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Has anyone tried buying a non official battery for their MS2 and care to comment or recommend any? Im going on holiday to france and i know my phone wont last a whole day without charging, so I was thinking of buying a second battery.

I read in another forum that using a non-Motorola battery displays some kind of warning. I'd go with an original battery.

jambo89liam said:
Has anyone tried buying a non official battery for their MS2 and care to comment or recommend any? Im going on holiday to france and i know my phone wont last a whole day without charging, so I was thinking of buying a second battery.
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using a non-original battery could have detrimental effects on your phone. there was a discussion on this on the forum of another phone. using a non-original battery could lead to leaks and other problems which would eventually lead to the warranty of your phone being voided.
stick with original motorola products. yes the battery might be very underpowered, but its the safest bet to ensure the longevity of ur phone

With a non original battery, the battery indicator of your phone shows a interrogation symbol. Also, it does not charge with the phone charger.
Sorry my analphabet english xD
@Motorola Milestone 2

bp7x 2300mAh battery

I 'm using a non-original battery . The MOMAX and everything's good ,it feels just like the original one except for battery tempperature sensor. the temp is always 26 in celsius

I personally have used seidio for my milestone and it works like a charm, its the extended 2800mah one it really performs like it should and not like how a lot of people claim thats its way less than stock! It does not always read it correctly but a quick reboot fixes that, like 50% after reboot would usually be about 70-80%. They way i used to use my phone (light to moderate level) would last about 2-3 days but after the extended I got twice that and some more. Just make sure you get stuff from the original manufactures either way and don't go for deals at amazon or whatnot as those guys might be selling either defected or not proprely stored stuff. Batteries are critical components don't go cheap on them! And no, my phone has not been messed up or had any leaks or anything and I have this for about 3-4 months now. The original battery degraded in about 6months if you have to compare.

That sounds promising, does the battery need to be charged with an external charger? And does the milestone complain that you are not using the official bettery
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metalron said:
I personally have used seidio for my milestone and it works like a charm, its the extended 2800mah one it really performs like it should and not like how a lot of people claim thats its way less than stock! It does not always read it correctly but a quick reboot fixes that, like 50% after reboot would usually be about 70-80%. They way i used to use my phone (light to moderate level) would last about 2-3 days but after the extended I got twice that and some more. Just make sure you get stuff from the original manufactures either way and don't go for deals at amazon or whatnot as those guys might be selling either defected or not proprely stored stuff. Batteries are critical components don't go cheap on them! And no, my phone has not been messed up or had any leaks or anything and I have this for about 3-4 months now. The original battery degraded in about 6months if you have to compare.
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reebooting your phone to get the exact picture also works on the standard battery. my question is, does the back part which houses the battery heat up when used? does the phone get hot during charging? do you need a new battery cover for it? and besides the longer usability, have you noticed any other performance issues on the phone?

agent008my said:
reebooting your phone to get the exact picture also works on the standard battery. my question is, does the back part which houses the battery heat up when used? does the phone get hot during charging? do you need a new battery cover for it? and besides the longer usability, have you noticed any other performance issues on the phone?
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Actually the rebooting to get the exact picture is not the same here, a jump to 20-30% on a stock battery? I don't think so. No I never encountered any odd behavior with the other battery. No getting extra hot during charge or use, get the typical little bit of heat while using 3G and browsing like mad but that would happen on the stock battery too. Battery cover for a 2800? of course, that stuff is huge! its protrudes like mad! a quick heads up though, the extended battery for the milestone 1 and 2 can use the same extended batteries. Don't know about the droid x though. Anyways, no performance issues, no heat while charging. The back covers supplied by these after market guys are not the best quality though so if you are someone who loves dropping phones and what not would recommed getting a spare back cover from the guys you get the batts from.
jambo89liam said:
That sounds promising, does the battery need to be charged with an external charger? And does the milestone complain that you are not using the official bettery
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No, I use my original charger and no complains or warnings by the phone. Not on the milestone 1 at least. In fact some times i use my ipod's adapter so no big issue. And it charges at the same pace as the stock, additional 1 hour or whatever. restart the phone to getting a proper reading as it shows 100% but upon restart its 70-80% since only the stock level is charged. I hear this app called battery left does great for calibration.

ALSO a thing to note, I only know of Seidio and Mugen to be relialbe after market battery guys hence their hefty pricing at times. The others claiming to have bigger batteries have cheated people with stickers and what not and usually end up underperforming and degrading considerably faster than burning paper! I remember 1USD batteries for nokias back in the day good for a quick one time run i suppose but these 1USD guys are now selling them with a better branding for like 20-40 USD.
Anyways Sedio and Mugen have facebook profiles and keep people posted on the latest on devices usually there, although its kind of sad since seidio have not followed through promised products at times.

metalron said:
Actually the rebooting to get the exact picture is not the same here, a jump to 20-30% on a stock battery? I don't think so. No I never encountered any odd behavior with the other battery. No getting extra hot during charge or use, get the typical little bit of heat while using 3G and browsing like mad but that would happen on the stock battery too. Battery cover for a 2800? of course, that stuff is huge! its protrudes like mad! a quick heads up though, the extended battery for the milestone 1 and 2 can use the same extended batteries. Don't know about the droid x though. Anyways, no performance issues, no heat while charging. The back covers supplied by these after market guys are not the best quality though so if you are someone who loves dropping phones and what not would recommed getting a spare back cover from the guys you get the batts from.
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thanks for the info mate. ill do a lil more research and probably check it out myself.

Thanks for the info i have bought a Seidio Innocell Extended Life for Motorola milestone 2 from mobilefun £30.49 its the 1500mah version same size as original battery so no extra cover is required.
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jambo89liam said:
Thanks for the info i have bought a Seidio Innocell Extended Life for Motorola milestone 2 from mobilefun £30.49 its the 1500mah version same size as original battery so no extra cover is required.
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Cool but as I suggested try and get them off the manufactures themselves as I have noticed some people complaining when purchased via 3rd party retailers.
Also another bud of mine had picked up one for the Nexus one, that phones back cover is a full one unlike the moto's and he too can vouch for the products positive performance. Either ways also check out some reviews from amazon.com for peace of mind.

http://yfrog.com/gz1yj2j
http://yfrog.com/h8n307j
Got my battery today looks official, I will charge it over night and test it tomorrow will let you know if it goes well.
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cmxyz said:
I 'm using a non-original battery . The MOMAX and everything's good ,it feels just like the original one except for battery tempperature sensor. the temp is always 26 in celsius
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can yo still charge it though because i bought the aninda battery and i could only charge it with an external battery charger

jambo89liam said:
http://yfrog.com/gz1yj2j
http://yfrog.com/h8n307j
Got my battery today looks official, I will charge it over night and test it tomorrow will let you know if it goes well.
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is the battery meter being shown or are you getting an error message because i would like to buy one

No complaints from the phone about it being the incorrect battery the battery has been charged within/by the phone no external charger required. I got the 1500mah version from mobilefun I doubt it will give much more performance but will see.
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After my first day of use I got around 11 hours of use before reaching 5%. Here are the usage statistics at 15%
https://picasaweb.google.com/105351366297036719015/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCJna6ZH6hLKxzQE
Wifi was on most of the time, I was using my phone for the usual things. Occasionally checking socialfeeds, engadget, xda every hour or so and internet browsing I played 10 minutes of angry bids. Updated some apps and downloaded a few new ones.
Overall not a significant increase in battery life maybe an hour or so more from what I am used to.
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Battery life! (not a whine/complain thread)

so I bought a replacement battery off amazon, oem specs, but it looks a little different than the stock one. I am experiencing insanely good batt life now with juice defender. 12 hrs and 65% with fair use. Keep in mind this is unrooted 2.3.3. I will look up the sellers info when I get home, just wanted to share.
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New batteries will always perform better, for obvious reasons. And juice defender is amazing, mobile data is a huge battery sucker
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

Thing is, my EVO is two weeks old. So idk, maybe it is because I charged my new battery all the way before turning the phone on? I have heard that helps. I am now at 14-15hrs and sitting at 60%. The battery is sold by worldwide manufacturing. Freaking. Sweet.
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Which battery did you buy, and which vendor? Just curious because I'm thinking I need to replace my old battery.

I threw down the $40+ last week for the seideo 1750mah extended battery. According to the instructions on the package your supposed to leave the device on the charger for several hours after the light turns green(sounds like BS), and to fully charge it 5 or 6 times before expecting optimum results. It's so hard to say because even the stock battery can be inconsistent when used under the same day to day conditions. But I have to say, after a week of use it does seem performing well. I'm not a real heavy user, but right now I'm sitting at 50% after 16 hours...

What was the battery life like with the stock and juice defender?
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

Crossrocker said:
What was the battery life like with the stock and juice defender?
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
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I can't say there's a huge difference, but it does at least seem to be having consistently "good days". It's only an extra 250mah, so I wasn't expecting huge results, but so far I have been pleased. I have yet to try juice defender...

Juice Defender works unless you want to be able to get email and (Google Voice) text messages real-time. That was my biggest issue with JD; it primarily worked by turning your radios off except at scheduled times. For me, I need that instant communication, otherwise I can just wait until I'm sitting at a computer or pull out my netbook to check messages and get a RAZR for phone calls.

Green power is better than juice defender imo just set it and forget it.
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Can you post the link to where you got it?
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i got this evo 4g ive only had it for 1 day i i think maybe the battery is going bad i can literally fully charge it put it in my pocket and 5 minutes later its at 83% without even using it

Try the "super charge" technique since u can't get +sbc
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Qasimja said:
i got this evo 4g ive only had it for 1 day i i think maybe the battery is going bad i can literally fully charge it put it in my pocket and 5 minutes later its at 83% without even using it
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When your battery meter shows you have a 100% charge , it is likely not correct. This has to do with circuitry to protect your phone from over charging. There is a way to get your battery charged closer to 100%. The instructions are here http://www.xda-developers.com/android/tweaks-for-superb-battery-life-in-evo/
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LeCount said:
When your battery meter shows you have a 100% charge , it is likely not correct. This has to do with circuitry to protect your phone from over charging. There is a way to get your battery charged closer to 100%. The instructions are here http://www.xda-developers.com/android/tweaks-for-superb-battery-life-in-evo/
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Thanks for that info
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My wife and my two children got ours last night. We had it on until they died before we went to bed and turned them off and fully charged them. My wife turned them on at 6a to verify the validation and number transfered and at 11 o'clock I was at 8% and my wife's had died an hour before. After a 4 hour charge and a few hours of use on my wife's it is now at 20%
We ordered extended batteries they should be here on friday but man when your OG droid goes 24 hours on a charge of the same useage it makes you want to go back.. ok I don't want to go back I am loving this phone. Hopefully the extended batteries will be better and/or the current battery gets smarter. We shall see.

Hate to be the noobie but what is juice defender??
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nan239 said:
Hate to be the noobie but what is juice defender??
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It's a power management app that you can get in the Android market place. It helps conserve battery life.
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does it reall work though

New EVO batterys ?

Is Sprint sending out better batterys in replacements EVO
Cause I'm getting like 14 - 16
Hours stock unrooted
I got may 8-10 with my old phone
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Check the battery and see if its a 1500MaH...I think I may have heard they were, but I could be mistaken. Also your type of usage varies the battery life.

They have the same batteries which are 1500mah.
things that could be getting you better battery are
-Updates like 2.2 and 2.3 which improve performance and battery life.
-New battery, yes batteries get worn after a number of charging cycles.
-bad battery with your old phone.
-your old battery wasn't properly calibrated.
I'm rocking the sprint 2600mah battery they sell at the store, end up at 40% by the end of the day.(got it free) unplug at 5:30 am and plugs back in at 10pm every day.
That is with 10-15 phone calls, maybe 30mins-1hr browsing the web, 15-20 text messages and two hours of pandora along with 30mins of gaming( slice it and pew pew). With the stock battery I always ended up needing juice by 12pm. (On 3g, MAX brightness and 2 email accounts checking every 30minutes I think)

What's the bigger battery that you can have with a stock back cover?
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davidc23 said:
What's the bigger battery that you can have with a stock back cover?
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1750mah
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I use a 1900mah with stock back

DWhite456 said:
I use a 1900mah with stock back
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How did you manage that?

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How did you manage that?
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They do make batteries claimed to be 1900 mAh that fit in the Evo. In fact they're exactly the same size. Since a battery's capacity is linked pretty directly to its size, the general consensus is that the battery's ratings are being inflated. But having said that, a new battery will perform better than an old one (making it hard to compare if you're replacing an older OEM one), and they may even be somewhat better than a comparable stock battery. It just isn't likely to give you the expected percentage difference between a 1500 and a 1900 mAh battery.

I got them from here. It was a little bit thicker than the 1500mah but the back still snaps on fine. Noticed a bit more life but nothing to blow ya over.
http://www.htcexpress.com/batteries...-battery-sprint-verizon-incredible-droid.html

Battery Life 3500mah

Anyone try those 3500mah batteries off eBay? What kind of added lifetime does one get from those? Fraud issues?
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MoCoTerp said:
Anyone try those 3500mah batteries off eBay? What kind of added lifetime does one get from those? Fraud issues?
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I bought this one
http://gorillagadgets.com/samsung-epic-4g-extended-battery-3500mah-with-back-plate.html
and it has worked really well for me. no worries about a bad product or fraud from these guys. For $27 (I bought it for 24.99 but it didn't come with the fancy gorilla graphic on the battery)

How much extra time did this buy you, double? Thanks.
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Got me about 50% more...not double.
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The 3500mah batteries are all really 2400mah batteries. There is a huge thread in accessories on them that I started.
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For a twenty percent boost get the battery for the epic touch. Fits the OG epic just fine without changing battery cover. Might be able to sweet talk a sprint store into giving you one free if you go and complain about battery life and they happen to have one in the back from a returned ET. Battery looks the same, is slightly heavier and has 1800 mah stamped on it.
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I have it and really dont notice too much diff under regular use. Mine was like $12, so it just makes for a spare that came in handy several times.

I bought a pair of the 8$ 3500's off ebay and a 4$ wall charger. Phone will do 48 hours with light use. When I get a new game I can blow through one while charging the other.

So far, after a full charge and battery wipe, my battery life on cyanogen7 is as epic as my epic. Definitely notice a difference from the 1800mah to the stock 1500mah battery.
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I've noticed a pretty nice improvement from the 8 dollar one on ebay, I wouldn't say double either, but may 60 to 70 percent. I have been tweaking things for battery life recently, so that might be another thing that helps.

I am a pretty light user, I don't play games. On midNIGHT ROM 5.3 I went 6 days between charging. Of course that is with everything you can turn off; off.
Then I decided; why did I pay this money for this phone to use it like an old samsung a05?? (ok dated myself there).
I usually get 3-4 days texting, phone calls, weather updates, emails and poking around on the market.
randomrom rocks for excellent battery life.

Battery problems

I've had several battery problems with my TMobile g2 for a while now
First and probably most important problem is the battery doesn't charge all the way to 100 percent, at one point the battery use said I was on the battery for about 14 days, doesn't matter which ROM or kernel
Also while playing with an app or just browsing the web the battery for about an hour or so will drain down to about 15 percent
I've tried the stock USB chargers my phone came with my friends chargers and batteries still same issues
I've also had issues where if I was rebooting the phone while on the charger at let say 15 to 20 percent it would go down to about 5-10 percent
Getting very annoyed with this phone and considering moving back to the iphone
Any help would be greatly appriciated, thanks
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xtremev1 said:
I've had several battery problems with my TMobile g2 for a while now
First and probably most important problem is the battery doesn't charge all the way to 100 percent, at one point the battery use said I was on the battery for about 14 days, doesn't matter which ROM or kernel
Also while playing with an app or just browsing the web the battery for about an hour or so will drain down to about 15 percent
I've tried the stock USB chargers my phone came with my friends chargers and batteries still same issues
I've also had issues where if I was rebooting the phone while on the charger at let say 15 to 20 percent it would go down to about 5-10 percent
Getting very annoyed with this phone and considering moving back to the iphone
Any help would be greatly appriciated, thanks
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Have your tried underclocking or charging the phone while your device is powered off?

have you tried wiping the battery stats? truthfully its probably a bad battery or multiple bad batteries if you have tried multiple roms and kernels and get the same results. either that or theres something else you are missing here

underclocking no will try that now.
As for charging while its off it would turn on to recovery mode
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And the battery stats yes several times just woke up it only charged to about 40 percent reset it now it's at about 80 percent super weird
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Sounds like a bad battery. Have you tried other types or models? Another OEM, Mugen, etc..? All the batterystats and ROMs do is report to you what the battery states. No matter how you cut it (change ROMs, kernels, undervolt, underclock, overclock, etc...) if the battery is as bad as you say after all those changes, it HAS to be the battery.

Have tried another battery sent to me by TMobile and nothing actually even worse, as for third party no have not tried it yet don't but will this week and report back, hopefully my pants wont explode
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xtremev1 said:
underclocking no will try that now.
As for charging while its off it would turn on to recovery mode
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Uninstall rom manager and install 4Ext Recovery then try charging with the phone off.

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Uninstall rom manager and install 4Ext Recovery then try charging with the phone off.
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+1. Also, if it comes down to it, I have a spare Mugen 1800mAh that I am able to part with. Just shipping and a small fee.

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Uninstall rom manager and install 4Ext Recovery then try charging with the phone off.
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I have the same problem. I tried with the phone off, but the issue is still here. Full charge (7 hours) and the battery percent shows 54%. I changed the battery for a new, but is the same. Some idea, please?
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I would try another battery (they are pretty cheap these days) or delete battery stats in CWM.

I got 99 problems but my battery ain't one

xtremev1 said:
Getting very annoyed with this phone and considering moving back to the iphone
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LOL, you think iPhones don't have battery problems? I've known more iPhones with battery problems than Android phones. And you can't (easily) replace the battery in an iPhone.

Considering FOUR of my iphones I owned the batteries actually charged to 100 percent without me restarting it and wouldn't have to carry a charger around AND the phone itself is easier to replace, yeah...
The battery I ordered should come in today so will update later
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I hope that works for you. In my case, it was not. I bought a new battery and nothing changed. I am increasingly convinced that this is a hardware problem. Anyway, I appreciate your feedback.
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What kind of battery did you buy?
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xtremev1 said:
What kind of battery did you buy?
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http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=209988&phone=209272
Although my phone is a G2, I bought the battery from the Incredible S because it has a little more capacity (1450 mAh).

I'm using HTC Wildfire and I have same problem. I tried everything: I bought new battery, Rewrite software also bought new charger.. nothing.

You can try another battery like mugen 1800mah!!! The best for me!
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