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[Captivate Accessories] liquidzyklon:
Thanks for some test results aadvanced1. Looks pretty good, not a big increase in battery life from stock but definitely worth looking into since the stock covers fits.
[Captivate Accessories] CFoote:
Another Captivate owner here...as you saw in the picture it fits perfectly. I *just* got the battery so I can't comment on battery life but 1800 vs. 1500 I would expect an ice 20% boost. I'll report back in a week or so with my thoughts.

For 20 bucks this seems like a no brainer. :)

Chris
[Captivate Accessories] arda99:
How about this one? 3rd party but at least with some brand(better than fake OEM samsung)

2xbatteries+charger $20

http://www.amazon.com/Anker-Batteries-GT-I9000-Captivate-Multi-purpose/dp/B005HBGXR6

single battery $11

http://www.amazon.com/Anker-GT-I9000-Captivate-SGH-I897-EB575152VA/dp/B005HBAJ1C
[Captivate Accessories] jonnyg1097:
Wow those are good deals going on there. I dont see why they wouldnt work the same as the Samsung ones.
[Captivate Accessories] AnarchoXen:
works a treat. nice heads up. thanks.
[Captivate Accessories] infinitefame:
oo nice! Gonna get one of these.
[Captivate Accessories] jonnyg1097:
So any Canadians that has purchased this, where did you get yours? The rates from the sites suggested are just ridiculous. There was one that was charging me something like 20 dollars on just shipping from the US.
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
I got mine from here: http://www.thecellguru.com/Products/33323 . I couldn't find a canadian seller so order from cellguru. Got to wait 15-20 business days now to get it. I'm too cheap to upgrade the shipping. It was $5.00 for shipping plus $18.00 for the battery.

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] perosredo:
I just bought one from eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400248691750#ht_5337wt_1187

$35.50CDN with some fancier sounding shipping included in that price.
[Captivate Accessories] waldo98:
I just ordered from CellGuru as well. Total came out to $20.91 shipped to California
[Captivate Accessories] jahfry:
Just a quick confirmation from me: picked up 2x of these. 1 for myself, 1 for my wife. No issues at all. Reset battery stats last night, drained completely, recharged while off. About to finish the charging cycle.

TINY bit thicker than stock battery, and (surprise) about 20% heavier. I do notice it but will forget it quickly.

When I popped it in last night it read 38% charge. WiFi and cell network were left on, 6 hours later with no other usage I was at 35%. That's before I fully drained it, so the stats are probably a bit off, but overall good.

Thank goodness, too. I'd been trying to find an Armani (1650mah) battery for awhile and never found a source I trusted. I ordered these 2 1800mah through MobileCityOnline and the transaction was smooth and responsive.

Thanks for posting this thread :)
[Captivate Accessories] jonnyg1097:
Yea I ended up doing the same thing. I just couldnt really justify spending more money on the shipping when the total amount on the shipping would end up being more than the actual purchase.
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
You will probably get it before me as I live in Canada. Things sometime get stuck for weeks in customs when shipped from America. Hope you will report how it works for you. Can someone report if you can still get into download mode using this battery.

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] afrojoc:
Works amazing. I'm convinced I had a bad battery because my battery is at 85% on miui. Light to medium usage but still!!

Edit:: after 7hours lol
[Captivate Accessories] CuriousTech:
Hey thanks kaintfm. I got mine a couple days ago. It fits great. It's 0.1mm shorter and 0.5mm thicker than stock and weighs 12% more. On second charge it held 1820mAh. Good timing too. I was looking to get a new one. My original is down to 1190 mAh and my Chinese Andida fake 1850 is down to 1020, lol.

Edit: Another comparison: The Mugen Power 1600mAh is 0.6mm thicker than stock and fits. That's at 1190mAh too now after 8 months.
[Captivate Accessories] AnarchoXen:
1 day 16 hours on the second run down.
[Captivate Accessories] mem4720:
I ordered this kit with free 2-day Prime shipping. Both batteries work great, noticeable improvement over the OEM 1500mAh. The charger is an adjustable universal one that charges most 3.7V lithium batteries used in cell phones and small cameras.
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
I asked before but can someone check to see if you can get into download mode using the button combos with the battery.

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] devadvance:
Yes. I actually did a one-click back to stock (JF6) and then a Master Clear in order to start completely fresh with this battery.

I used the vol up+down button combo + plugging in USB to get into download mode.
[Captivate Accessories] perosredo:
Where can I see the mAh?
[Captivate Accessories] nok6100:
So exited! :-) I got my 1800 MAh battery in today, came with a 43% charge. I charged it in my spare cappy, and am testing, I'll report back with results, but keeping in mind it took a long time to charge it to 100%, it should hold a charge longer too. Am running Pinnacle 1.3 rom currently, and have already seen great battery life with the standard battery, the 1800 MAh should be awesome. :-)

UPDATE 10-30-11: Results look good, I stream audio via wifi at work (using Xiialive) for about 6 hours on sat and sun, and when I left work today, the battery was at 60%, with the stock 1500 MAh battery it would be at 40%. Definitely worth the $18 for a little more juice :)

I attached a pic for anyone interested, by the time I got home and did the screen capture, the battery was at 58%
[Captivate Accessories] derek4484:
I got mine from mobilecity and only had it for a few days, but so far this battery seems to be a lot better than the original (which is 15 months old). I was impressed this is an original Samsung OEM battery in Samsung packaging and all. So it should be great quality, not that chinese junk sold on ebay.

Edit: I'm really impressed by this battery. Normally on CM7.1 I could only go from 7:30am to 5:00pm and it'd be wiped out. But here it is at 2:30 and I'm still at 66%.
[Captivate Accessories] waldo98:
I received my battery on Saturday and its been working pretty well so far, given I did a full charge and re-calibrated the battery stats. I'm syncing 3 accounts (gmail, work e-mail via exchange and fb). I also have fb messenger, which is a battery hog. I've had the phone off the charger for about 8.5 hours now and my office is down in the basement (2 bars max) with moderate use and I have about 41% battery life left.
[Captivate Accessories] jordanpatrick:
Very thankful for this thread. I would not have even thought to try a battery from the Epic Touch 4G in my Captivate. I will definitely be ordering one now!
[Captivate Accessories] psycho2097:
Awesome battery, got it from cellguru, did 3 full cycles, now lasting 14 hrs with 3.5hrs screen on, 1.5 hours music-30min local and 1hr Pandora... 30 min Youtube, 1.5 hour worth of browsing, tapatalk and pulse. 30%improvement over my year old 1500.

Miui stable , glitch, uv, smartass, green power app.

Sent from my cell phone. DUH
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
Good to hear. I ordered mine through cellguru too but I cheaped out on the shipping so I still have a few weeks to wait.

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] jonnyg1097:
I dont think you will have to wait to long to get yours. I cheaped out on my order also. I ordered mine on the 26th of October (shipped on the 27th) and I got it today. So it took them less than a week to get mine.
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
I'm from Canada and the tracking says it is in customs. Stuff from the states seams to be held by customs for a long time.

Edit: mine was shipped Oct 24.

Edit 2: it arrived today. Very fast shipping for the price and great packaging.

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] perosredo:
Mine came in yesterday; so about a week to Toronto.
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
I ordered from cellguru and got it just over a week to Alberta and only paid $23 including shipping. Got to say, I notice a large improvement in battery life. My battery was about a year old.

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] r3ferrei:
Likewise. With regular usage my battery barely moves now. I can see myself getting a day and a half easy but I charge nightly anyways. This was definitely worth the money.
[Captivate Accessories] mcala:
I purchased the 1 Anker for $11.00 & I must say going on 24hrs. w/ 47% left. Running illuminance. I may go back to CM7 now. My stock battery would have died @ hour 13.
[Captivate Accessories] AnarchoXen:
2 days 5 hours and was at 8%.
[Captivate Accessories] capocaccia:
The above post is taken from the vibrant forums.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate running Andromeda3
[Captivate Accessories] ctechbob:
Thanks for the info eveyone...next on my to-do list for sure.
[Captivate Accessories] capocaccia:
Following up again from vibrant:

Sent from my Samsung Captivate running Andromeda3
[Captivate Accessories] perosredo:
Mine also has that same serial number, however, I do not think that in itself means the battery is fake, as I'm having a really hard time believing that they print unique serial numbers onto every battery--that must be really expensive--but more believable to me is that it's per batch. You can see where I got mine higher up in the thread. (off ebay)

Can anyone confirm if the SN should be unique?

Also, I've finally gotten around to using this battery and it's unbelievable--for lack of a better word. After 10hrs I was at ~80% today whereas I'd normally be well below 50. I sync 5 Google Apps accounts, an exchange email, have data always on and can do quite a bit of emailing and browsing throughout the day, and also spending an hour or so looking at the calendar; that's in addition to 30-45min talk time and 15min txting, as well as having **** reception all day.
[Captivate Accessories] mcala:
I just received mine from eBay & I can confirm that it also has the same s/n. I also purchased the Anker, its great by the way. I noticed the supposed OEM Samsung 1800 in question does not have a manufacturing date like my original factory battery does nor like my fake. I scanned the QR code on my original and it matches the serial number written. I scanned the 1800 OEM & it also matches the S/N. I do have a fake OEM that I got from eBay that has everything labeled properly except it's missing the white liquid sticker. I knew it was a fake because it weighed nothing, only 3 months old and lasted only 5hrs. When I try to scan it, well that's it, it wont scan. We need someone with an Epic Touch to confirm the characteristics of the OEM battery.
[Captivate Accessories] CuriousTech:
Mine has the same S/N, but with a tested capacity of 1800mAh I highly doubt the rumors of it being fake. What would be the point of not self branding a quality product? That would be silly.

Fakes are fake for a reason. They're made with cheaper cells for a higher profit margin.
[Captivate Accessories] gstern:
how does this Samsung battery perform vs the Anker one? does it really worth the price?
[Captivate Accessories] perosredo:
For the 20% increase in mAh, I'm getting a 100% increase in battery life.

As a disclaimer, this is only my third day using it though.
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
Yeah I am getting double battery life too. My old battery was about a year old. I also have a cheap 3500 mah rated battery from china but this one out performs all of my other batteries and it fits under my back cover nicely. I put my meter on the battery and it reads 1885 mah and my cheap china one that is rated at 3500 is only in the 1700's. I think it worth the price

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] mcala:
I am having opposite results. The Anker outlast the Samsung. I don't know why. I am back on CM7 so battery life becomes an issue. The Samsung is no better then stock 1500 in my case.
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
That's too bad. I am on miui and I had just over 6 hours of screen on time and 16 hours off charger and had 32% battery left. That's pretty close to double from my old battery.

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] FireRaider:
I dont mean to hijack this thread but why do you mention this? Is it a known issue with some fake batteries?

I am tearing my hair out over suddenly being unable to use the three button after a bad CM7 to Miui flash and stumbled across this. I had three button recovery before but it wont work now. I am using an aftermarket battery all weekend as I left my stock battery at work. Could this be the issue?
[Captivate Accessories] Vaanhoot:
I was going to sell my old battery to a friend. I don't have a jig so was just worried about it. I can get into download mode no problem with this battery.

Sent from my SGH-I896 running MIUI.
[Captivate Accessories] prostar:
@aavanced1:

What is the app you are using for those battery stats?
[Captivate Accessories] jjtitus098:
Just got my Anker batteries yesterday and charged them up and have definitely noticed a big difference. Even when it's not calibrated, im at 12 hours, with 2 hr 15 min display time with 26% left. With my old battery, it would have been dead hours ago. That's also with the screen on for about 25 minutes straight watching a football game. Definitely happy with my purchase.

Update: Today I've been going for almost 12 hours and am at 3%. Sure, that doesn't sound that great, but the kicker is, I've had my display on for 5 hours!! I've never been able to use my phone that much on one battery charger. I'd say the Anker batteries are top notch. Best bang for your buck.

Sent from my Captivate with CM7.
[Captivate Accessories] aex90832:
So is this battery legit or what? :p
[Captivate Accessories] jev3gs:
yeah the 1800 is legit. I have had it for about 2 weeks now. It lasts me about 25% longer. I easily get a day out of it with Push exchange email and over an hour of gaming a day.
[Captivate Accessories] Jeffu:
I just received my Anker 1800mah battery; I read a few reviews online from Amazon etc. and ended up buying on ebay (I live in Canada). The battery is the same thickness as the stock battery. :/ I think I may have goofed and accidentally bought the 'right' battery and not the slightly larger one. Input anyone?

Charging it right now and will run it down and charge to see how it goes, but not very encouraged right now.
[Captivate Accessories] capocaccia:
The Anker batteries were never stated to be slightly thicker. They were just mentioned as another option for replacement batteries.

The 1800mah batteries that are made for the Epic 4g phone are the slightly thicker batteries. These are made by Samsung for the Epic but fit our galaxy S phones. You didnt buy the wrong battery as they are both 1800mah but you did buy a different battery than the OEM Epic 4g battery.
[Captivate Accessories] Jeffu:
Right, my mistake. I just assumed having read numerous 'is this battery legit?' threads in the past for the Captivate that this 1800mah battery I got wasn't actually 1800mah, since it was the same thickness.

I admit I don't understand how batteries work and given past user posts I interpreted battery weight/thickness for our phones to be directly related to actual increased battery life. Thanks for the explanation.
[Captivate Accessories] CuriousTech:
Don't discredit weight vs. capacity. At least not yet. Imagine an 18Ah battery in your phone. Kinda cool...

http://www.kurzweilai.net/batteries-with-10x-more-capacity-and-that-charge-10x-faster
[Captivate Accessories] nbell13:
I'm over 27 hours on this charge with the OEM Samsung GS2 battery :D (on CM7, too)
[Captivate Accessories] Jeffu:
Okay, so I gave the Anker battery a try for a typical day of browsing/music/surfing to and from work, my typical amount of texting (which isn't a lot, mostly just to girlfriend).

It has been 1 day 7 hours and I'm at 40%. I'm amazed. I guess part of the huge increase is that I've been using my stock battery for just over a year, so it probably has deteriorated in performance since then. :D
[Captivate Accessories] trazer_se:
Ordered five of the Anker batteries from Amazon to test. I'll test and see how they work. Have many people on the Seidio 3500 batteries now but they are really pricy and not seeing any real improvements after a year or so.

I'm using the dead stock battery running Ill 2.1 and just now completed a battery calibration. The first charge after calibrating lasted me 4 days 20 hours, not sure on minutes because it died when I was not watching. Light use, but wifi on, lots of email coming in and such.

I'll have several users testing the new battery, one that is only getting about 6 hours right now with stock 1yr old battery and stock ROM. Going to Ill 2.1 and this battery and see what they get then.
[Captivate Accessories] jchill2xda:
Can I get a link to the Anker Battery you guys are using?
[Captivate Accessories] Baby Liz Sandra:
Yeah, that would b nice! I want a bit more info on this. Thank you!
[Captivate Accessories] Jeffu:
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1800mAh-Battery-GT-I9000-EB575152VA/dp/B004KVTNYE

That's the one I bought; but again, it's not the one in OP.
[Captivate Accessories] Baby Liz Sandra:
Thank you. I'll check this out!!!
[Captivate Accessories] sairoland:
Can the Anker batteries charge in the phone?

The instructions for using the Anker charger make it sound like you have to use the charger and can't just leave the battery in the phone.

If it can, I'll be ordering 2 :)
[Captivate Accessories] JamesBourgeois:
1800 mah battery

$4.00 at sinodepot,Ill let you know when I receive my order.

wish me luck.
[Captivate Accessories] MikeyMike01:
Just bought this one on Amazon. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Standard-Battery-SPH-D710-EB625152VA/dp/B005LBEGAI/ref=pd_cp_e_2
[Captivate Accessories] jetpuck73:
Ordered mine last night!!
[Captivate Accessories] gstern:
Genuine Samsung? Quite a bargain...

I'll wait for your feedback.
[Captivate Accessories] prostar:
Anker batteries from Amazon

I just bought the 2 Anker batteries with charger from Amazon. So far I've only tried one of them because it just won't die. It seems to be at least 50% better than the stock battery I had (from last November). The charger is a bit finicky with setting the contacts, but you can move them to charge any (Lithium) battery, also it has regular and mini usb ports so you can charge devices there too.
[Captivate Accessories] capocaccia:
I just got mine today (same battery from the amazon link) and the one I got charges just fine when in the phone.
[Captivate Accessories] mikegy2002:
Just ordered Epic 4g battery. Other battery is to the point that it will say almost full charge after charging phone off overnight. With phone on voltage will drop down to the point phone shuts off in couple hours. Reboot will show around three percent. I can hardly go wrong at this point.
[Captivate Accessories] Mr. Dr. Prof. Sean:
Got the OEM one today. Still testing, but it seems to be a huge improvement over my worn out original battery.
[Captivate Accessories] Fortune090:
Got the 2 Anker batteries and charger and can definitely say they are GREAT. Got them through a few cycles and they're getting ~26 hours on a charge with (my) normal use, compared to just around 12-14 with the stock. DEFINITELY a great investment on my part. :)
[Captivate Accessories] MaxRabbit:
Interesting... Picking one up.
[Captivate Accessories] trazer_se:
So my five batteries arrived and are working well, I got the Anker ones from Amazon for $10. I charged it once and let it get close to dying. Second charge lasted me 3 days 19 hours before I had to connect it to my computer to get a video clip I'd just shot and ruined my stats, but before I connected it I was at 33% battery left.

Fully charged it again and will update after seeing how it goes from here, but I'm perfectly happy so far! I put my phone in flight mode overnight to save battery, but that's the only unusual thing I do. Played a lot of doodle jump and some hex defense. I get 40-50 emails a day but very little voice calling usually. Data on, wifi on, almost always on wireless unless driving. Still, that battery life is astounding. I would have made five days I expect, or with heavier usage maybe only three days total but I will not complain!
[Captivate Accessories] oztrich:
I know I'm a noob here, but I bought Anker batteries for my Captivate from LAPTOPMATE (Amazon seller) last year and they are still going strong. Almost as important is that they are warrantied for a year and the LAPTOPMATE people seems to have quite good customer service. A couple of months after I bought, they sent an email to see if the purchase was alright and reminding me of the warranty.

Just my 2 cents..:)
[Captivate Accessories] MaxRabbit:
I'm so dang excited for mine to come in!!! It was supposed to arrive today but it's a day behind; must be the holidays ;)
[Captivate Accessories] dank8885:
Bought mine yesterday from amazon, and they're shipping today! I can't wait for them to come in as well! Super excited to run them.
[Captivate Accessories] jbjmed:
Cool. That's really my only complaint about the phone. How short the battery life is. Well that and the stupid speaker cutting in and out. Thanks for the info.
[Captivate Accessories] MaxRabbit:
Mine came in yesterday! Very happy; great battery life :)
[Captivate Accessories] dank8885:
I'm happy for you! Is there anyway you could give me some comparison numbers like of your "average usage" hours old battery vs "average usage" hours on the new battery?
[Captivate Accessories] MaxRabbit:
I'm afraid I cannot compare, as I am at home now and who knows what factors are different than at college. I can say, however, that after starting at 100% at 1 PM yesterday, I'm only just plugging in today to charge at 6 PM today with about a 15% charge left, using heavily. Before this battery, I've never made it through a day and a half of even light usage. For $10, I'm thrilled!
[Captivate Accessories] rootmepls:
I got the Anker batteries and charger from Amazon 2 days ago. I'm looking at well over 25 hours right now after my first full charge from zero yesterday. Excellent batteries. Can't wait to see what they do after a few times charging up. I don't see any issue with getting a full day of use with change out of these. Glad I stumbled across this thread. Thanks!
[Captivate Accessories] MikeyMike01:
Got my official Samsung 1800 battery for Christmas yesterday... got great battery life today (75% left after 11 hours) but didn't use it a whole lot.

Sent from my I897
[Captivate Accessories] jetpuck73:
I got the same one and the battery life is Awesome!!!!
[Captivate Accessories] dank8885:
I got my battery a few days ago, ran a few cycles through it today and after 9.5hrs unplugged and 1hr talk time (not much display time 25mins) i'm still at 76%. This is by far a vast improvement over the stock 1500 one. I've recommended it to a few people I work with but as for myself I'm very pleased.
[Captivate Accessories] EclipseEntity:
Already owned a chinese 1800mah battery gotten from ebay, but battery life has been so so. Gonna buy the Ankin one and see how good it is.
[Captivate Accessories] AkiriXx:
Can get 2 Anker 1800 + charger for 17.99 + free shipping on Ebay.

Search for: 2x Anker Battery Sprint Samsung SPH-d700 Epic 4G + Chgr

(Post count not high enough for link. o.O)
[Captivate Accessories] mikehd1959:
If you're not a fan of ebay, you can get this on Amazon as well: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005HBGXR6/ref=oh_o03_s00_i01_details

I've been swapping between the Anker 1800 and the 3500 unit and found that the Anker is performing much better than my nearly 2 year old original battery.
[Captivate Accessories] AkiriXx:
Ebay is $2 cheaper plus free shipping.

I ordered mine Thursday and my expected delivery is Monday.
[Captivate Accessories] nghia2080:
It isn't really 1800mAh
[Captivate Accessories] CuriousTech:
True. A little higher (Samsung), but not telling. What were your results?