Recommended replacement battery

[OpalOtter]

My battery life has been awful for the past few months (even before updating to 5.0.1). I work with a guy who also has a G3 and he is shocked at the difference in our battery lives. Right now I'm getting around 3-4 hours of screen on time, and MAYBE 10 hours low usage. Since I know it should be better I've decided to replace. I'm not interested in the 6000 or 9000 mAh batteries since it would make the phone super thick. So I'm wondering; have any of you replaced your battery with another 3000 mAh bettery? If so, which one and would you say it's as good as the original one?

 

[xocomaox]

AndroidHabit has been touting his 3850mah battery and even a 4000mah battery that he got on ebay. It's the same exact size of the stock battery, so no replacement back-plate.

I have been considering getting one of these to try out. It's pretty cheap as well.

 

[Miggy1218]

Link?

 

[xocomaox]

The brand AndroidHabit has been talking about is here, sold out for now:

High Power 4500mAh Extended Slim Battery for LG G3 VS985 LS990 US990 D851 D850 G | eBay

Here are some alternates that may be coming from the same source:

For Verizon LG G3 VS985 4080mAh Extended Slim Battery High Quality Fast Shipping | eBay

New High Capacity 4080mAh A Battery for LG G3 VS985 Verizon Smartphone USA | eBay

 

[AndroidHabit]

AndroidHabit has been touting his 3850mah battery and even a 4000mah battery that he got on ebay. It's the same exact size of the stock battery, so no replacement back-plate.

I have been considering getting one of these to try out. It's pretty cheap as well.

Thanks for the shout out but I only have the 3850mah right now but I am thinking of buying the 4500mah. Also the 3850mah and the 4500mah are both TQTHL brand.
I can't vouch for the other brands.

 

[xocomaox]

I know, but it seems stock is just plum out for this. I've seen people on Amazon blast this brand and specific battery for being "only 3,000mah" and not the advertised, but I've also seen a few people, like you, claim way better numbers. 8h SOT is hard to argue though, so I have to believe it's higher capacity.

Does it show the right mah in CPUz?

 

[scottysize]

My battery life has been awful for the past few months (even before updating to 5.0.1). I work with a guy who also has a G3 and he is shocked at the difference in our battery lives. Right now I'm getting around 3-4 hours of screen on time, and MAYBE 10 hours low usage. Since I know it should be better I've decided to replace. I'm not interested in the 6000 or 9000 mAh batteries since it would make the phone super thick. So I'm wondering; have any of you replaced your battery with another 3000 mAh bettery? If so, which one and would you say it's as good as the original one?

Have you tried to refresh your battery? If you get a chance, try this:

1. Drain the battery to below 15%. (Try not to take it lower than 10%)
2. Turn the phone off and plug it into the stock charger that came with your G3.
3. Let it charge fully while off. (I usually do this overnight)

After that, you should get most if not all of your battery life back.

As for any other battery purchase, maybe it's me, but I only buy OEM batteries. I've got 2 OEM Batteries. I heardly ever have to swap them out, but if I do, it's nice to know that it's really easy and relatively fast to swap them out. I also keep an external battery charger so I can charge the battery that is low without it being in the phone.

If you have to have a larger battery, take a look at Zero Lemon. I've heard good things about them.

 

[AndroidHabit]

I know, but it seems stock is just plum out for this. I've seen people on Amazon blast this brand and specific battery for being "only 3,000mah" and not the advertised, but I've also seen a few people, like you, claim way better numbers. 8h SOT is hard to argue though, so I have to believe it's higher capacity.

Does it show the right mah in CPUz?

I have never used CPUz but I will DL it now and check it out.
With the battery time I have had with this battery I never questioned it.
I knew it was better quality than the rest on ebay by the way it looks.
I will let you know what CPUz says.

 

[AndroidHabit]

Scott, if only other people would understand why I charge my phone like you do.
They would be happier with their battery time.

 

[AndroidHabit]

Coma, I checked out CPUz and from the reviews it seems like its not accurate.
I DL anyway and confirmed it is not really accurate.
My dpi is wrong and the battery says 3000mah, so its seems its reading or getting phone specs not actual battery.
Even then some thing's are wrong. I will keep it around though and watch for an update maybe.

 

[xocomaox]

Coma, I checked out CPUz and from the reviews it seems like its not accurate.
I DL anyway and confirmed it is not really accurate.
My dpi is wrong and the battery says 3000mah, so its seems its reading or getting phone specs not actual battery.
Even then something's are wrong. I will keep it around though and watch for an update maybe.

Thanks. I really want someone with a ZeroLemon battery to check CPUz to see if it reads differently. I was just curious what it would say for your battery.

 

[OpalOtter]

Have you tried to refresh your battery? If you get a chance, try this:

1. Drain the battery to below 15%. (Try not to take it lower than 10%)
2. Turn the phone off and plug it into the stock charger that came with your G3.
3. Let it charge fully while off. (I usually do this overnight)

After that, you should get most if not all of your battery life back.

As for any other battery purchase, maybe it's me, but I only buy OEM batteries. I've got 2 OEM Batteries. I heardly ever have to swap them out, but if I do, it's nice to know that it's really easy and relatively fast to swap them out. I also keep an external battery charger so I can charge the battery that is low without it being in the phone.

If you have to have a larger battery, take a look at Zero Lemon. I've heard good things about them.

Yes I have, multiple times. Thanks for the suggestions though. I have always run my battery down to 15% before plugging in. And I try to charge while off whenever possible.

Here is a prime example, less than three hours of screen on time and my phone is already down to 20%

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[scottysize]

Yup. Looks like it's time for a new batt. Like I said, I'm OEM all the way, but I understand you wanting a bigger battery. ("I think we need a bigger boat" keeps poping into my head...) I'd be interested in seeing what you end up with and the results. At least we have a phone that we can replace the battery on

 

[thepktrckt]

I've had nothing but good luck with Anker batteries; I can't speak specifically to their replacement for the G3 though. It gets favorable reviews on XDA and on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NPLQ51Y...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU4241859

 

[jeffreynothing43]

I know, but it seems stock is just plum out for this. I've seen people on Amazon blast this brand and specific battery for being "only 3,000mah" and not the advertised, but I've also seen a few people, like you, claim way better numbers. 8h SOT is hard to argue though, so I have to believe it's higher capacity.

Does it show the right mah in CPUz?

I just ordered this TQTHL High Quality 3.8V 3850mAh ... there were only two reviews and one said it was no good. I had some Amazon points saved up and saw this thread so I figured I would just try it and see. I couldn't get it through Amazon Prime so it won't be here for a few days. I'll let you all know how it is after a week or so.

 

[AndroidHabit]

I want to buy the zerolemon too so I will post when I get it.

 

[AndroidHabit]

I just ordered this TQTHL High Quality 3.8V 3850mAh ... there were only two reviews and one said it was no good. I had some Amazon points saved up and saw this thread so I figured I would just try it and see. I couldn't get it through Amazon Prime so it won't be here for a few days. I'll let you all know how it is after a week or so.

You wont be disappointed in the purchase, as long as you have control of the phones operation.

Things to do to get the best results are the following.

Get rooted, xposed, wakelock detector, wakelock terminator and startup manager (free).
With these things you can control the wakelocks and receivers.
I use all of these apps and my phone is used through out the day and sleeps completely while screen is off.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

You wont be disappointed in the purchase, as long as you have control of the phones operation.

Things to do to get the best results are the following.

Get rooted, xposed, wakelock detector, wakelock terminator and startup manager (free).
With these things you can control the wakelocks and receivers.
I use all of these apps and my phone is used through out the day and sleeps completely while screen is off.

Aside from all that, you think that the battery is a good purchase? Sorry for the edit...one more question. Will I lose NFC with this battery? I didn't see anything about it in the description.

This is the first phone I haven't rooted. Probably should now that I got lollipop...

 

[scottysize]

NFC is built in the battery door, so it depends. If you have to replace the battery cover, then you want to make sure it still has the NFC pad and two gold contacts at the top right.

Since I bought the QI charging cover (and use it nightly), I have 4 gold contacts on the top right and would not be able to use any other battery cover that didn't have the 4 contacts.

See the pciture below. Right battery cover is NFC only. Left battery cover is NFC and QI Charging


The far left phone is a european model. You can tell because the contacts are not spread out like the US variant which is the phone on the right.

 

[xocomaox]

Aside from all that, you think that the battery is a good purchase? Sorry for the edit...one more question. Will I lose NFC with this battery? I didn't see anything about it in the description.

You will not lose NFC capabilities. This replacement battery does not interfere in any way with those connectors or the antenna.

Please let us know the performance!