I would like to know is it safe to store two batteries in my wallet in a ziplock bag. Are there any dangers that I should be aware of doing this? I think the ziplock bag might help if they start to leak. How quickly do fully charged batteries drain over time when your not using them. Lets say I kept them in my wallet for a day, few days, a week and I didn't use them. Will they still be fully charged? How fast do they lose their charge? Thanks.
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They won't lose their charge in a week. Neither will they leak.
Leaving batteries fully charged but unused for long periods of time does cause degradation over time though. I read somewhere recently that if you were going to put a battery into storage for a few weeks/months you should drain it to 40% first.
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They won't lose their charge in a week. Neither will they leak.
Leaving batteries fully charged but unused for long periods of time does cause degradation over time though. I read somewhere recently that if you were going to put a battery into storage for a few weeks/months you should drain it to 40% first.
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with my galaxy s3 i kept all of the batteries in my wallet. neer had any problem with it. i didnt use a plastic bag either
me also, i have 2 batteries in my wallet, after 3 weeks one of them has 60% other one 69%
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Thanks for all your replies. So leaks are not a problem. How about exploding batteries?
sitting at 100% they will drain the fastest. sitting at 40% is what they recommend for long term storage. if you let it hit 0% by the way, the battery is ruined, so swap them out every once in awhile. even if you dont need it
exploding batteries normally just swell up they normally wont explode in your pocket.
Batteries in wallets?!
you guys must have massive wallets! How do you sit down? I picture you slightly leaning.
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you guys must have massive wallets! How do you sit down? I picture you slightly leaning.
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Not everyone puts their wallets in the back pocket
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Not everyone puts their wallets in the back pocket
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Cargo pants then?
benjimatt said:
with my galaxy s3 i kept all of the batteries in my wallet. neer had any problem with it. i didnt use a plastic bag either
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Same here. I actually kept the spare battery in the charger itself. Longest I held onto it without using it, was about a week. So u should be good to go.
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Im pretty sure I use both batteries everyday lol. so i dont worry about the battery drain lol
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if you let it hit 0% by the way, the battery is ruined, so swap them out every once in awhile.
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My s3 battery ran down hard to 0pct last night and it seems fine now. I fell asleep with it in recovery mode, woke up to a dead phone that would not turn on even when plugged into a charger. It had to stay on a charger for about 10 minutes before it would even turn on - I thought I had bricked it!
But, I assume I've shortened the lifespan of the battery now. Which makes me thankful for replaceable batteries.
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anyway to have both batteries connected 1. normally
2. via usb port (charges 1st battery)
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will it work as I expect?
I know I could buy a usb battery pack but they are ridiculous prices for what they are and batteries suck.
I could also just swap batteries but that means turning my device off.
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with stock battery, i've been getting extremely horrible battery life around 6 hours maximum with tethering. I think most people using this phone in this forum is getting the same problem
Went to amazon.com and found a 3850mAh Extended Battery for Skyrocket made by QCell. It have the highest mAh rating among all other manufacturers.
Product arrive 1 day from purchase. The seller seems to ship out pretty quick. I charge the battery for 8 hours prior to use and now with this battery, I can last full day without charge.
The cover that comes with the battery is in reflective black. Matches quite nicely to the phone.
http://www.amazon.com/QCell-Samsung-SkyRocket-Extended-Compatible/dp/B006SK5I3K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329788198&sr=8-2
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with stock battery, i've been getting extremely horrible battery life around 6 hours maximum with tethering. I think most people using this phone in this forum is getting the same problem
Went to amazon.com and found a 3850mAh Extended Battery for Skyrocket made by QCell. It have the highest mAh rating among all other manufacturers.
Product arrive 1 day from purchase. The seller seems to ship out pretty quick. I charge the battery for 8 hours prior to use and now with this battery, I can last full day without charge.
The cover that comes with the battery is in reflective black. Matches quite nicely to the phone.
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Could you take a picture?
ckang008 said:
with stock battery, i've been getting extremely horrible battery life around 6 hours maximum with tethering. I think most people using this phone in this forum is getting the same problem
Went to amazon.com and found a 3850mAh Extended Battery for Skyrocket made by QCell. It have the highest mAh rating among all other manufacturers.
Product arrive 1 day from purchase. The seller seems to ship out pretty quick. I charge the battery for 8 hours prior to use and now with this battery, I can last full day without charge.
The cover that comes with the battery is in reflective black. Matches quite nicely to the phone.
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Pic pretty please!
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Here is the link to the product..
$16.99 + shipping
http://www.amazon.com/QCell-Samsung-SkyRocket-Extended-Compatible/dp/B006SK5I3K/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327886592&sr=8-2-fkmr0
Wish the back wasn't so blocky. Hope OP puts up some pics of his use of this.
It's better idea to buy 3 pack of knock off batteries with charger on Ebay for $10. That's what i've done and i've had the batteries for 2 months now.. The knock off batteries last about 80-90% as long as the original. I always keep two charged and swap them whenever needed and bam back to 100% and no oversized backing in which no case can fit
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can you take a picture of your phone and post it up please. this doesnt give me an idea of what phone will look like
What do you think about this battery? http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-skyrocket-3800-extended-life-battery-p/bacy38sssky-bk.htm
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Most of the extended batteries I looked for were out of stock and I don't want to go to the larger back if possible. I did find these in a 2 pack with charger for around $25. Anyone have good/bad to say about them. http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Samsung-Skyrocket-Battery-Charger/dp/B0062D3UI8/ref=pd_cp_cps_0
Seems interesting but how is the quality on these batteries
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Most of the extended batteries I looked for were out of stock and I don't want to go to the larger back if possible. I did find these in a 2 pack with charger for around $25. Anyone have good/bad to say about them. http://www.amazon.com/Hyperion-Samsung-Skyrocket-Battery-Charger/dp/B0062D3UI8/ref=pd_cp_cps_0
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I got those and they worked ok. Don't last as long as the OEM but you have an option of switching the batteries when waiting for the other to charge. They take a long time to charge from 0 to 100%. Still a better alternative than getting stuck with 1 battery. For me they last about 4 hours with listening to the radio on LTE and with everything else running in the background. This phone does suck a lot of juice.
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What do you think about this battery? http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-skyrocket-3800-extended-life-battery-p/bacy38sssky-bk.htm
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I have this one, unfortunately I haven't had to check it out, I'll try to fire it up this week.
Thanx let me now if it's worth the money and also if the thickness does not kill the looks.
Cheers ;-)
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I got those and they worked ok. Don't last as long as the OEM but you have an option of switching the batteries when waiting for the other to charge. They take a long time to charge from 0 to 100%. Still a better alternative than getting stuck with 1 battery. For me they last about 4 hours with listening to the radio on LTE and with everything else running in the background. This phone does suck a lot of juice.
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Sounds like its not even close to 3800mah, or even 1800mah. Cheap batteries are notorious for overstating their actual capacity.
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If u guys read what I wrote you would only have to spend $10 and get 3 batteries along with charger.. One of the batteries lasts a decent amount of time. I've been running on the Ebay battery since 6am and its now 152 pm. And I'm at 30% with decent data usage. I got my stock battery fully charged and ready to go for when I run out.. And I have the other two batteries as back ups if one of the batteries decides to fail. That beats having an oversized backing anyday
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If u guys read what I wrote you would only have to spend $10 and get 3 batteries along with charger.. One of the batteries lasts a decent amount of time. I've been running on the Ebay battery since 6am and its now 152 pm. And I'm at 30% with decent data usage. I got my stock battery fully charged and ready to go for when I run out.. And I have the other two batteries as back ups if one of the batteries decides to fail. That beats having an oversized backing anyday
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It depends on whether you carry a briefcase , are around a single place regularly, or have neither apply to you. I'm all over the place without a bag daily, so batteries in the pockets makes no sense.
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It depends on whether you carry a briefcase , are around a single place regularly, or have neither apply to you. I'm all over the place without a bag daily, so batteries in the pockets makes no sense.
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Same here that you need the battery power last you the whole day.
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Looked at extended batteries but didn't want to add thickness. Found an external battery pack (8400mAh) that works great, especially since I use a tablet. Gotta carry an extra device, but that works for me. Can get smaller capacity for about 1/2 the price of the one I got.
Can't post links since I'm a noob . Search Amazon for Anker external battery pack.
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What do you think about this battery? http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-skyrocket-3800-extended-life-battery-p/bacy38sssky-bk.htm
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Finally had a chance to run this battery through its passes the last few days.
Let me describe my day.
I run an IT shop so I get lots of status, info, newsletter etc emails throughout the day. In addition I get text messages regularly, email on my gmail account, facebook updates and hourly twitter updates via plume.
So my phone comes off the charger around 7am(on home wifi), I start dealing with work emails at that time.
I do a commute of about 40-45 min where I'll listen to music that is stored on my phone pipe through my cars audio system in the morning. Get to work(go back to wwifi), then the phone will be on on sound notification for text and work email throughout the daily. I also run NoLED for notification.
Lunch time I'll come off wifi as I head out but I'll the phone will see increase usage as I'll browse various apps, play a few games, etc.
Back to just status notifications for the rest of the work day(back on wifi), then an evening commute home listening to music again, and back on wifi at home.
With that in my the stock battery will start at 100% and by the end of the day as I get in my car to head home be at about 15%-17%.
Yesterday the extended battery was at 45% when I got in the car, and by about 10:30pm was still at about 15%.
Today I didn't use my phone as much today (limiting it to mostly status updates which still come regularly) and my phone right now is at 65%.
This will work for me. I really only have an extended battery for periods where I'm not going to be near a charger... basically a day when I know I'm going to be out and about, as oppose to at work or in my car.
So with that being said I'm happy with the purchase.
edit: I also own an Energizer XP18000 which I can use to charge my phone and my Xoom 4G tablet that will come in to play when I head out on business trips for IT conferences.
So, you're gettng a 30% increase from a supposed 1950mah increase in battery capacity over the 1850 mah stock. That sounds like a 2400mah battery rather than a 3800mah battery.
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So, you're gettng a 30% increase from a supposed 1950mah increase in battery capacity over the 1850 mah stock. That sounds like a 2400mah battery rather than a 3800mah battery.
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My testing was very unscientific and this is really only the first day of usage. I vaguely remember that with many of these batteries folks have commented that the increase gains fairly quickly over a short period of usage/recharging?
I got my anker battery two months ago and now its starting to drain fast my stock battery last longer so should I buy another or see if anker would replace it for me
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Charge your battery over night, then let it charge mabey 3 hours after it says it at 100%. Then recalibrate your battery.
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I got my anker battery two months ago and now its starting to drain fast my stock battery last longer so should I buy another or see if anker would replace it for me
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Anker will replace it for you. They're very good about that, as far as I've heard.
It is possible that you could've gotten a bad battery...
Make sure to check it's not your rom or any app you've recently installed.
Case in point, I installed Pulse reader on my phone and have it refresh every hour. Battery life plummeted from 20hrs to about 12hrs
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Anker will replace it for you. They're very good about that, as far as I've heard.
It is possible that you could've gotten a bad battery...
Make sure to check it's not your rom or any app you've recently installed.
Case in point, I installed Pulse reader on my phone and have it refresh every hour. Battery life plummeted from 20hrs to about 12hrs
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No I think I gt a bad battery
How should I go about replacing it
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I'd contact the vendor and see if they'll take a return.
If not, buy a Mugen.
Now I calibrated it and I think it stuck at 100
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Weren't you having this problem a while ago, but with the stock battery instead of the anker?
Maybe something is wrong with your actual device itself?
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Now I calibrated it and I think it stuck at 100
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Or 100% can be held for a while. I could be at 100% for about an hour, no use.
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Buy a Mugen. I use the Anker batteries as spares and my Mugen as my regular battery. I don't even touch my OEM battery anymore.
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Buy a Mugen. I use the Anker batteries as spares and my Mugen as my regular battery. I don't even touch my OEM battery anymore.
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Lol, want to give me your OEM battery then? That should suit me just fine
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Lol, want to give me your OEM battery then? That should suit me just fine
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You're better off buying the Anker two-pack. It's so bad I won't even burden anyone else with it.
Use the ankers by charging them in the standalone wall charger, never plug in your phone except for emergencies.
Make sure you are fully charging the batteries and then fully draining them. I get 30+ hours on each battery. If you repeatedly charge your phone for an extra 10% at a time(like when you use a car charger for the ride to your destination), you ruin the battery.
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I just plug my phone in @ night when I go to sleep. I am usually at about 15-30% left by then. I think you Probably need to recalibrate you battery. Oh and if you change roms a bunch make sure you are fully charged before you change. It helps.
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leoilios said:
Use the ankers by charging them in the standalone wall charger, never plug in your phone except for emergencies.
Make sure you are fully charging the batteries and then fully draining them. I get 30+ hours on each battery. If you repeatedly charge your phone for an extra 10% at a time(like when you use a car charger for the ride to your destination), you ruin the battery.
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Not so- I don't have the link handy now, but you can find it in the contents post of my dev reference - everything you ever wanted to know about batteries...
I'll link it here when I get home in the afternoon.
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blackknightavalon said:
You're better off buying the Anker two-pack. It's so bad I won't even burden anyone else with it.
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Sadly I don't have a job . Still in school, so I make the most of whatever is given to me
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Lol, want to give me your OEM battery then? That should suit me just fine
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I would be happy to send you mine, it is sitting there gathering dust since I got the Anker 2 pack. P.M. me an address and I will mail it to you. FWIW the anker batteries are really a lot better than the stock one.
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I would be happy to send you mine, it is sitting there gathering dust since I got the Anker 2 pack. P.M. me an address and I will mail it to you. FWIW the anker batteries are really a lot better than the stock one.
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thanks a lot! Just PMed my address to you.
I'm sure the anker battery is a lot better than the stock battery. The general consensus says so as well. Not exactly something I can justify purchasing right now though...
leoilios said:
Use the ankers by charging them in the standalone wall charger, never plug in your phone except for emergencies.
Make sure you are fully charging the batteries and then fully draining them. I get 30+ hours on each battery. If you repeatedly charge your phone for an extra 10% at a time(like when you use a car charger for the ride to your destination), you ruin the battery.
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Quite the contrary actually. Li-ion batteries can be charged for any periods of time. Charge cycles depend on how many times they go through 100% collectively (i.e. 50% today + 50% tomorrow = 1 cycle)
Although I will admit, rapidly charging the battery for short amounts of time successively (car charger) has thrown off the calibration for me. The 75% I have when I get to my destination isn't really the 75% I would get charging from home. A simple reboot corrects the discrepancy.
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Everything you wanted to know about Li-Ion batteries but were afraid to ask!
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Everything you wanted to know about Li-Ion batteries but were afraid to ask!
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You do know you could've just edited your post?
lol quoting yourself...
Love the guide, by the way
Also the reason why i never leave my phone charging overnight
I usually just put it on charge for an hour or so in the morning while getting ready for the day. Works great
Well I think my Infuse is now a goner.
Initially had charging problems, brought it into ATT and they noted corrosion and blamed it on me, warranty voided and I was SOL.
Purchased a replacement charging port and found out that the damn thing is soldered on. Well I attempted it and accidentally lifted the solder pads.
wanna sell it? or you can try to do the touchstone mod. i pulled mine apart to see how hard it would be to do and it doesnt look to difficult. i would've done it to mine but my infuse is only a couple weeks old. just google touchstone mod if you havent heard of it. but you wont be able to send data you can only use it to charge it wirelessly.
Poor you
I bought an extra pair of batteries along with a will charger, I haven't used the charging port in months. Something you might want to consider.
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But still that's going to be a hassle because you would have to chharge each battery at night and the batteries might not even last long
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On Ebay battery charger plus 2 1900 mah batteries for $15ish, which 1900mah is supposed to last longer than stock something you may want to look into, also if you do get your charger port working again then you can charge one via the battery dock and charge the one that's in your phone at the same time (it has USB port on bottom of battery dock) a also its smart charging so it doesn't ruin the battery if you leave it on there all the time
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But still that's going to be a hassle because you would have to chharge each battery at night and the batteries might not even last long
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They're 1900mAh batteries, lasts me 19 hours on average. I'm sure it's more of a hassle to have your phone plugged into a wall than it is to leave a battery in the wall.
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Im not really sure why, but on my old infuse my phobe wouldnt charge anymore so if charge my batterys off my dads infuse. And i was for sure it was a hardware problem. Then wen my dad upgraded phones a month later he give me his old and i was going to return my old infuse back to ebay. But somehow i fixed it b4 we returned it. Iv tryed changing roms and whiped that phone like no other then randomly after i factory reset on a custum rom it fixed it self.. idk how it fixed it self but it happend. So its possible its a software issue
Not a hassle at all. I rotate between 3 batteries, I haven't plugged my phone in in over two months... I don't see that as a hassle. All I do is power down my phone once a day to swap batteries, nothing like going from 5% to 100% in a battery of minutes. I use to stress about battery life, but that hasn't been an issue since. Its probably become what I brag most about to iphone users.
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Not a hassle at all. I rotate between 3 batteries, I haven't plugged my phone in in over two months... I don't see that as a hassle. All I do is power down my phone once a day to swap batteries, nothing like going from 5% to 100% in a battery of minutes. I use to stress about battery life, but that hasn't been an issue since. Its probably become what I brag most about to iphone users.
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What about us users that have a nice protective case on it? I use a casemate that has 2 layers of protection, and would be a pain in the butt to remove everyday. And if you use an Otterbox case, those things are damn near impossible to get off without a struggle.
Obviously if you lock up your phone like Fort Knox then this method is not for you. I have a case mate case and I have no issue taking it off once a day, far less troubling than keeping it plugged in hours everyday whilst trying to use it.
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Obviously if you lock up your phone like Fort Knox then this method is not for you. I have a case mate case and I have no issue taking it off once a day, far less troubling than keeping it plugged in hours everyday whilst trying to use it.
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I'm not worried about it. I have a car charger if I need to charge while out. I'll be damned if I'm going to open my case every day. If it floats your boat, go for it.
Yesterday, I headed out and just took a couple of pictures, sent two messages and looked up one address before work...then I pick up my phone halfway through work, 7.5 hours unplugged, and see the battery at 49%. Wtf! Battery stats show Voice Calls chewing through the power...but I've only had this phone since Monday and have literally NEVER made a call. Anybody have any idea what's going on?
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Im not one to know a lot about batteries but make sure for the 1st few charges to the phone that you let it run completely dead then recharged. Lots of rechargeable batterys have memorys in them and if the battery is always on the charger and then gets taking off the charger and goes down to lets say 40 percent. You then plug the charger in when its at 40 and charge it to 100. You do this often. The battery will make the 40 mark the new 0. So basically you lost 40 percent of what your battery is capable of.
Now if these batterys that come in the GS3 do this, idk yet. I have had mines since this past tuesday and have not had bad battery issues, yet. This was just a idea, take it with a grain of salt. I guarentee someone else here can give ya a better answer.
PS, maybe buy a secondary battery? Im gonna do that down the road on my next paycheck.
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go back to the stock kernel
Did that already
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Im not one to know a lot about batteries but make sure for the 1st few charges to the phone that you let it run completely dead then recharged. Lots of rechargeable batterys have memorys in them and if the battery is always on the charger and then gets taking off the charger and goes down to lets say 40 percent. You then plug the charger in when its at 40 and charge it to 100. You do this often. The battery will make the 40 mark the new 0. So basically you lost 40 percent of what your battery is capable of.
Now if these batterys that come in the GS3 do this, idk yet. I have had mines since this past tuesday and have not had bad battery issues, yet. This was just a idea, take it with a grain of salt. I guarentee someone else here can give ya a better answer.
PS, maybe buy a secondary battery? Im gonna do that down the road on my next paycheck.
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Charged it to 100% immediately after I got it then ran it dead Monday/Tues/Wed night. I'm more curious where the voice call is coming from - I haven't made any calls! Should have probably mentioned that the battery only dropped another 15% between 8:30 and 2:30, with mild use.
Stock kernel is always a last resort but I like customizability. Going to a JB ROM when VZW upgrades.
I would try flashing the stock kernel back to the phone and test for a day to see if the battery does the same thing. If it does you know its not the kernel and you can run the one you want.
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Lithium Ion cells in the current batteries do not carry a memory whatsoever. Full drains are not required to dial in the cells. Older nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride batteries would, and not fully draining before charging would dismiss cells from the battery itself essentially forgetting them (hence memory). If the battery is not delivering full amp/hr performance, resetting battery stats could fix that or its a bad battery.
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Lithium Ion cells in the current batteries do not carry a memory whatsoever. Full drains are not required to dial in the cells. Older nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride batteries would, and not fully draining before charging would dismiss cells from the battery itself essentially forgetting them (hence memory). If the battery is not delivering full amp/hr performance, resetting battery stats could fix that or its a bad battery.
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Agreed!
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I would try flashing the stock kernel back to the phone and test for a day to see if the battery does the same thing. If it does you know its not the kernel and you can run the one you want.
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I flashed 747 Tuesday night and everything was fine until yesterday. Back on stock for now, we'll see how it progresses.
I decided to be reckless, went to CleanROM with 747 the day before a half marathon. After four hours of music at max volume, two Bluetooth sensors (GPS and heart rate) and Runkeeper for two hours, and a half hour of calling after the race...74%. I'm happy.
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I had terrible battery drain when I flashed paranoid android last week. The problem was the modem. I ended up flashing the vrlg1 modem and it seem to be good now. That might help ya.
I'm on G7 OTAed onto stock when I bought it, that always ran great. I don't know what it was but it's cleared up...keeping airplane mode on when I'm in the subway helps too.
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Had my baby for a little over a year and a half, been nothing but a great phone in that time. This is where the problem starts... I'll be using it like normal, texting and surfing, and will have 98% battery, the phone will shut down, and when it decides to start back up, I will have 14% battery or less.... But it will go up if I leave it alone..... I've tried wiping the battery stats, even charging with the phone off, nothing is working. I will attach screenshots so you can see what's up.
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foxxx5oh said:
Had my baby for a little over a year and a half, been nothing but a great phone in that time. This is where the problem starts... I'll be using it like normal, texting and surfing, and will have 98% battery, the phone will shut down, and when it decides to start back up, I will have 14% battery or less.... But it will go up if I leave it alone..... I've tried wiping the battery stats, even charging with the phone off, nothing is working. I will attach screenshots so you can see what's up.
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Your battery is bad. Same thing happened to me, I recommend just buying a new OEM battery from a reputable dealer on Amazon, that's what I did. Try setting it down on a table and push on one side and if it rocks back and forth its bad. Or you can just look at it and see its swollen
Mine did that and it was just a bad battery. If you take the battery out and place it on a flat surface you may notice that it rocks left and right. If it rocks a lot or if you feel the middle and it feels swollen it may be symptoms of a bad battery.
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Same thing has been happening to me for the past two days. I just took out my battery and sure enough it is swollen. Thanks for input!
edit: Is it dangerous to keep using it like this for the next few days until the new battery comes in?
brenduh said:
Same thing has been happening to me for the past two days. I just took out my battery and sure enough it is swollen. Thanks for input!
edit: Is it dangerous to keep using it like this for the next few days until the new battery comes in?
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It is dangerous because battery acid can get on you and cause sever skin irritation. You can continue like this for 1 to 2 days MAX until you get your new battery. Try not to use it because using it more will cause it to swell more, DUH try to only use it for emergencies and then once you get the new battery clean the terminals and you'll be good to go
I used mine got a while like that because i didn't know it was the battery lol
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Thank you all, I wasn't sure what it was cause I can still pull over a day of battery life when it wants to lol. Looks like I'm on the hunt for a new one
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I'm curious about charging habits of the people who have bad batteries. I have had my phone since the day it came out and my battery is still fine. I never let it get below 30% unless I'm testing a new ROM. Killing lithium ion batteries is really bad for them. So how many of you drain it all the way on a regular basis?
I'm still using my old vibrant battery (at times). I don't think that it's as strong as the spare that I purchased a few months ago, but, is on par with the 18 month old battery that came with the phone. I zap them all the way down a lot of the time (then swap to a fully charged one). I do(try) to recharge to full before use though.
Mine does it but only when I'm using wifi or data could that still be a bad battery
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I'm curious about charging habits of the people who have bad batteries. I have had my phone since the day it came out and my battery is still fine. I never let it get below 30% unless I'm testing a new ROM. Killing lithium ion batteries is really bad for them. So how many of you drain it all the way on a regular basis?
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I run mine down to 1 percent on a daily basis. Never let it die though. I was under the impression that if you let it drain to zero you're asking for trouble. I could easily change my ways though.
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Hechoen.......I use mine till under 10% or so and then full charge it. Been doing that over a year now. My wife however plugs hers in off and on throughout the day without letting it full charge all at once and she has a bad battery....
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Shallow discharge cycles are generally accepted to be better for Li-ion batteries than deep ones.
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I run mine down to 1 percent on a daily basis. Never let it die though. I was under the impression that if you let it drain to zero you're asking for trouble. I could easily change my ways though.
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That is probably a bad idea. I would try to plug it in around 15-20% with 20% being the best time. According to the batteryuniversity website 20-80% is ideal for li-ion batteries because it keeps the heat down. Charging from less than 15% creates heat because that is a low level and takes a bit longer to charge from therefore exposes the battery to more heat. A good charger and battery will shut off the charger once it hits 100% and only allow for a trickle charge if the battery drops below 100%. But I have seen my phone get hotter from about 85% to 100% if Im using it ie: plugged in and streaming music or using navigation.