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Hi all, did a search using keyword "batteries" and suprisingly found nothing. Question: Does anyone know of an extended battery that allows you to keep the oem cover? I got a slightly extended for my pro (1800mAh) and it fit great , giving me just enough more juice. My HD arrives this week and I know the battery prolly will have a tough time going a full day. I've seen the usual assortment of super batts that take a custom bulging cover. I'd prefer to avoid the bulge.
Mugen Power makes one but it's been out-of-stock for a while... the easiest solution (at least for me) was to get a second battery.
If it's any consolation, once you go through several charge / deplete cycles with your new battery, you can expect to go through a whole day without much trouble.
Touch HD actually has the best battery life on the PDA market, surpassing even the menacing iPhone by more then 15%!
You can also find very useful apps that will help save the power, such as Lumos, that will automatically adjust your screen brightness depending on ambient lighting. And I can confirm it makes a lot of difference when it comes to battery life.
Also, Mugen sells batteries for HD that have same dimensions as stock battery, but with slightly larger capacity. I bought one for 30$, and I easily go over 3 days with these 2 batteries.
Thanks for the feedback guys. It's great to hear that the HD actually has good battery life using the oem. I know for the first few days or weeks I'll probably be using the crap out of it just because I'll be getting used to it and it will be to awesome to put down I'll see how it goes and maybe check into muygen if they might have something that fits as is, into the back. Really getting hyped about this HD.
You can also consider a power station which slots in the mini usb slot but makes your touch hd longer but you don't get the bulge.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BATTERY-POWER...0|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1308|301:1|293:1|294:50
You get approx 2.33x the juice.
cortez.i said:
Mugen Power makes one but it's been out-of-stock for a while... the easiest solution (at least for me) was to get a second battery.
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Hmm, that's interesting - I ordered mine about a week ago, they told me they were "out of stock" until the 25th May, but yet they shipped two days after I got that email and I received my 1500mha battery yesterday!
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/product_info.php?cPath=108_135&products_id=534
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Hmm, that's interesting - I ordered mine about a week ago, they told me they were "out of stock" until the 25th May, but yet they shipped two days after I got that email and I received my 1500mha battery yesterday!
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/product_info.php?cPath=108_135&products_id=534
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Just ordered, and mine was out until june 15th!!
Are you satisfied with yours?
I go easily 2-3 days on my HD between recharges and normal usages. A few calls and texts and a spot of internet browsing.
Do you guys watch video's or something to make the battery life so poor?
Well, after using my HD with the oem battery for the past 3 weeks I must say I am very pleasently surprised that it is working very well for me. I can go a full day with usually a bit left over. I am still using it pretty heavily, just because I can't put the dang thing down. Lol. I'm not sure I'd want to pay to much for a 1500mAh as it seems like not enough of an increase in power reserve. I'm happy with the oem.
WeeJockMacFeegle said:
I go easily 2-3 days on my HD between recharges and normal usages. A few calls and texts and a spot of internet browsing.
Do you guys watch video's or something to make the battery life so poor?
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i don't even know how you accomplish that...my screen is turned down to the lowest brightness...the 3g radio is off, i don't use wifi or play music or video...and i get a day to a day & a half @ best.
Never, ever seen 3 days
I ordered a battery from Mugen.
I received it on friday, but the phone will not charge it.
charge light turns on for about 15 sec the shots off.
when looking at the battery status it shows battery unknown.
I have emailed Mugen about this no reply as of yet.
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i don't even know how you accomplish that...my screen is turned down to the lowest brightness...the 3g radio is off, i don't use wifi or play music or video...and i get a day to a day & a half @ best.
Never, ever seen 3 days
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I charged my HD over night two days ago, so now I'm clocking 2.5 days from last recharge, and it's on 50%. Couple of calls and SMS, 10-15 mins of GPRS internet each day and about 20 mins of GPS in Google maps.
That's the way to do it.
I'm on Dutty's 3.7. I make a few calls, send a few sms's, browse the internet a bit and play a bit of freecell most days. Last time I charged up was Thursday morning, yesterday at 2pm it hit 14%.
Maybe you live a a poor reception area? I've noticed my battery life gets very poor if I'm in the middle of nowhere, far from any cell towers.
I usually listen to internet radio and surf to and from work, make a couple of phone calls, have a couple of mail accounts set up. I usually don't run out of battery on a normal day, but if I have to go somewhere special I might listen to internet radio more and surf more and the battery will run out. And if I play any games, Xtrakt or Need for Speed Under Cover, or watch videos I can kiss the battery good bye.
It's a smart phone, so we use it to do all the cool things that a smart phone enables us to do. Sure its gonna drain the battery more and usually it's worth it, but you can fault us for trying to get more out of our devices
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Just ordered, and mine was out until june 15th!!
Are you satisfied with yours?
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yep - been using the 1500mha Mugen for about 2 wks now and it seems pretty good - on avg. get about 10% more charge remaining at the end of the day vs. the stock battery. Work day = a bit of web surfing via HSPDA / GPRS, a bit of gaming, 1hr or so of music and a couple of SMS's and maybe calls. Usually still have around 60% charge around midnight. I do use S2U2 with Suspend Power = ON option.
I've noticed that Windows Mobile phones (in general not just Touch HD) seem to have really poor battery life in areas with poor / no reception - in these areas, it's best to either switch to flight mode OR force GSM only mode on.
Hi everyone,
Does anyone have any review about this battery on LG Optimus 7? The 1700 mAh is also welcome.
My original battery is poor compared to my wife's Samsung Galaxy S with almost similar operation (WiFi, HSDPA/3G, email sync. etc.)
I have a good experience wit Mugen battery from past with Sony Ericsson Xperia X1.
Hayenadeblue
While I was looking for a bigger battery
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...-for-lg-optimus-7-e900-with-battery-door.html
that looks a little too big for me. If I was getting the titan, I might consider it, but one of the things I like about this phone is the size.
I was thinking about just getting a second battery to carry with me as nessasary.
Thanks Etaduck for your comment,
I don't mind the size. But I need to hear something about performance. Quite jealous with my wife with her Galaxy S that can stand for about 2 days.
BTW, in my E900, I've already disabled the location service, bluetooth, feedback, internet sharing, set the screen brightness to the lowest, and enabled the battery saver. I was initially on open carrier firmware with the similar battery issue, then change it to vodafone firmware because of internet sharing and 7740 update.
Kind regards,
hayenadeblue
hayenadeblue said:
Thanks Etaduck for your comment,
I don't mind the size. But I need to hear something about performance. Quite jealous with my wife with her Galaxy S that can stand for about 2 days.
BTW, in my E900, I've already disabled the location service, bluetooth, feedback, internet sharing, set the screen brightness to the lowest, and enabled the battery saver. I was initially on open carrier firmware with the similar battery issue, then change it to vodafone firmware because of internet sharing and 7740 update.
Kind regards,
hayenadeblue
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just wondering, how long do you get out of it now?
with light usage for me I get around 2 days, sometimes more but rarely, but if i'm using it a lot on the internet seem to get a day to a day and a half, what surprised me after reading on this forum was to completly run down battery, then plug phone in but don't turn it on, start phone, after 4 seconds put the charger on, seemed to help with me, no idea why however
before I did that it would last around half a day, maybe its my imagination, but it seemed to help.
I'm also considering getting the smaller mugen battery when I have some spare money, the huuuge one just seems to disfigure the phone too much.
After coming from a Diamond, I really loved HTC's extended battery cover, shame theres nothing like it for this handset.
Hi Stead,
I've got about 16 hours so far. Around 5 am to around 9 pm at night. I've tried your method but there are no improvement at all.
I hope that the option to togle between 3g/HSDPA and EDGE/GPRS in 8107 update will solve this battery issue for me at least.
Update: With 8107 update, limited data to edge, still with standard battery, I could get 1 day 14 hours roughly 2 daytime and 1 night. Exchange, gmail, live, nextgen reader, accuweather running in background. Hook to wifi at home and office bcoz talkmobile edge is the worst here.
I wanted to buy it but after mango update in november battery lasts longer.... i use it for my job, wich is talk, send message, mms, gmail and hotmail acc, and i got 3.5-4 days with around 3 h talking during those days, about 50 msg-s..
I do not use 3g if i am not using internet, which is rarely, screen is automatic, feedback off,location on,bluetooth off, wireless off,gmail is set to 1 hour.I dont overcharge battery, and never charge over usb....never less then 3.5 days.If i use 3g its 2 days top..
I ordered the 1700 battery, its not a huge increase, but it easily lasts a day with heavy usage now, tend to get around 2 days with moderate usage?
Haven't tried turning 3g off yet, so may give that ago after reading djuricn's post!
I've also noticed giving it little charges a lot seems to make the phone only last a day at best, I try to leave it run down, and fully charge it whenever possible.
One final thing, using zune with a usb3 port seems to charge just as fast as the wall charger around an hour for me, and on the pc using zune with a normal usb2 port seems to charge quicker aroud 2 hours, if zune is closed it seemingly takes a full day to charge via usb
Is the extra cost for Mugen Power battery worth it? If you look on Amazon you see batteries for way less....
ambivalent said:
Is the extra cost for Mugen Power battery worth it? If you look on Amazon you see batteries for way less....
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my personal experiance is that the mugen ones are of better quality, although I think its hit and miss with the cheaper ones, I've bought cheaper replacement batteries and I always find they become unusable within a year and charge times rapidily decline, some of my friends have been unlucky enough to have a bettery last a mere 2 months before failing completly.
Think of batteries you buy, you buy the branded ones for more and they tend to last, you buy the cheapest ones and they never do, same with these batteries imo
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my personal experiance is that the mugen ones are of better quality, although I think its hit and miss with the cheaper ones, I've bought cheaper replacement batteries and I always find they become unusable within a year and charge times rapidily decline, some of my friends have been unlucky enough to have a bettery last a mere 2 months before failing completly.
Think of batteries you buy, you buy the branded ones for more and they tend to last, you buy the cheapest ones and they never do, same with these batteries imo
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Totally agree with you, it is better to get branded batteries from official sources with extra warranty and customer support care, etc; definitely worth the extra cost on Mugen. And performance is worth it too.
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for LG Optimus 7 they also have smaller battery that doesnt require extra sized backdoor. It is 1700mAh and it is still much more powerful than the factory battery:
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...h-extended-battery-for-lg-optimus-7-e900.html
Do not forget Mugen Facebook discount for that
This battery is cool!
Managed to get 4 days out of my phone with light use, just sms and phone calls
Its not how i normally use my phone, but if i'm going to be out for a few days without access to a charger I now do this.
turn off data connection, change connection speed for 3g to edge, i'm honestly surprised the difference this made, I just turned on data connection for the few minutes i check stuff on the internet and turn it back off.
Like i said, I normally don't do this, but if I know I won't be able to charge it for a few days this is for me until I give in and buy the bulky extended battery
I had ordered a Battery-Pack from the Mugen-Shop (link in the first article), but it was never delivered (over 2 months of waiting). The trader dosen't care, says i have to prove i never had recieved the parcel and PayPal says, it's to late to return my money.
So, take care! Maybe the batteries are top, the customer-service is flop. They were shiped from China, so the custom control on the border is the next problem.
So I've been poking around for stuff to by for my fabulous Rezound and of course looked in the battery isle of my local Amazon.com and came across this nifty combo.
{Oops, newbie can't post a link yet so just do a search on Amazon.com and you can see for yourself...it's easy, really... LOL}
12 reviews and 5 stars and only $19.99 + $4.65 shipping and I'm going to spring for it. Two batteries, a charger, AND a case? What a deal!
Will let the gang know my experience with this buy.
Regards,
Ken
Here is the link...
http://www.amazon.com/Laza-1620mah-...15BO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1328684987&sr=8-3
But I am highly skeptical. I think I would be worried about sticking these batteries in my phone... and in my pocket...
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I'm gonna put 'em in my rig and see if I am as happy as the I others who have.
Won't say I haven't been fooled before...I did buy a 32gig SD card off ebay once...ouch. (I got my $ back.)
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Umm, not to mention that all of the reviews are from this year within like a week period. Pretty sure all of those reviews are fake and from the seller. I wouldn't trust it at all.
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So I've been poking around for stuff to by for my fabulous Rezound and of course looked in the battery isle of my local Amazon.com and came across this nifty combo.
{Oops, newbie can't post a link yet so just do a search on Amazon.com and you can see for yourself...it's easy, really... LOL}
12 reviews and 5 stars and only $19.99 + $4.65 shipping and I'm going to spring for it. Two batteries, a charger, AND a case? What a deal!
Will let the gang know my experience with this buy.
Regards,
Ken
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I actually just purchased this as well. I'm hopeful for good results, but we'll see. And if it doesn't turn out good, then I'm only out $20. Will post back when I get them.
From the Rez Beast
Update.
Shipping was super fast, received it in two days. Everything is a pretty decent build quality, and the case is nice.
I've been getting a solid 8 hours of use the last couple of days. They take forever to charge, about 6-7 hours. But overall I'm satisfied. I'll be impressed if they perform this way more than a few months.
From the Rez Beast
only 8 hours? So 1/2 to 2/3 the oem battery?
con247 said:
only 8 hours? So 1/2 to 2/3 the oem battery?
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Seriously? 8 hours is about the same I get with the oem. But I use it for that 8 hours straight. I only put my phone down for maybe 3-5 minutes at a time. I'll have to keep track of my screen on time, but I'd guess it's about 80-90% of the total uptime.
So maybe my perspective is a little skewed?
From the Rez Beast
If someone could spend the day with me to show me how and prove the 8 hours of constant use, ill pay them for their time. I just dont see how you guys are getting the battery life. Im on charger after 4 hours of moderate use every day. Im jealous.
I've read so many battery posts on this board and usage times vary so much that it's almost impossible to tell what should be expected. I think that from this post you can determine that these batteries do work (thanks OP for the update!) but your use time is still going to vary by as much as several hours. I could never get 8 hours of heavy use out of my battery as well but I believe the post that he's doing it. So many settings have an impact.
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I've been using these things and they actually work great. For some reason the original battery only goes up to 83% even though its green n the charger and these babies go to 98%. The extended was getting too cumbersome for everyday use.
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Will let the gang know my experience with this buy.
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Well, the batteries arrived very quickly, packaging was quality and so far I have not noticed any difference between these and the stock battery that came with my Rezound.
I am very happy with this quality, low-cost purchase.
I've been using these batteries a little over a month. I'm pretty satisfied they still last about as long as the regular battery
in 10 days I am leaving to Europe for 5 weeks.
My only source of internet will be prepaid card with Orange Poland I already have the sim and so far have 15 gigs on it for (100 polish zloty) around 30$. It was pretty good deal!
Anyways do you guys think 2 OEM batteries should be good as I will be tethering via my phone , of course I will have charger next to me but I am just looking for opinion for people who travel a lot.
Thanks and if you could recommend maybe a extended battery max 25$ from Amazon so I can get it quick maybe I will see what I can do
I got a zero lemon 7500mah extended battery and it's great. Lasts FOREVERRR, but blocks a little bit of signal. I've never tethered on it all day, but can get 2 days of extreme use out of it. By extreme, I mean 5 hours a day with the screen on, browsing, streaming, bluetooth, whatever. So I know it will do much better than 2 oem batteries. There are some cheaper options as well. This one was about 38-40 shipped
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patt2k said:
in 10 days I am leaving to Europe for 5 weeks.
My only source of internet will be prepaid card with Orange Poland I already have the sim and so far have 15 gigs on it for (100 polish zloty) around 30$. It was pretty good deal!
Anyways do you guys think 2 OEM batteries should be good as I will be tethering via my phone , of course I will have charger next to me but I am just looking for opinion for people who travel a lot.
Thanks and if you could recommend maybe a extended battery max 25$ from Amazon so I can get it quick maybe I will see what I can do
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I have an Anker 5200mah and its awesome. Got it on Amazon and it came witg a black tpu case. I can get two days of solid fairly heavy use. I can get three days of just average use. Either way is awesome!
Another reason I'd stay wit my s4... Getting this battery has saved me. And I think the 5200mah doesn't add crazy size and weight to the phone. At first I thought maybe it's too big. But got used to it pretty quick and if you put my phone next to any other s4 that's in a case that doesn't have a bigger battery.. They're almost the same exact size.
I'd highly recommend getting one!!
And mine was only $20
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Hello all,
After two years my battery now cannot last for more than a few hours.
Do you guys have any shops/websites/sellers to recommend to buy a good battery for the Alpha (hopefully genuine Samsung, buying in the US)
The ones I've looked at from Amazon all look horrible with a bunch of fake 5 star reviews and the only genuine reviews being 1 star.
I'm not sure about US market but I've bought this battery 3 days ago http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mnuynow-2...635490?hash=item5b238f91e2:g:~BkAAOSw3mpXGDhv I'm after 3rd cycle discharge and charge and hold very nice. My original one couldn't reach till 4pm with full charge from 7am. And now I've reached 25h with almost 4hr SOT, 30min car Bluetooth, WiFi/3G 24H, gps/google maps 25min, youtube 20min, web browsing, few txt, ebay, 40 mins calls. I don't think it's 2500mAh as it is the same size as original one but I think it could be around real 2000mAh. I'm very happy with it
JuBaTec is a good brand. You can find it on eBay.
Also looking for an additional battery. I tried a cheap $5 battery from ebay, it had good battery life but started swelling after a few months and no NFC. Then I tried a "genuine Samsung OEM" $15 ebay battery: NFC doesn't work and it barely lasts longer than the original stock battery.
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Hello all,
After two years my battery now cannot last for more than a few hours.
Do you guys have any shops/websites/sellers to recommend to buy a good battery for the Alpha (hopefully genuine Samsung, buying in the US)
The ones I've looked at from Amazon all look horrible with a bunch of fake 5 star reviews and the only genuine reviews being 1 star.
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No idea about usa, but just a tip dont go for cheap but the one with nfc chip u can cinfirm by peeling its cover.
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