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I am looking to upgrade my battery, but as I read through these forums all i see is people complaining about crappy Chinese made battery's that work good at 1st but then suck after a month or so.
What brand has the best quality?
SEIDIO
4U
MU**** (some name i can't remember)
anyone have an opinion
Thank You
If you're looking for a battery that doesn't need an extended cover, I can recommend the Andida. I picked up an Andida 1600mAh battery off of eBay, shipped from Hong Kong. I've only had it for less than 2 weeks, so I couldn't tell you about performance degredation. However, I can tell you that the battery does perform significantly better than the OEM HTC battery that came with the phone. I did a little bootlegged battery test with the Andida and found that it had about 30% better battery life than the stock HTC one. Good luck finding the right battery...
acidwashg1 said:
If you're looking for a battery that doesn't need an extended cover, I can recommend the Andida. I picked up an Andida 1600mAh battery off of eBay, shipped from Hong Kong. I've only had it for less than 2 weeks, so I couldn't tell you about performance degredation. However, I can tell you that the battery does perform significantly better than the OEM HTC battery that came with the phone. I did a little bootlegged battery test with the Andida and found that it had about 30% better battery life than the stock HTC one. Good luck finding the right battery...
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i can confirm this too
I've talked about this many times on here. This is the BEST battery for the G1 IMO. http://tinyurl.com/g1batt. Can't say enough about it and I have six months of use to back it up.
ekeefe41 said:
I am looking to upgrade my battery, but as I read through these forums all i see is people complaining about crappy Chinese made battery's that work good at 1st but then suck after a month or so.
What brand has the best quality?
SEIDIO
4U
MU**** (some name i can't remember)
anyone have an opinion
Thank You
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you're referring to Mugen. and idk about the others, like the chinese and stuff. the Andida seems to be quality, wish i knew about it before i bought the 2600mah seidio...
everyone also says that Seidio is quality. out of the list here i would recommend you to them. try the andida i guess. man oh man why did i spend $50 when i could have spent $15... and even three andida batteries for the same price >.<
The only battery I personally would ever recommend to anybody.
http://www.seidioonline.com/product-p/basi14tmg1.htm
"Yoobao Motorola Droid X2 Extended Battery Door 2600mah" from Ebay. Anyone tried it?
Has anyone here tried this yet? How is it?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yoobao-Moto...S_Batteries&hash=item19c6481d6b#ht_500wt_1413
I understand why people want extended batteries, but that just looks ridiculous.
I think im gonna order one of these today
Buddy of mine has a Seidio extended battery for his Evo 4G. He says it's great. Here's one for the X/X2 and the better priced one.
Never even heard of Yoobao. So I think I'm going Seidio.
I had a Mugen Power extended battery for my HTC HD2 and couldn't live without it.
When I considered one for my X2, I looked at the ones offered by Seidio, Yoobao, Gorilla Gadgets, Mugen Power and generic eBay.
Yoobao and Gorilla Gadget reviews were the most positive; experiences with Seidio and the generic eBay batteries were all over the board and the Mugen Power batteries were just too expensive.
I ended up purchasing a Yoobao battery (which comes with a grey battery cover) - that does not match the phone - a plug-in charger and a rubberized case which fits the X2 with the extended battery/cover in place. Total tab with priority shipping was somewhere between $40 and $50, if memory serves.
I've been using this combo for about a month now and am generally pleased. Since I'm rarely on the same ROM for more than a week, battery life is hard to consistently rate. Today, for example, I'm going on 7 hours of steady texting, email syncing, alternating 3g/wifi use, 'net surfing, tinkering with Root Explorer/Text Editor, and playing music on PowerAMP -- remaining battery power is at 54%.
All the extended batteries in this class make the phone huge. Make no mistake, the photos you see are spot on. Some people like the increased purchase on the phone, some people bemoan the loss of that sleek, sexy chassis. It's a personal decision, to be sure.
At any rate, you'll need to calibrate your battery reader to get anything close to an accurate battery power reading. If you aren't rooted, I don't know how you would do this. If you are, you can simply erase batterystats.bin in your system folder, go into bootstrap recovery or use an app that does it for you.
I also alternate between more standard-sized BH5X and BH6X batteries. With these, I need to carry a spare, which invariably gets used sometime at the midpoint of the day. The greatest upside with these batteries, obviously, is in the case selection. I have 3 cases that I rotate, as my mood sees fit. For power users, this is a viable alternative to carrying around a slump block.
Pj
pdinphx said:
Yoobao and Gorilla Gadget reviews were the most positive; experiences with Seidio and the generic eBay batteries were all over the board and the Mugen Power batteries were just too expensive.
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Wow, cheapest I saw the Mugen Power extended battery was $124, no thanks!
L2_n19h7m4r3 said:
Wow, cheapest I saw the Mugen Power extended battery was $124, no thanks!
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Yup, exactly what I thought ...
People are under the mistaken impression that Mugen Power batteries are Japanese, so the cells used are superior to the Chinese batteries. That is not correct. Mugen Power uses Chinese batteries, just like everyone else.
Based on my research, all of the major resellers use Chinese battery manufacturers. Quality control for stock Motorola, Yoobao and a few others tends to be much higher, so the possibility of getting a bum battery is concomitantly lower.
Pj
Mugen Power just released 3600mAh battery for Motorola Photon 4G. Has anyone given it a try already?
http://www.facebook.com/mugenpowerbatteries
Mugen Power 3600mAh Battery for Motorola Photon 4G
I would like to know something about it too, but prefer the chinese 3500mah, from ebay. 100$ is a lot!
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Mugen Power? Not available, Seideo....now shipping
porcupineli said:
Mugen Power just released 3600mAh battery for Motorola Photon 4G. Has anyone given it a try already?
http://www.facebook.com/mugenpowerbatteries
Mugen Power 3600mAh Battery for Motorola Photon 4G
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went to the real mugen power website, checked on the extended battery, it is out of stock, you can order but wont receive until november
ordered my seidio extended battery for the photon 4g it will arrive tomorrow. there are a few counterfeit mugen websites on the web so be careful, mugen power batteries are quite good.
as for cheapo chinese batteries you get what you pay for, many chinese batteries are labeled with exaggerated claims as to their mah rating, several of these batteries have been found to be no larger than the standard ones containing weights to make them feel authentic, never trust chinese knockoff batteries, some will also damage your device and some have been known to catch fire, saving a few bucks on a cheap chinese battery that saves you a few bucks today and ends up costing you your device.......suddenly not soo cheap anymore you know the old saying....you get what you pay for
When I first saw this post, I was all over it until I saw the extended door. I do not want any battery (or accessory for that matter) that adds size or weight to the device. With that said, for my and other members knowledge, will it fit in car dock?
cutter2668 said:
went to the real mugen power website, checked on the extended battery, it is out of stock, you can order but wont receive until november
ordered my seidio extended battery for the photon 4g it will arrive tomorrow. there are a few counterfeit mugen websites on the web so be careful, mugen power batteries are quite good.
as for cheapo chinese batteries you get what you pay for, many chinese batteries are labeled with exaggerated claims as to their mah rating, several of these batteries have been found to be no larger than the standard ones containing weights to make them feel authentic, never trust chinese knockoff batteries, some will also damage your device and some have been known to catch fire, saving a few bucks on a cheap chinese battery that saves you a few bucks today and ends up costing you your device.......suddenly not soo cheap anymore you know the old saying....you get what you pay for
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there are one seller at ebay with mugen batteries, you can check.
not the real mc coy
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there are one seller at ebay with mugen batteries, you can check.
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As I said the REAL mugen power does not currently have the battery in stock nor have they ever, there are however phony websites claiming to have an extended battery for the photon, these are counterfeit products and not genuine mugen power batteries, there was soo much confusion and soo many soo called mugen websites that I spoke directly with the company.
They are awaiting shipping of the batteries so anyone who orders them from the genuine mugenpower site will not see their product shipped until some time in november.
Most ebay batteries are fakes, mugenpower does not sell batteries on ebay, chinese scammers sell knockoffs on ebay for cheap, they ruin your phone and catch fire, thanks but not thanks, you get what you pay for.
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When I first saw this post, I was all over it until I saw the extended door. I do not want any battery (or accessory for that matter) that adds size or weight to the device. With that said, for my and other members knowledge, will it fit in car dock?
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I find extended batteries dont add that much bulk and actually make the evo and now my photon easier to handle, most people who try an extended battery for a week tend to keep them and love them, you'll just have to find a diffferent case to carry your phone in, easily solved at best buy or other stores that sell generic cell phone cases for phones with larger screens. As noted before, this battery is extremely light compared to the evo's extended battery, I was surprised really. As for a car dock? not sure if the extended would work or not, but you could always use the regular battery for that purpose and swap out the extended when not using in the car dock. These batteries WILL get you through a day, people tend to complain about the bulk havent tried one and lets face it, your carrying extra **** now ..........another standard battery or a charger and charging it up throughout the day or in the car, extended batteries free you from that burden. if you dont like it you have 30 days to return it if you buy it from seidio, best buy also sells seidio products so the battery may show up their, the retail packaging at best buy does not bear the seidio name but they carry the seidio extended battery and several of their cases, very fancy packaging, certainly not rocketfish lol.
Hi, I saw this in eBay , will it be of any serious issue if I use this battery with my photon , I just ordered for one , thought it was a good deal coz my battery hardly lasts for 5 hours , thats it. I'm an entrepreneur and I need to make lots of calls and emails . Like 7 hours a day I need to divert my photon's number to my BB coz the fone lasts literally 5 hours . Any suggestions .,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3500mAh-Ext...5?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1c1fff3c1f#shId
you get what you pay for, buyers beware of cheap ebay phone batteries from china
sarandepp said:
Hi, I saw this in eBay , will it be of any serious issue if I use this battery with my photon , I just ordered for one , thought it was a good deal coz my battery hardly lasts for 5 hours , thats it. I'm an entrepreneur and I need to make lots of calls and emails . Like 7 hours a day I need to divert my photon's number to my BB coz the fone lasts literally 5 hours . Any suggestions .,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3500mAh-Ext...5?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1c1fff3c1f#shId
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that battery on ebay is a chinese knockoff, I wouldnt trust it, also look at the back cover, the speaker grill looks like it will obscure sound, I highly recommend the seidio extended battery for the business man who needs extra power, ebay batteries seldom live up to their claims, I have taken some apart to find that they have no more cells or fewer cells and power than a standard battery, some of these can also damage your phone, seidios battery is only 69 dollars, thats twenty bucks more than a genuine standard motorola battery and you get 3500 mah instead of 1600. when it comes to after market batteries I only trust mugen power and seidio ( beware of counterfeit sites imitating mugenpower) the seidio extended fits the phone perfectly, much better speaker grill, had to turn my volume down, mugeenpower batteries are generally good with fit and finish as well. at the official mugen power batteries site you will find that these batteries are currently not in stock, only the counterfeit sites have them "in stock" so heads up if you go with mugen, the official site says you can order but will not be shipped intil november 4th.
The Battery is on its way , I'll buy a mugen itself as u have suggested, I wont use this ebay battery then .,
i bet ur phone case wont fit with that
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As I said the REAL mugen power does not currently have the battery in stock nor have they ever, there are however phony websites claiming to have an extended battery for the photon, these are counterfeit products and not genuine mugen power batteries, there was soo much confusion and soo many soo called mugen websites that I spoke directly with the company.
They are awaiting shipping of the batteries so anyone who orders them from the genuine mugenpower site will not see their product shipped until some time in november.
Most ebay batteries are fakes, mugenpower does not sell batteries on ebay, chinese scammers sell knockoffs on ebay for cheap, they ruin your phone and catch fire, thanks but not thanks, you get what you pay for.
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I find extended batteries dont add that much bulk and actually make the evo and now my photon easier to handle, most people who try an extended battery for a week tend to keep them and love them, you'll just have to find a diffferent case to carry your phone in, easily solved at best buy or other stores that sell generic cell phone cases for phones with larger screens. As noted before, this battery is extremely light compared to the evo's extended battery, I was surprised really. As for a car dock? not sure if the extended would work or not, but you could always use the regular battery for that purpose and swap out the extended when not using in the car dock. These batteries WILL get you through a day, people tend to complain about the bulk havent tried one and lets face it, your carrying extra **** now ..........another standard battery or a charger and charging it up throughout the day or in the car, extended batteries free you from that burden. if you dont like it you have 30 days to return it if you buy it from seidio, best buy also sells seidio products so the battery may show up their, the retail packaging at best buy does not bear the seidio name but they carry the seidio extended battery and several of their cases, very fancy packaging, certainly not rocketfish lol.
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This is totally legit - there are many mugen fakes out there. I'm posting a lot of news about mugen cuz I'm in touch with their representative. They are quite open for communication so if you have questions, just shoot them a message or add them on Facebook.
mugen claims
According to this web site mugen falls short of it's claims often enough.
http://batteryboss.org/
Just ordered a 3600mah from MUGENBATTERY.com. Hope that is the legit site. Price was $88.00. Anyone know of an app that will let me know how much juice is left in the extended battey? I'm running CM9 Alpha...
Battery circle might help. I've heard problems with the photon not reading battery percentage correctly. That was on the seidio battery tho. It would stay at 1% for like 5hrs. Any issues with the mugen one?
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jbuggydroid said:
Battery circle might help. I've heard problems with the photon not reading battery percentage correctly. That was on the seidio battery tho. It would stay at 1% for like 5hrs. Any issues with the mugen one?
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Still waiting for UPS to deliver it, but will post my finds ASAP. I heard an app called Battery Monitor may help...
Just a FYI, battery circle will not help with the issue of extended batteries not registering the correct percentage left.
Even on CM7 the percentages don't display correctly? Our on any other ROM?
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Even on CM7 the percentages don't display correctly? Our on any other ROM?
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Just got my 3600 Mugen Power extended battery last night. Came 100% charged out of the box. I love this thing and can tell it is quality built. Phone actually feels better in the hand with it as opposed to with stock battery & cover. I'm running CM9 Alpha ICS (not so great with battery consumption) but my phone lasted 12 hours with heavy use. Still need to break it in too (instructions said 4 to 5 100% to 0% runs)!
Also got my battery indicator to calibrate with it as well...
Here is the trick: You must charge the extended battery to 100%, power off device, boot into recovery and then wipe battery stats and reboot phone. Leave the phone on until the battery drains totally dead and the phone shuts off automatically because of it. After this charge the phone back to 100% without removing it from the charger (took 4 hours for me) and enjoy, you're now calibrated to the extended battery.
Nice I just got the trexcell one off Amazon. Reviews were good. If it is crap then at least it was cheap lol. I over night it. Should be here tomorrow
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You said it actually feels better in hand, I'm sure the added weight has to do with that. What about pocket size though? Is it a pain to get in and out of a pair of jeans? Just flashed CM 7.2 and I'm doing the whole calibrate thing. I hope what you detailed works, good thing I've got all day to play with it and run it down from 100% to 0 before I have to go out with it tomorrow.
Hey,
I made a thread yesterday about the possibility of me getting a 3500mah extended battery. But there were lots of mixed reviews (mostly about ebay batteries not being the mAh advertised).
Now i'm thinking should I get one of those extremely cheap 1600mAh batteries £2.99 (like this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/High-Qual...ultDomain_3&hash=item43ab4ef97d#ht_2079wt_805) and swaping it out with the original when it gets low (even if it is only 1000mAh) or should I fork out a bit more cash and go for a £12 (4x the price) 1900mAh Anker
If i'm going to use the battery as a secondary what clear advantages does something like the Anker have and what are you recommendations? and how much more life does the Anker have over stock.
Thanks,
Louis
I would just go with the cheap ebay battery. Its so cheap, you can also buy two if you like.
I also just use them as spare batteries, I got one spare battery now myself, haven't used it though, but its just meant for when the original battery runs out off juice then I can place the spare one in it.
Why don't you just get a GENUINE OEM battery ? I wouldn't even consider getting a slim battery that wasn't OEM to be honest (Unless the OEM version was stupid money).
Downside of an extended battery: Can't fit a protective case on it, unless it's one of the stupidly expensive innocell/seido ones. The ebay 3500/3600mah batteries in general at around 2000-2500 in capacity and cost as little as £5 in the UK.
You can buy at least 10 cheap ebay batteries for same price as an original HTC Evo 3D battery, so even though the capacity is false most times, the one I bought it said in advertisement 1600mah, but when I got the battery it said 1800mah.
I don't know how much capacity it really have, but it will serve good enough as spare battery, its not meant as replacement, its only meant if i run out off juice with the original battery.
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190652254118
$3,18 that is less then € 2,50
get this for $8.99 plus $2.99 shipping. i have the same one and i get great battery life. theres others on this forum also that cosigned this battery.
http://www.amazon.com/Premium-Extended-Battery-HandHelditems-Universal/dp/B005G6571U
The cheap 1600mah seems to be 1000mah.
Yeah,
I ended up going with the cheap £5.99 3500mAh extended battery from eBay. Even though it's probably not 3500mAh more like 2800mAh (according to tests from XDAers) it's still better than stock and only £5.99.
And I 100% agree with Dexter. Why buy another OEM battery for 10x the price when you can get a cheap one with roughly the same power. It's not there for a replacement just as a backup.
Some even dare to call it an scam that they advertise the mah rating falsely, but you don't pay much for it so I don't consider it as scam.
You just get what you pay for.
i got this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2200mAh-G...316853?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item415dc8d435
turns out to be 1700mah but not bad for what i paid $6 or 4 gbp
I'm buying new battery via Ebay (I would like to order it from EU). Any good and cheep links?
Always a fan of the MPJ ones. "MPJ note 3" should bring them up on ebay.
Around 10-20% more life than the stock, a lot cheaper, and in my experience over 3 years, no major drop in efficiency over time.
I also like their 8000mah extended battery.
People also like the Mugen ones, but they're pricey, and naturally official ones are great, if you find a good deal.
Mugen is overpriced yes...
Hm I'm lookig at MJP ones but they are not cheap either.... On ebay for about 25$.. any cheaper alternatives?
smeddy said:
Always a fan of the MPJ ones. "MPJ note 3" should bring them up on ebay.
Around 10-20% more life than the stock, a lot cheaper, and in my experience over 3 years, no major drop in efficiency over time.
I also like their 8000mah extended battery.
People also like the Mugen ones, but they're pricey, and naturally official ones are great, if you find a good deal.
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Would you know how good are these with NFC and also QI wireless charging?
I cant answer on NFC (but will endeavour to check).
Funnily enough I've spent the last month trying to find a QI add on that will work with the battery, but none of them are flexible enough to work around for the battery, so that's a no go I'm afraid. If I was better with solders and copper wire it would be a doable, but there's no easy answer in that I'm afraid.
smeddy said:
Always a fan of the MPJ ones. "MPJ note 3" should bring them up on ebay.
Around 10-20% more life than the stock, a lot cheaper, and in my experience over 3 years, no major drop in efficiency over time.
I also like their 8000mah extended battery.
People also like the Mugen ones, but they're pricey, and naturally official ones are great, if you find a good deal.
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Battery price? (8000mah)
hi,
this is the best battery i ever found for Note 2/3 and the prize is very good.
http://www.jubatec.net/akkus/handyakkus/samsung/jubatec-akku-jbn9005/a-3050/
cheers
Zero lemon. 10000 mah. But it's heavy and bulky
Does anybody know how much an 8000mah battery costs? Thanks in advance!