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Accessories [Review] Seidio 3000mAH Extended Life Battery

Kelmar

Kelmar

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Well, I must admit that like most, I was skeptical about how this battery would perform. I have read negative reviews about extended batteries (in general) not living up to par and have heard excellent things about them as well. I have always been under the impression that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I think I may have just found the exception to the rule!

When Seidio first offered the Innocell 3000mAH Extended Life Battery for the Epic 4G, I was interested in trying one but didn
 
Do you happen to remember how much display time you got on that beast? On my stock battery I get about 3-4 hrs, and I mix that with about 20 hrs of downtime to get around 24 hours of battery. If I can double that display time, I would be a very happy camper.

Very good review by the way.

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For that, I don't recall.

If it helps, I've used the phone HEAVILY today in a low signal area. Display have been on for 3 hours and 23 minutes... 3g used heavily for a good portion of the day (work emails, personal emails, google talk, forums, etc)... Phone calls (about an hour)...Off charger for just a hair under 16 hours.

3g on the entire time (except in wifi areas), gps and bluetooth off.

Battery at 34%.
 
Hello,

Great review. I just installed the Siedio 3000 mAH battery in my phone yesterday.

Do you know of a battery meter widget for the Samsung Epic 4G phone which will recognize the expanded capacity of this battery? The widgets that I tried don't seem to understand that there is a new/expanded battery in the phone.

Thank you.
 
copperman said:
Hello,

Great review. I just installed the Siedio 3000 mAH battery in my phone yesterday.

Do you know of a battery meter widget for the Samsung Epic 4G phone which will recognize the expanded capacity of this battery? The widgets that I tried don't seem to understand that there is a new/expanded battery in the phone.

Thank you.
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You mean they aren't displaying the proper percentage? I just check "Systray monitor" and it displays correctly for me.

Did you fully charge the battery and then fully drain it (a few times) as recommended by Seidio?
 
Great review! I am seriously considering this. I am not what I would consider a heavy user...more moderate...and I always have to charge my phone up during the day at work. This may be the ticket!

RIDE
 
[FONT=&quot]Hi All;

Thanks again for your reply! My battery situation is now significantly improved with the Siedio extended battery. It is hard to believe that they would let these phones go into circulation with such a small battery. [/FONT]
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I am using the Gauge Battery Widget (1x1) and it seems to be tracking battery power very nicely. It compares exactly with the SysTray Monitor app---but the Gauge Battery Widget is so much nicer. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]I still only get 9 hours of phone life before I need to charge it (I am a very heavy email user) and need to get my emails right away. I am an old blackberry user and the MailDroid email mail program has given me nearly instant email connectivity. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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[FONT=&quot] My screen timeout is set to 15 seconds (and then the app killer kicks in and kills everything that is not on my ignore list). My screen brightness is also set to zero. Haptic feedback is set to minimum.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]These are my battery consumers;[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]MailDroid: 28%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Display: 22%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Cell Standby: 18%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Voice calls: 13%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Phone idle: 10%[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Android system: 7%[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]It would be nice to somehow be able to get through an 18 hour day on this battery. Does anyone have any ideas on what I might be missing? Not sure what the difference is between cell standby and phone idle.

Perhaps I just need to exercise this battery some more in order for it to reach its full capability. Should I let it drain completely once or twice before plugging it back in? Note: I always try to keep it plugged in 2 or 3 hours after the charge light turns blue.
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[FONT=&quot]Thank you all in advance for any advice and commentary.
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if you click on first link given then yes we see the what the original OP payed for it but if you go trough and click on the side bar where it says samsung epic 4g the batteries then what COPPERMAN says is true. it does say 3300 then price to $75.

seidioonline.com

also on the original linky you cannot add it to the cart anymore so i guess they are now offering a 3300 for $75 so i would redo the original link.
 
copperman said:
I read something that it was originally intended this to be a 3300 mAh battery but they de-rated the battery after some testing and decided to classify it as a 3000 mAh.

Perhaps they reversed this decision. Strange nonetheless. I just bought the 3000 mAh. I really do think it is in the noise (3000 vs 3300).

I bought mine at mobile city online:

Seidio Innocell 3000mAh Extended Life Battery for Samsung Epic at MobileCityOnline.com

It currently sells for $54.99.
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Yea but if its a true 3300 then im that guy that would buy it just because.
 
yeah i know what you mean. someone should call CS and ask about it and see what they tell you. i dont like dealing with CS so yeah thats why i dont call. but im wanting to order it if someone can confirm if its a true 3300mAH
 
Customer79: Hi Kevin,
Customer79: I have a Samsung Epic 4G phone.
Kevin: hi
Customer79: I see that you have a 3000 mAh and a 3300 mAh battery for this phone. Is this indeed the case or is it a mis-type of some kind?
Kevin: we have updated the 3000 to 3300
Customer79: If I bought the 3000 last week, is it a 3000 or is it in reality a 3300?
Kevin: 3000mAh is 3000mAh
Kevin: the new version is 3300mAh
Customer79: I think I read something somewhere that suggested that the 3000 was originally intended to be a 3300, but was de-rated to correspond better with real-life use. Is this the case? Could I get performance approaching 3300 with my recently purchased 3000 battery?
Kevin: no that is not possible
Customer79: OK. I sure wish I knew the 3300 was coming up before I ordered the extended 3000 batteries for my 2 household phones.

So...I guess the 3300 is a 3300. I think we all have to accept that technology is constantly changing with these phones. You got to hop in when you can and expect things to constantly upgrade and change. Clearly, my battery situation is much better with this 3000 mAh battery. My daily life no longer revolves around find a place to plug in my phone. Is 300 mAh really going to change your day? Not really.
 
well awesome.


im ordering the new 3300mAH this weekend hopefully.
ill let everyone know what kinda batter hours i get from it when i test its capabilities.
 
Confirmed with Seidio that the 3000mAH battery has been replaced by a 3300mAH battery.

Initial review updated to reflect the change. :)
 
no.

actually i just put my order in last nite. so hopefully i get it by friday cause i chose the regular postal shipping cause it was $5. but total was like $80 and some cents uncluding shipping. so i should have a review about it by Monday after using it for the weekend.

did yours come charged or dead.. when i get mine do i put it on and turn phone and then charge, or what did you do for the first charge cycle..?
 
MannyrtFresh said:
no.

actually i just put my order in last nite. so hopefully i get it by friday cause i chose the regular postal shipping cause it was $5. but total was like $80 and some cents uncluding shipping. so i should have a review about it by Monday after using it for the weekend.

did yours come charged or dead.. when i get mine do i put it on and turn phone and then charge, or what did you do for the first charge cycle..?
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Mine came with a partial charge. IIRC, I ran it down all the way then did the charging cycle that they recommended.
 
Has anyone's Seidio 3000mAH extended battery started acting weird? Mine doesn't last a whole day now. This is really pissing me off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Try putting it through the charge/discharge cycle again.

If that doesn't work, you can always contact Seidio. It's always possible you got a bad one.
 
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