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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ChodTheWacko:
I got mine.

I really don't know if i can deal with this as a daily driver due to its weight.

I still love the concept of a non rectangular battery, and i would never want to deal with the hassle of being tethered to one of those portable charger batteries.

I'll still use this for those heavy use situations where i know i won't be anywhere near a charger for a while. Camping, biking, etc.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] jackwins:
Im in the same boat. I got mine yesterday and am using it now. This thing is HEAVY!!! I know I wont be using it everyday, but Im glad to have it when I need it. I might just switch back to the Mugen until I need to pull out this beast.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
What is the actual capacity of this Onite 3500 mAh? I'm not talking about how many days/ or screen-on, just an actual mAh capacity. Do you by any chance know? So far the only confirmed standard footprint battery that offers more than Samsung OEM 3100 mAh capacity is from Anker which someone tested to be 3250 mAh. Most of the ebay batteries claiming 3500 mAh, 3800 mAh, and 4200 mAh were tested to have actual 2000 mAh capacity.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ppn7:
Look the feedback on amazon. Its said that this battery is written 3100mah but when tested its a little bit less not more than the stock and its a little smaller than the stock so care is for another samsung model of note
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kminatta:
this battery is a mixed bag for me. if i don't touch my phone, it seems to last forever. i'm losing roughly 1%/hour. the minute i pick up my phone to do anything (mostly browse the web or read XDA), the battery drains power like the Hemi in my Durango drained gas. i can literally watch the battery drain. for example, i get up each morning and read Drudge, my email, and other websites while on WiFi. this usually takes 30 minutes or so. with my 6200 mAH Anker, i would be at 98-99% after that. with my 9300 mAH ZeroLemon? i'm at 94-95%. there is no way this should happen especially given that the ZeroLemon is 50% larger than the Anker. in theory, i should not even see the battery move or at least be at 99%. yesterday, i was at 90% after 10 hours of being off the charger and very little usage. i pick up my phone and begin to browse (on WiFi) Google+ and XDA. after no more than 15 minutes, i noticed that the battery has dropped 2%.

i haven't changed any settings, etc., so i should see similar results or better across both batteries. i'm thinking that i may have gotten a "lemon", so i am going to email the manufacturer to see if they will send me another. anyone else having a similar experience?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] nerys71:
do remember you have to break the battery in. lithium cells work better when they are "worked" so when you first get it the cell might behave "odd" like your noticing.

give it a few charge cycles and see what happens.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] xbltheshadow:
I also don't put full trust in the the % meter in the status bar for this battery, so far I've taken it with a grain of salt. I've had it read, say, 33% and then had to reboot the phone, and it jumps back up to 36%. I just drain it down to 1 or 2% and then see how the usage compares with my usage on stock or other extended batteries. If I'm getting roughly 3x the usage from the ZL battery then stock (or 1.5x for extended batteries), I'm satisfied, no matter what oddities I've seen from the % meter.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] drnihili:
As I understand it, the % is just a guesstimate based on voltage levels, it's not especially accurate and will vary based on lots of things that have nothing to do with actual amount left in the battery. 1% or 5% fluctuations mean little, see how it does when going down to 50% or lower.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] faded03cobra:
No
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Note_2:
Same, I go from 96 to 99 sometimes on reboot, but hey, when it's dead it still gets like 15 hrs of screen time, so it's still the same .

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The numbers may be a bit off. But drain the batteries each all the way down and see the difference in screen time. The zero will certainly be higher. I had similar issues when I watched a 3 hour movie and only dropped 3%, but dropped 10% over night. I then got stuck at 9% for 2 hours of use. At the end of the day when it was at 2%, it still made it to 17 hours so the numbers do not matter.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] MicrosoftBug:
This is courtesy of Evil, he made this:

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[Galaxy Note II Accessories] osophat71:
id give it a few more charge cycles, my precentage dropped like that too but then hovered at 74% for like 8 hours then dropped again and hovered at 56% for the night, the phone isnt calibrated yet.

on another note who here has a voltmeter that can put their phone under constant drain like watching a movie on full brightness using pop out browser and maybe run navigation in the background while on facebook. then periodically take the battery out every hour and check the mAh
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ttabbal:
That's not how you test capacity. I've got mine running a discharge test now. It will take another 9 hours or so to finish if it has the claimed capacity.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] 1stx2:
Mines acting the same way. I'm wondering if the phone is reading the battery percent totally horrible and if a calibration app would help correct it? And if the phone is reading anywhere near normal, I believe I may have gotten a "lemon" also.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TabGuy:
This battery is so good that I changed my screen timeout from 30 seconds to 5 minutes.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] xartic12:
Actually I own two and both weigh more than stock, as I own a hundredth scale. The batteries probably are right around 3100, but I will say they offered no less than stock.

Whats the official weight of the note 2 with the zerolemon battery?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
I posted all official stats in my detailed review: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2243462

I clocked it at 330g in total weight of N2+ZL9300, but keep in mind I have VITREO tempered glass which adds 14 grams. So you are looking at a total weight of 316 grams.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kminatta:
so the battery is settling into its own now. i went to bed last night after a day and a half off the charger with 41%...woke up with 41%. i just think that the phones are not able to correctly gauge the percentage of battery with these huge batteries. i think the battery will end up being ok after all. i have NEVER experienced anything like this from any previous battery, and i have always purchased extended and additional batteries. i have never had to "break in" a battery, and having to do so runs counter to how Lithium Ion batteries work. oh well...all that matters is that it seems to be working amazingly well.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] VitaliyUvakin:
Battery is back on Amazon, available on 4/27. I'm placing order before they sold out again :)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
Spacibo!!! ;)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] rcobourn:
Not so much. The orientation is such that there is no way to insert the battery into the OEM charger/stand.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
You guys can use my review with External Charger mod as a reference to compare to your chargers or pin/contact orientation: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2249269
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kalanyon:
1st discharge. Also If you cut out the back of your cover you can retain NFC under your batt. Plus the otter box fits with out modding it if you leave the back plactic off. My two cents :beer:
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ppn7:
Do you use it every day? Is it really yoo heavy or no?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
That is actually an interesting point about leaving back plastic cover off, hmm. Gotta check it out, although I think the front plastic frame piece will not be as rigid anymore without interlocking with back cover. With NFC antenna under the battery don't you think the signal will be blocked?

... edit: just tried it with otter without back plastic cover. Kind of loose in the back, a little gap between the battery and the outer rubber shell and not the best view through that camera opening where you can see battery and other guts :)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kalanyon:
Pics at all angles. Just a note that your rubber has to be used or worn out to fit around the whole thing. Otter box front plastic, rubber back,with extra glass as screen protector. My power button doesn't work but the volume's do. Someone else will have test NFC since I don't have any tags. I see your point but its the same as with the back it came with.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
Is this from your extended battery mod (like those 6200/6400 mAh batteries)? Very clean cut of the battery door. How did you do it?

I guess this way you can just take out ZL and put double capacity extended, thus interchanging it within a same setup, right?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kalanyon:
Bingo!!!

Edit I used a dremel.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] osophat71:
I just want to point out that some of us use the belt clip so leaving the back cover off doesn't work since we need the side clips for it to lock in
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Simone:
Just bought one from Amazon :)

Thanks for all the feedbacks here!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] tw33:
Bought one last week had it in for 2 days ish now and I'm only at 70% its really crazy =D
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Chadastrophic:
I don't think it's too heavy, but I also keep something heavy in my other pocket, so it helps even me out.

I didn't like the feel or fit using just the front of the otterbox and the rubber. I tried every combination of parts without having to break out the dremel.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Double0EK:
I just received mine yesterday. Gonna cut my Obox Defender case because I like my holster. But for now im using it without the backpiece of the Defender.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] clearday:
Not sure if the battery indicator is reliable. I was at 4 percent for almost six hours then another 4 hours before the phone finally shut down.

I've recharged to 100 percent plus two hours more of charging for good measure. Right now I'm at 77 percent after 9 hours 55 minutes on battery.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] rmriggin:
I've been trying to use the last 20 percent for over a day now. My first charge was about 24 hours on a lower amp external charger. Battery life has been amazing. Don't really care for the fit of the case and the rugged one can't come out soon enough. I also ordered a couple nfc antennas and will try and rig something up. At only $4.50 each on ebay I figured it was worth a try. I'll try to take pics of the process when they arrive in a week or so.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ChodTheWacko:
I'm very very certain that if I ripped off the paper on this "battery", I'm going to see three 3100 mah batteries wired together.

I was actually trying to figure out how to do this with my original galaxy note.

I have decided that this battery is overkill for my usual needs, and will only use it days where I really expect extra heavy use. (normally I keep a spare in my pocket). That being said, does the 'charge/discharge X times' thing still apply?

I never quite understood how android worked when you swap between batteries. Does it works off of the voltage? I would think so, although I read that battery calibration is useless? But in theory different batteries have different 0/100% voltage levels?

I guess the phone itself has a constant minimum (i.e. 0%') voltage requirement.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Note_2:
Can you share what ext charger it was? It wasn't a dock or anything, was it? Link? Thank you
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] e46tuning:
Just got done modding my ottercase to fit this beast battery and I gotta say im loving the new look...
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] clearday:
Pics please
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] planetbeen:
+1

I second that emotion!

Sent From My Ginormous Note 2
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Rsmin:
Latest results on battery. Stock
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] kalanyon:
My anker 6200 to compare.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
Sweet, mine was in the mail after work today. Popped her on the charger and will begin the ridiculous battery tests tomorrow!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] rmriggin:
It was the charger from a cheap extended battery kit I got from amazon for my s3. I used rubber bands to hold the battery in place. Yeah I know a little janky but it worked.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] FinancialWar:
How long does it take to do a full change?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] weedahoe:
I have one in my VZW Note 2 also and am happy with it. I am always on my device as I work off of it. No complaints here
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
I would wait to hear what he is going to reply, but my guess is that any typical cheap external in-wall battery charger will be able to supply only 500mA or less of current so it could take realistically at least 20-24hrs to charge it fully up from empty. That is why you better off with external battery charger where you can connect your own external wall charger (2A version). You will not be able to charge with a full 2A supply rate due to efficient of internal conversion, but still you can get about 1.5A of usable current per hour of charging.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TabGuy:
Can you put a link to the external charger? Also a link to the NFC antenna.

Much appreciated.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] weedahoe:
Most newer smartphone chargers are 1A. Computer USBs are 500mA in most cases but some newer MoBos are higher. My battery came in at around 50% and took about 6-8hrs to charge.

My email client is set to push and to poll every 1m. I live on my email. I get emails from customers for shipping notifications, invoices, product inquiry, reviews and so much more all the time. My email polls at 7am and shuts off at 11pm. Who wants a screen like this when it has to be dimmed down because you want to save battery life? Not me! Bluetooth is always on because 1) I work in my shop and needs hands-free so I can work and 2) my headunit in my truck auto connects for A) incoming calls and B) streaming of music. My SMS is always going off from customers texting me and I have to reply. Im am always on browser looking at something and again, who wants a dimmed down screen? GPS I rarely use. While my shop has WiFi and both 2.4 and 5 Ghz, I normally just stay on 4G

If youre on the phone and can get 18+ hours on a stock battery, you arent using your phone enough IMO
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
I was actually referring to another request about someone asking another member about external battery charger. Some people might only be using their phone as a charger for this battery, but for others who need to go back and forth between slim and extended battery - external charger is a must ;)

True some of the other smartphones and tablets use 1A chargers, while PC with USB 2.0 have 500mA while some internally powered USB 3.0 will give you 0.9A. But keep in mind our Samsung Note 2 original wall charger comes with 2A and that should be the faster way to charge it up. Plus, our Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is fully compatible with any Apple 2.1A iPad chargers and works perfectly!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] weedahoe:
my note 2 didnt come with a charger so i didnt that. Time to go buy one!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] babiegurl36:
So I'm trying to understand. ...

Is the zl battery only lasting 2 days on a charge? I can get that with my anker battery. I was thinking the battery would last 3-4 days at least. Can someone please clarify? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] drnihili:
People who get less than a day on the stock battery are getting 2 days with ZL. I get nearly 2 days with stock, I'm guessing I'll get nearly a week with ZL.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ppn7:
Look it depends of the type of using. Talk with screen in time.

If you get 7hours with stock you will get 20h with ZL with the same settings
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] xbltheshadow:
For me, I truly am getting 3x the usage out of the ZL battery compared to the stock battery, so it is performing exactly as advertised.

So if you say you get 2 days from what I assume is the Anker 6200 mAh battery, than the ZL battery will give you 1.5x the normal usage compared to the Anker, or about 3 days or so.

Like others said above me, the usage times your going to get are going to heavily depend on your usage. But it should be very close to 3x compared to stock and 1.5x compared to extended batteries.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ppn7:
The only thing which can make me hesitate is the weight. It will be heavy like an ipad mini lol! About 300grams.

I don't know the weight with an 6200mah battery
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
Well, got my otter box modded for the ZL. Also soldered wires from the gold pins to extend my NFC and Wireless charging. I had to put some double sided 3M automotive tape on the power and volume buttons, and used a heat gun to stretch the cover a smidge, but all 3 buttons work great! I'm all set lol. Definitely not what most folk would do, but I'm completely functional and other than the slight bulge in the back, looks just like a defender case. Super happy!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] Double0EK:
Has anyone modded the defender holster to accommodate front facing view? Shaving off the front part of the bottom of the holster?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] rmriggin:
Guessing about 8 hours from however much charge it had when shipped from zero lemon. I strapped it in before bed and removed it after I got off work the next day.

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The charger battery dock is 475ma 1a output and the usb port on it is 800ma out 1a. I'll look up my order and take pictures of my method.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TabGuy:
It actually feels a little heavier than my Galaxy Tab 10.1
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
I've been abusing this battery almost all day. Would've just about killed the stock battery by now and I'm at 72%. Installed 3 or 4 different ROMs, lots of backing up and restoring with TB, brightness on high, etc... I can't wait to kill it a few times to see how well it really lasts. This is the best battery of any phone I've had in 10yrs, easy.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] pablo71:
I am so so glad you told us how to stretch the rubber/silicone...I did the otterbox mod and was sad the buttons don't reach correctly and was wondering how to stretch it. Also, I believe you can have NFC if you just cut a square out of the plastic back cover (I bought a second back cover with antenna for $10). you will see the zerolemon battery has room under itself to fit on top of the back cover with a square cut out for the battery to slip through...mine fits fine, see photos.

See in the photos how it sits atop the backing with a hole cut out but (I believe) the antennae still is operational. (never tried NFC though)
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] farfromovin:
I don't have room there for the NFC because that's where my 128gb sdcard is :eek: That was my biggest worry with this mod but it fits easy :D
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] pablo71:
128GB sdcard ... oh boy that sounds good... combine that with this battery and an otterbox mod and you got a lot of computer in your pocket
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] babiegurl36:
Is there anyway you can test to make sure your nfc still works please? Me and my daughter sbeam a lot and losing nfc is the one reason I haven't purchased this battery yet.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] locutus34:
lol i see so many people saying the claims 9300 mah is way off a few getting only 2 days.. and you guys all screamed at me for giving it a bad review.. a i told you so is what i should be saying.. this thing is horrible.. the case if you drop it will likely fall off causing phone damage.. now we have to wait for them to make one a hard case.. of course more money for it..

ive had mine idle no screen on 3 days tops.. i got that with the stock battery..

so the claims of 3 times more capacity is just another lie.. one guy said his drops 1% per hour mine did that every 30 minutes.......

no more extended batteries for any of my phones there all made in china china has no standards like the us does.. samsung isnt china and samsung makes the best stuff thats why the stock battery lasts 3 days and barely goes down....... rip me all you want... all yall got pissed at me lol now im the one laughing
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] D3_:
Yeah mate, you're definitely the one laughing, this battery isn't the reason why people only getting 1-2 days of use are getting 15-20 hours of screen on time.

There aren't other users saying they're getting exactly 3x the battery life with this battery

In fact, here are some quotes to show you the usage some people are getting:

Oh, and in regards to the case you say will fall off straight away:

Just because you're not getting what you hoped for from the battery doesn't mean it's not doing its job.

It's also entirely possible that you got a dud, you can contact zerolemon and see what they do about it.

Also, the STOCK battery that comes with the phone is also assembled in china.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] vectron:
How do you make such a clean cut in battery door cover? With dremel tool, exacto knife or another technique?
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] KosanRio:
Got this guy last Saturday. Charged it to 100% overnight and it went all the way to Thursday afternoon before finally going below 10%. That was with light-moderate use but I'm still incredibly impressed with this battery... and the case is actually pretty nice other than my power button being a little hard to press. I Definitely recommend this battery it's awesome!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ppn7:
Hi.

Do you have any issue with the camera with the case ? The opener of the camera seems to be smaller with the case no?

Anyone tried to take picture or movie with the case ZL and the stock to compare ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] ttabbal:
The camera seems unaffected.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] xmavrickx2005:
SOLD OUT

Already sold out! <sigh>

I emailed to find when they would restock and when the hard case would become avail.

For those interested, here is the reply back from Zero Lemon:

"

We are currently out of stock and will have more in couple days. Please check here for availability: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_w...&field-brandtextbin=ZeroLemon&node=2335752011

We are currently in design stage of the ruggedized case and will let you know once we have a new design ready.

"

I'll post an update if and when I find out more about the hard case. Thx!
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] juliocmorales93:
Yeah I ordered mine as soon as it was back in stock. Getting it may 1st. I think I will be fine with the thin TPU, I've only dropped my phone once and it actually just slid out of my pocket. Hit the floor and only the spen got a little dent, all it had was a thin TPU. I know the battery adds weight but again I think I'll be fine.
[Galaxy Note II Accessories] TabGuy:
How many days I get is unimportant. You seem to be obsessed with that number. The ONLY thing that is important is am I satisfied with the purchase. I'd say the answer to that is a definite yes.

If you're unhappy with your product, just return it and be done with it.

It appears that by your constant bashing of this single product that you are a affiliated with a competitor's product in some way. Very fishy if you ask me.