Hi my thunderbolt comes in tomorrow and I plan on buying an extended battery. I hear the seidio 3500 mah is the way to go. I need opinions. Thanks
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I have the 2750mah by HTC its good
I had bad experience with that other company on my OG Droid.
Thank you
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I use the "official" extended batt from Verizon and have not had any issues.
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I use the Seidio 3200mAh battery and love it. I get two full days on a single charge.
Please keep the responses coming my thunderbolt will be here soon
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The official extended battery. Is the one sold in Verizon. Made by HTC.
Im a power hungry person and this battery goes 2 days with background data on!
i tried the official htc/verizon extended battery but it took twice as long to charge it and only lasted about an hour longer then the original. i ended up taking it back for a refund.
and unlike most people who use their phone for calls/txts & will leave it sitting around for long hours, i do not do that. i'm constantly either browsing the web, watching a video, or streaming music. the only time i don't have the phone doing something is when i'm sleeping.
i usually have to charge my phone 2- 3 times a day.
I purchased the official HTC extended battery and it is WELL worth the money! With HEAVY use it will easily get you through a day. With moderate use, 2 days for sure. With light use it might get you 3-4.
I unplugged my phone yesterday morning at about 7:30-8 in the morning and right now and 4:13 p.m. on Wednesday I still have 29%!
voxigenboy said:
i tried the official htc/verizon extended battery but it took twice as long to charge it and only lasted about an hour longer then the original. i ended up taking it back for a refund.
and unlike most people who use their phone for calls/txts & will leave it sitting around for long hours, i do not do that. i'm constantly either browsing the web, watching a video, or streaming music. the only time i don't have the phone doing something is when i'm sleeping.
i usually have to charge my phone 2- 3 times a day.
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There is no way! The extended battery EASSSILLLY lasts twice as long. You must have had a rogue app,widget, or ROM.
I use the 2750 HTC as well and the thing is hard to to drain in a day. You will not be disappointed.
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There is no way! The extended battery EASSSILLLY lasts twice as long. You must have had a rogue app,widget, or ROM.
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i had it when i had my 1st Thunderbolt, it was stock(never rooted it), no widgets(used launcher pro), already knew about all the battery saving tips & had watchdog on making sure nothing was eating up cpu.
i have not tried an extended on a rooted phone though so perhaps i can give it a go again.
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Hi my thunderbolt comes in tomorrow and I plan on buying an extended battery. I hear the seidio 3500 mah is the way to go. I need opinions. Thanks
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OEM HTC 2750, get a constant 35+ hours out of it.
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Hey,
I am considering getting a T-Bolt or Droid Inc 2 or waiting for the X2 or Bionic. One of my major concerns with the 4G phones is battery life. What are people actually getting for battery life on a T-Bolt with 4G running? I have seen numbers ranging from the VZW advertised down to 2.5 hours.
-Eric
My suggestion is if your going to be on 4G get the extended battery. I can get a full day with it. Standard battery just won't cut it if I get txt, email, and calls. So if you use it like it is a ferrari like I do you will love the thunderbolt, just not the stock battery. Oh and I have friend stream, twitter, gmail, weather, latitude, and my calender set to sync every hour. 5am to about 10pm with normal use on the extended battery. About 4 to 5 hours on the standard battery.
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my standard battery life is lasting me all day just fine.....
4g always on.
i dont do the syncing of friend stream and twitter tho... only my gmail and lattitude
iifuzz said:
my standard battery life is lasting me all day just fine.....
4g always on.
i dont do the syncing of friend stream and twitter tho... only my gmail and lattitude
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My suggestion is if your going to be on 4G get the extended battery. I can get a full day with it. Standard battery just won't cut it if I get txt, email, and calls. So if you use it like it is a ferrari like I do you will love the thunderbolt, just not the stock battery. Oh and I have friend stream, twitter, gmail, weather, latitude, and my calender set to sync every hour. 5am to about 10pm with normal use on the extended battery. About 4 to 5 hours on the standard battery.
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Seems like that is on par... some people get a full day, others 4 to 5 hours.... I could always just carry a car battery.
Well if you use widgets then the standard battery seems to just get sucked down. Although my wife seems to get a full day out of her standard battery.
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Rooting the device and trying other ROMs in conjunction with other Kernals and SetCPU, you can really get more speed AND battery life out of it.
I said I wouldn't root my phone at first.
Lasted a month.
Should've done it first week.
what was the actual slated battery live for the TB from vzw?
its can be long if you kill all hidden not usefull process
What is the battery life if you root?
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Rooting the device and trying other ROMs in conjunction with other Kernals and SetCPU, you can really get more speed AND battery life out of it.
I said I wouldn't root my phone at first.
Lasted a month.
Should've done it first week.
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lol mine lasted a day haha
when i rooted and just installed a kernal no rom battery life doubled.
http://mobile.buy.com/ibuy/Product.aspx?sku=227247770
1 chargers
2 3500 mA batteries GTMAX battiers
Some extra's
$23.00
Just ordered mine.
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REVIEW:
OK, so I have had this bundle for a while and have done a lot of test on different ROMS and different usage. Here's what my personal experience showed me:
Before full testing I charged each battery and ran till phone shut off on joker's CM9. After battery would was charged I left on charger for another 6 hours. I did this 4 times for each battery.
Common across the board:
1) Battery never became hot
2) Broke one battery door doing battery pulls between ROM installs (bottom seems very flimsy and snapped off. Good thing it comes with 2 battery doors.
3)Battery indicator does not read battery level correctly on any ROM or kernel.
4) I used battery calibration app from market to do calibrate battery ever ever full charge. Same app on each test.
5) Once batteries where full cycled and ready for testing I never used stock battery.
STOCK ROM FINDINGS:
So I returned my photon to completely stock and rooted. No matter what I did when the battery level hit 0% the phone would shut off. I know the battery was not dead and my best estimate is there was over 50% of battery life left but because the battery level was not reading properly the system was seeing it as stock battery and thought it was dead. On average I would get between 6-8 hours of battery life before it would shut off. This was with moderate use.
Also sometimes my battery would go from 100% and drop immediately to 5% after mild use. Don't know why but it started doing this towards the end of the test.
So my findings on stock ROM you won't see much difference in battery life over stock. So if you are only going to run stock I would not recommend to buy this bundle.
JOKER'S CM9 BUILD:
Next I unlocked my bootloader again and installed Joker's CM9 build. Let me just say WOW. With moderate to heavy use I was getting between 32-40 hours of battery life. The battery indicator would hit 0% and didn't shut done till battery died. On average after 12-18 hours I would hit 0% and would remain there till the 32-40 hour mark. This was done with Joker's kernel that comes installed with CM9. I started test on 3.3 and ended test on 4.0.
If you are rooted and unlocked I would highly recommend buying this bundle as you will see and increase in battery life.
MIUI CM9:
So after testing on Joker's CM9 I decided to give MIUI a try. Bettary life was ok. On average I got 12-24 hours of battery life on MIUI with moderate to heavy use. Still better then stock but not as impressive as Joker's CM9. Same thing as Joker's CM9 with battery hitting 0% and remaining there till battery died. Most of the time I hit 0% around the 8 hour mark and remained there till the 12-24 hour mark.
RECAP:
Remeber I did multiple battery calibrations on battery after it was full charged and after every ROM flash. I used only the kernels that the ROMS come with. On stock I don't recommend buying this bundle but if you are rooted and unlocked I recommend buying as you will she an increase in battery life. Your battery will not read properly on any ROM. If this review helps you please don't forget the thanks button. Happy Mopohing everyone.
Review
I have this battery bundle for about 4 months. Been doing some extensive testing on it since then. I am a heavy user and I like everything on the max settings. Max brightness to leaving Wifi, bluetooth, and streaming music for over 8 hours a day.
Before I tried testing it, I had charged it on the included charger for over 8 hours. Each battery. I ran it down until the phone shut off and then swapped out the batteries using the included charger to charge them. I did a Full Cycle Charge about 5 times before I decided to power house them.
Natural Things
Battery became hot when phone became hot.
Battery door is very cheap and is broken. Glad it comes with 2 of them
No matter what ROM and Battery Mod I ran or flashed, the battery indicator displayed 1% for several hours.
No Battery calibration apps worked at all.
I only used the stock in my car for emergency backup when the batteries did die.
Usage
I get about 8 - 12 hours of heavy heavy usage. When I'm not at work or school, (my day's off), I am on my phone all day. I connect to WiFi and brightness is maxed. I stream music the entire time I drive. I use my navigation at least for 30 minutes a day. I am connected to Bluetooth with maximum sound coming from the phone and moderate on the headphones.
I get about 12 - 24 hours of moderate usage. When I'm at school or work, I am on my phone every so often without messing with any settings. I connect to WiFi and brightness is maxed. I stream music the entire time I drive. I use my navigation at least for 30 minutes a day. I am connected to Bluetooth with maximum sound coming from the phone and moderate on the headphones.
Suggestions
I recommend this battery package if you want to use your phone and not be too worried about it dying ever. I swap the batteries out when they die and I haven't seen any problems with it besides the battery indicator and the occasional heating of the phone and battery.
So that's my review on this battery pack. In short, buy it.
Yea. It is massive. Comes with extended battery door.
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So it comes with two of them as well? SWEET!
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Are GTMax batteries safe?
Check out the reviews on amazon
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Are GTMax batteries safe?
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I don't know about safe, but it looks like the fake McCoy.
User reviews from amazon are TERRIBLE
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I don't know about safe, but it looks like the fake McCoy.
User reviews from amazon are TERRIBLE
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Well I am getting my batteries today. I guess we will see.
Just got mine today. They are charging up....to confirm
2 3500mah
2 battery doors
1 wall charger
1 lanyard
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Just got mine today. They are charging up....to confirm
2 3500mah
2 battery doors
1 wall charger
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About a 6 hour charge time? Out of box.
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Just got mine today. They are charging up....to confirm
2 3500mah
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Make sure to give us a review after a few days
dre89 said:
Make sure to give us a review after a few days
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I will as well.
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I will as well.
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I will also. Prolly won't be till end of weekend because of my work schedule. Also I will be attempting to mod my otter box to allow battery to fit. I will post that also.
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Here are some screen shots of what came with it. It came with 2 extended battery doors. They are kinda hard to get off though....
I am running cm9 beta. Charged all night. Just placed battery in phone. Let's give it a go...lol
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Which otter box?
I have the defender which is most likely too difficult to modify ... I'massuming this is a commuter
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Which otter box?
I have the defender which is most likely too difficult to modify ... I'massuming this is a commuter
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nope its the defender.
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You are brave sir, let us know how you managed to do so. I'd be willing to do the same thing
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I am running cm9 beta. Charged all night. Just placed battery in phone. Let's give it a go...lol
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Same. Don't forget we have to do like 4 or 5 full cycle charges to get maximum performance.
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Wow.... XD Sold out! Glad I got mine when ASAP! Lol its an amazing battery so far! Too bad their isn't a case...
quick update
Charged first battery for 12 hours then placed in phone. 8 hours of heavy use then 24 he's light use till dead. Did show 1% during 24 he period. Have first battery charging (taking awhile since at 0%). Running second battery on medium use. First battery gave me 32hrs of use before charging.
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I still have my OG Evo 4g and love it, I however am on my phone ALOT and am very concerned over the non removable battery on the new Evo, I use my Evo with an extended battery and it lasts me about 6-7 hours and always carry an extra extended battery in my pocket since I hit the 6-7 hour mark by 2pm , I stream XM on my phone as well so alot of data usage. I really dont understand why HTC went with this design, like an iphone you have to always be tethered to a power source which is annoying as hell.
Can anyone with similar usage chime in that has the new Evo. I love HTC and wish to remain loyal but this seems like a deal breaker to me, and like previously mentioned by another user, HTC is great when it comes to updates compared to Samsung.
I am considering the s3 and it does have a slightly bigger screen and replaceable battery.
Any Input, my contract with Sprint is ready for an upgrade
i had the evo 4g battery was horrible.. i had the evo 3d battery was good for me with stock battery.. now i have the lte and i was up in the air for the same reason the battery.. i am super happy with the battery.. i use my phone alot and it has never ran out... i still have like 30-40% when i do to sleep.. battery is way better than i thought it was!!!!! thats 4 sure.. if your coming from the og evo then.. u will be super happy..
The battery is amazing. Enough said haha
Homestly, in my first day with this phone I've gotten better battery life than I have with any other phone before, sans my OG Evo with a 3500mAh battery, undervolted.
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I stream Howard Stern to my Bluetooth headphone for most of the day aswell so very heavy use
I stream google music all day and hit the charger at about 7pm with 30% left.
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I stream google music all day and hit the charger at about 7pm with 30% left.
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Thru Bluetooth??
the LTE is a shizzz!! so is battery life
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I still have my OG Evo 4g and love it, I however am on my phone ALOT and am very concerned over the non removable battery on the new Evo, I use my Evo with an extended battery and it lasts me about 6-7 hours and always carry an extra extended battery in my pocket since I hit the 6-7 hour mark by 2pm , I stream XM on my phone as well so alot of data usage. I really dont understand why HTC went with this design, like an iphone you have to always be tethered to a power source which is annoying as hell.
Can anyone with similar usage chime in that has the new Evo. I love HTC and wish to remain loyal but this seems like a deal breaker to me, and like previously mentioned by another user, HTC is great when it comes to updates compared to Samsung.
I am considering the s3 and it does have a slightly bigger screen and replaceable battery.
Any Input, my contract with Sprint is ready for an upgrade
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You can get the extended batteries on the iPhone, so I'm going to guess that extended battery cases will come out for the EVO LTE. Some of them more than doubles the battery life of the iPhone.
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Thru Bluetooth??
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Yep to Motorola rockr s9s
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Yep to Motorola rockr s9s
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I would love to see your settings. I stream iheart radio or Pandora for 9 hours every day via Bluetooth starting at 7am till 4:30pm. I get to work with about 98% and plug in every day by noon. Now on days I am not at work I am very happy with battery life. I kept track last Sunday and got approx 10.5 hrs with moderate/heavy use. I consider streaming via Bluetooth for 9 hours pretty extreme use.
This phone is great on battery. The charger for my tablet died so I used my phone for all my web surfing at home and at work today. 14hrs with 3.5hrs screen on time (at 40-90% brightness), about 2 hours of podcasts, a bunch of stuff downloaded, some games, Instagram etc. I got home half an hour ago and I had 15% left, that's pretty damn good for heavy usage.
No doubt, even with medium to heavy usage I can easily get through the day and my work barely has one bar which used to drain my OG EVO incredibly fast. I do have LTE/CDMA mode switched to CDMA only
My concern is what happens after a battery loses its ability to hold a charge
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I would love to see your settings. I stream iheart radio or Pandora for 9 hours every day via Bluetooth starting at 7am till 4:30pm. I get to work with about 98% and plug in every day by noon. Now on days I am not at work I am very happy with battery life. I kept track last Sunday and got approx 10.5 hrs with moderate/heavy use. I consider streaming via Bluetooth for 9 hours pretty extreme use.
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Fresh out of the box settings. I guess haven't messed with anything really.
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If your main concern is battery life and you are a heavy user who doesn't have access to a charger when you need it, then in all honesty this isn't the phone for you.
While the battery is really good, many people are saying it's better than any other phone out, it doesn't neglect the fact that it does drain just like every other battery throughout the day.
You could most likely get through the day with a single charge as a heavy user, but if other factors aren't in your favor such as signal strength then it won't be likely.
You also have 14 days to test the phone out which is more than enough time to see if the battery life will work with your daily routine or not, if not just return it and get the SGSIII.
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My concern is what happens after a battery loses its ability to hold a charge
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The battery looks pretty easy to get to from what I've seen.
Thank you all for the input, I guess I have a decision to make.
I love my EVO and really hate to give it up, best phone I've had ever
Good point that I could return within 15 days if I decide I dont like it and switch to the s3, that is what I will do.
Thank you all
Now the question too is once you start using LTE will the battery still last as long? Probably not unless you are on WiFi most of the time
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The non removable battery was a big con for me too. With my past EGOs I always had a few spare batteries for those times I might get too low.and wasn't around a charger.
So I decided to get the new EVO but also get a portable battery pack charger.
Does such a thing exist? The battery life on the DNA is killing me, I am considering trading this back to VZW for the Galaxy S3 since I'm still in my 14 day trial.
Basically I'm looking for a case that you "charge" and doubles as a case and a charger, once the charge on the case runs out, it goes back to the battery.
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Does such a thing exist? The battery life on the DNA is killing me, I am considering trading this back to VZW for the Galaxy S3 since I'm still in my 14 day trial.
Basically I'm looking for a case that you "charge" and doubles as a case and a charger, once the charge on the case runs out, it goes back to the battery.
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Sounds like you have a faulty device. My battery life has been nothing but excellent compared to my Galaxy Nexus. Also, the SGS III is going to get about the same battery life as the DNA.
Download the GSAM Battery app and see what is eating up your battery.
I would also love to find something like this case here http://www.mophie.com/mophie-juice-pack-PRO-iPhone-4-battery-case-p/2175_jppro-ip4-org.htm. I am coming from the Rezound myself where I always had 3 Extended batteries with me in case I killed the battery. I do think the DNA gets alot better batery life then the Rezound, however I still have to charge it 3 or 4 times in a day. I would love it if there was a case like this build for the DNA.
RKnight1983 said:
I would also love to find something like this case here http://www.mophie.com/mophie-juice-pack-PRO-iPhone-4-battery-case-p/2175_jppro-ip4-org.htm. I am coming from the Rezound myself where I always had 3 Extended batteries with me in case I killed the battery. I do think the DNA gets alot better batery life then the Rezound, however I still have to charge it 3 or 4 times in a day. I would love it if there was a case like this build for the DNA.
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3-4 times a day? May I ask what you're doing that requires that? I can push 13-15 hours off the charger with 5-6 hours of screen time on.
RKnight1983 said:
I would also love to find something like this case here http://www.mophie.com/mophie-juice-pack-PRO-iPhone-4-battery-case-p/2175_jppro-ip4-org.htm. I am coming from the Rezound myself where I always had 3 Extended batteries with me in case I killed the battery. I do think the DNA gets alot better batery life then the Rezound, however I still have to charge it 3 or 4 times in a day. I would love it if there was a case like this build for the DNA.
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Somethings wrong with your phone if you have to charge it 4 times in a day. There aren't enough hours in a day for that to be necessary. Even if you don't sleep and never put your phone down.
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I don't need to charge my phone that often, its just I never like the idea of having by battery below 50% just in case I need to go somewhere spur of the moment where I may not be able to charge my phone either of a wall charger or car charger. I also love to play various games on my phone a lot throughout the day to waste time, play a lot YouTube for my kids, I stream all of my music since there is a huge lack of storage on this device & also have to rely on Dropbox for all of my pictures and videos. I know that I could probably get away with letting my phone go down to around 15% or so and then charging it fully and then go on about my day from there, however I just never know when I may have to leave.
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I also would like to find a battery case for the HTC DNA similar to PowerSkins Battery Cases. Not because the battery is horrible on the HTC DNA but because I want to put my mind at ease for when I don't have my charger because I'm in a different car and I need to navigate to a place I've never been or something else that takes a lot of power. People see me as a computer geek and as so expect me to be able to whatever on my phone at a moments notice. Which sucks when we are at a checkout and need to use someone elses number for a pin and my battery is dead.
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I also would like to find a battery case for the HTC DNA similar to PowerSkins Battery Cases. Not because the battery is horrible on the HTC DNA but because I want to put my mind at ease for when I don't have my charger because I'm in a different car and I need to navigate to a place I've never been or something else that takes a lot of power. People see me as a computer geek and as so expect me to be able to whatever on my phone at a moments notice. Which sucks when we are at a checkout and need to use someone elses number for a pin and my battery is dead.
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Why don't you just get a small external battery pack?
This is another reason I want something like this. I always hate tje fact that there are all kinds of accessories like this for the darn iPhone, however there using anything close for android.
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I don't need to charge my phone that often, its just I never like the idea of having by battery below 50% just in case I need to go somewhere spur of the moment where I may not be able to charge my phone either of a wall charger or car charger. I also love to play various games on my phone a lot throughout the day to waste time, play a lot YouTube for my kids, I stream all of my music since there is a huge lack of storage on this device & also have to rely on Dropbox for all of my pictures and videos. I know that I could probably get away with letting my phone go down to around 15% or so and then charging it fully and then go on about my day from there, however I just never know when I may have to leave.
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I don't believe this is the typical way to guage a battery's life span. Basically what you are saying is that you would need to charge your battery from empty twice a day. Given the amount of use put on your phone that is extremely good. That's about 10 hours of screen on time and there are very few phones that come close to that. The note2 being the one exception I can think of off the top of my head. It's not a problem with your phone it's a symptom of how you use it.
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Why don't you just get a small external battery pack?
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I've been thinking of getting the PowerSkin PoP'n though I just found out about it today. I might spring for it if I have a serious issue. It would triple the size of my phone when in use.
Lol damn u need to lay off the porn man..lol but seriously I can got 20hrs off my phone from lite to moderate use.r u on a custom Rom? If so try battery calibration
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I don't believe this is the typical way to guage a battery's life span. Basically what you are saying is that you would need to charge your battery from empty twice a day. Given the amount of use put on your phone that is extremely good. That's about 10 hours of screen on time and there are very few phones that come close to that. The note2 being the one exception I can think of off the top of my head. It's not a problem with your phone it's a symptom of how you use it.
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Don't get me wrong here, I am not trying to talk down the battery performane of the DNA. I am just rough on my phones and have always been. I don' ever remember getting a full day use out of a smart phone except for when I used the EVO 3D with a Seidio 4,000 MAh extended battery. I have always been the kind of person that doesnt feel like I should limit use or features on my device just to conserve battery drain, I do know that this is all my choice and I have to deal with it. I am just looking for a good battery case or an external battery pack like this one http://www.amazon.com/13000mAh-External-Portable-Blackberry-Motorola/dp/B008AQLHFI.
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Does such a thing exist? The battery life on the DNA is killing me, I am considering trading this back to VZW for the Galaxy S3 since I'm still in my 14 day trial.
Basically I'm looking for a case that you "charge" and doubles as a case and a charger, once the charge on the case runs out, it goes back to the battery.
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Ironic, my DNA gets a few more hours of battery than my S3 does. Just to warn you so you don't start this same thread in the S3 forum....
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I've also been wondering about who made some nice mophie style juicepack cases. I loved them on my iphone, I barely used it, but when I needed it certain days it was really nice to have. I'll be getting my girlfriend a DNA, and I know it's something she's been wanting also since our late poodle (RIP lil Oscar) at the top half of the one for her iphone.
I actually get about 12 hours of hard usage, with very light I've seen 30. I haven't seen better battery life on anything I've owned.
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If u barely touch ya phone I'm sure ull get that battery life. In those 12 to 30 hour days what's your screen on time? If it's a hour or 2 then all that mean is the phone is good at not draining while idol which means nothing to me.
Daswolven said:
I actually get about 12 hours of hard usage, with very light I've seen 30. I haven't seen better battery life on anything I've owned.
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Sooooo does anybody have a lead on a charging case?
I don't think it exists for this phone closest thing your going to get is a portable battery bank which can be plugged into the device to charge it but that's about it.
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prophac said:
If u barely touch ya phone I'm sure ull get that battery life. In those 12 to 30 hour days what's your screen on time? If it's a hour or 2 then all that mean is the phone is good at not draining while idol which means nothing to me.
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I get an average of 3-4 hours screen on time per charge and that's usually stretched over 12-15 hours...
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Just had to post this factoid. I've had the DNA for about 2 weeks and i honestly can't believe the battery life. It is just getting sick battery life. I've had alot of smartphones over the years, but this one is by far the best in battery life. My last phone, droid razr, was on juice defender and barely made it through a day without charging and minimal use.
An example day like yesterday is typical:
unplugged at 7am fully charged. Bluetooth streaming music for an hour ride to work, 4 hours of music streaming during work along with 30 min of gaming (lunch). Streaming music all the way back home - 74% At home, 1 hour of tasker, 30 mins of various email and facebook. Result - 59%. No charging overnight, on it's 7am alarm, it is at 53%.
It will go 2 full days of use without charging. How did they do that? The battery is barely bigger than my dual core RAZR on a much smaller more efficient 4'3" screen. I've always had SuperAmoled phones like the galaxy S3, RAZR, etc.. I thought superamoled was more efficient.
I saw the XDA review a couple days ago and another online review a month ago. In both cases, the reviewers were also a bit perplexed about the great battery life. It wasn't just good, it was unusually GREAT.
That's good to hear.. mind to post some screen shots? Particularly the screen on time.
If I didn't live in a signal black hole I would easily get 2 days out of mine...
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The RAZR's battery life was so bad, I remember those days :crying:
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That's good to hear.. mind to post some screen shots? Particularly the screen on time.
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What's a good app to show this breakdown?
I agree 100% Compared to my thunderbolt (had it until a few weeks back, was almost 2 years old) which could not really make it through the entire day with regular usage, the DNA usually ends up at around 50% (at least from looking at the battery symbol, I've not bothered to look at the actual percent) with regular usage. I live a few miles away from a tower, so not sure if that affects battery life significantly, definitely works well though. Combined with the wireless charging setup (was not planning on getting it initially, but had ended up selling back the thunderbolt + had some sort of work discount, so it had ended up only being around $11) battery life is the least of my concerns at the moment
I feel the same way. I had a TB with rezound battery and SoaB 1.4 and it drained so fast. My DNA seems to last forever. It's such a relief to not have to have a charger around if I'm going to be gone for more than 6 hours.
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I feel the same way. I had a TB with rezound battery and SoaB 1.4 and it drained so fast. My DNA seems to last forever. It's such a relief to not have to have a charger around if I'm going to be gone for more than 6 hours.
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Any thoughts as to why it gets so amazing battery life? On paper a quad core 5" screen with just a 2020mh battery should barely make it through the day. The nexus 4 surely doesn't get this life on a similar chip with smaller screen (i have one).
orateam said:
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Gsam Battery Monitor
orateam said:
Any thoughts as to why it gets so amazing battery life? On paper a quad core 5" screen with just a 2020mh battery should barely make it through the day. The nexus 4 surely doesn't get this life on a similar chip with smaller screen (i have one).
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The screen is super efficient, the processor is super efficient, and sense is pretty good with standby.
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I concur. I charge my DNA every other day. I've only had the battery completely drain once before getting it to a charger.
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Same here with the battery. I have been really impressed by the battery. Before I got the phone all I heard was bad about it.
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I totally agree with the above comments. I was scared by the prerelease estimates of the battery. Using it daily has proven the opposite. Some times I look at my phone at the end of the day and worry about the battery not fully cycling. There is to much charge left to start charging. Hopefully new batteries don't have that issue. In addition these awesome developers truly maximize the capabilities of this device. And they never seem to quit.
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So what are you guys doing to get the battery to last so long? I think I have pretty good battery maintenance, and I get almost one day out of it with minimal use.
I did just get the device a couple days ago so maybe the battery hasn't been conditioned yet?
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So what are you guys doing to get the battery to last so long? I think I have pretty good battery maintenance, and I get almost one day out of it with minimal use.
I did just get the device a couple days ago so maybe the battery hasn't been conditioned yet?
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What's your screen on time like. Because one person's definition of minimal may not be the same as another person's definition of it.
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I know my screen on time is really low. I teach so really do not use my phone more than 1 hour of screen on time between 7:00 am - 3:00 pm. Image below:
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However after that my usage really picks up. My phone still lasts until 9:00-10:00 without fail. Thanks to the amazing development group dedicating so much effort into this phone I have seen improvements in charge speed. I will post my before bed power screen tonight for comparison of usage and full day performance assessment.
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Your app usage seems really high.
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Check battery usage at the end of the day and disable any apps running services you're not using. Mine was using Maps a lot for some reason so I disabled it in Titanium. There were a few other apps with notifications that I turned off as well and now I'm still at around 70% around 11PM after being off the charger since 8AM with moderate usage.
Just installed GSAM yesterday.
Ran the phone a little harder than normal, I use juice defender, but set it to FORCE ENABLE data, which offsets it's use. To give an example, typically on Juice defender on idle, it uses about 1% an hour. So overnight, i would expect less than 8% drop, but these last few days, it was more like 15%.
Had the phone on for 34 hours on battery and it still at 24% battery. (just plugged it in to get the screenshots).