will a new battery make that much a difference

[dcastillo]

I recently tried factory resetting my phone, hoping to speed it up and get better battery life... its definitely faster (considering Ive had it since release and never reset it yet) but the battery life didnt really change....

I know there are a lot of opinions on why our battery life is bad, but this post is just for one simple question...

Have any of you bought a new battery (official samsung one) recently and seen a noticeable improvement without changing anything else?
thanx
Danny

 

[Scott Kenyon]

It will help some, however only as much as a new battery can. I, too, am using the gnex on Verizon again. The battery life sucks, has sucked, and will continue to suck. After using the Note 2, it's hard to use this phone again.
The only real solution is to upgrade your handset.

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[Armada]

I'm wondering this too. I was going to drop a few bucks and do some SCIENCE if you care to hear. If anything, two batteries are better than one!

 

[dcastillo]

very true, but Ive got three batteries, the original two standard ones and the extended Ive been using for almost 18 months...
I did just put the standard one back in the phone, curious if if will outlast the extended thats been used awhile...

-D

 

[RushNFour]

I have my Nexus on ice right now for that very reason. My extended battery was suddenly only giving me about 5 hours of moderate use before power down. Its about 18 months old so I ordered a new one from Amazon and it will be here in a few days. I'd be happy to share if it improves at all.

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[dcastillo]

I have my Nexus on ice right now for that very reason. My extended battery was suddenly only giving me about 5 hours of moderate use before power down. Its about 18 months old so I ordered a new one from Amazon and it will be here in a few days. I'd be happy to share if it improves at all.

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Please do.... did you order the exact same battery as your old one?

 

[RushNFour]

I did, it is the Samsung OEM 2100mah extended battery. Word from UPS is it will be on my doorstep when I get home from work.

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[bjrosen]

I have a 3800ma battery in mine, it last all day with moderate use, a couple of days if it's just connected to WiFI.

 

[hergs7]

I picked up the Hyperion 3800 mah on ebay last September and get all day power with fairly heavy usage. Before i'd only get about 4 hours and was always plugging in and taking a charger everywhere. It has been a huge upgrade and hasn't shown any degradation in the 8 months i've been using it. If you can get over the extra weight and heft, I think its the best upgrade out there for no more than 20$.

 

[RushNFour]

I have the new battery in and I will let you guys know how how it's working as it begins to settle in. It shipped with about 55 percent battery life so I just let it run all the way down to a power down and then giving it a full charge now.

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[dcastillo]

thanx for the update

 

[RushNFour]

So far it appears the new extended battery has not fixed the issue. 4.5 hours off the charger and I'm down to 30%.

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[dcastillo]

thanx for the update, hopefully it will break in over a few days like the normally do...

 

[mbar9607]

Check out the ZeroLemon extended battery

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[dcastillo]

Care to include a link on that battery... I couldn't find one for the galaxy nexus...

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[mbar9607]

http://www.zerolemon.com

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[dcastillo]

So far it appears the new extended battery has not fixed the issue. 4.5 hours off the charger and I'm down to 30%.

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any new update after a week or so, or is it still the same?
thanx
Danny

 

[RushNFour]

There is noticeable improvement over all but not as much as I had hoped. It appears 4.2.2 is just a bit much for the Nexus battery-wise.

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