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[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] funkadesi:
Can somebody post some pictures with the bulges and how the battery fits in its place.... I'd like to see what the situation is before I make the jump.

Thanks in Advance!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] adrienspawn:
I hope people are cutting off the two corners of the battery a bit, otherwise yes it will bulge out near the bottom because of the different proprietary shape.

Also remove the sticker to make it thinner, and after that it should be the same size as the stock one. I'd remove the residue glue as well in case, I'm not a scientist but it doesn't help, and can sometimes make it stick the the battery door. That could be a plus though, as it makes it quicker to remove lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Lucas155:
I just thought of this.

I wonder if some thermal compound between the battery cover and the battery would allow the battery to run cooler (aka last longer) by using the battery cover as a large aluminum heat sink. Thoughts?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dorezen:
interesting suggestion though i'm thinking you would need to use thermal adhesive instead of the usual compound?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Vandam500:
I want a 1800mah without needing to modify it to fit :p
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] durps:
I thought about this as well because I have some artic silver 5 lying around but Idk.Seems kinda sketchy for some reason and will add some sort of thickness which is a no-no.(Well, with the chichi batteries at least.)

And I think we would have to sand the inside cover of the battery cover so that the heat can transfer a lot better because there seems to be a layer of paint which can make it harder for the battery to actually transfer the heat to the cover. I mean, it might not be necessary but will deff improve the overall process.

ALSO, has anyone sanded the backside of their battery cover so that the chichis get a better fit?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] starfcker69:
Ask your buddy if you can take a dremel to it to remove a bit of the plastic, lol. At least some of the Ebay batteries - the red ones, don't have that extra bit of plastic.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AreOh:
Had a easy day, buddy.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] xKERNALx:
This actually was the red one, ill try again tomorrow night if he comes to watch the fights.

Actually I might just get this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Platinu...ones/1170034.p?id=1218229468157&skuId=1170034

What do you all think? I can pick it up for about 20$ next Tuesday.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] kgold708:
Umm... not that its any of my business but...HOLY RIPOFF $50 for 1 battery?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] xKERNALx:
Yeah it is outrageous, but id be getting it for 20$, not the 50$
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
After reading some of the posts, it seems the EVO battery is the battery that fit the Incredible and the G2 unmodified. The batteries I bought were listed for Incredible, However, the batteries were marked EVO on the actual product.

Hope that clears things up a bit!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Cheeze[iT]:
hmm, time to go to a sprint/radio shack and ask to play with an evo =D gotta test that battery. this is gotta be good!

so anyone have a link now with what to get that really fits?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] xKERNALx:
That batter I had posted above looks like all of the following will fit with a little modification from what I've been seeing, which won't be too bad. I'll be buying mine Tuesday.

Product Features

* Designed for use with select HTC mobile phones

Including Evo, Incredible, Touch Pro 2, Hero and DROID Eris models.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
Here's a shot of the EVO battery, compare it to your stock battery and see for your self..

http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=197703&page=1&zoomIdx=3
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
These batteries WILL fit the G2, they are what i'm using in mine. NO mods needed!

http://cgi.ebay.com/2x1800mAh-Battery-HTC-EVO-4G-DROID-INCREDIBLE-TOUCHPRO2-/220676044647?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3361513767
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jcX4ever:
So how is the performance?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
The battery certainly lasts longer than stock, I've been using them for a week now and the performance has been fantastic!

Earlier in the week I reported pulling it off the charger at 5am and being at 25% by 9 pm with various use throughout the day. calls, web use, some nav.

Yesterday I pulled the G2 off the charger again at 5am, roughly the same use with the exception of airplane mode for an hour and a half during the day, used it with wifi on in the afternoon, did some web use and calls a little later, got home last night, left my phone on my desk with the wifi on, didn't use it the rest of the night and this morning at 8:23 am it's at 32%!

I'd say that's a nice improvement.

I'm sure everyone's use will vary

The one thing I did was install the battery new the day I got it in the mail, then use it till it was fully drained, then full recharge overnight, I did that the first 3 days and the length of use has been increasing every day.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scrizz:
nice, i'm gonna pick one of these up!

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-1800mAh-Bat...=AU_Video_Cam_Accessories&hash=item27b5ad46b7
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
Here's the difference between the EVO Battery and the oem G2 battery.

The EVO is on the top, G2 bottom. note the tabs on the ends and the fact the evo battery is thicker.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] potentdro:
I was always wary of buying batteries on Ebay because there are so many fakes on there. Batteries advertised to have a certain # of mAh, but really have less than advertised.

By your experiences, I may have to make an offer, haha.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] kgold708:
These are in stock now!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] kgold708:
I also worry about buying certain things from ebay, esp. when shipped from asia I mean those could be factory 2nds for all you know. They could've been plucked from the dumpster behind the battery factory, who knows.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
Just an FYI, you can pay less and buy from this same seller on ebay.

They ship from California
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] xKERNALx:
This is why I am going to buy the one from best buy, for about 20$ plus ill have thirty days to try it out. If I don't like it I won't keep it
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scrizz:
meh, i've bought plenty of batteries from eBay. they work fine

My lastest being the 2 battery and charger combo for the Samsung Galaxy S

;)

YMMV

:p
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] adrienspawn:
Since you mentioned it, I just sanded mine a tad. Fits snugly and fine, but still 0.5mm thicker than stock. The door closes fine, but visibly tighter than with stock, which I actually prefer. You wouldn't know it wasn't a G2 battery without feeling the door with the 1.3A one.

Just turned it on after a full charge.

Reading as 100%, 4164mV, 25.6C. I'm guessing it'll take a long time to come down.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MRCLrider:
I think it is funny reading through all these different posts and reading how people are let down by how bad the battery fits in their phone. Does it really feel that much different in your hand that while using your phone it will distract you to the point that the phone is considered unusable?

Just my observation, just glad to know that I'm not as OCD as some of you are lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] NXUS:
IF only I could show you guys my back. It's perfect. I'm just done exams do I have time to post pics. Fits exactly like stock. Door closes so easily and not tight. I filed the plastic . I'll show pictures.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] JPHCCFC:
Mine doesn't create a bulge on the back it doesn't shut properly and I have filed down all sides to the extent the battery plastic case is falling off.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] lucasleiva:
Same crap with the fake 1800 mah battery happen to me on top of that I couldn't even fit it in my phone without it falling apart cuz it has this plastic border to make it look bigger and that **** comes off.I got it from the seller in china.but whatever I only paid a penny
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Smartenup:
Anyone checked this model out yet?

2400mAh Li-ion Extended Battery w/cover HTC Desire Z

I can't post even a parsed link, :D, not enough posts yet! Search it on ebay....

UPDATE, have been using one fully charged for 6 hours now and did some surfing, talking and gaming and only used about 5% of fully charge so this model absolutely works good!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] verkion:
Just get your money back. I did and so did a bunch of other people.

verkion

P.S. If you guys are looking for SPARE batteries, Dealextreme actually has the 1500mAh ones for our phone with a charger for something like $8-$9.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] KiNG OMaR:
Just ordered the 1800 mAh battery from mugen... I looked for some reviews here but couldn't find any so I'll post one up when I get it.

Yeah the price is pretty steep but seeing as it is actually designed for the G2 and I don't have to mod it in any way I thought it would be worth giving a try.

http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...nded-battery-for-htc-desirez-t-mobile-g2.html
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
i actually went back through the thread to see if anyone had got one of these. please post your findings, i'd appreciate it.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dorezen:
here's the url

http://cgi.ebay.com/2400mAh-Li-ion-...073147?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item336367b57b

i suppose if you're okay with the bulge in the back, might as well go for the mugen 3600mah whale? though that one is very expensive at $99.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ifaint:
I'm perhaps using a same back battery as yours, which branded "斯克迪" in Chinese, and the type is "SKL-8233A", which is designed for EVO 4G, and cost me around US$5.

It's thicker than the stock battery, but I manage to put it into my phone and close the door (visibly tighter than the stock though), by manually cut the plastic corner and edge with a scissor. The looking is rather bad after the surgery lol.

I've been using it for a month and it's fine, but no evidence it will have longer hours than the stock. Don't know whether the backup one is recognized as default (1300mAh). Maybe a battery status reset can help me to tell the difference, not sure.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Smartenup:
Why not just get one of these? I am using one with significantly better battery life and the replacement cover fits perfectly. Of course, the phone looks slightly pregnant. :D

2400mAh Li-ion Extended Battery w/cover HTC Desire Z

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220711073147

If you search for same item on the bay, there is an Asian seller as well who is cheaper but the US seller shipped Fedex and it came in a jiffy.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] heybobitsme:
This is more for people coming from the Slide

I have a Mugen 1800 MAh battery for my Slide. It's the exact same size, but has to be placed upside down on the G2. The problem with this is the bottom corner tabs of the battery are now in the way. I just cut them off, as they're just extra material anyway, and voila! Fits perfectly now!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
how is the performance?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Nighte:
My 1300mAh lasts from 8am to 9-11:59pm (generally) with moderate usage. It use to die on my constantly when I was still playing with the settings and whatnot (when I first got the phone).

I'm running a stock rom, so the display uses a large amount of the battery.

I text, browse, game and make/answer a few calls throughout the day (those short, and to-the-point calls, not chatting with friends haha), not TOO much gaming or browsing though. If I use it heavily, it would probably last me under 10 hours? Mind you, I like the autobrightness setting so I haven't set it to about 25% brightness (like I did with my other phones) which could/would significantly improve my battery life.

It definitely couldn't last 24 hours though, but I charge it every night so it's no problem for me; as of now.

I have SetCPU profiles as screen off is 368/245 battery< 30% 768/245 and 1.4GHz/768MHz when battery life is good and awesome.

I use to have screen off at 245/245 and battery< 30% at 368/245, but I noticed my phone lags when I turn it on and try to scroll screens, most likely it's changing profiles, and it would lag if I set it to 368/245 and actually needed to use the phone, causing me to keep it on longer than I would've had to if it wasn't lagging (it was counter-productive in this case). So I changed the settings to the first set mentioned and it's been doing fine ever since.

I hope this helps some of you who have the 1300mAh (I'll probably order the 1800mAh when one comes out from HTC or something, but the 1300mAh suits me fine for now), or if you're getting better battery life than I am with the 1300mAh, please let me know what you're doing!

Question though: How much more battery life does the 1800mAh give in comparison to the 1300mAh, timewise?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] bobbytomorow:
I just got the 1800mHa EVO battery to fit, I just took off the red sticker and clipped off one of the plastic arms on the side of the battery put the sticker back on and popped it in. Works perfect.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] henryr934:
i just got the muggen 1800mha so far i get whole day with allot use and no wifi at all cost me $ 45.00
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
i'm interested in the mugen, just wanting a few more opinions / reviews to justify paying that much money for one battery, but if it works, and it fits, i'll grab one.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] henryr934:
u wont be disappointed trust me i got mine yesterday
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
Hows the fir with the stock battery door ? Can you post pics please ? And

hows the size compared to the stock battery ?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jojo_16:
Here's the official video from mugen battery for HTC G2. Fits well waiting for my battery to be shipped maybe till 1st week of january.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=GFtnFuePAGM
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] henryr934:
Ok i will
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] JPHCCFC:
What's the improvement like over stock
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
Whats the final details on the Mugen 1800mah battery ? Hows the life ? and Personal

thoughts on fitment ?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] henryr934:
I get like 3 or 4 hours more i get home with 45% left for about 8 hours of use
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] elracing21:
That doesn't sound all that great. I use my phone very heavily. I can squeeze a good 12-16 hours of my type of use from my phone off the stock battery.

When I mean heavy use I mean a lot of text over 200 per charge, gaming (angrybirds is the heaviest), phone calls maybe 1 or 2 of maybe 15 min to an hour max. A lot of xda browsing, a lot of twitter updates via plume (formerly touiteur). I only want to be able to go out with my phone and not have to worry about my phone dying on me so it could allow me to use it even more!

I know its a lot to ask for but hey its my device I love it already but with a full days of my type of use would make me dry hump it.

HTC Vision S-OFF CM6.1 Stable Oc'd to 1.5ghz on Pershoots Kernel :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] henryr934:
Well to me i think i see a improve on the time i get more time i don't has to keep my phone charging all the time i think is worth the money
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] RockySterling:
I got the evo/incredible red 1800 mAh one yesterday, put it in my phone last night, charged it for like 14 hours and turned the phone on after I plugged it in, and then took my phone out to a doctor appointment and to dinner and, with <5 minutes of Angry Birds, occasional googling (<10m), and <15 minutes of YouTube, it's down to 55%. It feels like PATHETIC battery life considering it's 3h 16m since unplugged--actually worse than my stock 1300 mAh. To be fair I left the WiFi on by accident while I was out, so it says in Android that 20% of the battery was used by that--so it'd be like 10% higher if I hadn't done that, but still, using a third of the battery to do practically nothing is a real pisser. For like a third of the time I used it the brightness was all the way down, and it spent 2h 6m of the 3h 16m it was unplugged with the screen off, in my pocket.

I assume it will get better, but if it doesn't, I will be pissed that I wasted $20 on it. Also my battery cover doesn't close all the way even with the tab removed so I feel like I was lied to. :(
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MRCLrider:
Rockey- let's hope you get better life in a few charges. I also purchased this battery and I'm waiting on delivery. I will report back when I have had it for a while.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] adrienspawn:
The tab removal is just to make it fit, not to make it thinner. Remove sticker + goo + sand down for thinning. Makes for a nice metallic finish.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] heybobitsme:
I think you should calibrate the battery before passing judgement on battery life. If unrooted, you need to fully charge then drain the battery until the phone shuts itself off, then recharge while off, preferably overnight. If you rooted, you do the same thing but wipe battery stats after charging, which makes it easy with clockwork as it will be on while charging, weird. That's what I do and it works every time.

Apologies if this has been described before, but 600+ is a little much and a quick search didn't have any results. If anyone has a better method, please share.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] nolimit78:
You shouldn't feel lied to. Throughout this entire thread people have mentioned that sometimes it fits perfectly and that sometimes it doesn't. They're a knock off kind of battery, it's all in the luck of the draw. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] guy3o3:
Has anyone tried the extremely large 3600mAh Mugen battery?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] henryr934:
I been with the muggen 1800 for a week now and i think is getting better allot streming flash content lot of porno watch 45 minutes 1 hour of xda 1 hour of facebook allot android central and some youtube videos i post my screen cap soon i think is worth the money
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] henryr934:
i think that battery is too big for me i can't see my self with that back of my phone looking like that if i go overseas i may buy it but with the 1800 is fine all i need is a extra charger for my stock battery
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] durps:
i've had the chichii battery for a week or two. the first 2 days the battery was doing a lot better than the stock battery. then after that i was getting mixed results, some days good, some days a little (A LITTLEEE) worse than the stock battery. as of 3 days ago, my battery has been doing amazing! right now I'm at 12hours and 33 mins unplugged and I have 38% left with moderate use and about an hour of phone calls.

Only thing is that my battstatt widget shows that from 100% to 55% my battery percentage goes by a little fast. but then from 54% to 1% it actually takes a while to drain. I don't know what it is so now i don't really pay attention to the higher battery percentage.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Smartenup:
I noticed the same thing with the non stock batteries..............at 100% the last there for a bit then and 50% again, it stays there for a bit.........I am using a pregnant 2400 and I am very pleased with the performance & life compared to stock.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] kvanar:
Has anyone else bought these el-cheapo batteries from this ebay seller based in HK - hk_yuqian?

What is your experience in terms of daily usage lifespan?

Sorry I can't refer precisely to the other post on this as this is my first posting on xda.

>>Awesome, ordered a red battery for 1.76. Just sharing the love. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Lucas155:
There is already a really long battery thread that discusses all of this. The el cheapo battery you got for $2 is probably one of the 1250 mAh batteries, not an 1800. Make sure you take the sticker off to check.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tvdang7:
Just found this thread and am thinking about the mugen 1800. I will keep reading your posts to see if its worth it.BTW whats the best price and where?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] XpoX:
Can we start a new battery thread since we've figured out what works and whats a waste of time/money? This one is 63 pages long and in no way organized.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] KiNG OMaR:
Just go with the Mugen 1800 mAh and you'll be happy :p
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
Apparently a Chichi Red saved this dudes life ! Check this out :)

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/26385757/detail.html
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] [hfm]:
Chichi reds have an htc logo?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] heybobitsme:
No, that's the stock battery in the EVO.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
Ummm yes they absolutely do ! You can also tell they're the Chichis

By the generic wrapping on the battery .
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Nighte:
Quoting myself from another thread:

Others have posted photos regarding how the Mugen 1800 fits, this is how it performs.

Again, this is the first day I've used the battery so I'm expecting even longer battery life after I complete the charge and discharge cycle 4-5 times.

Hope this is some reassurance for those wanting to get a stronger battery but is hesitant or torn between which battery to get.

Edit: I'm also using the stock rom, which is why the display is devouring the battery at like 72%

It's also OC'd to 1.4GHz and I have VERY frequent update intervals running all the time.

Edit once more:

Quoting myself once again

Well it seems pretty consistent, I think with the 2.3 ROM I can get 20 hours out of the battery with moderate usage. But on average I would probably get 16-18 hours I presume.

Pretty good battery life in my opinion. My battery outlasts all my friends that have smartphones.

Last update on the battery:

17 Hours of use and 28% remaining (it's also overclocked to 1.5GHz since switching over to Gingerbread; it was 1.4GHz for all the other photos)!

Cheers guys!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] blackchad:
just wanted to post i used to get a full 18-20 hours or so and be at 30% with full overclock when i rotated my chichi out.

after turning off overclock earlier this week and restoring to 800mhz (which is funny i didnt even notice it was turned off because it was still quick) i just switched it out at 3% after a mere 2d 16h unplugged time. super sick

i know, cool story bro, just wanted to share
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] MRCLrider:
Well I finally got my Galilaio(spelling??) 1800mah battery from Ebay, only took FOREVER!! Will get back to you all after I have a week or so of use with it.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] graffixnyc:
Anyone try the Seidio Innocell 1700mAh battery yet? I wanted to order the Mugen battery but they were out of stock so I ordered this one, I'm waiting on it now but was just curious if anyone has used it and their experience. Also tmo is sending me a new stock battery. Should I condition the stock battery by full charge then full discharge the first few times?

edit: I also found these, you get two 1500mAh on amazon for only 13.99 for the g2

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004D24Q7E/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A3OQDCRTON93ST
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Becksman:
I was just about to ask for experiences with those aforementioned batteries as well. They're available on amazon and eBay (check http://cgi.ebay.de/1500mAh-Replacement-Battery-for-HTC-Desire-Z-A7272-/380297048009 or http://cgi.ebay.de/1500mAh-Replacement-Li-ion-Battery-For-HTC-Desire-Z-/180588053727) and would really like to know how they perform. Anyone?

Regards,

Becksman
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] chobie:
I got amazing results on my Mugen 1800 mAh. See my post.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smithfb3:
I bought a 3 pack of these with a charger, I paid $15.99 and they are well worth it.

I work 12 hours a night and I have an Angry Birds addiction. These batteries work as good as a stock battery. Only down side is you have to remove and replace batteries.

People I work with love the charger, red charging, purple almost charged, blue done charging.