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[Hero CDMA Accessories] Semantics:
If you tried to kill it, and it took 20 hours, you should be satisfied. The life will improve after 5-6 cycles. With normal use on stock battery, I got about 12 hours before it was dead. With this battery, the same normal use, I get about 4 days before I need to recharge. I use about 20% of the battery a day or so.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] brock1909:
i took mine off the charger about an hour ago, im hoping for some really long use. the stock batter didnt last me very long, about 7hrs into the day at work i was having to put it on the charger because it was going to die and that was with moderate use. i actually thought somethign was wrong with my phone casue the battery would drain so quickly....heres to hopin this monster will cure my battery woes.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] khaag27:
So how long do I charge it next time? 8 hours again?

Thanks
[Hero CDMA Accessories] ultivegito2:
I am actually questioning the battery life with mine, as well. For example, I let mine charge to 100%, and within 10 minutes of using it (or even of leaving it alone), it has already dropped down to 99-98%. It seems to me that the battery is constantly draining. I am fairly certain none of my settings are doing this (the only thing I leave on is Mobile Networks, WiFi, location services, GPS Satellite, etc are always off).

Someone reported streaming music for six straight hours without losing more than 20% of his battery life, while playing a game, no less. I'm fairly certain three hours for me drained more than 40%. Perhaps I screwed up the charge cycle, but yesterday I literally drained it until it shut off on its own, charged it over night, and now I'm experiencing pretty much the same amount of battery life. I'll test it for another few cycles and then report back, but does it seem like my battery should last longer?

One thing I should note that may drain the battery faster, I text a lot. How much? Generally a text every few seconds, during my rush. How much wear does that cause to the battery's drain?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] brock1909:
same here, i text a lot. i jsut got back from the gym, just playing music with it for about an hour, a few texts, the phone has been on a total of 2.30 hours and ive lost 15% already.....
[Hero CDMA Accessories] khaag27:
I charged my phone for the 8 hours. I took it off charging at 10:00 pm last night. I turned everything on (high brightness, GPS, wifi, changed all my stuff to update the fastest it could, even added battery draining widgets to my home screens). I have been giving it heavy usage (pandora, web browsing, texting like crazy, games .....) and it is now 12:40pm next day and I am at 50%. So that's about 15 hours.

Before the battery I had to have everything turned down and basically never use my phone. I do notice that it does drain about the first 20% quickly. However, once it gets down to about the 50ish range it idles there for a LONG time. I would have NEVER experienced these results with the stock battery :)

As for the cover and added bulk. I like it, (that's coming from a girly girl as well) its really not bad at all. I used to constantly have trouble holding the phone while using and I have tiny hands. So as previous posters have said, the added bulk does feel good. Just the black color of the backing is ugly. I do hope they make a matching back soon, since this product is excellent!!

This battery is awesome and I can't wait to see the results after battery conditioning.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] smittycg:
24 hours off the leash

got this batt yesterday, charged it for 4 hours (100% after 3 hrs, reset phone and it took another hour) took it off the charger at 5:30pm, i am now at 30% after 24 hours of heavy use, including pandora all day at work, texting, sprint nav, couple hours of internet, and about 3 hours of tethering. stock batt used to die on me after about 5 to 8 hours depending one use
[Hero CDMA Accessories] foxmeister:
The 3500mAh is milliamp hours - the 4116mv is millivolts - so they are not the same thing.

For what it is worth, my GSM Heros 1350mAh battery reads much the same voltage as yours when it is fully charged.

Regards,

Dave
[Hero CDMA Accessories] ultivegito2:
See, I don't think my phone is getting that kind of battery life. -.-
[Hero CDMA Accessories] saintirish:
Mine definitely isn't doing that good either. What could be the difference?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] smittycg:
Day 2

took it off the charger at 6:00 am, pandora all day at work max volume, some internet, few texts, and emails, gps off, wifi off, BT off, 12 hours later i have 50% (it has been sitting there for a few hours), all in all not bad, with this use i had to charge my stock batt at lunch.

smitty

fresh 1.1 nexus boot

trying modaco 2.0 green
[Hero CDMA Accessories] R2D2-AKU2:
I've got 2 days of usage on this battery. With the stock battery I had to charge at lunch or I wouldn't make it through the day. These past 2 days I've been abusing the battery with slacker, Sprint navigation and anything else I can throw at it and it lasts about 15 hours before getting a warning. I was skeptical about the performance claims on this thread but I am thoroughly blown away. Definitely an excellent investment even though it turned my phone into a butter dish (gravy boat? LOL).
[Hero CDMA Accessories] david_ag:
I understand everyone is eager to drain down the battery, throwing at it everything they can to drain it. What I want to hear is someone who used his/her phone to some extent before the battery and then using the phone exactly the same. How much more time do you get out of it with the same normal use you did before?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] mhoepfin:
I wish the back wouldn't slide off so easily, it's doing that a few times a day in my pocket...
[Hero CDMA Accessories] R2D2-AKU2:
I'm getting the same thing.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] ElAguila:
I took it off of the charger at 6:30 in the morning. Left 3g connection on and gps enabled. Made a couple of calls did medium texting and medium internet. The next evening at 10:00 it still had 40%.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] stephenf:
I have had the battery for a week or so and have run the phone down a few times. Each time the charge last a bit longer. But to answer you more directly, I used the phone on the stock battery about the same way I use it now (no extra pounding just to prove it's strength) and it lasts about at least 2 to 3 times as long. I was pulling it off the charger at about 6am and it would be down to about 15% or less by 8 or so that night. Now I pulled it off the charger yesterday morning at 6am and the battery shows 44% charge and it is 8:30 pm on the second day. I imagine I could probably go three days without a charge. It really is a beast.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] ultivegito2:
Just out of curiosity, when you guys say, "heavy/light/medium/moderate" texting, what do you mean? I consider myself a heavy texter: I probably send/receive around 1,000 texts a day, all in all.

Would you consider that "excessive"? I'm curious as to how quickly I am draining my battery according to how you all are draining yours.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] wksk:
I saw your post and just had to reply. I send/receive about 50 texts a day at most. Sometimes none. Do you happen to be a teenage girl in high school?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] smittycg:
normal use

with stock batt i would take it off the charger at 6:00am and it would be dead at 6-8pm depending, with this batt i took it off the charger at 6am on Wednesday, i have not had to charge it since then its now Thursday 3pm i'm at 30% and am pretty sure it will make it till i go to bed. on top of that i am using the phone more now that i can without worrying about the phone going dead half way through my day.

that being said i believe that if i used the phone the same as i did with the stock batt it would last at least three days.

I am on my 3rd charge.

modaco 2.0
[Hero CDMA Accessories] ultivegito2:
Nope. But the people I talk to are. So is 50 texts considered moderate? I'm seriously trying to gauge my usage, and the resulting wear on the battery. Is 50 moderate or light, to a normal user?

(I am not a normal user, I am aware. I just don't know what a normal user IS, and I would like to.)
[Hero CDMA Accessories] crunchybutternut:
edit: Scratch that, wrong thread.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] posguy99:
That's easy... there is no such thing.

Seriously, though... just because person [A] uses his phone a certain amount is no reason to think you should only be using your phone that much.

Here's another measurement for you. I get about 700 texts back and forth a month, twidroid is running on the phone all the time, acast is running on the phone all the time, and I use about half of my 450 minutes each month, not counting the free M2M and nights/weekends.

I take the phone off the charger at 6 am every day before I leave for work, and when I get home around 7 pm, the battery is around 30-40%. Usually. It might be less if I've had Pandora running at my desk all day or something.

Oh, and I didn't do the LocationService disable, and won't until someone actually does the test the bug report refers to and documents that we're actually susceptible to it. Right now it's just a bunch of hand-waving, since I never see my phone pegged at 100% CPU for any great stretch of time.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] ultivegito2:
Okay thanks. Any more people who would like to contribute to the average amount of usage they take from their phone while using this battery would be great. That helps me. I usually kill my battery in ten or twelve hours, depending on if I am talking to people or not, even this extended battery. I could kill the stock battery in three hours or fewer, depending on usage.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Semantics:
I send about 30-40 texts per day, I browse for a couple hours, and stream Pandora for a couple hours a day, and I'm on the phone for probably an hour total throughout the day. I guess I'm not a power user, but If I choose, I can charge my phone every 4 days. I use about 20% per day.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] brock1909:
well since getting the battery, the best i have gotten was 1 day 4 hours and 31 minutes ( according to Uptime Widget) of usage. probably about 10 of those hours were sleep due to me being sick. monthly i use about 8000 texts so somewhere in the ballpark of 250-300 a day. GPS, location,Gtalk mail sync every 5 min and mobile on all times. probably about an hour of internet usage and maybe an hour of talk ( at the very most) reading the reviews i was hoping for a few days out of it, but i guess its better than having to charge it or replace the battery throughout the day.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] R2D2-AKU2:
I just wanted to follow up on this battery. Still awesome except the battery door. It slides off easily. To fix that I put 3 small beads of krazy glue on the rim of the door at the top and bottom. It's been a couple of days now and it hasn't come off. I can always cut it out with a razor if I need to. Just thought i'd share.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Ceger:
Slightly pinch in the sides while putting it on and it locks tightly. I have had no issues since doing this.

And I am loving the battery and not having to worry about recharging my phone thorughout the day when on business trips.

Ceger
[Hero CDMA Accessories] dmc971989:
Are you guys getting better battery life after a few charge cycles?

I got my batter yesterday, I opened it and ran what little bit of a charge it had down (widget said 59% and it took 9 hours to run it down with everything turned on) now after my first charge I'm at 77% after 7 hours of low to moderate use with nothing but mobile network turned on....

Also, my battery widget (curvefish) says I have 77% but my battery icon in the taskbar looks much closer to full.... more like 90% imo, is this a common problem?

Thanks in advance,

Derek...
[Hero CDMA Accessories] Semantics:
I get about 4 days of use before I need to charge, I normally charge it full every night, but, right now, after 63 hours off the charger, I'm at 62%. The taskbar works like this, it only reports every 20% from what I've read. I use the HTC battery widget, best on the market, IMO, and its honest. :)

I've noticed changes in the taskbar at 90%, then none until under 70%, then when you get to 50% it will look like a quarter is left on the taskbar. Its just the way it reports, its working as HTC intended.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] dmc971989:
Ok... well how was your battery life when you first got the battery? Did your battery life increase after a few charge cycles?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] dmc971989:
So after 11 hours I'm Down to 64%... that's after my first initial charge,

During that time mobile network has been on for roughly 6 hours, I've browsed the internet for 45 minutes at, talked on the phone for a total of 15 minutes, and sent 8 text messages...

Has anyone else expirenced this?

So far I'm not impressed at all, I got better life out of my original battery.
[Hero CDMA Accessories] saintirish:
I'm right there with you dude. I'm so pissed at how much this door falls off. I might try the crazy glue idea. I don't really need to take the back off very much so I guess that could work. Are you SURE you could get it off if you need to?
[Hero CDMA Accessories] simplyphp:
Just squeeze the top sides when you're putting it on, no problems for me.

BTW, I received mine with 65%. It lasted 36 hours til it died. I fully recharged it so we'll see how long it lasts after being off the charger from 100%. This thing is awesome.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] wiltonw:
Hi all

Finally, I jumped into the Android world and just got an HTC Magic. It works great for me even with the original 1.5 rom.

The only problem is the Morelocate 2 app that I downloaded from Market. I would like to change the user interface to Japanese, I visited a lot of forums and I think Morelocate 2 is the best solution up to now. I installed it without problem. However, the user interface had not been charged after I press Japanese option on Morelocate 2. For my understanding, this app is pretty straight forward. I suppose that I press the language I want and the interface language change. However, I got no luck. But I can view Japanese on my device.

I wonder if there are anything that I missed, e.g. extra fonts or something else. That will be great if anyone can share the experience for this app.

Thanks a lot
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMAthlon:
By rooting your phone, does that alone unlock it for use with other GSM? or what's the easiest way to go about doing that?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilostchild:
call your carrier and asking for the unlock code.. the best and only way really
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DMAthlon:
Ok, now, is this code going to be specific to the IMEI?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csmarshal:
yes. your carrier will generate an unlock code for you unique IMEI.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Badwolve1:
Hi, would like a cab for vga, anyone know or would be able to make one? i searched for ages and could only find cab's for lower than vga.

Much Thanks

Badwolve1

EDIT: was searching web, not forum. lol, found one here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=454306
[Hero CDMA General] zippy-man:
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I guess this is a problem on googles side not our phones side. this seems to happen if you try a 2.0 ROM and use your normal market sign in on a 2.0 build.

I started messing around and came up with a solution and it WORKS

Download the AOSP 1.6 build HERE put that onto your sd card in the root directory

Boot into recovery and NANDROID backup

Now Wipe Device

Now install the zip from the sdcard and once finished reboot

Download Googlebit HERE

unarchive google bits to c:\android-sdk-windows\tools

open a command prompt

cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools

adb remount

adb push system/framework /system/framework

adb push system/etc/permissions /system/etc/permissions

adb push system/app /system/app

adb reboot

Setup Market with your not working account (the one that we need to work on 1.5)

Download and install a copy protected app (like Twidroid Free)

Boot back into Recovery

Wipe Device

Now restore your nandroid backup of 1.5 Cupcake

Reboot phone and goto market let twidroid re-install if it tries to and do not interupt

Manually Reboot phone

Now the copy protected apps should be showing again.

Your previous downloaded apps might not show in downloads anymore but wait a while and they will all come back

Mine is now working perfect.
[Hero CDMA General] crunchybutternut:
I have the same problem, as have several others after flashing 2.1 then reverting back.

The theory is what you stated, that it will fix itself over time, but I have yet to see that happen.

I also can access my purchased apps, but a lot of others are missing.

It would appear it is up the Google to fix this problem. Flipz mentions this on his site:

http://geekfor.me/known-issues/known-issues-open/market-items-not-showing-after-using-2-1/
[Hero CDMA General] flipzmode:
http://geekfor.me/known-issues/known-issues-open/market-items-not-showing-after-using-2-1/

It's on Google's end.

Edit: crunchy beat me to it. ;)
[Hero CDMA General] crunchybutternut:
Haha, only by mere seconds.
[Hero CDMA General] zippy-man:
Well I doubt Google is working on a fix since this is not an official release. We may just be screwed on this one.

You think we could contact them about the issue? Problem is we are not even supposed to have the 2.1 yet.

I do not want to use a different account since my purchased apps are on the account I am using and this is my main account with all my contacts and Google voice and what not.

Any idea out there
[Hero CDMA General] lorsoblu:
Well, it has been a week now for me as well, and I still have no changes on the copy protected apps situation. So I don't know what to do.

I find it hard to believe that we are just "screwed" on this one. Or at least I hope... I have no plans to change my gmail account anytime soon.

Flip, are you even having this issue? Or any of the other "important" people responsible for making the 2.1 rom? And anyone else out there who have not spoken up? I am just trying to get an idea of who else is dealing with this.
[Hero CDMA General] flipzmode:
I wouldn't consider myself an "important" person. ;) I have never actually put my google account info into any of the other roms (even before we knew this was an issue) so no, I'm not experiencing it. But that was just pure luck.

But honestly we saw this same thing when the Sprint 1.56 MR came out. Even after Google fixed the issue where our fingerprints weren't considered a "released" phone, it took some people's phones days to start showing the apps.
[Hero CDMA General] obelisk79:
which paid/protected apps are you guys not seeing? Are you sure they are 1.5 compatible. I ran the 2.1 rom for a couple days when it first came out but I never noticed any problems with the market as a result. In either case this is certainly a known problem related to google.
[Hero CDMA General] zippy-man:
I have not looked to see all the apps missing but any of the known barcode scanners are missing along with an eBay app I use and probably others. I cannot get twidroid, locale or any other protected apps.

Kinda sucks cuz when I go searching for an app I don't know how many are missing and if there may be a better choice but it will not display on the market

I am tempted to contact Google somehow and see if they can help us but like I said this is our fault we are not even supposed to have eclair yet.

Most of my purchased apps show just not the protected apps
[Hero CDMA General] Hibernate:
I had the issue where market did not allow me to download plus i could not see protected apps. I went to settings/applications/manage application and cleared data for google apps, after that it had me sign in and everything showed up and it let me download again.
[Hero CDMA General] crunchybutternut:
I went through the same process and no luck.. it did have me sign back in, but still missing all protected apps.
[Hero CDMA General] lorsoblu:
Yeah, I am missing the same things. Twidroid, Evernote, the Barcode Scanners (although ShopSavvy can be found on their website, they provide it), and the other usual suspects.

I haven't tried the whole wiping google apps thing yet because last time I did that it refused to let me sign back in, and I really don't want to be in that situation at the moment. I'll try it later.

Do we have anyone that had this issue and recovered from it?

And if there are others still dealing with this, come forward! :)
[Hero CDMA General] oxeneers:
I am having this issue, randomly, on stock HTC Hero with Sprint MR. So ****ing annoying.
[Hero CDMA General] oxeneers:
Just realized that this IS probably because of going to 2.1 then back to 1.5.. which I did.

Can't see Yelp, Twidroid ... ****, anything.
[Hero CDMA General] doubljdog:
well i had this problem, so i ran the RUU to revert to stock and its still there, so i can confirm its on googles end cause my phone was completely wiped, i made a new name for the time being and all the apps show up with this, i just rooted and loaded a new rom so luckily i have my paid apps on my sd card and can use them but if i delete them im f'ed until a fix comes out
[Hero CDMA General] zippy-man:
Well still no fix for me it has been well over a week and almost two weeks now and I still have no protected apps showing I do not think that this will fix itself with time.

I wonder who we could talk to at Google to see if they could help us
[Hero CDMA General] Semantics:
I have the same bug after trying 2.1. I havent seen those apps like twidroid, etc in nearly 3 weeks. I don't believe this is an issue that will resolve itself. I guess I'll just wait for a new update, or whatever.
[Hero CDMA General] deadonarivalry:
Same here. It's been AT LEAST one whole week, but I'm positive it's been longer, and none of the missing apps have resurfaced.
[Hero CDMA General] zippy-man:
Ok I think there is a fix please refer to first post for instructions and try. If it works please post back so we can mark this as resolved and help out all the people that have this problem.

-James
[Hero CDMA General] flipzmode:
Good work zippy-man. A lot of steps but hell, if it gets the market back then it's perfect! Hopefully some people suffering from this can test it out soon and let you know if it worked for them too.
[Hero CDMA General] zippy-man:
Ya I hope it works for everyone it was really starting to get annyoing that i could not find and download and new apps that were copy protected. Being that i am pretty new to android i have not seen a lot of the market so if it is not working then when i start searching for apps for something like twitter etc i am missing a lot of apps that may be better then what i have.

By the way keep up the great work with the ROMS

Thanks for your hard work in the new 2.1 ROMs and the 1.5 ROMs

Maybe now since i figured it out some smarter devs can put more time into the 2.1 ROMs and get em working better. I love the new ROM but i cannot run it daily since a lot is still not working yet.

-James
[Hero CDMA General] richse:
Could you explain what the problem was? Why do we need to wipe, then install ASOP1.6 and then move files and then wipe and finally restore? What is special about ASOP 1.6, couldn't we just move those files over to our normal rom? I'm really curious about how this problem sticks with us through wipes, etc.

Also, I'm trying your fix right now and I'll let you know how it goes.

EDIT: It works!!! I can see Twidroid and Twidroid pro now.
[Hero CDMA General] crunchybutternut:
I was going to wait for a few more people to try it, but I guess I will go ahead, haha.

Edit: It works like a charm! Thanks Zippy!!

Edit: Only quirk I noticed is that most of my installed apps no longer show in My Downloads. They are still present on my phone, but I can see this interfering with updates unless I manually reinstall each of them so they show again.

Nevermind. They all showed back up after about 30 minutes.
[Hero CDMA General] rvm23:
That worked for me as well. Thanks for figuring that out!
[Hero CDMA General] david279:
Cant download the google bits. Link is not working.
[Hero CDMA General] david279:
This got it working for me...