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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I got a can and some blue tape. I wish I could start it tonight but its windy outside and is expected to be for the next few days.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
How did you do that
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
So what's it look like?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] midwboss:
Sorry it was a crazy day I will post a picture when i get home from work. I will say this. I sectioned off just the hump of the case so it started peeling somewhat. I think if i do the entire back cover it will be perfect and not peel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] northmont30096:
Hey all just made it though the 7 pages :)

Two things that have been brought up I can address. We are working on a TPU case for the Epic Touch we had hoped to have it available this week but had a problem with the charging port cutout that needed revising. We have a manufacturer we use here in the United States but the tooling is done in Asia. As soon as we get the revised tooling back we will have them out hopefully the first of next week. Please don't hurt yourself or cut off your thumb trying to make it work :)

2nd. Yes we use a source in China to manufacture Trexcell batteries. We actually use two because based on our testing one manufacturers cells are much better for HTC and the other is better for Motorola and Samsung. We travel to ShenZhen once a year to visit these factories. We do have a Cadex machine and a lab here in Atlanta. If anyone wants to send me one of your $9 batteries or any other battery I'd be glad to test it and post the results. The ones we have tested so far were two 1050mah batteries fused together.

We're not always perfect and trust me we have our share of defects but I can assure you we do more than anyone else to prevent them and take care of them once they happen.

You can contact us via the marketplace you purchased the product we answer all inquiries same or next day.

Have a blessed 2012!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] midwboss:
Well here is the picture I peeled it back so you could see the thickness and how thin it is. I was going to do the entire back and call it a day. But then I seen the post and that the case is coming soon. I will for sure be grabbing one of those. I can't stress how amazing this battery is. Im on my third cycle and battery has been going for over 32 hours. over a hair over 4 hrs screen on time, text ,email ,games web browsing calls and a lot of music playing on power amp. And im at 20 %. WOW!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I don't see how the hell you're getting that kind of life. The first four discharges I was running cal's 2.7 EL26 ROM and was at lower battery than I am now. I flashed back to his ek02 2.0.1a and am getting better battery. I also flashed desperato (sp) kernel and this is what i'm at now.

I didn't really start using the phone until like 430. Yes the battery stats were reset.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] midwboss:
Hmm I dont know, im using the stock rooted rom with the ek02. I have the auto sync off but left background data sync checked. I have automatic brightness turned off and the screen adjusted to about the width of the size of our menu button which looks fine to me. thats about the only measures I have taken to get better battery life.

The one thing I noticed right off the bat is your lack of wifi compared to mine. Im always somewhere that has wifi unless im in the car. I also have a Airave at home, otherwise I would not have signal unless I walked outside and to the end of my yard. All due to a freaking At&t tower 150 yards or so from me. How is your signal do you roam often or have Los? Just trying to figure out why our results are so different because it is a drastic difference. I
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nerys71:
4 hours screen on time is why your getting that kind of life.

turn down your screen brightness and use no more than 4 hours and getting 30 hours is NOT hard with this phone.

unless you have "stuff" running in the background keeping the phone out of deep sleep.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Have auto brightness on. On an average work day, i'm on the towers maybe 90% of the time. Wifi only at home. Idk with Los. Have network set to sprint only, no roaming. Average signal is maybe 2 bars. I'm in and out of buildings downtown and high rises and elevators during lunch time. One thing that all my phones have done that I have no idea why is signal. I can have signal, then it starts to drop to nothing, then full scale.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Maybe I should experiment and run one day with a fresh install of the rom I normally use. Don't download any apps. Use stock ones. See if any of the apps I use could be eating at the battery.

Anyone have a suggestion on an app I could run that could monitor my usage and what's running throughout the day and give me a summary report on what's going on and what could be eating up the battery?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] midwboss:
I use system panel it works great for that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Here's something I just discovered. I get longer runtimes with two 1800 batteries than the one 3800. The trexcell's capacity is WAY overrated!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nerys71:
Or the 1800 samsung cells are underrated (not uncommon actually)

but your probably right. I usually lop 10% off "advertised" ratings for cells.

the ace soft cell appears high quality.

I estimate I could get a little over 9 hours of run time playing video full bright and volume on it.

I might test that one of these days :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Immediately after applying the second coat.

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Thirty minutes later. Just before applying third coat. An hour and a half later, it still looks like this pic. I don't know what the texture feels like yet. I'm following the directions and it says it's safe to touch after four hours. I've got two and a half to go. I will update post after it's finished on any new discoveries after it's dried. I hope it stays on and will easily snap on the phone. I'm guessing I might have to trim a little on the tabs and edges in order for it to fit correctly. I'll let you know later...

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Btw, this is the stuff I'm using, which was discussed earlier in this thread.

I just lightly touched it. It's not finished drying but it's like sandpaper but not as abrasive. I thought it was going to be glossy and rubber like, like electrical tape. Nope. It doesn't look bad, the original texture of the battery door was high gloss and very slippery. This looks like it will make it less likely to slide out of your hand. The slick finish of the sides of the phone add to it's tendency to slide out of your hand. I'm tempted to paint the phone too. I'll let you know if I do.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I think I'm going to do the phone. I have to get tape and xacto knife at hardware store. I will post the story in general later.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nealwheels:
Looks good....The spray can works well too. However, I used the dip because I wanted a thicker coat to help absorb shock. Its takes quite a bit more prep work to use the dip, but you can get the layers pretty thick, almost like a DIY Otterbox.

Good job.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rawksdar:
the tpu case is out by trexcell for this battery/battery cover. it's being sold on amazon for 9 bucks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I decided against doing the whole phone. After feeling the cover when it was five hours since the last coat, I think it wasn't necessary and too much work. I was also afraid of using a knife because I don't have a steady hand and I was afraid of slicing the phone. The tacky and non slip feeling of the painted door convinced me that was enough to keep the phone from slipping out of my hand. I decided to do the stock door too because that surface was very slippery. I've got fifteen minutes until I apply the second coat. The extended life battery door snapped onto the phone with no problems. I have pics of that door on the phone but its at night with a flash. You'll get the idea of the difference in finish and texture in the pics.

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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Thanks for the heads up. This is the first time I've seen a case for an extended battery. I'm glad trexcell is offering this. I just ordered one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Here's the stock battery door in case anyone is wondering.

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Thirty minutes after applying the second coat and right before putting the third and final coat on.

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Just sprayed the third coat

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Same time just different angle

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Okay finished now

Night and day difference with giving it some anti-slip texture. The original wanted to slide out of my hand with the slightest move. This gives me more confidence that it won't just slip out of my hand. It is not permanent either. It will peel off, if you don't like it. The process of peeling takes a little effort so don't worry about it coming off on its own with normal usage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PotatoJ:
Please resize the pics -_-;

Spray looks really swell, nicely done!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I'm too lazy. The coating on the extended cover started peeling today. Dammit.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Is it really necessary to use 20 megapixel pics?

I woke up this morning and my phone was super hot and stuck at the boot screen. I took everything out and let the phone cool. Now I have a burn in. This sucks man. It probably would have cought on fire if left the battery in any longer. It also melted the end of my charger cable a bit. Be careful using this product. Ill probably have to try and return my phone too if this screen burn in is permanent.

The battery also has a slight bulge in it also. I contacted the seller.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] haxxorcist:
I've been wanting an extended battery since I got this phone, but been too lazy to actually look around for one. thanks for posting this, ordered one and can't wait to try it out....although that last post has me a bit worried.

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Trexcell sent me a replacement battery, sprint sent me a new phone, all is well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] M1nze:
been using this for 2 months. i love it. i can never get it to die.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
So what transpired with trexcell? Did they at least apologize?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Yea they asked if I was doing any overclocking or aggressive things to my phone. I said im rooted and had the kernel set to conservative to save battery, also I've had no problems with the stock battery. They offered a refund or replacement. I took the replacement. Its on its way. As far as I know this is the only bad report I've heard of, so im sure these are safe.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
That's good. I bought a bunch of crap for my gf since I'm probably going to get her one of these phones in a week or so. The reviews of the battery have been very favorable so hopefully this was an isolated incident. Did they want the battery back so they could check out what happened or did they say to just pitch it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
I offered to send the battery back, I didn't get a response, so I assume no.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moodswang:
wishful thinking

Has anybody by chance found a kickstand case for the Trexell extended battery?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scottypimpin636:
Just got my trexcell battery and TPU case in today. Going to Afghanistan for a year, figured i'd get a battery that could last a bit longer than the oem one.

At first the tpu case didn't fit snug on the sides, they were flared out a little bit. Probably because it was packaged in an envelope and a heavier package squished it. Regardless, just curl the sides inwards, almost like shaping a baseball cap. After a couple minutes of bending the sides inwards it fit perfectly snug.

Can't speak for battery life just yet because i'm going to condition the battery as posted in the instruction booklet. I'm sure i'll be as happy as everyone else in a few days :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BDR456:
I got mine yesterday and i can honestly say that I really like this alot. Didn't think I'd like the shiny rear cover too much but it makes the whole phone 1 color. The tpu case i fits really snug around the phone and has a cool lining on the inside to keep the case from rubbing off the finish. I did a basic charge to full straight from box and then started using right away. So far im at 16 1/2 hrs (moderate use) with 64% battery left. I can only imagine how long it will last when i give it a full overnight charge. Only thing I'd change is i like the matte rubber finish on the outside of the case.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moodswang:
Two cons I've found with the TPU case is that the 3.5 mm jack hole is cut out a little too small for my aux cord and pushes the cord away too far out to get audio. I had to drill a larger hole. Also the power cord slot also posed the same issue with one of my charging cables but my other micro usb cables fit with no problem.

Other than that I like the case and love the battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SRT300:
Since it looks like the extended batteries are just 2 batteries wired together, has anyone just done that? I have a total of 9 batteries for this phone and thought rather that buy more, I would just take 2 and make my own extended. If anyone has done this, is there anything special I would need to do?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
I'd just use a soldering iron and some small wire. There's been a lot of debates weather a home job is safe or not. It ended up turning into a bunch of politics with no answer. Personally if you unwrapped the Trexcell battery and that's all it is, I don't see why not a home job may be any different. For all we know that's what they do and sell them.for $20 each. Mine working great, no over heating or fast drainage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
it would be nice if they took 2 1800mah together least we get 3600mah out of it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BDR456:
I seriously doubt that these Trexcell batteries are 2 factory batteries rigged together. This thing lasted me 38hrs on its first charge. can't imagine that kind of set up will have the stamina.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Meaning what exactly?

sent from my Galaxy S 2 from Sprint on unnamed 2.0.1
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zurginator:
Depends entirely on your usage and which battery you get.... I got ~6 hours a day for the 2 weeks I used it (before tearing it down and finding 2 1500mah cells wired together).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scottypimpin636:
Attached a screen shot of my first charge full charge. Pretty darn good for moderate use. Calibrated the battery's night and gave it its 2nd full charge.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lawslb15:
just ordered last night with the extended case

hope this battery is alot better than the stock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BDR456:
1st charge
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robpet2:
i just received my Extended Battery from Amazon today.. cant wait to see how many hours i can get out of it after this first discharge
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Do like the instructions tell you. Run the battery all the way until the phone shuts off. I have an external battery charger so that helps a lot with multiple batteries. Charge the battery all the way up until it says it's charged and then keep it trickle charging for another 2 to 3 hours. Do this about 5 times in a row. In the beginning, the life isn't great. After fully cycling empty then full with additional 2-3 hour top off, the life of the battery will increase. When you get around 5 or so full cycles, that's when you're going to get optimum life out of it. I do the same thing with my normal batteries. Fully charged then run it until the phone shuts off. I don't know if that's the proper way to do it but it seems to be working well. The instructions say about after a half dozen complete cycles, you can charge in between times if you want. I would say once a month to give it like three complete full then empty cycles in a row then go back to normal charging. I've read that lithium ion batteries work best when you work them and get the juices flowing. If you top it off every so often, that's not exercising the battery life. I am no scientist and I don't claim I know what I'm talking about. I am just telling you what I've read and what was suggested by trexcell and seidio and apple in regards to how to get good life out of lithium ion batteries.

I've put two 1800 batteries on top of each other and they won't physically fit in the space that the trexcell does. I was going to say that it only seemed like maybe 1.5x battery life when compared to the stock battery so 3000ma might be about right. They probably aren't top quality name brand cells either, that's why they are so cheap.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robpet2:
i got it down to about 20 percent, it wouldnt die last night before i went to sleep, so i will let it die out off this first full charge..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] haxxorcist:
so I just ran this battery dead from its first full charge, funny thing was that it held out at 1% for a surprisingly long time before the phone shut off. got me curious, and I rebooted into cwm and it ran for another 56 min with screen on before finally dying.

Sent from my Kindle Fire using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robpet2:
im trying to kill the battery now.. i been on it with heavy use ( first charge didnt discharge it ) and im at almost 10hrs with 48% battery left.. i mean heavy usage, i havent put the phone down all day..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Majin101:
New to this phone just got it 3 days ago i'm coming from HTC hero :P ordered this extended pack cant wait !
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
From my experiences, it really is a good suggestion to do as "they" say and fully cycle the battery in the beginning maybe like four or five times in a row.

After a couple of months, I still run my batteries completely down before charging every time I put a charged one in. I probably shouldn't do it, but I have two stock batteries, one extended and an external charger. I rotate each battery meaning, I will fully use one battery then replace it when it dies. The dead one goes in the charger when I get home and when it charges up, it goes to the back of the line in batteries to use. I like this much more than being tethered and charging every chance I get. It sucks when I am using the phone, the battery drops to 5%, then the screen brightness dramatically drops the last five percent.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stkiswr:
This trexcell 3800 is an amazing value and has worked perfect since the moment I placed it in. It has held an amazing charge and w the tpu it really is an exceptional value at $30 for all, battery, back plate, and tpu for extended battery
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pbassjunk:
[not sure if any of this is covered yet.. long thread]

I've got 2 3800mah batteries, both from different ebay dealers. I also bought the nakedcellphone (ebay seller) extended back door. I had a Siedio 2800mah for my original droid and the humped out design irked me to no end so I thought the thicker but consistent cover would be best.

The nakedcellphone cover is nice. Feels a lot like the original Sprint cover and looks pretty sharp. Same texture. The plastic is thicker so feels quite sturdy. And the size of the screen doesn't make the added thickness feel out of place (somewhere between a deck of cards and a hardpack).

For the batteries, both are exactly the same afaict, but the covers they came with are different.

The first 3800 is from seller talleywon. Normal extended cover, thin smooth plastic, fairly hard edges and has the 4 little dots to balance the device when laid flat.

The second 3800 is from mxqtech and has a much sleaker back. Same thinness and material as the first cover, but all of the curves are much smoother. There's still a hunk of battery cover to accomodate things, but it's a much more tapered classier back than the 1st. I actually prefer it over the nakedcellphone cover.

If you want the extended battery and the normal 3800 cover looks a bit wonky, search for mxqtech on ebay and check out their 3800 set/cover.

(i can't link to either or attach pics, don't want to schill as well as my post count isn't high enough)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Majin101:
Im on this extended battery and loving it at 29 percent haven't charged it at all been texting and phone calls watched one site on dolphin browser (almost an hour) and Facebook/twitter blue tooth and GPS on at the moment trying to drain it again til it's conditioned
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qngds:
Where did you find your external charger? I have the phone off, and plugged into wall charger, but I don't think its charging (I have the yellow triangle the screen, and red LEDs). It had a 28% charge yet one it when I shut the phone off.

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
I was just wondering What's the average battery life you all are getting from this battery? Approximately, how long does if take to condition or calibrate this battery since it's much larger than stock battery?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Carbajal3009:
i was just about to ask this...what is the average life you guys can get out of this battery? :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BDR456:
Read the thread. Few of us have posted different results. Just really depends on the kind of user you are(lite,moderate,heavy).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Majin101:
Just did two nights full charge then drained and now i'm at 15 hours with 36 percent moderate usage mostly texting and calls with light use of GPS and Facebook
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stkiswr:
my wife lightly used it a few days last week...it went 50 hrs and died. Wifi at night, 3g all day. Lots of calls and text, minimum browsing.

On a heavy day 6 hrs screen on and about 18 hours.

Don't care, we charge it every night and it doesn't quit all day
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kalanyon:
second this question "Where did you find your external charger?" from post #119
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BDR456:
http://www.ecrater.com/p/12679491/battery-charger-for-samsung-galaxy-s-2-epic

Hope that helps.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kalanyon:
Is this the charger your using, because the bulge on my battery does not allow the pins to connect to this one from the picture on the link. The pins are on the wrong side when compared to the pins on the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ronny71:
I bought a universal one on Amazon...The pins are adjustable (you can slide them back and forth...)The light turns blue when they are in the right slot on the battery...and red when you charge and then blue again when fully charged...and works fine on Seidio and Trexcell extended batteries which I use...:cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tripsyk:
Ordered this a few days ago. So far it's excellent, no regrets. The bulkiness is actually nice (after holding a RAZR at my job all day, I hate thin phones). This battery easily lasts you a day of heavy usage, sometimes a day and a half to two days of lighter usage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005LBEA6I/ref=aw_d_iv_wireless?is=l&qid=1329806074&sr=8-9

I've got two of those and they charge extended no problem. The pins are on the correct side.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BDR456:
That Is the one i have. Though it might not look like it, the chager is a universal cell battery charger.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] superm3:
read the whole thread amd nobody ask this question. can the e4g touch fully charge the extended battery? or do I need to buy a wall charger?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stkiswr:
Ours hits 100% percent...but it takes a long time. 8 hour charge gets my wife 40+ hours. Half 3g time, half wifi time.

Usually off the charger it comes to 99% fairly quick. Its el29 ota. All stock :) data always stays on. Very happy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
None of the batteries I have will charge to 100 with the phone or external charger, regardless of what rom I'm on.