Hey guys, I've been looking into this extended battery for my Alpha since I barely get 9 hours use from my phone (mostly listening to music through Soundcloud for about 4 hours and a ton of browsing reddit/various forums about 2 hours a day). Lots of people told me to go for a larger phone with a larger battery capacity but I don't like holding bricks in my pocket so I went for the Galaxy Alpha and mostly happy with the performance minus the battery life.
Looking into it, I've found the extended battery kit on Expansys (Cant link since this is like my first post here)
So far that's the only place in the UK that I could find that sells the kit, and would like to know if anyone else has seen it elsewhere. I've never ordered from Expansys before, usually stick to Amazon when I can so just want to confirm they are reputable before I order.
Also want to know if anyone has had first hand experience with the kit itself, how much extra juice does this deliver, and how much longer does it take to charge up? Already read through the "official" numbers, and it seems like it will be good. I remember doing the same for my Galaxy S2 before I bought this phone and that goes for about 15 hours for a day now (gave it to my sister).
Thanks in advance for any answers!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-alpha/general/news-alpha-owners-bigger-battery-t2929165
http://www.ebay.com.my/itm/Official...597?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51ca98e495
I didn't really think that the battery life was terrible but I ordered one of those extended battery thing for more grip.
Now, the phone is still very sizeable, and actually it is now the perfect size for me.
The slight thickness it gains increased the phone's presence in my hand greatly.
About the battery life with the kit, I used to get about 12 hours with the original battery and now, I get about 1.5 Days or so with ~4 hours of SoT. It varies greatly if I just surf the net, listen to music, vs. I play games, etc...
So in general, I can go about 2 days without charging and that is GREAT IMO. (S5 that I used for a bit had similar battery life I would say..)
I say get one when you can, as you really do'nt know when they are going to run out of the stock.
will the extended battery work with wireless charging back cover ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Wireless-Charging-Cover-Galaxy-White/dp/B00MWNDPH8
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For everyone with Batterylife complaints here are 3 options for you. NEW Updated Post.
Battery Adaptor Pro:
http://www.boxwave.com/products/batteryadapter/index.htm
This is by far the best option in my opinion for battery life problems. This little device about the size of the hermes, a little wider and very sleek / feels good in your hands. Its only $22.50 and worth every penny! What the device does is take AA batteries (4) and recharge your device via the USB cable. You can use the phone while its recharging too! What makes this device even more great is that is uses batteries, not its own rechargable battery, so on a long flights or long road trips or whatever the case may be, all you have to do is stock up on AA's and your good to go! It also comes with a flash light, VERY BRIGHT LED's for dark situations, although random, it comes in handy alot in dark situations trying to find your way to something or trying to hook the USB cable in. It recharges the Hermes about 6 times in my personal expirience with Duracell batteries. But get this! The best thing that makes this device worth every penny is that its compatible with ANYTHING that supports USB charging. This includes all other phones, Ipods, Personal video players, MP3 Players, Cameras you name it! Its great for keeping all your devices with battery power on any trip you go on especially if you travel alot. I no longer have to worry about battery life anymore with this thing. Its very small and easily can go in a pocket or a pouch in your backpack. No longer do you have to suffer with BIG bulky batteries to keep you going through the day/days. I highly recommend this unit and give it a 10/10!
You can Get an Extended battery 3000MAH from:
http://www.lionbattery.com/description.php?noproduit=477
Although very bulky the battery life boost is amazing. My friend has this phone (I don't have one yet, i just sold my 8125) and I have indeed tested it for myself. The battery will last you 10 hours before it hits 80% battery life. With these ten hours I was able to web browse, text message, use agile messanger, playing Doom 3D, Warcraft II, Sim City, Play music at 45% volume. at 60% batterylife I it had been over 25 hours already. With you constantly using 3G, push email and such Id probably say you can get a minimum of 35 hours of battery life with this battery. If you are not so hardcore You probably will get over 50 hours of battery life with this battery. The only cons I have to this battery are the size. its a great investment if you are one of those people always going on bussiness trips and such. You can charge both your stock battery and This battery and use the stock until it runs out then pull out the heavy duty. I highly recommend this battery. This battery comes with a cover for the 8525 too. 9/10
For all those who can't stand the size of this battery there is hope for you.
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=333
The stock battery for the 8525 is 1350 mAh, and this one is 1500 mAh, this battery won't improve your battery situations much at all but it is cheaper than the option of buying one from HTC or cingular. You can get both the stock battery and this one and have them both charged to last you however long you need. Although a tight fit it still fits in the battery comparment and works with the 8525. 8/10
I hope this helps some of your frustrations with battery life with this phone.
-SonicCrackers
Pity about the thickness, but the sheer capacity makes one think twice... More than double the normal mah...
I just ordered the 3000mAh battery from lion's website - I'm getting low battery warnings towards the end of the day. I'll let you know how it works out!
lemme know how it is
Well, it's supposed to arrive today - I can't wait! My phone died before I made it home yesterday - very irritating!
Has anyone tried one of those 1500mh batteries? I don;'t want the extended one because my brodit mount will become useless and and just suxs. Anyone have an opinion?
http://www.ipods99.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HTCHERMSL&click=35
Yey!
Well, I got my Lion 300mAh battery and I have to say I'm pleased overall! I'm still breaking it in but so far it has lasted a complete day with Wi-Fi on and a hour worth of movie watching. It came very nicely packaged from the company - it also has a 6 month warranty according to the paperwork. The battery is approx. twice as big as the OEM battery. My biggest complaint is the battery door doesn't fit quite as snug as the original... near the camera it has a chamfered edge instead of the rounded edge on the OEM door. Also, there is slightly more clearance to the left and right than the other door. After a week when the battery is broke in, I'll give a proper update on battery life (Lion recommends 5 complete charge/discharge cycles for maximum capacity). I have several pictures of it, but I can't figure out how to post them here ><
Im very glad the battery worked out for you lacroixdp . Yeah the non HTC made battery covers wont fit on the battery as much as it should but enough to get the job done. I'm glad the battery last as long as it does expecially with all that Wifi usage.
4 u slimsaturn the 1500 battery, there is no difference to be seen, its just a cheaper alternative to having 2 batteries to switch between on those long bussiness trips, for improving battery life however, u will not see a difference.
There was some talk of a 2000mAh battery for the hermes that wsa the size of the original one. I think it was supposed to be from lion battery as well. Anyone have any news on this?
Well after a few days following their recommendation on the complete charge/discharge cycle, I can safely say it is an excellent battery! At the end of work, I'm at 80% charge still. With the same usage before, it was always between 30 and 20 giving me low battery warnings. I DEFINITELY recommend the 3000!
I got one off ebay 3400MAH I hope its better or good.
I thought about that one but decided to stick with lionbattery.com and Mugen since they have a solid reputation for batteries. Plus I have a 6 month warranty to use if I ever need to.
To bad lionbattery seems to be out of stock everytime I check
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xSoNiCcRaCkErSx said:
Im very glad the battery worked out for you lacroixdp . Yeah the non HTC made battery covers wont fit on the battery as much as it should but enough to get the job done. I'm glad the battery last as long as it does expecially with all that Wifi usage.
4 u slimsaturn the 1500 battery, there is no difference to be seen, its just a cheaper alternative to having 2 batteries to switch between on those long bussiness trips, for improving battery life however, u will not see a difference.
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I've had the 1500 battery for about a week. I cannot tell any difference between this one and the stock batter but for the fact that I have to use scotch tape to keep the back on. I used the Lion battery on my i730, but hated the size. I am ready to deal with the size due to the fact that I cannot deal with the shortness of battery life.
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To bad lionbattery seems to be out of stock everytime I check
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More are coming in next week. They are really, really popular!
Mark
lacroixdp said:
I thought about that one but decided to stick with lionbattery.com and Mugen since they have a solid reputation for batteries. Plus I have a 6 month warranty to use if I ever need to.
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Our batteries come with a one year warranty, not six months.
Mark
I Second the good rating of the 3000mAh Mugen Power Battery.
I bought it for my HTC TyTN from the Netherlands and alhough it bulges to double the size of the standard battery from the back plate - I like it though; gives me better grip on the slippery phone! - it gives me looong life compared to the standard issue (1350 mAh).
As noted earlier, along the sides the extended back plate does not fit 100% snugly, with a (very) minute gap on both sides. But not enough for the back plate to come loose though. Plus the edges (the rubber stopper at back - the antennae socket) is not smoothly cambered. Nothing a nail file couldn't fix though.
Great battery Mugen Power!
Haha that's even better I emailed in about the door and 15 minutes later I got a reply and a tracking number for a new door - excellent service! You've definitely earned a repeat customer! Are you coming out with an extended battery for the Treo 750 soon?
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Our batteries come with a one year warranty, not six months.
Mark
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Hi,
I have about 3 months with my TyTN and I can see that battery life has been reduced. Battery duration is decreased and charge time I guess that is reduced too. Is there a known battery calibration problem or this is a normal behaviour for a 3 months old battery???
Regards,
Taguapire.
Because I am on holiday I had a chance to do a controlled test of the battery. I charged the standard battery, turned on the phone and made one call a day to just make sure its still working. I also forced the band into gsm only. My battery lasted 7 days from full to flat. I then did the same thing being only in umts and I got 3 days only. The test is controlled because I did not physically move the device at all in that time, so signal strength and tower searching would be kept constant.
I think that is pretty clear the 3g is the killer. The dopod 838 pro lasted longer than my magician would have under the same sircumstances.
This is my personal review of the exact battery seen in this auction.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-For-AT-...3314352QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
My startrek is brand new. I actually owned the phone when it came out and sold it. Now I have it again once I found out that I could install WM6.1 Professional. I LOVE IT. I like rubbing it in everyones face that owns other Smartphones and PDA phones that my phone can do everything yours can do and more. Anyways I noticed that with the stock 1100MAH battery the life was kinda sub par I rarely got a full day out of it. Although the cpuscaler makes the phone really responsive. It uses alot of juice and the only way I got respectable runtime is when I forced it to stay under clocked. Even then it got me a little over a day maybe 36 hours. I surf the net. I send over 2-400 txt a day. I run OZ IM software all day. I sync my hotmail every 30 min. Plus 1-2 hours of talk time and 2-3 hours of bluetooth a2dp play time. I use Garmin and bluetooth gps everyday. So im raping the stock battery. I sprung for the extend battery on ebay vs the mugen battery of the same AH. 1/3 of the cost. Im happy to say that i get atleast 2 1/2 if not 3 days without charging. The phone has a big arshe now because of the new cover. It really feels alot more comfortable in your hand with the bigger hump in the back. I got big hands and the stock always felt uncomfortable using one hand. I can leave cpuscaler on all the time now without worring about "I NEED MORE POWER CAPTAIN!!" Actually since the phone is a little bit elevated off the flat surface it get better reception and doesnt rock back and forth like with the stock battery and cover. The cover is cheap plastic but its rugged. It doesnt quite follow the profile of the phone exactly but its pretty close. Cover still shuts off phone when taken off. Ive used it for about two weeks and discharged it fully several times so im pretty confident in my results. There is no false battery % reporting like most cheap or expensive batteries have. It has gave me an accurate % every day and didnt hang at a certain % for hours like the mugen battery did on my kaiser. This is a good buy and i suggest everyone pick one up if they are concerned about runtime and not about looks.
Hmmm, I never had a problem with my 1100mah battery, even with heavy usage, I'd have at least 30% the next day. With light usage, it will last me a few days.
That seems awfully bulky with that big back cover.
Thats kinda what i said... With heavy usage the stock battery will last about a day and a half at most. I would have about 30% left after a full 24. My extended batt leaves me with about 70%. Ive been used to extended batteries cause i believe all htc phones fall short with their undersized batteries and ive even had some phones like the HERMES that used to get 4-5 hours when they came out. As the rom cooks improved battery management they got better but still fall short. I also said if you dont care about looks and care about runtime this battery is for you. Its almost twice as large as the stock but even the more expensive battery like the mugen battery .... their covers arent always the most streamline covers. The only cover I liked on my phone from them was the kaiser only cause it appeared to be stock with no bumps or humps lol. Im not a fan of opportunity charging because i find my self buying 5-6 chargers for one phone and placing them in my various hot spots losing the phone and or charger and having to make unecessary trips to retrieve them. Its a slim smart phone what do you expect.It personally fits better in my hand. My desktop dock just came in and it fits like a champ. Fits fine in my universal fit suction cup windshield mount too. So its cool with me.
Has anyone tried this baby yet? If You have then please some feedback.
I bought one a couple months ago when i bought my hermes, it does add a good centimeter to the phone's thickness, but i think it's oh so worth it.
i.e. - Regular battery with regular use(internet here and there, no music) I *might* get a day and a half before it's completely dead.
3000mAh battery - With regular to heavy use after 3 days i still usually have around 40% battery left. Best thing I've ever bought for my phone, except for maybe my jawbone 2 headset ^^
oh speaking of that, with a bluetooth headset synched to my hermes with the regular battery it's dead in a day, whereas again, I avg about 3 or so with the 3000mAh with the bluetooth headset synched all day everyday.
its 2X of the standard 1350mAH
Hi, I have the 1500mAh Li-POL, exactly same size as the original.
I can't really say if the duration is really better than the original one when new. I had a different ROM/Radio and have no intention to get back to WM5 just to test.
By the way, lately I observed a faster drain (anyway more than 1 day with normal use) but might be related to a Radio downgrade carried by an installed ROM. I hope I can give new (and more positive) info when I upgrade the Radio again.
Sounds good to me, i will get one sometime, if i can get double the battery life out of my hermes, i will be happy
how much does it (3000mAh battery) cost ?
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how much does it (3000mAh battery) cost ?
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£14 from a quick search on ebay UK. No sign of a 3000mAh on Dealextreme yet though (99% cheapest supplier!)
I have a 2800mah I've been using for a while, def improvement on the stock one but I'd quite like a second high capacity one to keep in my pocket.
best $16 spent EVER!! i love my battery it takes me whole 3days to kill it including playing MP3's, Internet, Texting and camera. GET IT YOU WON'T BE SORRY
is there a risk with using non genuine batteries?
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is there a risk with using non genuine batteries?
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I picked up one of the 3000mAh extended batteries several months back after my original stopped holding much charge. Great battery life on the new one, but after a while I started noticing odd issues popping up. The LED would show yellow instead of green, and I'd get the red charging failure led every so often.
Now those could have just been the age of the phone (almost 3 years old now with heavy and abusive use), but the main issue I know was the extended battery was the unit randomly started powering off. Often this would happen if I had the phone in my pocket, so I thought maybe the battery wasn't making a solid connection. Then it started happening when I had it laying on a table. I may have just gotten a bad battery out of the bunch, but it definitely doesn't seem up to snuff compared to OEM.
I've since gone back to using my original battery with it sitting on the charger almost all day. Never powers off randomly anymore. Just my 2 cents.
Edit: I should note that if you go through a reputable battery seller you shouldn't have any issues. I went through ebay and picked up the extended battery + cover + car charger for ~$15. I wasn't expecting much from the battery
Searched to see if this was already asked but didn't it.
Are the batteries in the Vibrant, Fascinate and Captivate identical. I need to get a spare battery today (if possible) and although the specs indicate it is the same exxact battery, I figure I'd better check with more knowledgable people.
Still trying to work out how to get a full day (8 hours) out of a charge (my only major complaint about the Vibrant - it is a great phone).
Thanks!
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Searched to see if this was already asked but didn't it.
Are the batteries in the Vibrant, Fascinate and Captivate identical. I need to get a spare battery today (if possible) and although the specs indicate it is the same exxact battery, I figure I'd better check with more knowledgable people.
Still trying to work out how to get a full day (8 hours) out of a charge (my only major complaint about the Vibrant - it is a great phone).
Thanks!
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I know they are between the fascinate and the vibrant. My wife has a fascinate and we switch batteries all the time when mine is low.
Unfortunately I can't seem to find one at any retail stores. Tried a compnay owned AT&T and T-Mobile store (they had next to nothing as far as accessories) and Best Buy and Radio Shack.. Nada.. Guess I have to wait for the one I ordered from Amazon.. Really need one for Monday. Oh well.
Maybe I can conserve battery life by not using it :-(
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Still trying to work out how to get a full day (8 hours) out of a charge (my only major complaint about the Vibrant - it is a great phone).
Thanks!
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This may be a bit extreme, but I've had much better battery life after switching to this custom ROM...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782027
There are other tips as well, such as having your email check every 30 minutes instead of using "push" email, etc.
This is my first Android phone and I'm not comfortable (yet) with updating the ROM.
Without push e-mail, I may as well go back to my BlackBerry. I am already giving up Office Communicator and I can't give up push e-mail.
Unfortunately this reminds me of the early days of the iPhoney; battery life was dreadful there. Difference is, I like the Vibrant. And it has a replaceable battery.
Downloaded and installed JuiceDefender and purchased UltimateJuice. See how they work. Seems like a lot of work (between that and shutting off WiFi and BT and then remembering to turn them on). So it goes.
So far, battery life has been a disappointment.
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This may be a bit extreme, but I've had much better battery life after switching to this custom ROM...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782027
There are other tips as well, such as having your email check every 30 minutes instead of using "push" email, etc.
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I've always read that push was significantly BETTER for your battery than checking email at a fixed interval.
This is now depressing... Battery was 100% charged; 90 minutes later it is 70% charged. No phone calls. Very few e-mails (and I get a ton during the week). Two text messages. 10 minutes of web browsing...
So now I am uninstalling apps that I wanted like FaceBook and Twitter to see if I can find the major drain. And I won't be able to so I'll have to go back to my old phone. Very depressing. I checked with someone else in my group. Same thing.
How do people who need push e-mail and IM deal with this? I am 100% positive it will get better in the future, but I can't wait
Check ebay. I got two batteries and a battery charger for around fifteen bucks. Works great....also try calibrating your battery meter by letting the phone completely drain then completely charge it. Doing that a few times every now and then defin helps my battery meter
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I ordered a spare battery but it won't be here by Monday. I won't be anywhere near a power outlet Monday and can't have this thing die at 11AM...
Extended battery
I bought an extended battery from mugenbattery.com. It's for the Galaxy S i9000, but since both that phone and the Vibrant are practically identical inside and out, it fit perfectly. After unplugging my phone for about 8 hours, after light use (bluetooth on for about 30 mins and a few email checks), my battery was down to about 92%. With the stock battery it was down to the upper 70's. Also all the gel cases and leather cases for the i9000 will fit the vibrant (i have one of each). Mind you, the phone with the extended battery will feel heavier and will be about twice as thick, but I don't care. I got juice now for pandora and angry birds all day baby
Hi everyone, I will be assembling a battery discharger/capacity tester to give definitive results on which batteries have greater capacities. I just have one heavily used original Samsung battery and a cheap generic replacement battery that was used for about 20 cycles that I can test. If anyone is interested in sending batteries they want tested for actual mAh I would be more than glad to do so.
Anker 3200mAh replacement battery
I'd recommend reviewing the Anker 3200mAh note 3 battery. I decided to get a replacement for my 1.5+ year old stock battery and this was the one that was getting the best ratings for the least money. At first I was disappointed, as it didn't seem like there was much if any improvement over the old stock battery. However, after a few weeks I was noticing significant improvement. I decided to try consciously squeeze the longest life I could out of it during my 24 hour shift. I was shocked with the results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3326605&stc=1&d=1432330766
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I'm running 4.4.2, rooted, with various battery saving modules in xposed including greenify, wakelock terminator and some features in wanam. I haven't really done much else. I leave 4G, wifi, gps and bluetooth on all the time because I'm too lazy to switch them on/off, brightness is on auto, but I also have screen filter for night time. I have multiple adblockers in place, dunno if that has any effect. I changed most options to display black background if possible. I feel like I use my device fairly heavily. Tethered for a few hours, watched several hours of HD video, torrented a large file from a friend, dozens of texts, a terrible 20 minute phone call, my screen timeout is set at 5 minutes... so yeah. I'm quite impressed with this battery, would recommend to anyone looking to replace their old battery. It's not quite as good as the battery life when I first bought it but it was a virgin device back then with a whole lot less going on and I have a feeling it would stack up well with the official sammy battery.
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Any other suggestions for alternative batteries? I'm waiting for my used N9005 to be delivered and I'm looking for a couple of spare batteries and a charger. In the past I used Anker's S3 replacements but had 3 of them die on me in the space of a couple of months traveling around India so I was interested to see if you guys had heard of any alternatives?
dukeoftarzana said:
I'd recommend reviewing the Anker 3200mAh note 3 battery. I decided to get a replacement for my 1.5+ year old stock battery and this was the one that was getting the best ratings for the least money. At first I was disappointed, as it didn't seem like there was much if any improvement over the old stock battery. However, after a few weeks I was noticing significant improvement. I decided to try consciously squeeze the longest life I could out of it during my 24 hour shift. I was shocked with the results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3326605&stc=1&d=1432330766
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I'm running 4.4.2, rooted, with various battery saving modules in xposed including greenify, wakelock terminator and some features in wanam. I haven't really done much else. I leave 4G, wifi, gps and bluetooth on all the time because I'm too lazy to switch them on/off, brightness is on auto, but I also have screen filter for night time. I have multiple adblockers in place, dunno if that has any effect. I changed most options to display black background if possible. I feel like I use my device fairly heavily. Tethered for a few hours, watched several hours of HD video, torrented a large file from a friend, dozens of texts, a terrible 20 minute phone call, my screen timeout is set at 5 minutes... so yeah. I'm quite impressed with this battery, would recommend to anyone looking to replace their old battery. It's not quite as good as the battery life when I first bought it but it was a virgin device back then with a whole lot less going on and I have a feeling it would stack up well with the official sammy battery.
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Don't suppose you mind telling me how you rooted it please?
Just got one. It's on xxugng1 4.4.2
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tigger69 said:
Don't suppose you mind telling me how you rooted it please?
Just got one. It's on xxugng1 4.4.2
Thanks
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I did it with towel root, but had some problems with a superuser app, I eventually got supersu to work but I don't remember exactly how, sorry. I'm on vvrucnc4.