Photon 4g Extended Batteries?

**jolby** · 08-24-2011, 04:04 AM

Anyone find or know of any release dates for an extended battery for the photon 4g? Can you imagine it with a 400mah battery like the evo 3d... NICE !

Let me know where to look folks

**MacBook** · 08-24-2011, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by jolby

Anyone find or know of any release dates for an extended battery for the photon 4g? Can you imagine it with a 400mah battery like the evo 3d... NICE !

Let me know where to look folks

You mean 4000mah?? Im wondering when they are coming out as well... My battery life is amazing with the stock battery so with an extended battery I will never have to charge my phone again lol.

**vnmous1** · 08-24-2011, 08:29 AM

Same here. MUCH better than my Evo. And the last thing I wanna do is stick a brick in the back of this beauty like I did the Evo. I'm an ex-cop and I've carried guns on my side that pulled my pants down less than an Evo with a 3500 in it!!

bj

**MacBook** · 08-24-2011, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by vnmous1

Same here. MUCH better than my Evo. And the last thing I wanna do is stick a brick in the back of this beauty like I did the Evo. I'm an ex-cop and I've carried guns on my side that pulled my pants down less than an Evo with a 3500 in it!!

bj

Yeah I agree.. I will probably get the one that doesn't require me to use a custom battery door. Anything higher than the already amazing 1650mah stock battery would just be icing on the cake anyways IMO.

**vnmous1** · 08-24-2011, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by Evo305

Yeah I agree.. I will probably get the one that doesn't require me to use a custom battery door. Anything higher than the already amazing 1650mah stock battery would just be icing on the cake anyways IMO.

I'm going to toss my Evo and it's tractor battery on the for sale section and let someone else build strength

bj

**MacBook** · 08-24-2011, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by vnmous1

I'm going to toss my Evo and it's tractor battery on the for sale section and let someone else build strength

bj

HAHA I hear ya man..

**jolby** · 08-24-2011, 05:56 PM

But can you guys imagine a photon with 4000mah ?? WONDERFUL !!!!!!

**Mikest** · 08-24-2011, 06:15 PM

I'm only on day 2 of the Photon experience but day one my Photon lasted 12+ hours before hitting 15%! My old Pre was lucky to make it 9 hours without a charge. Its unbelievable. I don't even want to think what I could do with an extended bat.

**jolby** · 08-25-2011, 12:28 AM

Just the thought of having my photon on for like 3 days straight is just nuts !!! COME SEIDIO HURRY THE EFFF UP ALREADY SCREW THE CASES WE GOT GORILLA GLASS

**ScandaLeX** · 08-25-2011, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by jolby

But can you guys imagine a photon with 4000mah ?? WONDERFUL !!!!!!

Just as long as its the same size as stock- I'm all in. I had that huge extended battery in my Evo4G and let me just say, its a weird feeling walking down the street, constantly pulling your shorts up cause the phone in your pocket is pulling them down.

That battery was a beast but I don't miss the added weight.

**Puzzlegal** · 08-28-2011, 03:18 PM

I had the 2600mah in my Pre. I planned to just use it for a vacation, and return to the svelt stock back when I returned, but I enjoyed never worrying about power so much that I kept it.

The Photon has decent battery life, but I still can't go a full day without recharging it. Maybe I could go 12 hours, I'm not sure? Anyhow, I am definitely in the market for an extended life battery, even if it is heavy and fat.

**keenan6** · 08-29-2011, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by Mike 1978

I'm only on day 2 of the Photon experience but day one my Photon lasted 12+ hours before hitting 15%! My old Pre was lucky to make it 9 hours without a charge. Its unbelievable. I don't even want to think what I could do with an extended bat.

What was your usage for it to last 12+ hours???

**Mikest** · 08-29-2011, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by keenan6

What was your usage for it to last 12+ hours???

Pretty light to moderate to be honest. On wifi most of the day with 4G turned off since I don't live in a 4G area. Only a couple of calls and text and quite a lot of web browsing, pandora streaming and music playing and gmail. Don't have any firm numbers but I'm still easily getting 10 hours or more on a charge. It's pretty amazing coming from a Palm Pre.

**ksom262523** · 08-29-2011, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by Mike 1978

I'm only on day 2 of the Photon experience but day one my Photon lasted 12+ hours before hitting 15%! My old Pre was lucky to make it 9 hours without a charge. Its unbelievable. I don't even want to think what I could do with an extended bat.

My phone went to 60% in about 6 hours with very little use. I only took some photos and it pulled a few emails off. No phone calls or any use of the web. I had Wifi, 4G, and BT off. It is hard to tell if Photon is battery lasts longer than my Pre. Oh, I did take about 10 mins of video.

I don't do like extended batteries. It is good that most of these phones use micro USB for charging, so I can use all the same chargers in my car, office, home, bed. Pre trained me well at keeping a charger around all the time.

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**StraightWisdom** · 09-03-2011, 11:58 PM

I had a 1800mah battery in my Evo that worked with the stock battery cover... it was a big improvement to the 1500mah stock battery. It was very noticeable as far has standard everyday use.

I just ordered a 1950mah battery to replace the standard 1700mah which should work with my standard cover with no problem. The extra juice use will come in handy even though battery life is already pretty good. If I need to buy a new battery cover for a battery for my phone... then that's way too much for me.

**dschachm** · 09-05-2011, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Wisdom

I had a 1800mah battery in my Evo that worked with the stock battery cover... it was a big improvement to the 1500mah stock battery. It was very noticeable as far has standard everyday use.

I just ordered a 1950mah battery to replace the standard 1700mah which should work with my standard cover with no problem. The extra juice use will come in handy even though battery life is already pretty good. If I need to buy a new battery cover for a battery for my phone... then that's way too much for me.

Where did you find that battery for the photon? Did you get it yet and how does it fit?

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**StraightWisdom** · 09-06-2011, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by dschachm

Where did you find that battery for the photon? Did you get it yet and how does it fit?

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I ordered it off Ebay

I had something similar with my EVO. The battery brand was GaliliO and there was a noticeable difference with the extra 300mah. So now I do trust that brand for batteries

I would have bought a GaliliO brand battery for my Photon if they made one that was 1950. I want to get as much battery power in my phone, but I will refuse to get a battery that will make the back end of my phone stick out, making it look hideous and inconvenient.

**jbuggydroid** · 09-06-2011, 01:57 PM

I downloaded an app called battery circle that displays a battery circle icon in the upper left of the notifications bar and when you pull that down you get some info about the battery. Some days I can get 18 hrs while otherdays not so much. Real nice app and it gives you percentage!!!!! Plus temperature of battery!!!!

**Photon4glover** · 09-11-2011, 04:13 PM

Try using juice defender there is 3 different configurations it works awesome. It turns off internet when screen is off

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**techgeek32#WN** · 09-12-2011, 03:55 PM

I know this is not an extended battery, but Sprint just started carrying the Motorola stock battery plus the custom portable charger on their website for $49. I ordered mine Saturday. I don't want to make this phone any bigger, so I think this is a good deal. The batteries on Ebay are not for the Photon. I oredered some, they are sending the Droid 3 battery which kind of fits, but is not the right size or watts. I wouldn't use any of those Ebay batteries until they actually have the right model number of HF5X that is specifically for the Photon.

**CameraGuy4life** · 09-14-2011, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by jolby

Anyone find or know of any release dates for an extended battery for the photon 4g? Can you imagine it with a 400mah battery like the evo 3d... NICE !

Let me know where to look folks

knock knock...you guys know that you are comparing apples too oranges...i totally agree with a battery slightly higher than the stock battery...but as far as comparing the EVO 4G (it should be called EVO 3G since it defautls at 3G unless your override it to 4G) & the Motorola Photon 4G, these two phones are totally different, processor are differnt families, EVO is a solo core, phonton is a dual core, memory capacity, EVO has 1GB buit-in (512MB with is accessible to user), Photon has 16GB built-in, about 13 GB acessible to user), EVO has a HD display, Phonton has a qHD display...and the list goes on...but what saves power in our world is the fact that is a dual-core which save a lot of power and the fact that motorola has intergrated a lot of power saving features into to phone....of coarse if you just want to compare the two, without thinking where these two are coming from...of coarse the Motorola Photon 4G wins....but the EVO when it all came out, i know everyone here, even myself, we all ran into our local Sprint store, if not pitched camp the day before the release to get our hands on the EVO when it was released, and to take it even further i know we all made all other cell users feel like they all had ****ty phones compared to our EVO's....hahaha....(i think i got my message across now)

so all in all...these two phones are great phones....

as for me, the only reason why i moved up into the Motorola Photon 4G world is because i was sick and tired of how Sprint was Marketing off the EVO by putting there ****ty Nascar app, Blockbuster app, etc...stuff which i don't use and taking half of my user accessible memory with it....and second, yes, you can move apps to your SD card. But have you noticed what it does to your app icon when you do that? every app you move over to SD card, changes the icon from it's original icon to the generate Android icon which kinda bugs the heck out of me when i open my phone to see every other icon like that on my EVO phone. and get this not all apps can run from the SD card anyways...so you were stuff when you have about 20 apps that require space on your internal meory...that just pissed me off....

but with the Photon, you have 13GB of internal user accessible memory, plus the additional on your SD card....dammmmm......they ****en (sorry for my french) sky is the limit here....

so currently i have the phone...but still holding back in getting all the other cool accessories to it...because of the know fact we are talking about here....the battery....

**mac01843** · 09-17-2011, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by jolby

Just the thought of having my photon on for like 3 days straight is just nuts !!! COME SEIDIO HURRY THE EFFF UP ALREADY SCREW THE CASES WE GOT GORILLA GLASS

Yeah, Gorilla glass... thing is, according to the Corning website (the guys who make it... Gorilla glass), just about every new cell phone since 2010 has it... including the Evo! I saw the list. I'm rough on my stuff, and I'll be needing a seidio or otterbox, thing about the otters though, they never make extended battery cases, to my knowledge. I have a Seidio active extended combo holster/case for my evo and I've dropped it on pavement, from the second floor, with no consequences! I just wish it had color choices! Sage/Olive Drab with black is my choice... you can take the Paratrooper out of the airplane gang, but you can't take the Paratrooper out of the man!

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