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I was wondering when someone would recommend getting a new oem battery for the eris? I've had mine for almost 2 years now and it seems like my phone dies quite quickly. Of course my usage varies (usually depending on if the girlfriend is working lol) so i can't be sure. Furthermore its not like i kept logs of my battery life when i first got the phone so its not like i can accurately compare to my past life. What do you guys and girls think? The oem batteries on ebay for like 5$ are quite tempting at this point.
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crimson12 said:
I was wondering when someone would recommend getting a new oem battery for the eris? I've had mine for almost 2 years now and it seems like my phone dies quite quickly. Of course my usage varies (usually depending on if the girlfriend is working lol) so i can't be sure. Furthermore its not like i kept logs of my battery life when i first got the phone so its not like i can accurately compare to my past life. What do you guys and girls think? The oem batteries on ebay for like 5$ are quite tempting at this point.
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I was noticing definitively lower battery life in May this year - so, when my battery was about 16 months old - and bought a new one, and battery life definitely improved back to my old normal. I had to weight that against the realization that I was planning to upgrade my phone sometime around mid-August to late-September - but it was still worth it to me. It's a lot less of a hassle than making sure that I am charging a couple of times a day.
I think that, given the charge cycles that phone batteries typically get, this is pretty much expected.
Do it.
Also, there was a thread around here somewhere (in the Droid Eris Q&A section) about OEM batteries for about 10 bucks. I'd say that's a pretty good deal.
Alright thanks, i jumped on it, should be here by monday. Ill let you all know how it goes
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You should be fine with it - especially for under $10 - I ordered a HTC Ozone OEM 1500 maH battery for the Eris (which I knew would fit tightly with the stock cover) and nearly 6 months later, no issues whatsoever & holding charges. Recently ordered a LG ENV3 (OEM) battery from the same NY-based eBay merchant and it put new life into DW's 2 years old "feature" phone.
I kept the "old" battery charged & keep it alongside with the headphone & usb cable handy when I'm on the go for contingency purposes, occassionally rotating between the 2 batteries.
I've had my Droid Eris for almost 2 years and noticed the battery life was becoming horrible. To the point of having to keep the phone plugged in all the time. I purchased a brand new oem battery and STILL have the same issue. Now its worse those, it will suddenly die and when I restart the phone, there is NO charge. Any suggestions?
Did you try calibrating it?
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I had my battery die on a hiking trip (I was using the camera a lot) and bought a spare battery when I got home.
Not long after that I rooted my phone and put Setcpu on it to lower the clock speed when the screen is off. I now get about double the battery life. I have yet to need my spare battery, but I swap back and forth every few weeks.
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I'm try to post my first reply in xda...What's going , I'm looking forward to this message...
Are you using a battery monitor on the Eris? I highly recommend using it as you can check to see what's running in the background (i.e Maps did manage to stay on or come back - maybe, delicate touchscreen issues ??) that might be "draining" the battery - even after a proper calibration & several full charge/discharge cycles.
Depending on the custom ROM, it could be the widgets, clock/weather/news app, email, or even screen settings, etc. Up until last week, I had a nearly 30 months old HTC battery (from the Ozone @ 1500 maH) in the now decommissioned, WiFi only Eris and it was fine - holding a solid charge for typically 20+ to 30 hours of light/moderate usage & standby time.
Just received this battery from eBay and charged it up fully without any boot loop issues. I will keep testing and bring you all the results, but so far I have about 9hrs on the battery and I have download a few large files, played a few games such as Words with Friends, some talking and web browsing. I kept sync on as well and its down to about 75%. For $8.99 it may be worth it....
I will be doing a comparison on this battery pack, the Droidax Power Pack, and the Powerskin within the next day or so. I'm just waiting to receive the Powerskin which I should have on Thursday.
Battery Pack:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170659014417?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
I also just ordered this to go with the battery pack...I'll let you know what it's like once I receive it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130593609017?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
I just got the case in the mail and it looks great. The cut outs are perfect and the fit is awesome. I paid like 8.99 for it. Between the case and the battery I spent about $18 and now I'm set. I now have the juice and protection I was accustomed to with my iphone4 and mophie case and for a fraction of the cost for a droidax or power skin case.
Does the back plate fit on perfect or is there a gap on the top right corner like the gtmax from amazon ?
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Does the back plate fit on perfect or is there a gap on the top right corner like the gtmax from amazon ?
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No gaps..Fits very well. I will get some pics up latter tonight..
Thank you..
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Does the back plate fit on perfect or is there a gap on the top right corner like the gtmax from amazon ?
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I'm sure that these are the GT Max batteries. I ordered a GT Max battery and it looks exactly identical to the battery listed by the OP.
Thanks a lot, we look forward to the review & comparisons!
One big relief is that the case fits without any problems, because the GTMax (which also fits without any problems) has been sold out on Amazon for some time.
thank you. i just ordered one and will report back as soon as i get it. now to find a case that has an open back...
Update:
So far I'm very impressed with my 3500mAh extended battery. Its performing great. I'm charging it for the third time since I got it and have had no problems with boot loops or anything else. Its been lasting 2 full days with moderate to heavy usage.
Got pic yet?
just bought one, hopefully this one is good. i've seen some bad reviews of other 3500 batteries... in terms of performance but you seem to be holding it up well.
i'm suspecting that we should do a full-charge up when we receive them from a complete turned-off position in order to not cause any battery issues. just my 2 cents on that.
i'm excited to try out uNamed rom with extended battery. must be epic usage.
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Got pic yet?
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Here you go!!
Does it support NFC?
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Does it support NFC?
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Nope it does not have the NFC in it...
I just got this same extended battery in the mail today from the same ebay seller as the OP.
First take:
- The case snaps on perfectly, just takes a little more force at the top almost to the point where I thought that no way it's gonna snap closed and that they sent me the wrong case, but it did, so no issues here.
- The finish on the battery door is very nice, matches the phone perfectly. Additional weight is nominal and the ergonomics of holding the phone are enhanced. Thinness, obviously, is sacrificed.
- Battery came with 40% charge. Charged it up and though I didn't track how long it took (maybe 2 hrs), it got up to 95% really quickly--perhaps even quicker than the stock battery which is a little alarming as bigger batteries take longer to charge, all other things held equal.
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Battery Pack:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170659014417?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
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Just a quick note for all of you. If you look at the ebay listing, you will notice that the seller has a "Make Offer" option. I gave it a try and made an offer. He/she accepted it. Give it a try...."FYI: I am not going to post what they accepted my offer at."
Heavy usage day report
I had my first full day of usage yesterday and would like to report the stats. For starters, running stock rom, not rooted, 2 push email accounts, 50% brightness. I normally get about 3 hrs of display time on the stock battery and depending on whatever else I have going on, that could last me anywhere from 11-18 hrs in a given day. Yesterday was a great day to test because it was a day of truly heavy usage:
- 14 hr 20 min total battery life (from 100% to 5%)
- 3 hr 42 min display time on
- 2 hr 18 min phone calls
Well how does that compare to a 'heavy usage' day with the stock battery? I would probably get about ~11 hrs or so at most with the stock battery on a heavy usage day so I'm looking at perhaps a 3.5hr increase. But the most important metric is the screen time, which I usually max out at 3 hrs with the stock battery. So that is about a 45 min increase which is an additional 25% of screen time. I think I could have hit 4 and beyond easily if it wasn't for the 2+ hrs of phone calls, but it was a busy day!
Did I have higher, MUCH higher hopes for this battery? Yes, definitely. BUT it is too early to judge most likely, I hope to see some improvements with a few more charge cycles and hope to get the battery life that Rodger (igadgetgeek on youtube) was getting.
Bought one of these batteries. Shipping speed was actually decent.
Now onto the 3 F's
Fit / Form / Function
Fit: Battery fits just fine. Case fits very well....but there is a slight lip on the top left side.
Form: The feel of the phone is definitely different, but it's not bad.
Function: Definitely not 3500mAh, but for $9, I can't complain. Battery does seem to last much longer. I will post more on this when I've had more time with the battery.
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I had my first full day of usage yesterday and would like to report the stats. For starters, running stock rom, not rooted, 2 push email accounts, 50% brightness. I normally get about 3 hrs of display time on the stock battery and depending on whatever else I have going on, that could last me anywhere from 11-18 hrs in a given day. Yesterday was a great day to test because it was a day of truly heavy usage:
- 14 hr 20 min total battery life (from 100% to 5%)
- 3 hr 42 min display time on
- 2 hr 18 min phone calls
Well how does that compare to a 'heavy usage' day with the stock battery? I would probably get about ~11 hrs or so at most with the stock battery on a heavy usage day so I'm looking at perhaps a 3.5hr increase. But the most important metric is the screen time, which I usually max out at 3 hrs with the stock battery. So that is about a 45 min increase which is an additional 25% of screen time. I think I could have hit 4 and beyond easily if it wasn't for the 2+ hrs of phone calls, but it was a busy day!
Did I have higher, MUCH higher hopes for this battery? Yes, definitely. BUT it is too early to judge most likely, I hope to see some improvements with a few more charge cycles and hope to get the battery life that Rodger (igadgetgeek on youtube) was getting.
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Wow... that sucks.
I bought mine off Amazon for 12.99, and it was a US seller (I will have to look up the details).
I traveled for Thanksgiving and forgot my charger, but the phone lasted 3 days with 4.5 hours of display time. I always keep sync and data on, etc.
I was on UnNamed at the time.
Here is the seller I used:
http://www.amazon.com/GTMax-Capacit...5A84/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322755399&sr=8-1
extended battery results so far
Got my battery and case (from eBay, as in first post in this thread), no boot loop, back fits fine. On third day of battery logging, so far lifetime seems only slightly better than my stock battery. On unNamed ROM 1.3.0, using about 2.5-3% of battery per hour for light to moderate use. On stock battery was also using about 3% per hour [although those test were only for pretty light use]. So far extended battery appears to be less than twice the capacity... but given the price not to bad.
Has anyone found a post about this battery damaging a phone? I'm tempted to try it, but I'm a little nervous about it damaging my phone.
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Took the plunge and bought the 1900 slim battery for the vigor . First impressions are it is definitely lasting longer than the stock slim battery. I will take a couple days to test and make sure it is not a placebo effect.
Are you refering to this battery?
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...extended-battery-for-verizon-htc-rezound.html
Yep it looks slim, fits inside and doesnt require extra backdoor cover.
Concerning the performace please post your test results, i am pretty curious, but at the same time very confident, Mugen is a good brand.
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Are you refering to this battery?
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...extended-battery-for-verizon-htc-rezound.html
Yep it looks slim, fits inside and doesnt require extra backdoor cover.
Concerning the performace please post your test results, i am pretty curious, but at the same time very confident, Mugen is a good brand.
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I will post results tomorrow...
I bought the mugen extended battery for the thunderbolt. It definitely did last longer then the OEM one but, when the rezound came out I bought a extra battery and that one lasted MUCH longer on the thunderbolt. That mugen battery didn't work right on the rezound so I didn't need it when I sold the rezound. I bought an oem extended battery for my rezound and I love it.
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just got this battery today im a heavy user, ill post results next week
Im interested in seeing the results, I have been thinking of getting a larger battery, but did not want the larger cover and the bulk that comes with it
Still waiting to hear real results, plus how the temperature is.
Also looking forward to the results.
I am too. I would get one if it was actually better than stock.
I believe in the past the problem with third party batteries was the not the initial performance but the extremely short life span of the battery. Over time batteries will gradually loose their ability to hold a charge. So buyer beware, these batteries may be great for the first month or two then significantly drop off.
Good luck
anyone have this battery for a decent amount of time? I am all for just a little more battery, without the bulk of the extended.
How does it work!?!?
My Results!
Here are my results from today. I've had the battery since Monday, so I gave it few days before doing this. At the rate I used it today (Texts, Calls, 4G Use), it would have been dead by the 5 hour mark. Also, 111 is the lowest my phone has ever been when using Wireless Tether. I still text a lot while it's doing that too, and it's always at 120 or slightly above, so that seems to be an improvement as well.
initial impressions
Street putting it through is paces it sends like I am getting about 2 to 3 hours extra life compared to the 1620 battery...I have had it since Monday.
Just got mine last night, initial impression is that it lasts a few hours longer. I was at about 40% at 5 hours 30 mins, at which time I was usually at around 25-20%
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Guys,
I recently got the 1900 mugen batt and I just dled this app and it says my battery is 1590mah. I was wondering if i got ripped or the app is inaccurate. I will dl another battery app and double check it.
Just wanted to see if I have the same battery everyone else has.
killerxmic said:
Guys,
I recently got the 1900 mugen batt and I just dled this app and it says my battery is 1590mah. I was wondering if i got ripped or the app is inaccurate. I will dl another battery app and double check it.
Just wanted to see if I have the same battery everyone else has.
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Mine said the same thing, but running it through some tests, it definitely last longer than the stock battery.
I am getting about 7-8 hours of normal use out of this battery, which is a few hours longer than the stock. One thing to note, however, and I'm not sure why, but last night I let it get down to the 15% warning and at 10% it just died and wouldn't turn back on. Charged up and we're fine now, so I'm not sure what happened.
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I am too. I would get one if it was actually better than stock.
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Well I can't officially say this battery is noticeably better than the stock. I am getting a solid 3 to 4 hours better battery life. I have had it for a week now and the placebo effect is gone.
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Well I can't officially say this battery is noticeably better than the stock. I am getting a solid 3 to 4 hours better battery life. I have had it for a week now and the placebo effect is gone.
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3-4 better is pretty good.
I wish someone would do a video rundown test in airplane mode.
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I am getting about 7-8 hours of normal use out of this battery, which is a few hours longer than the stock. One thing to note, however, and I'm not sure why, but last night I let it get down to the 15% warning and at 10% it just died and wouldn't turn back on. Charged up and we're fine now, so I'm not sure what happened.
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You have to calibrate your battery before you'll really see it's full potential.
After holding off forever on my launch day evo3d and getting sick of having to charge my phone at work and potentially missing a call from the wife in an emergency I decided to buy an anker battery. Holy cow. My tired nearly 2 year old battery was definitely worn. Before I'd get around 1 hour and 45 mins of screen on before I'd have to charge. I'm currently at 1 hour 12 minutes and have 71 percent left. Earlier today I stressed it and got to 2 hours 46 minutes screen on and was at 51 percent. Definite improvement. When ICS first came to our phones I noticed a big improvement over battery life and I've strived to get that back changing ROMs kernels etc. Finally bit the bullet and got a new battery.
Point is: if you are getting poor battery life and you have over a year old battery get a new one. I don't trust most batteries listed but this anker is good in my book. I will keep this thread updated for a while. Once I upgrade this phone will be my 3 year olds phone for playing bowling and other little things that stimulate his growing mind.
Well. Running latest dastin cm10.1 with buttered toast 16.4 at 1188 max iland xondemand I'm getting around 2 hours 50 minutes screen on. Usually around 30 percent at that point. Trying not to drain this battery completely. Either way, happy as hell with my phone battery life now.
Well my phone isn't over 1 year old but I feel the need to have atleast a second battery as a backup for LOOONG trips etc.
Since I tried the bulky battery packs from some friends and I found them terribly unpractical despite what the internet has to say about them, I would only but a battery that fits the stock case but offers bigger capacity than the one that comes from and it won't be a battery that is so bad quality that it's performance will drop in like one week, so I was considering Anker. My question is, is there any -PROVEN- to be better (capacity and quality wise) than Anker even if you have to forget completely the price? I'd be happy to spend a little more on a larger capacity battery that is good quality as far as it fits the stock casing.
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My question is, is there any -PROVEN- to be better (capacity and quality wise) than Anker even if you have to forget completely the price? I'd be happy to spend a little more on a larger capacity battery that is good quality as far as it fits the stock casing.
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Mugen Power batteries are usually considered the premium solution for cell phones and this one that fits the Evo 3D with the stock cover claims to have a little more capacity than the Anker model. I don't have either so I can't really give you any feedback on that, but for $46 on Amazon I think I'd rather go with the Anker two pack and charger for $30 on Amazon or the EC Technology equivalent for $18 on Amazon and pocket the change.
Edit: Here's a review of the Mugen Power battery by an Evo 3D user.
ramjet73
ramjet73 said:
Mugen Power batteries are usually considered the premium solution for cell phones and this one that fits the Evo 3D with the stock cover claims to have a little more capacity than the Anker model. I don't have either so I can't really give you any feedback on that, but for $46 on Amazon I think I'd rather go with the Anker two pack and charger for $30 on Amazon or the EC Technology equivalent for $18 on Amazon and pocket the change.
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Thanx, this was exactly what I was thinking. Also since the battery is not tested I don't want to do experiemnts with my money for just 50mAh...
I've recently purchased a MugenPower 1950mAh battery for my Evo 3D. I's supposed to be delivered some day in April. I will post the results of the usage as soon as I get it. One thing must be said, it's not a cheap battery. But I just want to forget battery issues on my Evo and enjoy a whole day playing with it!
I've this on (the anker).
I would say it's quite the same perfomance as the original battery.
I got a pack of two vor 10€. Awesome price in my opinion.
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I've this on (the anker).
I would say it's quite the same perfomance as the original battery.
I got a pack of two vor 10€. Awesome price in my opinion.
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Where did you get it so cheap? Send me PM please.
Also looking for replacement battery, as right now I charge 2-3 times a day on the stock 2 yr old batt.. curious about Mugen Batt, but anker seems tested and proven.. for $30 you get 2 batt with charger at amazon.. Hope the Mugen users out there comment about it before i can order the anker for comparison.
Using Ballistic cases, so bulky batt aint no option..
I've been using the Anker 1900 for a 1 1/2 months and it's excellent. I'm running DU 4.2.2 ROM with Mirage kernel. Speeds are set at 384/1188. The stock battery after 2 years would be darn near dead half way through the day with moderate use. This Anker lasts me the entire day with the same usage. I'm on twitter, web, calls, texting, taking pictures, and game here and there. There's been many nights when I plug it in with 30% or so left. I'll take a look tonight and get times, etc and post back.
I got my Anker yesterday evening. 8 AM this morning, i took my phone off charger and 12 hours later I'm on 48%. I'd say my use is moderate. Wifi is always on, mobile network on, lots of calls and some internet browsing. Pretty good for first charge. Oh, and my CPU is OCed to 1836MHz. Guys at Anker really know what they're doing :thumbup:
14 hours on battery with 3.5 hours screen on and still 28% to go
Don't know if anyone's here been using RavPower. I have heard quite a few times these days. Checked on their amazon store and find that their price is cheaper than Anker, what about the quality?
I just picked up the Anker battery for $17 on Amazon. Although capacity rating isn't much higher than stock I find that it definitely holds a charge longer and the drop off isn't nearly as fast. I'm on stock rom with MiRaGe kernel and a light user so I already get good battery life. But for the occasional trip I found that I can't get through the day on a full charge. So the anker give me some improvement without added bulk of a high capacity battery and for the few times I need it I now use the stock battery as a backup. At this price I would recommend picking one up.
In my opinion Thema Anker battery is Worth every Euro, just because does a way better Job than The Stock htc battery. Maybe it was just because my evo is a Bit old, but i Had to Charge it every 8 hours with Stock Rom which should have one of the best battery life. With my Anker its about 20-24 hours with regular usage
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I use my phone a lot, sms and facebook.
And I can't really get through a whole day. 10hour, even 4 if me and my gf have a lot of time.
Will this have any improvements on me or just 1hour+ ?
And what about this:
http://www.amazon.com/EC-TECHNOLOGY...599&sr=1-89&keywords=anker+battery+htc+evo+3d
DOnt mind giving 10$ if it will work for atleast a year or maybe half.
12 hours of SOT is now a memory of a far away past.
I used to score 4-6 hours of SOT in heavy usage, and even 8-12 watching movies, messaging and web browsing.
But now I can barely reach the 4 hours mark, it usually stays between 2 hours (just gaming) and 4:30 (Netflix, web...)
Sometimes I don't really mind getting just a few hours of SOT, but it is really sad looking at the past and remembering that plenty of juice I could squeeze out of this device.
Did also your device got this battery capacity decay? If yes, did a battery replacement actually did something (are the batteries available on sites like AliExpress good enough)?.
Is it really a battery problem or is it a crappy Oreo battery management thing?
PS: I've been using this device for about 1 year and a half.
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12 hours of SOT is now a memory of a far away past.
I used to score 4-6 hours of SOT in heavy usage, and even 8-12 watching movies, messaging and web browsing.
But now I can barely reach the 4 hours mark, it usually stays between 2 hours (just gaming) and 4:30 (Netflix, web...)
Sometimes I don't really mind getting just a few hours of SOT, but it is really sad looking at the past and remembering that plenty of juice I could squeeze out of this device.
Did also your device got this battery capacity decay? If yes, did a battery replacement actually did something (are the batteries available on sites like AliExpress good enough)?.
Is it really a battery problem or is it a crappy Oreo battery management thing?
PS: I've been using this device for about 1 year and a half.
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Visiting the Mi Service centre will be more easy and comfortable....they can give you original battery with replacement warranty of 6 months so....that will be more genuine
It I problem of Battery as it's been used for around 1.5 Year....only those who have newly bought Kenzo like around 6-7 months can say what Oreo battery management is like....it's good or bad....you can try switching ROMs....you will see that you get a extra 30-40 mins of battery n nothing more....which means it's the decay of battery but on the ROM problem...in
I've been experimenting on Oreo and while Doze mode works really well (1% loss by night) I feel that overall battery management is awful, especially when browsing YouTube for instance where I also get 4h SOT max.
I also got my RN3 about 2y ago and battery decay is important due to my heavy usage, with Accu battery I can say that I have no lost about 1/4 battery (3200mah MAX...) But that alone can't explain the SOT loss.
Too bad there isn't any service center in my country I could use a new battery at least for the 1h more that it could give me.
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I've been experimenting on Oreo and while Doze mode works really well (1% loss by night) I feel that overall battery management is awful, especially when browsing YouTube for instance where I also get 4h SOT max.
I also got my RN3 about 2y ago and battery decay is important due to my heavy usage, with Accu battery I can say that I have no lost about 1/4 battery (3200mah MAX...) But that alone can't explain the SOT loss.
Too bad there isn't any service center in my country I could use a new battery at least for the 1h more that it could give me.
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I also checked my estimated battery capacity, and it says 3100mAh (I don't think this is very accurate).
Xiaomi doesn't officially sell phones in my country anymore (they've only sold the Redmi 2).
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I also checked my estimated battery capacity, and it says 3100mAh (I don't think this is very accurate).
Xiaomi doesn't officially sell phones in my country anymore (they've only sold the Redmi 2).
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It's definitely not the most accurate way to check, but based on several charges (more than 20%) I've never seen 4000mah
It's looks like battery degradation. The only way to really check it's swapping batteries. Did you use the stock charger?
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It's looks like battery degradation. The only way to really check it's swapping batteries. Did you use the stock charger?
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yep, using the stock charger since i bought it.