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[Epic 4G Accessories] yakura_c:
Had mine for about 2 weeks ...did not wipe battery stats ..and getting about 16-18 hrs between charges ... and I am pretty much on my phone all day during internet activities
[Epic 4G Accessories] insanity213:
I ordered one of these batteries around December 14th. After inquiring about my order just after new years I received 2 of them in the mail around the 10th. One of them worked great at 1st and has already lost about half its capacity - Gets down to around 50% and drops dead which has happened twice now. Started using the 2nd one today but I'm assuming it'll crap out in a few weeks too. Under the label it's just 2 1200MAH batteries stuck together. Would have been worth the 12 bux if I got 6 months out of it, but really not a quality product at all.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Overstew:
My battery works well sometimes (I went 48 hours with 67% charge left, minimal use, ofc), then somedays I use it for 7 hours total and it'll be below 40%. This battery is weird, but for most part, I like it. :)
[Epic 4G Accessories] kgbcapthowdy:
i ordered mine the 5th and my god it isnt here yet. Super annoying waiting.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Overstew:
It took mine 4 weeks to arrive.
[Epic 4G Accessories] kgbcapthowdy:
good god this **** is driving me nuts. And i think my stock battery is defective bc i get HORRID battery life. I dont have a bunch of **** running and all the drm **** and whatnot are closed. I do the airplane toggle and i refuse to not use my widgets to conserve battery. Thats why i got a android phone. To have my **** right there on front. ya know. So juice defender and what are not an option.
[Epic 4G Accessories] someone0:
I believe this battery has a US sellers also charging for $15+$3 s/h. So it should ship faster. At the minimum, you don't have to deal w/ the US custom when the item get stuck there for a week.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Overstew:
A simple autokiller would kill your background apps when the phone is not in use.
[Epic 4G Accessories] kgbcapthowdy:
no one has had any issues with the batteries correct. Ive seen some similar that say they have a chip to prevent overcharging or anything. There are no issues with this specific one that anyone has had yet. Other than possible life loss quickly
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
Mine has been flawless.
[Epic 4G Accessories] someone0:
No, it's not flawless, even if you don't count the weight and bulkiness, it still cost you money.
[Epic 4G Accessories] kgbcapthowdy:
really, thats what you came to say?
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
He's right though, it does have the flaw of mass and value.

/sarcasm
[Epic 4G Accessories] someone0:
I just received mine today, ordered from US seller on early 1/25.

Initial impression: the cover look plastic, well I mean the original cover look better. Internal part of the cover is more rough than the original cover. The exterior is less slippery than the original, and it does feel like it has similar coating to the IBM Thinkpad T60 top. A few warnings should be raise:

1. the thickness of the cover is slightly bigger. and I don't mean the back is raise by 1/2 cm in depth. I mean, the actual thickness of the cover. It could be just a different in build quality from diff manufacturer, but as a result the power button is now slightly under the cover and the camera button is flush with the cover. In my case, along with the fact that the phone is bulkier now, it's more difficult to hit the camera button. Which to me is a good thing, I accidentally hit it far too often.

2. The new cover is snap tight, and taking it out seem like a challenge. It's now much more difficult to take it out. And there you will need to learn a new trick to take it out.

As far as the battery quality goes, it's unknown to me at this point.
[Epic 4G Accessories] northmont30096:
You guys are very patient waiting a month to save $4 lol
[Epic 4G Accessories] kgbcapthowdy:
youll notice in the other post i decided after waiting 3 weeks to turn around and purchase from you. So well see once i get it.
[Epic 4G Accessories] ryno502:
I am interested in one of these, but nervous about going case-less. I have no insurance lol.

Do you guys think its worth it? I mean, is battery life improved that much with these?
[Epic 4G Accessories] drivenapollo:
I just got my battery today. I posted back on the 5th of January when i ordered it. It took a month to get here, but the fit and finish is great. I didn't mind the wait only because my phone already had a battery, and because the price was so low. I ordered from mzm, and when i asked him 2 weeks ago where it was he responded that day. Other than the long wait with this low price. It was worth it. I'll post back on how well the battery life it. I was already getting 15hrs on stock with midnight rom. We shall see now! :) Oh and the battery came charged at 75% for me. As for no case, im not worried because If the back gets scratched then i have the factory one. Plus for the price I can order another one. Its a very smooth battery cover, and i could see that possibly being a problem with slipping out of hands. But im sure you could spray it with a rubber coating from an auto parts store.
[Epic 4G Accessories] drivenapollo:
Well I did like most of you. I removed the sticker off the battery. Not only does my battery die fast but the rating under the sticker is only 1200mah. Waited a month for a 1200mah battery. Contacted seller. Will let you know what happens.

sent from my epic with froyo
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
Its not a 1200mah battery. At minimum, there are 2 1200mah cells. Also, you just got your battery yesterday and have most likely not conditioned it yet.
[Epic 4G Accessories] someone0:
After using the new battery for about a week now, although there is a bit of a hiccup which cause certain anomalies which I'll explain soon. I posted earlier about the exterior design of the battery door, and after using it for about a week, I'll have to add that at least for me, the thickness on the back and the added weight actually help improve the handling when typing horizontally using the slide out keyboard. Keeping in mind that I was a TP2 user and this is just a tad thicker. While trying to use the new battery, I find out that the ROM I use, Nebula ROM 1.0.6 actually drain battery much quicker some other ROM. Yes, I tried wiping out all data and re-flash, and I still had the same problem. Even with the new battery, my phone didn't last half a day. I have switched to Frankenstein and this hasn't been a problem since then. With some heavy usage, I manage to get the battery to go down to about 20%, but in generally, I would have about 40% battery left at the end of the day, and about 50-60% if I didn't use it as much.

As far as the battery door goes, there is a trick on opening it w/o applying too much force. If somebody here read it and understand what I'm talking about feel free to post a close up of it so other people know what I'm talking about. As a new user here, I probably not allow to attach picto. And I think this may apply to all other battery extension door replacement.

OK, if you look at the door on the from the interior side, you will see there are certain area where the cover has plastic thicker than other, and it's use as a clip to hold the cover in place when snap to the phone. As I stated in earlier post, the replacement cover is a bit thicker than the original cover, this in turn mean, the plastic would be harder to bend. It's like trying to bend 1 credit card vs 3, 3 credit cards stacked would be harder to bend. Because of that, the battery cover would be harder to bend, and thus make opening the back is harder. If you look toward the bottom of the cover, you will see 2 pieces there along the bottom, one on each side of the opening. Opening the case will be much easier if you have a bit of finger nail. Those 2 places that holding the door on the bottom, that's where you have to lift the cover, instead of the middle. So, in order to do once you put your fingernail in the middle bottom where the opening hole is to open the cover, instead of just lifting it and the cover should pop open, you lift it slightly to create more opening, then either glide your fingernail, or use another finger nail to the middle between the opening cover and the side of the cover. Then if you try to lift the cover at those two location, the cover should pop right out very easily.
[Epic 4G Accessories] musclehead84:
Can someone post a link to a seller on eBay that has gotten them the best results? I'm really untreated I just saw how some people are getting 2400 instead of 3500. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Accessories] gismo4:
that's a huge battery! i'll stick with my stock one for now.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Overstew:
After about a month with this battery, I must say it feels like a bit more than 2400 MAh, but it certainly is NOT 3500 MAh. It's worth the $12, regardless, though. It atleast doubles your battery life.
[Epic 4G Accessories] ryno502:
All non-OEM batteries aren't 100% accurate. 18 bucks to at least double my battery life is certainly a good investment for me.

One week down (ordered mine Jan. 31st), about two to go lol.
[Epic 4G Accessories] jrjpoohscell:
gotta look into this too
[Epic 4G Accessories] Leetahalfelven1974:
I need much more battery, but I have to stay w/i my bodyglove case. Its the safest case at the moment. (3 kids) :-P What battery do you suggest? From which manufacturer?

~non-rooted Epic
[Epic 4G Accessories] Hexidecimal:
Just ordered 2 of these from 2 separate sellers here in the US. Had the Seidio 3500mah battery on my HTC Hero and it was great. One seller included a wall charger for the battery, didn't need 2 chargers so I got 1 from there, and just a battery from another seller online. Now I should have a great charge all the time. Thanks for the reviews.

My only hesitation was the battery door, which is very flimsy on my Hero but looks like that isn't the case on these batteries. They should be here by Wednesday.
[Epic 4G Accessories] northmont30096:
Correct all the chinese batteries you will find on the bay are two 1200 mAh batteries fused together. Some will have 2800, 3000, or 3500 stickers they are all the same.

There are two different manufacturers though and the only way you'll be able to spot the difference is by contacting the seller and asking them what sticker is on it...don't trust the pictures.

1 manufacturer uses a verticle sticker that is labeled "SAM SEPIC 4G/I9000" and the other Manufacturer labels it "For Samsung i9000 Galaxy S"

I've had better luck with the second example
[Epic 4G Accessories] PythonFanTN:
I finally received mine last Friday and in my case ordered from an eCrater vendor, it arrived in just under a month's time. I can't say my own testing is as thorough or scientific as some, but I did charge it to 100% and left it 2 hours past the point it first reached that, rebooted into CWM (I'm rooted but have currently left mine with stock otherwise), cleared the batt stats and then proceeded to work towards draining the battery the one time. After doing that, I started up TuneIn Radio app immediately after booting back up and left it streaming overnight for 9+ hours straight and when I checked it the next morning, I still had 58% left on the battery. I'm pretty happy thus far.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Hexidecimal:
Got mine on Tuesday of this week. Let the initial half charge drain, plugged one into the wall charger and one in via my phone and charged them both to 100 percent.

The first battery lasted me about 30 hours with the following:

midNIGHT 3.3 Standard EXT4.

Live Wallpaper Enabled.

4G Enabled. (Pittsburgh 4G Active)

ATK Set to Agressive.

I would have gotten more time out of it, but I work at UPMC Pittsburgh and while in the hospital I'm roaming.

I'm on the second battery now. Off charger at 26 hours. Approximately 90% battery left. Limited use as I use my phone less on the weekends. Mostly TweetDeck & Facebook while out, however I've used Maps & GPS a couple times in the city to look up some things. Still 4G on, Live Wallpaper running. I also use Audiogalaxy to stream media from my home PC over 4G to my car as an MP3 player. I'll probably get close to 60 hours on this charge at this level of usage.

Thankfully when one is kicked, the second one hops off the charger and back into my phone. Usually never without a charge now. Very satisfied with the purchase.
[Epic 4G Accessories] DrKaotica:
cool, i want one
[Epic 4G Accessories] pimpin oh boy:
I have had my battery for like 3 days and only have gotten like 10 hours out of my battery. Its the 3500 mah for Samsung i9000/T959/i500/epic4g. Got from eBay is there any way to get better life
[Epic 4G Accessories] Neckberg:
Do you read the thread, or just go to the last page and post a useless question that has been answered?

Do you know what SEARCH means, or can do for you?
[Epic 4G Accessories] downyours:
I picked one of these up for the going price of 15ish from the dealer in the states and received it in 4 days. Pretty good for the price. The first time I used it, it seemed to last as long as the stock one, but it seems to be lasting longer with each charge. Definetly recommend this for the price.
[Epic 4G Accessories] arashed31:
Just bought one for $12.99 here: http://cgi.ebay.com/280638774055

Can't wait to drain the juice out of it. :D
[Epic 4G Accessories] lordxcom:
i bought the 3000mah off of eBay, works really good. I get a good two days out of it with casual use... heavy use, i can drain that puppy in a day with one charge, thats from sun up to sun down tho.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Overstew:
I have the 3500 battery but I'm not sure if its a dud or not. After an hour of heavy use (45 mins of screen on time), I'm at 79% battery.

Is this normal?
[Epic 4G Accessories] someone0:
Yes, well kinda. It's actually depending on which rom you use. I had good experience with Frankenstein ROM in the past prior to EB13. But currently I'm using the latest Midnight ROM with good battery also. All w/o any battery management app. So, if you don't have good experience with the ROM you are using. Try difference ROM. The difference could be hours of battery life.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Overstew:
I'm on Syndicate Frozen ROM. It's supposed to have great, if not the best battery life of them all.
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
i would never ever never ever buy a battery off of ebay from china. We have all heard of stories of batteries exploding in peoples hands and face. After all its only your life in your hands.
[Epic 4G Accessories] someone0:
What difference does it make? Most batteries are made in china, and just about all battery are made out of the US anyway. So, even if you buy from the US, they pretty much come from the same source. Except if you buy from US seller, you can take legal action against the seller if something happen. That's about it.
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
no it depends on how the batteries are made. An example would be the charging circuit in my laptop battery, the Asus has it and the ebay fraud on does not and thus i do not get an accurate battery reading. It says at like 96% forever and then dies.

Always best to use a high quality battery like Mujen power or seidio online or the official battery only.
[Epic 4G Accessories] nubecoder:
Please, stop yelling. Thank you.

=]
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
What do you have the display set to? If its full brightness that is probably close to correct. That would be 3.75 hours of full brightness. If not full brightness, then that is low, real low.
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
LOL. Yea, Mugen power is awesome. 80 dollars for a battery that at BEST will have 75% of rated capacity.

Can you find me one article of a chinese battery blowing up in someones face? I can find multiple articles of Apple batteries and Sony batteries melting through laptops.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Overstew:
I've got it on auto brightness, and the LCD auto adjustment power saver mode enabled. :confused:
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
I have taken some pics of the new battery from gorilla gadgets its the epic 3500mha battery.... I would like to know whats under the yellow wrapper of the battery....

All pics were taken with my Laptop web cam an Asus g60jx from Best Buy....

I turned the phone off and charged the battery for 8 hours in the off mode.

Then:

1. booted into Clock Works mod 3 (EXT4 file system) 10pm

2. wiped battery stats

3. formatted everything under mounts and storage at least three times.

4. removed transflash card and deleted all android stuff from it

5. rebooted phone back into Clock Works Mod 3

6. Flashed the Midnight rom lasted standard

7. booted into phone

8. installed all programs

9. booted into Clock Works Mod 3 to install Touch WIZ. Wish you guys would stop using LAuncher Pro... it sucks...

10. rebooted

11. streamed from wunder radio WOWO radio and went to bed at 11pm

12. woke up about 6am and found streaming stopped at some point in the night. battery down to 78% i think.

13. Streamed some more until about 10am battery at 1% according to Batttery Monitor Widget at 10:40am

This is light usage for me... So the battery may be lasting longer just not sure how much longer since the over night stream (wifi on) stopped at some point. I am running down the battery to zero and then when i get home i will charge it for about 8-10 hours or so while the phone is off....

Then i will play mp3 music with repeat all when i go to bed and see what the level is when i wake up..............
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
some more pics...
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
even some more pics...
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
wow even more pics dude!
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
and even some more battery pics with them stacked up ....
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
you guys wanted pics.... you got them....
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
thats right even more..... you deserve them....

notice i stacked them up on the phone.... I would love to have a 6500mha battery.... i have the 3500 and two 1500 stock official batteries.

who knows perhaps i may get a super model to pose with the battery and phone.... women like a phone with a big screen and keys...
[Epic 4G Accessories] orb360:
Just thought I'd drop a line...

Bought this and got it a few days ago...

Best battery _ever_!!

Between upgrading to a custom froyo rom and this battery I've tripled my battery life...

If I were to add in Juice Defender it would last for days.
[Epic 4G Accessories] jmbturtle:
pics

<sarcasm> Anyone have any pics to post? </sarcasm>
[Epic 4G Accessories] eozdalga:
My two cents

Bought this 3500mah in January, works okay for a cheap battery but definitely get what you pay for. I ended up getting the Seido after buy three of these chinese batteries. My first battery cover never fit perfectly the second fit better but they all leave a little opening at the top. Also, this is definitely no 3500. Trust me, I also bought a couple for my brothers and all in all have tested 5 of these batteries. They definitely are okay for the price but still not a good as the Seidio 3300mah.
[Epic 4G Accessories] dzuchowski:
You asked for it, you got the pics! I could ask a super model i know to pose with them if you want....

I thought I atleast try it. So far so good, but you are correct that Seidio is awsome and the accessories they provide is also... wait for it, waite for it.... Awesome...

The Battery is so far lasting a great deal better with meidium to heavy usage. I stream alot of wunder radio app and a little of xda app and pulse news reader and some tv.com app and sprint tv...
[Epic 4G Accessories] eozdalga:
Seido case with China batteries...

Another point in case anyone decides to get the seido 33000mah battery and case.... The batteries from China WILL fit in the Seidio case. I basically have a bunch of extended batteries that I charge with an external charger so I don't have to worry about running out!!!!
[Epic 4G Accessories] buddickman:
I want a 10,000 mha battery.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Overstew:
I bought my first battery from Hong Kong, it was said to have 3500 MAh. It worked great for the first two months, then started draining quicker. I purchased another battery from an American seller and the battery is identical, but the sticker looks different and it states on the newer battery it's specifically for the Epic 4G.

Anyways, after some testing (recieved my new battery today), my phone lasts atleast 3x longer than stock again. It's just sad that these batteries die out that quickly. I hope this one lasts longer.
[Epic 4G Accessories] epicblows:
stop complaining and just get the seidio 3300 mha battery they are the best and they have a full line of accessories to go with it....
[Epic 4G Accessories] orb360:
So I put my phone on the charger last night and the battery wouldn't charge...

The red light just flashed..

I pulled the battery and left the phone off and then it started charging...

Do I need to wipe battery stats or something when upgrading from stock to extended?

Or is there something wrong with the battery and I need to return it?

After pulling it, it charged ok with the phone off....
[Epic 4G Accessories] northmont30096:
The Monster battery with the snazzy sticker is just that a snazzy sticker on the same old battery :) I just tested it on the Cadex.

It tested 1680 mah on the first test and has gotten somewhat better. I'll have more results soon
[Epic 4G Accessories] epicblows:
Its still a snazzy battery that blows the others away but the seidio is still a better battery... I wish seidio had a 6600 mha battery for even bigger usage people like me.... gotta tweet when getting your tripple hart bypass, gotta face book while driving, gotta foursquare while at the bar picking up women while your wife watches.
[Epic 4G Accessories] lazydazed:
Lmfao....Fuk the battery! get a Harley its the only thing missing in your midlife crisis... oh wait then you can't bang the 21 y.o. in your car that you met at the bar when your wife was in the bathroom :-(
[Epic 4G Accessories] nubecoder:
Have you put one of the Seidio 3000mAh or 3300mAh on the Cadex as well?

How about the stock?

Which model Cadex do you use?

I'd really be interested in some of your results.

=]
[Epic 4G Accessories] kkedigh:
I've been waiting for this. I have 2 batteries for my phone and i always have one fully charged waiting to put in when its dead. Now I wont have to do that anymore. Thanks for the Update!
[Epic 4G Accessories] nimitz87:
VERY interested in this as well.

is it basically a waste of money for the seidios?

I feel like the uniform thickness cases are nicer...then the "humps" if they are the same battery I'll just get the seidio case and whatever batt.

Chad
[Epic 4G Accessories] muyoso:
I gotta say that I know my battery is not really 3500mah, but there is no way its 1680mah either. It is very roughly double what the stock battery is. Id say its in the 2400mah-2800mah range assuming the stock battery is really 1400mah.
[Epic 4G Accessories] arashed31:
I got my 3500mAh battery last night. Put it in and the phone said 67%. It took me up until 2am to die under max brightness, white screen, and constant GPS usage.

Then I left it over night to charge and when I woke up I cleared the battery stats. I took it off the charger at 8:30am Right now it's at 47% at 5:30pm.

I've been using it a bit more than normal. I did my usual constant checking of Google Reader and normal texting throughout the day. I also play music in my car through bluetooth and I spend about 45 minutes in my car in total. On top of that I played Bubble Blaster all day.

I expected the battery to last a little longer but it's only the first day.
[Epic 4G Accessories] wj0t:
Just purchased this for $10.94, hope it's worth it. Is there any special procedures in making the switch from stock to 3500 besides switching the battery?
[Epic 4G Accessories] churro7:
Wish it had a better cover

Sent from Snarf high on SRF 1.02 till freezes are fixed
[Epic 4G Accessories] 903tex:
Just bought this for 12.99 free shipping!!! I figured why not if its not worth anything after i try it out, i wont lost to much on it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330551016637