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[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smirkis:
i purchased the red evo batteries thru htcexpress. removed the sticker, no cutting, angle it metal side first then it should fall into place like stock.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Blakeman:
I just ordered one from ebay for 9 dollars and free shipping. It comes from asia but the seller has high reviews.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] sclui56:
I ran into this exact problem as well and couldn't figure it out for awhile, but it turns out by not having the wrapper, the metallic casing somehow shorts against the microsd metal retainer on my unit, everytime I close the cover, the phone shuts down. It is not b/c of loosing contact. BTW, this happens with both batteries.

Once I placed a small piece of tape over the microsd retainer, both batteries work well after closing the back up.

I am surprised as this seems so isolated comparing to all the experiences posted thus far.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] l0ngxnguyen:
OMG OMG OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE! I was hating my battery because I ran into that problem too and was jealous of people that actually got theirs working properly. Now I placed a piece of tape like you stated and it works flawlessly. THANKS!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] potentdro:
Wow, I never wouldve thought of that.

I guess I was lucky the first time I popped them in. Makes me wonder if it'll happen to me the next time I swap out, though it is a simple fix
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tony597fitter:
Mine was doing the same thing. I just put a piece of paper under the battery ontop of the sd card. Its been like that for a week and a half with zero shutoffs.

I just thought I was crazy so I didnt post it on here. LOL.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] d-que:
Is that the same as the G2 battery
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] GermanGuy:
LOL. That fixed it. Funny, when I first reported the problem way back that the phone was shutting off when pushing on the back with theses batteries, nobody else was having the problem and I was convinced I caused it by trimming the tab. This is hilarious.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] sclui56:
Glad I am not alone, at first I just write it off as a bad after-market purchase but didn't want to 'throw' $35 away. But the near 100% success rate in this thread made me think again and the short was the only thing I could think of, I guess now we know why the batteries are either encased in plastic or have wrappers ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] blackchad:
youre a saint, i have the problem as well but only with one of my batteries. i was about to throw the one in the trash. ty very much.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mikeatron:
the Galilio (2000mah) batteries work great, definitely get improved battery life. I use to only be able to use my phone about 3/4ths of the day... now i can use it all day and have a little extra the next day too.

with the stock battery, i had to be cautious when using my phone because i knew it would drain pretty fast since i use it quite a bit.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Becksman:
Do they fit right away or did you have to remove the wrapping or anything?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] demallic:
which battery did u get? can you link it? thanks!

edit: does it fit nicely into the G2 without any problem?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ZombieUsr:
If anyone has a second battery that is willing to part with, let me know, I will pay pal for your spare...depending on your offer. TY
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mikeatron:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2x1800mAh-Batte...Accessories&hash=item27b64cbf77#ht_3899wt_898

advertised as 1800 but i got 2 x 2000mah batteries. comes with battery charger, shipped from china and got to the US in 1 week.

i removed the white wrapping around the battery (similar to the red wrapping ppl are talking about) and i clipped off the tabs at the bottom corner on each side, fits great. i did sand down (with a nail clipper) the top of the bottom black part of the battery to make the battery cover a little more flush but you dont have to, it still looks good. remember to place a piece of tape between the metal battery and the metal SC card holder.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] SuperDave81:
I just purchased this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YK7YIE/ref=oss_product

and only intend on using one battery. Is anyone interested in buying the second battery and wall charger from me?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rjbaran17:
Has anyone tried using their gps while using the red batteries? I tried today and gps just said searching. I turned off the phone, took the battery out, and tried again, still searching, couldn't locate. I put the stock battery in and it founf the sat no problem. Can someone with the red batteries confirm this to be a problem?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] joemm:
I've got the red 1800 Mah batteries from Chichitech and just went outside to try GPS. I turned it on and got an almost instant GPS lock. No problems here with the batteries or GPS.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rjbaran17:
I just tried the second red battery and still no go, I've been outside too...I have the chitech ones as well. Weird, ill have to keep testing...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] nomadism:
I can also confirm that the red batteries are causing no problems with the GPS.

It might be a problem with your phone. I had GPS / Radio issues with my first G2, got a exchange unit, no problems after that.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] luis86dr:
Anyone getting negative battery temps with the red chichitec batterys? Set Cpu is showing me negative temps

[G2/HTC Vision]
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] johnsonrod27:
Im getting insane battery times with these red chitech batteries.. yesterday i went 15 hours and still had 20 percent left and i had to charge it i was falling asleep.. today im currently at 48 percent been off the charger since 946am its 1128 now..i cant be happier..
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] kgold708:
I have chichi reds without tape on sd holder.GPS lock in @5-10sec in covered 2nd floor balcony.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] juanshop:
i just got a couple of chichitech batteries without the charger for like 23 bucks using off10 twice :) can't wait for them to be here, im a heavy texter, and web user, hopefully they will give me a better battery life :) :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] johnsonrod27:
I use my gps daily with the red ones have no issues..
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mcp2009:
just got my 2 galilio batteries charging them both up now. I had to take the sticker off and then use a razor and shave some plastic off at the end where the contacts are but it works fine. It's charging now so I'll fill you in on battery life when it's done or tomorrow seeing as Black Ops comes out at midnight :D . If it works good I might sell the other one and the charger but I'm not sure yet
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smirkis:
confirmation over here that gps is fine with the reds. still using them and loving them. no paper needed on mine either. they just work
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rjbaran17:
I wonder why mine only works with the stock battery....bizare. what were people putting over the sim card, tape? What was that for?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] EfemaN:
Some people had issues where the bare batteries (with the outside sticker taken off) were shorting the phone when in contact the the memory card slot. The tape goes over the slot, thus preventing contact and shorting.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smirkis:
try it. might be ur gps problem
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] st1n6r4y:
Mugen Power Battery

Found this online. Anyone think its reliable? Anyone used these batteries before?

http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...nded-battery-for-htc-desirez-t-mobile-g2.html
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] EfemaN:
Awww snap! Looks like G2-specific batteries will start trickling out soon. *fingers crossed*

EDIT: I did a quick Google search and found this link. If it's legit, I'd love a battery for $12. I can only guess that the image is a placeholder. I sent a message to the supplier inquiring about the pictures.

http://www.dhgate.com/new-extended-...obile/p-ff8080812b61e3ff012b7bc909d8330e.html
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] SuperDave81:
Yea that one's on amazon too:

http://www.amazon.com/Mugen-Extende...Z3I4/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1289270198&sr=8-7

You only get one for the price of 2 of the others though.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] juanshop:
they seem too expensive... I rather go for the chichitec ones everyone in here has had excellent results and you can get 2 like I did for less than just one of those.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] johnsonrod27:
I have awesome results here..
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jaZzyjeff818:
Where is everyone getting the 10 dollars off from? I clicked on those htcexpress links that were posted but the web page doesn't exist
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] juanshop:
yes it does, today it was down for a little tough.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dorezen:
i'd wait for more manufactures to get in on making high capacity batteries for the g2 and then decide. the mugen stuff seems to be hit or miss with other models unless you go with their super bulky extended versions. personally i'd hope for htc to get in on this. they're missing out on some $ here for sure.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jaZzyjeff818:
So what's the best thing to do in regards to getting the best battery life and performance; when I recieve my battery should I charge it to full right away or let it drain to zero and then charge? And is it ok to leave my phone charging at night when I go to bed? Someone told me not to, only for the first time charging.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] st1n6r4y:
http://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries

"Unlike nickel and lead-based batteries, a new lithium-ion pack does not need cycling through charging and discharging. Priming will make little difference because the maximum capacity of lithium-ion is available right from the beginning. Neither does a full discharge improve the capacity of a faded pack. However, a full discharge/charge will reset the digital circuit of a 'smart' battery to improve the state-of-charge estimation"

Lithium ion batteries are fool proof, there are circuits in the phone to prevent over charging and over-discharging. You only need to do a full cycle if you are having bad battery life, or have an older battery and it doesn't seem to charge fully anymore.

If you leave your phone in to charge overnight it doesn't hurt it cause the circuit shuts off the charging at a certain point.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] st1n6r4y:
Just ordered the HTC EVO 1800mAh battery from HTCexpress. Hope they are as good as everyone claims!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] phamine:
Anyone want to sell their spare battery?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] nathan75137:
confirmed, 3g slide battery works

Yanked the battery from my wifes old 3g touch, trimmed the tab stops, and fliped it around. everything works fine at the moment. still only 1300 mah, but free for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ThaGeNeCySt:
Texting, light browsing, gtalking.. and a few phone calls, and after 8 hours, I'm at 59%.

I love these chichitech batteries.

:D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Crey23:
htc express not responding e-mails???

Anyone had issues ordering from htcexpress??

I placed an order yesterday, paid for it, paypal has taken my money, but I have not gotten any confirmation from htc express. I went on the sie, and shows no order history for me, and they have not responded to my e-mails.....

Anyone had issues with them?

EDIT: They finally responded....It just took them about a day or so. It shipped....can't wait to get it!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smirkis:
no issues. they seem very reliable, batteries came in at lightning speed.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rjbaran17:
I ordered my red batteries from htc express. I think they're somehow affiliated with chichitech because the invoice had their name. I didn't have any problems with thme, is there a number you can call or maybe send an email from their website?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mikeatron:
any galilio users want to give feedback? wanna know if it's any different from my 2000mah galilio batteries
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] decksy:
mine was dying pretty quick... felt the same as stock or maybe just a tad better
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] juanshop:
they are reliable, the confirmation email did take a day in my case but i got 2 and tomorrow they should be here :) htcexpress is a nice company and overall reliable.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Crey23:
Well it looks like my order went through, but for the wrong thing....I ordered the batt and charger combo, but the order receipt showed only the battery....I wrote them again....sigh! It should be easier to do this!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Ready2Mosh:
Someone please explain how to tell if my chichitech battery is any better than standard.

I installed my chichitech battery, fuly charged it overnight and looking at the mydevice app it started out at 4205 mV at 100%, now my phone says I am at 61% and the mV are 3850. I don't understand this because if you take 61% of 4205 mV it comes too 2565 mV. I don't understand batteries so someone please explain this to me. Thank You
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] EfemaN:
The voltage only drops a few hundred millivolts as the charge decreases; it doesn't indicate the capacity of the phone. Don't worry about your voltage, what you're seeing is normal. Just keep track of how long your battery lasts after each charge.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Ready2Mosh:
OK, thanks. I've been unplugged for about 5 hours now, I used my gps for 30 minutes, did some light web surfing, checked e-mail a few times, played pandora for an hour while also playing a game for 35 minutes, checked into 5 places with foursquare and am at 55% battery. Is that considered good.

I never really paid attention to my battery prior to getting this one. I would just come to work and plug it in so I really don't know.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mcp2009:
Same here. But i didnt charge from zero. Right when i got it it was at 50 and i charged it from there. Im gonna let it die completely and then charge and wipe battery stats. Will let you know results

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Ready2Mosh:
I'm currently trying to kill off this battery, and man it's one tuff SOB, overclocked my phone and am now streaming a movie off the web using wifi. It seems the top 50-60% drains faster than the bottom 40%, which is opposite of what was happening with the stock battery which would drain slowly from 100% but when it hit 40% it drained much faster. I am starting to become a believer in this battery, this is my first full cycle with it also.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ddgarcia05:
I seem to be having trouble with my extended battery and the current baconbits0.3 release. Every time I charge the battery to 96% it shuts down and goes into recovery mode...i think it goes into recovery, not certain. But for sure it shuts down. Can anyone else confirm if this i happening to theirs too. I'm using the red batteries.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] TL24:
Anyone have a chichitech spare they'd like to sell? If so, PM me - thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] droidsmith:
Thanks @mikeatron for the ebay link. I thought twenty bucks is a fare price for two batteries and a dock charger. Hope my order doesn't get too delay due to the coming Christmas season.

I'm wondering if anyone has tried that massive 4500 mAh from mugenn power in a G2 or Desire Z?

http://www.mugenpoweronline.com/product_info.php?products_id=485
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] SuperDave81:
Holy cow. Installed and charged last night. Unplugged at 7am it's now 10:45pm and im at 40% remaining, moderate usage.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] riochile:
Galilio Batteries

Got my batteries in the mail Friday afternoon. It took 2 weeks for mine to get here, which I expected. For me it's always been 2 weeks from China on anything I've bought over there. They're charging now and I'll compare them to the chichi reds that I've been using the last several weeks. As others have reported, these do need to be trimmed, took me a minute or two, no big deal. The auction on ebay said 1800 mAh but the package and battery are labeled 2000 mAh. We'll see if that makes any difference.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Okawa:
So what battery so far has had the best batteries life?

The Chichi Reds

The GaliliO 1800s

The GaliliO 2000s

The White 1800s

I hear a lot of good things about the Chichis but I wonder about those GaliliO 2000mah.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smithfb3:
1500mAh for HTC Desire Z Vision??

Has anyone tried the Ebay 1500mAh for HTC Desire Z Vision yet?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250724282721&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

These seem to be made for the HTC G2 (Vision) but I do not know if the batttery for the Vision AND Desire are the same.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ddgarcia05:
1500 is what you get stock.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smithfb3:
My battery says 3.7VDC 1300mAh.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] EfemaN:
1300 mAh is stock, actually.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dorezen:
just received the new battery

just got the red 1800mah battery in the mail today and will condition it through a couple of charges and then do a full test. the new battery is slightly thicker but didn't seem to be a problem when i installed it after clipping the 2 corners with a nail cilpper. installation was pretty easy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150514469139&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] xzxxzx:
Wait.. I'm confused. I thought I read earlier that this battery type doesn't have to be conditioned?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jaZzyjeff818:
They don't have to be conditioned but I guess people still do it just for peace of mind haha
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jaZzyjeff818:
I was curious about this battery because of the price and it looked identical to the red one everyone was getting from Chichitec but then I noticed that these have a DC output of 3.7V and the Chichitec DC output is 4.2V, would that make a difference?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] xzxxzx:
You're saying we've been conditioned to condition? Heh.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
Just ordered mah Chichi's :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dorezen:
the stock htc oem battery is rated at 3.7v
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Okawa:
Bumping this, I really want to get a new battery that last longer >.<
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] potentdro:
I can only comment on the red chichis (not sure if the white 1800s are the same chichis im thinking of or something different) and having owned it for about 2-3 weeks now, I'm pretty satisfied with it. They fit near perfect when the red sticker is off. I didnt have to cut anything at all. Only potential problem with the battery is that it can be shorted out due to the SD metal door. Others have experienced this and I'm pretty sure it happened to me once.

Other than that, I get awesome battery life compared to stock.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] smirkis:
the reds are the way to go.. they fit, no mods necessary. they extend battery life by hours depending on ur usage. I used to have to charge midday daily. now I don't lol. I only charge at night, and use it tough allllll dayyyyy longggggg
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jdedeaux:
my question is will running that seido 1750mah battery damage the g2? i cut the tab off and it fits like stock. its just the stocker is 50 from tmobile and i work for bbuy so i get the seido one for next to nothing.

is it safe running the other than oem battery?

thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Crusher16:
Good info! I can purchase stock Evo 1500mAh batteries for super cheap at my work, might just pick up a few.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jdedeaux:
i guess what im wondering is it safe to run a non-htc, non oem battery with our g2's??
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] dorezen:
im guessing for the most part if you get the one that's identical in voltage, you should be okay. unless you happen to get one that was poorly made. maybe worse case is shorter battery life the red "chichi" like 1800mah evo battery i got for $8 off ebay is still being tested and so far i can't really tell if they're better or not after 1 cycle. will drain it one more time and do a full day of test again tomorrow.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ALAMO695:
i cant wait to get mines, going to o.c to 1.8 and see if it not that batt on the chichi's
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] philosophics:
The choices...

1800mAh ChiChi (THE RED ONE)

Galilio 2000mAh

Andida 2000mAh

I'm caught in limbo cause most have recommended the red one due to no need to modify and it fits without a bulge (if read correctly) but the other 2 companies I've had experience with personally...

For Galilio, I used a 1700mAh battery in me Fender (MT3G1.2). As for Andida, I used a 1600mAh for the G1 I had for far too long.

Each device had the stock battery as a spare and both had charging docks with secondary battery slots (very common). Both batteries for both devices were used daily but the extended batteries always out-performed the stock's (we would all hope).

So this is a tough decision to make. I really don't know which one to choose. Maybe I buy all of them and try them all and/or keep them all. But that seems like overkill.

Any ideas?

EDIT

After going through the threads some more, I discovered the Galilio would be a little risky due removing the sticker and exposing metal. Apparently you have to put something between it and your memory card tray. Tape was recommended but I'm still not too sure about that. I mean, the vision is about to be overclocked to 2Ghz and I would be afraid of the tape melting. That would be bad.

Has anyone else bought the Andida? And do all these options require removing the sticker and/or filing the tabs? I'm confused cause not everyone is being specific about which battery they have...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] [hfm]:
I'm waiting for a real solution that does not require sketchy mods, can't be far off seeing as the battery is so close to working without them. I mean I'm an EE and I've done my fair share of soldering and modding, but having modded tech that's known for it's rare cases of explosion in my pocket is just going too far. The stock battery lasts all day for me anyway even pushing 1 exchange and 3 gmail. But more power to you guys, it's good to have an easy option for an unfulfilled product need.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] johnsonrod27:
What mods.. if removing a sticker is considered a mod then i guess so.. the red chitechs are perfect fit and last a freekin long time and im on my **** all day
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] s0epkip:
I also wonder about the Galilio 1800/2000s any more experience with those?

The Galilio's are more interesting for me cost wise, since I live in the Netherlands (NL)... :p
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Crusher16:
Got EVO battery, but had to trim the corner lip thing piece off to get it to fit right. Just trying to get the red tape stuff off is a pain though.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] CoolinHL:
I'm questioning whether the supposed red Chichi's on eBay for $8 each are real Chichitech ones. The pictures of the red Chichitech batteries show the text "Designed for Sprint HTC EVO 4G" while the cheap $8 eBay ones say "Replacement for Sprint HTC EVO 4G". There's other minor differences in the sticker text as well.

Has anyone gotten the $8 eBay ones and real Chichitech ones to perform a comparison?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] michel242:
I ordered the 8 dollar red ones from ebay...but the delivery time is very long (20 days)

Iam from the netherlands so i can't order from htc express can i order the red ones somewhere else?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Superfrag:
Got the Chichitech Reds.. just had to remove the sticker and it fit fine. Used part of the sticker between the battery and lower part since I didn't have any tape around.. Let's see how the battery life improves!

Delivery was fast.. only thing I don't like is that they didn't provide a USB cable to charge with..
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Ready2Mosh:
The charger has a plug on the back, you don 't need a use cable.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Superfrag:
I know that, but I would prefer to have a cable.. oh well, it's a non-issue anyways.