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[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
i just got it, still doimng the charging...i'll tell ya what the battery case is awesome! the best!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
So what would u reccomend?

Ur so freaking dumb...do u know that MUGEN (not muegen) is base out of hong Kong too? Seido battery are made in Taiwan, just because they came into this bussiness first does not make them better than the next. Take your trolling comment else where.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
This is my first anker. I have use the Hyperion for 2 months, it has not let me down. Anker has been around for a while, reading reviews from several other phones it seems they are great company it just they are not well known like mugen therefore they don't charge 100 bucks foe a battery
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
ok so why would you recommend a Mugen and blow off the Anker battery because they are "chinese knock off" you said it yourself that for all we know these battery could be made at the same factory and simply just slapping a different label. I think your contradicting yourself.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kbreese:
I know what you are saying and I was kind of using that term loosely. I know its certainly not a top name brand but it still is a reasonably respected name brand where people know exactly what they are getting as opposed to a completely generic battery with no name at all. And my point was simply why pay 4 x more for that totally generic battery? I have no personal experience with Anker up until now. Bought 2 x 4400's, one for me and one for my girlfriend and we love them so far. Hopefully they last a lot longer then you are indicating.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
if people dont learn to trust other company then company like MUGEN will continue charging people off the ass for a battery.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
Under benching

Stock battery (control)

80-90min

Seido (advertise 3500mah) 65 bucks

120-130 min (3150-3410 effective Mah)

Anker battery (advertise 4400mah) 16 bucks

150-160 min (4175-4400 effective Mah)

test are as follow

Rom: AOKP Task 650 and Ktoonzes

Kernel: Ktoonzes JB kernel OC to 2 GHZ

-Tune in were running the whole time to simulate data streaming

-Stability test were running clocking at 2ghz

-navigation were on

-wifi were on but in discover mode

-bluetooth were on but in discover mode

-brightness set to 100%

-phone placement are place at the same spot each time

**note I did not charge the anker, for some reason when the battery reaches 1% it few moment later it bump back up to 2% then work itself till battery drain.

**the Seido have a very very nice back case, props to them!

Please hit the thanks button if i have help you
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Ascertion:
I just got my anker 4400 in the mail so I'm really excited about it. :p

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
not a problem :laugh:
[Galaxy S III Accessories] k3y0n4:
Once again, well done.

I was curious, would you be able to post the overall thickness that each battery adds to the phone? I'm having a hard time finding the dimensions of the batteries + the new backplate. I would assume that the Seidio is thinner then the Anker, but is that correct? Also, by how much?

Thanks again for the thorough reviews. Keep up the good work.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
that is correct the seido back case seem thinner and the material they have sort of feel like suede....fake suede maybe? lol anyway i love their case the most but the battery is expensive also if i use the anker battery, the seido case would fit over...maybe just my imagination that it is thinner

unfortunately i do not know how to show u a comparison...
[Galaxy S III Accessories] bhags8:
Ive had an Anker 4400 for a like 10 days now and my battery life is incredible.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] azelaya:
Man this is one of the hardest choices I've had to make with the phone so far lol. I have a vaca coming up to disney and cant decide if i should get one of those extended batteries 4000+ or just a spare regular sized one 2000+. Any advice ? i just love the slick look of the phone lol
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
well you answer your question, go for a spare anker 2200 its ~10% longer than stock and you keep the form factor, personally i dont give a **** about the look.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] juelz707:
Just got my Hyperion. Back case arrived broken but I emailed them. Otherwise I actually like the thicker feel makes the phone easier to use. Now to charge the battery. Do I HAVE to leave it for 12 hrs first charge?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
I did it, but i'm not an electrial engineer or battery engineer
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mikeyinid:
I bought an anker 4400. Total ****. Didn't last any longer than oem battery. I bought a qcell 4400, which has nfc. Badass battery. I'm sitting at 13 hours with 2.5 hours screen on and still have 54% left.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
you probaly got a bad one man, did u try to ask for an exchange? those guys are real good, one year warranty apparently.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mikeyinid:
I bought it on ebay. I don't mess with replacement stuff on there. I had a guy just try to get me for 1300 on ebay so I'm steering clear of there anyway. But yea I know anker is good. That's why I was surprised it wasn't better. This qcell really is outstanding though and it has nfc unlike the anker
[Galaxy S III Accessories] hypertek:
Hey guys, Im curious about this, maybe you could run an extended battery, with the original slim battery cover, just cut a square out around the battery, than use a shell type case that uses rubber than a hard plastic/metal shell. Cut another square out of the rubber around the battery like you would do to the original slim back, than slap the shell over them , like a standard case. Think it could be possible?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
the one provided to me was by http://www.amazon.com/Warranty-Exte...&sr=1-1&keywords=anker+4400+samsung+galaxy+s3

it works good
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
uh what?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
I will, i put these battery through hell already lol benching all the time
[Galaxy S III Accessories] hypertek:
My idea was trying to squeeze an extended battery into a standard case shell like an Otterbox by cutting away a hole in your battery cover, and the rubber insert, so the battery would be covered by the hard shell itself.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
that seems like a lot of work lol do it and let us know, i'm not very crafty so thats a no no for me hahah.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tkbredx:
Thanks for this. Was deciding on what I should get but I'm probably just going to get another stock battery. This way I get to use my cases and know it's fully reliable. A couple of those batteries have bad reviews and good reviews on Amazon so it's kind of hard to know.

I do like the idea of having a power battery that I could use all day for like road trips or a long day at work
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
The anker 2200 u use ur stock cover...but its ur money
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tkbredx:
true. Too many decisions! Ahhhhh. Lol. Probably will pick up the anker. To bad it doesn't come with those external battery chargers
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
do you use NFC? if you do then dont go with anker cause they dont have it, as far as external charger, i heard they are all ****yy
[Galaxy S III Accessories] tkbredx:
nope NFC is not needed at all for now. And yeah I think I'll email them and see what they think is the best charger for it.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] akamajic:
Yes.

Two weeks on Hyperion, still going strong. I agree that they will die before the more expensive batteries, though it will take longer than a month. Maybe run the tests in 3-6 months. It all depends on how well the user maintains the battery. I'd rather buy four Hyperions or five Ankers for the same price as one smaller Seidio.

It's been done: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822189
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
heres on anker 4400 no wifi auto brightness clock at 2 ghz blah blah blah
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
Pretty good don't ya think? No battery saving tricks and no wifi
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Pagaldesi4life:
G1_enthusiast, of all the batteries you've tested for the S3, did any of them require you to use their own charging cable or were you able to use the cable that came with the phone?

Also, do you think the Anker 4400 or the Hyperion battery would fit with the Seidio back cover?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] knightblaze:
I ordered the Seidio extended battery back cover because I read on androidcentral that it is compatible with the 4200 mah batteries, but not sure about the 4400's. Once I get it in i'll take some photo's and let people know how it works out.

FYI the back piece is $14.95, need to call customer service to order it as it is not listed on the website. If it pans out I am going to order the surface extended case as I already have the Surface holster which it should work with.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kl25:
has anyone yet come across a reliable, third party external battery charger that fully charges the battery??

love the anker batteries, did its job while i backpacked in europe, so thank you G1. but it was certainly a pain the ass having to charge the battery one at a time using my phone.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
No none of them come with their own charging stuff.. and yes I am using a seido case with anker right now
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
I'm not sure man...its a pain I know lol I have to do it each time I bench these battery
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
I would say Anker has an external charger but I don't want to sound like a marketer just telling u to buy their stuff but if their battery is reliable maybe their charger too?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] civicstyle01:
I know this aint part of the thread...but im using mugen power 4600mah battery in my gs3......so far pretty good battery if ya wanna spend $89 for it. One thing that sucks is theres no rubber/tpu case for it yet
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
Cost too much for me...I told seido rep the same thing. I told him the battery works great. Cost isn't really attracting customer.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] civicstyle01:
True i also tried tge qcell4200 mah i bought off amazon for $17...lets just say u get what u pay for.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
Are you sure its not the sense that u paid 89 bucks so u get that "feeling" that its better? I'm not saying Mugen does not work I'm saying did u give qcell the chance? Like I say before all these battery come from one place...china for all we know it could be one factory.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] kl25:
where can i find an external charger with 4.35v? lol

i looked at almost all chargers on amazon and ebay...all are 4.2
[Galaxy S III Accessories] xXJay_RXx:
This ^^^^ Mugen is over priced. They got good batteries but the QCell extended battery is on par with the Mugen for a fraction of the price
[Galaxy S III Accessories] s1mpd1ddy:
Got a qcell yesterday .... Charging it up now. Battery lasted me from 6pm yesterday to 5pm today on 60% charge! Can't wait to see it on full
[Galaxy S III Accessories] xXJay_RXx:
I can't do real testing since I switch batteries all the time n dont charge batteries thru the USB cables. All my batteries are charged by spare battery chargers since I never liked to be tied down to a wall charger so I can't get real results lol
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
just charge up to your battery spec man, even if the charger give 4.3 your battery can only take 3.8 then theres no need.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
i only charge at night lol never had i have to bring my charger anywhere except vacation.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] k3y0n4:
Sorry, just to clarify, the Siedio and Anker batteries are the same thickness?
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
i would say so if it fit under the same case...but anker seem heavier
[Galaxy S III Accessories] paul.p:
First charge on Hyperion 4200. Not a real test but I'm happy with the results so far..
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
eh i guess considering 45 of those hours are wifi.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] edwardtobia:
I have the Mugen 4600mah Extended Battery with the Extended battery cover.

Have to say this is one of the best (if not THE best) battery i have ever used in a smartphone. Had a Seidio Extended Battery in my previous smartphone which was also pretty good but the Mugen is on another level!

Been through 3 charge cycles so far, took the phone off charge yesterday morning around 7am (UK time), used it moderately throughout work yesterday (wifi off) by using facebook throughout the day, texting and a couple of short phone calls, last night i was using it pretty heavily, again for facebook, lots of texting, couple of phone calls, downloading some apps (wifi ON since i got home from work), left the phone off charge overnight last night (with wifi ON), in work right now (wifi OFF) and have used facebook for a while, sent quite a few texts this morning and couple of phone calls again, and still have 67% battery right at this moment!

The quality of the rear battery cover is not amazing, when i received it as soon as i flipped out the little stand on the back it came off (with no force whatsoever), could just be that mine was defective, emailed Mugen on the weekend for a replacement and they got back to me this morning saying they are sending another one straight out to me free of charge no messing from them at all which is great customer experience IMO.

I know these batteries are expensive and you can get others a lot cheaper which are also pretty good, but you pay for what you get and the Mugen is really top notch! very happy :)
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
post bench or this is useless
[Galaxy S III Accessories] knightblaze:
My Hyperion 4200 is just a beast. Very hard day of emails, gaming surfing and xda, also use Juice Defender which works pretty well
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
your using juice defender, doesnt really count.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sefelizrc:
I have bought two ebay batteries

E_cell

Polarcell

They sell both in ebay, they had more than 100.000 votes and 99% and 100% positive ones..

They are both original size with no NFC, but at 12 and 15 euros...

I would like to test them like this ones to compare the same way... What should I do?

Can anyone send me a testing manual or something to share with you the results?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Accessories] G1_enthusiast:
1. turn display all the way to 100% (take off auto)

2. OC to the max, using Performance governor

3. have tuner radio run in the background with 192kbt streaming

4. have stability test run in the back ground. (use classic test)

5.turn on navigation and leave it in the fore ground (so screen doesnt turn off)

6. bench the stock batteery then your battery.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] sefelizrc:
Ok, ill do that!

FromTapatalk! - RC
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Pagaldesi4life:
Hello G1_enthusiast,

Could you please update us on the performance of your battery since its been several weeks from the original tests (ie have they lost juice, doesn't last as long, charging issues, etc)? What setup are you currently running (battery, rom, kernals, radio, etc)?

Just curious to hear the longevity of these batteries.

Thanks buddy for everything!
[Galaxy S III Accessories] thrgk:
Would like to know also
[Galaxy S III Accessories] nicholz:
Hyperion 4200 here - liking the results
[Galaxy S III Accessories] Pagaldesi4life:
Very nice! Was that under normal usage?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bloodykiller86:
Im trying to find a backup app that backups app data, contacts, call log, messages, photos/videos. Basically almost how iTunes backups iphones but i want to back all that up into google drive. Is there any app that does that? I found ones that do somethings but not all unfortunately. If google just came up with a system like this it would make android even better but so far they haven't
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strumcat:
Closest thing to that I can think of is Titanium Backup, but your phone has to be rooted to use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bloodykiller86:
It doesnt backup sd elements as far as i know though
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Atomregen:
You can look to MyPhoneExplorer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fjsoft.myphoneexplorer.client

But I think it only synchronizes the backups on the pc
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Weeehe:
I am using a combination of Titanium Backup and Foldersync.

Titanium Backup to backup my phone/apps/... and than I use Foldersync to sync some directorys of my SD card to a FTP server.

Syncing with Google Drive is possible in both apps.

Not a single-app solution but works great for me
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bloodykiller86:
I wish i could talk to a dev about this idea because it would really come in handy. I mean most of us have 5gb of free space on google drive not being used so it would come in handy thats for sure
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MS.:
^^ just instead of Titanium Backup i use App Backup and Restore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
One thing I have wanted to do, but havn't had a chance to work on, is to turn this process into a script so that this can be done automatically. If anyone would like to help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
Reserved again just in case
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dtm_stretch:
Thanks for doing this!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Looking forward to this tutorial.

Pp.

Delivered to you via Mayan technology .
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjohnson4580:
there is a script located in this link that worked for gingerbread maybe you could edit it for ics? It was a zip file that runs in recovery. Here is the link,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1476617&page=31
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crawrj:
Yeah i have one for gingerbread also that does the whole Rom. Haven't been able to get it to work on ics yet.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] droidgeek99:
Hi, I'm running HepHappys port of CM9 for the LG O1. My problem is this: when I take videos the video in the view finder is jittery. When I playback any video, either imported from a computer or taken with the phone camera it says "sorry, this video could not be played do to an error". I have tried using multiple media players to no avail. YouTube pays fine although idk about HQ. If I flash back to CM7 no problems. I've tried playing videos taken in CM7 while running CM9 and still no playback. I had the same problem on AOKP. Does any one else have this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nomancoolboy:
you are facing this problem becasue we are unable to get openmax codecs for full hardware acceleration . so if you record video it will b laggy and if you play hd video it could not be played . if you cant compromise with this problem then i suggest you to stuck with gingerbread because it is better than ics on our phones .:cool::cool:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Jrhodes85:
Try using mx player with armv6 codec,both found in the Google play store
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mrcorey:
Every ics thread shows this problem and its discussed at length in all of them. No driver from qualcomm. Nothing you can do except software decoding.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] droidgeek99:
Thanks guys! I thought that was the problem.

I tried MX media player and now I can play videos! Thanks

Sorry for creating an unnecessary thread, I've looked through several ics forums and I guys I just missed it.

Thanks
[Off-topic] Irish Enigma:
Hello all,

I was wondering what the perfect compromise between performance and battery life and style would be. My budget is $3000.

I have been looking at mostly HP's and Asus's.

Any suggestions?
[Off-topic] AtoZ0to9:
That's quite a bit to work with... looked at G75VW? Could easily afford that, a SSD, and some more accessories for it... Asus is better built in my opinion...
[Off-topic] zapjb:
What do you want it for? Gaming, desktop replacement, screen size, what weight etc.
[Off-topic] Deeco7:
Stay away from HP, worst battery life ever and the specs aren't very good either. Asus on the other hand is one of the best laptops around; build quality, performance and all.

With a budget like that, why not go for a MacBook Pro with Retina Display? ;)
[Off-topic] Irish Enigma:
I have a desktop. I want it mainly for the basics but when it needs to, replace my desktop. I would like at least a 15in screen full HD.
[Off-topic] Irish Enigma:
Asus would be the brand im looking for. Mac book is a no no because it can't be upgraded

Also 5hrs of battery life would be ideal
[Off-topic] Irish Enigma:
Does any body know the battery life is, on the asus n76v2 ds71.
[Off-topic] _Variable:
This x900000. Retina Macbook Pro is the way to go.
[Off-topic] Irish Enigma:
MacBook absolutely a no go. Bump I'm also looking at Samsung 7 series
[Off-topic] _Variable:
Macbook is a GO!! YOU CAN DUAL BOOT INDOWS IN IT ANYWAYS :)
[Off-topic] Pwnzor7:
You should wait for windows 8 laptop. Asus have the taichi laptop which looks cool to me.
[Off-topic] cian hackett:
One major aspect to think about with any laptop is build quality. laptops tend to get moved about quite a bit and can take a beating, i neglected this when getting a laptop a few years back resulting in my now having a perfectly good laptop that has no screen as it was badly built. Macs are good for this being a single piece of metal but the lack of upgradeability is a definite drawback. Try to get a look at whatever your going to get in a shop before buying.
[Off-topic] Cancar96:
DO NOT BUY HP LAPTOP.bad usee expirience..my advice
[Off-topic] badguyyyy:
I advice you to take a look at dell & Toshiba laptops too. HP worst experience :(
[Off-topic] dave_k605:
The vizeos look real nice
[Off-topic] Jason-EX:
Best brands: Acer and Asus :p

You can go for Macbook too :D
[Off-topic] mazroui:
Don't forget to compare whatever is out there at its level / price... I went for an MSI instead of an alienware both were specd equally but the alienware had a 1k bump in price over the msi ..... I know It was a gamble but now I see a lot complaining about the alienware and I'm pretty happy with my MSI

Spec around 1.5gb vid card 16gb ram a fast proc and ssd hard drives and amazingly great/clear/loud speakers... this sound from a laptop is almost impossible

sent using something that looks pretty strange now after all the flashing n bricking n ..... anyways it still works ^_^
[Off-topic] InsaneCloaks:
Make sure you get a SSD!
[Off-topic] zaclye:
check out the latest sony vaio Z model

That laptop is super lightweight and powerful :good:
[Off-topic] Teraclips:
I own an asus g72gx and it is a good laptop however if you have the money check out samsung gamer 7 serie
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalbloodfest:
okay so i want to know if i use htc dev instead of downgrading and all of that, can i still use apps like gameCIH? if i do use the official method how can i revert it?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
You can still use GameCIH, but when it comes to flashing ROMs, kernels and various mods you will hate your life. You can relock the bootloader later and go through the downgrading process. Honestly, just bite the bullet and do it right the first time.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjbadd385:
Take it from someone who started out with htcdev, do it right the 1st time. It becomes a pain flashing the boot.img seperately, requiring u to need a PC always. Its truly easy to follow the guides. But its your choice in the end, but I was so much happier when I relocked, rooted, s-off, the proper way.