yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Accessories] rdisanza:
Duly noted,

Manufacturers never lie, they are the experts, Im just the business owner that sends their heat destroyed batteries back that they have told people like you to pre-destroy with excessive heat by cycling charging them over and over again before use. Talk about charging the life out of them, oh my.

Remember, a battery is an electronic device that usually carries no NO warranty or a warranty that will expire just as that life shortened battery dies. Those manufacturers are in business to sell batteries, not do free replacements.

lol Mate, everyone has a right to their belief and opinion. I speak from 1st hand experience, not as a battery vendor from Hong Kong. We all know that they wouldn't lie to us Round Eyes.

Anyway, I refuse to cycle charge my battery and I bet it will last longer than those who do. Nuff said to this subject. Have a GR8 day.

:D
[Hero CDMA Accessories] iceniu2003:
So which battery?

So after looking over this entire thread, i'm still not sure which one to get, the Mugen or the Seidio ? What is the best choice?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] azfxstb:
I believe I would go with the Seidio it ships faster and you don't have to sign for the international package. I do have to say after 2 weeks this battery is lasting like I expected I am at 55% after 15 hours of use with WiFi and gps on and off throughout the day web surfing and about 1 hour of talk normally I would be down to at least 30% or lower
[Hero CDMA Accessories] rdisanza:
My 1800 maH battery from Mugen arrived yesterday. Took only 9 days to arrive from Hong Kong.

Perfect fit with stock battery door.

So far after 1st overnite charge out of the package, seems no different than stock battery. More to follow...........

:D
[Hero CDMA Accessories] vrajpal:
interested in this battery and cant wait to hear your results
[Hero CDMA Accessories] rdisanza:
Update:

1st full 12 hour charge/discharge resulted in a massive improvement over stock battery. I had a real hard time getting it down to 10% charge so I could recharge it again. I had it on WiFi and listened to Pandora for over 7 straight hours, plus emails, both work and personal and txting friends. The battery finally reached 10% after about 9 hours. Today is the second overnite charge/discharge and I have been playing music via Pandora and the WiFi on since 9am. Its now 3pm and I still show 63% left.

I did notice this morning when I turned the phone on that it went from 100% to about 93% in less than about 15 minutes. Ofc, I received numerous emails and a few text's during that time.

So far what I see is my recommendation to anyone who wishes extended time with a stock size battery. The price and wait was worth it in my eyes and this battery hasn't even been fully conditioned as per the Manufacturers specs yet. 3 more charge/discharges to go.

BTW, I forgot to mention that my GPS is never OFF..........so I have a few radios running in the background also.

More to follow, :D
[Hero CDMA Accessories] rdisanza:
Final Update:

After my 3rd charge/discharge cycle it appears to be providing me 25-30% more power over the stock Sprint HTC Hero battery.

I powered my phone on at 6am and its now 12:15pm, I am at 80% battery life left. Normally, I would be in the low 50 to high 40% category with the stock battery. I use my phone as my portable office so I am on it non stop in all aspects, whether its tethering, WiFi, txting or emailing. Even some Pandora during lunch.

I am very happy with the performance of the Mugen 1800 and would recommend it to my friends. To me, it was a great investment. My battery still has 2 more full cycles to go through so the power curve should improve even more.

I guess charging as instructed by the Manufacturer was worth my frustrations and added value to the purchase.

That's it for my assessment of this product, another satisfied customer, lol :D
[Hero CDMA Accessories] barkerja:
Quick question as to what kind of settings you have on the phone.. I assume you don't really have any applications that are polling in the background (like Twitter for example). Also, do you have gmail, calendar, and contacts setup to automatically sync or are those manual?

Some days I get really good battery (like 1 - 1.5% idle an hour) and others I'll notice that it's terrible (like 5 - 10% idle an hour) and spare parts doesn't really provide any sort of insight as to whats eating the battery away.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] greatcasa:
5-6 12 hour charging cycles?!

I've read quite a few people talking about doing the 1st, 2nd, etc 12 hour charging cycle. The way I read the instructions, was to do the 12 hour cycle once and then fully charge and discharge 4-5 times, ie after the first 12 hr charge, from that point forward when it's done charging stop charging it, and do not charge again until the battery is really low. I've had several techy people read the instructions, and all have interpreted the instructions the same way I did. A 12 hour charge to begin with seems a little odd as the battery will either stop charging at a certain point to prevent overcharging, or if it doesn't you'd be overcharging the battery for hours for 5-6 cycles which can't be good. I would never leave a battery charging for hours beyond it being fully charged. This has never been good for batteries and can even be a hazard.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] rdisanza:
For barkerja:

Not ROOTED, Facebook, ebuddy, Pandora & Imap all running. Rx & Tx txts, emails, some phone calling usage and using various office apps. I am using numerious resources.

For greatcasa:

I too had a hissy fit reading about cycling an ION battery to begin with. I do remember the old NiCad & NiMetal Hydride cycling process and according to how I understood Mugen's instructions is, for peak preformance of their battery for the first 4-5 charges, charge

only

when the phone displays the 15% or less battery reserves or when you see

"Plug in Your Charger"

warning popup. After that, charge it anytime you wish. That is what I am doing. The "out of the box" charge was for 12 hours as per manufacturer instructions. Its good to have a charger with the second charge slot for this unpleasent task. Look HERE!

GL to you both. :)
[Hero CDMA Accessories] imb951:
FWIW, I just ordered a 2000mAh battery by Andida for $10 + free shipping :cool:

http://shop.ebay.com/350304192720

Another user posted it in the Gumbo kernel thread and reported that he was using it in his CDMA Hero with the stock door.

Not worth making a thread about it until someone has definitive results.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
Once you get it, do a review for us! I am interested in buying one if it lasts way longer than stock. I'm skeptical however, cuz usually you get what you pay for.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] imb951:
I was skeptical as well, till I read a good review from someone who got an Andida battery from the same ebay seller and tested it.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
cool. i looked into it more...they sound pretty solid.

im gonna get one. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Accessories] RobAGD:
Sounds like the 1800 or that 2000 will fit my bill well.

I am just on that edge of battery life making it the day.

I will say this, my stock battery has gotten better. I did as a habbit do full power cycles on the factory battery. The the supplied charge out, on charger over night, and repeted. As a rule I dont throw a device on the charger unless it needs it as a habit.

But it would be nice if that 2000 worked out.

-Robert
[Hero CDMA Accessories] FoxRacR17:
I had 11 bucks in my paypal account from a Bing cashback transaction so I decided to give that Andida battery and give it a shot. I will post back here with my thoughts on it. However my battery life has ALREADY become great with that gumbo kernal and setcpu. So if this battery really is good I cant wait to see what my battery life is going to be like.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] fixxxer2008:
i just bought that 2000mAh one today for $10. ill post when it arrives. i hope this sucker fits my cdma hero becuase it says it's for the touch pro2. i only bought it becuase you guys said it fits and works. :confused:
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Wasney:
I know its only $10, but I don't wanna risk it till a confirmation. Is this one going to fit my hero?

http://shop.ebay.com/350304192720
[Hero CDMA Accessories] fixxxer2008:
that's the one i bought yesterday. they say it fits the hero. it's only $10 so not like your spending alot. i did some research and it seems this fits the cdma hero and the touch pro2.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Wasney:
Well I ordered on, lets hope its at least as good as the default, for $10 a second battery is cool, even better if it really out lasts what we already have.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] greatcasa:
Can you tell me step by step how to do this? I'm rooted and running Fresh 1.1. Thanks for the help.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] crunchybutternut:
This is assuming you are using RA-heroc-v1.5.2.

1) Boot into Recovery by pressing Power and holding Home.

2) Scroll (via trackball) down to Wipe (5th option) and select by pressing in on trackball.

3) Scroll down to Wipe battery stats (4th option) and select.

4) Press Home to execute the process. It will take 5-10 seconds to complete.

5) Press Back and select Reboot system now.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Cetus Corr:
I read some of the feedback from ebay, sounds like from the positive and negative, some people said it didnt last much longer than the standard. But that review sounds more convincing. I guess its a gamble. At least it's only $10.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
Got it!

I finally got my Andida 2000mah battery! It took like 3 weeks. After a few days I'll post back here with results. It was only $10....I'm kinda skeptical, but we'll see. I'll let you all know in about a week how it's going.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] tbaker077:
Where did you get the Andida battery from? I don't see it on ebay.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Maxx134:
I have used the 2000mAh T7373 battery by Andida for a week.

Initial results were impressive, with battery holding on and staying more full than normal.

But then once it passed 50% mark, the battery lossed it's power quiker than stock, and in the end, I was dissapointed.

I now keep it as a spare, as overall, it lasts slightly less than stock.

That would be ok, if it didn't fool you into thinking you still have power when low.

As the staying power is not linear, it falls fast when low.

At least this was my experience, your useage may vary.

Im going for the Mugen next.

EDIT: after more thorough research it seems the T7373 is for GSM models, not for my carrier which is Sprint.

That could definitely be a factor and the rerason to my experience.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] jooby510:
Got my Andida today! I'll give it some time and see what happens. Assuming I don't have a hole in my head from the explosion....
[Hero CDMA Accessories] brinox:
ive experienced the same exact conditions with this andida 2000mAH battery. I have had it for about 5 days now, and have gone through a charge each day. I would think it would be conditioned by now, but time will tell.

I am also going to be going for the mugen battery here in the next couple weeks, after the next paycheck.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
It was on ebay. Someone posted a link a couple pages back. But you could also try searching for it as "Andida TP2 battery 2000 mah". Hope that helps.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
So, Day 1 with my Andida 2000 mah battery:

After letting it charge fully last night, I used the phone a LOT today. A lot more than usual. Lots of internet browsing, a fair amount of text messages, a couple quick phone calls, and some more internet browsing. My up-time is now at 11 hours and 20 minutes, and my awake time is at 5 hours. I still have 17% of my battery left. I think this is really good for the first day, especially considering how much I used it. With my stock battery, my awake time would be around only 2 1/2 hours and I'd have about the 35% battery left. In other words, if I would've used my phone this much with my stock battery, it'd be dead by now. I'm only expecting it to improve as I complete more initial charging cycles. I'll let you know how it goes. So far, I think this was worth the 10 bucks.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
What was the total cost after shipping and was this battery the one offered at Ebay? If so, mind posting a link? I currently have a Mugen 1800 MaH, which is great -- but now that I think about it, I probably should have bought an even bigger one, I use my phone that much, especially internet browsing.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
The total cost was $10. Shipping was free. This is the link I used to buy mine (someone had posted it on page 7 of this thread). http://shop.ebay.com/350304192720 hope it works for you. I've heard some people say that this seller has stopped selling these batteries. You'll have to look into to find out. I hope it's not true.

Edit: As a side note, this is a touch pro 2 battery, but it works with our CDMA Heros. I can verify that.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
Yea, apparently it has ended, thanks though.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] fixxxer2008:
i bought this battery off of ebay 11 days ago and it's still not here. i know it's coming from hong kong but man i want this thing. :mad:
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
It took 3 weeks for mine to arrive. Don't worry, you'll get yours soon enough. And it'll be worth the wait. :)
[Hero CDMA Accessories] fixxxer2008:
yeah ill give it one more week before i start to question it.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] tbaker077:
I really like this price, anyone ever try these batteries? http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-1500MAH-REP...Accessories?hash=item3caa676b1b#ht_2020wt_939

btw I have an Eris which use the same battery as the Hero but is smaller so 1500mah is a step up.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Wasney:
I ordered one of the $10 batteries and got it 3 days ago. Took less then 2 weeks for shipping :) Just put it in last night, charged for first 12 hours. So far it has outlasted my original battery. After about 10 hours it is at about 50%. Usually I would be near 30% at most. I am tethering now, so have it hooked in so I don't kill it while going online. Will post my findings after about a week!
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
Nice results on the battery. I have a Mugen 1800, it's done well so far. You said you were tethering? What ROM are you running? I've tried the guides around here to do USB tethering (which I prefer over WiFi tethering), but have not been successful. Are you using PDAnet by chance, or what have you done to get it work??

So far, I've tried the Wired Tether app -- which always FC's on me and I've always tried to "trick" the system, by shutting off my mobile network, then changing it to 1X-only mode, then quickly trying to turn on MNS before Mobile networking... which again, I've failed to complete successfully, lol.:(

Ideas?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
I know u didn't ask me, but I used to use WIFI Tether, which would always force close on me for some reason...but just last night I loaded up PDA Net and got it working fine. First you download the PDA net app, then you use your computer to navigate to the PDANET site and download their application for your computer OS platform. Install it, hook up your phone via USB click connect or whatever, and then make sure your the computer side of PDA net is connected and running. I'm sorry these directions are so vague, but I have a mac, so I know it'll be way different setting up the computer side of things on a PC. Hope it was at least a little helpful. God bless!
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
Thanks for the directions -- I appreciate it. I'll try them out, and don't worry being vague, I understand perfectly. However, I do want to say; I'm more interested in

USB

tethering as opposed to Wifi, thanks though.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
PDANET is a USB tether app.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
Oh ****, you had mentioned Wifi tether, so that's why I thought of it. Don't mind my prior comments, I'm idiot, lol.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
no worries...i hope it works for you. :D
[Hero CDMA Accessories] tbaker077:
Which one was it that you ordered?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] fixxxer2008:
i just received my 2000mAh battery from hong kong that i bought from ebay. im charging as we speak and ill test tomorrow and report back. i can confirm the battery fits and the phone turned on. what a great day, got my tax refund and the battery! :D
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Wasney:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350304192720

I don't know if the link will work. Its the one from Hong Kong.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] runsoverfrogs:
Just got mine in the mail also. It Took SOOOOOOO LONG to get here.. charging now, i'll report after charge cycles.

I'm sure there are instructions on how to cycle this, but its all in chinese O.o
[Hero CDMA Accessories] zippy-man:
Here I am patiently waiting for mine :( it had been 11 days already

I hope the wait is worth it :)
[Hero CDMA Accessories] tbaker077:
And it works with your stock Hero battery cover?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Wasney:
yes. its the same size as the stock battery
[Hero CDMA Accessories] runsoverfrogs:
hmmm been using this since 730 am.. and yes i'd say its definitely an improvement. I don't know if its the increased voltage, or i might be crazy, but the phone seems less laggy.

the mugen battery i was using started going very bad, it discharges super fast. i had to go back to the stock battery.

but since i got this andida, i think this is hands down so much better.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] crunchybutternut:
Can you try to track it over a couple of days and report back with a percentage of increase or just straight up time difference?

That'd be great!

I also bought the Mugen and it seemed to last longer in the beginning, but now it is just on par, or below what I get out of the stock battery.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
That's about the same results I'm getting. The weird thing is, when I take my phone off the charger every morning, my battery goes from 100% to about 90% within the first 5 minutes, I can't understand it...
[Hero CDMA Accessories] tbaker077:
maybe the battery needs to be calibrated or something, or it could be just a bad batch of batteries?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
Actually, what your talking about is "conditioning" the battery. Mugen has a set of directions for this -- usually the generic procedure is to charge the battery for 12 hours and then use until the battery is very low, then you just rinse and repeat this process for a couple of days and it should be okay. I even went into recovery and cleared the battery stats, which helped a little, but I still believe I'm not seeing the results I should be.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] crunchybutternut:
I am experiencing the same thing exactly. Super annoying.

I also went through the conditioning process (having the stock battery to use during the 12 hour charging sessions helped) and have cleared the battery stats, with a little change, but the initial quick discharge has always been an issue.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
It's really frustrating, especially since I paid $30 for the battery and yet people here spent $10 and are having better luck with there batteries... disappointing.

If anyone can find another deal like that $10 deal on Ebay, please post the link up -- I checked the link before and apparently the battery is no longer being sold.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] runsoverfrogs:
this is exactly what happened to me, which is why i stopped using it and went back to stock from the mugen.

as far as the andida.

its now 230pm, had this unplugged since 730 am, made 2 phone calls and texted, and hit facebook bunch of times.....

now at 81 %
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w7/Pikachelsea/MySpace crap/FFFFUUUU.jpg
[Hero CDMA Accessories] crunchybutternut:
Haha, Good for you.. makes me hate you, but glad you are having such good experience.

Let us know if these results continue.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] crunchybutternut:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350304192720#ht_2680wt_788

They are back on Ebay.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
Every time I go to link, I get redirected to this message:: This listing has ended. Item:2000mah Spare Battery for HTC Touch Pro 2 T7373 Dopod
[Hero CDMA Accessories] crunchybutternut:
refresh the page and scroll down. It should show that the item has been re-listed.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] rfeagan:
the relist ended Feb 12. Still not a current auction on ebay for this battery that I can find anywhere.

EDIT: there are plenty of items found after searching "2000mah touch" but these are not specifically for touch pro 2, and I'm not confident they would fit in the sprint Hero.

BTW, bought a Hero Feb 1, been on these forums for hours everyday since then. Love the resources here, thank you. Currently I'm loving the speed of Gumbo 1.5c and SetCPU.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
Hey, again -- I don't mean to annoy you about this, but I click on the click on the link again and I get:

This listing has ended. The seller has relisted this item or one like this.

Item:2000mah Spare Battery for HTC Touch Pro 2 T7373 Dopod - View relisted item

So, then I click on the "View relisted item" and get this message:

This listing has ended. Item:2000mah Spare Battery for HTC Touch Pro 2 T7373 Dopod

I scroll down a little bit and I can see the item and its cost, how many are left, but there are no bid buttons or even Buy it now buttons... am I doing this wrong?

Apparently though this item - Ended: Feb 12, 201003:55:31 PST
[Hero CDMA Accessories] cbarth3:
That is the same thing I am seeing with that auction and would like to get this battery also
[Hero CDMA Accessories] tbaker077:
Would like to try one of those 2000mah batteries out for my Eris as the standard 1500mah Hero battery fits(but back plate doesn't fully close, but not an issue if you got a case). Maybe we can ask the sell to put more in stock or something and try to give us an XDA group rate price?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] runsoverfrogs:
Now 7pm currently 50 % mostly just texting Facebook and web browsing and playing air control. Been unplugged since 730am
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
I don't think it'd fit the Eris at all then, because I noticed that the Andida battery is probably about 2 mm's thicker than the stock Hero battery...so if you're having problems getting the back to close with the stock hero battery, it doesn't seem likely that the Andida will work at all. Sorry for being such a neg-ie. I might be totally wrong...and hopefully I am, and you can get one of these batteries and it'll work well.

On a side note, has anyone searched for Andida TP2 2000mah batteries by using Google and not ebay (I got mine on ebay, but I guess I got it from the last batch)...but there's gotta be another place to buy them from. You guys should check around on other places besides ebay. If you find them, let the rest of the forum know where they can get em. Happy hunting!
[Hero CDMA Accessories] rfeagan:
Google has been searched to no avail.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] tbaker077:
well thanks for the heads up on that. I guess I will see what I can find off ebay for a low priced 1750mah battery.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] alexthearmo:
Day 3 with Andida :

Didn't use the phone too much today, but so far I'm at 13 hours and 30 minutes of up time and 2 hours of awake time with 63% of my battery left. Pretty dang good id you ask me. I'll post more definitive results after the conditioning cycles.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] crunchybutternut:
@pseudoremora

That is weird.. I am seeing a Buy it Now button here.. There is a new thread with a link to it as well that is also working for me.

@alexthearmo

What Rom/Kernel are you using?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] cbarth3:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230441767585

Try this link after clicking see relisted item twice I got to a good listing with a buy it now option
[Hero CDMA Accessories] pseudoremora:
Yea, I saw the link in the new thread. I just bought 2 of them. And I told my brother to buy one, he did! I'm hopeful for better results.:rolleyes:
[Hero CDMA Accessories] cbarth3:
ordered myself one also.