)

 

[Mr.Kakarot]

Agreed about rooting and custom roms, I get a full day easy now

I'm running leedroid 2.2.3 and kernel 2.2.9 vrooom

Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

 

[mjehan]

How is that even technically possible that a rooted DHD or one having a Custom Rom will have a better battery life ? Assuming no additional apps are installed that manage power/CPU/memory stock ROM vs Rooted+Custom ROMs give u almost the same run time.

 

[Morality]

How is that even technically possible that a rooted DHD or one having a Custom Rom will have a better battery life ? Assuming no additional apps are installed that manage power/CPU/memory stock ROM vs Rooted+Custom ROMs give u almost the same run time.

I believe this has something to do with system and radio optimizations and custom kernels

Would be silly not to install some sort of cpu-management on a custom rom, though.

 

[intern]

I really can't understand why people would want to make the phone any bigger than it already is with bulky cases or battery extenders. The phone is already huge..