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High Capacity Battery?

Does anyone know of any high capacity batteries available for the Ameo/Athena?
Or any articles anywhere to say they are on their way?

Not too sure about an internal extended battery but I use one of these http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=4111 I can run for three days with both units charged without recource to the car or mains, light weight and easy to carry plus it can charge most other devices - worth a look - Mike

Perfect! Want one! Cheers!

The link doesn't work any more. In the meantime, we have a 2400mAh high capacity battery and charger for the Athena. It is not in stock right now but we are thinking about bringing some in by Air. Let us know if you need any.
Mark

Lion Battery said:
The link doesn't work any more. In the meantime, we have a 2400mAh high capacity battery and charger for the Athena. It is not in stock right now but we are thinking about bringing some in by Air. Let us know if you need any.
Mark
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What is the price? Is it the same size/weight as the existing battery? Not knowing much, does 2400 vs 2200 mAh make much difference in battery life? THANKS!

few questions regarding new battery...
Lion Battery said:
The link doesn't work any more. In the meantime, we have a 2400mAh high capacity battery and charger for the Athena. It is not in stock right now but we are thinking about bringing some in by Air. Let us know if you need any.
Mark
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Let me know how much and ETA. Some questions:
- How much do these extend the battery life of the device? Talk time / Stand-by time?
- Do they come with the metal clip or without metal clip?
- How do you use charger? USB, etc?
- Description says External Battery. What's up with that? Does the battery go inside or outside of the phone?
I may be in the market for a few of these so let us know ASAP and thanks. I hope the price isn't crazy.

posted to wrong area...
One more thing guys, this thread belongs in the "Athena accessories" section not here. For future reference.

ltxda said:
One more thing guys, this thread belongs in the "Athena accessories" section not here. For future reference.
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Agreed, here link to same topic. I waiting for one myself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=315819

Lion Battery said:
The link doesn't work any more. In the meantime, we have a 2400mAh high capacity battery and charger for the Athena. It is not in stock right now but we are thinking about bringing some in by Air. Let us know if you need any.
Mark
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Where you go??? Let us know what's going on. I may want to purchase a few of these if all is well. Don't post and run!...unless you were Spamming the forum and that will bring a ban. :-/

Mark is generally trustworthy, judging by his activity on other forums. He is probably just busy at work. Give it time, he'll answer.

I been buying mugen batteries for years and Mark is a nice guy, no spammer trust me. the pictures show that the battery does have a clip like the original battery. It probably says external because it is removeable (not an internal battery).From my experience with mugen, a 2200 mah battery versus a stock 2200mah the mugen battery will last longer.
so even if its only a few more mah I would rather buy the mugen anyday than the stock battery. You will hear from me soon mark for an order. GM

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Where you go??? Let us know what's going on. I may want to purchase a few of these if all is well. Don't post and run!...unless you were Spamming the forum and that will bring a ban. :-/
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NO spamming! I went to NYC for the weekend as a little get away with the wife. Spent most of the time shopping in Manhattan. Looking for cheap stores. Ended up at expensive stores. I think it'll be cheaper to get a new wife.
On the other hand, maybe not.
But I'm back today and I think I'll tell the powers that be to get some brought in by air. I'll have someone contact the factory and see when we can have some shipped in by air. Hopefully it'll be faster than by sea. Otherwise we'll have to wait for the ones on the ocean. I'll let you know tomorrow.
Mark

Lion Battery said:
NO spamming! I went to NYC for the weekend as a little get away with the wife. Spent most of the time shopping in Manhattan. Looking for cheap stores. Ended up at expensive stores. I think it'll be cheaper to get a new wife.
On the other hand, maybe not.
But I'm back today and I think I'll tell the powers that be to get some brought in by air. I'll have someone contact the factory and see when we can have some shipped in by air. Hopefully it'll be faster than by sea. Otherwise we'll have to wait for the ones on the ocean. I'll let you know tomorrow.
Mark
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Thanks Mark, we are looking forward to your response.

Lion Battery said:
NO spamming! I went to NYC for the weekend as a little get away with the wife. Spent most of the time shopping in Manhattan. Looking for cheap stores. Ended up at expensive stores. I think it'll be cheaper to get a new wife.
On the other hand, maybe not.
But I'm back today and I think I'll tell the powers that be to get some brought in by air. I'll have someone contact the factory and see when we can have some shipped in by air. Hopefully it'll be faster than by sea. Otherwise we'll have to wait for the ones on the ocean. I'll let you know tomorrow.
Mark
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Thanks for the response. I'm anxious to get the answers to my questions so when you have a moment please review and provide the answers you can.
Don't you know women are more expensive than gadgets?

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Let me know how much and ETA. Some questions:
- How much do these extend the battery life of the device? Talk time / Stand-by time?
- Do they come with the metal clip or without metal clip?
- How do you use charger? USB, etc?
- Description says External Battery. What's up with that? Does the battery go inside or outside of the phone?
I may be in the market for a few of these so let us know ASAP and thanks. I hope the price isn't crazy.
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Q.) How much do these extend the battery life of the device? Talk time / Stand-by time?
A.) I will have to get back to you. The manufacturer is checking that information now. But, typically, we can expect about a 10% increase in capacity.
Q.) Do they come with the metal clip or without metal clip?
A.) Yes it comes with the metal clip and the metal is at the end of the battery.
Q.) How do you use charger? USB, etc?
A.) i) The charger could use the USB cable to connect with the computer for charging, or ii) it also can use the original AC adaptor with the USB plug.
Q.) Description says External Battery. What's up with that? Does the battery go inside or outside of the phone?
A.) It is a battery that fits identically like the OEM battery. We indicate it as external meaning that you do not need to use any tools to open the device to add the battery. Some devices require the user to use Torx screwdrivers to pry open the case to add a battery. This battery is not designed in this fashion.
I hope that these have answered most of your questions. Now, when will we get them? I asked Mugen Power to see if we can get them flown in and it is possible however, they will only be ready to ship by 8/10. So we should have a some in stock for about 8/17. More will arrive about 2-3 weeks after that. We will keep you posted.
Mark

Battery replacement recommendation for Nexus One

I am looking for a Nexus One replacement battery. Any recommendation appreciated on where to buy something good and reliable (and what to stay away from).
A battery with a higher capacity but same form factor as the standard one would be great.
Thanks.

Mugen brand or Seidio
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say the opposite of what most people will probably tell you... Go to eBay! I wouldn't eBay if you definitely need an extended battery, but if another battery with the same capacity of the original is good enough for you, you can get cheap knockoffs that perform as well as the stock battery without it costing you an arm and a leg.
My G1's previous owner must've overheated the original battery or something... it's puffed up and barely fits anymore and it doesn't hold more than an hour or two charge. I ordered a pack of three batteries off eBay that came with a wall charger. I got the batteries a couple weeks later. One battery was completely dead. One only holds about 90% as much as a stock battery usually does. One was perfect. I contacted the seller about the dead battery and he refunded my purchase price completely, no return required. All in all, it worked out pretty well for me... and the original cost was only seven or eight dollars.

Battery life gone crazy

okay i need help i have been been jumping from rom to rom trying "EVERY" fix that its on this site trying to fix this issue flashing kernal after kernal but nothing is working i thought it was my battery but i brought it to a sprint tech and he said the battery tested good so now i'm really lost okay here it goes My battery will drain from 100% down to 80% within 5 minutes and usually will be dead within 2 1/2 hours after being off of the charger with moderate usage such as calls text and checking email. and then the craziest **** happen to me when i was trying the htc fix posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&highlight=htc the phone will hit 0% and shutdown; I'll place it on the charger (AC wall charger, not the usb adapter) until the orange LED stops blinking; I'll turn the phone on and once it's fully booted it will read 53%......all of this within 5mins of going dead! WTF!!! have the most recent radios/PRI/PRL with this rom stock no tweaks and before like 2 week ago ny battery life was great i was running decks newest but i flash the flyer express and the rainy day rom and ever since battery life went crazy

Have you tried a different battery?

Nah that's my next move but bye the tech at Sprint saying my battery was good figured I wasn't the battery
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How on earth can they test that? Ph wait its showing full charge it must be good :-/ anyway how old is it? Mine started showing its ass after about a year and became in bearable latley. SBC never worked well after the first charge for me it wouldn't charge unless I flashed something else then back. Weird I know. Anyway I bought 2 extended batteries off eBay and it came with an external charger. My silicone cover fits it without a battery cover so it's hardly noticeable. In the morning before work I grab the spair and last all day now streaming the radio. Oh btw just in case anyone else streams just as much as I do, sprint WILL send you a letter if too much of it is from roaming. And no I have stock prls.
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Have you cleared your battery statistics?

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How on earth can they test that? Ph wait its showing full charge it must be good :-/ anyway how old is it? Mine started showing its ass after about a year and became in bearable latley. SBC never worked well after the first charge for me it wouldn't charge unless I flashed something else then back. Weird I know. Anyway I bought 2 extended batteries off eBay and it came with an external charger. My silicone cover fits it without a battery cover so it's hardly noticeable. In the morning before work I grab the spair and last all day now streaming the radio. Oh btw just in case anyone else streams just as much as I do, sprint WILL send you a letter if too much of it is from roaming. And no I have stock prls.
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Yeah its been awhile been having mine since launch day I'm going to get a new battery and see how that goes but thx
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lancemoreland said:
Have you cleared your battery statistics?
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I have cleared 100 times trust me I have tried everything
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I have 3 EVO's in the house so I have bought about 6 batteries off of ebay with these small dock chargers just to keep on hand. When a battery is getting low, I just shut down the phone and insert a freshly charged one. They are really cheap, $3 or $4 each. Some of them come from US sellers so they arrive in a couple of days. They seem to work just as good and last just as long as the ones supplied by HTC, probably made in the same factories in China.

I should have just bought several of those instead of the extended but I kinda have gotten used to the silicon case holding my battery in. When its swap time there is no prying fingernails under the cover. And the camera seems to he more protected.
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Galaxy s4 wireless charging?

So I just bought this wireless charging dock last night: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=400461623073
And thought that this is all I would need in order to charge my battery. However, Now I'm worried I will need a battery door. Does anyone know git certain whether or not I will need a different battery door to use wireless charging (currently using the one that came out of the box) if so, where would I be able to find one at? Thanks in advance!
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Samsung is releasing a battery door that's compatible. They haven't set a release date for it yet though.
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colts187 said:
Samsung is releasing a battery door that's compatible. They haven't set a release date for it yet though.
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Okay, thank you for the reply! Any idea how much it will cost?
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I read $39.99 I think it was an article on cnet.com

Ghstudent said:
So I just bought this wireless charging dock last night: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=400461623073
And thought that this is all I would need in order to charge my battery. However, Now I'm worried I will need a battery door. Does anyone know git certain whether or not I will need a different battery door to use wireless charging (currently using the one that came out of the box) if so, where would I be able to find one at? Thanks in advance!
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Don't need to get a new battery door. That new Samsung door will actually be larger than the current one. Some/many cases won't fit.
Get this instead - wireless receiver that fits inside the stock battery door:
http://www.monsterwatts.com/Galaxy_S4.html

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Don't need to get a new battery door. That new Samsung door will actually be larger than the current one. Some/many cases won't fit.
Get this instead - wireless receiver that fits inside the stock battery door:
http://www.monsterwatts.com/Galaxy_S4.html
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Have you personally bought from this site?
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Ghstudent said:
Have you personally bought from this site?
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I pre-ordered the one for the S4, after it was written up on Engadget. It hasn't been released yet, apparently, so I'm still waiting.
Here's the Engadget article. Some good things said about it in the comments:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/10/monster-watts-wiqiqi-slips-wireless-charging-into-samsung-galaxy/
The order site says that it will ship by May 31:
http://www.vivealive.net/WiQiQi-Samsung-S4-Wireless-Charger-Set-WQS4.htm

Well, I just bought it. Will review it when I receive it on the 31st.

I just went ahead and bought a $10 s3 qi receiver, hoping it will work but if not it isn't too much money down the drain. Will let you guys know how it works
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I ordered a kit as well.
I hope it lives up to the hype.
Will report.
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Samsung is terrible with the S4 accessories.. they release a new battery cover just to enable wireless charging.. ok fine.. but they release a stupid 70bux transparent flip cover that doesn't support wireless charging.. so basically i can never get wireless charging if i ever want to use their oem products or i need a special case if i want to use their oem wireless charging cover and fit?? real smart thinking.. guess i'll give this kit a try too

I thought it was the battery it self that has a coil in it for the NFC and that was for charging?
if not I have my palm pre still that has that wireless charging - could I take that battery cover apart and take that coil out and just attach it to the inside of the phone
I dont see anywhere where a battery cover with this built in will connect inside like it does on the palm pre, there arent any contacts that I can see that will go to the battery charting how would this work

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I thought it was the battery it self that has a coil in it for the NFC and that was for charging?
if not I have my palm pre still that has that wireless charging - could I take that battery cover apart and take that coil out and just attach it to the inside of the phone
I dont see anywhere where a battery cover with this built in will connect inside like it does on the palm pre, there arent any contacts that I can see that will go to the battery charting how would this work
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Are you sure you are looking at a GS4?
There are 4 contacts. 2 to the left and 2 to the right of the flash. I think the left ones are for charging. I am basically ready to do what you said but need to figure out the polarity of these contacts.
There are other related threads but no responses yet...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252949
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295273
To the guy worrying about the flip cover - there are tons of wireless charging inserts on eBay. You don't need the Samsung back, just get one of those things and stick it under the cover.
Cheers.

I was browsing around folders and noticed these files.
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Buy this receiver
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1355305
use coupon code CPASTE13SPRING for 5% discount.
I'm using S3 kit and my friend is using notes2 kit from them, (receiver and charging pad) and have just ordered this receiver to use in S4

You can put a wireless charging receiver card inside your S4. Now it is a very pop way to charge your phone. If you need any technical help, please PM me.
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Samsung is terrible with the S4 accessories.. they release a new battery cover just to enable wireless charging.. ok fine.. but they release a stupid 70bux transparent flip cover that doesn't support wireless charging.. so basically i can never get wireless charging if i ever want to use their oem products or i need a special case if i want to use their oem wireless charging cover and fit?? real smart thinking.. guess i'll give this kit a try too
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get rid of your jacket, just a receiver card and a transmitter pad for S4 wireless charging solution. :laugh:

Ghstudent said:
I just went ahead and bought a $10 s3 qi receiver, hoping it will work but if not it isn't too much money down the drain. Will let you guys know how it works
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I'm hoping yours worked. I've had a qi receiver in my S3 for about 6 months now. I pulled it out to see if it would work in my S4 and it doesn't quite fit. The pad would fit, but it lays over the sim card and mSdcard, which probably wouldn't be a big deal, but the problem is the two small brass contacts don't quite fit in the square charging holes on the s4, they're probably 0.25mm too large and slightly to far apart for the S4.
My S3 pad is about 6 months old though, so hopefully the newer s3 pads have been modified to work with both phones.
I love wireless charging though and just went ahead and ordered a qi pad for my s4 from the fastech link earlier in this thread.

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I'm hoping yours worked. I've had a qi receiver in my S3 for about 6 months now. I pulled it out to see if it would work in my S4 and it doesn't quite fit. The pad would fit, but it lays over the sim card and mSdcard, which probably wouldn't be a big deal, but the problem is the two small brass contacts don't quite fit in the square charging holes on the s4, they're probably 0.25mm too large and slightly to far apart for the S4.
My S3 pad is about 6 months old though, so hopefully the newer s3 pads have been modified to work with both phones.
I love wireless charging though and just went ahead and ordered a qi pad for my s4 from the fastech link earlier in this thread.
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Thanks for the response, unfortunately, the S3 Receiver was too bulky and wouldn't allow the door to shut.

This is what I bought and seems to work perfectly
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D0LTVLU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Does the part you place in the phone get hot? Causing NFC or other issues?

[Q] Battery in wallet?

I've recently bought a pack that contained 2 spare batteries(nfc) and a battery charger for £20. I've come up with the idea that one battery will stay at home charging, one will be in my phone and the other will stay in my wallet in case the one in the phone runs out.
I'm just calling all battery experts to ask if this is safe? Wallets get get very hot and the battery instructions say don't put in hot spaces such as on a sun lit window.
Thanks

While the battery is in phone, doesn't it gets hot?
Those instructions are against the battery's purpose
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