Extended battery or cheap replacement battery

[tranz]

Yes "thespecialistccc" there are options for you, but not if you don't read.

1- Read this entire thread, and a wikipedia article or 2, this will give you an understanding of what you're dealing with.
2- The Seidio extended battery is available, and is precisely what it claims to be: a larger (higher capacity) battery.
3- configure the Droids to conserve power, and have the users operate their Droids by turning things like Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, ringer volume, vibrate, on when NEEDED, and OFF otherwise, and adjusting brightness, or using auto-adjust brightness etc.

I won't waste space here explaining charge / discharge characteristics of the available batteries, but I'll point-out that the phones manage the charge and discharge of the batteries (and in such a manner that they will NOT damage the batteries).

[tranz]

OK, so now many of us have had our Droids for several months, and learned a lot about them (and don't even go to these forums much anymore). My original battery has reached the point where it's performance is dropping noticeably, and I'm not ready to ditch the whole phone. I'm looking for others insights on their own experiences with batteries.

Anybody use the 2800 Seidio battery and like it, or dislike it? I know it ain't cheap. Does it work on a Droid2 reasonably well?

How about the 1500mAh Seidio?

Is the OEM rated 1500mAh or 1400mAh (or something else)? Mine doesn't say.

Anybody using an external battery pack with a micro-USB connection?

[zr1fan09]

It amazes me how poeple say every smartphone has bad battery life... compared to what? a regular phone.. well yeah, all regular phones do is make calls and text.

It's like saying a Corvette has bad gas mileage... compared to what? a Prius?... compare Oranges to Oranges, the Droid has average battery life for a smartphone.

That being said, your always suppose to drain your battery 100% on its 1st usage. So when you get the phone, kill the battery and then charge it up completely.. it will hold a charge longer, charge faster and have a longer life.

So i am not trying to be a dick but corvettes actually get pretty good gas mileage lol

[phonetool]

I just got my Droid 1 a couple weeks ago and it's not yet activated on a plan- just playing with it on wifi and setting things up.

I bought a 2800mAh battery on Amazon for $30 and I'm playing with Battery Left Widget to calibrate the useful life of the battery.
The first charge/discharge cycle was on the Verizon supplied 2.2.2 and the battery lasted more than 5 complete days before *I* gave in to it's whining at 0% (it had been there all day) and charged it up again. It never hit rock bottom and shut off, but I don't like to do that to Li-ions.
This week I've rooted, put on CM7 RC4, and overclocked with ChevyNo1's low voltage 1GHz kernel (and SetCPU- 1GHz on demand).
I haven't yet reached the bottom of the battery. Battery Left Widget is having trouble calibrating and is often conflicted with the system estimation. I expect it will take a few full cycles to get a good calibration. If each cycle takes a week, though, that'll be a while before I can share some real data.
Also, remember that this phone is not on the network, so true battery life is yet to be determined.

I also found an extra-capacity battery on my favorite Hong Kong import site- dealextreme.com
Current price for the 3.5Ah battery with cover is $11.90
a855 - DealExtreme
(gamble if it's actually that rating, gamble if the cover is any good)

So far, I'm really liking the fat battery. I've always hated having to plug in every night and always gone to big batteries when my phone couldn't last two days.
That said, I'm SOL on fitting the phone into the stock car mount as well as the stock desk dock. The Seidio stuff might fit, but I really don't want to spend that kind of money.
I might get the desk dock off Amazon ($14) and dremmel out the back area. That solution doesn't work for the Moto car mount, though.

Anyways, there's my $0.02 delivered.

[henry3]

High quality battery cells deliver better and last longer but its hard to find out who is producing high quality cells. Going with Motorola cells would be the best bet for now until reviews come out on other "cheaper" batteries