Got my BA (sx66) recently and while I love this thing, the battery life compared to my old 6315 is better than expected, but for how much I am away from a desk I would definately like a little bigger battery.
I've read all the posts in this forum on extended batteries but I don't seem to find anyone doing a review of the battery after they have it. There seems to be quite a few different batteries available so I think a battery roundup would help with a few peoples deicisions, myself included.
First off, current shipping batteries, I've seen mentions to a 1900mah battery, a 2000mah battery, an older mugen 2200(?)mah battery, the current 2400 and 3300 mugen batteries. Are there any more I am missing?
Some pictures of the batteries in the device to get an idea of size increase would be great! If you got them lets see them! I can provide webhosting if needed so email me at [email protected] with the subject involving HTC BA Battery or something similar.
Compatible accessories. Do any of these batteries fit in the cradle? If so do they fit in the extra battery charging spot? What cases do you know they do not fit in properly, and what ones do they fit properly.
Last but not least, where did you buy it and how do you rate the battery. Does it give as much of a life increase as the size increase would indicate?
Lets see it! This is the greatest PDA community around I know we can get a real nice roundup together.
Well this thread seems to be getting rather ignored.. I too would be interested in a battery roundup!
If I get one I will leave comments here!
dear saq,
it's a good idea to have a battery round up. So that the users in this forum can know the quality of the battery on the market.
But I do have a suggestion, I think you need to do a more details testing with all the environment the same...for the battery testing.
In case you have any question about the mugen power battery you can contact me.....
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so amazon has this battery from gtmax 2200mah battery idk if its worth it cause i dont want to buy a battery that will last forever since i just need it to last longer than normal. does anyone have or used tis battery?
http://www.amazon.com/GTMax-Standar...8U/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1322875521&sr=8-11
Reports that I've seen indicate it is thicker than stock and the back cover won't fit. Maybe you'd be OK if you have a good case so you could do without the back plate, but I don't know. I'm also not sure people have seen any real extended life. Check out the other forums also, there's a lot of interest in extended batteries.
It's been a while since the phone was released but I cannot find any acceptable extended battery solutions still.
I mean 'cmon, mugen power battery (or alike) with the camel hump? Really?
The batteries that fit standard case and claim to be of a higher capacity are mostly always are fake.
Keeping a spare and changing it in the middle of a day is pretty cumbersome.
The only option that's left is to charge it at least twice a day.
So the question is, has someone came across a decent and non-ugly extended battery yet?
Nope
I've scoured the internet for hours looking for a solution like this. Alls i wanted was a 10-20% bump without the extra bulk.
Sadly, nothing. There were some non legit batteries that somebody had used on android forums that were 1900mAh, but sadly this also wasn't the best fit in the phone and ended up busting his battery cover.
Sadly, the answer to your queestion is no. Sorry!
Hi
Seeing a bunch of 3100mah batteries on ebay for about $13 or so.
I know there has been stability (auto shut off) problems with anything but stock batteries, so do any of you use higher mAH batteries and how stable has it been?
Also, is 3100mah about as high as it gets for our Notes ?
Would welcome any recommendations for places to buy quality battery as well. Thanks
Try looking in the accessory section. Many battery threads there.
good afternoon guys
of you wanted to know if these Chinese batteries (2000mah or 3400 mah) are really good?
because our original is 1650mAh and finishes very fast, it will be with some of these Chinese improves?
someone here uses?
anxious for the answer. hugs
Bit of a lottery. Some people seem to have good experiences with them, others not. Only way to find out is to try yourself; see if you can get one with the ability to get a refund if you don't like it (which is what I did).
Edit to clarify - My experience was a negative one - 3rd party battery was nowhere near rated capacity, and suffered significant overheating issues when charging, hence I got a refund. Other posters are on the money, 2000mAh Samsung battery is the go.
You must buy only original samsung battery 2000mah . It will give you best result compare to stock one
Curiousrge said:
good afternoon guys
of you wanted to know if these Chinese batteries (2000mah or 3400 mah) are really good?
because our original is 1650mAh and finishes very fast, it will be with some of these Chinese improves?
someone here uses?
anxious for the answer. hugs
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i am using the original 2000mah for a long time and it is just great, amazing battery life
I've been looking at the extended batteries from powerbear and the like. None of them list which battery cells they use in their batteries. I've also seen a lot of complaints of the batteries dying at the 3 to 6 month mark.
Does anyone know which batteries use high quality battery cells, for example Samsung cells or at least the OEM battery cells?
Does anyone have long term experience with one of these batteries that hasn't degraded significantly or similarly to the OEM battery as far as equivalent capacity loss over time?
I posted this question on Amazon for a number of the extended batteries and only received a response from the
PERFINE who claim to use LG OEM battery cells.
No luck with responses from Powerbear, Zero Lemon and others.
Regards,
Mike
panamamike said:
I've been looking at the extended batteries from powerbear and the like. None of them list which battery cells they use in their batteries. I've also seen a lot of complaints of the batteries dying at the 3 to 6 month mark.
Does anyone know which batteries use high quality battery cells, for example Samsung cells or at least the OEM battery cells?
Does anyone have long term experience with one of these batteries that hasn't degraded significantly or similarly to the OEM battery as far as equivalent capacity loss over time?
I posted this question on Amazon for a number of the extended batteries and only received a response from the
PERFINE who claim to use LG OEM battery cells.
No luck with responses from Powerbear, Zero Lemon and others.
Regards,
Mike
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No idea, i can say ive been using powerbear for 5+months now with no issues. Battery life has not degraded more than 5-15%. Most likely the cells are lower quality, but the larger capacity should allow you to often have a lower depth of discharge and help them to last a bit longer.
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No idea, i can say ive been using powerbear for 5+months now with no issues. Battery life has not degraded more than 5-15%. Most likely the cells are lower quality, but the larger capacity should allow you to often have a lower depth of discharge and help them to last a bit longer.
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Thanks for the input, I'd really be interested to see how the battery holds up after the 6 mons. mark. Also, I'm assuming you're a heavy user.
Another thing I recently read was the way some of these batteries are put together. Some are simply two regular capacity batteries put together. Apparently this is a bad idea because the leveling of the battery usage isn't controlled since they are technically two separate batteries. Anyhow, it's good to hear the powerbear is holding up pretty well.
panamamike said:
Thanks for the input, I'd really be interested to see how the battery holds up after the 6 mons. mark. Also, I'm assuming you're a heavy user.
Another thing I recently read was the way some of these batteries are put together. Some are simply two regular capacity batteries put together. Apparently this is a bad idea because the leveling of the battery usage isn't controlled since they are technically two separate batteries. Anyhow, it's good to hear the powerbear is holding up pretty well.
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Third party chinese batteries are always a bit hit and miss. I have always used them like if it doesn't catch fire it is good. Putting two cells in parallel is not as bad as putting them in series so I would not worry about the balancing. They are poor quality batteries anyways so balancing does not give that much advantage in this scenario.
If the battery costs something like 20 bucks then don't worry about it lasting more than six months. It's cheap so just buy a new one if you want the best battery life. But don't get the cheapest if you don't want Note 7 problems. They have really poor quality cells and most likely no protection. Death traps if you ask me. 20 bucks should give you the protection and not the worst cells.