OK so I'm going to give my infuse to my little sister next month and get the Samsung galaxy s 2. But i want the best replacement battery i can possibly find. Who know of the best battery and the most hours or mah that will still fit into the regular cover.
Probably the 1 in it I think the battery life is amazing
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the infuse battery is supposeably better then the galaxy s2, and i down want to go down. I the job i have i dont have a way to charge my phone, so the biggest and best battery that can still fit my stock cover is what i am looking for.
I have these batteries: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00563JE8K
They work great. I've gotten about 9-10 hours with low-medium usage. They WILL NOT WORK with a usb cable however. Instant boot loop.
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I have these batteries: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00563JE8K
They work great. I've gotten about 9-10 hours with low-medium usage. They WILL NOT WORK with a usb cable however. Instant boot loop.
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I read the reviews and those look interesting. Do you get more life out of those batteries or a stock battery?
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2.5 hours screen time at 40% brightness. stock battery. Can easily get 5 hours screen time and heavy usage over hspa+.
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Are there any batteries that have a higher capacity and is FULLY compatible? Meaning that they will work with a charger.
Charging Cables
Blaze9 said:
I have these batteries: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00563JE8K
They work great. I've gotten about 9-10 hours with low-medium usage. They WILL NOT WORK with a usb cable however. Instant boot loop.
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Is that the phone will not charge or it reboots the phone as soon as you plug it in? Please explain yourself a little better. And were you using a USB A (Charge only) or B (Data) cable? Data cables have a tendency to want to connect to the PC (for USB Debugging Mode/Transferring files) even hanging while rebooting the phone so they can allow you to get into download mode if needed. I have had this similar issue when Titanium Backup completed my evening backup and its plugged in that it stayed at the charging screen (The screen when the phone is powered off) and just charges as it is supposed to. Changed to a USB A cable and the issue has since been resolved.
The US versions of the SGS II have a different battery, mainly because of the inclusion of NFC, some of which the components are stored in our batteries. Unfortunately the international version (save for a newer Korean version) are not NFC capable, and thus use a slightly different battery architecture.
Now some folks have had varying success with international version batteries or 3rd party ones, but others have had lots of issues with rebooting, not charging with USB, etc.
If you really want to be safe and not mess with fire, stick with the OEM battery for ATT version. Until a certified or verified NFC-compatible ATT battery is released, you could be asking for trouble in the long run.
(I believe a user did try the Korean NFC-compatible extended battery, but the problem was that the new door was not compatible with the ATT version, so it was only half a solution).
Anyone know of a good site to buy the OEM battery since any replacement is terrible so far?
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Original OEM battery for our phone:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Original-Standard-SGH-I777-Packaging/dp/B005SUOI1O/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1319230522&sr=8-9
This battery works in i777
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-GT-I9100-Compatible-SGH-I777-T-moblie/dp/B00567Y7A6
But, just don't plug in the USB cable with this battery in your phone. (I haven't done this, but it apparently puts it into an endless boot loop.)
Just charge it with an external charger like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220813307333
Trying to figure out if this is our OEM version..
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Standard-Battery-Galaxy-SGH-I777/dp/tech-data/B005LH5PJ8/ref=de_a_smtd
If you look at other sellers it shows tigerdirect...if you look at their link it looks like our OEM
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1380095&CatId=4974
Problem with non OEM Battery. Be aware or non OEM battery. Thanks to all here
Hello,
Thanks for all of you posting. I got a 1800 mAh battery labeled replacement for "i9100" of ebay. Admittedly it was cheap. I came with a charger cradle.
I am experiencing what some call the "reboot" problem. What actually happens is that the phone shuts down when you try to charge it. No matter if you put into an cradle, directly onto USB charger or on a computer USB port.
It shuts down and charging starts.
Very inconvinient because what happened to me was that I was out and about, had only that battery in (but not another cradle charger with me) and when I plug in to charge you basically have a turned off phone and can't use it or receive calls.
I can't feel the chip under the label and I believe that is the cause. It was only $ 10.00, so no big deal. You CAN use the battery. But you need to charge it in a separate cradle charger or live with the phone turned off while charging. So I bought an OEM battery as my spare.
Hi all,
Anyone tried CellShell battery for Samsung Galaxy S2 before?
If I buy from Hong Kong via eBay, it's relatively expensive (HKD 200 from ebay), but it claims that with it's 1800mAH battery, it's life is really proportionally longer and then it is still the same size as the standard battery.
Anyone can share any experience?
Thanks.
Rgds., Fan.
This battery apparently works in i777,
even when charging with the USB cable:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005XOHQ6Y
This is the first non-OEM replacement battery that doesn't cause the boot-loop. It's also less than 1/2 the price of the stock battery. I just ordered one.
Some other reviews of this battery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346879
No one tried the "Cellshell" battery for Galaxy S2? I'm wishing if it really lasts 10% longer than the original Samsung battery. Any reviews anyone knows of?
Anybody find a fix to that looping problem? It happens with both of my non-OEM batteries (I get like 2 hours of battery life with those, max). Something is wrong with my setup because I have to use 3 batteries a day.
I am starting to think the cradle charging is messing things up.
Replacement, not enhancement
I've read through this forum a few times and I don't think anyone has posted a link to the I777 oem battery. The ones on amazon have terrible reviews. Supposedly, they come without NFC or have different model numbers completely. Does anyone know where I can order a replacement battery that is just like the one that came with my phone?
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=111014533334
OEM
I purchased from this seller & I am very happy. No issues whatsoever.
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My phone charges so slow and dies pretty fast too. Is there any extended batteries that will work with the ATT version.
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When you say it dies fast, how fast and how much display on time do you get?
I'm getting around 5 hours screen on time, but only 10 hours between charging. But the 5 hours screen on is allot, it means I'm playing with my new phone allot and when I settle down after a few days I should be getting real good battery life
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As to your question I have not seen an extended battery yet, but I'm sure they are on the way.
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It says i get 2 hours on screen time.
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Yea that is not so good. But I would wait a few recharge cycles before getting too concerned.
Just as a side note I am running codeworkx cwm kernel, stock ROM, rooted and debloated.
Are you still stock or have you flashed anything?
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It says i get 2 hours on screen time.
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I just found this
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=180732262208&index=19&nav=SEARCH&nid=47775386911
Have no idea if it is any good and don't know anything about the seller, but I guess they are rolling extended batteries.
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Im stock. Im just going to wait and see if my battery life gets better. If an official extended battery comes out in thr future i will buy it.
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Isn't charging slow a norm for Samsung phones? At least that's what I've heard.
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Isn't charging slow a norm for Samsung phones? At least that's what I've heard.
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Yes, they do that because Samsung feels although it pro longs your battery long term life. My infuse is the same way.
I too am a little worried about the battery life. I unplugged my phone at 5:47 this morning. By 7:15 I was down to 87%. Granted I did read a book on my phone for 13 minutes this morning but still a little dissapointed with the battery life so far. I have had my phone plugged in for 12 minutes and it has gone from 87% to 89%.
I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
i havent tested throughly, but i think it seems to go faster plugged into a wall outlet also.
i wonder if USB is a trickle charge, while wall wart would be a full charge..
is there anyway to see the charge stats from inside the phone? like see how much juice is being shoved back into the battery while charging different methods? an app or maybe some shell command?
If you want your new SGS2 to charge quickly when plugged into your computer, get one of these:
http://mobile.brando.com/brando-workshop-usb-to-micro-usb-cable_p04980c0704d003.html
Has a switch that will put your phone into fast charge mode, which will charge your new phone at the same speed as using a wall charger.
just curious - isn't slower charging better for the battery, anyway?
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Yes, they do that because Samsung feels although it pro longs your battery long term life. My infuse is the same way.
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Yes. The slower you charge the battery, the less capacity it loses per charge cycle.
However the Infuse has a charging flaw in which CPU and screen power usage count against charge current limit, so if the phone is in use it'll charge MUCH slower. I never got any good data from Captivate/I9000 owners on whether this applied to their devices too. Anecdotal evidence is that the Infuse charged much more slowly than these for whatever reason.
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I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
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By design. USB ports can only deliver 500 mA, so Samsung limits charge current to 475 on USB. Wall charger on the Infuse was 600 mA stock and I had mods in my Infuse kernel series that would bump that to 800 when the battery was below 4.0 volts, not sure about our device, haven't had enough time to read through the battery drivers yet.
Due to the issue I mention above where CPU/screen/etc current usage counts against the current limit, the difference between 475 and 600 was a lot more than 22% or so in terms of current into the battery.
Are the extended batteries popping out the bump at the back of handset. IF that is the case the whole slim sleek looks of SG2 is lost.
thoughtchirps said:
Are the extended batteries popping out the bump at the back of handset. IF that is the case the whole slim sleek looks of SG2 is lost.
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Do you want a slim phone or lots of battery time? While we'd like to have both, it's impossible to do with the current battery technology. Personally, I wouldn't mind giving up a little bit of slimness for 4-500 mA more.
I'm not having the problems others seem to be having with the battery. Mine seems to be better than average and is a LOT better than my Cappy ever was.
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I have also experienced the slow charging. It seems to go faster if I am plugged in to the wall as opposed to the USB on my computer though.
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USB ports in computers draw far less power than what a wall charger would get.
As Entropy said, trickle charge by design.
Getting 2 hours of screen time isn't good, though. It's possibly a faulty battery.. I'd give it a week of normal charge/discharge cycles to see if it works better or not.
FWIW - My heavily modded Cappy got no more than 4 hours of moderate to heavy use on a charge, making me a user of multiple batteries. My totally stock SGS2 lasts from 5:30 am until at least 10:00 pm with the same usage. I don't know why. The Cappy was not OC/UV, just rooted and running a variety of ROMs, but even when stock the battery wasn't good.
Also, the trickle charge from a usb port will take a lot longer (at least 2x) to recharge the phone than any wall charger or car charger. I had chargers all over my house for the Cappy (still do, just don't need them now) so I always had one close by. They're cheap, and beat being frustrated by not having enough power to read a good book or watch cute cats.
I hear slow charge is better too so i bought a cheap motorola wall charger a while back thats output is 550ma compared to the sgs2's charger 700ma. It works great with this phone.
If you are getting horrible battery life try either freezing media hub, factory reset or flashing cognition after i did this i dont have a problem anymore. I dont know which one fixed it but one of em did.
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anker looks like they made a battery for the amaze. I had a good experience with there sensation battery.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anker-Exten...353379?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4ab00f01a3
Anyone order yet
ebocioj said:
anker looks like they made a battery for the amaze. I had a good experience with there sensation battery.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anker-Exten...353379?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4ab00f01a3
Anyone order yet
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That's not a real Amaze Battery... look at the posting info, it's only 3.7V. the Amaze comes with a 3.8V battery. Just use your old Anker sensation battery. it's the same thing.
I would really like to know if its worth getting since the stock battery is anorexic... and how would 3.7 volts affect the phone. Can it break it?
The phone will be undervolted which isn't bad seeing as how many kernels offer undervoltage
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I email Anker and asked them about the voltage difference...
Hello, I have a quick question about the battery for the HTC Amaze 4G.
The OEM battery from HTC is listed as 3.8 volts, but your battery is listed as 3.7. Is there a reason why your battery has a lower voltage?
Could this affect the operation of my phone?
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Their response was...
Thank you for contacting us.
I just heard back from our tech team that there is no actual performance difference between 3.7v and 3.8 v and it will not affect the performance of the battery.
Please do not worry about it.
Please let us know if there is anything else we may help. Any time you need us, we are always here.
Sincerely,
Apple
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I don't have a problem with that response. Since all of the components in the phone run at either 3.3v or 1.7v, that .1 of volt should have no affect on the operation of the phone.
If for some reason it does, just return it. They are reputable and have been selling for awhile.
It's not like they are selling these out of the back of a van.
Off Anker topic... But if it's a 3.8v 1730mAH battery, then it's the exact same as the Evo 3D isn't it?
Anker battery
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005M19IZU
I bought the anker battery and charger from Amazon and in all honesty the battery seems to work much better than the OEM one provided by HTC. 1800mAh and seems to provide a good backup battery. The external charger is a neat touch since one does not have to charge the batteries through the one all the time.
I just purchased two Anker batteries with a charger combo for $12.
Here's the link:
http://amzn.com/B005M19IZU
At first I thought that it sounded too good to be true but for $12 it's worth the risk.
It arrived today and at first glance I had a bit of buyers remorse because the charger didn't have any instructions and the charging pins seemed to move around too freely. It just felt cheap overall. The two batteries that it came with say that they are for the EVO 3D 4G as 3.7v and 1800mAh. Yet I let the batteries charge and I daringly put it in my phone. Voila! Powered right up and works just as well as the OEM battery. I haven't drained it yet so I have no idea on how long the battery will last. My expectations? 180 mAh 3.7v battery vs the 1730mAh 3.8v OEM battery... I'm not expecting too much difference to be honest. I'll keep you all posted with an edit in say about 48 hours.
A premature opinion if you ask for it... is it a viable solution for a primary battery? I wouldn't think so.
Is it a viable solution as a backup since we can't charge via 5.0.2.6 recovery? You're damn right!
Another note:
Not sure if it's related to the battery or not but I've had two random reboots with this battery installed. So... perhaps if someone else has experienced something similiar there just might be an issue there. Time will tell.
I bought from mugen the evo3D 1950mah I'm on my second cycle so far not impressed so far at all. The difference between the stock battery and this one is only 200 mah but it almost seems like the 3D battery drains faster
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Damn!!!! I bought for 17 two weeks ago!!!!
Just got my Amaze last night. I put my Anker battery that I bought 2 weeks ago for my sensation in it. Unplugged the phone at 9:45 AM, and when I got home at around 8:00 i had something like 15-20% charge remaining. That was after using my phone through out the day to place a few phone calls, constantly checking texts and facebook, and also doing some ebay browsing looking for accessories for it. Must say, I LOVE my Anker battery.
Solid opinions?
I'm planning on buying one (1900mAh). I heard that initial it appears to lose it charge then slows down but still offering good battery life. However I'm a bit unsure.
By how much more hours will this thing pack compare to stock?
Also I hope (and it probably will) increase battery life once we see Cyanogenmod and better kernels. First we have to get through S-Off.
I got the 1950 today is my third cycle, in my previous post it was my second and I said it was terrible, after the 3rd cycle I've seen a big improvement. 12 hours and 12 mins off charger. I started at 100 percent. Right as I went into work. For 8 and 1/2 hours I had airplane mode on, being that WiFi calling doesn't work, had WiFi turned on, and listened to Pandora the whole time.
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Just bought this battery for mine. It does not seem to get a full charge. Charging on device only get up to 94 % or so. Any one else have that problem?
edit: meant to reply to Binary. I've got this same battery kit: http://amzn.com/B005M19IZU
I've had this same kit for a few weeks. I have the same complaints about the charger pins but whatever, your hands will learn how to do it quickly after a couple times. Now I just rotate the batteries about every day and a half. On the first few charges I was barely getting more than the stock battery. After a few times of fully charging and fully draining I get about 25hrs of normal use. Last weekend I got 36 hours before the battery finally died.
My usage patterns:
1+ hr internet radio morning commute.
Mail, Facebook, weather, syncing all day.
Random web
random games
1+ hr internet radio evening commute.
not plugged in all night, sometimes I leave sync on, sometimes I turn it off.
1+ hr internet radio for morning commute
change battery some time between getting to work and lunch.
Worth it IMO.
So you are not charging in device though at all. Just their charger?
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So you are not charging in device though at all. Just their charger?
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I bought the single 1900mAh and I can charge to 100% through the phone, it does however discharge down quickly initially. Its slows down after 80 - 90% so the overall life is still good. This is its second charge so I'm still waiting to see if I get a boost.
are you charging yours in the phone or the anker charger? Seems with indicator being off been tryib to charge in the phone myself.
What is thr best most accurate way of charging for life and indicator to be right?
Here's the results with my Anker battery.
I know that telling you guys by text would be fairly useless so here's the screenshot as proof.
Not too bad I think.
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Here's the results with my Anker battery.
I know that telling you guys by text would be fairly useless so here's the screenshot as proof.
Not too bad I think.
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In my usage I get 7 hours out of the stock battery and 5 hours from the Anker. That puts the stock at about 1259 mA.
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I was looking through Seidio's website this morning and ran across the Innocell Plus Case for the EVO 4G LTE and was wondering if anyone has bought one. I like the idea of a swappable battery option and the fact that it is an actual case and not just an add on. I'd like to know if this interferes with NFC though. Link below:
http://www.seidioonline.com/htc-evo-4g-lte-innocell-plus-case-p/bd3-pbyhtjet-bk.htm
Few people have them, check out this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667613
Thanks. I got the answer from Seidio since it was in the post you mentioned. The answer was it does interfere with NFC.
What the heck is that piece sticking out the side of the damn thing? It's in all the pics on their site. Is it removable?
You're kidding right?
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What the heck is that piece sticking out the side of the damn thing? It's in all the pics on their site. Is it removable?
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That's the charger. In one of the pics, you see a micro usb on the inside of the case.
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droiddawg said:
That's the charger. In one of the pics, you see a micro usb on the inside of the case.
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Okay so why does it stick out so far? Seems like it will break after the first time it goes into your pocket or snagged on something. Stupid design if you ask me. The GS III version doesn't have any ugly extensions sticking out from it.
That's because the SGIII has the charging port on the bottom, not the side of the phone. Come on bud, think about that.
I have one, here're the problems
1: piece sticking out is annoying
2: if you need to take off the battery case and don't have a penny, expect to scratch the internal case
3: will sometimes wake up and my phone will be dead because the case stole the charge or something
4: battery internal is very small... like 1500mah.. you maybe get 1200mah out of it not a full charge.
However, if you're going on a plane and want to watch movies for 6 hours, it's actually pretty good..
I wrote up along long thing here: http://www.pocketables.com/2012/12/...ndle-powered-case-for-the-htc-evo-4g-lte.html
Hey guys, I have had this case since last Thursday, and so far I have not had anything you would call a "problem" with it, albeit I am a little bit disappointed that it doesnt charge the phone as much as I would want to.
So I also did notice that after the phone and case are fully charged, the case cuts the power to the phone so you end up with some discharge in your phone battery.
Another thing is it takes too long to charge. I do not sleep very much (about 5 hours a night) and apparently that isnt enough time to charge both.
My solution to the above was to charge both at once (run one charge directly to the phone and another directly to the case. I have micro USB cables to spare around my nightstand, so this was not a problem.
Now my question is, when is the best time to turn on the case? Manual claims when its at 50%, but i have heard differently.
While turning on my case at 50%, its getting my phone up to about 80% before the case dies. In others words the case its giving me an extra 30% battery life. Is anyone getting better results some other way? how much are you guys getting?
Any other tips on how to master this case would be greatly appreciated!
I don't have it but if it gives u 30% then turn it on when u hit 70 make sure u keep is sleeping also when ur case on or else ud be stressing ur phone to charge while using it.
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I had this case.. The usb port on the case became loose after awhile. It wasn't worth the price of it.
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Anyone still using this case? I'm thinking about purchasing one and want to know how it holding up and if it's worth it.
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Anyone still using this case? I'm thinking about purchasing one and want to know how it holding up and if it's worth it.
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I have been using this case since it first launched, and like one other person said the usb port came loose, and it wouldnt charge. However I contacted Seidio and they sent me a replacement in 2 days. Overall it serves its purpose for when u are in need of a charge, and cant get to a charger!
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I have been using this case since it first launched, and like one other person said the usb port came loose, and it wouldnt charge. However I contacted Seidio and they sent me a replacement in 2 days. Overall it serves its purpose for when u are in need of a charge, and cant get to a charger!
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How much of a charge does the case usually provide? If it can get me back in the 90s from the 30s I'd be in heaven. Iv work a lot of long hours and don't like leaving my phone in the car on the charger because my phone if needed for my work.
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How much of a charge does the case usually provide? If it can get me back in the 90s from the 30s I'd be in heaven. Iv work a lot of long hours and don't like leaving my phone in the car on the charger because my phone if needed for my work.
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I know what you mean, I work 15 hour days and this has saved me at times! For the most part I have been down to 30 something, and it will charge me back up to 72. This was from yesterday. Hope that helps?
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I know what you mean, I work 15 hour days and this has saved me at times! For the most part I have been down to 30 something, and it will charge me back up to 72. This was from yesterday. Hope that helps?
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Yes that would help I usually can go about 10 hours with moderate use. Talking, texting, and listening to music through my Bluetooth headphones. Then in the later part on the day my battery runs low often going dead on my way home from work which is a 45 minute drive with no phone.
I ended up sticking with my Otterbox Defender and purchasing an 5200 mAh portable battery. That gives me two complete charges from about 20% and cost less than the Innocell.
i ordered one but it never came to my apo note to ppl with apo addresses dnt order
Hello everyone.
I'm currently running Supernexus 2.0, and I've been having some battery problems, possibly. Occasionally, I'll be using my phone and the screen will start to flicker, and then shortly afterwards, the phone locks up. At the time, I'll usually have plenty of battery, but then I reboot the phone from the lock-up and it will have dropped quite a bit. Last night, it went from about 50% down to 1%. So, I plugged it in, let it charge for a few minutes, then reboot it again. After the reboot it was like it started charging again from 50%, and the battery was around 60%.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue with CM-based ROMs, or if I should be looking at replacing my battery. I've noticed its got a slight bulge on both sides.
The battery life seems to be far greater on Supernexus 2.0 vs the stock TouchWiz ROM, so I'm hoping I wont have to switch back!
Thanks in advance!
SuperTurboTurkeyPuncher said:
Hello everyone.
I'm currently running Supernexus 2.0, and I've been having some battery problems, possibly. Occasionally, I'll be using my phone and the screen will start to flicker, and then shortly afterwards, the phone locks up. At the time, I'll usually have plenty of battery, but then I reboot the phone from the lock-up and it will have dropped quite a bit. Last night, it went from about 50% down to 1%. So, I plugged it in, let it charge for a few minutes, then reboot it again. After the reboot it was like it started charging again from 50%, and the battery was around 60%.
So I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue with CM-based ROMs, or if I should be looking at replacing my battery. I've noticed its got a slight bulge on both sides.
The battery life seems to be far greater on Supernexus 2.0 vs the stock TouchWiz ROM, so I'm hoping I wont have to switch back!
Thanks in advance!
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the bold thing indiactes that ur batt is mugged up for now, replace the same ASAP
^^agreed......the bloated battery and the erratic battery percentages are both indications of a failed/failing battery.....no way back from that state....only way forward.....new battery asap.....and stop using the current one, the bloating is caused by a build up of gasses which means your battery is now pressurised. Charging could cause the battery seals to fail and then you'd have a potentially corrosive lithium based fluid leaking all over the inside of the phone
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Thanks for the replies!
I'll see if I can track down a new battery. The bloating is pretty minimal, but Its enough for me to notice. I'm pretty sure it used to be perfectly flat.
Hello again!
I bought a battery from ebay, which was definitely slimmer than my old bloated battery. However, the problem still persists. I switched back to a 4.1.2 Touch Wiz rom, and my phone would still just shut off without warning when the battery got low. So I tried Cyanogenmod 10.1, and it behaves about the same as supernexus did.
Its possible I just bought a crappy battery. Is it possible the phone is reading my battery incorrectly?
Also, is there a way to get a graph of the battery over multiple charge cycles? An app probably?
Here's a screenshot showing what my battery does when this happens. Lots of juice, then suddenly, zero.
Thanks all!
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Was the battery an official Samsung battery? I know they cost a bit more, but it's the only way know absolutely know that it's not the battery.
Some users here will say that they get good usage out of non-official batteries. Personally I didn't so only use genuine Samsung ones now.
You could borrow one from a friend and see what happens before forking out?
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Hello!
I thought I had bought a Samsung official battery, and it looks like a Samsung official battery, the only difference is my original says "Made in Japan/Finished in Korea" and my possible ebay knock-off says "Made in China/Finished in China".
Is there a good online source for Samsung official batteries? Do they still manufacture the i9100 batteries or are they just "New old stock"?
Thanks!
SuperTurboTurkeyPuncher said:
Hello!
I thought I had bought a Samsung official battery, and it looks like a Samsung official battery, the only difference is my original says "Made in Japan/Finished in Korea" and my possible ebay knock-off says "Made in China/Finished in China".
Is there a good online source for Samsung official batteries? Do they still manufacture the i9100 batteries or are they just "New old stock"?
Thanks!
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I have the exact same problem with my wife's phone. I thought it was the ROM because it used to work completely fine on CM but I switched back to stock Touchwiz a few months ago. I ordered a new battery from ebay. It looks legit but it only cost $10 so it may not be. I'll try to snap a photo of it.
Hopefully I can get this issue resolved the battery is so strange because it says it is dead then if you charge it for a few minutes it says its 1/2 full again?
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I have the exact same problem with my wife's phone. I thought it was the ROM because it used to work completely fine on CM but I switched back to stock Touchwiz a few months ago. I ordered a new battery from ebay. It looks legit but it only cost $10 so it may not be. I'll try to snap a photo of it.
Hopefully I can get this issue resolved the battery is so strange because it says it is dead then if you charge it for a few minutes it says its 1/2 full again?
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Hello!
I actually seem to have solved this problem by using an app off the play store simply called "Battery Calibration". I've also used STweaks with Siyah Kernel to solve it as well. It seems that when you flash a rom, you should re-calibrate the battery.
The app comes with instructions that say how to use it best, and I watched my phone drain down to 1% and power down properly, finally, after a few weeks of having these battery issues.
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I don't get your problem i have 2 Batterys if o have to get thru the whole day and night without changing. But 12-15h with one Battery are no Problem for me, and i use Bluetooth Headset GPS Wlan NFC all the time
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I don't get your problem i have 2 Batterys if o have to get thru the whole day and night without changing. But 12-15h with one Battery are no Problem for me, and i use Bluetooth Headset GPS Wlan NFC all the time
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First, based on my usage over the past 3 days, I don't know how that would be even remotely possible. Right now, I have all of that turned off, and my battery is dying just sitting there laying dormant....never saw that before, even with something as small as an iphone 4.
Second, I think you actually proved my point when you said you have to use 2 batteries. I've had iphones and an galaxy note 3 and s5 before and it was never an issue before that I even had to think about having a second battery. I used to read reviews of people saying that a benefit of a samsung over and iphone was the removable battery....while it's true that the battery might be removable, with the iphone you don't need to.
You should not exaggerate, sure this is not the phone if you're a really heavy user.
But I'm using it with everything ON, and never had a problem with it, I'm charging it every night.
But if you do have battery issues, you can buy yourself the 2500mah extended battery.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/apple-iphone-6-battery-life-test/
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-alpha-exynos-5430-battery-test/
I am a heavy user and average about 4 hours of SOT with LTE Web Browsing and about 30 minutes of calls BUT I will probably get the 2500 Mah Battery ..
Also there may be a 20 -25% difference between Qualcomm and Exynos Versions with Exynos better ( wild guess on my part on %).
Still coming from a Note 3 , Alpha could be a shock.
Should have been 8mm thick with 2700 Mah
Battery and Ram and Camera and SD like Note 4....THEN Alpha would not be discontinued...lol.
I think you have somehow faulty phone, because this phone has awesome standby time, even with nfc/wifi/GPS on. And it can even survive 30mins of talking with just 3% of battery. Usually the battery in my alpha and in some other alphas survives 12+h with wifi/nfc on and with 3-4h SOT.
Sounds like the phone or battery is messed up. Just replaced battery. If it still doesn't fix, contact carrier
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I've had my Alpha for a week now (Exynos version) and I'm disappointed in the battery as well. I bought it for music playback and I took a six hour drive over the weekend with it functioning in airplane mode streaming music through the headphone jack. That was it. It was down to 9% at the end of my drive. Call me crazy, but that's unacceptable for it not being connected to ANY network. It was just playing music and an audiobook located on the device. Is this normal? I can return it, but I love the form factor and the audio quality is second to none, so I will probably just live with it.
-Collin-
There is an extended battery that you can get if you need some extra juice.
Try latest Firmware... BOA2 gave me 20% better battery life
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If you completely disable NFC the battery lasts for more than 2 days.
Can you post screenshots of your battery use? It would be interesting to see why your phones battery die so many times faster than mine
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Can you post screenshots of your battery use? It would be interesting to see why your phones battery die so many times faster than mine
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Yes, I would love to. Please let me know how to do that. I will also try to look it up, but I haven't used android in a while so it's all new to me again.
Incidentally, I continue to be dissatisfied with the battery compared to my past iphones. I have everything turned off, e.g., NFC, bluetooth, etc. And, I hardly have any apps installed.
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@ skirush, you either have a bad phone or an app that is draining your battery in the background. And don't blame the "pathetic" battery. I'm getting 70 minutes of screen time when my battery drains to 20%. Also, I am not using the power save modes.
Did you buy your phone new? It is very odd that you are not getting better performance from your Alpha.
I'm not really sure what to do. I'm pretty pissed about this whole thing. I went out on a limb and bought it new online. Once I got the phone, I confirmed with both AT&T and Samsung that the phone was legit and both said yes. In fact, Samsung even said that the phone is covered under warranty. So, instead of returning it (due to the poor battery life) I kept it. Now, I might be too late to return it to the company I bought it from. It's been over their 14 day return policy.
I have had the feeling that its messed up ever since I first got it, but I decided to stick with it since samsung said it was legit. Now, I'm regretting it.
thumbs down for Samsung support
I called Samsung tech support/customer service. Get this, they are willing to replace the battery...IF, I first send them my battery that's currently in my phone. That's just not possible. Like most people, I have one cell phone with one battery. I don't have a landline phone. So, I don't have spare batteries just lying around to use in the mean time.
That's bs from my perspective. I've had replacements on phones sent to me before. For example, ATT sent me a replacement Note 3 and they took my credit card info on file. After I returned the old unit back to them they release a hold in the amount of the phone.
Not sure why samsung is unwilling to do this. Seems ridiculous to expect someone to send them a battery for their phone, thus rendering it useless. And who knows how long it would take them to send a new one back to me. Could be a total 2 weeks without a phone between me mailing them the old battery and them sending me a new one. Who can do that?
a battery costs about 10$ and for longer trips you may need a second one. So why don't you buy an second one and send the battery from the phone to Samsung?
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First, based on my usage over the past 3 days, I don't know how that would be even remotely possible. Right now, I have all of that turned off, and my battery is dying just sitting there laying dormant....never saw that before, even with something as small as an iphone 4.
Second, I think you actually proved my point when you said you have to use 2 batteries. I've had iphones and an galaxy note 3 and s5 before and it was never an issue before that I even had to think about having a second battery. I used to read reviews of people saying that a benefit of a samsung over and iphone was the removable battery....while it's true that the battery might be removable, with the iphone you don't need to.
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I am an ATT user so I did have the 850A version with the snapdragon and I did notice that the battery life was pretty bad, but not as bad as you illustrate - and yes this phone gets nowhere near the life as the IPhone6 (my wife has one too).
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If you completely disable NFC the battery lasts for more than 2 days.
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I totally agree with this. The NFC chip on this phone kills the battery. I dropped from 100 to 65 % in 4 hours with the phone in standby. I turned off NFC and 3 hours later it only dropped another 6%
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@ skirush, you either have a bad phone or an app that is draining your battery in the background. And don't blame the "pathetic" battery. I'm getting 70 minutes of screen time when my battery drains to 20%. Also, I am not using the power save modes.
Did you buy your phone new? It is very odd that you are not getting better performance from your Alpha.
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I had a DLNA app in the background running (just the service) and it too drained the battery as it was constantly trying to find DLNA ready devices.
Bottom line: Either you have a defective battery/phone or you have a consumer that you have not discovered yet.
BTW I switched to the 850M with the samsung chip just because I get the rooting support that the A version will propably never get. Plus the phone outright is cheaper.
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....Not sure why samsung is unwilling to do this. Seems ridiculous to expect someone to send them a battery for their phone, thus rendering it useless. And who knows how long it would take them to send a new one back to me. Could be a total 2 weeks without a phone between me mailing them the old battery and them sending me a new one. Who can do that?
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I purchased this aftermarket battery as a backup. it's been working like the original one. $6 shipped to you is a steal for me. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement-Battery-For-Samsung-Galaxy-Alpha-G850-/111584617173
Sucks that Samsung is making you jump through these hoops. I would check with the retailer you bought it from if you can exchange it. If not, file a claim with your credit card. Good luck