Hello XDA.
I just recently bought 2 android 4.4 smartwatches.
One of them is the Alps K8 and the other is the Zgpax S82.
both of them work great and dosen't have any lag.
I only have one problem with the K8. the battery life is terrible. It goes down 6-8% only watching 1 minute on youtube while the S82 goes down 0-1 % and they have almost the same battery. K8-450mah S82-500mah.
So I just bought some batteries for the K8
one with 2 wires and another with 3 wires.
I do know that the watch will work with a bigger battery but my question is, will the watch still be able to registrer the battery level and will it get much more battery life with a battery almost twice the charge size?
Edit: I haven't recived the batteris yet, but I do know it fits.
http://www.zgpax.com/androidwatch/41-44.html
u are wrong, s82 i read to have 700mah and not 500mah like you said.
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Hi.
I recently bought a new Fat battery for my desire. It promises to deliver 2600 mAH but i have my doubts...
First of all, only the voltage is printed on the battery itself.
Second, I experience worse uptime than on my original 1400 mAH battery.
Third, I guess Iam just sceptical by nature.
So my question: Is there an app out there that will display max capacity?
Or do I really have to measure it with a multimeter?
Hearnz said:
Hi.
I recently bought a new Fat battery for my desire. It promises to deliver 2600 mAH but i have my doubts...
First of all, only the voltage is printed on the battery itself.
Second, I experience worse uptime than on my original 1400 mAH battery.
Third, I guess Iam just sceptical by nature.
So my question: Is there an app out there that will display max capacity?
Or do I really have to measure it with a multimeter?
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the only way to measure precisely is using an app called
battery monitor widget
have it measure the current and voltage every 60 seconds
fully charged ur volatge suppose to be at ~4.2V with either battery
the drainage suppose to be the same at screen off
lets say ur phone drains 9mA steady
u should see the voltage sinking slower on the higher capacity battery
i would give it an hour or 2 hours on each battery to check the result
example:
1400mAh battery
steady 9mA current over 2 hours from 4200mV down to 4150mV
2600mAh batter
steady 9mA current over 2 hours from 4200mV down to 4175mV
hope it helped^^
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.digibites.m.sysmon&feature=search_result
This shows the mAh.
if you brought the £13 one made in China from ebay (like I did) then it's a total fake the stock battery lasts longer, the only good thing about it is because the back cover is that much thicker you can rest it on it's side to watch movies etc...!
beanbean50 said:
if you brought the £13 one made in China from ebay (like I did) then it's a total fake the stock battery lasts longer, the only good thing about it is because the back cover is that much thicker you can rest it on it's side to watch movies etc...!
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That's true. Better to buy the original.
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Hi All,
Has anyone purchased the following extended (4500 mAh) battery from MPJ?
http://www.mpjbattery.com/mpj-4500m...sung-galaxy-note-iii-3-n7200-n9000-n9005.html
Should I be concerned if this will work with our beloved phablet (Model # SM-900V) or not?
Since the website above didn't specifically spell this out, I'm a little hesitant to make the purchase, but, for the most part, I'm sure it will work with our phone. i'm also assuming it is exactly the same size as the original STOCK Samsung battery that came with our phones so I needn't worry about an extended battery cover as well.
Please advise.
Thanks in advance, folks!
Man I wouldn't buy that junk. The stock battery on this bad boy does phenomenal. The only after market battery I've used is Zerolemon. Those were some great batteries. They had one for the s4 that fit in the phone with the OE battery cover and was an extra 2 or 3 hundred mah since they didn't put nfc support in the battery. They also have that big 10,000 mah battery that turns the phone into a brick.
Thanks HarleyDroid,
'preciate the feedback.
Harleydroid said:
Man I wouldn't buy that junk. The stock battery on this bad boy does phenomenal. The only after market battery I've used is Zerolemon. Those were some great batteries. They had one for the s4 that fit in the phone with the OE battery cover and was an extra 2 or 3 hundred mah since they didn't put nfc support in the battery. They also have that big 10,000 mah battery that turns the phone into a brick.
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Did you contact them? Been read a review here.
Galaxy S3 Neo has a ridiculous stock 2100 mAh battery which offers a very poor duration. That's the reason I need an extended one. I have tried lots of extended batteries of different brands such as DSK, Anker, and one that I don't know its brand, I bought it from http://www.tucargadorsolar.com/. All of it have offered me a very poor duration. They are supposed to have twice the capacity of stock battery but here are the results that I got with all of them:
Original 2100 mAh battery, 100% charged, holds for 5:30 hours on continuous video playing until it reaches 5%.
Different extended batteries (4200 to 4400 mAh depending on the brand), 100% charged, hold for 6:45 hours on continuous video playing and in exactly the same conditions of the other test (screen brightness, bluetooth, wifi...).
I have repeated the test lots of times and always get the same results. If an extended battery of 4200 - 4400 mAh has a double capacity and original battery holds for 5:30 hours, why the extended one does not hold for the double, 11 hours?
I suppose that I have been testing batteries coming from not reliable brands.
I ordered a battery from Mugen Power 3 months ago, because it is supposed to be a reliable brand. But 3 months later still know nothing about the order I've made, and now they don't answer my e-mails.
What can I do? Is there another brand which is reliable enough to offer me a good duration?
I am really annoyed with this, I have lost very much money and time and all batteries I buy are in a very bad condition.
Well you could just money to buy another phone Anyway, if you're on stock, I can't say much, but using a custom kernel with governors etc, it would be really a great option as with the default battery, it last way more longer.
It's really strange, really. Have you calibrated the batteries right by reading the manuals? Are you sure about the capacities (Have you tested them with a multimeter)? Have in mind (if you haven't already known that) that I9300 batteries are exactly the same, because it's wide known and there are for sure reliable sources. A phone like Neo, is easily targeted with fake things. Last, you should buy from Amazon and read the reviews. Oh, did you try to contact with the companies?
Again, it's very strange....
S3 neo's battery functionality is a joke...
I try a lots of extended batterys baut only one is in right...Anker 7200mah(buy from amazon)
But s3 neo have a "bug"...completly charge of ectended batery is possible just if you replace battery after first charge to "100%" and put on charge again...aproximately after replace cell, phone was display the true charging %...
After 2x 3x replaces battery was true 100% charged...
Discharging is same way....after first 1-2% level replace the batt....it shows aprox. 70% after....
Replace "trick" is only one way to use extended batterys capacity.
I bought a new battery and calibrate it but when I fill up to 100% off the charger and the batteries will decrease by 1% every few seconds.
Does anyone have a similar problem and how can I fix it ?
TheAstriX said:
I bought a new battery and calibrate it but when I fill up to 100% off the charger and the batteries will decrease by 1% every few seconds.
Does anyone have a similar problem and how can I fix it ?
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Those are new? That doesn't sound right. Does the battery have any visible bulging on it, for a test try spinning it on a table, if it spins easily it's bad. Another thing to test would be to charge it to 100% either externally or with the phone off, then to test it's current charge with a multimeter, it should read around 4385 mV give or take a bit.
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I've got the same problem. I have 3 genuine batteries and 2 extended batteries from MPJ which worked really good at first then after 2 weeks. The battery life of my S5 is getting terrible. It's already 50% with 30mins screen on time with small usage like browsing but I do have 4G on all the time but it used to be that I can use the phone all day with no problem with 4G or WiFi on all the time.
I was searching for a way to use my note 4 (n910F) at home plugged on the charger with the screen always on without damaging my new battery. So I managed to fit a samsung pocket neo (S5310B) 1,000mah battery on my note 4 case. The phone works pretty well with the charger on. But I'm afraid there can be any consequences to my device, this little old samsung battery probably dont suport fast charging nor it was built to feed the note 4 (much) bigger power drain. Can anybody tell me if is there any chance of something bad happening ? (the battery exploding or something like that.....) What parameter should I be watching ? (I can access the battery voltage and temp) Thank youuuu all in advance.
2 years ago, I managed to use old cheap Nokia battery [800mAh] in my Galaxy W [1500mAh] everything was OK, but I felt it's not a safe way.
Instead, you can use an extended battery like Zerolemon 10,000 mAh which last for 13+ hours Screen on Time and no need to keep your phone in the charger all the time which is dangerous.