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[Galaxy S II Accessories] rodentkj:
Here is an auction for the 2 Anker batteries + travel charger for 13.99 free ship.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Anker-Battery-2-Samsung-Galaxy-S-2-i9100-Travel-Charger-/220848320166?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item336b95eea6

In case the auction expires, here is a link to the seller

http://myworld.ebay.com/laptopmate_usa/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
[Galaxy S II Accessories] LondonGemini:
Great review. I got mine this week and they are rather impressive. Normally i avoid things like this but i got them due to your review and I am very impressed.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 3waygeek:
Ordered on Monday, received today, using standard USPS shipping; very impressive. Just now put it in my phone after topping up the charge with the AC charger.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] marlon1982:
I have these and the tops of the A1 to a year and have not had the problem even HTC A1 tops it lasts 4 days after loading.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] :
Can someone who has the Anker batteries weigh both the Anker as well as the original Samsung battery?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] donmarkon:
This guy do not send to Serbia :( (ebay)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] AndroidGX:
Ok, here it is, actually after 3 cycles :) :

evaluated as 2008mAh, check out the screenshot.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 330Maniac:
Hi Guys, I'm new to the SGSII and am very interested in these higher capacity Anker batteries. Can anyone confirm if they can recharge in the phone like the oem battery? I've read some reviews on amazon that suggest you have to recharge in the supplied charger only. Which isnt the end of the world but I'd prefer not to have to take my case off every day and take off the flimsy battery cover all the time. Thanks and nice to read all the forums here. Lots of info for newbies like me.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 3waygeek:
You can charge in the phone -- I just did an overnight charge after running the battery down to 0% yesterday evening. That was my first discharge/recharge cycle on the battery, and Battery Monitor Widget Pro now records the measured capacity as 1819 mAh.

I'll run a couple more cycles over the weekend; that should let BMW Pro get a better idea of the battery's true capacity.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] maddie01:
On my third day with the ANKER 1900mAh battery and Universal Charger...

Took me a moment and a few emails to figure out exaclty how to position these PINS on the Universal Charger with the Battery Connections to get the charge correct.....Works very well now....

BUT, after two full charge cycles the ANKER battery is absolutely superior to the 1650 mAh that came Stock with i9100...same footprint so shame on Samsung for not giving us more power when you consider this is a "High-End" Device.....

Lovin the GSII !! :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 330Maniac:
Great! Thanks for the info. Going to order these up right now.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pittas:
I can confirm 2 things

1. batteries are charging fine with the phone

2. they run colder than the stock one, stock one used to run on 27 iddle 34 full use, these babies run 2-3 C colder than that, same room temperature of course,which is always a good thing
[Galaxy S II Accessories] flo90:
Fake! this value can be modified ! The real value it's 1756... Mine say 1888 mAh :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bervin:
Anyone here been using them for more than a month and noticed a drop in capacity?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] superleeds27:
Worth getting one at £8.99 or not?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] dvdlesher:
That's it, I think I'm gonna get myself 1 or 2 of those babies. Thanks good sir!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] superleeds27:
Gunna grab one i think.

Loads of hype about them working better on other phones too.

Would love to see someone try this battery with a decent Custom ROm and Siyah kernel! I can stretch around 2 and half days with stock battery!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 3waygeek:
I've been through several full cycles and several partial cycles and BMW Pro is measuring 2196 mAh. This seems quite a bit higher than I'd expect, so I'll run another deep cycle over the weekend -- BMW Pro says that's supposed to increase its accuracy.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jastonas:
Seriously? Are we talking about these batteries!!??
[Galaxy S II Accessories] LondonGemini:
They look like they are the same ones but for double the price they are on amazon.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mo.shishani:
Very Useful Thread

Thank you Guys....very useful thread
[Galaxy S II Accessories] dvdlesher:
Hmm... I guess this is a good battery then? Although I am still scared of the idea that the phone might broke if the battery is defective... Has anyone experienced that?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kdodd:
got mine from amazon and turned up today with the charger , got it on charge adn report back in the next few days
[Galaxy S II Accessories] flamingspaz:
Cross post
[Galaxy S II Accessories] krifendo:
wow, seems good, i'm gonna try this, do they sell it to outside the UK?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] heheyalor:
i can help to ship the batts to those countries outside of US . do pm me as im ordering the batteries soon .
[Galaxy S II Accessories] martincolclough:
Yea these look good, might have to grab me one by the sounds of it!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] buxz777:
just bought the 2x battery set and charger only thing is its gonna be a pain in the butt taking off my sgp case to change the batterys everytime they are flat but it will be nice not to have to wait the 3 hours for my phone to charge fully before a night out :-)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] iakovl:
got mine this week :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] xeigen:
we need someone to test this battery with the battery testing tool/equipment cause BWM is unreliable

It measures my stock battery 2.8k
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Tyrol:
That's a lot of them! :O I wish they shipped here.. :(

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Tapatalking to the beat on Galaxy S II.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] iakovl:
They dont ship to israel, had to use 3rd party shipping
[Galaxy S II Accessories] IronMit:
Been using for 2 months

i'v had these for 2 months now. no problems. perfect.

I cycle the 2 ankhers and the stock battery by charging using the dock charger continuously. It takes about 6-7 hours to charge..trickle charging or something.

But no problem, you put it on charge before work and its done when you come back, or over night

I never charge the the battery in the phone so i can;t comment about that.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] dubist:
why i cant get 1900mah ?

It shows 75mah
[Galaxy S II Accessories] buxz777:
USERS BE CAREFULL OF THESE BATTERYS MINE HAS JUST BLOWN UP 2 MINUTES INTO THE 1ST CHARGE

sorry about the caps above but seriously be carefull with these batterys , if the battery was in the sgs2 when it blew up it would have killed the phone!!

the charger and battery have clear explosion/burn marks on them and it tripped the fuse box out in my house , it sounded like soneone threw a banger through my window , it was quit a loud explosion and shocked the hell out of me , only for me to turn around and see smoke/steam coming from the charger and battery

the charger is the cheap black one pictured above and the batterys were bought from the amazon seller everyone has been linking here

i know they are getting good reviews and myself have been telling people they seem good and to buy them , mine lasted 2 minutes on charge!!!

just thought id better post up

i will post pics later today for everyone , defo dont charge these in your sgs2 handsets and be carefull of them in your sgs2 , i wont be using them ever again thats for sure as its my 1st ever exploding battery

edit

sorry for posting in two threads but i think its best incase people google anker batterys and hit either of the threads ive posted in , there is one amazon review where they say their battery blew up as well so be carefull

again pics uploaded later today

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http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff299/buxz777/exploding anker battery sgs2/

thats a album of pics

here are some of the best
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nyssa1104:
No need to cross post..;) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1305467
[Galaxy S II Accessories] razah:
haha lucky it wasnt in your phone or it wouldnt be pretty
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Atrixnooby:
Battery explosion

I may not have a lot of experience with an Atrix, (just got mine, so "hello" to all), but I DO have alot of experience with Lithium batteries, as I have played around with RC helis and cars a bit.

Sounds to me like you may have improperly aligned the pins on the charger with the battery (these are movable if I gather correctly from other posts). Improperly aligning those WOULD cause an explosion (had it happen to me on a 9V set when I accidentally wired the contacts backwards on a cobbed charger) and it isn't pretty :eek:. If that was the case, then it would never have happened in the phone, as the contacts are permanently affixed.:cool:

Not saying it had to happen that way, (there IS occasionally a bad separation between layers in these batteries) since all manufacturers have an occasional mishap during the process, but that does not mean that all their batteries are defective. Just means their QC is not always what it should be.

OTOH, if that battery exploded so quickly for you, how did the factory charge the battery in the first place?

Remedy:

As you did, always attempt charging the battery outside the phone first and, most important:

Always make sure the charger's pins are aligned as to manufacturers directions.

Wolfgang

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I read that many are following the Anker or Mugen, or other batteries' directions closely. That is, charging fully, letting the battery run down to about 5 or 10%, then bringing it up to a full charge (even overnight), then repeating that process a few times.

Then you notice how much better the non-OEM battery works than the OEM unit.

Question- did all of you use the same procedure to condition the original battery before use? If not, are we not comparing apples to oranges here?:D

One more thing- does anyone know how much larger the Anker 2800 battery and back combo makes the Atrix 4G? I almost bought a mugen 4800 until I realized that the thing could then officially classify size and weight-wise as a boat anchor.

Wolfgang
[Galaxy S II Accessories] edd-1988:
Greetings and respect and thanks for all members of XDA developers

Today i sell my HTC HD2 (android 2.3.5 )

and i buy a new phone Samsung galaxy s2 (Europe )

so What do you advise to me ( ROM version ,applications ,accessories, ..)?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] manmad:
I think it is best if you create your own topic ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] karendar:
Certificated, people! CERTIFICATED!

I love engrish, but when it's on my phone's battery, I become wary. It says CERTIFICATED and I'm surprised noone noticed. ;) haha

Just so you know, there are official anker batteries and immitation knockoffs circulating on ebay. So be veeeery very careful where you buy them from! And no, "Certificated" is not a way of knowing if it's a fake or not. ;) hahaha. It's just funny engrish!

Those chargers do not look like stock Anker chargers either, so I'd be wary about those too. My anker battery was bought 3 months ago in retail packaging and cost 12$. And it does perform better, but not 20-30% better. And it does discharge down to 1% normally as would a regular phone battery.

So many frauds out there nowadays... Kind of sad. :(

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Seriously, that whole subject has been played so many times. Who says right and who says wrong? I do NOT do the discharge, recharge scenario on my battery and to be honest, I don't believe it even matters unless you want your battery to be the most efficient right off the bat. I encountered better overall battery life with the anker, but I cannot give any concrete evidence other than my phone has 10% more at the end of the day in general than it used to. And this is consistent over a few weeks. No conditionning done...

I've read articles saying it should be done like a religion, I've read articles that it shouldn't be done anymore because it's complete hogwash, I've read articles stating the technology doesn't work that way anymore! Who to believe? Everyone and noone...

Battery life is a controversial topic in a cell phone forum, because many factors come into play. WAY too many factors. (Temperature, ROM, kernel, kernel configs, phone, phone version, running apps, running widgets, running services, daily use, etc. etc. etc.) so comparing apples and oranges would be accurate even with "battery conditionning". ;)

No offense, just my own opinion!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] pewpewbangbang:
so what app are you guys using to check battery mah? i just got my anker and have been using battery widget monitor pro but it says something with 20% cycle.

Is it official that this battery is around like 15% better than stock? around the 1800mah range?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 3waygeek:
Well, after a couple of charge/calibration cycles, BMW Pro shows my Anker as having a capacity of around 2150 mAh. However, I'm not sure BMW Pro's current measurements are accurate; as I understand it, the software estimates the current usage, as the kernel drivers don't allow direct measurement.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] justbenice:
Does anybody know where i can buy this battery that ship international ? I searched everywhere but nowhere have it :( . Or anybody can have it ship to my country ? I can pay via paypal.

Best regards,
[Galaxy S II Accessories] a3Dman:
Great performance

After 5-6 charge cycles, the battery gave me great performance, 7 hours of hard usage (6:35h screen time) with wifi on all this period, the phone was on airplane mode though because my SIM card was in my Nexus.

Great batteries :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DjentleDjiant:
So, I've read a bit on these batteries. I've read some stuff about these batteries exploding and not, and I would not like that happening in my pocket. I'm really interested in this product, but I'm not 100% sure if I should get it based on what people have said about it.

Are there any long time users of this battery here? If so, have you encountered any problems?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rob77:
I've had the battery for a few months now and definitely find it better than stock. I don't use the external charger you can get for the battery, I just charge it up inside of my phone. It's been flawless throughout and at this price I would recommend it highly
[Galaxy S II Accessories] manmad:
A few people had problems with exploding chargers, not exploding batteries...

The batteries are fine, some chargers are faulty though
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DjentleDjiant:
That's what I thought too. I most likely won't be using the charger I guess.

Thanks for clarifying it for me.

Lastly - do they fit in the phone with the stock cover on?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] teiglin:
Yep, stock cover is fine; they're the exact same size as 1650mAh OEM batteries.

My charger hasn't blown up the batteries it came with, but it also won't charge them past ~50%. Oh well, I knew the chargers had bad QC.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DjentleDjiant:
ah fair enough. do the batteries get hot when charging or anything?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rashidramli:
hello!

hi im trying to get my hands on the 2x anker batt with the white charger(official anker charger?) that ship to singapore?anyone got any links?ill pay thru paypal.

thank you!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] D3_:
For anyone wary of an exploding charger, it seems to be the cheap black charger some come with that blows up, if you get the white charger you should be fine
[Galaxy S II Accessories] PaulitoX77:
got mine from Amazon. Didnt ship with that brown box where everything is all in there. I got this instead and they work fine.

No explosions here lol
[Galaxy S II Accessories] MiG123:
have been using these batts for ~ 1 month now, pretty satisfied with their mileage and performance which is in every way superior to the stock batt.

That being said, one gripe I do have though is the somewhat inaccurate reporting of batt levels esp < 15%. At these regions the charge will start plummeting rapidly(ard 1% every 1-2 mins) and screen will start flickering rapidly, following which the phone shuts down at ard 5%. After that, not even the stock charger is able to charge the phone and the battery needs to be removed to be charged externally(e.g using the supplied universal charger).

Is there anyone else who's encountering this issue? An email to laptopmate came back saying there could be calibration issues with my phone, which I've attempted to remedy by doing bump charges and wiping battery stats. The issue still persists. Could it possibly be a compatibility issue with our sgs2 battery controller? Would like to gather some insight here before I escalate the matter further with laptopmate.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] teiglin:
Not any more than the stock that I've noticed. If I use the phone much while it's charging I can feel a bit of warmth near the bottom, but not nearly so hot as my entire phone can get if I'm taxing the CPU and GPU simultaneously. Certainly no noticeable change from OEM batteries.

I sometimes feel like sub-15% drain is worse than the preceding 85%, but I haven't had anything nearly so dramatic. The worst I've had is very rapid drain down to 1% (maybe 10% down to 1% in about 10 minutes), at which point the phone shuts down and won't turn back on unless I let it charge for a minute or so, and if I try too quickly it will just shut down again right away. However, after charging for 5-10 minutes it is fine again.

You should probably just ask them to send you replacement batteries; the gauge shouldn't be that wonky after the batteries have been in for a charge cycle.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] elaadhn:
How did you order to Israel exactly?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mone181:
i noticed no so different from default battery, just you can use your phone all day with no problems..but of course at the end of the day you have to recharge it...
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JonBlaze:
I just purchased an AT&T Galaxy S II (SGH-i777) the otherday and this thread got me excited at the prospect of a larger capacity battery while still being able to use a case like the Otterbox; and also the prospect of having a few batteries to swap, and an external charger, as I will be traveling for quite a while.

I looked into purchasing it thru Amazon and the first shady thing I noticed was that LaptopMate has two listings for the product... at two different prices.

goo.gl/vX0m5

goo.gl/BvRuS

NOTE: sorry for the non-hotlinked shortened urls but as I have only posted once I cant post outside links. I'm not a spammer, I registered this account many years ago, I just have been lurking.

The second thing that jumps out is the title "...NOT Compatible with AT&T galaxy s II(SGH-I777)" even though that second URL has "Compatible-SGH-I777" in it.

Digging in the reviews of the first listing, some i777 users say the battery does work, but you cannot charge it in the phone, it must be charged with the universal charger.

What's going on here, is this a legitamite product? Can I use it safely? Can I trust LaptopMate? I'm not concerned that the product may not be a true 1900mAh but safety and compatibility are real concerns. Any insight would be appreciated! TIA.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] teiglin:
Both of those titles seem pretty clearly to state "NOT Compatible with AT&T galaxy s II(SGH-I777)" -- not really sure if there was a typo that's been fixed or if you just misread the description. The only difference in the title is the first link includes GT-I9100 as well as just I9100, and the first is also fulfilled by amazon, while the second ships from LaptopMate. As for trustworthiness, I have had a couple of successful orders from that Amazon reseller, so it's not something I'd worry about too much(plus, they have a zillion good reviews).

Generally speaking, I777 batteries work in I9100s, though some people report charging quirks. However, your I777 OEM battery has an NFC antenna in it, so while I'd expect the Anker batteries to power your phone, your NFC definitely won't work with them in.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] albsat:
Really intersted in this battery option. Does the myth of damaging the phone still exist for this version? Or should I jump to the original 2000MaH battery version?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JonBlaze:
Thanks for the reply. Good to hear LaptopMate has a good rep and treated you well.

After a some more research around, it looks like if I try to charge the Ankers via the phone (usb) I will probably run into the reboot loop. Aside from that it appears the batteries will probably work, sans NFC capability. TBH, I dont plan on using NFC anyway, so I will probably purchase these.

Was hoping there was an SGH-I777 user who had the Ankers and could chime in.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] teiglin:
If you want an I777 opinion you should probably ask in the I777 forum :P (or did you already?)

If you don't already have an external charger you should probably be prepared to order one. I know some people have had their included chargers be fine, but I (as well as many others) got one that is basically junk. Mine just stops charging the batteries randomly, deciding that they're fully charged when they're not, usually in the 20-40% range. At least the charger I got never overcharged and blew up my batteries. For the record, I still feel that $24 for two batteries was a pretty good purchase, charger issues notwithstanding.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JonBlaze:
Duuuuuude, don't I feel foolish. Much thanks for pointing me to that forum, I did not see it in the deluge of data on this site. My bad. Thanks again for your replies!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] tranhq:
received the anker batteries. great battery build quality

i can see why someone has exploded their battery using the charger.

its a universal charger and the prongs are adjustable to suit the battery you are charging.

wrong prongs on wrong terminal can be disastrous if you are not cautious.

im charging it with my phone anyways so this will be avoided.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mythought:
Ordered 2 ankers battery and a white charger. I had 3 black chargers like the one that blow up for 3 different phones with the ebay batteries. These charger are made to fit the batteries that it comes with so the prongs are fixed. I think the battery blow up because the prongs might be bent and short out the battery. None of my charger blow up yet. One for my atrix just die after a month used. I take apart the charger and throw out the circuit board then I crack open a spare motorola charger that I have and solder the circuit on the outter sell of the charger and I get a genuine motorola wall charger. The other two still works fine 1 used for 1.5yr (htc touch), the other one 7 months for the desire z that my brother is using right now. The only one problem with these black chargers is once in a while the led says the battery is fully charge but when I put it in the phone the battery is dried so I have to charge it again.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] maccawire:
Got my Anker 1900Mah last week and I have to say I am extremely happy.

After 5 charging cycles I am getting between about 15.5% to 23.25% longer battery usage.

Average battery drain at night of 1.38% per hour compared with a battery drain of 2.29% per hour during daytime. I would text and email and be on the phone quite a lot during the day.

Its performance exceeds what I would have expected for an item at the price of £9.99.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rashidramli:
just got my anker batt 1 day ago.will test if this is the real deal.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nescho:
But I don't think you can compare this to the originial Samsung 2000mah battery can u?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cletusarrarr:
how did you test , which app or so ? nice review.