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can I use a 2800mAh rechargeable battery for the samsung galaxy s4 i9500 on the sprint s4 sph-l720? I am looking to buy a spare battery for my galaxy s4 sph-l720
can I use a 2800mAh rechargeable battery for the samsung galaxy s4 i9500 on the sprint s4 sph-l720? I am looking to buy a spare battery for my galaxy s4 sph-l720
I would not pay for the Samsung battery, and I would not buy just any OEM battery. Stick with a trust company like Anker, known to sell high quality products.
Here's what you want, for only $12 and it's highly rated/reviewed from Anker:
Amazon.com: [NFC/Google Wallet Capable] Anker? 2600mAh Li-ion Replacement Battery For Samsung Galaxy S4, GT-I9505, GT-I9500, SGH-M919(T-Mobile), SCH-I545(Verizon), SGH-I337(AT&T), SPH-L720(Sprint) [18-Month Warranty]: Cell Phones & Accessories
If you want more than just 1 battery, say a deal on 2 or batteries + spare battery charger, just go to Amazon.com and search "anker samsung galaxy s4" and you'll see a bunch of options.
I would advice sticking with the Samsung battery if you get the 50% coupon they handed out to people registering.
Otherwise I'd recommend going with something a little bit better than that Anker battery, if you read the back it states "Do not charge battery with voltage higher than 4.35. Please check your charger before charging." This is a rather odd warning to be perfectly honest.
Chances are the device's power system downvolts the current for charging the current, and may split it into 2 rails, (maybe just be 1). Or it may be using the 5v current straight from the charger to charge it. Either way rather weird to put that into a label for no reason other than to invalidate someone's warranty since it is not likely the consumer will know how to check it.\
Edit: seems NFC doesn't work with that battery.
Honestly the Samsung battery is a waste of money. Anker is one of the most highly rated companies selling on Amazon.com and their batteries have tons of reviews with a very high rating. I think you're just being a bit alarmist which is not really warranted with a $12 battery that has 4.5/5 stars with > 100 reviews. Your warnings would definitely be worth taking if this were an unrated/reviewed product by some random/unknown seller, but that's clearly not the case.
I guess you read one of the negative reviews about the NFC. If you just read the highest rated reviews, you'd see that initially there were issues, but the current version of the battery being sold by Anker has 100% NFC functionality, so no need to worry there.
I wouldn't worry about that. Charging it higher than that would ruin any battery that would work in this phone (or most phones). They just don't want to be held responsible if you try charging it with something way out of spec. It's the same reason the Samsung batteries say to only ever use a Samsung charger.Otherwise I'd recommend going with something a little bit better than that Anker battery, if you read the back it states "Do not charge battery with voltage higher than 4.35. Please check your charger before charging." This is a rather odd warning to be perfectly honest.
Not sure why but your promoting Anker pretty seriously. Im sure for $12 it works fine but I know a bit about batteries, and for $12 chances are its Chinese made battery cells which won't last as long as the Japan cels in the OEM.
Edit: It's called skepticism, not alarmist. If i wanted to be an alarmist, I'd say something along the lines of the batteries always catch on fire.
For $8 difference if you got the 50% off, the OEM battery is good way to buy peace of mind.
Not to mention with Amazon you gotta buy $25 for free shipping otherwise that $12 battery becomes more of a $16-$18 battery.
I wouldn't worry about that. Charging it higher than that would ruin any battery that would work in this phone (or most phones). They just don't want to be held responsible if you try charging it with something way out of spec. It's the same reason the Samsung batteries say to only ever use a Samsung charger.
Otherwise I'd recommend going with something a little bit better than that Anker battery, if you read the back it states "Do not charge battery with voltage higher than 4.35. Please check your charger before charging." This is a rather odd warning to be perfectly honest.
The stock charger doesn't plug into your battery. It plugs into your phone and your phone has a battery charger circuit that charges the battery. What the Anker battery is saying is that you don't want the voltage at the battery terminals to go above that value. That's true for any battery that will work with this, or pretty much any, phone.The stock charger outputs 5v at 2 amps or about 10 watts. That's why I said it was strange.
Edit by Chinese cells not lasting as long I meant in terms of charging cycles.
The stock charger doesn't plug into your battery. It plugs into your phone and your phone has a battery charger circuit that charges the battery. What the Anker battery is saying is that you don't want the voltage at the battery terminals to go above that value. That's true for any battery that will work with this, or pretty much any, phone.
Exactly. Samsung has a similar warning about their batteries, but they're more specific and they say you have to use a Samsung charger.Just realized something though, maybe they meant for people using spare battery chargers?