Seidio 2600mAh extended battery

[solar]

About 2100 was the final talley.

Thats not too bad, considering.

[solar]

Hey Windstrings,
I'm sure you mentioned this, but this thread has gotten so long I can't remember.... on average how long does it take for your droid to reach the 5% mark the first time after coming off the charger? and what is your average estimated time initially?

Mine died last night after about 12 hrs of being off the charger. Not great time yet. Hopefully it will improve. I did have the screen on a lot though. When I listen to music or podcasts in my car when I drive I like to have the screen on, so I just made the timeout 30mins. Normally I plug it in when I drive so the screen stays on and it doesn't kill the battery. So this may have affected my run time.

This morning (about 30 mins after I took the phone off the charger, since I forgot to look again when I woke up. I'm so not a morning person!) my readings were as follows

3/12/10 8:50am
BAtteryLeft: 1:34 hrs left / 55% / 4061mv
system: 70%

and currently:

3/12/10
BatteryLeft: 43 mins left / 21% /3996mv
System: 30%

[zetachi]

Well I've been off the charger since 8 AM yesterday. it's now 1:32 so 29 1/2 hrs. I'm at 3760 mV. Time left in BLW :20 est % 1% System % 5% full battery life 29:50

[solar]

Well I've been off the charger since 8 AM yesterday. it's now 1:32 so 29 1/2 hrs. I'm at 3760 mV. Time left in BLW :20 est % 1% System % 5% full battery life 29:50

that sounds pretty dang good to me. I wish I had that! Was it like that from the start or did it take some days to get to the point where you got that many hours?

[zetachi]

Well I've been off the charger since 8 AM yesterday. it's now 1:32 so 29 1/2 hrs. I'm at 3760 mV. Time left in BLW :20 est % 1% System % 5% full battery life 29:50

that sounds pretty dang good to me. I wish I had that! Was it like that from the start or did it take some days to get to the point where you got that many hours?

I've had the battery for almost a week. This is only the 2nd time I've let it run down to empty. Mostly I charge it every night. last time it ran to empty I got about the time. I'm still hoping for the 60 or 70 hrs windstrings gets

[BPB]

I can't remember this either, and I'm sure it may very well be in the thread somewhere. What is the maximum mV for the 2600mAh battery? Using Battery Left as a gauge, how do you know when it is "really" fully charged? I think I remember mine creeping up to 4160mV and that was after the phone reported itself as charged. Does the maximum mV change? I wouldn't think so, but I'm in over my head here!

[zetachi]

Well I've been off the charger since 8 AM yesterday. it's now 1:32 so 29 1/2 hrs. I'm at 3760 mV. Time left in BLW :20 est % 1% System % 5% full battery life 29:50

'2 PM and it's still going. just dropped into calibrating mode at 3755mV but keeps fluctuating to 3737mV and then back to 3755 estimated and system % @ 5%

[windstrings]

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Surely between Seidio, Motorola, Battery Left app and the readers of this forum (and maybe Root Your Droid too) we can come up with an easy way to measure the extended battery's life!

Thats a question I need to ask... I wonder if:
A..... Do people have the same issue with the stock battery as far as rebooting and it showing a higher reading?
B.... Is the problem corrected with the leaked 2.1 rooted update thats floating around?

[BPB]

Thats a question I need to ask... I wonder if:
A..... Do people have the same issue with the stock battery as far as rebooting and it showing a higher reading?
B.... Is the problem corrected with the leaked 2.1 rooted update thats floating around?

As for A, surely not. I mean, if the phone can't even read the stock battery correctly...? I mean, phones have been doing this for years, right? Then again, I guess it's possible. I've still got a stock battery and could give it a go...
As for B, I ... don't know. I'd experienced this issue with the battery before stumbling on directions to root my Droid and was actually hoping there would be some kind of hacked solution, or firmware update, available if I rooted my Droid. But, I haven't found one yet. I heard the 2.1 update does not correct this, but can't remember where I heard that and certainly isn't the official word.

[solar]

I don't remember seeing a higher reading after a reboot with the stock battery. If I did, it was minimal, surely not like it is with the extended where it goes from 5% to 70%