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http://cgi.ebay.com/2300mAh-Extende...ccessories?hash=item2a0345cc94#ht_2529wt_1202
what ya think guys? anyone know the seller?!
yeah, that seems interesting and cheap too. Anyone tried it yet?
Yeah, me.. I bought one of this some weeks ago and works fine, lots and lots of hours using my phone without be afraid to read "Please connect your phone to a charger" lol
Also, the replacement of the back cover is nice, but the only "bad" thing is that the camera hole is, simple a hole, nothing like the original one that protect it (plastic cover).
i ordered one ill let ya know!
I originally wanted to get the 2,300mah one, but then came across a bigger capacity one "2850mAH T-Mobile HTC G1 Dream Extended Battery + Door" for only $13 with international shipping! I ordered it... will see whether it is a good buy or not. I was one of the original users of Andida's 1,600mAH batteries (the good batch).
I just started using the 2300mah, same back cover design also. Works fine, doesn't overheat and lasts for a very long time even when running really high cpu clocks.
It was only about 10 bucks shipped. Same seller also.
Edit: The back cover is soft like the stock one. Overall, it is about 1/4 of an inch more. It feel good in the hand, fits nice and easier to hold, but it does feel a bit heavier than before.
I just got mine today, only had the opportunity to give it a USB charge... After almost 10 hours of uptime, downloading a ROM via 3g, 25 mins of talk, hours of web browsing for work at moderate brightness, I still have 65% left. I expect it to increase when I treat it better after a deep cycle discharge and clearing battery stats to (supposedly) condition it. The case is decent... fat, but totally worth it.
One caveat... I emailed the seller (same outfit from whom I bought mine btw) after the purchase, and let them know my home address IF they were to send by UPS instead of USPS. They ended up trying to send the battery to my home address by First-Class USPS due to a language barrier that revealed itself in the e-mails that followed. Had I not known the postmaster in my small town, it would have ended up returned to sender. The seller was very friendly and quick to respond, and had I not sent that first e-mail I am confident it wouldn't have happened like it did, so I'll take the full blame on that one. Rule of thumb: pay, keep quiet, receive item, use.
just got mine is yesterday..changed it all night been off charger since 630 EST gps, 3g, my location, brightness about 3/4, mp3 for a about an hr..still pushing 100%.. will update wen it dies...
Seidio 2600mAh FTW
Good Stuff.
For the record, My 1st dirty charge on USB power (I was at work) yielded a functional phone from 2/17/10 at 3:00 PM until 2/19/09 at 5:30 PM or so when it shut down on me... I am calling it 50 hours. Apparently there was a bit of juice in the battery because it charged super fast that first time. I work right near a 3g tower and always have a degree of brightness on the phone, leave bluetooth on for at least 35 minutes a day, and I use every power-hungry aspect of this phone like the tips and tricks say to avoid... But I bought it to use it. Ironically I SMS far more than I talk (I yap on the phone all day for a living)... Given my data habit (that first charge involved downloading Super D 1.8 which is in the 40+MB category and an obscene amount of apps), I am a very happy customer. I have not grown tired of the back cover, which has honestly made typing more comfortable.
I probably would have gotten the Seidio if I wasn't a ridiculous tightwad with a 9 year-old computer to prove it. Only the good die young right?
Hey XDA,
I'm trying to find out why my battery is depleting so fast when I a) don't have any service here in Hong Kong and b) I'm in airplane mode.
I'm running Eternity 1.3 with the Kiggy kernel. I need a sense ROM so I can shoot some cool 3D photos but I would like my battery to last for a day of light usage.
Plus my flight back to the States is 16 hrs. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Lucky I want to be in China 2. Use steelh or myns. Whatever you like for battery life
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Its pretty awesome. Lots of different food and cool landscapes. I've been here for 3 weeks so far, this is my last week. Thank goodness, starting to miss home now.
Since you are in HK, try grab some chaep batterys while you are there and problem solved.
hey justj,
went to the golden computer arcade around here to get some cheap batteries. I found out that the HTC EVO 3D just came out over here less than a month ago, so accessories are hard to find. I was able to find this guy selling on and a case, got both for 500 HKD so around 55 USD. Not bad but not a great deal that i was expecting.
I'll be stopping in HK, for a over night stay, on my way to Malaysia for a 3 week stay, this Xmas.
For the plane you should have a power connector. either a car type cigarette lighter connector or a regular two or three prong power cord connector. So you should be able to find an adapter at the Airport or somewhere in HK. Last Xmas on my way to Europe, I had no problem with a battery in ipod, computer, and phone on the plane.
Thanks boz. I'll find out what plugs Cathay Pacific uses. Enjoy HK, its a wonderful city to say the least.
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The battery life on this has been great as it has been my access to the modern world since I haven't had power for four days. I'm on the Ohio/West Virginia border (huntington) where 300,000 are without power. It makes for a good apocalypse, but there aren't any zombies... yet.
Any other EVO users without power?
I've had to charge it fully once since Friday, and one other time I let it charge for about an hour. Though, it seems that a car charger doednt charge it as well as an ac wall charger does. A car charger seems slow and mostly ineffective.
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typhoonikan said:
The battery life on this has been great as it has been my access to the modern world since I haven't had power for four days. I'm on the Ohio/West Virginia border (huntington) where 300,000 are without power. It makes for a good apocalypse, but there aren't any zombies... yet.
Any other EVO users without power?
I've had to charge it fully once since Friday, and one other time I let it charge for about an hour. Though, it seems that a car charger doednt charge it as well as an ac wall charger does. A car charger seems slow and mostly ineffective.
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Hope you all get your power restored soon. Car charging works best with at least 20-25% battery life left on the phone. So don't let your battery get too low if charging in car. But it will always charge slower via car...
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typhoonikan said:
The battery life on this has been great as it has been my access to the modern world since I haven't had power for four days. I'm on the Ohio/West Virginia border (huntington) where 300,000 are without power. It makes for a good apocalypse, but there aren't any zombies... yet.
Any other EVO users without power?
I've had to charge it fully once since Friday, and one other time I let it charge for about an hour. Though, it seems that a car charger doednt charge it as well as an ac wall charger does. A car charger seems slow and mostly ineffective.
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Columbus, OH here - the LTEvo held battery pretty well during the 36 hours I was w/o power. Put it on a USB charger for about 2 hours when I came into work for a bit, and maybe 30 min sporadically on car charger. While off charger, I still maintained moderate usage. It tended to chug the most battery during periods of high network usage, which I chalked up to tower outages and high-priority communication taking precedence.
Western VA here, no power since Friday. Held charge from Friday night (was off charger from work since 6), all the way to Saturday until I was able to get to a place to charge. Did heavy Facebook/Texts/Calls and held like a champ. Really thankful of the battery life, was able to tell everyone I'm safe and find a place to stay (my grandma's retirement community still had power).
Not looking like they'll restore power in my area until Saturday, or late Sunday
Also seems like some Sprint towers were hit, had no coverage in my apartment unless I went outside, and didn't have coverage at work on Saturday (they opened to workers and their families since they had power). Seems to be coming up now, had terrible data at the beginning of the day but slowly started coming back and was fine at the end of the day.
Northeastern Ohio here. We have power thankfully. Was in the outer banks when the storm hit. Hope you guys get power back soon
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Roanoke, VA here. Same boat, been burning my phone up.. But the battery hasn't been as good lol
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Yeah car chargers are low amperage like USB. Unless you purchased a 1 amp one it likely won't charge well. The 1 amp one I have blows the fuse in my car frequently so I stopped using it.
Certainly hope everyone stays hydrated and cool as possible until power gets back on. Dehydration creeps up on you and will body slam you on concrete if you aren't careful.
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I'm near Washington DC and I've been without power since Friday night with everyday being over 90°. I was actually pretty pissed off on Saturday because I had no cell phone service nor data I guess because of the storm but I understand it's not sprints fault and you can't control nature. I was staying at my wives grandmas house and I drove an hour back to my house and was supposed to call my wife about more supplies needed but couldn't so it was pretty frustrating. Anyway apparently my power won't be back on until Friday night so that blows.:thumbdown:
SENT FROM MY EVO 4G LTE!!! (w/no LTE)
Power is restored! Yay AEP.
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Baltimore here. I didnt have power for about half a day..EVO helped me tether my laptop while the internet was down
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Columbus, OH here - the LTEvo held battery pretty well during the 36 hours I was w/o power. Put it on a USB charger for about 2 hours when I came into work for a bit, and maybe 30 min sporadically on car charger. While off charger, I still maintained moderate usage. It tended to chug the most battery during periods of high network usage, which I chalked up to tower outages and high-priority communication taking precedence.
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Im in Columbus OH too and went about 36 hours without power as well! Gotta love mother nature lol.
Agreed!
I turned down the brightness, switched to the powersave governor, lowered the CPU frequency to 384, and turned off data.
My battery life has been ABSURDLY good, even with occasional use of the flashlight.
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I was lucky to not lose power. But I have thought about what I would do if I were in your shoes and how i'd like to be prepared. For one I'm going to purchase another portable battery pack. I have a 5000mah one now and is good for a few full charges to the phone. But I want to pick up one of the larger 10000mah units
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Agreed!
I turned down the brightness, switched to the powersave governor, lowered the CPU frequency to 384, and turned off data.
My battery life has been ABSURDLY good, even with occasional use of the flashlight.
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When I was on vacation my phone had no service so I used it as a camera with some tethering from my rezound and after 72 hours I was at like 40 percent still
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Power outages in south jersey. Looks like tornadoes came through here. Local news and radio stations went down. Stayed up to date through facebook and Twitter feeds for **** going on. Hard to get data connections in some areas cuz I guess towers out too.
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Im in Columbus OH too and went about 36 hours without power as well! Gotta love mother nature lol.
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Lost complete data connection around 9am on the NW side of town (Dublin/Hilliard), and Sprint rep advised nearby towers were receiving upgrades. Hard to tell if she was blowing smoke and has no clue or if she was legit. Fingers crossed it's the latter, as I'm going on almost 2 hours w/ no 3G.
Frederick,MD here, we got lucky as we are attached to a priority power trunk (goes to a medical facility) do we were down just under 12 hours, but no cable/net the whole weekend, so burned it up, battery was great, signal wasn't bad either since I wasn't on wifi, not great, but not unusable either
I just came across this deal. Its perfect if you are on the go and cant plug in, esp if you have multiple devices. Over 60% off. And one of the bigger ones and best rated ones too. And if you have Prime, free 2 day shipping!
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I have a 30000mah from eBay thatwas cheaper and is actually as rated.. takes a full day to charge when empty and can power 2 devices at 3.1a total for hours I couldn't believe it when I started using it
link to the 30 amp battery? I find it hard to believe its actually 30 amps. a 30 amp battery should run your note 3 for about 8 DAYS not a "few hours"
Wow missed out on this!
And yes a 30Ah bank will last a LONG time (take a long time to charge, hopefully it has a 50W charger!)...
My 10Ah Anker will last for DAYS running my Note 3.
Just searched on ebay, there's a lot of 30Ah and even a 50Ah. LOL!
I would not trust those ratings as far as I could drop it on the floor guys.
It's like someone advertising a case to put on your phone that turns it into a 100 watt per channel stereo system!
Additionally, lithium-ion cells aren't to be taken lightly as far as being hazardous is concerned. That includes the charger. Could literally be playing with fire there.
Often I use mine (Anker 10Ah) under a pillow to charge my phone. Not sure if I want a potentially igniting stack of Chinese lithium cells next to my head.
Yeah, I know, somewhat repetitive.
So I placed an order yesterday for a $900+ phone. I wanted it. The anticipated lack of supply elevated my desire. Frankly, I was stoked when I saw the Oct 17 ship date. I probably would have had it the same day, as I'm only 30 miles from the drop ship location.
But this morning, I looked at the order again. $914.79. $914.79. For a phone. And it doesn't even have Band 71 (I'm T-Mobile).
I recently found on eBay what was held out to be a true factory OEM battery. I had intended to keep my 6P as a backup after I got my shiny new Pixel XL 2. This morning, I looked up who Google uses to do their repairs. It was UBreakIFix. Went online, there were 3 stores withing 15 miles. Called them. $45 to replace the battery as long as I supplied the battery.
The tech was knowledgeable. As in he took one look at my battery, still in the anti-static, and could tell it was true factory OEM. Said he has replaced the battery on tons of 6Ps in the last three months. He said that they normally use factory OEM for 6P replacement, and the batteries aren't hard to get. I did not ask what they would charge for the battery (I paid less than $20 I think, eBay).
So I left it there. Used my Nexus 5 as a temp phone.....and dammit if the battery wasn't WAY better than the 6P.....but oh such a small screen.
The phone was done in about 30 minutes. I picked it up. My phone is good as new. I could immediately notice the difference.
I just cancelled my $914.79 phone. I'll wait for the XL 3 unless the phone dies before then. I have my Nexus 5 as a backup.
So, if you're like me, sitting on the fence on the XL 2, debating whether to replace the battery or get a new phone.....replace the battery.
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Yeah, I know, somewhat repetitive.
So I placed an order yesterday for a $900+ phone. I wanted it. The anticipated lack of supply elevated my desire. Frankly, I was stoked when I saw the Oct 17 ship date. I probably would have had it the same day, as I'm only 30 miles from the drop ship location.
But this morning, I looked at the order again. $914.79. $914.79. For a phone. And it doesn't even have Band 71 (I'm T-Mobile).
I recently found on eBay what was held out to be a true factory OEM battery. I had intended to keep my 6P as a backup after I got my shiny new Pixel XL 2. This morning, I looked up who Google uses to do their repairs. It was UBreakIFix. Went online, there were 3 stores withing 15 miles. Called them. $45 to replace the battery as long as I supplied the battery.
The tech was knowledgeable. As in he took one look at my battery, still in the anti-static, and could tell it was true factory OEM. Said he has replaced the battery on tons of 6Ps in the last three months. He said that they normally use factory OEM for 6P replacement, and the batteries aren't hard to get. I did not ask what they would charge for the battery (I paid less than $20 I think, eBay).
So I left it there. Used my Nexus 5 as a temp phone.....and dammit if the battery wasn't WAY better than the 6P.....but oh such a small screen.
The phone was done in about 30 minutes. I picked it up. My phone is good as new. I could immediately notice the difference.
I just cancelled my $914.79 phone. I'll wait for the XL 3 unless the phone dies before then. I have my Nexus 5 as a backup.
So, if you're like me, sitting on the fence on the XL 2, debating whether to replace the battery or get a new phone.....replace the battery.
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Would you mind sharing the link to the battery? Thanks. And good points, making me think twice about my order...
pipnmike said:
Would you mind sharing the link to the battery?
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I got it from a seller called "battery_expert". Mostly because he sounded like he was a battery expert. $17.30.
I just checked and there are no more left.
Honestly, UBreakIFix was way more on the ball than I had ever anticipated. Your mileage may vary.
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I got it from a seller called "battery_expert". Mostly because he sounded like he was a battery expert. $17.30.
I just checked and there are no more left.
Honestly, UBreakIFix was way more on the ball than I had ever anticipated. Your mileage may vary.
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You know what, i just cancelled my order too. Seriously, $900+ for a phone. I realized how good the 6P has been even after two years. There is nothing new that i can do on a pixel 2 that i can't do on my 6P. Going to replace the battery and ride it out until the phone dies at some point. Thanks for the sanity check lol
Yeah a few months ago I contacted Google and they said they'd send a replacement 6p. After a month of nothing, I talked to them and they said it was on backorder so they'd just refund me my money. I thought "cool, I'll use my M8 and spend the money on a pixel XL 2". Then a day later my refurbished 6P showed up.
Battery life is pretty damn good again, especially on Oreo.
As much as I like the way the XL 2 looks, it's not that amazing to me to justify almost $1000.
I'm perfectly fine using this thing for another year.
Which ebay battery did you buy?
I may wind up doing the same thing. I got a quite from UBreakIFix with a new battery from them for $89.99 which I couldn't quite stomach.
Unfortunately right now its a shot in the dark with eBay batteries are there are no known good sources still available.
I may be tempted to try this one as a $45 ish repair is a lot better then $90.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/192239649598
Was thinking of getting Pixel XL 2 as well , but since my 6P performs flawlessly, I'll stick to it for the time being.
I love the xl2 myself but the 6p has always been my favorite device for a reason. The phone is still today one of the best phones you can buy so I'm with you guys. No way I'm spending that much on a phone.
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I love the xl2 myself but the 6p has always been my favorite device for a reason. The phone is still today one of the best phones you can buy so I'm with you guys. No way I'm spending that much on a phone.
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It's really not lol and that's coming from a big fan of the phone.
When do they usually have sales on new devices? I may wait until they have a price drop or sale on the XL. My guess is after the new year we may see price cutting.
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JeffBea said:
When do they usually have sales on new devices? I may wait until they have a price drop or sale on the XL. My guess is after the new year we may see price cutting.
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Doubt Google would actually lower the price until after the XL 3 is on sale. What they would do is throw in more and more valuable add-ons, like a full size Home, or, depending on sales of both, even a Home Max after a few months. Free VR Googles, anyone? And any combination thereof.
Third party vendors will likely have them for a cheaper price after a couple of months.
My 6P is still under warranty. I sent it in for dying at 15% and it went to a Huawei authorized service. Came back after a week, the report says they changed the battery, the pfc board (it's the board the charger plugs into) and main camera (which i had no issue with). It's been two weeks with it and the battery is just as bad as before - still dies at 15%, AccuBattery says 2233 mah capacity and I get about 2h screen time. I'm not sure what to do now.. Is it possible that a new original battery would be this bad? Should i just give up on it or send it in again under warranty? I was really hoping on riding it out another year at least..
I'm pretty sure that they didn't changed your battery...
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It's really not lol and that's coming from a big fan of the phone.
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What, the 6p you don't think is a worthy device even today? I do. I think it's a great device for what you pay for it compared to 900 dollar phones that it can easily keep up with.
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What, the 6p you don't think is a worthy device even today? I do. I think it's a great device for what you pay for it compared to 900 dollar phones that it can easily keep up with.
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It's not cause it's hit or miss. So many problems plague this phone and it comes with one of the most half assed processors ever. The op3 is a much better buy
I went to a local shop in Toronto, near Kennedy and Highway 7, and paid $50 cash (no tax) for the battery, and I had them replace the rear glass as well due to a scratch on it for an additional $20 cash (also no tax).
Finished in about 30 minutes, has a 30 day warranty and was done on Oct. 3rd. After 3 drain/charge cycles (apparently required for warranty to be valid... how they'd know I did it or not is not known.. did it anyway) my battery life has doubled.
Before fix, I'd get the early shut down at 50ish percent, but now I get a full battery charge to 0.
I'm pretty sure I have some knock off as the temp sensor remains a constant 30 degrees Celsius, even after I put it in the fridge for 3 minutes to test it out, but I'm not too worried. I don't use rapid chargers, so it's only ever charging with 2.4A.
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My 6P is still under warranty. I sent it in for dying at 15% and it went to a Huawei authorized service. Came back after a week, the report says they changed the battery, the pfc board (it's the board the charger plugs into) and main camera (which i had no issue with). It's been two weeks with it and the battery is just as bad as before - still dies at 15%, AccuBattery says 2233 mah capacity and I get about 2h screen time. I'm not sure what to do now.. Is it possible that a new original battery would be this bad? Should i just give up on it or send it in again under warranty? I was really hoping on riding it out another year at least..
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Your current battery is bad at only 65%. Whether they changed it you will never know. Like many others here, I would order a battery from a known good source and pay a local repair shop to replace it. Then it should last a good long time.
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I went to a local shop in Toronto, near Kennedy and Highway 7, and paid $50 cash (no tax) for the battery, and I had them replace the rear glass as well due to a scratch on it for an additional $20 cash (also no tax).
Finished in about 30 minutes, has a 30 day warranty and was done on Oct. 3rd. After 3 drain/charge cycles (apparently required for warranty to be valid... how they'd know I did it or not is not known.. did it anyway) my battery life has doubled.
Before fix, I'd get the early shut down at 50ish percent, but now I get a full battery charge to 0.
I'm pretty sure I have some knock off as the temp sensor remains a constant 30 degrees Celsius, even after I put it in the fridge for 3 minutes to test it out, but I'm not too worried. I don't use rapid chargers, so it's only ever charging with 2.4A.
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Wow getting you to drain your battery is a terrible idea
Pig Vomit said:
Yeah, I know, somewhat repetitive.
So I placed an order yesterday for a $900+ phone. I wanted it. The anticipated lack of supply elevated my desire. Frankly, I was stoked when I saw the Oct 17 ship date. I probably would have had it the same day, as I'm only 30 miles from the drop ship location.
But this morning, I looked at the order again. $914.79. $914.79. For a phone. And it doesn't even have Band 71 (I'm T-Mobile).
I recently found on eBay what was held out to be a true factory OEM battery. I had intended to keep my 6P as a backup after I got my shiny new Pixel XL 2. This morning, I looked up who Google uses to do their repairs. It was UBreakIFix. Went online, there were 3 stores withing 15 miles. Called them. $45 to replace the battery as long as I supplied the battery.
The tech was knowledgeable. As in he took one look at my battery, still in the anti-static, and could tell it was true factory OEM. Said he has replaced the battery on tons of 6Ps in the last three months. He said that they normally use factory OEM for 6P replacement, and the batteries aren't hard to get. I did not ask what they would charge for the battery (I paid less than $20 I think, eBay).
So I left it there. Used my Nexus 5 as a temp phone.....and dammit if the battery wasn't WAY better than the 6P.....but oh such a small screen.
The phone was done in about 30 minutes. I picked it up. My phone is good as new. I could immediately notice the difference.
I just cancelled my $914.79 phone. I'll wait for the XL 3 unless the phone dies before then. I have my Nexus 5 as a backup.
So, if you're like me, sitting on the fence on the XL 2, debating whether to replace the battery or get a new phone.....replace the battery.
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Man congrats!! That's a good story indeed. I don't blame you for cancelling your order. I personally could not believe of all companies that Google would leave the headphone jack off the phone. Being a purist company I mean you gotta include the headphone jack. It's a nice phone but I can tell you from experience coming from the Samsung S8 which also had the 18.9 ratio that it was way too narrow. The proportion was way off to me so I sold my S8 and was able to locate a brand new Nexus 6p 64g that I ended up buying for only $150!! I got extremely lucky on my deal. I couldn't agree more with you as your 6p will easily last you another year if not longer and is every bit just as good as a phone as the pixel 2 and my Samsung S8.