Hi all. Please don't flame me ya but I just cant help sharing this info. I've bought a new battery for my hd2 and so far its holding on pretty good. For me, it was better than my current original batt (which has 7 mths in it). Bought over here. send it to me within 2 weeks or less (from hk to sg)
Best thing was, it was to my affordability. At USD $4.80 free shipping, i think its a steal.
http://www.focalprice.com/MB319B/Portable_Battery_for_HTC_Touch_HD_2nd_Black.html
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$4.80
is it really true? can believe it when i saw ur link.. any reviews?
err...its true...cos i am currently using it.
Oh ya. its USD 4.80.
lol.. as in is it the same battery that comes with the pacakage when we buy the phone?
yeah. It looks the same. Fits the same too. Had it next to my original battery. Now i couldnt figure out which is which. Haha.
so its the exact same as the battery that came with the phone? i'll hang around and see if any1else buys it before i decide.. the battery might be cheap, but the phone isnt.. dun wanna end up with an exploding phone lol..
sure. Hope it does help.
Dont Knock It
I bought a 'cheap' battery as a back up, new from ebay even as HTC printed on the battery, £3.39 free P&P, Thought it would be ok to use just while im away on hols, tried it out and its brill and im sure its lasting longer, after a day at work original battery about 48% new one 55%, thinking about getting another at this price dont care if its ' only as good as the original'
My battery is the same, but not charging with the original charger and placing in the phone is difficult. Charging it with additional purchased desktop charger. Otherwise the battery life is good.
wangiles said:
err...its true...cos i am currently using it.
Oh ya. its USD 4.80.
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do u have problem charging battery with phone when it gets down to 20% or 30% left? I have one cheap spare battery (bought on ebay). It gives me a orange or green flashing led when charging (at below 50% level). When orange or green led is flashing in charging, which means that it doesn't charge at all. Hope fully the one u recommend is not like the one i have. Please let me know the result. Thanks.
Flashing Orange and Green
waichai said:
do u have problem charging battery with phone when it gets down to 20% or 30% left? I have one cheap spare battery (bought on ebay). It gives me a orange or green flashing led when charging (at below 50% level). When orange or green led is flashing in charging, which means that it doesn't charge at all. Hope fully the one u recommend is not like the one i have. Please let me know the result. Thanks.
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Hi, Mine was flashed green and orange when using spare battery and charging from PC, noticed I was'nt using the supplied HTC usb cable, swapped cable and flashing stopped.
Also bought a desktop cradle with extra slot for charging spare battery, now leave phone on in cradle and use it as an alarm clock while its charging.
waichai said:
do u have problem charging battery with phone when it gets down to 20% or 30% left? I have one cheap spare battery (bought on ebay). It gives me a orange or green flashing led when charging (at below 50% level). When orange or green led is flashing in charging, which means that it doesn't charge at all. Hope fully the one u recommend is not like the one i have. Please let me know the result. Thanks.
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I did not experience any of the mentioned above. actually, i'm use this batt quite often now..often draining it till sigle digit percentage. so far no probs for me. i hope it gives u a positive exp like i'm getting.
any1 else tried the battery posted by thread starter?
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any1 else tried the battery posted by thread starter?
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Im using
http://www.spider-foot.com/touch-hd2-leo-c-6_118.html
and the batteries that came with is the same - same sn numbers and same pn number. Its amazing ! I think its a little bit better then the orginal battery. worth a try ! I love them, got 4 " fake " batteries and everyone works like bom chiki wawa
Been using a 1300mah for 2wks ,from: mymobilebits.co.uk/aa-htc-hd2-battery-genuine.html
even tho, its not 1350 as the website states, it has been a slight improvement over the stock battery (around 15-20% more after a typical days usage).
Not bad for less than £6 in the uk!
I ordered one of thr cheap batteries (got it today).
It doesnt look exactly like the original, but just similar to the original (barcode and sn are smaller).
I got it charged to a bit more than 50 percent.
(Im using it now.)
The first thing I noticed was that the thermometer was (is) +10 degrees off.
This means that I might experience the flash green/orange thingie while charging.
Y I think I'll experience this you ask?
Well, I used the device with high power consumption (3g ingernet+gps+screen on+chargeing) with the original battery for a 3hour gps guided drive, and got this phenomenon after the device got hot (very? hot? too hot?)
So I guess the +10 degrees off thing might cause the problem.
(I hope I wouldnt experience this, though)
People who did experience this may check if their batt. thermometer is off.
(you can use the "battclock" app from one of the neoghbouring xda forums)
(I would be thankful if people who had the problem can post the test results of their batt. thermometer)
p.s. -- is there a way to calibrate the battery thermometer ??
m4sta2k said:
Im using
http://www.spider-foot.com/touch-hd2-leo-c-6_118.html
and the batteries that came with is the same - same sn numbers and same pn number. Its amazing ! I think its a little bit better then the orginal battery. worth a try ! I love them, got 4 " fake " batteries and everyone works like bom chiki wawa
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hmm, 16 USD for 2 battery and a wall charger? sounds really good.. however, i'm wondering if the battery will start to decrease in charge capacity really fast?
I am using the Focalprice one for a few weeks now and it works just fine.
when I saw it (I was shopping for something else on their great site) I thought for that price I had to get it.
Even if it would only last for half an hour it would be a good backup.
I was positively surprised as it works just as well as the original.
Som30ne said:
I ordered one of thr cheap batteries (got it today).
It doesnt look exactly like the original, but just similar to the original (barcode and sn are smaller).
I got it charged to a bit more than 50 percent.
(Im using it now.)
The first thing I noticed was that the thermometer was (is) +10 degrees off.
This means that I might experience the flash green/orange thingie while charging.
Y I think I'll experience this you ask?
Well, I used the device with high power consumption (3g ingernet+gps+screen on+chargeing) with the original battery for a 3hour gps guided drive, and got this phenomenon after the device got hot (very? hot? too hot?)
So I guess the +10 degrees off thing might cause the problem.
(I hope I wouldnt experience this, though)
People who did experience this may check if their batt. thermometer is off.
(you can use the "battclock" app from one of the neoghbouring xda forums)
(I would be thankful if people who had the problem can post the test results of their batt. thermometer)
p.s. -- is there a way to calibrate the battery thermometer ??
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Sadly (but-as expected) the battry cannot be charged in the device.
It can be (and was) charged in an external charger . . . but this is not a good solution for me . . .
watnuweer said:
I am using the Focalprice one for a few weeks now and it works just fine.
when I saw it (I was shopping for something else on their great site) I thought for that price I had to get it.
Even if it would only last for half an hour it would be a good backup.
I was positively surprised as it works just as well as the original.
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Thought it was too cheap for comfort too but till now, it stand better than my orginal. Been using it till now. So far so good. hope ur getting the same experience as me.
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Hi!
Bought this charger ages ago, started charging my batteries nowadays, and they got broken.
I might have left them on too long, not sure. After charging them a couple of times they gave false temperature/drain data to the phone.
For example:
With fully charged battery, phone displayed random % details like 1%, or 40%, etc.
With fully chardged battery flash in winmo didn't want to turn on, coz battery was low the phone thought
some Android roms failed to boot with the broken batteries. They were fine with a new one.
Sometimes they work ok.
With 15%, plugged in the original charger for 1 sec, after disconnect battery seemed to be on 100% for a couple of minutes and started counting down pretty fast, like a couple of % a minute
I "lost" an original default battery and an original htc extended battery :-(
So here is something to avoid. Got it from China.
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thanks for the advice, I was just about to buy one
Was using them in my HTC Legend for a while, didn't notice any side effects.
Haven't got one for the HD2 yet.
The problem affected 2 htc batteries, shortly after I started using the charger. Maybe it is only me who has a defective charger. Maybe I left them on the charger too long (max12hours), but that shouldn't be a problem.To tell you the truth, this isn't the first time I had problems with cheap accessories from China in the last couple of years.
The quality of these products are often appalling.
Had a similar charger for my xperia x1, had no problems though...
I think its just only you with a defective charger, i have used this kind of charger for all my 4 batteris for about 6 months now and there is nothing wrong with it. Buy a new charger The charger stops charging the battery when the led turns blue so it works fine here
and it charges fully batteri for about 1-2 hours , it takes loonger with charging via phone
i've been using this type of charger for a while
(on both a stock battery & the replacement it came with).
i haven't had any issues with it to date
That thing looks like one of those cheap ass Chinese chargers that will break anything it's connected to. I know from experience - I had an external Molex (HDD) connector that caught fire while plugged in - NEVER again. That thing probably has NO overcharge control.
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That thing probably has NO overcharge control.
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yes it has
Most likely the OP got a bad one
I have been using various Chinese chargers for the past several years (with various phones). I just finished charging my spare with one of them. They do have overvoltage circuits, and they would not sell ones that don't - they want to sell more of them, and having them catch fire or explode is not good business.
But quality control can have one slip through sometimes, and of course there is little recourse when this happens - the company is in China!
EDIT: I should also point out that there are no options. I don't think there are US, Japanese, or TW made models, though I haven't made a detailed search.
EDIT EDIT: Except for the boxwave charger, which has both a desktop holder and a spare battery charger. But even then I don't know where boxwave has them made - probably China...
http://www.amazon.com/BoxWave-Deskt...5X42/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1297185146&sr=8-3
i'm using this now and so far no problems at all. i think there's a problem with your charger.
The charger eventually died. No lights or anything.
Thanks for the advice
I've just bought one of these chargers from e bay.it was from a UK seller . And I also got 2 batteries ,
Will let you know what happens
I got two (probably just a defective batch) and for some reason they discharged my batteries rather than charging them. I just thought that was kinda odd. If anyone else has any recommendations for an alternative external charger I'm all ears as my previous HD2's usb port broke off from wear and I'd like to prevent that from happening again.
I have the same charger and i have used it for over a yeah and i still get 1 day of full battery use like always
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Those of you with working chargers, where'd you get them from?
I bought the same type: http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250796662523 (beware that these have US power socket)
The charger and one of the two batteries are working pretty well here. The other battery was discharged very fast. I think the charger stops charging before it's full. Anyway, for that price it doesn't really matter.
I've been using an identical one for over a year and haven't had any problems. Sounds like you got a defective unit.
There are disadvantages I've noticed though - they only charge to 99% (according to phone stats) and, unless I'm imagining it, the battery drains faster from 99-15% and then slowly 'til it gets down to 1% compared to a regular mains charge.
Also the USB output trickle-charges and takes forever to fully charge the battery in the phone. Only good for overnight.
I've got 3 batteries - 2 stock HTC's and one cheap Chinese one as I often find myself in situations where I'm going to need to use the phone for more than a few hours of heavy use - so a charger like this is worth it for me!
Same problems
Same charger from ebay. Killed about 5 batteries (had 5 total in rotation and didn't narrow it down to the charger until now....)
STAY AWAY!
Thanks for sharing your important things. if you did not share with me about this then i will buy this type charger. no no. :silly: i want to use USB charger.. if anyone reply me ? is it good for me ?
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winstead2 said:
Does zerolemon make the charger for htc hd2? Any idea.,.., let me know
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Basically i have search on amazon.com zerolemon HD2 charger. i have found here car charger.. I think it may be help you..
Hey all,
Here are some pics of the new 2400mAh battery I got off eBay for $33 USD. Pretty sweet so far. Ran down to 1% battery after about 24 hrs, then ran another 18 hrs. I'm currently trying the "Battery Left" app to properly guage its life, as the built in monitor of the Streak allways thinks its the regular battery...
Its not the biggest extended battery for the Streak, but now I have it, and the original battery too, so I should be prepaired for any eventuallity.
Also the stand is pretty darn cool too. The whole thing makes is about twice as thick, tho. Not a problem for me, as I wear scrub pants to work with real loose pockets. Have not tried it with jeans yet...
My next move is to alter my Otterbox case to fit...
Here is the link:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180649529643&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Came from Singapore...
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Hey all,
Here are some pics of the new 2400mAh battery I got off eBay for $33 USD. Pretty sweet so far. Ran down to 1% battery after about 24 hrs, then ran another 18 hrs. I'm currently trying the "Battery Left" app to properly guage its life, as the built in monitor of the Streak allways thinks its the regular battery...
Its not the biggest extended battery for the Streak, but now I have it, and the original battery too, so I should be prepaired for any eventuallity.
Also the stand is pretty darn cool too. The whole thing makes is about twice as thick, tho. Not a problem for me, as I wear scrub pants to work with real loose pockets. Have not tried it with jeans yet...
My next move is to alter my Otterbox case to fit...
Here is the link:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180649529643&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Came from Singapore...
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thanks for the photos, was thinking about getting this, but it looks to be about the same size as the mugen 4800 battery, and thats twice as powerful again. Think I'd sooner have that with it being the same size. I do like the stand though very nice idea.
I think the Mugen is twice the capacity , but about 4x the price. This was only $33. You could get several... plus, I figure I still have the stock battery so when this one dies I can pop that one in and get another good day of use...
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slaydog said:
I think the Mugen is twice the capacity , but about 4x the price. This was only $33. You could get several... plus, I figure I still have the stock battery so when this one dies I can pop that one in and get another good day of use...
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yeah i'm just not one for carrying other batteries around, I just want one thats in all the time, to behonest I'm happy with the battery you get with, its lasts well over a day. yeah i know its a lot more expensive but probably get a week out of it which is amazing!!
A week would be awesome, but I get nervous if I don't charge it every night anyway...
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hey slaydog, please keep us informed about how many hours does the battery last. Maybe you can run some test to see if it holds its charge (like playing musics/video or browsing the net)?
Is the stand solid or fragile? Do you feel the streak more heavy with the battery on and most importantly, does the battery get warm a lot?
Just an update. New battery is working great! I still charge it every night, but I never worry about how much I use it during the day. I stream Sirius, play Podcasts, surf the web, YouTube etc... the stock battery meter sometimes shows the phone dead around noon, while my new battery meter when I plug it in at night still shows 60-75%
Does not get hot or make the streak feel heavier. It is bigger, though. I cut my Otterbox case to fit the new back and use the stand, so it looks like a tank! But the new cover is only a little thicker than the back of the case. Stand looks good and works good too. Very sturdy.
Using an app called Battery Monitor free, that shows actual batter %, the Battery Left app did not.
Anyway, certainly no regrets for $33!
Sent from my Streak using XDA app on StreakDroid 1.9
Can you get this on Amazon?
Not sure, I got it from eBay at the link in the first post...
Sent from my Dell Streak running StreakDroid 1.9.0 with XDA Premium app.
I would love to see it with the otter box
just ordered same thing (looks like it) from superetrader for £18, if it works as advertised I'll be happy.
slaydog said:
. . . Ran down to 1% battery after about 24 hrs, then ran another 18 hrs. I'm currently trying the "Battery Left" app to properly guage its life, as the built in monitor of the Streak allways thinks its the regular battery...
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Have you tried wiping the battery stats using StreakMod Recovery. It is on the advanced menu - pic here.
Also Battery Left has to be 'trained' by fully charging and then fully discharging the battery. It does show the % left and the time left. More info here. Developer FAQ
Thanks for the pics of the battery and the link.
fards said:
just ordered same thing (looks like it) from superetrader for £18, if it works as advertised I'll be happy.
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did you get yours on ebay ?
found this link this morning. Might well pick one up myself, but please let us know how yours is.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Extended-Batt...0b8e3092f&_trksid=bvizzzzzzOkz#ht_1429wt_1141
cheers,
malty
how does it even fit? mine came without any hooks of any kind it cannot attach at all. are the uk and us streaks different?
Mine arrived this morning from superetrader (via ebay)
didn't realise it was a cameron sinai battery, had some real issues with those in the past, if I'd known I wouldn't have ordered it...
But I'll test it for a few days and see how I get on.
Does this battery or the mugen 4800 still fit in the av dock?
the powermonitor in the EMlist reports this as 1446 capacity which is wrong,
I charged it with the streak off then wiped battery stats
its currently on 57% after 25 hours..
cover is pretty easy to dislodge (As its easy to grab), easily fixed in the 1.xx streakdroid roms as they disable the forced shutdown if that happens.
back does make a nice shape to hold.
so far not bad
marvin02 said:
Have you tried wiping the battery stats using StreakMod Recovery. It is on the advanced menu.
Also Battery Left has to be 'trained' by fully charging and then fully discharging the battery. It does show the % left and the time left.
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First thing I tried was resetting battery stats. Don't know what that does, but didn't seem to make a difference. I properly did the training for Battery Left, I even adjusted the battery capacity setting, but the numbers given still only varied slightly from Android's.
Still loving it, BTW...
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA Premium App
Anyone got an update?
If you bought this battery I have some follow up questions.
1) Are you still using it?
2) Are you using it as a spare or your everyday battery?
4) How accurate is the battery meter on the phone when using this?
3) What are the pluses?
4) What are the minuses?
5) Is the cover part of the battery or a separate piece?
6) Any problems with the cover coming loose?
7) have you modified a case/cover for your Streak to use with this? If so, which one?
Thanks for the feedback.
I use mine maybe once a week,
used it quite a lot while in netherlands, battery life is definitely better than stock one.
cover hasnt come undone by itself, and now I hold it properly its ok
battery levels appears to be down to the method of calculation that wont account for extended batteries, so 100% is 1500 mah or so no matter what, I've found the battery drops to 1% then keeps going for quite a while
Anybody know anything about this extended battery? looks like a good deal with warranty
http://www.batterybay.net/Battery-for-Motorola-XT720-p/motorola -cs-mxt720xl.htm
wow, seems like a good deal....... but then you won't be able to get a case to fit over it..... hmm
c_urbanek said:
wow, seems like a good deal....... but then you won't be able to get a case to fit over it..... hmm
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yes most def. need a case. Maybe it could be good for certain times when need alot of juice and maybe modify a gel case to fit. I wonder if it would work in a stand alone charger deal. I bet it would.
Ebay Battery
I bought this battery from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160593689241&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Today I received this battery will post abt its life after some testing.
Cover is of plastic bur seems to be fitting properly.
shrenn said:
I bought this battery from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160593689241&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Today I received this battery will post abt its life after some testing.
Cover is of plastic bur seems to be fitting properly.
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Sweet! It will be nice to hear it last for 4 days lol. Be nice if we could find a case for it
shrenn said:
I bought this battery from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160593689241&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Today I received this battery will post abt its life after some testing.
Cover is of plastic bur seems to be fitting properly.
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so hows the battery life?
Yea, how's the results looking?
I'm wondering the same.
I hope they'll update
LibertyMonger said:
Anybody know anything about this extended battery? looks like a good deal with warranty
http://www.batterybay.net/Battery-for-Motorola-XT720-p/motorola -cs-mxt720xl.htm
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ohh!! that's a great find
i might order one when my existing spares batteries dies
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I have had this battery for about a week now. http://www.batterybay.net/Battery-for-Motorola-XT720-p/motorola -cs-mxt720xl.htm I personaly dont get much more time over the stock battery. I get at best an hour more than stock. Battery feels lighter & cheaper than stock. Just my opinion hope this helps.
is that it? anyone else use it yet?
shame i was getting quite excited about it
^thats good to know, i guess. i had been considering it,but then ive had bad experiences with this spare battery that was given to me by the buyer. It's a cheap "Speed" china brand, and it really really sucks. like 3 hours and its done.
If i would ever get another battery i would always make sure its motorola, just from my experience with that horrible battery.
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is that it? anyone else use it yet?
shame i was getting quite excited about it
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Ahh what a waste and a ripoff then. I got an OEM backup and stand alone charger from amazon for under $10 and it's been great. Of course both are OEM. Then I had to get a replacement phone, so now I have 3 total batteries. Keep one on the charger and one with me so that's a reason why I just didn't order it, good thing. But you can find the OEM batteries for about $5.
Thanks for the heads up it's nice to know.
roath78 said:
I have had this battery for about a week now. http://www.batterybay.net/Battery-for-Motorola-XT720-p/motorola -cs-mxt720xl.htm I personaly dont get much more time over the stock battery. I get at best an hour more than stock. Battery feels lighter & cheaper than stock. Just my opinion hope this helps.
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Hey, you mind posting a picture of how the phone looks with the extended battery cover on it?
Got a similar one off ebay, said "Cameron Sino" on the battery, some holographic backing and serious looking packaging. With decent english! XD
No dropped calls like another cheap-o battery I got, that battery also let the phone turn on 5 or 10 times after turning off. And sometimes it would hang doing nothing, had a dead phone in my pocket more than once.
Battery is twice as heavy as the original, back end is plastic.
Not sure about the two copper pads, they are now no longer connected. Reception is unchanged though, not sure what the pads are for.
Lasted me 36 hours to dead this time, second charge.
I've played grave defense two hours, surfed and left sync and wifi/bt etc all on to spend power as fast as possible.
I barely got 16 hours on the now 1 year old original battery, with sync off and no games. So this is a massive improvement.
Shows 5% after four hours though, I've just deleted the battery calibration info, hoping it'll solve itself eventually.
Voltage is 4.0 volts when phone says 5% so phone doesn't report it correctly.
Phone turns off normally and then phone won't start, just like original battery.
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This is the exact link I bought from btw:
The battery in the picture isn't the battery I got..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170682034274?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
There may be copies out, I noticed the URLs you gave have pics of batteries that says "XELL" and the other is unbranded... Damn jungle.
Wow, 2300 mAh. We can enjoy for longer with XT720
Well.. Problem persists with % being incorrect. I get 5% after 6-7 hours, and it will last happily for 48 hours with gaming etc.
Problem is phone just suddenly dies without warning, so I've returned to stock. :S
Battery Monitor Widget shows 2478mah measured, and weirdly, shows 1325mAh on stock battery.. Which would indicate it ISN'T worn..?
the ram is not enough. who can make swap?
I just thought I would share this just in case if anyone was interested. I bought this battery for my Samsung Captivate and it works well. So I decided to out try it in my Focus to see if it would fit..it fit perfectly!! I have had the battery for only 2 weeks now but it does work better and it looks to be Samsung OEM.
So just to recap this fits with the stock back. It is but you will never notice once it closes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1303883
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wireless/store/productdetail.asp?productid=28506
Just to clarify...this 1800mah battery fits under the OEM samsung focus cover?? Can you update this thread with usage times?
I would also like to know if this battery is available in EU?
Sierra76 said:
I would also like to know if this battery is available in EU?
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There is an ebay seller shipping to EU.
I've opted for the Chinese 1800 mAh copies as they're cheap, will update with details when they arrive.
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Just to clarify...this 1800mah battery fits under the OEM samsung focus cover?? Can you update this thread with usage times?
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Correct this battery fits under the stock cover. This phone isn't my daily phone so I can't tell you how much longer it lasts. What I can tell you though is that in my Captivate (daily phone) it lasts longer for sure, probably about 20 to 30% more. I literally used it in the Focus for like half a day and it had no issues.
Okay I am using the battery in the focus today. It does snap. Lose but it is a tight fight. If you have a case it won't be a problem at all. One corner from my phone unsnaps randomly but one of my clips is broken so that could be the case also.
I received today the Chinese batteries.
They fit perfectly in the Focus and looks like they're exactly the same size. I've started the phone with one and it works fine.
Battery cover is absolutely the same with this one as with the original. I didn't notice any difference in weight either.
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I will charge one fully and test it asap and will post back the results.
Could you PM me where did you buy that chinesse battery?
I tested the Chinese batteries and they're weak, as I expected.
They held 3h 05m on WP Bench where as my 1 year old original Focus battery held 3h 50 min in the same battery test, that's 80% of the battery I have now and I remember in NoDo, on WP Bench battery was holding about 6h.
So, they're good as backups, but in no way better than the originals.
The originals should be better, in theory.
I bought the Anker battery from amazon which was around 10 bucks. Its also 1800 mah, but is the same size as the Samsung OEM stock batter that comes with the focus. Seemed to last about 36 hours with light use on my Focus. One thing I noticed - the charging indicator never stops blinking to say that is finished charging. IMHO doesn't seem to give much more than a fresh new stock OEM battery - although for 10 bucks I agree would make a good back up, thats about it.
Here's the link to the battery I purchased:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KVTNYE/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
EnderPsp said:
I tested the Chinese batteries and they're weak, as I expected.
They held 3h 05m on WP Bench where as my 1 year old original Focus battery held 3h 50 min in the same battery test, that's 80% of the battery I have now and I remember in NoDo, on WP Bench battery was holding about 6h.
So, they're good as backups, but in no way better than the originals.
The originals should be better, in theory.
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I never knew about WP Bench. Wish I had. My Focus had 420 or so cycles on it's battery and had a rapid performance decline in charge holding. It also blew up (physically) a bit. I replaced it with a replacement OEM from Batteries +.
The replacement doesn't seem to be the equivalent of Day 1 on the Original battery but maybe Mango and my usage is far more than before.
The knock off batteries, the misrepresented mah ratings, and even the out-right faking of batteries has my jaw dropped. Buyer beware.
I contend that the battery issue, battery fakes, and cheap replacements is 100% the reason Apple doesn't make their battery accessible. They want a tight control over those batteries to guarantee performance.
I just ordered the OEM from first post. When it arrives, I will attempt to do scientific tests and post results. I'll use WP Bench as mentioned before since that is likely the most accurate way to test.
Stock Battery
4:11:57
Airplane mode and NOTHING running…
UPDATE
Ok, Here is a Preliminary set of numbers with 1800 battery...
4:43:19
Same settings and still NOTHING running:
Reason I say preliminary is because this was after the FIRST charge. When the phone finished charging again, I needed to use the phone, so was unable to set it for a test run again. I'll attempt that again tonight. BUT, for the record, I took the phone with me to Reno, NV and used it for over 1 1/2 days without charging. Used the Internet, Maps, and Showing it off to family, taking 15 mins of video during the fireworks, and still had 10% battery left over... I'm really anxious to see what my test results will be this next time...
FYI, it is a fairly tight fit within the cover, but it DOES fit. Once I got all the snaps snapped, it feels very secure.
jev3gs said:
Correct this battery fits under the stock cover. This phone isn't my daily phone so I can't tell you how much longer it lasts. What I can tell you though is that in my Captivate (daily phone) it lasts longer for sure, probably about 20 to 30% more. I literally used it in the Focus for like half a day and it had no issues.
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Could you send us the link for purchase, please?
Yeah, that's strange, the link died on the first post. Here's a link to eBay with a bunch available... Look for part # EB625152VA If you Bing/Google this number, you will find other resellers too.
If you like paying full price, buy direct from Samsung: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EB625152VABSTD
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Ok, final numbers, photos, and thoughts. The battery is snug, (if you look carefully, you can see a slight deformation on the battery cover where it is forming over the oversized Galaxy battery) but after it is snapped closed, you won't notice as jev3gs has already mentioned. Images attached.
I've made a correction for the time posted in above post (Copied it wrong), and have performed two tests with each battery, so I'm confident that the numbers here are correct. The tests were within about 30 seconds of each other on each battery.
Stock Focus Battery 5.55Wh 1500 mAh
PN# EB575152VA
4hrs 11mins 57sec
= 251.95 Minutes
Galaxy S™ II Battery 6.66Wh 1800 mAh
PN# EB625152VA
4hrs 43mins 40sec
= 283.67 Minutes
This is an improvement of 31.72mins, or 11%! That's using WP Bench which kills the battery very quickly compared to real usage.
That may not seem like much, but for me in my usage, that will likely equate to an extra 1.5 hours per day. 12 hours + 11% = 13.32 hours.
(According to the printed battery specs, you should actually receive about 16% extra, my tests showed a little lower. Maybe will get better with more usage.)
I have not done charging tests yet, but it also seems like it is charging faster. That may be in my head, but it seems like about an hour faster... I MIGHT test that later.
PS: Thank you jev3gs for the heads up on this tip. I was about to buy another battery anyways, so this is icing on the cake!
Thanks for taking the time and doing the review! Let us know about charging times too!
Thanks for the detailed posts SuperSport. I wish the OP had put this before I bought the Momax battery which takes forever to charge compared to the stock one.
Unfortunately, I still have not run verifiable tests to prove the charge times. It does seem faster, but normally, I charge it at night and don't pay attention to when it completes. I've been a bit to busy to run the tests during the day, so it will need to wait for now.
I've bought many OEM and Generic batteries over the years for both phones and Radio Control, and it's really hit and miss. Sometimes, the Generic blow the OEM out of the water, but usually, the OEM batteries outperform.
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What do u mean by light use? My stock one, I use the phone for reading news from weave and wp7 news with WiFi enabled, and I got about 5h. I also play games for a little bit. That is my typical day usage.
I wish to use the phone for around half of the day or so, if this 1800 MAh could give me that much of power, then it is awesome
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What do u mean by light use? My stock one, I use the phone for reading news from weave and wp7 news with WiFi enabled, and I got about 5h. I also play games for a little bit. That is my typical day usage.
I wish to use the phone for around half of the day or so, if this 1800 MAh could give me that much of power, then it is awesome
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Using my 11% gain as a reference, you could expect 5.55 hours, up from 5 hours. If Samsung is correct, and it's 16% gain, then it would be 5.8 hours. Still not quite 1/2 day...
Does anyone know where I can get a replacement battery for my phone? All of the ones I find are sketchy on Amazon, and the official Lg one is hella overpriced
for example, would something like this be reliable at all?
http://www.amazon.com/OEM-1500mAh-S...0154892&sr=1-3&keywords=lg+optimus+2x+battery
Thanks in advance
I bought an Extended Battery on Deal xtream yesterday, it has 3500mah, the phone is gona estay heavier but, I like using it more than double time , comparing to original battery...
I have 2400mAh battery:
subtel.fi/akku-lg-p990-optimus-2x-911008.htm
Cheap one, and lasts almost double time, when comparing orginal battery
Don't know what weired happening with my phone battery ...it sucks more in standby mode...most battery losses on standby and phone idle...anyone? help guys and bought original LG battery 2 days it was fine and now it drains overnite without any use?
mine does the same
Any solution bro??
Seidio 3200 mah battery for your Optimus 2x/G2x
Clear Battery Stats..
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Blazing angel said:
Does anyone know where I can get a replacement battery for my phone? All of the ones I find are sketchy on Amazon, and the official Lg one is hella overpriced
for example, would something like this be reliable at all?
http://www.amazon.com/OEM-1500mAh-S...0154892&sr=1-3&keywords=lg+optimus+2x+battery
Thanks in advance
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If you are from India then go for this, you can get original seidio 3200 mah battery in very less price, so go for it.
http://www.ebay.in/itm/170947843155?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649
New brand of battery out
Seems pretty good,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battpit-tra...8G/ref=sr_1_93?ie=UTF8&qid=1354948855&sr=8-93
just bought one of these, will test it as best i can and report back,
only been available for a couple of weeks. .. so shelf life will be quite young at the mo.
Go to aliexpress.com and search "p990 gold battery"
2430mah gold battery(?) just 12$. is it true?
pasolvon said:
Go to aliexpress.com and search "p990 gold battery"
2430mah gold battery(?) just 12$. is it true?
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i've never trusted those gold batteries, i wanted to wait for one that seems decent, with a max of 1800mAh based on size i would expect thats the highest you could get into a battery that size.
currently testing this new battery, on its first drain at the mo, will be back with reports soon
necrowakker said:
i've never trusted those gold batteries, i wanted to wait for one that seems decent, with a max of 1800mAh based on size i would expect thats the highest you could get into a battery that size.
currently testing this new battery, on its first drain at the mo, will be back with reports soon
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Thanks.
I'm waiting for your test results.
just get one from amazon with about 3500mah and u are fine
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Thanks.
I'm waiting for your test results.
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Cool, as new batteries go i expect you got to charge them a couple of times to get the correct usage average. first drain still surviving, @30% now but that was with a few benchmarks after testing a few things for Stonebear last night. will probably start charging again at about 12% later today.
driftking112 said:
just get one from amazon with about 3500mah and u are fine
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Reason why i dont get one of those batteries is because i dont want to carry around a Nokia P4000, start to have hip problems carrying something that big around. ( rather just carry one of these so i can charge my phone and psp on the go) that way i can still have my sleek O2x without the bulky back cover.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/10000mAh-Se...ustomized/dp/B0063AAIRG/ref=pd_bxgy_ce_text_z
im using 1900mah batery.. it quite stand up until 1 day half.. :good:
Final drain test on new battery,
full charge gives me 4180mV
thats at a average of 1746mA +/- 24mA
will look into performance and battery life now that i've charged it a third time. and report back
I bought a "2400 mAh" battery from MyTrendyPhone (large Nordic/European online store for phone accessories).
It turned out to be 2800 mAh. Probably mislabeled by the store rather than the manufacturer. It's actually this one:
http://shop.onni-tec.de/Handy-Akkus...imus-Speed-Li-Ion-fat-Rueckdeckel::10090.html
Does anyone have any experience with this particular battery? Will do some non-scientific, subjective testing of course. Bought it on a whim because I got tired of my O2X dying halfway through the day (I'm quite a heavy user, it's literally down to 40-50% by lunch time). If it isn't much of an improvement, no great loss. It makes the phone more "substantial" but the difference isn't that great and the back cover seems to be quite good quality (also it offers far better protection of the camera lens than the original cover).
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Is there another battery replacement that is good?
Usage Test
That Battpit Battery, 1800mAh.
Under medium to heavy usage.
listening to music 3-4 hours, Internet browsing, average 5-6 hours, videos 20 minutes, 5 calls about a minute each, 15 - 20 texts. bit of wifi, but most of the internet browsing was done under 3g.
i'll get a more standby focused battery life over the next couple of days.
ordered a 2400 mah battery.
should arrive in 2-5 days.
gonna make a review video.
I used a duplicate high capacity barrios like this and after fee days my phone used to drain without any use also and it used to heat up also went to lg care they told mother board is gone due to.difference in voltage maintenance as I used not the stock one they told use only stock batteries other high capacity battery will ruin your phone hardware...my phone used to die in Lees than 10 hours whether I use out or not...now it last more than 2 days those people who were telling there phone last more than a day I used to think they always lied.got my mother board changed from lg cost me around 50$ but more now phone is like brand new last more than 2 days and stand by station is like 1% in 8 hours..but stock batteries and go to lg care ask them is there any problem in your phone hardware ....trust me that's the solution