Hi, I have a standalone battery charger for my Galaxy S3 spare battery. Is the S4 battery going to be similar in width and depth so it would fit in my S3 battery charger?
The charger looks like the attached pic.
It's about 5 millimeters large each side, so I don't think so man sorry!
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The GSII battery fits in and works with the Note. At least the battery from the AT&T and international versions of the GSII does. When looking at the back of your phone, inserting the battery all the way to the left and up allows the contacts to connect properly and all of the extra space is to the right and below. There's ~.230" of space to the right and ~.334" of space at the bottom. The GSII battery has 4 contacts, but the Note only has 3 terminals. I don't know what the 4th contact is for on the GSII battery, but it works just fine in the Note without being connected.
I cut some strips of cardboard, glued them together, cut a rectangle of thick paper, glued the cardboard stacks to the paper, then applied a layer of clear packing tape over the paper and cardboard stacks. Now I have a spacer to use with the GSII battery for taking up the extra space. The cardboard I used was ~.06" thick, the paper was ~.010" thick, and the glue was super glue. I cut strips ~2" long x .2" wide and stacked 6 of them for the bottom spacer and 5 of them for the side spacer.
See the pics for more clarity.
Ha ha i was coming on to check for something like this. Does the note battery work on the gs2 as wrll?
*ok i jumped the gun without looking at pics my bad.
Would have been insane battery life for the gs2 if it did tho.
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Do you guys know where one could pick up extra GNote batteries? Possibly a charger that can externally charge the battery?
Spartan2x said:
Do you guys know where one could pick up extra GNote batteries? Possibly a charger that can externally charge the battery?
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Get the iCruiser with 11000mAh http://amzn.com/B003ZBZ64Q
Nice find! A nice method to use until cheap spare batteries can be found.
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nbass668 said:
Get the iCruiser with 11000mAh http://amzn.com/B003ZBZ64Q
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agree...I use this one and it works great, better than carrying an extra battery and changing the batteries:
http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/au/products/xp4001/
Back in my Pre-iPhone days I used to just keep a charged battery in my car for those longer days. After a while it may have only had 60% left(since I did not need it everyday), but that's enough just to hold you over when your first battery is abut to die! That's how I use my Mophie Air Case right now....I HATE those external batteries you have to plug up(like the one linked to above). If its going to be like that, I want it in a case so I can still pocket the damn thing(like the mophie).
I found extra Note battery's!
http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-original-battery-for-galaxy-note-5-3-224752/
Is it safe to use the charger from the Samsung Galaxy S2 with my Nexus 4? It fits perfectly. Will it deplete the batteries health or anything? Thanks!
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okmijnlp said:
Is it safe to use the charger from the Samsung Galaxy S2 with my Nexus 4? It fits perfectly. Will it deplete the batteries health or anything? Thanks!
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That's the whole point of making a standard charger. Of course it's safe, any micro USB charger is safe.
I'm charging my Sony Ericsson with Samsung charger in one room, and Nexus 7 charger in other room, and my SE charger is in my backpack to carry around.
It's safe and it's better you use the Samsung one rather than stock nexus 4, since it has deep problems! (red light of death)
I've used the charger of my Samsung Galaxy S2 a couple of times. Works fine.
So do other chargers, like my old Nokia 1.2A charger. And charging via Qi (Philips pad) and USB port of a PC works fine too.
Just make sure you use good quality chargers, and not fakes.
And yes sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the two...
I'm sure any micro usb charger is fine. I use different chargers all the time. If it fits, it'll charge.
calanizzle said:
It's safe and it's better you use the Samsung one rather than stock nexus 4, since it has deep problems! (red light of death)
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The charger has nothing to do with causing the "red light of death".
joshnichols189 said:
The charger has nothing to do with causing the "red light of death".
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I'm glad someone's not easily impressionable.
Hi, noob here, what's 'red light of death ' sound scary to me -_-||
berry safe
thongkh said:
Hi, noob here, what's 'red light of death ' sound scary to me -_-||
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If you'll look through Q&A there are several threads about it. People panic and create them instead of looking for others with the same problem. The phone shuts off and gives a blinking red led. Most of the time it's fixable
Has anyone measured the S4 battery or know where I can find the dimensions? I searched for awhile and couldn't find anything. I carry around an extra S3 battery in my wallet and am wondering if the larger S4 battery will fit.
Thanks ahead of time.
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This might help:
2600mAh battery Samsung GS4 images
Since these are the dimensions, I'm guessing the battery might be around 2.5" x 2.5" x 0.2".
The S4 battery is wider than the S3's.
Thanks for your help!
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Samsung released a larger 3000 mAh battery for the GS3 recently. Doesn't add much additional thickness either, maybe 1.5mm. We at Diztronic made a case to fit around the extended battery too.
I've read the other battery thread and users are reporting that the Galaxy S3 battery fits into the S4 albeit with a little gap on the right side of the battery compartment.
The galaxy s3 has a official 3000mah extended battery. I was wondering if anyone knows it would fit into the S4 without having to use a extended battery cover.
Basically, measuring the sizes of the S3 extended battery and the S4 original stock battery would give a good indication.
1 thing to note is that the s4 is 7.9mm and the extenend battery makes the galaxy s3 +10mm so even if the battery fits the back door won't even close
Blackwolf10 said:
1 thing to note is that the s4 is 7.9mm and the extenend battery makes the galaxy s3 +10mm so even if the battery fits the back door won't even close
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10mm thicker? That doesn't sound right.
I'm referring to the Official 3000mah battery by Samsung, not the OEM Chinese 3000mah extended crapttery.
lambstone said:
10mm thicker? That doesn't sound right.
I'm referring to the Official 3000mah battery by Samsung, not the OEM Chinese 3000mah extended crapttery.
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not 10mm thicker
i said around 10mm thick
and you do realize the only way to have more mah on a battery is to increase its size
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I've read the other battery thread and users are reporting that the Galaxy S3 battery fits into the S4 albeit with a little gap on the right side of the battery compartment.
The galaxy s3 has a official 3000mah extended battery. I was wondering if anyone knows it would fit into the S4 without having to use a extended battery cover.
Basically, measuring the sizes of the S3 extended battery and the S4 original stock battery would give a good indication.
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Quick answer. NO.
Blackwolf10 said:
not 10mm thicker
i said around 10mm thick
and you do realize the only way to have more mah on a battery is to increase its size
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You do realize that I was referring to the official samsung extended battery which is 1-3mm thicker than stock?
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You do realize that I was referring to the official samsung extended battery which is 1-3mm thicker than stock?
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yes which makes the phone 8.6+1-3mm=max 11.6
galaxy s4 is 7.9mm the door won't close
Blackwolf10 said:
yes which makes the phone 8.6+1-3mm=max 11.6
galaxy s4 is 7.9mm the door won't close
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Thanks for that! Should have thought about that first
Just went from an S3 to S4 and have a bunch of leftover accessories. Is it safe to charge the S4 with the S3 cables and docking station? I have the EZOPower docking station and it only seemed to connect okay, but not perfect. Not sure if it will fit better with a case.
Just want to make sure there is no harm in using the S3 cables on the S4, i.e. is the S4 and S3 USB port identical?
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Just went from an S3 to S4 and have a bunch of leftover accessories. Is it safe to charge the S4 with the S3 cables and docking station? I have the EZOPower docking station and it only seemed to connect okay, but not perfect. Not sure if it will fit better with a case.
Just want to make sure there is no harm in using the S3 cables on the S4, i.e. is the S4 and S3 USB port identical?
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If you can plug it in then yes, shouldn't be a problem. Just check the output and voltage of the 2 chargers is the same (e.g. 5V 1A). As for the docking station, my S4 hasn't arrived yet and I have seen an S3 briefly but I would think that you probably need to get some kind of adapter or chop it a bit, hope this helps
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Just went from an S3 to S4 and have a bunch of leftover accessories. Is it safe to charge the S4 with the S3 cables and docking station? I have the EZOPower docking station and it only seemed to connect okay, but not perfect. Not sure if it will fit better with a case.
Just want to make sure there is no harm in using the S3 cables on the S4, i.e. is the S4 and S3 USB port identical?
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Using S3 cable for S4 is OK but not the charger. Cause S3 charger is 5V-1A when S4 charger is 5V-2A. Using S3 charger for your S4 will take much more time to fill the battery, that's all, no harm. But never use S4 charger for S3, it will cause problem to S3 battery, touchscreen...
The same for docking station, it will be ok if you use S4 charger for that dock
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Using S3 cable for S4 is OK but not the charger. Cause S3 charger is 5V-1A when S4 charger is 5V-2A. Using S3 charger for your S4 will take much more time to fill the battery, that's all, no harm. But never use S4 charger for S3, it will cause problem to S3 battery, touchscreen...
The same for docking station, it will be ok if you use S4 charger for that dock
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so if you look at the s3 and s4 micro usb, they look like two totally different sizes if you ask me. anyone noticed this?
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so if you look at the s3 and s4 micro usb, they look like two totally different sizes if you ask me. anyone noticed this?
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I don't know what you mean. I've used my father S3 cable few times and it completely fit on my S4, I also used cables from Galaxy Nexus and even Palm Pre, no problem
Agree with this. S3 charger on s4 is fine but slow. The other way round will damage the phone.
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I don't know what you mean. I've used my father S3 cable few times and it completely fit on my S4, I also used cables from Galaxy Nexus and even Palm Pre, no problem
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Yes, it fits, but look at the two side by side and you will see one is clearly bigger than the other.
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S4 charger will damage your s3 & in s4 s3 charger works but take long to charge and drys fast because of low ampere
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nibil.pn said:
S4 charger will damage your s3 & in s4 s3 charger works but take long to charge and drys fast because of low ampere,changing cables don't matter.:thumbup:
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