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[Nook Color General] Patmos00:
Does your screen act up when plugged in? Mine does either plugged in the wall or the computer. Just curious how many people have this issue??
[Nook Color General] mrschwarz:
I haven't returned mine. The cable that comes with it is difficult to insert, but if I fiddle with it, it goes in. I have a generic cable that I use to connect it to my PC and it charges it, too. It may be slower and doesn't indicate that it is charging, but if I leave it plugged in all night, it is fully charged in the morning.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
You do realize the NC (and most phones) uses MicroUSB, right? And actually MicroUSB is rated for more insertions and is sturdier.

The reason the NC's cable is a PITA is because it's not a standard MicroUSB, it has extra pins on each side to deliver the 1.9A of current that the NC charges at.
[Nook Color General] jerrykur:
ignore bad post
[Nook Color General] jerrykur:
Mine double enters characters when on the charger
[Nook Color General] Patmos00:
Great info. What I was wondering about. One question....will it hurt the NC port to use a standard micro usb cable to charge or connect to the computer?? I did on my first one and thought that may have been the reason it went bad.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
I would not think so, in fact if that were the case I'd hope B&N would have had the jack not fit normal MicroUSB cables, but who knows.

Also B&N knows users aren't going to unplug the cable from their charger and plug it into their computer.. At least a reasonable number of users won't do this, although I might be the exception having a MiniUSB and MicroUSB dangling out from under my monitor for plugging in stuff ;)

I've plugged mine into my computer numerous times, no problems so far. It does charge from any USB source, albeit slow.
[Nook Color General] gmanvbva:
On the new one. No.

sent from my NookColor
[Nook Color General] cutterjohn:
Yep. #2 has that problem while #1 did not. I notice it on #2 as soon as I had gotten home and had it charging and was trying to do the setup/registration... It was an exercise in frustration...

I'm going to be letting #2 discharge today, then do a full charge and carefully track how much time I get off the charge since I've read a battery runtime thread on the B&N forums. (Very low backlight & WiFi off.) Might need to return #2 for battery problems as it seems very short to me although I have not been keeping careful track of how long I've been running between charges...
[Nook Color General] Patmos00:
It is very frustrating! Guess will just have to quit using while charging. About the battery, are these like the new phones where you can just charge them each night? I do this on my Droid X just wondering if it would hurt these batteries?
[Nook Color General] vagabondv:
I have this problem. I believe this is caused by the AC adapter. I went to my local B&N and hooked up my nook to their charger and had no problems. I called B&N support and explained the problem to them. They said they would send me a new AC adapter which should have arrived yesterday. It hasn't arrived yet but I think that should fix the problem.

I also have a problem with having to insert the micro usb in at a funny angle, but once in it charges.
[Nook Color General] Patmos00:
Think I will call them as well. Just to calm my OCD.

Yeah I have insert my USB at an angle as well. Once there though it is fine.

Would like to know about the battery though as I stated in a post above.
[Nook Color General] tech_head:
My sister bought one on Monday with a bad port. She took it back and got a new one.

BTW - My sister so liked my rooted Nook she went and bought one. She came straight to my house to have me root and install apps. 8-)
[Nook Color General] jpfx:
I had a ***** of a time getting the plug into the socket to start off with (3 weeks old now). I was going to take it back but I had a cable from another device that could be inserted fine.

I decided to stick with the nc cable and it _has_ become easier to connect.

I'm concerned that easier==closer to breaking but it hasn't shown any of the flakiness mentioned in other posts... just ridiculously tight.

Maybe a design fault the manufacturers are trying to fix which consequently causes a new problem?
[Venue Pro General] citrix80:
i cannot send MMS. i tried to send a picture in messaging, it say can't send message, try again.

how to solve this problem?
[Venue Pro General] 937dytboi:
mines works fine. How are you attempting to send a mms?
[Venue Pro General] eok45:
Hi, make sure your data connection is on in order to send a mms.
[Venue Pro General] citrix80:
I simply click on the circle with paper pin button, pick a picture from hub, then click on the envelope button, next it say can't send message.

send mms need data connection? 3g?
[Venue Pro General] eok45:
yes, sending mms & receiving requires a data connection.
[Venue Pro General] zaijian:
My HD7 wouldn't send MMS unless it had a 3G connection - no EDGE or GPRS!
[Droid 2 Global General] ddckylec:
Is anyone having problems recently with the Street View option in google maps?

I have Fission 2.4.3, and the Black theme, the Street View I know was working up to at least a week ago. Tried yesterday and today, and it gives me this error on the bottom of the screen says , "no application found to handle google.streetview"
[Droid 2 Global General] leobg:
Search the market for street view from Google and install that app. It must be installed in order street view to work
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Broman400:
So, I was thinking of getting an extended battery for my Desire Z and I need some opinions. The batteries I found are:

Mugen Power 1800 mAh

http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...nded-battery-for-htc-desirez-t-mobile-g2.html

EVO 4G 1800 mAh (2 Batteries)

http://www.amazon.com/Sprint-Batter...sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=mobile&qid=1294181018&sr=8-1

Price doesn't make a difference too me, I just need better battery life.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] gravis86:
They're both pretty much the same thing. If you read through the other battery thread you would know... but I don't blame you for not reading it that thread is loooong!

Anyway I'd go with the chichitec ones since there's 2 of them and a wall charger. Seems like a much better deal.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
The mugen fits better. it's made for our phones. the evo 4g leaves a slight bulge on the battery door. annoying for the OCD.

i have both, and i prefer the mugen

your call
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] gravis86:
The one he posted is not an OEM EVO battery. It is made by chichitec for the EVO. And you can peel the wrapper off of it and it'll fit fine with no bulge.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Broman400:
I just don't want the EVO battery to ruin my phone cause its not made for the G2 unlike the Mugen
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
actually it doesn't. i have the chichitec batteries. i took the wrapper off, AND sanded it. and there is still a bulge. its minor, but it's there.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
If you use the Chichi's the bulge in the battery door will eventually ruin the battery

door . It bends the hinges because of the stress over time and then if you decide

to go with the OEM or Mugen battery the battery door is loose and doesnt fit right

anymore . The Chichi's are a bad idea for Vision/Z owners because it ruins the phone.

If you dont care about a $500+ device then so be it but I take care of my phones

like theyre my babies . A cheap $30 battery isnt worth ruining an expensive device .
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Broman400:
So what do you suggest then?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Gunlance:
This will happen...unless you really sand down the battery. I sanded quite a lot of mine and now it fits just fine.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
I recommend the Mugen 1800 .
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
I sanded mine so much there was very little plastic left . The metal casing

is what kept the door from closing fully . And its rigged to have a piece of

paper under the battery to keep it from shorting out on the SD card tray .

The Chichi's are a bad idea . The Mugen 1800 fits correctly with no rigging

and door issues .
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Broman400:
Btw, does anyone know the best place where to buy the Mugen 1800mAh from, their website has it for $45.00 plus free shipping, but 15-25 days shipping and a mugen distributor has it for around $53 including shipping and with a 5% off coupon.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] joemm:
I've been running red Chichitech Evo batteries for 2 and half months, no bulg, no warped door over time, no problems. All I did was remove the wrapper, no sanding or cutting needed.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] themetatron:
Having purchased the mugen 1800, I've seen a minimal improvement in battery life across multiple roms. I thought an additional 500 mah would have I bigger improvement.

When I say minimal, an additional 2 hours, I got 8 hours from stock and only 10 from mugen. Obviously I'm a heavy user but I expected at least 30% increase for 30% more mah.

I think I may have been better served with the seido 1700.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] WorldIRC:
My thoughts basically. I'm definitely not seeing a 30-40% improvement in battery life!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] sinned17:
I was unfortunate to receive a bad Chichi battery I think. The battery kept restarting on me every time I close my keyboard after using it. The battery also would not power on the phone on it's own. I eventually got it running for an hour and it just died. Tried charging it but couldn't get it to work. No way I could exchange the batter after I have taken the wrapper off and clip some of the plastic off to make it fit. I don't know why people are saying there is no bulge when there especially is one with minor modification.

I would go with a Mugen or Seidio extended battery.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Broman400:
This is turning into a hard decision for me lol, don't know which one to get...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] durps:
If I were you, and I have the extra cash, I'd go for the mugen.

But, if you don't and need to save all the cash you can get, (like me) go for the red chichis. I went for it and my chichis are awesome! the first week it was worse than the stock battery but then after that the performance was phenomenal. I would usually get around 11 hours of battery life with light use. Now I get around 15 hours or more with moderate use.

Today I made about 1 hour and 30 mins worth of phone calls, some facebooking, some xda browsing, little bit of music, one 5 minute youtube vid, and some regular browsing. I'm currently at 42 percent left of battery life and took my phone off the charger a little less than 11 hours ago.

But the thing with the chichis are that sometimes you get the good ones, sometimes you get the bad ones. My 2 cents.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jojo_16:
If price doesn't matter just take mugen its built for your phone not some battery from other phone that u have to peel the wrapper so it fits on ur phone. Its made for your phone so it follows the standard to run your phone....
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jojo_16:
When did u bought your battery?? First week it doesn't give that much booze, 2nd to 3rd it keeps better and better. My stock batt runs 7-9 hours moderate and 6 hours heavy but with mugen it doubles my phones batt life.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] TrueYears:
Really guys cos I get 14 hours with heavy use which includes wifi on, GPS and 1.5 ghz

I browse for about 4 hours a day with this battery
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Tommebaas:
Just received the Mugen, will report after 1 week
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Queue515:
When did you order? Mine was supposedly shipped on february 1st, but still no battery, and the messages on the two tracking links make no sense.

I've emailed mugen twice, each time they answered quickly (good) but gave me BS excuses about Chinese new year, and US Customs(not good). At this point,we will see what comes first: my battery, or the time you have to wait before you can make a paypal claim.

If you are wanting a mugen battery in the US, I suggest you order from a stateside seller.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Tommebaas:
I ordered mine on 16 february, it arrived on 22 february!

But the difference is that I ordered it from Ebay.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] fsrkewd:
I ordered my battery from Mugen on Jan 27, and it arrived on the 17. Don't really believe the tracking number, it doesn't update after it left HongKong.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tbalden:
Well I have the mugen for a week now. Its not bad. Well I use 2g whole day on, push notifications and fb and twitter sync every half an hour. I listen to music over bluetooth 1.5 hours every day. So from 7 am to 6 pm from 99% to 65%. I think its pretty good, it has a good reserve for calls, and I charge it after getting home. Cm7 nightly and pershoot. I will switch back to original battery and test again.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] klmsu19:
It is the Chinese new year though. I'm sure you saw the "new Apple products delayed because of Chinese new year" rumors on tech sites.

did some research supposedly one of the most sacred Chinese holidays, and started February 3rd and ended the 18th. Was a pretty long holiday.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] corster:
Once the package leaves Hong Kong, you need to track it on your local postal administration's website (USPS, Canada Post, etc). They'll handle it from the time it clears customs to your door.

Mine shipped around Feb 1 and I got it last Monday.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Queue515:
Well, the status on mine has finally changed. I should see my battery early next week at the latest. Must have been held up at customs, as they said.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Tommebaas:
Second day that I used the battery, still at 11%

Pretty heavy usage, I played Jet car stunts, angry birds and surfed a lot.

Data enabled the whole time.

And this is only the second day!

"Batteries should be charged and discharged 3-5 times to achieve stated capacity"
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tbalden:
This last from their instructions sounds bullcrap for a li ion battery. I didn't care about that, just charged a long one and wiped battery stat instead.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Tommebaas:
Third day

Data and wifi on all day, so far i'm impressed with the battery.

I don't have to worry about a charger.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] corster:
It's my third day actually using this battery, and I'm amazed how well it holds up. Well worth the 40 bucks, saves me from carrying a charger around all day.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Queue515:
Mine finally arrived yesterday (but I was home sick) :mad:

I now have the MP battery, and will give it a full charge tonight.

Do you think the "battery should be charged 3-5 times to achieve stated capacity" is there for those who can't wipe battery stats?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Queue515:
MP 1800mAh

Well the first few days, this battery (Mugen Power 1800mAh) was no better than the OEM htc battery. I couldn't completely follow the instructions, but I've managed to charge this battery for about a week, ~7hrs per charge, and run down less than 20% each charge. (I have swapped in my OEM battery when necessary to get me through the day, and allow me to charge the Mugen overnight uninterrupted.)

Now, this baby is really hitting its stride! At the time I plugged it in for this screenshot, my battery read 22%.

Stock G2 ROM.

Today, I did most of my normal things including 20 minutes of walking dogs with bluetooth and music, 30 minutes of driving with nav/GPS and bluetooth. A few short calls. A few hours of wifi on/intermittent browsing at home, then on cell radio for the workday. Signal was bouncing a bit between E/H. Heck, I even took a little video (<2minutes) at lunch. The only battery saver measures you might think I have set would be display brightness @ ~30%, and timeout @ 1 minute.

battery eaters:

FB syncs 1hr, twitter syncs 15min, news/weather 3hr, beautiful widget weather 1hr, corporate email in the stock android client set to push, k9 mail accessing IMAP set to push, and Gmail set to push, (yes, three email clients...), live wallpaper aurora kangorama (found here on XDA) plus all kinds of other carp running... (watchdog, tasker, notifymeled) lots of widgets, etc.

My OEM htc battery would have been less than 20% 2-3 hours ago.

One more thing, PERFECT fit. I think mine is a bit slimmer than the OEM battery.

The only thing negative I have to say is the shipping time (for me) was about a month. I highly recommend this battery, but get it from a local source (ebay) if possible.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] rand0m_insanity:
Got my Mugen 1800mah a few days ago and so far it has been amazing. I've been putting it to the test with abnormally heavy usage (having data always on, games, browsing, twitter) and it holds up for more than 14 hours. My stock just gives me 12 at most, with very minimal use with data on.

I'm still hoping it gets better. It has been only 2 cycles so far. Well worth the money. I just have to say, it was worth getting it shipped with SpeedPost. It arrived in my country in two days. Customs here is just SO SLOW that it took about three days for me to claim it. (Gah, I remember the tax I had to pay, but that's another story.) Props to Mugen for this excellent product.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] gordomao:
Nearly 2 years after purchasing a set of EVO 4G 1800 mAh batteries, they both still work great. Having a spare was great for trips and long hikes. I also bought 2 other sets because we initially got 4 G2s for my family plan (2 years ago). Out of the 6 batteries only one had some issues and that starting 1 year and 9 months after use.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jojo_16:
+10,,, 500$ cellphone using an incompatible battery for 30$ ur just gonna add 15$ more and you'll surely get the battery made for your phone
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] felixchess5:
This is the same mugen battery $5 cheaper and with a better shipping delivery time as well. I would go for it but I bought two 1500 mAh batteries when I first got my phone so I have three batteries already. http://cgi.ebay.com/MUGEN-1800mAh-E...ccessories&hash=item5d2cc069f0#ht_6126wt_1139
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Pat123:
Ummm..being nit-picky!

8 hours from stock..

30% more would fetch you 2.4 hours which means 8 + 2.4 = 10.4 hours and you are already getting around 10 hours from it. Sounds fair to me!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] WorldIRC:
I was getting about 9-10 hours with stock battery running Visionary not overclocked. Now I am getting 12-14 hours with the 1800. I guess I'm just not happy that I only get a half day of juice ultimately on this thing.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] codf4ther:
I bought the chichi's after reading through the long thread here. I removed the wrapper and they still make my phone bulge. The latch doesn't close properly either (closes ~50%), so it pops open easy. I wouldn't recommend them unless you use a hard snap on case and can leave the battery door off completely.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] themetatron:
Sorry, was using fuzzy math. 500 more mah would be 38.46153%, I was expecting 3.0769224 more hours. :p Moral of the story, my expectations were higher than the reality.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jojo_16:
How long have u been using ur mugen 1800??
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] WorldIRC:
I guess I have about 3 hours more on mine after about 4 for charge / discharge cycles.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Broman400:
I guess I'm gonna get a Mugen 1800mAh then, best price I found with Free Expedited Shipping is here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MUGEN-1800mAh-E...Accessories&hash=item45f7cefc65#ht_3422wt_943
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] jojo_16:
Expect more for a couple of weeks, believe me
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] chobie:
Also got mine from there :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] themetatron:
About a week. Starting to comtemplate the seido 1700 as the slim extended I have from them for my nexus one significantly increased usage time.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
i just bought 2 batteries with that wall charger thing, 39 bucks for it all. not bad i guess. hope this all works out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320637982846
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] wilnotdie:
I got the 2 batteries with charger. Couldn't have been more happier until I started having problems. Not sure if it was my fault or not but the phone randomly turns off and won't turn on as if it were dead. I take it out, wait a minute, put it back and it turns on....sometimes. sometimes it lasts a hr or 2, sometimes its only 5mins. I thought perhaps one battery was no good but than it started happening to the other battery. Put the stock battery in and haven't had any probs yet.

Weird stuff tho. Ill give them another shot after a night of charging. Maybe something is just off with the charge.

Oh and I'm sure some batteries fit no prob while others are slightly larger, creating a buldge. When I put the stock battery in, my cover moves a lil. So I guess my batch was slighly larger and bent it a lil. This was without the wrapper and no sanding.

If they don't work, ill get me 2 mugen's, and hope the fit the same wall charger lol.

Ps. Since I got the batteries, they're either in my pocket, the phone, or wall charger.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] deduction:
I had the same problems. I am nearly certain that it's because the battery terminals were pushed because the battery cannot be removed easily (in the same fashion as the stock battery) and had to be removed in a sideways fashion. I am assuming that there is bad contact between the terminals and the battery. Either way, I had the same random shut off issues. I would NOT recommend buying batteries that are intended for the TouchPro/EVO.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] wilnotdie:
I thought that too, but I'm leaning towards the battery. I even tried a piece of folded paper to create more contact but the same thing. Weird.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] KiNG OMaR:
You could have gotten the Mugen 1800mAh for around that much with a perfect fit. I'm OCD when it comes to imperfections in my belongings, and a battery bulge is sure one of them :mad:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
well im gonna hope that everything is alright lol.

I plan on never plugging my phone in, just swapping batterys and always having the second one charged up
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
i did this for a while.. but it got annoying.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
i just got my mugen... UGH. there is STILL a small bulge.. i hate being OCD about stuff like this.. the bulge is a few mm smaller than the EVO.. but its still there.. for gods sake.

i'll post back about the life in a few days.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
What are the batteries made of? Complete dry cell right? Made out of metal?

I wonder if I would be able to put the battery in one of our machine shop presses LOL.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
metal, yep. i started to take the label off but i didn't feel comfortable having the metal bare. and the plastic at the top and bottom don't seem connected to the battery very well.. the paper wrapper helps keep them on.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] verkion:
Not trying to derail the thread, but if you guys are happy with a 1500mAh battery, they can be had with a charger for 5-8 USD and are made for our phones. I figure at that price you might as well carry a spare around...or three.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] tvdang7:
link please?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
i ordered a 1500 mah battery from dealxtreme, or extremedeals. or whatever that site is. ordered it about 2 weeks ago.. i didn't get a tracking number.. nadda. haven't heard anything. didn't even tell me if it was shipped. i guess it'll show up eventually

it was only 7 bucks i think
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
Well one good thing about the Chichi Reds is they can save you from a bullet .

Check this out :)

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/26385757/detail.html
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] eatjello:
maybe OEM can.. garbage aftermarket cant :P
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] AZ2ENVY:
Im assuming you failed to watch the video I posted .......