windstrings
Active Member
You sure your charger is working?
I can't even get my phone to boot or run under 3350mv or so.
I can't even get my phone to boot or run under 3350mv or so.
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Seidio 2600mAh extended battery
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Bxrider117
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The charger seems to be working because I put my stock battery in the phone when it was at 20% battery life and it quickly went ot 30% in the dock station. I just put the extended battery in the phone and I am trying to charge it directly without the dock and it seems to be holding up. I will report in the morning.
windstrings
Active Member
Maybe the extended battery causes it not to connect to the docking station.... I don't think the OEM docking station works with the extended battery, you have to buy one from Seidio thats customized to work with it.
I see you have one from Seidio.. is it the one made for the extended?
I see you have one from Seidio.. is it the one made for the extended?
I've also noticed with the extended battery installed, just after it darins all the way and dies, then plug it into the charging cable with no docks, the phone will be unstable and reboot it self constantly unless I let it sit for 10 or 15 mins before I attempt to mess wth it again. This doesn't occur with the stock battery. It will be available for use as soon as I plug in and it auto reboots.
That said, the replacement extended seems to be funtioning better then the one I had to send back. I don't have difinitive results yet as to how long it lasts yet.
But I still have the problem with their dang Innotraveler car kit! I just won't charge my phone, stock battery or extended. The phone shows a charge connection, the light on the device shows there is power. But it fails to charge the phone. I guess yet another call to them is going to be required.......:icon_evil:
That said, the replacement extended seems to be funtioning better then the one I had to send back. I don't have difinitive results yet as to how long it lasts yet.
But I still have the problem with their dang Innotraveler car kit! I just won't charge my phone, stock battery or extended. The phone shows a charge connection, the light on the device shows there is power. But it fails to charge the phone. I guess yet another call to them is going to be required.......:icon_evil:
seidioseidio
Member
solar said:
Hello,
Please PM us your order information and we will be more than happy to look into it for you!
Regards,
Hello SeidioSeidio,
Thank you for your interest in helping me resolve this. I have PM'd you the order #.
Rollingbones
Member
Well folks, here's the report on the Hong Kong 1600 Special. Got about 4-5 hours until a complete runout.... what a deal!!! I emailed the seller and got a full refund. He told me he had received a few complaints on the battery. More than likely bcause he only sold a few to begin with... Oh well, back to OEM. Still waiting for the Seidio extended slim version!!!
On the flip side, Bat Lefty seems to be working just fine... I wonder if 2.1 s going to improve Android's battery programing...
On the flip side, Bat Lefty seems to be working just fine... I wonder if 2.1 s going to improve Android's battery programing...
Ew... I have visions of a Droid with one of these painted Dodge orange, with a rebel flag on the battery cover/hood scoop, 01 on the sides, Daisy Duke as a back ground (could have some fun with this), and the confederate bugle call as a ring tone... Primer brown/grey paint and Bondo is optional.
windstrings
Active Member
Well as far as I'm concerned the app "Battery left" is no longer beta.
the last updates have made it very accurate... Its pretty cool to see the Droid alert come on that I"m down to 15% then down to 5% but battery left tells me I still have 25 hours left! and mv readings that don't go away when it recalibrates.
All in all, whether using the Seidio batt or another... I"m think its worth a shot.
Several of use have waded through alot of changes and its been worth it.
the last updates have made it very accurate... Its pretty cool to see the Droid alert come on that I"m down to 15% then down to 5% but battery left tells me I still have 25 hours left! and mv readings that don't go away when it recalibrates.
All in all, whether using the Seidio batt or another... I"m think its worth a shot.
Several of use have waded through alot of changes and its been worth it.
Do you do any mid-day charging or reboots? I'm not there yet, its still only accurate with Mv readings. Thats the only way I can tell when i'm at. Granted, I've had to replace extended batteries, and today, doing a force update of 2.1 caused me to recalibrate. Im hoping to get there.
I have had my extended battery for about a week now. I bought a wall charger for it too. When I first got it I charged it full with the wall charger (out of the phone) and it had a MV reading around 4150 when I put it in the phone. I ran it down to dead and swapped it out with the stock battery to charge it again in the wall. Installed it and back to 4150 ish. Ran from full to dead a total of 3 times.
Yesterday I charged it for the first time in the phone connected to my PC at work. It was close to dead so I assumed it would charge most of the day at work. It charge for maybe 2 hour and then it stopped charging and gauge read as full. MV reading was only 3900 or so. I rebooted and it charge a little more. Still stopped short of full though. Charged it again at home over night and it appears to be full this morning.
Does it matter if I charge it on the PC or wall?
When the battery gauge does not have the little lightning bolt thru it is it still actually charging if it's plugged in?
Yesterday I charged it for the first time in the phone connected to my PC at work. It was close to dead so I assumed it would charge most of the day at work. It charge for maybe 2 hour and then it stopped charging and gauge read as full. MV reading was only 3900 or so. I rebooted and it charge a little more. Still stopped short of full though. Charged it again at home over night and it appears to be full this morning.
Does it matter if I charge it on the PC or wall?
When the battery gauge does not have the little lightning bolt thru it is it still actually charging if it's plugged in?
windstrings
Active Member
Doing miday reboots and charging doesn not seem to freak it out since the last update.
Again, you should try to deplete until you see "accurate" displayed and if you reboot before you see that, the app appears to continue without a glitch as long as you continue to bring the battery down, it stores everything good.
I haven't witnessed anymore wiping out settings, or self recalibrating or any such anomaly.. it seems to work really well so far.... its actually usable now!
The only glitch Matt will have to work on now if if you reboot when the battery is near dead, it throws off the estimated time till dead reading to make it appear you have much more time than you really do...... again, I straight hardcore sampling of mv readings should fix that too because the mv reading appears to be accurate, even after the reboot as it is what it was before the reboot.
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windstrings
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It shouldn't really matter as long as you realize the mv reading is the best way to determine if its really charged. Mine too will show charged when its not truely charged yet... When you leave it on the charge for longer, can you get about 4150mv... like up to 4180... or even close to 4200?....
I realize some batteries have slightly different characteristics, but after a long charge.. take that mv reading as your true indicator as to whether your battery if fully charged..... "the reading immediately after you remove it from the charger"
The only glitch I"ve seen with PC charging is that if the battery goes completely dead.. seems you can't charge it to get the phone to reboot until you stick it on the wall charger.... must be a usb thing... but it was charging nevertheless.. the phone just wouldn't come back up... immediately when I attached to the wall charger it came up on its own......
PC charging may be slower as the voltage and amperage is usually a tad less.. but it should still get there.
If you are looking at your final voltage "MV" when charged from your PC.. that could be the reason your not quite getting a final high as I would expect.