I had the XDA (1) and found the after market enhanced battery extremely useful. Does anyone have any idea if a longer life battery is in development for the XDA 2 as its current offering is somewhat frightening?
the backpack have a batt in it
and you can have many normal batts and change between them
since taking out the batt dont cause a hardreset
Have not heard of any extended battery in development but I live in hope that O2 does provide one.
I have a couple of spare batteries plus also use the BackPack for WiFi and presentations. The battery in the BackPack is only half the capacity of the normal battery but it does help.
Ed
where to find a spare battery for the wizard?somebody?
Expansys have them in on the 10th Jan if thats any good for you?
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=126529&asource=125518
found myself another site.
http://www.batteryupgrade.com/product_detail.php?productId=47905780
miljano
If you decide to go with the 1350MAH battery please let us know you're thoughts regarding both performance and vendor.
Thank you
I got a 1250mAH battery for my MDA Vario from http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SINO-WORLD about a week ago (search for "Wizard"). They delivered it in about a week. It seems to have around about the same capacity as the original battery.
It came to $24.88 including delivery to the UK but I used a Paypal voucher that reduced this by 10% so it ended up about £13. They gave me this link to the battery manufacturer's WWW site
found this site the other day, may try the 2500ma one.
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=2692
Does that battery (the 2500mAh) have the same dimensions and pins as the Wizard battery, though?
it doesnt:
PLEASE NOTE THIS BATTERY INCREASES THE THICKNESS OF THE XDA . REPLACEMENT BACK COVER IS INCLUDED
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and...its for the Magician
This one is for the Wizard:
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=2971
hmm.. almost double the life - might be worth the extra thickness. Now if only the showed some proper pictures of the actual thing in a wizard + new back cover :|
Also cute:
http://www.pocketinfo.nl/artikel/5329
1-AA battery recharger. They didn't post any info on just how much it's able to recharge, but it's enough if you're in a bind and should fit easily in a lot of the pocketpc cases
just ordered the 2200mah one from here
http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=2971
will let you know how it is particularly how thick and how long it lasts. only 25 pounds could be a bargain
http://www.lionbattery.com/description.php?noproduit=332
mega beefy and over twice the capacity of the standard - but out of stock.
a second battery in my wallet seems a better bet
Still waiting on some reviews on how the extra thickness and battery life is like :?
Sorry for the delay in pics guys but also wanted to test battery and try with different cases. The battery is bigger than expected but not as big or thick as mugen 2600 mah. the cover seems a bit larger than it should be - it may be possible to trim it but have not tried.
Found that with battery in and leather case on - no battery cover, things not so bad and only slight bulge at back.With cover supplied I wouldn't show my phone in public lol
here are my battery tests
Wizard battery
Standard 1250 Mah
25% loss 2.5 hours browsing
60% loss 5 hours browsing plus some game, radio, omap 240 15 mins
Extended 2200 Mah (75% more Mah)
20% loss over 2.5 hours browsing
40% loss 5 hours browsing plus some game, music, omap 240 15 mins
44% loss 7 hours browsing reconfig ppc
46% loss 8 hours browsing reconfig ppc.
60% loss 9.5 hours browsing (nearly double standard battery)!
80% loss 11.5 hours browsing
90% loss 12 hours browsing
All browsing was continuous and on GPRS.
Fairly impressive I thought for a 25 pounds sterling battery!
here are the pics - taken with my spv c500 so apologize for quality
The case btw is a modified krussell case meant for Magician but works for Wizard.
In short then decided to keep the battery - I wish it was slimmer but no other available extended batteries in the uk I can find and at the price can't comlain
see pics here http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=43510
external battery charger
has any one come across a external battery charger for the HTC wizard t-mobile T-Mobile MDA Vario
I'd like to see some Li-poly battery alternatives. Has a higher energy to volume ratio so you could pack more juice into the standard battery size, plus its lighter.
Re: external battery charger
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has any one come across a external battery charger for the HTC wizard t-mobile T-Mobile MDA Vario
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Yes see here http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=127197&partner=froogle
Dont know which country you are from, but expansys are good and are in us too.
meschle - I think they meant a charger for a spare battery. Kinda like how some of the cradles for other devices have another slot to charge a 2nd battery.
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Also cute:
http://www.pocketinfo.nl/artikel/5329
1-AA battery recharger. They didn't post any info on just how much it's able to recharge, but it's enough if you're in a bind and should fit easily in a lot of the pocketpc cases
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does anyone know where i can buy this? thanks
Guys, Recently i bought a new sgs2 battery from ebay having capacity of 2000mah. But i m not sure it is of that capacity
can u tell me how can i confirm that???
I have tried battery monitor widget but it is showing 1650mah
You can't confirm it with the phone. You need specialised equipment to test batteries. Best you can do is run the phone under similar conditions for the same amount of time with each battery & do a guesstimate.
I bought a 2000mAh a few mths back and after using it for that long, it's probably pretty close to its rated capacity given I seem to get around 20% more usage out of a charge compared to the stock battery.
Due to hardware limitations, battery apps can only provide an approximation of how much battery you have left at any given time & how quickly it's draining.
Plenty of posts on here over the last few months explaining same better than I can if you feel like having a search/reading
Did much of search on google but couldn't find a better solution
tx for ur reply dude
I found a replacement battery marketed as extended life but I emailed the company and they said it wasn't an extended life just replacement. http://www.newpower99.com/Samsung_G..._Replacement_Kit_p/samsung galaxy tab 7.7.htm
Since I upgraded to paranoid android I get about 24 hours on a charge so it isn't as important as it was before but still interested if anyone has found or tried anything.
There's a few companies out there including Samsung that make external extended batteries. Not an elegant solution, but considering one of the biggest I've seen is Sammy's 9000mAh (WUT NINE THOUSAND???) it would definitely allow the tablet and your phone to go the distance.
There's another from Anker that's a universal external battery as well that's much smaller in physical dimensions, but still has 5600mAh worth of juice.
Their phrasing is rubbish. Basically it means extend the life of your battery.
It does not mean extended battery.
The former meaning something in the context, "is your battery near the end of it's life cycle? Extend the life of your battery by replacing it with ours"
The later meaning something in the context of "Is the stock battery not enough? Use our extended battery which provides more juice than the stock"
I have two android batteries available for my GS3 and want to put in the one that has the most battery life remaining and seal it permenantly as my swimming phone