Extended battery or cheap replacement battery

nka · 11-13-2009, 11:54 AM

When I saw the abysmal amount of battery time that I have been getting with my Droid (less than a day of use) I started looking for an extra battery on Ebay. I haven't found anything worthwhile thus far. Anyone have a link to a battery replacement of extended battery? I bought a car charger, but I think an extra battery is going to be essential.

Ted · 11-13-2009, 11:59 AM

Try fully charging (24 hours with the phone off). Then running it down to near empty and charging it again. I was amazed at how much better it was. Before, two hours playing with it it would be 80% or lower. Now, it is still close to 100%!!

nka · 11-13-2009, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Ted

Try fully charging (24 hours with the phone off). Then running it down to near empty and charging it again. I was amazed at how much better it was. Before, two hours playing with it it would be 80% or lower. Now, it is still close to 100%!!

I was under the impression that cell-phone batteries no longer require memory conditioning. What do you all think about this? Do we need to condition the Droid battery?

mcm180 · 11-13-2009, 12:07 PM

Wait so I'm supposed to put the phone down for how long???? LOL

thatguychuck · 11-13-2009, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by Ted

Try fully charging (24 hours with the phone off). Then running it down to near empty and charging it again. I was amazed at how much better it was. Before, two hours playing with it it would be 80% or lower. Now, it is still close to 100%!!

I was under the impression that you could not turn the phone off. If it's plugged in, it's on.

Anyway, I think it still takes a few cycles to get things going, but that might be an old wives tale. I picked up a spare battery from verizon for like 40 bucks, and a wall charger for just the battery. This was the same setup I had on my storm and it works very well, no more worrying about it.

ksgreeley · 11-13-2009, 05:16 PM

and charged overnight. Now today the battery life is so much better, full day of using and still plenty left to get through the night.

Zippster · 11-13-2009, 05:18 PM

Lithium ion batterys prefer not to be run dry and do not have a memory like ni cad that most are thinking of.

ksgreeley · 11-13-2009, 05:20 PM

Maybe mine is better now, just after a few days of use? Not sure why.

nka · 11-13-2009, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by thatguychuck

Originally Posted by Ted

Try fully charging (24 hours with the phone off). Then running it down to near empty and charging it again. I was amazed at how much better it was. Before, two hours playing with it it would be 80% or lower. Now, it is still close to 100%!!

I was under the impression that you could not turn the phone off. If it's plugged in, it's on.

Anyway, I think it still takes a few cycles to get things going, but that might be an old wives tale. I picked up a spare battery from verizon for like 40 bucks, and a wall charger for just the battery. This was the same setup I had on my storm and it works very well, no more worrying about it.

$40 seems pretty steep to me for a battery. I usually get batteries on ebay and they seem to last just as long as the oem.

Kevin8se7en · 11-13-2009, 06:32 PM

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.