[Legend Accessories] pavan_bitsgoa:
Hei,

Ever since i saw this thread, I was considering a better battery for my legend.

To begin with the stock battery (Standard HTC battery) that came with the phone.

1. It used to last me for 2 hrs 10mins of voice call

2. If GPS was on it takes about 25mins to fully drain from about 95%

3. between 80to40% whenever screen was switched on, phone used to heat up.

4. At times (lately) even when the phone was in stand by in my pocket, it used to heat up so badly, i had to refrain from keeping the phone in my pocket. It actually felt like a "hotpack" in my pocket.

Phone is just perfect except for the retarded battery that comes with it. Whats the use an awesome phone if it you cant go through a day of light to moderate usage without requiring a charge?

So i decided to try out the mugen power batter. I love my legend, so even though battery was a bit pricey about INR.2,153.00 (USD46.95) (after shipping). I ordered a mugen battery 1800mah from their official website on 8th Nov. They took about 14 days to ship it to India from Hongkong (3 days waiting as batteries were out of stock).

Received it a week back. and currently i am running the 4th recharge cycle.

Immediately installed the battery on receiving it. (Couldn't wait!!:D)

The battery came with instructions to fully charge the battery (even after its fully charged as indicated by the green LED on phone) for 10-12 hrs for each cycle and nearly drain the battery before charging it again. (I took it to 5% each time, charged for a minimum of 11 hrs)

The fit

I was dead scared seeing the comments in this thread. But the battery was a perfect fit, infact the same fit as the stock battery. It would directly slide out without any poking / fingering ;)

Tip - There is a small red plastic stick in the battery compartment to assist in battery removal. I dont have to use it though

The following are the actual statistics i have written down after each cycle. (Help me post a screen shot pls)

Recharge cycle 1

1st charge for 12hrs continuoesly

Voice calls 29% - 45min 44 sec

wifi 30% - 7 hrs 22min

Display 27% - 2hrs 12min (full brightness for 1hr)

Mpas 8% - GPS -23min, data 10mb

cell standby 4% - 7hrs 22min

phone idle - 2% - 5hrs 12mins

Total 7hrs 22mins from 100% to 6%.

Dint record the 2nd cycle, but was difficult to drain the battery in the next 13 hrs, had to switch on GPS + music on for 30mins on speakers + torch app with about 80% brightness for 1 hr to drain it before 11pm the next day. :D

I wanted to charge battery for atleast 10 hrs before leaving for office

Recharge cycle 3 Unbelievable!!!

3rd charge for 11hrs

Voice calls 12% - 1 hr 15min 12 sec

wifi + bluetooth 44% - 37 hrs 12min (dint turnoff bluetooth/wifi) transferred about 153mb in this cycle

Display 17% - 3hrs 12min (played angry birds for 1hr!!)

Mpas 13% - GPS -14 hrs 12min, data 43mb

cell standby 9% - 7hrs 22min

phone idle - 5% - 5hrs 12mins

Total 37hrs 31mins from 100% to 4%.

As you could see there was a drastic increase in battery performance after the 3rd recharge.

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Note - I am using juice defender (free version) + the phone is on strictly GSM only mode. (Exhausted my monthly data quota on 3g :( )

Currently I am charging it for the 4th time. Will post the final results again.

Also as froyo users are posting better battery performance, expect even more longevity of the battery once i receive my OTA (damn ever eluding update)

Conclusion - Definitely its a drastic improvement from the stock battery and the best part is it resolves the only problem i had with my legend, heating of the phone for no reason!

Makes me wonder why legend doesn't come with such a battery on default purchase.

Thanks Mugen for such a great battery

Do drop your comments and suggestions below or any standard benchmarking tools that i can use ...