Are there any extended batteries available for the AT&T version yet?
The Hyperion 5000 mah battery on Amazon looks awesome, but the back cover doesn't fit the US version
Maybe u can tweak the back cover.
What moved? Is there a thread where they show the difference in rear cover between the AT&T version and the international version?
Is the battery that bulky or what? I just don't see the purpose of their bulky back cover. Seidio is coming out with their own extended battery, a little pricey but I would prefer it.
NR017 said:
Is the battery that bulky or what? I just don't see the purpose of their bulky back cover. Seidio is coming out with their own extended battery, a little pricey but I would prefer it.
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whats the biggest extended battery so far that can fit in the standard back?
Don't think there's any extended batteries that fit the OEM cover.
I took an x-acto knife and carefully modified the tabs from the amazon hyperion battery, took me 20 mins and it fits fine.
That said, it has a good feel in the hands, but it makes the phone pretty ugly.
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Hey does anyone know if we have an extended silicone case yet?? I want to get either the 4000 mah battery or the 3500 mah battery but I need a silicone case for it.
Give it just a little time I bet Trident Case will come out with their Electra Case which is case and battery included for like 70 total...
I'm interested in this too. I have the HTC OEM silicone case and love it, but it won't fit on an extended battery (if I get the extended battery)
I hope they do. I had to cut a rectangle bigger then the battery for my 3500 on the og EVO. It was ugly but worked
Has anybody tried modding the OB Commuter case to fit the extended OEM battery? I wonder if its really possible.
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Has anybody tried modding the OB Commuter case to fit the extended OEM battery? I wonder if its really possible.
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Gonna say no it's not unless you could cut out a square for the battery in the stock door and the case parts, you'd still need some way to protect the battery and keep it in.
I've wanted to attempt this, cut a hole in the back of the stock battery cover and rubber sleeve of the otterbox, then hope theres enough room for the hard cover of the commuter to seal and hold the battery in. I don't have an extended battery yet though so i'm not sure how much room is needed.
Are you gonna try doing it once you get the xtended battery?
I think you might have to cut the otterbox hard plastic too. Maybe not, but I think it would be a very tight fit. I would definitely pick up an extended battery if it can be done without though.
I remember seeing that someone did it. I will try and find the post.
edit: here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22809448&postcount=26
I'm talking about the Commuter case, not the defender case which is bulkier already.
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con247 said:
I think you might have to cut the otterbox hard plastic too. Maybe not, but I think it would be a very tight fit. I would definitely pick up an extended battery if it can be done without though.
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Yeah, it definitely won't fit without modification to the plastic, which would defeat the purpose. Even without the rubber shell and no battery door, the plastic still doesn't really fit over the extended battery.
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Yeah, it definitely won't fit without modification to the plastic, which would defeat the purpose. Even without the rubber shell and no battery door, the plastic still doesn't really fit over the extended battery.
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Yeah I think you'd only be able to use the rubber part like the mod linked above, the plastic part clips on pretty tight.
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I'm talking about the Commuter case, not the defender case which is bulkier already.
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lol oh sorry. I'm sure it could be modified. But because its not very bulky you would end up with an exposed battery. The extended battery extendeds quite a bit out of the standard battery door. Doont have a ruler on me now but I would say its at least or more than 1/8" extended out. If the case doesn't add more than that, it will be exposed.
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just to give you guys ideas mod your otter box case all u want I did for the thunderbolt,then a couple weeks ago I broke my holster belt clip,all otter box needs to know on the inside of rubber case there is a code you need to tell the csr
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261988
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otterboxs are on sale on amazon. if someone can post a definite way to mod one please post it
Got a quick question. My battery is dying and I'm in the market for an extended battery. What's everyone's experiance and or recommendations for a good one?
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I bought one on Amazon, a third party that advertised 25% more use time without needing a new cover. It didn't work, giving me 50% LESS use time than my dying stock battery.
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You could try going for the Trident Electra case, keeps your phone safe, and giving pretty exceptional battery life, if you use it moderately. Unfortunately it's a bit expensive at $80-$100 now, and not to mention it doubles the size and weight of your phone considerably.
On the other hand, you can try your luck with the 3500-3800mah batteries on ebay, for 8-10 bucks it seems like a deal and lasts me with moderate use, 24-30 hours, so I'm pretty happy with that.
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Got a quick question. My battery is dying and I'm in the market for an extended battery. What's everyone's experiance and or recommendations for a good one?
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I second the Trident Electra recommendation. Available on Amazon for $40 shipped. It's a nearly indestructible case with a not-so-indestructible holster (broke mine after only a week - what do you expect from a plastic clip?). However, you can mod the holster with a steel belt clip from the military surplus store and now it's indestructible. Comes with a 3200 mAh battery that lasts me 2 days of regular usage, or 5 hours of providing WiFi for my tablet before hitting the 20% mark.
I shudder to think what my DX2 would look like by now without this case. I've dropped it at least 20 times. The case is barely scuffed. My DX2 still looks like I just unboxed it. The Trident case uses a hybrid of hard plastic and rubber. You start by installing the battery, then you slip the whole phone into the rubber sleeve (there is no battery cover - it's not needed). Then a hard plastic exoskeleton with a built-in screen protector snaps into place over the rubber. There's rubber at all the corners, so as long as the phone doesn't fall screen first onto rocks, you'll still be smiling. There are two thick rubber plugs that are permanently attached to the sleeve to cover the USB/HDMI and headset ports. The plugs keep out dust, but will lock in the open position when you use the port.
Some might consider $40 to be a lot to spend on an extended battery, but when you add in a case that's just as good as the Otter case ($30) or any other case plus a screen protector, I'd rather buy this than those questionable $10 batteries with made-in-China cells in them.
Had.some free at.work.and an extra defender,made a mode for the hyperion..fits well and still appears slim..
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This is awesome!
How is it for normal usage? Are you using this setup as a daily driver?
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Can you post a pic of the back of the phone with the case on? Looks good btw
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nice job. I did the same thing with my resound and it worked great. now it's sitting on the shelf since getting the N3 :good:
So basically all you have to do is dremel out the back of the otterbox? I am using a zero lemon but it is a bit too bulky for me. Thinking about going this route if it is a viable option.
Does the battery bulge out at all on the rubber?
I'm also interested in hearing how much extra bulge this gives. I want to get a ZeroLemon but the case is like a puff pastry compared to the sleekness of the OtterBox. Plus that Max-5 has got me itching to mod the ZL into the OB just wondering how much tug the Hyperion gives on the silicone and if you think there would be enough play to fit a Zl in there. I was thinking maybe of shaving down some of the silicon a little since the camo OtterBoxes have a hard plastic print for the design so thinning the rubber behind it wouldn't be too much of a drawback in durability in my opinion. I just don't know if it would give it enough extra space to make the bulge less noticeable. If ZeroLemon is going to get into these rugged cases then hopefully they can slim them down in certain spots so it doesn't look like a bar of soap lol
The Zero Lemon uses some really cheap and hard rubber in comparison to the otter box case. I had a friend custom cut the back of the otterbox for me. I'm just waiting on the Anker battery. He did a really phenomenal job and I'll keep anyone here posted on how it fits.
Here we go... This is the best mod ever, lol. Good bye Zerolemon! The Otterbox is a WAYYYYYY nicer case.
Shout out to Greg for modding the case and making this all possible and thanks to OP for the idea.
Here's the full resolution album!
http://imgur.com/a/lfebK
Wow looks great. How does the rubber outer portion fit now that the battery extends out a bit.
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GloriousGlory said:
Here we go... This is the best mod ever, lol. Good bye Zerolemon! The Otterbox is a WAYYYYYY nicer case.
Shout out to Greg for modding the case and making this all possible and thanks to OP for the idea.
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Any thoughts on if a zerolemon battery would fit?
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Wow looks great. How does the rubber outer portion fit now that the battery extends out a bit.
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Fits great. It has a little bit of a bulge, but nothing anyone would notice unless you said something. It still sits flat on table surface.
Zero lemon will not fit no matter what you do with it. The ZL battery is way too large for any type of modification to work. The rubber won't even wrap around the phone with the battery in.
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Fits great. It has a little bit of a bulge, but nothing anyone would notice unless you said something. It still sits flat on table surface.
Zero lemon will not fit no matter what you do with it. The ZL battery is way too large for any type of modification to work. The rubber won't even wrap around the phone with the battery in.
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That's a shame. Seems like they really slimmed down the design with the Note 3 it looks half as thick as I expected it to be. My S3 struggled with the ZL as well though it did fit against all physics. I eventually modded it fully so the rubber laid flat as if the ZL wasn't there. Figured I would give it a shot with the Note 3 OtterBox but not for $70 just yet. The ZL case wouldn't be bad if more time was given to them to slim and refine the design.
The ZL battery seems like its larger than it has to be.. The Anker/Hyperion batteries are rather small and are 6400mah. The ZL is just ridiculously huge.
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The ZL battery seems like its larger than it has to be.. The Anker/Hyperion batteries are rather small and are 6400mah. The ZL is just ridiculously huge.
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Yea it really is just gigantic. I just don't know what route I would take. I have seen a lot of impressive battery life out of the Anker/Hyperion batteries that was as good as my S3 with a ZL on it was so if I can get that level of life out of it then I'll just go that route. Saves some weight and bulk. What's nice about the otterbox's is they're easy to stealth the larger batteries. Just run the front plastic piece down with a sander and do the same with the rubber where the battery will go (camo cases exclusively since the camo part is like a hard plastic material, and bam you have original OtterBox thickness with double the battery.
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Yea it really is just gigantic. I just don't know what route I would take. I have seen a lot of impressive battery life out of the Anker/Hyperion batteries that was as good as my S3 with a ZL on it was so if I can get that level of life out of it then I'll just go that route. Saves some weight and bulk. What's nice about the otterbox's is they're easy to stealth the larger batteries. Just run the front plastic piece down with a sander and do the same with the rubber where the battery will go (camo cases exclusively since the camo part is like a hard plastic material, and bam you have original OtterBox thickness with double the battery.
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The ZL case is just irritating. It's got this cheap feeling rubber and the buttons are extremely difficult to press. The new defenders feel a lot better than the ones I've owned in the past. This is without a doubt the best defender yet. The rubber is extremely pliable and gives the best button response i've ever felt on a case.
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The ZL case is just irritating. It's got this cheap feeling rubber and the buttons are extremely difficult to press. The new defenders feel a lot better than the ones I've owned in the past. This is without a doubt the best defender yet. The rubber is extremely pliable and gives the best button response i've ever felt on a case.
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That's good to hear. I keep flip flopping because I keep looking at the ZeroLemon with it's absurd capacity which would be great for me and then I keep thinking about how badly I would just prefer to have an OtterBox but it's $40 more said and done which makes me just rather want to save the money, sacrifice a little quality, and focus on the whole purpose of just getting more battery capacity. I think I will just get the ZL, love it or hate it for a while then switch over to an OtterBox/6400mah combo later if I am not satisfied. I know I can slim the OtterBox to the point where the ZL will fit. Those cases have been flexible enough for me to do it before. It's just way more involved than simply cutting a hole in the back so that's why I don't think anyone's done it. That and the cost to do so is pretty high since they aren't selling just the batteries yet.
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That's good to hear. I keep flip flopping because I keep looking at the ZeroLemon with it's absurd capacity which would be great for me and then I keep thinking about how badly I would just prefer to have an OtterBox but it's $40 more said and done which makes me just rather want to save the money, sacrifice a little quality, and focus on the whole purpose of just getting more battery capacity. I think I will just get the ZL, love it or hate it for a while then switch over to an OtterBox/6400mah combo later if I am not satisfied. I know I can slim the OtterBox to the point where the ZL will fit. Those cases have been flexible enough for me to do it before. It's just way more involved than simply cutting a hole in the back so that's why I don't think anyone's done it. That and the cost to do so is pretty high since they aren't selling just the batteries yet.
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You aren't going to fit the zero lemon in this defender. This defender is very slim, it's not like the normal defenders I've ever owned.
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You aren't going to fit the zero lemon in this defender. This defender is very slim, it's not like the normal defenders I've ever owned.
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Sell me that case. I just got the anker also and i hate this back cover
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Had.some free at.work.and an extra defender,made a mode for the hyperion..fits well and still appears slim..
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It's sound good. I did also the same thing with my resound and it worked great.
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You aren't going to fit the zero lemon in this defender. This defender is very slim, it's not like the normal defenders I've ever owned.
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Well aware of that but like I said the mod I do isn't a simple "cut hole here and go". I have given the N3 OtterBox 1.5mm (guesstimate) of extra depth on a friends broken case and when I get my ZeroLemon in I will test fit and see how it works. As is the case gives a lot of room for a bigger battery. The anker will fit flush and flat as if it wasn't even there and I don't see any issues at all with fitting a ZeroLemon but time will tell. The more I use this thing the more I think maybe I'll be more satisfied with just an Anker and Otterbox. The battery life is already pretty good. I guess my final judgement will be with the quality of the ZeroLemon case and it's heft. I promise to fit a ZeroLemon into a Note 3 OtterBox though for sure. When I get bored of the ZL case I will do so with a full boat write up.
Neo Spigen hybrid case is probably the best case for the extended battery. The added extra (barely noticebale) weight and thickness makes the phone better to hold in my opionion. It remeinds me of the 2013 motox where when you hold on it, it feels nice on your palm.
Did you notice that the phone with the extended battery even without the spigen case feels a lot comfortable to hold with that extra weight?
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Did you notice that the phone with the extended battery even without the spigen case feels a lot comfortable to hold with that extra weight?
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Yes even without case it feels much better in the hands. With regular battery its too light like a paper, and I feel like I will drop it anytime.
I think its because the extra thickness gives you more traction, on sits perfctly on your palm. Unlike where the original one, your hand/ finger placment is only on the metal side which is really slippery.
I have same configuration for about 3 months now work perfect
So are the battery stats with extended battery for 4.4 or lollipop?
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So are the battery stats with extended battery for 4.4 or lollipop?
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Lollipop at&t
ringke fusion case
has anyone tried the ringke fusion case for the alpha with the extended battery?
i have the case and is awesome but i dont know if it will fit with the new battery
i need the extra battery but i also love my case cuz it's very beautyfull, lightweight and has the best grip
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kepiro said:
has anyone tried the ringke fusion case for the alpha with the extended battery?
i have the case and is awesome but i dont know if it will fit with the new battery
i need the extra battery but i also love my case cuz it's very beautyfull, lightweight and has the best grip
...dillema...
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I have the ringke fusin as well.. It fits but you will lose the front lip of the case. So be careful when you drop front face first lol.. But hey alpha has gorilla glass 4 so its all good.
other cases
Have you tried any other case apart from ringke and spigen? if so let us know.