Does anyone sell an extended battery yet?

[b34st1y]

I didn't use my phone all that much today...and I have 30% left, while it being off the charger for over 16 hours!

 

[delaen]

My battery was much better than normal today.

 

[styleznma]

I had a couple of interesting experiences with charging and battery usage. One night, I was playing around with various apps right after charging. Everything was fine; battery went down to 90%. I turned off wifi and put it back in the dock.

The next morning, the battery was at 50%. Hmm. Shut down the phone, put it back in the charger (which turned it on, of course). An hour later it was at 100%. Went to work. The next time I looked at my phone, two hours after charging it, it was down to 30%. WTF? No apps running. Dead by noon.

Went home, charged again, and it was fine. No explanation.

Last night, I had it connected to my computer to transfer files. Battery went from 80% to 20% in three hours and the battery was overheating at 129 degrees. I went to the battery usage screen and got this:

com.android.email - 40%
Android System - 29%
Display - 13%
Phone Idle - 8%
Cell Standby - 6%
Media - 5%

This isn't the first time I've seen com.android.email sit at the highest battery usage. In fact, it usually is even though I have Exchange set to sync every 15 minutes. (I can't control GMail.)

I had this happen to me today, only had the phone for 3 days now. This was the worst, woke up, took off the charger went to the beach came back 3 HOURS later and 20% of battery life left, WTF? checked the status and said

I had a couple of interesting experiences with charging and battery usage. One night, I was playing around with various apps right after charging. Everything was fine; battery went down to 90%. I turned off wifi and put it back in the dock.

The next morning, the battery was at 50%. Hmm. Shut down the phone, put it back in the charger (which turned it on, of course). An hour later it was at 100%. Went to work. The next time I looked at my phone, two hours after charging it, it was down to 30%. WTF? No apps running. Dead by noon.

Went home, charged again, and it was fine. No explanation.

Last night, I had it connected to my computer to transfer files. Battery went from 80% to 20% in three hours and the battery was overheating at 129 degrees. I went to the battery usage screen and got this:

com.android.email - 79%.... When I shut this down, what does it prevent? checking all of my email accounts?

 

[Skyecat]

I have had my new Droid since Saturday 11/28. I have been reading everything I can and setting my options to the best possible while still being useful for saving the battery. I unplugged @ 6:32 am today and have my Bluetooth running, have made 36m worth of voice calls. Had my email being checked every 15m on a single account. Received 3 text messages and sent 2. No web browsing and no game playing. Goggle Talk, Android Keyboard, Corp. Calendar (which I have killed) and bluetooth updating service is all that is running per the app manager in the settings tab. GPS and WiFi are turned off. Screen brightness is at just under 25%. My battery is now @ 40%. Battery usage states that 56% of what has killed my battery so far is the paltry 36m worth of voice calls (this was only 2 different calls by the way). Correct me if I am wrong, but shouldn't I be getting better results then this? Someone did mention that they were able to get a new battery under warranty...is this something I should consider? Thanks for any help ahead of time

 

[styleznma]

I have had my new Droid since Saturday 11/28. I have been reading everything I can and setting my options to the best possible while still being useful for saving the battery. I unplugged @ 6:32 am today and have my Bluetooth running, have made 36m worth of voice calls. Had my email being checked every 15m on a single account. Received 3 text messages and sent 2. No web browsing and no game playing. Goggle Talk, Android Keyboard, Corp. Calendar (which I have killed) and bluetooth updating service is all that is running per the app manager in the settings tab. GPS and WiFi are turned off. Screen brightness is at just under 25%. My battery is now @ 40%. Battery usage states that 56% of what has killed my battery so far is the paltry 36m worth of voice calls (this was only 2 different calls by the way). Correct me if I am wrong, but shouldn't I be getting better results then this? Someone did mention that they were able to get a new battery under warranty...is this something I should consider? Thanks for any help ahead of time

I experienced a bad day for the battery; after reading this forum this is what I did; I shut down auto sync, background downloads, (manually check my email accounts instead of having it automatic), turned off auto brightness and set it at 50% (really can't tell a big difference for brightness), turned on Wifi (this way when I walk into a hotspot saved or public one it uses wifi instead of 3G. I talked on it for over hour, used the internet off and on throughout the day, listen to mp3, use navigation and I have been running on a Charge for One Day and 14hours with the charge still in the Green. This configuration made a big difference apposed to the 4 hours total I had on my second day of owning it. But that might not entice some, because of the lack of background data and auto sync but for me I can listen to mp3, make calls, send sms's and browse the internet comfortably with out having to worry about the phone running out of juice.

 

[eyelobes]

To the OP,

I found this today, one is going to be fatter, but there is an extended slim battery that says it will fit under the stock door.

There are no further details for it but it is in development.

Innocell Extended Life Battery

 

[carbine]

Most of the time it's stated to prolong the life of these types of batteries you should run them down all the way and then charge them, above it's stated to charge them as much as possible, is this true? then i'm happy cuz I charge my Droid as often as possible.. thanks

I don't believe this post was addressed yet, but Lithium Ion batteries do not have the 'memory' that older batteries do, so burning them all the way down doesn't do anything for you.

From Wikipedia on NiCd batteries:

Memory effect, also known as lazy battery effect or battery memory, is an effect observed in nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries that causes them to hold less charge. It describes one very specific situation in which certain NiCd batteries gradually lose their maximum energy capacity if they are repeatedly recharged after being only partially discharged. The battery appears to "remember" the smaller capacity. [1] The source of the effect are changes of the characteristics of the underused active materials of the cell.[citation needed] The term is commonly misapplied to almost any case in which a battery appears to hold less charge than was expected. These cases are more likely due to battery age and use, leading to irreversible changes in the cells due to internal short-circuits, loss of electrolyte, or reversal of cells.

And the Wikipedia article on Li-ion batteries stating that there is no 'memory effect':

Lithium-ion batteries do not suffer from the memory effect. They also have a self-discharge rate of approximately 5-10% per month, compared with over 30% per month in common nickel metal hydride batteries, approx. 1.25% per month for Low Self-Discharge NiMH batteries and 10% per month in nickel-cadmium batteries.[31] According to one manufacturer, Li-ion cells (and, accordingly, "dumb" Li-ion batteries) do not have any self-discharge in the usual meaning of this word.[21] What looks like a self-discharge in these batteries is a permanent loss of capacity (see below). On the other hand, "smart" Li-ion batteries do self-discharge, mainly due to the small constant drain of the built-in voltage monitoring circuit.

So basically, charge it as much as you want as often as you want. Don't worry about draining it completely. Hope this helps on that issue!

 

[seidioseidio]

For your information, we currently offers an Innocell 2600mAh Extended Life Battery that will give you nearly double the battery life! Here are some photos:

Innocell 2600mAh Extended Life Battery

 

[R1Lover]

Who the hell would want that on the back of the phone though?

 

[darreno1]

I browse the web / watch videos / listen to music and use the navigation a lot in addition to the regular functions ( not all at the same time ). So while I can usually make it through the day, there are times when I barely scrape by. I'd say the biggest drain for me is web browsing and the navigation. A bigger battery is certainly welcomed. My Droid might grow a butt however I can live with that. Though I will still wait to see the other options before jumping in.

 

[JhankG]

For your information, we currently offers an Innocell 2600mAh Extended Life Battery that will give you nearly double the battery life! Here are some photos:

Innocell 2600mAh Extended Life Battery

Dear God...that is ugly. I love you Seidio, but that is fugly.

 

[windstrings]

Not sure how you got 50% after 14 hours, but hell i want that battery, can you ups that to me pls

That can be accurate.. I leave my phone on the charger on the way to work.. get out and do a 12 hour shift.. at the end I usually have 60 - 70% left unless I do "lots" of playing on it with browsing, video, or camera usage.. playing with apps that use gps.. then It may drop to 40 - 50%

I usually leave my wifi off and gps off at work as I don't use it there.

I also use advanced task killer to keep rouge programs at bay... especially after a fresh reboot.

 

[windstrings]

Dear God...that is ugly. I love you Seidio, but that is fugly.

Thats not fugly... thats the Droid shuttlecraft from Startrek... don't you remember?......:icon_ banana:

Too bad.. the only other way I can think of to get an extended battery that looks better is to spread it out more and so be thinner, but then you risk getting in the way of the camera too.

Its actually not that thick.. but it does change the looks.

Look on the bright side.....
Now you can spin your phone at dinner and drive everybody crazy!

 

[ViciousCircle]

I'm hoping their slim battery (that is in development) that uses the stock battery cover has a decent increase in capacity... that one may be worth the wait.

 

[windstrings]

I'm hoping their slim battery (that is in development) that uses the stock battery cover has a decent increase in capacity... that one may be worth the wait.

At best you will get 25% more capacity... they told me off the top of his head the ah was still to be determined but would either be 1500mah or 1750mah... Im thinking the latter.... that would be 25%.

Would be a good alternative to nothing as long as you still got to use your same battery cover and there was no thickness added.