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Just picked it up this morning just wanted to give my props on the phone. Only thing so far i've not been happy about is battery. Anyone picked up the extended battery? Any reviews on it being worth $50?
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If you go to the store and get it, you might get it for 50% off. Mine was $24.99 after they applied the discount.

I picked it up last night online from the verizon wireless website for 50 percent off for 24.99 (with extended battery back), what a great deal. Also with free shipping
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AdamNJ77 said:
I picked it up last night online from the verizon wireless website for 50 percent off for 24.99 (with extended battery back), what a great deal. Also with free shipping
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How think is it with the extended battery? Anyone care to comment if it is unbearably thick or heavy?

6500 mah extended battery and back cover for less than $10?

I have seen those on ebay. Has anybody tried those? Same type of battery costs 10 times more with Mugen.

This may shock you but the Chinese lie about their batteries.
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mitchellvii said:
This may shock you but the Chinese lie about their batteries.
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xOver 9,000!
But seriously, no. There is no way possible it is real.

fandroid93 said:
xOver 9,000!
But seriously, no. There is no way possible it is real.
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Mah is Chinese for "look at the stupid Americans!"
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mitchellvii said:
Mah is Chinese for "look at the stupid Americans!"
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didn't you already make this joke?

Thanks guys! Something too good to be true I guess.

Actually I bought this battery, cover and charger off ebay 2 weeks ago and imho its awesome, typically my stock battery gives me 7.5 hrs screen time over 1.5 days, the 6500mah battery gives me TWELVE hours screen time over 2 days. I only switch wifi or 3g/4g on when I need them with sync off and this applies to the stock result as well, I know china batteries are usually sub standard and do not perform anywhere near their quoted mah capacity but in this case its pretty good and for £8.50 delivered exceptional value, if I get ONE year of consistent performance I will buy it again.
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I believe these have the capacity of two chinese batteries in one, whatever that means. Still it should be better than stock battery.

philby123 said:
Actually I bought this battery, cover and charger off ebay 2 weeks ago and imho its awesome, typically my stock battery gives me 7.5 hrs screen time over 1.5 days, the 6500mah battery gives me TWELVE hours screen time over 2 days. I only switch wifi or 3g/4g on when I need them with sync off and this applies to the stock result as well, I know china batteries are usually sub standard and do not perform anywhere near their quoted mah capacity but in this case its pretty good and for £8.50 delivered exceptional value, if I get ONE year of consistent performance I will buy it again.
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can you take pics with the the stocc and ext battery, want to see how much it stands out. See if it's worth it compare to just tweaking settings.

finalhit said:
didn't you already make this joke?
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Yes. I am basing an entire comedy tour on that joke.
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mitchellvii said:
Yes. I am basing an entire comedy tour on that joke.
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Actually lolled 4 real! Good comeback
Mat try this battery

Yes of course, I will post some this evening! My wife has the Note 2 as well but here's is with stock battery, I will take some pics that show both next to each other.
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x2h said:
Thanks guys! Something too good to be true I guess.
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Here you go as promised !
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x2h said:
I have seen those on ebay. Has anybody tried those? Same type of battery costs 10 times more with Mugen.
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Mugen is overpriced. Why not Momax? They use LG cells. I've had a fat Momax extended battery on my SGS2 for 18 months and no issues at all. It lasted about twice as long as expected from the numbers.
Really cheap batteries leave me nervous. I sleep with my phone charging next to me and would not like to wake up in a fire or worse.
But Mugen? I'm quite unlikely to drop $100 for a battery. But won't go for $10 ones either. If Momax doesn't release their extended for the Note II soon, I'll just find something similar.

philby123 said:
Here you go as promised !
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Nice, where did you get it? Link?

Beowulf_pt said:
Mugen is overpriced. Why not Momax? They use LG cells. I've had a fat Momax extended battery on my SGS2 for 18 months and no issues at all. It lasted about twice as long as expected from the numbers.
Really cheap batteries leave me nervous. I sleep with my phone charging next to me and would not like to wake up in a fire or worse.
But Mugen? I'm quite unlikely to drop $100 for a battery. But won't go for $10 ones either. If Momax doesn't release their extended for the Note II soon, I'll just find something similar.
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Looks like the cheap battery makers should all raise their price a bit and buyers will flock in.

terra_droid said:
Nice, where did you get it? Link?
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Got it off Ebay UK, do a search there for item id number : 221156445307
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I purchased two 7600mah batteries for both the wife's N2 and my own off eBay. May not be true measurements, but awesome life when not corded. They were purchased for about $12 usd. All I can say is it might not be Mugen, but close enough for the bang of the buck.
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onewhofightsfoo said:
I purchased two 7600mah batteries for both the wife's N2 and my own off eBay. May not be true measurements, but awesome life when not corded. They were purchased for about $12 usd. All I can say is it might not be Mugen, but close enough for the bang of the buck.
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Let's hope there's no bang.

x2h said:
Looks like the cheap battery makers should all raise their price a bit and buyers will flock in.
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Well, the Veblen effect might apply to extended batteries too. But in general if the difference is too big I tend to suspect that they are using cheap cells and/or lying regarding capacity. It is not always easy to measure the numbers accurately.

Anker 6200 battery

This is crazy.
I would recommend, 5 stars.
Im a heavy user, this is unreal lol.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00A0FGQPS
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How much on screen time do you have? Can you post a screenshot of that too?
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screen time should be the main screenshot we see. without it that battery information is useless.

Good question I get about 20 hours with the anker 6200 but I have my bluetooth on n I get about 8 hours screen time and about 7 houra on the phone talkimg
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How much on screen time do you have? Can you post a screenshot of that too?
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Sorry guys.
How do i find screen time?
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This is with "Brighter Note 2" mod, brightness all the way up the whole time.
Is this good?
Lol.
VVVVVVVVVVVVVV
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sent from my bad ass note 2

Id give it another half hour.
This is great.
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Why don't they charge $6 more and put the NFC antenna on these things? The batteries are great, but without NFC, going forward are going to lose my business.

Does anyone know where to buy these apart from Amazon (for non US buyers)

muqali said:
Why don't they charge $6 more and put the NFC antenna on these things? The batteries are great, but without NFC, going forward are going to lose my business.
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Mine came with a piece of crap NFC that didn't even work. I ended up using the one from the stock case and scotch taped it to the phone. Lol works just like the OEM backplate now. It only looks bad when you show off the battery.
Funny enough I've had four different backplates and the only two that worked were the OEM ones.
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I'm having similar results. Very happy with this purchase. Just ordered a sweet armor bumper to finish everything off.
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I've had one problem and that's with three door rather than the battery. My plastic teeth have worn down. Does anyone know of a tpu or similar case that would fit over the battery door
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I just ordered my Anker and hoping the NFC is not crap on it. Also, going to do the vinyl mod that's been talked about in the extended battery cover thread.

Has anyone seen a flip cover type case for these 6200+ mah batteries?

acb77 said:
Does anyone know where to buy these apart from Amazon (for non US buyers)
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l resorted to using a mail forwarder. Shipito

So they do come with nfc but it doesnt work so they say no nfc? I'm ready to buy when nfc works.
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Mine came with a piece of crap NFC that didn't even work. I ended up using the one from the stock case and scotch taped it to the phone. Lol works just like the OEM backplate now. It only looks bad when you show off the battery.
Funny enough I've had four different backplates and the only two that worked were the OEM ones.
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wing_addict_usa said:
So they do come with nfc but it doesnt work so they say no nfc? I'm ready to buy when nfc works.
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The one I got from Amazon had NFC on it. The site didn't mention it but it didn't work anyway. lol

Yea I had to take the NFC off my original back door and connect it to the Anker back door.
Works now lol.
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Spare battery?

I know battery life is pretty good, but I'd like to have a spare battery for piece of mind. I was considering getting this one: http://www.amazon.com/Laza-3200mah-...&ie=UTF8&qid=1361770386&sr=1-23&keywords=Laza
anyone have any experience with it?

Get the anker one it might be better than the original, at least for me, and it's only 9.99!!
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I have used anker battery for awhile. Don't get the no name brand on ebay.
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Just get the anker. Its only $10 like others said. I have one and can't tell the difference from stock.
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m3meems said:
I know battery life is pretty good, but I'd like to have a spare battery for piece of mind. I was considering getting this one: http://www.amazon.com/Laza-3200mah-...&ie=UTF8&qid=1361770386&sr=1-23&keywords=Laza
anyone have any experience with it?
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I haven't tried that one but I have two Ankers and a QCell, all from Amazon, and they all work great. I don't even plug my phone in anymore, I just carry a fully charged spare and throw the empty one onto the external charger when it runs out.
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I'd stick with stock Samsung or Momax (it has a good record on me).

I'm using the hyperion batteries and charger. I like them. I abuse my batteries. They hold up well.
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Just bought the Gorilla NFC 6500 mah Extended battery :D

http://gorillagadgets.com/gorilla-g...-note-2-ii-with-nfc-protected-back-cover.html
It has nfc capability and its 2.06 times more of stock battery they have it both in white and grey.
It also has a tpu case that is seperate for only 11 dollars found here:
http://gorillagadgets.com/tpu-protective-case-for-samsung-galaxy-note-2-ii-extended-battery.html
Waiting 2-5 days for only $5.20 5-10 days is like $4.50
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Darn it all. I was looking for one of these about 3 weeks ago. I settled for 2 Anker 3100 mah batteries and a charger for about the same money. So far, they are quite good and I'm pleased with their performance. Now I have battery envy.
In my book, the stock battery is too small, the zerolemon is too big, but the Gorilla would have been just right and at a good price.
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alpha-alpha said:
Darn it all. I was looking for one of these about 3 weeks ago. I settled for 2 Anker 3100 mah batteries and a charger for about the same money. So far, they are quite good and I'm pleased with their performance. Now I have battery envy.
In my book, the stock battery is too small, the zerolemon is too big, but the Gorilla would have been just right and at a good price.
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Plus it has the nfc support that most dont have. And its 50% off right now. I have another battery case but saw this and was sold. I think you should go ahead and try it
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From the link pictures TPU case looks like S3 case although it says for Note 2. Here is my take on this. It looks like a regular ebay extended battery with addition of NFC built into the plastic battery cover, thus probably why the price is higher than from ebay. I don't have any experience with Gorilla brand, but obviously it just a HK generic re-branded battery, and from a lot of the reviews of those I have seen it's 50/50 chance you will get the advertised capacity. I'm not saying it's a case with Gorilla stuff, but it would be good to hear back from someone who bought their battery before and had a chance to really test it out to calculate mAh output. From what I heard and read, the only available double capacity batteries that are reliable: Mugen ($105 - way too overpriced) or Hyperion ($18.99 and $4.99 for extended tpu case).
Regarding Zerolemon being too big, I would correct it as "heavier" but not too big. It adds the same thickness as 6200/6500 mAh battery, just extends it across the back of the phone due to an additional battery block. That is why people use the same Defender mod for either double capacity or triple capacity extended battery - fitment will be similar.

Well i guess ill be the tester
Ill try to post pics and a typed review of the device when id have a weeks use of it
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Pretty sure ill be getting one of these, GG batteries have been the highest quality batteries ive used going back through my droid X and X2 both.
gNOTE2 rolling in the north

Mine comes in tomorrow. Idk if im going to try it as of right away. Because i got my battery case still (lasts me atleast 1.5-2 days easily)
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The packaging is just amazing. Doesnt seem cheap at all. Very professional and cant wait to try it out now
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How thick is the GG battery? Do you have the means to measure it accurately? tia.
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alpha-alpha said:
How thick is the GG battery? Do you have the means to measure it accurately? tia.
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Ill post a stock vs gg battery pic tomorrow
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EyLaTnOgN said:
Ill post a stock vs gg battery pic tomorrow
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But its basically twice the size of OEM in width
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Here is a comparison
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alpha-alpha said:
Sorry to be so anal about it, but if you put them side-by-side on the table, which is thicker? Samsung or GG?
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The GG of course. Its 6500 mah. Its twoce the size of the oem battery
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Ya, as soon as I sent it, I tried to delete it,, but I wasn't allowed to until 5 minutes passed.
Anyway was I wanted to say is, which would be thicker the GG or 2 stacked Samsung batteries?
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alpha-alpha said:
Ya, as soon as I sent it, I tried to delete it,, but I wasn't allowed to until 5 minutes passed.
Anyway was I wanted to say is, which would be thicker the GG or 2 stacked Samsung batteries?
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The GG by a hairline... its basically to Samsungs put together
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EyLaTnOgN said:
The GG by a hairline... its basically to Samsungs put together
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That's how most of these work. Double capacity is nothing more or less than 2 original ones fused together. Zerolemon is just 3 fused together, arranged in a different shape. As it was discussed before, Samsung squeezed maximum capacity out of that battery footprint, nothing holding back. 3100 mAh is the max you can get out of that single footprint while 6200 mAh is the max out of double, just like 9300 mAh is the max from ZL triple. The only other company that was able to squeeze a bit more juice out of double was Mugen, and they make their own battery cells. Everybody else buys it from China and slaps their own label on it. Some companies do a detailed testing to guarantee the product, while others write made up capacity numbers. I would take it with a grain of salt when I read 6500 mAh and see the price (higher than ebay stuff, but justifiable because NFC antenna is included and that one is pricey) which points to origin of these cells from China. I have nothing against GG and from all the feedback I see they are a very reputable company that has been around for awhile. But I still think these are really 6200 mAh batteries, unless someone can get an external test unit which discharges and monitors the actual current draw down to 3.4V or whatever is the threshold when battery goes dead.

You guys dont understand how hard it is to drank this sucker. I was on netflix, youtube, ifunny, instagram, texting calling web browsing all day. And now i have nyan cat (10 hours version playing) and i dont think i can get to 5% anytime soon XD
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Oh and its on highest brightness
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vectron said:
The only other company that was able to squeeze a bit more juice out of double was Mugen, and they make their own battery cells.
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vectron, have you seen this review for the GG battery?
http://www.batteryreview.info/revie...h-extended-battery-for-the-samsung-galaxy-s3/
According to the review, the GG battery is on par with Anker, Hyperion, and Mugen, beating them all slightly. If the reviewed battery is representative of GG batteries, then they are comparable to the favored batteries on this forum.
I have enjoyed reading many of your reviews. Thank you for your fine work. Is there any chance you might review the GG battery for the GN2?
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