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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jb0nd38372:
I build / repair computers so I get a lot of traffic daily and everyone here knows I like to be an early adopter of everything. I don't make it a point to show it off, but if someone see's me using it and ask about it. I'll pitch it like a salesman would. The screen size and vividness usually grabs peoples attention. As far as apps, It's android, the only novelty is the s-pen. I will let people use it that I know are responsible while they are in the shop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] lindenhurst:
I agree with you.

I guess we need to consider the age and maturity level of some of these people. Some of the posts here are really ridiculous .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ChodTheWacko:
That was actually one of the reasons I refused to get an iphone - the iphone people running around showing off STUPID apps. I thought they looked like tools.

Lightsabers or whatnot.

If someone approaches me about the Note, though I do want to show how great it is. I want it to do well, and I want to kind of steer people away from all the STUPID Note ads.

The biggest oos and ahhs come from:

1) Playing video - best to use a HD one already on your sd card. (youtube is lower quality)

2) The keyboard - I often hand my phone to people to let them type their contact info. They very often say, 'wow.... this keyboard sure is nice'

I use thumb keyboard 4's 5" layout, max landscape height. Very comfortable.

While I talk about the note I casually do:

3) Games - I like to show puzzle quest 2, since it is very dense graphically with statistical numbers. Casually mention that playing it on a small screen is just painful.

4) Google Maps is always impressive, especially if you demo GPS lock.

5) For 'readers - amazon kindle, minimum size font/minimum margins is very impressive. Tons of text, and very readable.

I never show off the stylus to be honest.

- Frank
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] MMAHavok69:
Well I showed mine off to a AT&T corporate guy and got a job interview for at&t business sales from it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hegemytouch:
Same here...people were going nuts over the phone lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] stevan6:
I just got a notification an hour ago saying Congratulations! T-mobile has sent you a new software update. I'm running Bombaridier V.3.5 but the catch is i've been running it for about a month now. So why would I get an update message now? Could this possibly be ICS?

-Stevan
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HRodMusic:
naw its prob a late ota, for 2.3.6, i think bombardier was on 2.3.5
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] stevan6:
Yea that's what I thought, just read the thread about it lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mightymike889:
If ur using skyrocket there getting an ota
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xsteven77x:
Wow please close this thread. Please do not make such bold straight forward statements next time!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rikk0:
I'm tired of constantly swapping out batteries through out the day. I was looking at the 3800mah batteries on Ebay, but I'll be darn if I'll make my phone a hunchback. I just noticed this battery popped out, so what do you guys think? Worth it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ImaWinRAR:
good find. its pretty questionable whether or not its actually 2300mAh tho since most arent...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yang704:
We need a beta tester for this....LOL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jay2o01:
http://batteryboss.org/

that guy tested andida batteries and on average they got 55-60% of their rated capacities. I'd say your better off going with the cheap generic ones that are 3 for 13 bucks with a charger.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Envynet:
Wow great find thanks!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] locoboi187:
Yeah I read they're good for a few days then it's trash...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] latinmaxima:
Damn. That would be an ideal size for our phones stock. Anyone want to still try it and get back to us?

Dicho por el ICS EPIC Touch de latinmaxima
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] epdp14:
Do you think this 3500 mAh Extended Battery + Cover from Amazon is worth giving a try? Its generic... but its also only $8.05 free shipping. I would think even if it only lasts a few months it'd be worth it. Anyone find any good cases that will work with the fat batteries?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
There is a tpu case for extended batteries. Let me find a link
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] latinmaxima:
So these were hit and miss on the HTC Hero. Any other reviews? Wish it was $10 like that one was. May just try it to know for sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jay2o01:
i think its safe to say there is a lot of variability in what these sellers are putting out. i personally was happy with the 3 for 13 deal posted here, but others had a bad experience. I know people in the EVO forums (my old home) had good experiences with "chinitech" batteries(available on amazon). The only surefire way to know if they are any good is to test em and decide for yourself. I know its isnt much help but its all i got...

If you buy from a retailer with a good return policy (amazon) its less risky than buying from an ebay all sales final type of seller.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
It is always a hit and miss with batteries but I personally had good experience with Andida batteries when I had my Evo.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] erik077:
Right. All those "extra power" batteries are great for about 10 days, and battery life drops about 40% after that
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MAX_POWERS:
WTF ! $199.99 for batterys. Must of moved the decimal point over one. Just yesterday the price from one of the sellers was $19.99.

Sent from my Motorola Startac
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] L A Z I Z A:
eBay sellers do this when they run out of stock and don't want to remove the ad because they are, in most likelihood, getting a new shipment soon. When they get their shipment, the price will go back to normal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
I bought one, mainly because I read other forums on andida and they don't concur about quality issues also got mine for 9 bucks shipped it will be here in a week I will do long term testing on it will keep you all posted
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
I have always had good luck with Andida batteries. Problem is that there are fake ones out there. I am not familiar with their 2300mah battery. The other 2300 batteries I found required an extended battery door. I would very much be interested in this though if the reviews are good.

Sent from this here E4GT
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
Any word yet on how this battery is? Or have you not received it yet? Just curious about it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenaciousj:
Ordered this at least a week so, nothing yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
a bigger battery with out and extended cover or any of that sounds like heaven =D hope it works well, let us know! =)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
It's shipping from Australia.... so not yet airmail.... they said 14-18 working days
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
Mine, I order on March 6th and still not here yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
I see they have these on amazon now:

http://www.amazon.com/Extended-Batt..._1_5?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1332819897&sr=1-5
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tewlman252:
Confirmed. Ordered one about 2 months ago, took two weeks to get here from China. Used for a week and noticed the battery life considerably less then stock. Even after 4 or 5 charged cycles and wiping battery stats. Average life 12 hours. I'm getting 15+ hours out of my stock battery with moderate usage.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
I may order one on Thursday just to test it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
Ok just got it.

It's about .5mm thicker I took allot of pics because of the fraud concern. It says li-ion which I thought they are li-polymer. It's slightly heavier..... the contacts DIDN'T LINE UP RIGHT so I took it apart a little , shifted the contacts I'm off to glue it together........ fyi any one whom has the issue of the battery not being accepted or the phone restarting check that ..... I noticed it once I looked carefully it being shifted by less than 1mm is enough to cause a short so it must be spot on. I'm going to give them the benefit of doubt.. and assume this is not all of them..... well just got it back in and it took some gorilla glue and a dremel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] montecristo1:
Bought two external 3800mah batteries on eBay...$9.99 each with covers. I get about 15 hours with heavy use on my ET4G. I noticed the battery holds a better charged if charged in a wall charger direct instead on cradle.

I had the 2000 mah Andida battery on my Evo and surpassed my 1750mah Seidio battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
So far in at 15 and some change hours.... but I'm trying kill it...I ran it at 1400mhz performance gov turned screen brightness up and started running gl benchmark then some games . I put it back to pin demand when I went to sleep so.. but when I woke back up right back to performance gov and running GPS little to

So round one looks great with this battery I could kill my stock one inn about 12-13 please bear in mind I'm taking about mixed heavy usage .... obviously if you leave the screen on for 6hrs straight that would be most effective
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
Those stats look good. I ordered one from amazon using up some credits that I had. When I get it, I will see how it performs and post that as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
Keep in mind that was the first full discharge some people have mentioned it going through the floor after a week
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
Its a scam. I bought one n it doesn't work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
There are a lot of scams out there. I think that Andida is a decent brand. I have been using them for a bit now and have always had positive results. There are places primarily but not limited to ebay that sell fake Andida batteries. If you got one that was a dud then definitely return it. There is a way to look up the package to see if you have a fake battery:

http://www.obostore.com/1600mah-andida-battery-for-htc-touch-hd2-leo-tmobile-hd2-p-28.html

I am not affiliated with Andida nor do I sell their products. I have just had good luck with them and I have bought fake ones from ebay before.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
I bought the simple chinese knock off 3x + charger deal.. I don't need them to last long at all. Just enough to have extras. Plan on buying a better battery over time perhaps while I hold off for the coming LTE devices.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
I just got the 2300 from obostore today and it doesn't work. The contacts don't align properly. I've tried tons of tweaking.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ttrain721:
Since this doesn't work, what is a good slim ext. battery to get? Price really isn't a concern. I want an extended battery, just don't want the bulk in the back of the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
You can give this mugen on a try... It's maybe the only "legit" company out there/

http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...battery-for-sprint-samsung-epic-4g-touch.html
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ttrain721:
Are there any stronger choices? 8% isn't really that much or am I mistaken?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
I know some people have had good luck with the chichitec 2000mah batteries. Don't have a link for them though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Febby:
That is a good question... I wouldn't really know as I never gave into those company deals as with that money you can buy two OEM batteries. It comes down to if you are willing to try em out. I ended up buying 3 cheap Chinese batteries lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenaciousj:
My battery finally came in, working decent so far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
I wonder if they sent you the wrong one. I got mine in today and it fit perfectly(once I remembered to remove the plastic strip over the contacts). It shipped with 71% charge so I am going to run it down give a few cycles to see how it does for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
Yeah I'm not sure what the deal is. The contacts looks really close, but I think they're just a hair off. Either that or the battery is just a dude. It's got the correct label for the phone. I was able to charge the battery fine with an external charger, so I'm baffled. I really wanted it LOL. I actually bought the 3800 mah one too a few dasy after just so I would have a backup big one. I should get it here any day. I hope at least that one works.

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Can you explain the process of moving the contacts over? I have never taken a battery apart before.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
Ok update it DOES WORK MUCH better about 20% better I haven't done a full discharge run in awhile but I Will soon. It also is cooler when charging then the stock battery
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenaciousj:
After using it for a few days it seems to be on par with the stock battery as far as life goes. No 2300mah but not a bad price either for a spare battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
I found following normal calibration was counter productive.... when I charged it outside of the phone then wiped my stats the thing worked allot better ... just my experience
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clayginn:
Yes I am not getting any less time on it. I think I'm getting about 2 hours longer but hard to tell. It's been 2 weeks now and as you know the time changes depending on use
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nutt318:
I really would like to get some extra batteries, guess I'll stay away from that brand.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stinkbud:
There is a vendor on Amazon who has two of these batteries bundled with a wall charger for $31.97 before shipping. It set me back $36.46 including shipping. I am running the first one down now and will start running down the second. 5 full charges and discharges on two different batteries will be a chore, but hopefully it will be worthwhile.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] knuhkles:
Tell me if you get noticeable better battery than OEM stock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
Battery is a rip off. I got the same problem like this dude have so I throw it away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXC3uklN3mc
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
After even more use I find about 9-10 battery life increase. On a note it took 2 discharges after calibration for the battery charge to be correct the phone kept reading 98% charged when I unplugged it and bad battery life after about two more discharges it corrected I got 4.5 screen on time with performance gov switched on
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenaciousj:
Mine seems to have died. It kept powering off after about a minute. Finally got it to stay on for the day and when I plugged it in to charge it would charge for about 10 seconds and vibrate and say charger disconnected.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
It's probably the terminals being off
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] frigidazzi:
That is my video I posted so OBOstore could see the problem, but they say that can't see videos lol. After 14 back and forth messages with the company they have agreed to give me a refund. They said a couple times that I bought the wrong one. They day the D710 was for a different phone... The 3500 MaH one I got from them works fine though. They said the D710 for US is different that's why it's not working lol...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
If it was just the terminals it can be modified pretty easy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pbassjunk:
Stock & rooted, 2300mah. I'm pleased. (segoe font, 206 density)

Mine looks exactly the same as the earlier image (white/green logo, etc), but no contact alignment issues. It is maybe 1/3 of a mm thicker than the stock battery, but I was able to get the standard back on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jtsv:
I've got (2) 3800 ext bat's with the humpback case, I like the added size and weight for my hand. Only issue is finding a wall charger for the batteries otherwise only way to charge is while in the phone. My hipster case holds the phone so no problem.

I was able to give my stock bat to my wife since she has a earlier galaxy s and she likes having a backup battery. Haven't had any issues with my batt's they let me use the phone to it's full potential.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nerys71:
the samesung external charger dock thingy "WILL" charge the 3500/3800 extended batteries just fine. you just won't be able to close the lid of course :-)

chichi tech batteries were WONDERFUL in my TP2. really made a big difference.

but make sure you buy it "FROM" chichi tech there are lots of fakes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Thanks for this thread I decided to roll the dice on the 2300mah battery. It was $8.99 from obostore via a link posted earlier in the thread and they take paypal so minimal risk.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Atillius:
caveat emptor

I got one of those. I paid about 30 because I didn't want to go with the cheapest. It only lasted a bit longer than the stock battery. I ended up taking it apart and there were basically 2 1000mah batteries stacked on top of each other.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
The 2300 andita battery came in today and the contacts are slightly off compared to stock but its working fine. So far so good, will add more afyer a few days.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pbassjunk:
[Assuming you meant closer to 1800mah..]

Stacking two batteries isn't a bad thing, that's basically how an extended battery works. Paralleling two batteries combines the amperage while maintaining the same voltage.

Just about any extended battery (from no-name up to fancier Seidio, etc) is going to do this. It's not cost effective to experiment with the chemistry for what would be a very niche product.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
I know it sounds a little strange, but those little portable chargers are pretty useful. I'm always on the go and am a bus commuter so I have plenty of battery needs. I'll find a link or something in case anybody doesn't know what I'm referring to.

Edit: Heheh, that's what you guys are already talking about isnt it? How do I make that little embarrassed face....

Edit: :o
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Kebetz I know what you are talking about its like a little battery brick you just plug into your phone. Neat concept since you can charge it and tour phone at the same time. I would rather just have a battery with slightly higher capacity without a humpback looking case. This andida battery is definitely heavier, I have high hopes.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
Yeah, I have a backup battery as well as one of the portable doo-dads. I honestly thought that it would have more capacity initially, but I also thought "great, if it's this weak to start..." but it is still pluggin' away. With a built in cord and a female USB and MicroUSB me and the woman can charge at the same time while out and about or we can charge off of one outlet while the thing itself is charging... probably terrible for it... but w/e, it was 20 bucks.

At the risk of sounding like an ass... are you guys ever manually calibrating? Are you using KO's battery script? Undervolting? Lots of ways to get to squeeze out juice W/O giving up your phone...

I love the people that say "after twenty seven hours I still had 54%" or whatever... I want to use my phone.. lmao. ALL day.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
The past few months I've been seeing a lot of stuff about not manually calibrating or wiping battery stats. I save juice by removing worthless stock apps, using inverted or dark theme apps, not running gps, wifi, or 4g unless needed etc... and I usually charge off usb and it seems to tak elonger but give better battery life. I also never let my battery run down completely and often power the device off when it hits 100% then refresh charge to 100% again while off before I flash. also whatever agat did to tfe16 is doing a good job with battery life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
Sounds like you are doing what you can. Lol took most of my suggestions away from me =p

There are others like have wifi turned to 2.4gh only, etc.. My recent experiences are interesting results but need confirmation. I have 3g and WiMAX both on but heavily sedated, so to speak. wimax idlesleep is set to 5 (default 10, custom, up to 300) and its attempts to connect are 1(default 2, custom up to 15) with a retry rate of 50 (default is 120....). Wimax mode DM. Data and work mode on cdma. Backround data disabled... . . . . . . . .

Still testing, but considering my internet is always on I'm amazed i got this long post typed after hours of fiddling with no charging...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Yeah I did the wifi on 2.4 only setting but not sure if it made any difference. So far it appears this 2300mah battery has given me 30 minutes more screen time at 30% remaining life. Just over 2.5 hours screen time right now with 1.5 hours Pandora bluetooth streaming and other background activities so 4 hours awake time is pretty good for me. I've also run some benchmarks and speed tests that took a little extra off the battery this run. I could definitely get more screen time if I made things dim, or undervolted, underclocked etc.. but I got this phone for its beautiful screen and fast speeds and I like to enjoy it in its glory hence the extended life battery.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
on 3g? with wifi i hit 5hrs on screen time with 1800oem thats with slacker radio playing
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
An average day for me is using 3g, 4g, wifi, gps, bluetooth in various locations with various apps with 3g always on. Just using my phone for normal stuff all day as needed is my goal. I made it 24 hours until I hit that 15% warning then charged via usb this afternoon. It definitely took longer to charge this battery than stock and tonight drain seems slower than usual. So far still good for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kebetz:
Heres my actual battery life,

With WiMAX, 3g, location enhancements, the screen, tapatalk or internet, ran speed tests, flashed a couple things.... Occasional on the gps. Everything else was on the whole time.

Notice how steep it gets once wifi is on? Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Here is mine, pretty normal use
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Stupid tapatalk image hosting here is is
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
You didnt use it for about half that time...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Yeah I was sleeping, no unusual drops or anything during that time. With all of the complaints I've read about these batteries I had low expectations but have no issues so far.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
Sense my original post I basically heavily edited my governor and frequency settings so the gpu runs at max at 800mhz anyway looking story short under extremely heavy data use and screen usage I only got it down to 70 in 9 hours... day trading while I was at work.... so I just left zecco open and was checking my orders every 10 minutes four nine hours
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] freecharlesmanson:
I did similar things on stock battery found my self at 50 something
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
This battery combined with kobridge tweaks and FE22 has been just great. Today was very light so I'm still at 74% after 12 hours off charger with about an hour of screen time. Yesterday was a heavy usage day with over 4 hours screen time at regular settings. I know the battery, rom and tweaks all play a part but this is double what I was getting on ICS leaks from 2 months ago. And yes I know some people get 5 or 6 hours screen time on stock battery or 3 days on humpback battery but I don't like looking at a dim screen or carrying a brick around.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mrej201:
http://www.amazon.com/Trexcell-Sams...QMWS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1338340837&sr=8-2

beware of the false rating u can also buy a tpu case from them trexcell which is good cuz the one the battery bring is cheap
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mrej201:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369968

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i use a trexcell 3800 with kobrige i use the tweak fast