• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Better battery?

T

TheAnimus

Newbie
Hi there. I'm new to these forums and to the smartphone world in general. I've always loved Android OS, but never been able to afford the $30/month for data until recently. So long story short, I got a Galaxy SII for $10 on a new contract and I LOVELOVELOVE it all except for 1 thing: the battery.
It takes 3 hours to fully charge on a good day, and apparently this is normal! Last night (2nd night with it) I plugged it in to charge overnight and put it under my pillow. When I woke up it had only charged about 70% (in about 7 hours) and was pretty dang hot.

Does anyone know of a good third-party battery for the phone? The battery life on a full charge is good enough for me (barely, but barely counts), but it would be nice to be able to charge the phone in an hour and a half or less, not cause charging the phone to heat it up so much, and if I could also get more battery life, I'd definitely pay for a new battery.
 
TheAnimus said:
Last night (2nd night with it) I plugged it in to charge overnight and put it under my pillow. When I woke up it had only charged about 70% (in about 7 hours) and was pretty dang hot.
Click to expand...

You're kidding right? You put the phone under your pillow? These phones are mini computers that throw off extreme amounts of heat (Try sleeping with your laptop under the covers). However they vent pretty well EXCEPT when you put it under your pillow! 3 Hours is not a lot of time to charge....noraml I'd say. Considering it was under your pillow I'm surprised it still works at all never mind wouldn't complete the charge. ixnay on the under the pillow stuff and you should be OK.
 
Sorry, the phone under the pillow thing is a bad habbit from my old phone. Like I said, I'm new to smartphones
But anyways.. 3rd party battery news anyone?
 
Usually extended batteries add a lot of bulk to the sleek profile of the phone. I'd much rather either charge frequently or carry a second battery. If your phone is getting hot during a charge, you might be keeping too many services on while idle. I generally turn of Wifi, GPS and Bluetooth, only keeping 3G/4G active while asleep so I get my mail.
 
I'm not talking about an add-on. I mean an entirely new battery that goes in the spot the stock one does. For example, I bought a third party battery for my 3DS that replaced the stock one and doubled its battery life.

I always exit all the applications I'm not using (thanks to the "Active Applications" widget), always keep bluetooth and GPS off, and the only time i don't have wifi off is when I'm using it at home.
 
I once saw one, but dont remember where, but it was only slightly more juice, or claimed to be, but that was for the international version.

Might be your charger? Just today, my car charger was just keeping up with use. Got home and dropped it in my Seido cradle, and it went from 50% to 100% in about an hour. So I just ordered a new car charger from amazon. Lots of 3rd party chargers with good reviews on there for $5-10.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom