Hey guys I found a 1910mAh Battery on Ebay that is supposed to fit in the original cover. For $23.98. I have had problems with fake batteries before but it looks interesting since my battery needs to be replaced. Here is the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1910mAh-Battery-Dock-USB-Charger-AT-T-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-SGH-i777-Android-Phone-/280938744220?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item416941099c#ht_4181wt_1271
I would like your opinions. Thanks
Anyone? Hellooo all you people! I am a bit upset because I have not received even one reply.. Thanks -_-
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Anyone? Hellooo all you people! I am a bit upset because I have not received even one reply.. Thanks -_-
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I think most of us have doubts this battery is even 1650 mah... Most of us have been burned by cheap batteries that promise high capacity and deliver less than stock.
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I think most of us have doubts this battery is even 1650 mah... Most of us have been burned by cheap batteries that promise high capacity and deliver less than stock.
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100% agreed.
Never heard of a 1950 battery for sgs2, best bet go with the 2000 mah one, there is a whole thread about it.
Thanks guys, I imagined the same thing. I will be checking out the 2000mah and the 3500mah. My phone battery used to give me more than 20 hours now it hardly lasts 4 hours.
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i think that, what you need is to sync your battery, plug in and let it charge till 100%, after that, leave it charging 30 min. more, now, still conected to the power source, go to recovery mode, and swype the battery stats, and after it turn on, un-plug it, and now do 2 full charge cycles, that means, let the battery drain out 100% and let it charge till 100% without interrumption(power off the phone, and then plug it to the "wall"), do it 2 times, and now you'll notice a better battery performance:good:
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i think that, what you need is to sync your battery, plug in and let it charge till 100%, after that, leave it charging 30 min. more, now, still conected to the power source, go to recovery mode, and swype the battery stats, and after it turn on, un-plug it, and now do 2 full charge cycles, that means, let the battery drain out 100% and let it charge till 100% without interrumption(power off the phone, and then plug it to the "wall"), do it 2 times, and now you'll notice a better battery performance:good:
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Thanks, I will try to do what you said. Since I sometimes charge the battery with a battery charger and not with the phone.
Edit- I did what you said and I noticed that the battery does in fact holds a longer charge. I bought this battery on ebay and I am waiting to receive it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/270992164008?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
I have bought from that seller before, it seems a very good price for it.
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i think that, what you need is to sync your battery, plug in and let it charge till 100%, after that, leave it charging 30 min. more, now, still conected to the power source, go to recovery mode, and swype the battery stats, and after it turn on, un-plug it, and now do 2 full charge cycles, that means, let the battery drain out 100% and let it charge till 100% without interrumption(power off the phone, and then plug it to the "wall"), do it 2 times, and now you'll notice a better battery performance:good:
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Actually that doesn't do anything at all for Galaxy S2 devices.
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Actually that doesn't do anything at all for Galaxy S2 devices.
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That's not a very informative reply, lol
Fortunately, I know what you're referring to, which is a post by a Google engineer that wiping battery stats has no affect on battery life.
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So i am a recent convert coming from a RAZR and would like to know whats the best way to train the battery. The RAZR was horrible.
What do you mean train it?
I think he means as far as calibrate it from the beginning. Usually when I take a phone outta the box ill let the battery dir from there. No immediate charge. And then ill charge it and let it completely die 3 times. Done that with all my devices in the past few years and usually works like a charm. But when root comes we can add battery tweaks and such. My battery right now isn't too bad, but my EVO 3D was a lil better. I love this frkken phone
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Ah, I just let it die and then charged it all the way up. No issues here!
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Ah, I just let it die and then charged it all the way up. No issues here!
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Nope me either
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The app battery calibration from the market works well too
I have noticed that when looking in the battery usage monitor it seems that the battery hits full charge then drops to 96% and hits full charge again about ten times a night. Kind of bizarre, and probably contributing to the battery life being shorter. Also noticed that the 2750mah battery is read as 2720mah on multiple extended batteries.
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I have noticed that when looking in the battery usage monitor it seems that the battery hits full charge then drops to 96% and hits full charge again about ten times a night. Kind of bizarre, and probably contributing to the battery life being shorter. Also noticed that the 2750mah battery is read as 2720mah on multiple extended batteries.
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Because it stops taking charge when its full. Otherwise you would wake up with little pieces of your rezound all over the room .
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Fully draining the battery is bad news...shortens it's lifespan.
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Fully draining the battery is bad news...shortens it's lifespan.
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Doing one time is probably more helpful than hurtful though.
Yea. Where you should probably run it down low when for the first few charges. I wouldn't totally kill it. Over about a week you should see a little improvement as it settles
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Fully draining the battery is bad news...shortens it's lifespan.
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After flashing a Rom you have to calibrate battery by letting it drain fully and then fully recharge so can't be that hurtful. Now letting it sit at 0% for 5 hours is not such a good idea.
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After flashing a Rom you have to calibrate battery by letting it drain fully and then fully recharge so can't be that hurtful. Now letting it sit at 0% for 5 hours is not such a good idea.
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Well u can do that yes. Or u can wipe battery status. Or download battery calibrator from the market.
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Do most of you guys keep your phones plugged in (charging) as long as you are around a USB port/wall outlet or not? Unless I buy a battery booster, I don't like the thought of my phone being any less than topped off in the event that I can't charge it for a while. I'm aware that the battery can't be over-charged, but keeping it at 100% so much of the time doesn't seem like a good way to treat it. :/
Won't hurt it , people in the office have been doing it forever.
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Never let your battery die completely. That puts stress on the battery.
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I think he means as far as calibrate it from the beginning. Usually when I take a phone outta the box ill let the battery dir from there. No immediate charge. And then ill charge it and let it completely die 3 times. Done that with all my devices in the past few years and usually works like a charm. But when root comes we can add battery tweaks and such. My battery right now isn't too bad, but my EVO 3D was a lil better. I love this frkken phone
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Thats what I always do and always recomend.
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I have noticed that when looking in the battery usage monitor it seems that the battery hits full charge then drops to 96% and hits full charge again about ten times a night. Kind of bizarre, and probably contributing to the battery life being shorter. Also noticed that the 2750mah battery is read as 2720mah on multiple extended batteries.
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Thats by design to stop it from over charging and to keep the battery fresh.
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Every one is quick to say this... But I ask you... By how much? Any hard numbers on that?
My point is... The battery is not going to last forever to begin with. If I get 12 months out of the battery that is 6 months longer than I would have used the device the battery is powering
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Doing one time is probably more helpful than hurtful though.
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Indeed! Every once in a while it will not hurt your battery in a measurable way.
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Never let your battery die completely. That puts stress on the battery.
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Everything you do with your phone stresses your battery.
Point being... As reverepats said... For the first few charges its good to drain it down then full charge it back up. Your not hurting the battery in such a way its going to noticeably shorten the life span.
This by the way doesnt do much for the battery itself... More for the OS. The OS compiles statics on usage, etc... This helps the OS "learn" the battery.
Now to counter point I made above...
The OS will also learn the battery over time... By doing cycle charges you are only speeding it up some. I still recommend cycle charging. I try to do it about once a week.
The best way to train/calibrate the battery in my opinion is to charge it till the green notification light comes on with the phone on. Then unplug the charger from the phone and then turn off the phone. Once it is completely off plug it back into the charger and charge it until the green notification light comes on. Then unplug the charger from the phone and then turn on the phone. Once the phone is done booting up and everything is loaded and what not then charge it till the green notification light comes on and then unplug it and you have now successfully trained/calibrated your battery.
I did this with my Rezound when I first got it and when I got my extended battery and the phone lasts me 24-36 hours with moderate use and Juice Defender installed. I hope this helps
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The best way to train/calibrate the battery in my opinion is to charge it till the green notification light comes on with the phone on. Then unplug the charger from the phone and then turn off the phone. Once it is completely off plug it back into the charger and charge it until the green notification light comes on. Then unplug the charger from the phone and then turn on the phone. Once the phone is done booting up and everything is loaded and what not then charge it till the green notification light comes on and then unplug it and you have now successfully trained/calibrated your battery.
I did this with my Rezound when I first got it and when I got my extended battery and the phone lasts me 24-36 hours with moderate use and Juice Defender installed. I hope this helps
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Yeah, I have heard of others using that method as well.
bgmikejr said:
The best way to train/calibrate the battery in my opinion is to charge it till the green notification light comes on with the phone on. Then unplug the charger from the phone and then turn off the phone. Once it is completely off plug it back into the charger and charge it until the green notification light comes on. Then unplug the charger from the phone and then turn on the phone. Once the phone is done booting up and everything is loaded and what not then charge it till the green notification light comes on and then unplug it and you have now successfully trained/calibrated your battery.
I did this with my Rezound when I first got it and when I got my extended battery and the phone lasts me 24-36 hours with moderate use and Juice Defender installed. I hope this helps
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But, but, that requires me to leave this beautiful phone turned off for a while, I'm not sure I can survive that torture...
Guys i bought a extended battery just a quick question
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anker-Exten...353379?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4ab00f01a3
is it safe to charge in the phone ?
leave me your input
I always have and never had a problem. Just charge it full before using it.
Where else would you charge it?
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Where else would you charge it?
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A dock/cradle with spare battery compartment.
Charges flawlessly in my phone. It does discharge quickly at first but it lasts alot longer than the stock.
My experience mirrors sauls.
I have the double pack with the external charger but always charge in phone.
Takes about 3 full cycles to get full performance and the first 10 - 15 % seem to drain much quicker but in long run way outlast the stock battery for me.
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My experience mirrors sauls.
I have the double pack with the external charger but always charge in phone.
Takes about 3 full cycles to get full performance and the first 10 - 15 % seem to drain much quicker but in long run way outlast the stock battery for me.
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thanks guys just ordered it
lol its my first extended battery, our school locks the internet so im the one that teathers it for everone and my phone is all ways dead i need a spare
This one says 3.7v and the stock battery is 3.8v....wonder if that will cause some issues. I think ill wait till they make one with the same volts.
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This one says 3.7v and the stock battery is 3.8v....wonder if that will cause some issues. I think ill wait till they make one with the same volts.
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It doesnt cause any issue except for maybe the fact that it seems to discharge quickly initially. The anker batteries was labeled to have a limit voltage of 4.2V which it reaches when its fully charged. It's possible that a 3.8V extended battery might give a better life but the 3.7V doesn't seem to have issues and they hold their charge pretty well.
I thought I would bring some info I highly pushed with the Thunderbolt and Evo 4G that applies here. IF YOU HAVE THE EXTENDED BATTERY, YOU WILL WANT TO DO THIS SO YOUR PHONE UTILIZES THE ENTIRE EXTENDED BATTERY. The phone comes with a smaller battery, so it's batterystats.bin file is set to see that battery. It may not charge your extended battery all the way as it will think it is done charging much sooner than it is. Not that you won't get longer battery life without doing this, but you can always get MOAR!
**Disclaimer**I am not responsible for anything you do to your phone, zombie apocalypse, or the fact your phone called your girl/guy at the wrong time**As always your mileage will vary, some phones work better than others**
This is a form of bump charging your phones. I used it today, and noticed beyond better battery life immediately. So let us get down to business.
[Step 1] You will need to plug the phone into your charger, and charge the phone until the Notification light turns green.
[Step 2] Unplug the charger, wait for the green light to go out, plug the charger back in and wait for the light to turn green again. Upon doing so, turn the phone off. You will need to have fast boot OFF.
[Step 3] Once the phone is off, wait for the light to turn green, and unplug your charger, wait for the green light to go out, and plug back in. Repeat this step for a total of 10 unplug, plug back ins. Don't panick if sometimes it takes much longer than other times to turn green. You are charging the battery past the "capacity" that batterystats.bin says the battery has, which we will come back to in a min. Power on your phone. If you do not, or cannot temp root skip step 4
[Step 4] If you are able to temp root, then you can make your battery even better. Using a root explorer, go to data/system/ and delete the file batterystats.bin and reboot your phone. DO NOT use any battery calibration apps from the market, and down the road when we get S-OFF Clockwork Mod to wipe the battery stats. There is a known issue with CWM where it doesn't work, and I have tested a few calibration apps that say they delete batterystats.bin, but the file is always there, with the same data in it after using the app. Only way I have seen that works is manually deleting it.
[Step 5] The Hardest part of all. Use your phone, do not plug the phone in once, until it hits the 15% mark and asks you to. Once you do plug it into charge, let it charge all the way back up. You are building the batterystats.bin file so it understands how much charge your battery can actually hold. FUTURE REFERENCE: you will need to do this everytime you factory reset the phone, everytime you flash a new rom, etc. I know we cannot do all this currently, but this guide will still provide usefulness down the road when we get S-OFF as you will want to calibrate the battery the same way.
****If there is anything you noticed i put in wrong, or questions let me know***HTC has supported this method, minus deleting batterystats on many of their phones, and yet again seems to work on the rezound as well.****
Or you could just download the free battery monitor widget by 3c and you will notice your green light turn on at "100%" but keep an eye on the mA being pushed into the phone. When the mA goes from a positive (green number) to a negative (red number) that's when you should unplug. You will notice that your rezound "thinks" its 100% about 10-25 min before it really is... Much easier than feeling tweeked out, plugging and unplugging multiple times. Just another option. Good post though for sure. As most would NOT benefit from the full extended potential the battery has to offer.
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Or you could just download the free battery monitor widget by 3c and you will notice your green light turn on at "100%" but keep an eye on the mA being pushed into the phone. When the mA goes from a positive (green number) to a negative (red number) that's when you should unplug. Much easier than feeling tweeked out, plugging and unplugging multiple times. Just another option. Good post though for sure. As most would NOT benefit from the full extended potential the battery has to offer.
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when the mA goes red though, is based off the batterstats.bin file. I was not even talking about when to unplug the phone. I am talking about allowing the android OS to see how battery it actually has to use. so you are talking about something different than I am.
**edit** wanted to add. Your phone hitting 100% may in all reality only be hitting say 95% for example, but your phone thinks it is 100% hence why you can turn your phone off when at 100% and it continues to charge.
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when the mA goes red though, is based off the batterstats.bin file. I was not even talking about when to unplug the phone. I am talking about allowing the android OS to see how battery it actually has to use. so you are talking about something different than I am.
**edit** wanted to add. Your phone hitting 100% may in all reality only be hitting say 95% for example, but your phone thinks it is 100% hence why you can turn your phone off when at 100% and it continues to charge.
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I'd be willing to agree we're both right
**edit** I did re-word my post before your response and my reply. Its funny how we're talking the same language, but bad timing. Lol
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I'd be willing to agree we're both right
**edit** I did re-word my post before your response and my reply. Its funny how we're talking the same language, but bad timing. Lol
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haha read it now. Was unaware that the rezound knew to keep charging. The Tbolt never did(atleast in the beginning as i stopped using it for awhile), and the Evo 4G never did either. I never thought to check this as HTC themselves never made mention of it charging past "100%" on its own.
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haha read it now. Was unaware that the rezound knew to keep charging. The Tbolt never did(atleast in the beginning as i stopped using it for awhile), and the Evo 4G never did either. I never thought to check this as HTC themselves never made mention of it charging past "100%" on its own.
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Stupid phones! Just give us a bad ass device that's unlocked, so we can do what we want already! The majority of people with these devices have no clue of their potential anyway. I work for vzw Btw and just deleted all my pics of the Samsung "Fixthis" over rated and cheap feeling like all other Sammy's IMO. I'm keeping my rezound no matter what. Even though Chingy hooked my Tbolt up with mad unreleased ish. I just switch my sim back n forth as needed
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I did the battery stats fix with my Inc a long time ago. When I popped on the Rezound extended battery I plugged in the charger and it took 4 hours to charge vs about 1 for the original. Now at the end of a full day I have about 70% left, so I'm pretty sure the Rezound is much better about figuring out battery stats then older HTC's. IMHO. I'd love to see some data to back me up though.
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[Step 2] Unplug the charger, wait for the green light to go out, plug the charger back in and wait for the light to turn green again. Upon doing so, turn the phone off. You will need to have fast boot OFF.
[Step 3] Once the phone is off, wait for the light to turn green, and unplug your charger, wait for the green light to go out, and plug back in. Repeat this step for a total of 10 unplug, plug back ins. Don't panick if sometimes it takes much longer than other times to turn green. You are charging the battery past the "capacity" that batterystats.bin says the battery has, which we will come back to in a min. Reboot your phone. If you do not, or cannot temp root skip step 4
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So, step 2 turn the phone off at the end. after step 3. u say to reboot?? so if the phone is already off.. u mean to turn it on. then turn it off? kinda doesnt make any sense. Unless by reboot, you mean to just simply turn the phone on. in which, u should probably word it "Power Up" not reboot.
so confused lol
Lithium batteries are charged by monitoring voltage first. The phone can monitor the mAh going in and out, but it really has no bearing on the charging. It does allow the phone to monitor the health of the battery by watching for capacity changes as it ages.
Bump charging gives a slight overcharge, this is why the battery lasts a little longer. Charging with the phone off is best for calibrating the battery stats and for battery life because the phone can actually fully charge the battery. It is not possible to fully charge the battery when the phone is powered on as the battery is in use.
Here is a link to a post I made about lithium type batteries and how they charge and the reasons for calibration. It should clear up some things about the batteries.
You can do a bit of a bump charge by charging the battery with the phone off, then when the LED turns green, pull the charger and let the battery settle a few minutes then plug it back in. The LED should not be green and it will charge at the fast constant voltage rate for a bit more. Let it charge about another hour then unplug, wait a few minutes and re-plug it in again. This can force in a few extra mAh.
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So, step 2 turn the phone off at the end. after step 3. u say to reboot?? so if the phone is already off.. u mean to turn it on. then turn it off? kinda doesnt make any sense. Unless by reboot, you mean to just simply turn the phone on. in which, u should probably word it "Power Up" not reboot.
so confused lol
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yeah I meant turn it on lol...sorry for the confusion. I will fix the OP
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Lithium batteries are charged by monitoring voltage first. The phone can monitor the mAh going in and out, but it really has no bearing on the charging. It does allow the phone to monitor the health of the battery by watching for capacity changes as it ages.
Bump charging gives a slight overcharge, this is why the battery lasts a little longer. Charging with the phone off is best for calibrating the battery stats and for battery life because the phone can actually fully charge the battery. It is not possible to fully charge the battery when the phone is powered on as the battery is in use.
Here is a link to a post I made about lithium type batteries and how they charge and the reasons for calibration. It should clear up some things about the batteries.
You can do a bit of a bump charge by charging the battery with the phone off, then when the LED turns green, pull the charger and let the battery settle a few minutes then plug it back in. The LED should not be green and it will charge at the fast constant voltage rate for a bit more. Let it charge about another hour then unplug, wait a few minutes and re-plug it in again. This can force in a few extra mAh.
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I'll be honest I haven't looked at exactly how much of a change it results on the Rezound, but on the Evo 4G for example, we got more than a "few" extra mAh. I am glad to see someone agree with me, to an extent. I will say the way I listed it is the way provided by HTC back when the Evo came out. What you said to do, we tried with the Evo 4G and it didn't work quite as well. Maybe that is why you say only a few mAh.
The one thing I have missed from my Evo 4G days are the trickle charge kernels. I know everyone thought they were bad, but no one ever had real proof of them damaging a phone, hell I used trickle charging kernels only for well over a month everyday and never had any issues. I would love to see those come to the Rezound.
I did every trick in the book to increase battery life in my Droid Charge (bump charge, deleting batterstats.bin etc etc etc) .
I stream audio all day at work from either iheart radio or sirius online & that absolutely KILLS battery life. My Charge would kill a 3500 extended battery before the end of a long work day.
Now, I am getting awesome battery life from the 2750 extended battery on the Rezound. I bought two of the 2750 batteries with the phone as they where only $29 each at the time with the extended back.
I did no tricks at all other than fully charge and let it run down to about 2% a couple times. I have been using this phone the exact same way as the Charge & I have yet to go to the second battery. I stream all day & its still running when I walk in the house at the end of a LONG work day.
~John
Good lord, am I the only one that doesn't look at their phone while it's charging? I prefer to be asleep and let it suck as much power as it can. I will try your method, but you might want to mention to use the stock charger, since it's been my experience that it's the only thing that actually charges the phone properly.
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Good lord, am I the only one that doesn't look at their phone while it's charging? I prefer to be asleep and let it suck as much power as it can. I will try your method, but you might want to mention to use the stock charger, since it's been my experience that it's the only thing that actually charges the phone properly.
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Well that is because the charger that comes with the phone is 1 amp, versus the charger say I bought to use in my car is about half an amp. Cause it was meant for older phones. same as using USB. USB will take forever to charge your phone.
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I did every trick in the book to increase battery life in my Droid Charge (bump charge, deleting batterstats.bin etc etc etc) .
I stream audio all day at work from either iheart radio or sirius online & that absolutely KILLS battery life. My Charge would kill a 3500 extended battery before the end of a long work day.
Now, I am getting awesome battery life from the 2750 extended battery on the Rezound. I bought two of the 2750 batteries with the phone as they where only $29 each at the time with the extended back.
I did no tricks at all other than fully charge and let it run down to about 2% a couple times. I have been using this phone the exact same way as the Charge & I have yet to go to the second battery. I stream all day & its still running when I walk in the house at the end of a LONG work day.
~John
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Are you on 4g or 3g? With my extended battery and a full charge my phone will be dead after 10 hrs with hardly any use
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Are you on 4g or 3g? With my extended battery and a full charge my phone will be dead after 10 hrs with hardly any use
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4g.
I'm totally amazed at the battery life I'm getting. The reason I bought two extended batteries was because I figured I needed them.
I have had a ton of phones and not one of them could stream audio for 10hours straight, I don't care what battery you used.
Today, I went to work at around 8 am. I streamed both iheart radio and Sirius radio online for almost the entire day. When I got home around 6 pm it was running on fumes, but it hadn't shut down yet.
If I didn't stream anything it would run for days I think.
~John
I don't understand why I'm getting so much battery life on this phone. It's exceeding expectations. Not that I'm complaining, but my experiences simply are not jiving with the results found by reviews like Engadget's. I have the official extended battery which is 2750MAh, but I had a 35**MAh one for my Droid X and it died faster under the same use. Considering I never lose LTE signal at home/work, and everything I do over it at work is using LTE, I just can't fathom how this MOTHER-F***ING BEAST of an amazing phone lasts like 20% longer on a 30% smaller battery over my Droid X. (I'm not going by the battery life indicator, but purposely letting it die so I know for certain.)
Also, yes, I understand they were using stock battery in the reviews; but I used that the first few days before going back and picking up an extended battery @ half off normal price.
I love this thing, and I love HTC for having a 1% battery indicator on the stock device.
Oh, by the way; should I really plug it in at 15% remaining? I thought you were supposed to let it die when training new battery life?
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I love this thing, and I love HTC for having a 1% battery indicator on the stock device.
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What/where is this 1% indicator?
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What/where is this 1% indicator?
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Add a battery indicator widget; it goes in 1% increments. I'd LOVE it if you could have it show on the actual indicator on the notification bar, but I haven't found a way to do that; but I keep a battery life indicator on my main home screen, and yeah, 1% increments for the win.
Hi guys, I am at my wits end with this stupid phone, If its not one problem its another. I was convinced this phone would have amazing battery life once seeing my cousins AT&T version, I bought the UK T-mobile version and its been plagued with faults. The main fault it has developed now is that it won't charge past 96%, I have configured the battery and installed the 1% battery fix and nothing is happening also my battery has been draining quicker than usual. Sometimes I get 13hrs sometimes I get 7hrs!? Could someone give me some advise? I was thinking of ringing my insurance company for a replacement (as it is with my bank and usually they just replace the phone)
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Hi guys, I am at my wits end with this stupid phone, If its not one problem its another. I was convinced this phone would have amazing battery life once seeing my cousins AT&T version, I bought the UK T-mobile version and its been plagued with faults. The main fault it has developed now is that it won't charge past 96%, I have configured the battery and installed the 1% battery fix and nothing is happening also my battery has been draining quicker than usual. Sometimes I get 13hrs sometimes I get 7hrs!? Could someone give me some advise? I was thinking of ringing my insurance company for a replacement (as it is with my bank and usually they just replace the phone)
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You should probably research a little bit more on the forums as there is a million answers about battery life issues.
here is a guide Fix Battery Life: Ultimate guide (calibrate + post#2 -FIXES)
ClearFire said:
You should probably research a little bit more on the forums as there is a million answers about battery life issues.
here is a guide Fix Battery Life: Ultimate guide (calibrate + post#2 -FIXES)
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thats the guide I have followed, it does not work for me
amzter said:
thats the guide I have followed, it does not work for me
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Yes it does. Charge with the phone turned off and it will get to 100%.
Also, read post #2.
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Yes it does. Charge with the phone turned off and it will get to 100%.
Also, read post #2.
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I'm sorry, are you sitting in front of my phone? I have followed this correctly on another atrix and it has worked for them, I don't know why its not working on mine I have followed it through properly.
How long have you had the phone?
One thing we all have to consider is that since the dev community has had to provide "fixes" for the Battery Reading on the Atrix it might be safe to say that at some point the measurement might become too accurate. What I mean by this is, I've had my phone for almost a year now and I'm pretty convinced that the reason my battery won't charge past 97% is because of the natural degradation of the lithium battery. It is a fact that lithium batteries can lose up to 10% of its charge capacity after a year. So I've accepted the fact that my battery just might be losing capacity and the battery mods I have applied to my phone are just that much more accurate.
This reminds me of the recently released Galaxy Nexus and people complaining about the signal and Verizon responded with that the "reading" was too accurate and that they'll release a patch that will basically "lie" to the end user about the strength of their connection.
http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-signal-strength-its-not-us-its-you
Verizon is just basically saying "Here, let us cripple your phone for you"
amzter said:
I'm sorry, are you sitting in front of my phone? I have followed this correctly on another atrix and it has worked for them, I don't know why its not working on mine I have followed it through properly.
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I have had the phone for about 3 months now. This is why I am saying its weird. The fact that it dies so quickly is another thing I got about 7 hours of moderate use with about 1hr 45 display time with 10 mins of music and about 10 texts and a few phone calls(about 3 short 5 min ones)l
All of you are talking percent. What is the power level of the battery at max charge? Battery showing charging to 100%, or any other percent, and having full charge are not the same thing.
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I have had the phone for about 3 months now. This is why I am saying its weird. The fact that it dies so quickly is another thing I got about 7 hours of moderate use with about 1hr 45 display time with 10 mins of music and about 10 texts and a few phone calls(about 3 short 5 min ones)l
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Could be a faulty battery. If you've only had it 3 months I would try to get the battery replaced if it has drain issues.
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All of you are talking percent. What is the power level of the battery at max charge? Battery showing charging to 100%, or any other percent, and having full charge are not the same thing.
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You make a good point, I use Battery Monitor Widget Pro and keep an eye on usage time rather than battery level.
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All of you are talking percent. What is the power level of the battery at max charge? Battery showing charging to 100%, or any other percent, and having full charge are not the same thing.
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The battery never reaches 100 on the phone it will sit there at 96% and even the battery calibration app says the battery isnt at 4200mv (which apparently it should be) its at 4190. I never charge mid way I always let the phone get to about 15% then chuck it on charge.
You make a good point, I use Battery Monitor Widget Pro and keep an eye on usage time rather than battery level.
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Well I use the internal android one but I want to know whats draining it because today nothing was running, i had everything shut down and frozen that wasn't necessary.
You might need to use a 3rd party app to find the "rogue" app/process. Other than BMW, I also use System Panel to monitor it if I notice my usage time is depleting, it works well. You have to have monitoring activated and it's only available on the paid version, but you can use the free version to manually watch your apps/processes.
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Well I use the internal android one but I want to know whats draining it because today nothing was running, i had everything shut down and frozen that wasn't necessary.
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You might need to use a 3rd party app to find the "rogue" app/process. Other than BMW, I also use System Panel to monitor it if I notice my usage time is depleting, it works well. You have to have monitoring activated and it's only available on the paid version, but you can use the free version to manually watch your apps/processes.
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Ok so I recalibrated the battery and got rid of the 96% freeze but now the drain is quicker than ever :S
have you tried wiping battery stats as well? Also, when you recalibrate, do you go through a couple "full" charge cycles? As in, do you allow the phone to fully discharge and then completely charge it plus at least an extra hour? I know that lithium batteries do not have the "memory effect" but I think it has more to do with software rather than the battery itself.
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Ok so I recalibrated the battery and got rid of the 96% freeze but now the drain is quicker than ever :S
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have you tried wiping battery stats as well? Also, when you recalibrate, do you go through a couple "full" charge cycles? As in, do you allow the phone to fully discharge and then completely charge it plus at least an extra hour? I know that lithium batteries do not have the "memory effect" but I think it has more to do with software rather than the battery itself.
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yeah i do wipe battery stats but the mAh is not going to 4200 its stuck at 4186 nd wont go past 98%
Something else you could try that I've read around here.
1. Charge the battery for like 4 hours until it won't charge anymore.
2. Unplug the phone from the charger, turn it off, and then pull the battery out
3. Plug the phone back into the charger (Do not put the battery back in yet)
4. Wait for the phone to show an image of a battery with a question mark in it.
5. Put the battery back in.
6. Wait for it to recognize the battery, it will probably give a very low percentage like 5% or 10%.
7. Do not turn it on yet, let it charge for another hour or so.
8. Once you return, it will still probably show a low battery reading, ignore that and boot into recovery while it's still plugged in by long-pressing the power button and when you see the green led notification light press and hold volume down
9. Wipe battery stats and then reboot.
10. Wait for it to boot and then unplug it from the charger and check the battery reading.
I really don't understand what this does but I've read it has fixed the issue for some people.
amzter said:
yeah i do wipe battery stats but the mAh is not going to 4200 its stuck at 4186 nd wont go past 98%
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I just got my cradle and it took 4 hours for my battery to charge. Is that how long it's supposed to take?
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I just got my cradle and it took 4 hours for my battery to charge. Is that how long it's supposed to take?
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Its meant to discharge fully and then charge your battery.
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Its meant to discharge fully and then charge your battery.
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I don't understand. The battery was fully discharged in my phone then I put it in the cradle. 4 hours later the light turned green.
I've noticed it's pretty slow. I don't know if it's 4 hours, but it's definitely at least 3
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I don't understand. The battery was fully discharged in my phone then I put it in the cradle. 4 hours later the light turned green.
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Your phone will never truly fully discharge the battery (safety measure) it has to save enough to shut down properly. So that is part of it... I don't know if the cradle is set up to fast charge either... I doubt it, considering the phone should last longer than four hours any way. I'm happy to have a FREE extra battery, and cradle... It charges the battery, that's all I'm really looking for... I you are unhappy with it, I suppose you could send it back...
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I'll try to remember to check mine next time. I don't think it takes that long though!
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stlouie65 said:
Its meant to discharge fully and then charge your battery.
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No such thing is happening. Please do not spread misinformation.
It charges slower than the phone because it does not have Quick Charge, it's a very simple charger. Label says it puts out 1.6A at 4.4V, which means the battery probably charges at about 1A on average. Charging is never 100% efficient and charging does not progress in a linear fashion, it slows down past 80% to near-trickle, otherwise the battery would overheat.
Chargers don't discharge batteries to charge them. This isn't 1990 and our battery isn't NiCad.
I just don't know why they're calling it a cradle. You're not resting your device on it. Those are cradles, this is a battery charger.
THIS is a cradle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ue&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_2&smid=A1LWHYTZATVG8I
However, this thread is otherwise interesting, I've used my battery charger for a few cycles, meh, it charges my spare battery overnight.
I know this is an older thread, but what's the experience with this cradle? I just got a used V10 on Swappa with this cradle and it does seem like it's taking a while to charge. I have no problem with how long it's taking, but I need to know if it's defective so I can do something about it on Swappa.
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I know this is an older thread, but what's the experience with this cradle? I just got a used V10 on Swappa with this cradle and it does seem like it's taking a while to charge. I have no problem with how long it's taking, but I need to know if it's defective so I can do something about it on Swappa.
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It doesn't have fast charging like the phone itself... It's fine.
Common sense isn't all that common