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[Vibrant General] tipsek:
Here is my first 4 cycles with the Andida 2300 mAh. To quickly sum it up, I wanted to get those 4 cycles over asap. So charged overnight ~ 10 hours and used phone like crazy over day to empty the batt. Ofcourse you use the phone diferently, but I tried to keep it atleast similar. So I would say maybe 20% difference in use those 4 days, but more or less the same:

Brightness 100%

WiFi ON all the time.

NO use of mobile internet.

GPS ~ 30 mins

BlueTooth headphones listening to music ~ 30 mins

Listening music through speaker ~ 30 mins

Games/browsing/settings/random usage ~ 1 hour

All the rest was playing a video, stock android player, brightness in player set to level 5, no sound. (~3 hours++ whatever was left).

And here are the pictures, power on not so important, screen on very important:

Cycle #1:

Cycle #2:

Cycle #3:

Cycle #4:

Well my first impressions are HELL YEA, I think 7 hours screen on with relative heavy use should cover just about anybodys 1 day of usage.

Will do a test of my 2 year old original 1500 mAh battery versus the Andida. I plan on putting the phone in Airplane mode and throw video play on it, and checking every ~ 30 mins how much % is left. And total time before phone goes to 1% on both. Does anyone have a better way to compare batterys or should I go with this? :D
[Vibrant General] burntrat:
Glad some one has the time to test out the andida battery. Can you install a flashlight app instead of playing a video? This way it'll be consistent when I test out my 1800mah battery to compare. I probably won't have the same video as you. Have the flashlight app and phone on full brightness with airplane mode on, bluetooth and gps off. I don't think a full white screen will burn in the screen. Correct me if I am wrong.
[Vibrant General] tipsek:
burntrat: yeah that might be a good idea to compare.. We should have the same setup and the same APP to do it, or at least as close as we can get. Shoot me a PM so we can make as close comparision as possible.
[Vibrant General] burntrat:
i just sent you a pm

not sure if it went through though.

its basically

-airplane mode on

-bluetooth, gps off

-kill all apps

-run https://market.android.com/details?id=com.socialnmobile.flashlight&feature=search_result&pli=1

on full white brightness and phone on full brightness as well

if there is anything else that might be a factor, let me know.

maybe this app is better:

https://market.android.com/details?id=nu.mine.tmyymmt.aflashlight&feature=search_result

it's not full screen so you can see the battery %.

when it gets down to 1% you can then check the run time on the phone.
[Vibrant General] tipsek:
Tried aFlashlight and is fullscreen.. we need a flashlight that shows a status bar, or a battery log app that logs every X minutes and keeps log even if phone dies.
[Vibrant General] dardani89:
you guys are going OD on this. what are you trying to publish a paper for the american physical society on this battery? the andida battery is without a doubt a huge difference when compared to the original battery and i would bet anything that it'll last almost anyone a full day, unless you bought the vibrant just to have an extra flashlight around. the only problem people have is that the pins dont match up, so you're taking a risk, but the solution is simple.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
agreed, I get 2 days out of this thing, just do yourself a favor and buy it, im sure you have some paper laying around or a thin piece of plastic, who knows maybe you will get lucky like me and you wont have to do anything besides put it in and power it on!
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
Screen on 5 hours, wifi 7 hours, lot of texting, moderate data use, no GPS, 1 hours calling.

Able to go for more than 3 days if use for calling and texting only.

This is Momax 2700 by the way.

Sent from my ice cream sandwich
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
Does this Momax fit without an oversized cover?
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
Unfortunately no. But you don't need to carry charger for a spare battery with you. It works for me.

Sent from my ice cream sandwich
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
Andida is 2500 but no need of extended case.
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
I don't want to deal with the pin not fitting issues and some bad review just turn me off.

Sent from my ice cream sandwich
[Vibrant General] burntrat:
It is full screen? The screenshots made it seem like it showed the status bar. Damn.

Yeah, we know this is way better than the stock. What I want to know is if it's worth getting if I already have the 1800 mah battery. If I'll only gain like 20 mins, I'll pass. If I can get a couple hours, than yeah.
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
good point.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Should get a good 12 hrs extra
[Vibrant General] jnusz:
So reading through the thread it looks like the best determining factor of whether it will fit or not is based on when the phone was manufactured. And if I read everyone's posts right, the earliest models seem to have the least amount of trouble. I just looked under my battery and the only number I can find that appears to be what you guys are using to determine date is 10.10... so I'm guessing mine came from a Oct 2010 batch. Has anyone who's bought this battery had a phone from the same time frame? If so how well did it fit.
[Vibrant General] burntrat:
Just finished my battery test on the Samsung 1800 mah epic touch battery.

I got about 2hrs 48mins before the phone shut down.

This was my setup:

-Phone and Color Flashlight app on full white brightness

-Airplane Mode On

-Wifi, GPS, Auto rotate, Bluetooth all off

-Killed all apps before launching Color Flashlight

-on ICS Euphoria with Kiss 2.2 kernel

If this Andida 2300 mah battery can last like 4 hrs under a similar setup, then I'd buy it.
[Vibrant General] tipsek:
OK I'll try to find time to run it tomo to compare.
[Vibrant General] tipsek:
Finished the test. First I ran my stock battery and then the Andida 2300. Both were charged to 100%, then I did the same like burntrat:

-Phone and Color Flashlight app on full white brightness

-Airplane Mode On

-Wifi, GPS, Auto rotate, Bluetooth all off

-Killed all apps before launching Color Flashlight

Difference is I run bionix 1.3.1 Fishmanmod Final1, bali 1.8.8uv kernel.

And the results are:

Samsung stock 1500 mAh (date on battery is June 2010)

2 hours 38 minutes before phone shut itself off

Andida 2300 mAh (date on battery is February 2012)

3 hours 25 minutes before phone shut itself off

Looking at mAh it should be a 53% increase but ofcourse thats not the case, still about 30% more juice is pretty awesome.:D
[Vibrant General] Stevethegreat:
As I feared ... a 2 year old battery of significantly less capacity (on paper) and being far more degraded (as it is expected from its age) does (given the circumstances) only slightly worse.

Those results mean that the 2300mah number is misleading and one would had been a lot better of by buying Samsung's 1800mah oem, that way he would have nothing to wedge on(the battery would fit perfectly) plus he would probably get better capacity... sad results indeed :(
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
someone would still preffer 50 mins+ than the samsung OEM... myself included

50 mins in that test can mean a full day in low usage
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
I get 12 more hours over stock
[Vibrant General] Stevethegreat:
50mins more is almost what the 1800mah OEM battery can achieve too (compared to a degraded stock battery in such a test).

Why shan't -then- one prefer the OEM which fits better too? Honestly, I wonder...
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
because that is just what you believe the oem will last longer, you have no test whatever to justify that statement.
[Vibrant General] dardani89:
ye but how much does the OEM cost too. I paid twenty including shipping. Anyway this is such a stupid debate cause everybody seems to be having stark opinions on the matter. I love my 2300mah battery. Someone else wants the 1800mah great go buy it. Honestly, first world problems.
[Vibrant General] Stevethegreat:
...I already own one, they've been around for some months now...

I do not wish to debate or anything I'm just saying that the 2300mah number is a bit misguiding (false marketing?)... it should had written somewhere between 1700-1800 mah as it posts similar results to that OEM that has been out for some months now (which also fits better)...
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
and I'm saying that your statement to be valid would require a direct comparison between a brand new OEM and the 2300mah, because what was noticed in a test is that the OEM lasts 30% less than the 2300.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Strongly disagree, my 2300 mAh battery lasts much longer than the 1800 mAh, which puts it closer to 2300 mAh as advertised. You need to consider that all phones don't use the same amount of battery. I for instance have all kinda of notifications (craigslist, Ebay, Facebook) constantly running. And I still outlast the 1800 mAh battery. We all have different setups here. Those who have the Andida battery love it. There really is no debate here. Buy what you want and enjoy it. Be thankful we have options :-)
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Still a paper weight for me

Had it for weeks never got it to work properly..... Oh well
[Vibrant General] Stevethegreat:
Hi, I'm sorry if I seemed full of it, I obviously don't own the battery (the andida one) so I was limited to interpret some of the results posted here. A particular one (the one reporting only 30% better results from a 2 year old 1500 Mah battery) was particularly unimpressive, but then again there may had been problems in the methodology of the testing or even a misstating of the results.

Having said that, I am/was quite happy with my 1800 OEM battery and the only reason that I posted here (in the first place) was so that to research whether the Andida battery would offer a significant improvement. I take your word for this and thus I may consider buying that battery myself (so that to be able to conduct those tests on my own as well)...

Anyhow, thanks and sorry.
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
I've some 1800mah batteries (which certainly increased battery life versus the original samsung 1500mah one), and I've ordered the Andida. It takes some long time to arrive in Brazil. but as soon as I get it I will post my results versus this 1800mah (I forgot the brand but it's a good one).
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
1800 works great

If you had trouble getting the 2300 battery to work don't be afraid to order the 1800 Samsung, it fits and works great.
[Vibrant General] MV10:
For anyone waiting for the Andida batteries on eBay to come available again -- the listing was changed back down to $16 this afternoon. I just ordered three (one for myself, the wife, and my biz partner). Worth the gamble, although ICS Slim is giving me great battery life...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...a-2300mAh-Slim-Extended-Battery-/270891934306
[Vibrant General] MV10:
Yes, it works great, especially with ICS Slim... I didn't have pin-alignment problems, but the slight extra thickness makes it a bit difficult to snap the back on. A friend of mine has a much newer-rev T959 (got it a couple months ago as a warranty replacement) and it fit his, too.
[Vibrant General] creeve4:
Thanks, I just ordered one.

I'll report back after using it for a few days.
[Vibrant General] creeve4:
My battery arrived today. Got this one.

Comparing the Andida to the Samsung:

-- The Andida is slightly thicker. The back cover snaps on, but its a tight fit.

-- The terminals on the Andida that I received are in the exact same relative location as those on the Samsung and they line up PERFECTLY with the terminals on the phone (no wedging was needed!)

The instructions say to complete at least 4 full charging cycles to get optimal performance.
[Vibrant General] creeve4:
This is on the 4th cycle with the new 2300 mAH Andida battery. Light to medium usage. With type of usage I was getting 14-18 hours on my 1 year old 1500 mAH Samsung battery.
[Vibrant General] ovar:
Gonna give one of these bad boys a try, thanks OP.
[Vibrant General] Sincitybronze:
Just an FYI for those who are using or ordering one of these batteries. Mine was working great but one day I had to do a battery pull and I could never get the contacts to line up again. I tried using a screwdriver and sticking a piece of thin cardboard in the space between battery and phone and couldn't get the phone to turn on. Popped the stock battery in again and the phone started right up. Be careful if you ever need to remove this battery and try to avoid a battery pull if possible!
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
works for now

In contrast to the post above I have has this battery for weeks and never got it to work. Then yesterday I went and found it, wedged it in, and have been using it for over a day now. I kind of expected that it wont work if I remove it but don't know yet.
[Vibrant General] creeve4:
It seems that the current batches have much better alignment, perfect in my case, at least for the seller I linked several posts back.
[Vibrant General] murse:
Thanks to this thread I picked up the Andida battery from the eBay seller in Canada. The terminals line up fine and it's working great. Big increase over my one year old OEM battery and only on my 2nd charge cycle. Recommended buy.
[Vibrant General] RaymondPJR:
Battery 2300mAh

It took me forever to order the 1800 mAh from Amazon. Got the battery, charger, and usb cable combo for about $27. Couldn't be more happy. I was the worst kind of user, always plugging in when I got low. I find that if I let any of my three batteries run all the way down, then pop in a fully charged one, they all give better performance. The 1800 mAh is a really noticeable increase over my two 1500mAh batteries, so I'm thinking I'll get one of these too. It's great not having to worry anymore about running out of juice as long as I keep them charged. From time to time it can't be avoided and I plug in the phone for a charge, but that new 'fast charge' feature takes the pain out of that.:D
[Vibrant General] krntehknik303:
I just got the 1800mAh Anker battery what are everyone's thoughts on it? I been using my phone moderate to heavy to test the battery. Still on the first charge cycle. Battery temps go up to 102*F is that normal?
[Vibrant General] serendipityguy:
You have been thanked , great thread and placed into the Kernel Bible, listed under the Reference Library Link in the Sig. This should be listed as a sticky!
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Thank you!
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Thanks for your patience, I'm expecting it today or Monday. Today is day 6 and the seller said 6 says :-)
[Vibrant General] educatorloco:
Interesting stuff in this thread. I'm on a toxic rom and get an average of 15 hours of battery life with a almost 2 year old vibrant battery. Some days are better than other of course. I had to use the battery calibrator a few times and remove the battery before using the calibrator. Didn't really see a major difference until after a couple of weeks of letting it run down and recharging it.
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Now 199.99?

The battery linked to in post #11, and which I have been waiting to see results for in the Vibrant, is now listed at $199.99.

If you got it for $20, and it works, good for you!

Sorry, my mistake. It's only $199.00. That's good, didn't want to shell out that extra 99 cents.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Hooky crap lol, that's gotta be a typo, when I get mine today I'll contact her about the price, I'm hoping to get good results. I let her know that if it works she will be getting lots of business lol.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Battery finally came! resizing pics now!
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Here are the pics!

Packaging it came in showing the brand and type of phone

Perfect fit!

Side by side comparison

Here you can see the 2300mah, a full 800 better than stock!

Here you can see that the stock cover fits great!

I even got my hard case on without issue!

Proof that the phone boots up

The instructions state what we all already know about batteries for smartphones!

Proof of what I paid, add about $10 for shipping, took about 6 business days to show up!

I can tell you the battery runs cooler but I wont be able to give good use stats until about thursday. Right now Im on 12 hours with 70% left, but this is the first cycle so when I post results it will be with Haxsync, FB, and Gmail sync turned on and wifi and GPS turned off.
[Vibrant General] Saint787:
Broken links to photos?
[Vibrant General] drk421:
Can't see pics,

Dropbox reports:

Error (403)

It seems you don't belong here! You should probably try logging in?
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
apparently I cant share that folder gimme like 5 min to fix it
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
k try that
[Vibrant General] lamista72:
199.00?...err...ill go get a new phone..hehe, hopefully it works for you, and yes, your pics links are broken
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
they are still broken?
[Vibrant General] kohakuslayer:
oh wow i was considering buying if the battery life was amazing, but now that the price has jumped 10 fold..i don't know anymore..
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Im contacting the seller as we speak, I only paid $10 lol.
[Vibrant General] kohakuslayer:
images are still broken btw :)
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Heres the new link, 3 days left

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-S2-EPIC-4G-D710-Andida-2300mAh-Slim-Extended-Battery-/270902010062?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3f1304a0ce#ht_4811wt_1270
[Vibrant General] Burner2K0:
That's for the SGSII .__.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
yup, and also EPIC 4G, thats what I bought and it fits excellently!

Im gonna redo the links one more time, cant share my photos folder apparently :(
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Ok links should be good finally!
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Pictures?

It works, that's good news. I saw earlier it was $190, not good.

Is it just me, or can anyone else see any links to any pictures? I would love to see the pictures, been waiting since last week.

Can anyone else see them?
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
see if this works this is my actual dropbox folder https://www.dropbox.com/home#/Public/new%20battery:::
[Vibrant General] anorris666:
Still not working. Why not just use Imagebam or something...?
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Link shows empty folder.

Anyways, I just bought one, so I'll put'er through the ringer and see how she holds up when I get it.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Thanks Anoriss666! Got the pics finally!
[Vibrant General] anorris666:
Awesome! Please post if your phone inexplicably bursts into flames or something. A 2300mAh battery at that size and price seems too good to be true...

:)
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Lmao will do! Ill report tomorrow with where I am at after the first 12 hours of use, should have a good 50 texts, syncing, and 1/2 hr or so on XDA app at the bare minimum lol!
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
pictures

thanks for the pictures but now it seems the only one available is the199.00 one.
[Vibrant General] drk421:
While not 2300mah, an official Samsung 1800mah will do just fine.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NC86BU

My old battery isn't lasting more than a day, so time to renew.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
I posted a link in the accessories section on page 7 of the 1800nAh thread for the same battery for 14.95!
[Vibrant General] lamista72:
does the phone actually read it as a 2300 battery?, I heard that some people with extended batteries only get reads of 1600 from the phones menu. Aside from that the most important thing is actual life, do you see a vast improvement?, wife and I need new batteries so I am waiting to see what you make of this one.

:D
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Here is my response from the seller

I am currently out of stock.. I increased the price so nobody will buy. I dont want to end the item because i want to keep the history.

I will receive the new stock in 10 days and it will be $15.99
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
what about the other one, isn't it the same as the out of stock one?
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Which other one?

Sorry I'm a little confused. Which one are you referring to?
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
a 2300mah that you are selling
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Sorry, perhaps I was confusing

No, I do not have batteries for sale.

In post #11 there is a link. That seller's price went to $199. I asked why, and the response was that they are out of stock at the moment and will have them again in ten days.
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
I've thought that you were the ebay seller?
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Sorry

Sorry, the title of post #51 is "Here is my response from the seller"

Perhaps I should not use the title of my posts as part of the message.
[Vibrant General] SkOrPn:
A lot of people use Android mobile apps such as tapatalk or xda app to browse and reply to this forum. They do not show titles just the body of the message only. It looked exactly as if you were the eBay seller lol. Below is all I can see in the xda app.

The very first post of the second page in the xda app is this one above. Clearly looks like an eBay sellers response to me as well.

I do the same exact thing if I run out of stock just raise the price and buyers should stop buying. Lol
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
I did post a link on another thread for the same battery for the lower probe of 15.99, mount have been this thread actually.

At this point I've been on battery for 10 hrs and where I would normally be at 30% IM at 66%. That's a huge increase and I'm technically on the first cycle still. I'll keep updating. I've sent over 100 texts and have searched the internet for a good hour as well as an hour of playing in my apps and rebooting. Been in deep sleep 78% of the time. Remember first cycle still!
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
Thanks for the explanation

Thanks for the explanation. I can see why it was very confusing without the post title. I will have to keep this in mind in the future.
[Vibrant General] SkOrPn:
No worries, I just figured you forgot. Stupid that these apps are so limited in what they show us.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
I have a screen shot showing the first cycle stats, I don't know how to add it from my phone so I'll post it after work. I believe it was 18hrs on battery with 30% remaining.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Just post a message and then hit the More button, Upload from Gallery (assuming you have the pix there), It'll upload and at the bottom you can hit inline to put as part of the post or just leave it and it will be on the bottom of the post.

This is how it is done on the premium app and I presume it is the same for the regular one too.
[Vibrant General] wtcnbrwndo4u:
This is perfect! I need a new battery anyways. Thanks for the link.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Here is the screenshot, thanks wooodrube for teaching me lol, I'll hit you're thanks button tonight!
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
You are very welcome!
[Vibrant General] fscussel:
can you post a picture of how much time the screen was on? you just have to click SCREEN like in the picture you've posted.
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Fyi, I must have gotten the last one she had bc mine shipped out on Monday. Should be here sometime in the next few days.
[Vibrant General] rblancrt:
The last one

Yes, I am well aware that you seem to have gotten the last one! Oh well, I guess I won't hold it against you.
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
It was on 96 min 52 seconds. Unfortunately I can't post a pic of that because I have already charged my phone again, but I can tonight for sure when I head off to bed.
[Vibrant General] anorris666:
Got my 1800mAh today. I'm on first charge - 5hr 40min w/ some music, wifi, 3 syncing email accounts, and zero calls = 79% remaining. Not astounding at all, but the battery isn't really calibrated yet.

Oh, and it looked like the eBay lady has more batteries in stock?
[Vibrant General] Decepticaons:
Looks like there is a seller selling 2000mAh batteries if anyone is interested, but personally I would wait for this 2300mAh battery. This thing is a tank, I can kill it lol, ill post another screen shot around 10-1030