Batteries & Accessories

**Cory Streater** · 07-11-2010, 12:13 PM

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**jrmuller** · 07-11-2010, 01:17 PM

K.. anyone have issue with the GPS causing the battery to drain faster than it can charge? Will all 3 GPS options enabled, I've had this happen twice.. wireless networks, satellites, and Assisted cellphone tower GPS. I shut off the wireless networks and cellphone options and seems to have resolved it..

**Cory Streater** · 07-11-2010, 01:26 PM

There was actually a pretty informative discussion about this very thing in this thread yesterday.

**Rachus** · 07-11-2010, 10:37 PM

Has anyone any experience with one of these?

Seems they'd be good in a power outage situation.

**MolecularGraph** · 07-11-2010, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by Rachus

Has anyone any experience with one of these?

Seems they'd be good in a power outage situation.

Somehow I see the phone getting fried with this, but thats just me..

**Mahbles** · 07-12-2010, 01:36 PM

the iPhone has this battery pack that is pretty thin and doubles the life of the charge. I would love for Seidio to make an extended back that fills up the void created by the camera housing, making the entire back of the DX a flat, smooth back. that oughta make for a pretty decenty battery life, though who knows what the weight would go up to.

**Jenag** · 07-12-2010, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Mahbles

the iPhone has this battery pack that is pretty thin and doubles the life of the charge. I would love for Seidio to make an extended back that fills up the void created by the camera housing, making the entire back of the DX a flat, smooth back. that oughta make for a pretty decenty battery life, though who knows what the weight would go up to.

But the battery doesn't take up the whole back, so you would just end up with an extended hump on the back that is like half the backside of the phone.

**exempli_gratia** · 07-13-2010, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by Rachus

Has anyone any experience with one of these?

Seems they'd be good in a power outage situation.

I've used one for my WinMo phone (Samsung Saga). It worked and was very nice in a pinch, since you can get regular AA's pretty much anywhere.

The downside may be -- don't know enough about battery tech to say if this is my immigration -- that when the AA's run low, it may hurt the battery. Now batteries degrade over time with normal use, so hard to say, but mine degraded faster than I remember on previous phones (I man over the 1.5 years I've have the phone and ocasionaly used the AA charger).

**Rachus** · 07-13-2010, 12:30 AM

Thanks and thanks given exempli_gratia.

**Rachus** · 07-13-2010, 08:50 PM

Full charge before activation? I've not bought a phone for about 6 years -- think the Li-Ion battery have enough power to allow activation? I've read these types don't need conditioning to maximize their performance, activate while charging not a good idea?

**justjerry#ac** · 07-13-2010, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by Rachus

Full charge before activation? I've not bought a phone for about 6 years -- think the Li-Ion battery have enough power to allow activation? I've read these types don't need conditioning to maximize their performance, activate while charging not a good idea?

Yeah, good questions. How long should I charge it before playing with it? Also I have a few Moto Razr chargers, will they work too?

**exempli_gratia** · 07-13-2010, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by JustJerry

... I have a few Moto Razr chargers, will they work too?

The Razr is mini-USB, right? The X is micro-USB. You'll need a converter.

**typo** · 07-14-2010, 09:20 AM

the droid-x measurement for thickness is that the fatter part or the thinest part since it has that hump at the top?

**joebob2000** · 07-14-2010, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by jrmuller

K.. anyone have issue with the GPS causing the battery to drain faster than it can charge? Will all 3 GPS options enabled, I've had this happen twice.. wireless networks, satellites, and Assisted cellphone tower GPS. I shut off the wireless networks and cellphone options and seems to have resolved it..

I would love to know if this is true of the Droid X... I have a blackberry (go ahead, throw tomatoes) and it will run for days with the GPS enabled, I even use latitude to do location tracking where it updates every 2-5 minutes and it doesn't seem to have any negative impact on the battery. If the Droid X will die in half a day just from GPS usage, I would be disappointed to say the least.

**largeselection** · 07-14-2010, 09:33 PM

I'll probably pick up an extra battery. With my droid I picked up an extra 2 and one of those external battery chargers and it's great to be able to swap on those phone heavy days. I'll probably just repeat that for the dx. Although I also have a callpod so who knows maybe I'll just use that more.

**bbearhug** · 07-14-2010, 11:36 PM

Will there be an extended battery available that anyone knows?

**droidSparx** · 07-15-2010, 12:18 AM

1930mah battery and 1mm thick.

should come out later after launch

**Rachus** · 07-15-2010, 12:54 AM

Keep your charge on -- how to improve battery life on your Android phone

Just found this excellent article, it answers my earlier questions. Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand

Thanks Jerry.

**ottscay** · 07-17-2010, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by droidSparx

1930mah battery and 1mm thick.

should come out later after launch

What about an after-market one (you are referring to the Moto battery refresh I think)?

**.46caliber** · 07-18-2010, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Rachus

Keep your charge on -- how to improve battery life on your Android phone

Just found this excellent article, it answers my earlier questions. Posted on Saturday, May 8, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand

Thanks Jerry.

Phenomenal article. I learned some new tricks and I am a bit surprised at how much the screen eats up battery. It will be hard to step down from this big 4.3 on the next phone.

**timklan** · 07-18-2010, 10:33 AM

I have had a really strange experience that I am hoping someone can explain. I had my dx off charge for the better part of the day and it was down to 30%. I was messing with apps and decided to do a battery pull. Upon reboot I noticed my charge indicator was up to 70% ! Charged it fully that night, removed it from the charger the next morning, used it all day, again down to 20-30%. Just for laughs I decided to reboot, again, back up to 70%. Left it off the charger all night, still using it late morning today with a 50% charge. I know this is not much of a "Problem", but does anyone have any ideas on what may be causing it?

**problem0atique** · 07-18-2010, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by timklan

I have had a really strange experience that I am hoping someone can explain. I had my dx off charge for the better part of the day and it was down to 30%. I was messing with apps and decided to do a battery pull. Upon reboot I noticed my charge indicator was up to 70% ! Charged it fully that night, removed it from the charger the next morning, used it all day, again down to 20-30%. Just for laughs I decided to reboot, again, back up to 70%. Left it off the charger all night, still using it late morning today with a 50% charge. I know this is not much of a "Problem", but does anyone have any ideas on what may be causing it?

Maybe this is the battery indicator issue that is to be fixed with the update due Monday?

**bigdaystingo1** · 07-18-2010, 01:47 PM

I know the battery indication is off, my phone said I was at 70% I turned it off for a few minutes like one of the tips in the help center said and viola turned back on at 90%... Can't explain it other than must be the indicator.