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[Epic 4G Accessories] Pvt WhoOkid:
I'm a bit confused with this. I emailed the guy who sells this battery. I wrote him a question asking is it was the 2800 mAh battery and he replied with the following.

This is coming directly from the guy who sells this battery. I'm at a lost an confused now weather to get it or not.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
yea mane it deff should make sure to post back with results
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Well speakin from personal experience...I got the 85 hours yes...but with consistant daily usage I can still say I get 2 days usage on average with this battery...which is always around 50+....that's before I got flash happy and screwed everything up changing btwn the stock battery...now I'm uncallibrated but that's another story...but anyway...it's been plenty reliable for me thus far not to say anything down on the 3000mah battery...what more do you want out of it...just my 2 cents on that little situation.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Ranger093:
You can fix that by taking a knife and cleaning up the bottom of the little tab thing that grabs the phone. Its got some plastic built up which doesn't allow the tab to grab the phone.
[Epic 4G Accessories] slevenkelevra:
Just got the battery in the mail. Had to wait about 15 min to pop it in because I live in illinois and its freakin cold! Got it in at 250 pm and 64% charge. Let the normal wear and tear begin :-) back after the break.
[Epic 4G Accessories] sxlova07:
unfortunately this battery and the 3500mah HK battery havent left much of an impression on me, they seem only slightly better than stock. With light usage I can get 12hr, but with moderate/normal usage looks like 8-9hr. If anyone can help me to achieve these great battery lives that I'm reading about it would be greatly appreciated. Below is a break down of how I have my phone setup:

*ViperRom Apocalypse

*display = 0%

*2 gmail accounts

*3 misc email accounts polling once an hour

*screen/keyboard shuts off 15sec

*y5-battery so I have wifi used instead of 3g (most places I'm at for an extended amount of time have wifi)

*aim on

*yahoo on

*fairly heavy gtalk user

*moderate texter (1000/month)

*30min-1hr daily on the phone

*homescreen has 2 widgets that background sync (fancy widget & mini info)

*and since I really like this phone I will browse online, check on ebay auctions, or play games (cus lets admit this phone is sexy and hard to put away)

Yes I conditioned both batteries, I rarely charge the battery when its in the phone cus I have a seperate battery charger so I will just swap out the battery when its low/dead (no I dont overcharge it cus I'm periodically checking the charging station). I really like this phone, but its seems like i have to consider the battery life when going out or going to work. In that aspect I do miss my bb bold that with normal usage I would get 2days (using wifi with that made a HUGE difference). Sorry for the long post, but figure laying it all out would yield better response. Thanks xda peeps
[Epic 4G Accessories] tenaciousj:
Decided to give this battery a try, cant wait to get it. Kind of sucks that I can't use my $30 case I got from Best Buy.
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
Well it looks like you are having data on constantly for 12 hours a day. Your stock battery could not have lasted more than 5 hours doing what you describe.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Let me know how it goes Kelevra :-) and do rmbr to adress your settings with the updated usage.

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[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
You have everything u possibly can run...running on your phone...wow I have to commend you in being able to actually kill this battery in under a day lol...with 5 E-mail accounts, 1000 txt's a month, backround data...and 3 messaging services running what would u expect...try to go a week with your usage toned down and sew what chu can get outta this battery...I know its way more than that even for a social butterfly like yaself.

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[Epic 4G Accessories] sxlova07:
gotta say its kinda a downer hearing that, so basically I can't use the phone's basic functionality without heavily sacrificing battery life. I might try meebo and than having one account polling the other accounts. I really like this phone just wish its could properly manage its power consumption efficiently.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
I don't know if I would call all that running all day every day "basic" functionality...lol, id LOVE to hear your definition of "intense" usage since you define your current setup as so "basic" ?....but I guess I feel you Mr. Lova (no homo)

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[Epic 4G Accessories] sxlova07:
email, texting, messengers...are relative basic functions for smartphones. And you are right my definition of regular/light usage are probably skewed. Given my past ownership of smartphones (all blackberries) I would get atleast 24hr from the battery if not more (thats with periodic usage of bluetooth and gps always being on). All I would like is 24hr of battery life with my kinda usage (hence why I gave as much detail initially as I did), instead of being paranoid about the phone dying on me, but looks like I will have to sacrifice more convenience in order to achieve that. Thanks for your insight though, atleast I get whats going on.
[Epic 4G Accessories] slevenkelevra:
I would have to agree with the guy that abuses his phone battery....as do I. I listen to pandora while using ebuddy t chat the first two hours in the morning at work then just use ebudd and auto display on stock and sync off. It seems my battery dies sooo fast. By 12 its like 30%. That's only 6 hours off the charger and its not too far from dying. What am I doing wrong? I must admit I did not " condition" the batter properlly. Instead of letting it charge for 12 hours when. First got it I did 8.
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
Your phone never sleeps and the display is on for hours. Its not a mystery why its dying quickly.

Two hours of streaming music means that your 3g radio is actively connected for two hours. It also means that the phone is not sleeping at all for those two hours, which probably means that the cpu is clocked fully at 1ghz and no power saving measures are being used.

Two hours of ebuddy chat means that the display is on for two hours. Quick glance at some ebuddy screenshots shows that its almost entirely a white background, which means your display is using the maximum amount of power.
[Epic 4G Accessories] bigray327:
Noumsenn. Word, noumsenn.
[Epic 4G Accessories] slevenkelevra:
...just because I'm streaming music from pandora doesn't mean my screen is on. The screen is actually off pretty often.
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
I never said that pandora would be keeping your screen on. Pandora keeps your radio on. Ebuddy keeps your screen on. Also, what is your tws? Either way, your phone isn't sleeping for hours.
[Epic 4G Accessories] iSaint:
Just ordered a 3500 mAh should be here by friday xD ...Damn snow causing a delay lol
[Epic 4G Accessories] tenaciousj:
Ordered the YooBao Thursday and it came today. Came 70% charged so I got some time before it dies.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
make sure to post some results with your 3500mAh battery fire comparison with my 2800mAh after you get some consistent numbers

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[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Make sure to condition properly and post back with results if possible

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[Epic 4G Accessories] tenaciousj:
In the process of conditioning it right now. Came about 65% and that lasted about 24 hours from there, the last 22% I had to kick on wifi/bt and stream hd youtube video to get it to die down by 7am so I could have it charged for tonight.

Do you charge yours in phone or on a wall charger? In the email he sent he said it would work better on a stand alone charger so I debating on buying a 2nd to swap back and forth but not sure yet.
[Epic 4G Accessories] slevenkelevra:
Yes they keep my radio on but my screen is always off.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tenaciousj:
How is everyone conditioning their batteries? The instructions I got didn't say to drain it more than once. Just drain it if it comes with juice and charge it in the phone with it off for 10-12 hours or if it doesn't have just charge it with phone off for 10-12 hours. Mine came at about 65% and I drained it completely, charged for 12 hours and that was it so far, just a few discharges to about half and charging it back to full.

Sounds like some of you guys were told to do this 4 or 5 times? My instructions didn't mention doing it more than once.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
If you think about the reason for conditioning your battery...you really should only have to do it one time. The thing about that statement reconditioning your "battery" is misleading within itself because conditioning isn't for the battery itself but rather for the phones own charge sensing callibration (if that's a term at all)....you let the phone die so the phone knows where 0% battery is at...and you charge it all the way up to 100% so your phone knows what amount of charge that is...hence establishing the entire working 0 to 100% range for the phone to recognize for every day usage.

So basically one full charge to 100% and discharge to shutting down is all that's necessary.

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[Epic 4G Accessories] gismo4:
nice results!
[Epic 4G Accessories] jrjpoohscell:
I've gotta look into this.. my only issue is the case
[Epic 4G Accessories] lazyart:
Ok, just ordered one for myself. I pull off the charger about 8 and I'm usually at 15% by 2:00. I keep bluetooth on because I drive a lot and I repair computers, and holding the phone to my ear is no good for either situation. For $21 shipped I'm game. If I can get closer to 12 hours I'd still have to charge daily, but if I forget to charge in the car I'm still safe. I'll be back about the end of the month to give my thoughts.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Yea my dude cliché issue by now on this thread lol, don't forget to post back with those results!

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[Epic 4G Accessories] lazyart:
Battery arrived today. I'm not yet dropping it in because I just flashed FluffKernel and want to see what difference it yields before make the change.

I did however pop on the new back to get a feel for it. Unlike some others have reported, I am not seeing any gap whatsoever. When holding the phone in portrait mode my index finger rests just fine on the edge of the bump. Of course the phone is bulkier, but I can handle this.

Looking ahead I have a very busy week next week installing POS systems, so the new battery will get a workout with bluetooth on for 9 hours with a good 2-3 hours talk time during that span. I may go the first two days with my existing battery, then the rest of the week with the extended. That will tell me everything I need to know.

The seller also just dropped the price of the Yoobao to $20 shipped.
[Epic 4G Accessories] konaman:
Hey tony, I was wondering if you still like the battery? I'm on ebay as I type and I'm about to buy one.

Thanks
[Epic 4G Accessories] yogi2010:
not sure but i think i got a very similar battery.... basically like a regular one but twice as thick. trying to kill it at the moment..... it went to flashing battery icon and no backlight on the keyboard, and i've played at least 30 minutes of streaming Youtube.... still WILL NOT DIE. lol
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Yea I'm still goin strong with my Yoobao...to be honest the performance tapered off severely a few weeks ago but I E-mailed the seller..he told ne to recalibrate by lettin the phone die and charging it powered off for 10 to 12 hours and I'm back to averaging around 40+ hours on a consistant basis with medium usage...so yes I'm still not mad at my purchase, gone and get this battery.

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[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Ayy wassup hasn't exactly been a week yet but how's the battery prforming for your busy schedule so far...check back in sometime with your results mane

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[Epic 4G Accessories] konaman:
Sweet thanks for the info fellas. I ordered the yoobao brand. I can't wait to get it. Ill post my stats after a few days of use. Thanks again!
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Ight bet don't forget to properly calibrate before you record your performance...just a quick reminder thanks again mane.

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[Epic 4G Accessories] lazyart:
Well, it about doubled my battery life, as expected. Running to 6:00 was an increase but I should get more from my phone. I flashed to another	ROM (Nebula) but no real difference over stock DI18. I eventually removed the Facebook widget amd I think that was the reason for the extremd drain. No complaints on the battery... It's not as big and one might think. Monday I will put it through the ringer though...
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Ight sounds like your making some progress...but not to be picky I don't know (nor does anyone else for that matter) how long it is from when you start your day till 6pm I'm assuming your talkin bout...so on the next checkin try to include the hours since unplugged if you can...thanks mane.

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[Epic 4G Accessories] lazyart:
I did say previously that I pull it off about 8 in the morning.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Ohh ight I hadn't seen your other post my B for the mistake.

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[Epic 4G Accessories] yogi2010:
i got an extended battery, basically 2 batteries fused together, and it lasts me from when i wake up until i go to bed, using the phone as much as i want....... that's really all i ask :)

I'm running the Eclair Epic Experience with the Mixup kernel, so that probably helps as well.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lazyart:
Well it's 230. On an average day I would have been below 15% by now. I'm at 51%, 4g on, a good hour of talk time over bluetooth and sitting pretty at 50% on a heavy day.

No, not 85 hours for me, but easily 24-30 as my usage will drop off in about two hours. Worth $20? You bet it is.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
I'll admit that my version of normal usage is regular texting, talkiing, and web surfing...I don't leave 4G on all day and I make sure all my data services are off along with other power saving settings like low screen brightness and backround data off...but for both of our scenarios it's a hell of a lot better than averaging 8 to 12 hours wouldn't you say lol
[Epic 4G Accessories] konaman:
I'm so pissed. I ordered that battery and checked the tracking on it and it said undeliverable and returned to sender! Ugh. I contacted the seller and told him and had him send it to a different address when he gets it back so Lets hope ill have it next week.
[Epic 4G Accessories] konaman:
Ok so I got the battery today finally. The battery quality seems really good and the back is pretty nice too. It does fit around my power button a little crappy but it doesn't really bother me. It had a 76% charge on it when I popped it in so I'm gonna let it go until its dead and leave the phone off until fully charged, clear the battery stats and see what happens. Ill report back after my first charge is ran down.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
How did your shipping situation turn out?
[Epic 4G Accessories] ultra78721:
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[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
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[Epic 4G Accessories] aggro1:
I got the 3500. I went from having to use airplane mode, if i wanted to get through the day, to being able to leave 3g on. Woohoo now I can use my phone as a phone :) I got two so I could swap if needed. I haven't had to use it yet, but on a few days with semi heavy usage, I was down to single digit battery when I got home.
[Epic 4G Accessories] redram38:
I ordered 2 and got them Wed. Fully charged at 8pm. The phone was at 22% at abut 9:30 pm so 13 1/2 hours. Left off the charger and the phone was dead by 7am. Losing 22% overnight is not good imo but this was the first charge. I put the second battery in at 7:30am. At 10am it is at 88%. I have played a couple of games, no calls, about three text messages and updated some apps, using BT and Wifi. So far I am not really seeing a huge improvement. One question I have is this. If I use 2 batteries will this mess up the battery reset when I do this. I have not reset battery stats yet and was wondering how this would work using 2 batteries.
[Epic 4G Accessories] mantici:
Seems to be the same problems I had with the Epic on 2.1. . . Samsucks media hub crap.

My solution

Hard reset

root

Install "SDX stock app remove"

Backup apps (just in case)

remove the following root apps:

Buddies now

DRMUA

Email.apk (i use gmail)

mediahubv102...

nascar09...

qik

samsungapps

samsung_widget...

sfl-prod...

sprintzone

the key apps to remove are drmua and media hub, but nascar and nfl are crap, so i remove them too.
[Epic 4G Accessories] konaman:
Its all good now. For some reason it got into my hometown and was labeled undeliverable as addressed and said returned to sender. For some reason it went to a larger usps hub about an hour north of me and got sent to me. So I don't know what happened.

I'm still working on getting my usage posted. I either flash something which resets it or a couple times when I went to check my stats it fc'd me and started over. But basically I'm getting about 2 full days out of it with ALOT of usage. And I'm sure if I left data off and didn't use it much I would get about 4 days. It was totally worth the $25 I paid for it and I got it from a US seller so I didn't ha e to wait on customs.

I'll focus on getting accurate stats this week when I have time. I work weekend nights so I can't do it now cause I need my phone at work and can't go with it dying.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
That sounds like a good buy to me...I'm going to pre-warn you doe, in the coming months the capacity might seem to slant off a little bit...I contacted the seller and he told me to do another calibration by letting it die and charge powered off for 9 to 12 hours, that got me right back to my consistant routine...just a lil headz up for future reference

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[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
What are your data settings, u know bluetooth, GPS, sync...etc?

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[Epic 4G Accessories] redram38:
I have GPS off, use bluetooth about 90% and keep sync off as well. I switched from Launcher Pro back to TW and my phone is sleeping more. It may be the friends widget I was using in LP, updating the twitter and facebook every couple of hours. After I charged it back up (took about 12 hours) I have had it on today for 10 1/2 hours with light use and I am still sitting at 71%. It was sleeping much better when BT was off. now it is at 54% sleeping. It was much better with BT off. BT seems to be keeping the phone from sleeping. But even with all that it is much better after running it down and charging it up again. I reset the Battery stats, so I hope it makes it better. I am still unclear if I use the second battery when this one runs down, will it make resetting the battery stats useless.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
You know what now that chu mention it I might try using the TW launcher myself to save on sleep time, secondly the thing about reseting your battery stats is for the phones recognition of the battery capacity...as so does the recalibration process. When u recalibrate your battery its really for the phone cause Li-Ion batteries don't need recalibration (theoretically anyway I still do it evry now and then). Anyway the point is that it shouldn't be a problem if you switch btwn 2 batteries that are the same capacity if your phone is already calibrated to that 2800mAh capacity.

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[Epic 4G Accessories] redram38:
Just over 31 hours and still at 32%, I started the day at 40% around 9am, had a couple of calls couple of text and BT on for over an hour so far today.

Ended up getting just over 48 hours before I had to swap batteries. The phone still showed about 25 % but had some important calls coming so I had to swap.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
That's a good look...for the people who are particular about data settings and OS what are you running as far as ya ROM and what system ettings do you regularly use?

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[Epic 4G Accessories] burgerpimp07:
On a rooted EB13 stock battery, runnin syndicate rom. It's possible to get 40+ hours with light usage. Heck it idles at 1% drop every 1-2 hours.

*edit* gps on, data on, push email
[Epic 4G Accessories] zulubushi:
Ordered mine Friday and received it in the mail today. Put it in the phone to fully discharge it. Phone showed 35% battery charge... took the better part of 8 hours to fully dishcarge the battery so I can begin conditioning it. Not looking forward to having my phone shut off for 10-12 hours though. Thought I could charge it in my Epic desktop charger but the contacts on the Yoobao battery are on the opposite side. :( ah well.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Yeerp how did the battery perform for you after the calibration?
[Epic 4G Accessories] zulubushi:
This thing rocks! The other day I took it off the charger at 11AM and it took 11hrs 37min 38sec to drain it to 6% BUT...

The usage was:

30-40 mins of voice

A couple text messages

30-40 mins of GPS

8hrs of the Sprint Hotspot active with 4G turned on (so, that's the wifi, 4G and voice radios on) with heavy browsing on my MBP. On my laptop, that's tweetdeck active with 14 realtime columns updating for the whole 8 hours, browsing and apple mail on and polling 5 POP3 servers every 5 minutes and another 2 IMAP4 accounts.

Some minor uploading/downloading of files on the laptop.
[Epic 4G Accessories] tony45x220:
Damn you go in with the data usage and I know how much the battery is putting out while tethering it can get hot if your using the phone while tethering to, and if your tethering 4G it's even more juice....but damn 11 hours with 8 of tethering is pretty damn good if your using it like that on the regular.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lilxpoohbear:
have anyone?

have anyone use it with a leather holster/pouch?
[Epic 4G Accessories] zulubushi:
That's how I use it 5 days a week. Some weeks I may hit the torrents hard too.

Sent using telepathy and an epic old transistor radio.
[Epic 4G Accessories] eozdalga:
I wonder how this compares to the 3500mah. I got this and the Seido one and Seido much better (including the case).
[Epic 4G Accessories] somedude0608:
I wasn't able to find this on ebay anymore. Anyone know a way to get it?
[Epic 4G Accessories] somedude0608:
Nevermind, I found the ebay page. 3500 for $13, I don't see how I can go wrong there.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Ree$e:
Im not feeling that battery size, the epic is already big. Then to add that extra bulk from the battery makes it look even worst :/...... it has to be another way
[Epic 4G Accessories] TWO515TY:
Not really lol. If you want longer battery life, you have to get a physically bigger battery. There's no other way about it, except to keep charging your phone or swapping out extra batteries.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lilxpoohbear:
is there a?

have anyone use it with a leather holster/pouch?
[Epic 4G Accessories] androikid:
Would like to know this as well, has anyone found a fairly cheap leather case that this would fit in? Just ordered one and will not be able to use my belt clip-in case that i've been using with the EPIC...

Should I be able to find a case large enough in the little stands in a local mall?