Droid 1/2 Extended Battery

[lyco]

Fully charge the battery.. let it sit unplugged for a few min, plug it back in.. make sure its all the way topped off.

then clear battery cache

then let the battery drain till it dies, restart the phone, let it die again.. pretty much make it so the battery is as dead as you can get it.

then fully recharge it.

you should be all set after that

Thanks for this!

 

[dbuglio]

Just (finally) got my extended battery for my droid 1.

Battery came charged @ 60%, I went ahead and fully charged it, waited a few mins then topped off again.

Cleared battery cache and rebooted.

70% battery life @ the 10 hour mark now, granted I live in a good signal area as well as only using the phone about a hour for internet related stuff (10 mins of a new game, checking tapitalk, FB, light browsing). Only a text message or two as well as a few mins talk time. Light Friday night for me.

Planning to run this thing all the way down, then charge to full, before I resume my trickle charging I do when I am within range of a micro usb.

My goal is 24 hours of normal usage, granted normal usage doesn't mean watching 2 hour movies and playing PlayStation emulated games for another 4 hours, however I want that feeling of always worrying about my phones charge and planning ahead to make sure I have the juice to be gone.

I use my stereo Bluetooth headphones quite often, as well as for a extended amount of time. I can crush a stock battery with about 6 hours of stereo Bluetooth. I was getting to the point that I started just carrying 2 batteries around, one wrapped in plastic and shoved in my wallet.

I need to do something about the mismatched paint on the extended battery (because it's the droid2 version). Either I am planning on stripping off the blue paint and polishing the steel underneath to give a brushed finish look, then seal it off with a body armor kit, or I am going to get a sheet of that carbon fiber paper and cover the battery door with that. Any suggestions?

 

[wmnomore]

I thought they had a version for the D1. I would check. Then u would have a matching back.

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[dbuglio]

Droid 1 was EOL (end of life'd) before the battery became available. As much as I wish for a matching back unfortunately it will not happen (unless I spray paint it myself).

I went ahead and got a sheet of that carbon fiber vinyl and will be using that to cover the battery with. I saw pictures of droids wrapped with the carbon fiber and they looked amazing, I'll just be doing the battery door myself.

As far as battery life, it has been 18 hours since fully charged. Battery is showing 50%. Since my original update I have made maybe 10 mins worth of calls, some emails, 30 mins of a movie, and some light browsing. I wish I had a more exciting weekend to get a better feel, however right now I feel like this battery is a guaranteed 20-24 hours with moderate (business day etc...)usage.

 

[droidshot®]

Bought the D2 extended battery with dark blue back today and it works great. And for those wondering about a case, my body glove case went right back on.I brought it home and fully charged it about five hours ago and it's still on full charge after taking some pictures and calls and on this forum site. Thanks to all for the great find.

 

[jeffe65]

There must be more than one type of back for the extended battery cover; the one I got from Verizon's site is a very dark Navy blue, with a rubberized texture. You can only tell the color difference in bright light, and even then it's not bad.

I never did do the clear battery cache thing (using SPRecovery), but after about two weeks of use I'm getting 15-18 hours of fairly heavy use (for me), and still at 40%. Thanks to everyone for the advice!

 

[dorramide7]

No guts, no glory. I hope this works 4 you ( us ). If so I'm going 2 bust out my dremel tool & modify my bodyglove.

∞ dose droid dominate

This battery should be arriving on Monday. I will post pictures as soon as possible. I was in the Verizon store yesterday and they had them in stock, I just didn't feel like waiting for a sales rep. My only concern is if the Droid 1 will read the battery life correctly.

 

[dbuglio]

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My only concern is if the Droid 1 will read the battery life correctly.[/QUOTE]

You will be fine, also settling into my first week with the extended battery. Good stuff, the extra little bit is exactly what this phone needed. Pulling 18-30 hours with wifi turned on for most of it, bluetooth the other half and just a bit of mobile data.

The blue on the new battery cover for me really detracts from the look of the phone, cant wait to get my sheet of carbon fiber wrap. Planning on wrapping just the battery compartment. However I do have to say I really enjoy the extra heft and the small hump that the phone has now makes it just a bit more comfortable to hold.

This phone just feels solid moreso now with the extended, I liked it without and just enjoy the heft more now. The droid alone weights 6oz's, with the extended battery I wouldn't be surprised if we are pushing 8oz.

 

[bodean]

When using this extended battery for the first time, does anything special need to be done? Should I recalibrate the phone/battery? Or just put it in my Droid 1, start charging, and start using?
I hear people clearing "battery cache" but unsure how you do this.

 

[super_saxy]

My first post!

My extended battery arrived this morning sround 10:00 am. I immedately put it in and have been using it since. I started at 50% (checked via battery manager) and am now only at 40% (its now 3:00 pm). I've been home cleaning my apartment all day and listening to Pandora almost the entire five hours I've been using the battery. I'm really happy with this battery. The extra size added is so minimal, I barely notice it most of the time. I'm planning to completely drain the batterh and completely charge it up, so I'll post my results as I use it more.

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[bodean]

So far the battery has been amazing on my DROID 1. Now to use the car dock, I need to modify it? Or would buying a droid 2 car dock and using a droid 1 work as well?

 

[jeffe65]

If you already have the dock, check to see whether the clip on the side engages when you put the phone in it. If it does, you should be okay. I have the D1 dock, and while it's a bit tight, it does fit without any modification.

 

[dbuglio]

I missed taking a screenshot due to seeing exactly how long I could get out of the extended battery.

2 days 10 hours (ish) before it went completely dead.

Lets say 20 mins taktime
20 text messages
20 emails (5 email accounts push synced)
facebook / tapitalk / other misc non games about a hour
WiFi continually on (set to not timeout)
3g data off, good signal area


This battery takes FOREVER to charge from the computer / usb

 

[darklipslide]

OK So After a 2 month Debacle, I finally got my Extended Battery Door. (I got the extended battery itself 2 months ago)

Just reporting my first go at it: I got about 23 hours,

Wifi on constantly
Overclocked at 800 Mhz /50 Vsel
A little bit of 3G
A bit more of 2G

Basically through "Normal" usage. Very happy with the result.
Will see what I run into the next few times around

 

[BennyJr]

i think imma grab one of these...