[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] poor_red_neck:
Not entirely true. While not all devices will use current sensing for measuring consumption of power, voltage alone is not an accurate reading of a lithium battery's state of charge. The discharge curve between 3.7V nominal and 3.4 is the bulk of the battery's capacity. Yes it may be 4.2V at full charge, but as soon as you put a load that will quickly drop to 4V, even 3.9V depending on screen brightness or total current draw (heavy CPU activity, etc). It will then remain at that nominal voltage level (roughly 3.7V) through 60% or more of the battery's capacity. Voltage drop under load can be used, but you still need to know what that load is. If I have read correctly, phones that do not have current sensing capabilities have a "table" that outlines what parameters will equate to what mA current draw. IE: 75% screen brightness with 20% CPU load is about equal to 450mA current draw (pulling those figures out of my a** here, not factual)

I couldn't find the exact picture I was looking for, but here is an example of lithium based batteries' discharge graphs. Granted these are under constant load scenarios, but the point is made. Voltage alone is not an accurate reading of a lithium (whatever, ion, FE, cobalt, etc) battery. I know these aren't lithium ion batteries so the voltage levels are different, but the graph looks very similar, just different voltages. Again all these graphs are all under a constant load scenario, something our phones do NOT have the privelage of doing. Current load is always changing, from screen brightness, cellular/GPS radios, CPU/GPU activity, etc.

The Redox reaction is only applicable in a no load scenario. Discharge a 1S 1000mah battery at 1 Amp for 30 minutes. Let's assume everything is perfect, you will have consumed 500mah of power, and voltage will probably be about 3.5V under load, and 3.7 under rest. Let it sit (at the same temperature it was under load, say 35C), and come back a little later. Yes voltage may have climbed to 3.8V but as soon as you put a load it will quickly drop.

I'm not fully educated on how phones determine state of charge, but I'm guessing it is more software based on a combination of voltage level, and ASSUMED current draw based on those "tables" I mentioned above. Some phones do actually have current sensing built in. I think some of my older HTC phones would actually give you mA current draw, and could log mAH consumption.

"Smart charging" or whatever you want to call it is merely limiting current once cell voltage reaches 4.2V. This is why the last 20% of a charge takes longer than the first 80%. If voltage rises, current drops. Don't see the correlation to that in terms of measuring a discharge capacity.

Temperature also plays a large role in a lithium's voltage level. I'm an avid R/C guy, flying helicopters mainly. We use large 6 Cell 5000mah lithium polymer batteries with 35C discharge capabilities. If you were to charge your battery in the garage in the winter, and the cells were all balanced at 4.2V per cell after charging. You bring that battery inside to a toasty house that voltge could climb to 4.25 or 4.3/cell. Not a good thing but it allowed you to squeeze a little more capacity into your battery for that extra 10 seconds of flying. Granted our motors are pulling upwards of 10Kw (yes, 10,000 watts or more) so I'm sure it was negligible, but still it made you feel like you were getting more. Getting off topic here, sorry.

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---------- Post added at 12:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 PM ----------

Was there any documentation with the battery that stated whether or not you could use fast charging with this battery? I'm assuming since you said it charged in a little over 2 hours that you kept fast charging enabled.

I'm looking for an extend battery, the zero lemon is just too big for me so I like this one better.

Only downside is not being able to find a diztronic style "case" for it any longer. Just a slim rubber case similar to the diztronic that I love so much.

---------- Post added at 12:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 PM ----------

Just ordered it :)

Also FYI this battery is on Amazon prime WITH NFC for $26.99

http://www.amazon.com/Extended-Batt...1454348203&sr=8-3&keywords=MPJ+note+4+battery