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[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] KeithAdv:
Another confirmation on the red guys from Amazon that rhodes588 linked to earlier

I ordered them three days ago and Chichitec had them to my home (CA to OH) in two days. Amazon still has them listed as "not yet shipped"!

Also, at the time I ordered this package (two batteries and charger), it was LESS expensive that Chichitec's price on ebay.

I drained and recharged both batteries last night. Regarding the dremel conversation earlier, it looked at first as if they wouldn't fit, due to a little tab on the phone just to the right of the contacts. But then I saw that a cut-out for the tab does exist on the battery, you just need to angle the battery in contacts-first and then it pops right into place. No modification necessary. I don't know if that addresses the same problem others mentioned.

As far as width is concerned, I did temporarily remove the red label on one, but even so the battery cover would only barely fit, with the corner near the contacts slightly popped out.

I suppose that would work. However, I have that rubber case that t-mobile sells for the G2, so I decided to let the red labels be and leave the battery cover off altogether rather than risk bending it out of shape. The rubber case is a snug-enough fit so I figure that should be more than good enough.

So, I'm rockin' 1800 mAH today, have spares, life is good.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ddgarcia05:
I guess I'll repost this for people to might be thinking of cutting parts of the battery.

[YOUTUBE]WfDdDWttzRI[/YOUTUBE]
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] KeithAdv:
Excellent! I hadn't seen that video, but I was lucky enough to figure it out. I'm still up in the air on the fit after the battery is in. Your cover seems to snap right into place after the battery label is removed, but mine seemed to require more force than I was willing to apply. Maybe I was being too cautious. At any rate, I kind of like the body glove so I'm content to let that be my back cover for now. I may try it again the next time I switch batteries.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Bond007mgm:
http://www.amazon.com/Seidio-Innoce...2HIO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288388454&sr=8-1

Heres a 1750mAh battery that has the tab on the corner for the battery. Expensive though.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smirkis:
they've been bunked to not provide the mah listed. the red one is the way to go.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ultma75:
The voltage is reading 4.202 volts. I know our stock battery is 3.7
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] luis86dr:
Just got mine in today removed the red label on it popped rite in. Back cover snaps in good. Good stuff.

Also just notices with setcpu my widget is showing my battery temp is -85? Lol any ideas?

Sent from my HTC Vision G2
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
I had my oem battery read 4.1 volts.

I fully charged the stock battery and the EVO battery and they both measured between .1 and .2 volts of each other.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ultma75:
Had to go back to stock battery
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] apueb008:
http://www.amazon.com/Seidio-Innocell-Extended-Battery-Incredible/dp/B003SNIRAG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

If the Droid Incredible batteries are compatible with our G2, wouldn't these work???
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scrizz:
1 battery for $50+

are you crazy man?

:p

yes it will
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ihateusernames:
That is normal. The voltage will peak around 4.1 - 4.2 and will drop as it drains. You should not drop below 3.7 however.

On another note, a friend of mine has a cell accessories business but he focuses on businesses that will order large quantities. I asked him about hooking up my fellow xda brethren with cases, chargers, batteries and what not. He said he will see what he can get and let me know. He is sending me a Rugged brand car charger he said he would sell for under $20 shipped if people were interested.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] joemm:
Just got my 1800mah batteries from chichitech. I ordered them Thursday night around 7pm and they got delivered today Saturday Morning, Fast. As mentioned in previous posts its a tight fit, I had to remove the red wraper but I am able to close my battery cover all the way. I installed it right out of the package and it had 63% charged in it. Installed bottom right corner first and then the top just like the video. I plan on running it all the way down then recharging it over night. I will keep the thread updated with how I think the battery life is.:D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] luis86dr:
Got mine. Drained it and charged it. Lasted over 24 hours. Ten times better then stock battery
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] decksy:
just received these batteries...

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x1800mAh-Batte...324218?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a5c9445ba

it says 1800mah, but for some reason the batteries i received were 2000mah. i just fully charged them up so im gonna start cycling them... ill update you guys with my results.

with these i had to dremel it, i couldnt fit it to the side like ddgarcia suggested.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tubaking182:
damn, i just paid $8 for 1 2000mah battery of the same type. oh well mine should be here in a few days
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
Might have to give these a try too! :cool:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mcp2009:
hey when'd you order? Just wondering because it says it'll take like 2 weeks for mine to get here in PA
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] apueb008:
lol thanks scrizz...

ok, this may be a silly question, but do you guys think it would be possible to find this battery in a retail store and not have to wait for it online???
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
I've been looking, haven't found any yet...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ThaGeNeCySt:
welp... looks like chichitech caught wind of their popularity... on amazon the battery + charger = 99.99 now
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smirkis:
order from here asap!

http://htcexpress.com/product.php?id_product=13
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ThaGeNeCySt:
Funny you post that, because i just did lmao

I was coming back here to post that link
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] apueb008:
Yea, I tried, batteries plus and radioshack...can't believe all they keep in stock is up to 1100 mAh for replacements! Off to best buy...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] luis86dr:
Good thing I bought it before hand lol
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] decksy:
i ordered on the 25th and it came yesterday on the 30th... so actually pretty quick to cali
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] apueb008:
HTC Platinum Perfected Power Supply battery, 1750mAh.

riochile, I got this battery from Best Buy for $49.99. It took a little bit of manpower to get the battery in my G2, but it fits, and it fits snugly.

1750mAh is a decent upgrade in my opinion.. I cracked it open right in the store to make sure it fits. Phone started up and showed 58% battery.

It's taking a good amount of time to fully charge before I let it discharge for the first time. It's been about two hours and it's still at 66%. This may be a good sign.

I will follow up and make sure I post my results.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rjbaran17:
Do these work with the G2, do you have to remove the wrapper to fit? Do they provide extended battery power over the stock or is it just a spare?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ThaGeNeCySt:
stock battery is 1300mah... these are 1800mah (advertised).. u have to remove the wrapper to get it to fit into the phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dlo5:
what do you mean remove wrapper? and how hard is it to do
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] joemm:
He means remove the red sticker around the battery, if you can peel a sticker off then you will be able to unwrap these. Its not hard, peels right off.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] joemm:
Just checking back in with my opinion on the Chichitech batteries (the red ones) 1800 mah. I cycled them thru once and I really can tell a huge diffrence with the life of my charge. I feel its probably a 30% increase in how long my battery last. I am able to use my G2 Moderate to heavy use since 5 a.m till now almost 5p.m. and still have 42% power left. I will easly be able to go till bedtime with the charge I have left and recharge over night. I totally recommend getting these batteries for your G2, well worth the investment.:D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rjbaran17:
Glad to hear, cant wait to get mine.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] luis86dr:
Anyone using the oem wall charger to charge these chichitec batterys... I just tried and saw the orange and green light blinking. Blinks orange once then blinks green once. Keeps doing it. Took the battery out and just placed it into the wall charger that came with the battery pack from chichitec. Anyone else try this?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] drm916:
I bought the best buy battery and the chich red batteries...

The best buy battery fit better. But didn't seem to last as long. I will be returning the best buy battery and keeping the reds.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Unoid:
the chichitech's recharge while in the phone? thats a deal breaker!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] luis86dr:
They can but I recommend using the wallcharger they send.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] potentdro:
I didnt buy the wall charger from Chichitec. Hopefully everything goes well once I charge it for the first time.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] l0ngxnguyen:
sorry for the noob question but, what do you mean by "cycle the battery"? thanks in advance.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] kgold708:
Both the wife and I charge ours in the phones no problem, but if I take them out after the G2 says 100% and put them in the wall charger they'll take more. The light on the charger goes inbetween blue and amber/yellow whatever when they're inserted, if that makes sense.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
Use the battery till it dies, then recharge it. Thats one cycle :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
Charge them in the phone or charge them in the wall charger, either way works just fine. I think they charge faster in the phone, the wall charger is more of a trickle charge. Been charging them both ways for over two weeks with no problems.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] joemm:
I too charge my chichitech 1800 mah batteries thru the phone got great battery life out of one charge started at 5a.m. its now almost 9p.m. and still got 26% left.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
I just ordered these batteries and charger $17.88 shipped

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250661324218#vi-desc

Looks like they could be the same as the chichitec batteries, will update when they arrive, should be here in 10 to 14 days or so.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] apueb008:
Did u do a full recharge cycle on both before posting this?

Regardless, keep in mind that the best buy is 1750 mAh, and the chich batteries are 1800...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] killswitch:
What about these? http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Battery-Spr...452?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item230b555e5c
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ThaGeNeCySt:
Those look like the same red batteries most everyone else are buying from chichitech
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] gPilott:
I bought the red CHICHITEC batteries and did a little drain test. Starting from full, I ran PhysX live wallpaper with max settings (to max out the cpu), turned on wifi, full screen brightness, led, played music at full volume and was copying a 2GB video from my video server. The stock battery got to 15% after about 2:10 and the CHICHITEC battery after 2:45. It wasn't super scientific, but I did get about 25% more battery life.

I also found that it was easier to just clip off the tab on the battery with a knife rather that wedge it in.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
Was this on the first full charge or through multiple charges before your drain test?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] starfcker69:
I hope I'm not hijacking the thread, but after reading about the alternatives to the original 1300 mAH battery I bought an external battery pack from Amazon for $42, shipped:

"New Trent Super-pack IMP500 5000mAh External Battery pack"

I used it on a recent trip and it did the job. I was able to watch video for hours with no problems. I got the New Trent because it had the most Amazon reviews, but there may be better external battery packs.

BTW the battery life on my G2 is great with the stock battery, MUCH better than when I just started using the phone. Today, after 7 hrs I'm still at 94% - and made several calls and did some web surfing at 2g, text-ed and checked e-mails...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] potentdro:
ChiChi batteries came in today. Charging right now.

By the way, since this is a battery thread, is it normal for my cell standby to be around 35-45% when the phone is just sitting on the table doing nothing?

Does anyone else have the around the same % for cell standby??

Stock Battery btw
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] luis86dr:
I do. Dunno if its abnormal doesn't seem so
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smirkis:
another battery confirmation. ordered from the htcexpress site and paid on friday, recieved them this morning. removed red sticker instantly and it fit snug but the cover closed as it should. no force required. ill report back on its performance over the next few days.

edit:

these batteries weigh an extra 5 grams. dont know if anyone already mentioned that, but it puts the already slightly heavy device at about 7 ounces lol
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ddgarcia05:
I hope you people are using the promo code i posted a while back for 10% off.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] blackchad:
ordered through amazon on friday and received today to vegas from san francisco. amazing shipping time. peeled red sticker off and inserted. ill post results after i run them down and use them a little bit.

did you guys use anything to get the sticky **** off of there or just not worry about it? i dont want my sexy g2 getting all gummed up in there...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] potentdro:
Im using the red batteries right now. Something I noticed was that my Cell Standby is a little bit lower (25%). Another thing is that I dont see the "Time without a signal" indicator anymore.

On my stock battery, it always shows the "Time without a signal". I was as high as 50% before I did the Airplane mode trick (not sure if it helps really)

Is anyone else experiencing the same?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] pmstc:
I got a red battery today, it fit fine even with the red sticker on but I took it off anyways. Now I'm running google sky map because it totally eats my battery and I'm trying to drain it.

Your battery won't affect your cell standby (or anything, really, besides how long your phone stays on), and my time without signal indicator is still there.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ThaGeNeCySt:
aw didn't see it
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ddgarcia05:
Yup, thought so. It's off10 or off10%. It's a couple pages back.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] EfemaN:
Tried both, they seem to not work anymore.

I read through the entire thread. I'm looking to pick one of the options up soon. Has anyone had extended experience with the Galilio's a few people posted (http://goo.gl/wQwQ)? I know one person is waiting for it to arrive.

Also, I work at Best Buy and I might be able to get the 1750 mAh ones a few people posted (http://goo.gl/1Owde) cheap; I saw a couple people didn't give it much of a chance, anyone have numbers on 'em?

I'm not against the reds, but I figure it wouldn't be bad to save a few bucks if I can.

EDIT: Forgot to post. I don't really care to have the wall charger and the second battery. Are there single battery options?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] andvil13:
Yesterday I ran through the unrevoked3 program and rooted my Wildfire. Since then the phone won’t recognise anything that is plugged in to the USB port on the phone. Now the only way I can charge my phone is if I switch it off and keep it off whilst it charges. Once I have left it for a few hours I need to take the battery out and pop it back in otherwise the phone won’t switch on.

Has anyone had this issue or know what might be causing it?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] andvil13:
Panic over. Yesterday i ran a nandriod backup and then restore later on that evening after messing around with the phone. I think the problem arose from me not clearing all data on the phone before performing the restore. I just wiped all the data and restored the phone again and its all good.
[Vibrant General] vapotrini:
One of the thing that bothers me a little about my phone is it's standby time. The talk time on my Vibrant is acceptable to me, but I feel like the standby time could use some serious improving. Samsung has the Vibrant's standby time at 18 days. In what lifetime would this phone last 18 days in standby lol? I honestly don't think it would last 3-4 days.

The only widget I have that seeks data is Beautiful widgets, which is set to update every 3 hours. I'm also running setcpu with conservative settings 1200/200. Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth all set to off. What else can I do to improve my standby time? Any tips and settings that I could be overlooking?
[Vibrant General] Emama:
I turned the data connection off and leave that over night. It cost 10% for 8.5 hour..

How can it stand by for 1x days?

Do they count it with airplane mode? If so, does it still call a standby phone if it is in airplane mode
[Vibrant General] grabiarz:
I was thinking the exact same thing. How the hell does this phone have a standby time of 18 days? That equates to power consumption of 0.25% per hour, not in this universe I guess..
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newsoundwave:
So I've googled around for the answers, but I still haven't found anything yet.

So, here it goes.

Recently, without me making any major changes to my MyTouch3G Slide, it turned off, then turned back on and wouldn't move forward from the white T-Mobile Mytouch 3G Slide boot screen.

I was rooted using the latest SlideMeRoot image. I've booted into the bootloader and tried restoring a "clean" image, but no luck there. I can't boot into recovery.

I also tried trying to find some spot where I could use ADB to see what's going on, but I knew that was a long shot to begin with :/

Any help guys?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twiztidnutzzzzz:
Probably should start off with more details on what exactly you have done to your phone firstly .... Overclocked kernel? Firerat patch? etc?

What was the last thing you did to the phone before it rebooted or attempted to.

Nextly your leaving yourself wide open asking a question or even stating your problem in the developer section.. Shoulda asked it in the Q&A section...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fermunky:
I would simply try putting the phone back to stock/unrooted status using the stock ESPRIMG thread floating around here somewhere...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newsoundwave:
Did not overclock kernel, nor apply the firerat patch.

The last thing I did on it... was move a video onto the SD card.

Yeah, I thought I put it in the Q&A forum, but I guess not. Forgive me, I'm working on about an hour of sleep.

If any Mods see this, feel free to move it.

I've tried applying three different ESPRIMG.zips (they all had different file sizes) and all of them have the exact same problem. To unroot, I think I need to push some stuff to the phone, which I can't do right now. Any more suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twiztidnutzzzzz:
Wonder if that video corrupted your sdcard..

Did you have a2sd setup?

[UNROOT] (ROM) Factory Rom..Champion build Used for Unrooting If you need to at any Point!! - eugene_373 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=713507
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newsoundwave:
SD card is fine, threw it in my old G1 and it took without a hitch.

Yeah, I had A2SD setup.

I can't do that unroot method, can't access adb.

Unless you can somehow get to it from fastboot?

Dunno...

Anything else?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acejoker25000:
Do you have amon RA recovery or clockwork? Try the one you don't have and see if that one works
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fermunky:
Try putting the ESPRIMG onto the SD via the G1 when it is connected?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newsoundwave:
acejoker: can't access recovery either way. to get to recovery, you gotta go through the splash screen, which still isn't working

fermunkey: did that. That's how I got I was able to try three different recovery images. None of them worked.

rolfd: hehe, thanks.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newsoundwave:
Anyone got some last resort ideas?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vvh:
Is it possible to change icons? If so, how?

My phone is rooted, and using the stock rom it came with from Sprint.

Firmware: 2.1-update1

Software: 2.27.651.5

Thanks for the help!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vandelay007:
If you use launcher pro from the market as your launcher you can change the icons and the name too...

Long press on a blank space and add the app you want...tap on its picture to load your gallery and choose whatever icon you would like...there are plenty to download...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vvh:
Hm.. That's a quick way, thanks Vandelay007. Do you happen to know a way without using Launcher Pro though? Oddly enough, I like the default launcher.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASimmons:
Theme the apk... replace the icon with the one you want.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chromiumleaf:
Download Desktop Visualizer from the Market. Allows you to put custom icon shortcuts anywhere on your desktop for just about anything. You can't change any of the taskbar or menu icons, but it does allow you to change/customize any icons you put on your desktop home screens.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vvh:
That worked smashingly after a bit of digging, thank you.

I'll definitely use this way next time though. You can't imagine how long it takes a "n00b" to find the Folder shortcut icon.

Thank you everyone for your help.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASimmons:
Glad I helped didnt mean to be so brief but I'm guessing you did some searching and figured it out. Theming is whats cool these days :cool:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gidkid:
Looks like he did... I have to say, if this guy describes himself as a noob, and he managed to search and figure out how to theme without needing to aska lot of questions, I shudder to think what we have to call the people who not only don't know what they're talking about, but also can't search for it...

You can't believe how happy I am to see search work that well. It kind of scares me how happy I am.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vvh:
Don't worry about it. It was more informative than you think!

Haha, thanks for the compliment! It really wasn't that hard to be honest. Just resize the png, rename it, and find where to put it. Once you figure out that you can open .apk files with 7zip, the rest is a cake walk!

The problem with most n00bs is that they don't want to get their hands dirty... and the laziness! Haha.
[General Questions and Answers] nbecker:
nexus 1 2.2.1

Suddenly, browser and dolphin won't load any pages - just give 'website not available'. Other net apps work fine.

Just tried opera-mini and it works.

Tried wiping all data.

Can I reinstall browser? Where can I find APK for it?