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oem extended battery? hate thick covers

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jarablue

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Is there an OEM extended battery that I can use the normal backing for my phone? The only ones I've seen were batteries that had hideously fat back covers. I'm looking to use everything stock but can't find a think (regular) battery. Are there any out yet?
 
jarablue said:
Is there an OEM extended battery that I can use the normal backing for my phone? The only ones I've seen were batteries that had hideously fat back covers. I'm looking to use everything stock but can't find a think (regular) battery. Are there any out yet?
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I bought a Hyperion extended battery from Amazon and yes, it has the fatter back but at least it's the same glossy white plastic as the original. I'll gladly take that AND it's 50% additional battery life for a little "thickness". It's pretty hard to find anything worth the trouble that isn't thicker.
 
Amazon has 2 "extended" batteries that fit the standard cover.

there's a Hyperion models in 2100 and 2200 mAh capacities.

and then there's Onite models in 2200 mAh and 2300 mAh.

be aware tho, if you want to keep NFC, some of these have that ability, and some of these don't.
 
jarablue said:
Is there an OEM extended battery that I can use the normal backing for my phone? The only ones I've seen were batteries that had hideously fat back covers. I'm looking to use everything stock but can't find a think (regular) battery. Are there any out yet?
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I think the main issue with finding a "stock" sized battery with more capacity is that the two are directly proportional (for the most part), so if you want more juice, you need a physically bigger battery.

I used to have a Motorola & there were tons of aftermarket batteries floating around that claimed to be the same size but have a higher capacity & when tested, all of them were either at or below the rating of the stock battery.
 
mrhomiec said:
Amazon has 2 "extended" batteries that fit the standard cover.

there's a Hyperion models in 2100 and 2200 mAh capacities.

and then there's Onite models in 2200 mAh and 2300 mAh.

be aware tho, if you want to keep NFC, some of these have that ability, and some of these don't.
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I would not call those an extended battery. My S3 came stock with a 2100 mAh battery out of the box.
 
The Hyperion 4200 extended battery has made my GS3 a much more enjoyable experience. Instead of 8 hours on 1 charge, I can get 24 hours and some days even more than that.
 
Hi,
I also have the Hyperion 4200 and get at least 2 days no problem.
Also have the pleasure of not having everything shut off
to save juice. Why have a SUPER phone and then shut stuff
off????
Ken
 
nyrmetros said:
The Hyperion 4200 extended battery has made my GS3 a much more enjoyable experience. Instead of 8 hours on 1 charge, I can get 24 hours and some days even more than that.
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I totally agree. All I really ask is to get from the time I get up to the time I go to bed because I put my phone on the charger every night. My days are long though so I needed an extended battery. The Hyperion works great and even though it's thicker, I got pretty much the same style battery cover so I'm completely happy with it.
 
I tried a couple of cheap ebay 2900 batteries and they were complete crap. I'm guessing there are no, good quality, standard size extended batteries? Anyone?
 
nyrmetros said:
The Hyperion 4200 extended battery has made my GS3 a much more enjoyable experience. Instead of 8 hours on 1 charge, I can get 24 hours and some days even more than that.
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I just tried to buy this from amazon but is says they wont ship to the uk???

Anyone know if this is right?

Surely they do?
 
i have great battery life with my stock battery so far. Today, with heavy usage for me which was watching an hour long youtube video watch other videos on youtube. About 5 calls and decent amount of texting. All this was with 4G on and was on all day never turned it off! I got 18 hours out of the batter ( unplugged it at around 1am when it woke me up from telling me it was fully charged. The other day i got 23 hours out of it and had 47% left i think. This is all on JB blazer rom nothing else changed
 
Is there an extended battery where it fits the phone and you can still use the original back cover?

If not, and I decide to buy a thick battery (along with the cover to fit the extended battery), where can I find a protective case for the phone to protect it from breaking?

Much thanks.
 
im hoping to find new info on an old thread.

by now im sure you all know samsung has an official 3000mah extended battery. i have read reviews that it will work with a seidio active phone case, if you do not use the back plate. so you can have a stock feel with the extra juice. im sure that might be the case with other cases. (i currently have a similar setup with my galaxy nexus and a pop case)

what i am wondering is what is the physical size difference between the official samsung 3000 and other high quality (nfc enabled) aftermarket batteries. which ones are the same size or extremely close to the same size as sumsungs 3000mah battery.

for instance i want to use the s3 with the siedio active case with the hyperion 4200 extended battery. but im not sure if the hyperion is drastically larger then the 3000mah samsung.
 
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