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Seidio 2600mAh extended battery
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windstrings
Active Member
I just use the 5 min intervals.
If you have 3650mv and under heavy use it will drop pretty quick but if you go to bed.. when you wake up, it may be even higher due to no use or "standby".
I just use 3700mv and above to to describe the workhorse zone
If I"m going into a building and may be tied up for 3 - 5 hours needing to use my phone while in there, I don't trust much under 3700mv. Battery left is guessing at 17 more hours of use, but I"m only at "moderate" accuracy because I re-calibrated.
Everybody has different uses and margins of comfort to when they can allow it to get close to dead or not.
If you have 3650mv and under heavy use it will drop pretty quick but if you go to bed.. when you wake up, it may be even higher due to no use or "standby".
I just use 3700mv and above to to describe the workhorse zone
If I"m going into a building and may be tied up for 3 - 5 hours needing to use my phone while in there, I don't trust much under 3700mv. Battery left is guessing at 17 more hours of use, but I"m only at "moderate" accuracy because I re-calibrated.
Everybody has different uses and margins of comfort to when they can allow it to get close to dead or not.
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windstrings
Active Member
It sounds like your pulling on it pretty hard..... if you aggressively pull a load on the battery, when you hit 3700mv the battery isn't near as drained as if you do it gradually.
In other words.. it will bounce back better because you artificially have the voltage pulled low due to the heavy use.
An extreme example is when you crank a car battery the voltage plummets during the high amperage crank, only to recover when the load is removed.
At any rate..... I reached 78 hours of use this time before my Seidio extended battery went dead!
I had wifi and bluetooth on the whole time but no gps.
I used my phone only occasionally when I really needed and didnt' do any "on purpose" heavy browsing etc but to check the market freqently, weather, and use of my "documents to go".
For what its worth, I used to use ATK and I felt my droid ran smoother without it... now I do use "task manager" by rhythm software.... it seems to do great and works better than ATK IMO.
This was my second drain since calibration and now it reads 60:15 for expected battery life with moderate accuracy still, I'm sure that will change soon. I expect the expected battery life will go up.
One thing I noticed is I think "preinvent" changed the algorithms a bit to monitor and play off the mv readings which I like.
Last night when I was up to about 74 hours of use, the battery left app still showed about 4 hours of time left even though I was 15 hours overtime from what it originally thought my battery life would be. Seems I remember the mv reading at that time was around 3580mv or so... maybe a tad less.
I'm sure I wouldnt have got that much more time If I had changed the game plan and started heavy use..... but I bet the expected time till dead would have changed too as the mv reading dropped.
The numbers used to go negative when you went over your expected time.. that doesn't happen any more.
Seems the "battery till dead" time must be playing off the mv readings is my guess as they were pretty spot on for accuracy.
I do appreciate the effort to develop an app that allows accurate monitoring of the Seidio battery.
I'm sure its been hard to do without an extended battery to play with.
Mouthpuncher
New Member
Edit* Oops put it in the wrong thread...
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Rollingbones
Member
I look at it this way (bearing in mind I'm an old phart) The gas tank on my truck or motorcycle tells me how full/empty my tank is, not how many miles I can drive (though my wife's Malibu does) or how much cruising time I have. If use more app, I'll have less time or less app, more time but to me the percentage tells it all. This works for me as I have no clue as to how much juice or time I have by the mV. I just don't know the what the usage curve is like with that particulr stat. Maybe in time, but again I'm looking for ease of use or referance. Just my approach...:blink:
windstrings
Active Member
True..... I just imagine 3350 as being dry empty and 4190 "or" so as just filled up.
People are used to guages moving faster or slower based on how aggressive they use the car..... floor it a few times and watch it drop!... LOL!
Telling how much more time you have is often deceptive simply because if you go to bed and sleep for eight hours verses play games for the next two makes all the difference in the world if that figure changes.
I can live with an expected time that changes with the severity of use or one that follows the mv readings.
True most people dont want to do the math, but the app can do that for you.
I would think that both the percentage "and" the expected time till dead are tied to the same figures.... just guessing.
Thats why he gave us choices.
I drive a 2010 Prius and the readout can be very complex for geeks or simple for those that don't want to be confused with the facts!.....
Not a problem.
People are used to guages moving faster or slower based on how aggressive they use the car..... floor it a few times and watch it drop!... LOL!
Telling how much more time you have is often deceptive simply because if you go to bed and sleep for eight hours verses play games for the next two makes all the difference in the world if that figure changes.
I can live with an expected time that changes with the severity of use or one that follows the mv readings.
True most people dont want to do the math, but the app can do that for you.
I would think that both the percentage "and" the expected time till dead are tied to the same figures.... just guessing.
Thats why he gave us choices.
I drive a 2010 Prius and the readout can be very complex for geeks or simple for those that don't want to be confused with the facts!.....
Not a problem.
Rollingbones
Member
How are those brakes doing???
windstrings
Active Member
How are those brakes doing???
If uncontrolled acceleration was to happen, people don't have the presence of mind to simply put it in neutral.
The brake slippage problem is mostly fixed with a firmware update, however, I still feel it a bit sometimes when braking on a wet surface and hitting a bump or uneven surface... but I guess all thats for a thread on priuschat.com!
blackcobra95
New Member
After a couple weeks worth of discharges/recharges, I am only getting 9hrs of use on a good day.I was able to achieve this the stock battery. Mine has to be a dud then.
fujitsupalm
Member
The battery itself has very good volume of juice, I received my replacement from Seidio, so first of all thank you for that.
Now another slight problem. After a few back and forth with the support dude that's always helpful here (since i got no response from the RMA and no useful input from the online chat feature on Seidioonline).
Now that I received the battery and door replacement, the door still leaves a gap on the side where the camera shutter button is, guess another replacement wont change that, so ok fair enough, I learn to accept, since both doors has the same issue.
But SEIDIO!!!! I have been trying to get in touch with you through PM all this time, I just want to return the faulty battery and the other not quite right battery door to you, where you promised me a postage paid envelope, please if you see this respond to me, so i can return to you the items that is no longer rightfully mine, i dont feel good keeping double stock, when I only paid once, and I sure don't wanna pay twice.
thank you.
Now another slight problem. After a few back and forth with the support dude that's always helpful here (since i got no response from the RMA and no useful input from the online chat feature on Seidioonline).
Now that I received the battery and door replacement, the door still leaves a gap on the side where the camera shutter button is, guess another replacement wont change that, so ok fair enough, I learn to accept, since both doors has the same issue.
But SEIDIO!!!! I have been trying to get in touch with you through PM all this time, I just want to return the faulty battery and the other not quite right battery door to you, where you promised me a postage paid envelope, please if you see this respond to me, so i can return to you the items that is no longer rightfully mine, i dont feel good keeping double stock, when I only paid once, and I sure don't wanna pay twice.
thank you.
windstrings
Active Member
If your giving it a good charge where when you take it off the charger its above 4190mv "variable based on temperature" then you have a dud if your only getting that type of use.
We all use differently but you should really be getting about twice that of the stock.
windstrings
Active Member
Well whatever your doing it seems to be dialing things in.
I did just have a 78 hour use and upon recharge the expected battery time is only 59 hours?.. I think the time before that was around 51hrs but I would think that after this being only the second full charge discharge cycle that it would "guess" for longer time?
But this was started before you made the last change so we will see after another complete discharge.
Can you share any details of what is helping the interface with Seidio batteries?
windstrings
Active Member
for what its worth, I"m very pleased with the extended battery cover... while its plastic it "feels" like suede or velvet "almost"... it would prob cover up the crack you speak of. Fits very snug and perfect.
From what I can tell, the biggest problem is that the Droid hits 5% relatively quickly but then takes ages to go completely flat. Android doesn't tell me when the phone actually hits 0% or dies, so previously the app was getting readings down to 5% but not the final 5% - empty reading which is key for Seidio batteries.
I've added code to store readings periodically below 5% so it can get an idea of the amount of time it takes to go from 5% to empty. This should give better estimations.