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I've got the extended battery from ebay, with the cover for less than $25, actualy I was pretty surprised, as the cover is decent quality, even has the ruberized coating, and my battery is 2300mAh, which last me all day with all the use, video watching, music streaming, and gaming, it is thicker, but the cover is different from the one pictured... will post the pics later ...

If the phone becomes that thick, probably it is hard for me to hold it!

I personally do not feel like the bulk is worth it. I feel like I buy smart phones for big power in a small package, and the general directions of microprocessor technologies is to reduce the overall size of our daily devices - therefor seemingly doubling the size and adding to the weight just seems like a step in the wrong direction.

I am interpreting the G1 as a device to help me realize just how badly we need alternative power for our consumer electronic market. The future should do away with all of our wiry mess.. I have like 7 phone chargers... SEVEN! I have 1 uglying up my BMW, along with my BlueAnt charger, 1 at my office, 2 in my laptop bag, and a few at home, 1 at my girlfriend's. This is ridiculous, but necessary, and seems a little primitive.

I have heard of the military using hydrogen fuel cells in mobile devices such as sat. phones.. I can;t wait for this tech to drop. let';s just assume its true and the gubment has been using them for 2 years now, so we'll see them in 8.. Too long..

I think I am going to invest in one of the Seido batteries, but not the 2600mah. The 1400 or w/e it is offering up to 15% more seems like it would be enough to get me through the days so.. Nothing that beefs up the case though..

Retrospect: I also carry an AT&T Blackjack because I need to have both carriers and I like the tethering speeds I get with it. I have the expanded battery and larger back for that device, as well as 3 extra standard batteries and at least the expansion back for that phone still seems like it was meant to be. I even think I like the larger back a bit more because it feels like I could throw it a bit farther but.. That G1 back is just ridiculous. Have you seen the one where the indent is just the shape of the battery, so it looks like your device has some sort of rectangular cancer...?

I am thinking about doing this.
but i dont know if its worth it.



Does anyone know how long it will add up to the battery life?

if you were getting about 20 hours of run time from your existing 1200mAh battery when it was new, you should expect to get a run time of about 43 hours and 20 minutes from a new 2600mAhmAh battery.

no way I could do that.. how in the world could you type using the keyboard if the backing doesn't even fit evenly in your hand?????

that would have worked with my dash or something.. but not at all with the g1 unless i'm in portrait mode 100% of the time or watching videos only.

I can't imagine typing with and uneven backing, the only thing that would be somewhat comfortable is if it had a onscreen keyboard then it would be easier to type and less of a problem yet still annoying.

QUOTE]I orderd the seidio extentded battery last week I just got it today around 1130 am chicago time. So so far it seems to work a lot better. I've turned on wifi, gps, bluetooth and raised the screen brightness its keeping up with the browsing and downloads. It came fully charged from them, the instructions say to fully charge it for at least 8hrs. I haven't charged fully yet I will more on video and playing music later. For those who think it will be hard to type with the thicker back its no big deal. I admit its rather ugly looking but I bought this phone for function & not looks. I will deal with its fat look. I finished watching a movie on this phone with still 2/3 of a battery left. The instructions says that by 5th or 6th full 8hr charge I will notice the diffrence but I notice a big diff already. I will post with a better review later.

Most of the time I can get thru the day on one charge, but for times when I think I might be using the G1 heavily and might run out of juice, I take along my Motorola P790 portable cell charger to juice up my G1.

No way am I adding a fatter batt that makes the G1 thicker and heavier. Besides, I use a rubberized snap-on case for protection, so my case wouldn't fit over a brickerized G1.

i don't get you people. my phone will stay charged from 7am until about noon the next day, that's almost 30 hours.

i make calls, text, play limited games, always have 3g, wifi and gps on. are you people just sitting in your mom's basement watching soft-core porn on youtube all day?

Wouldn't the extended back cover mess with the camera? Because of the hole?

It's not worth it, just stick a spair battery in your wallet or something (they aren't that big)

That could be the case. Or if you have Gmail, Twidroid and Touchdown constantly sicking along with sending numerous e-mails the battery begins to go. On average I make at least 1 hour of phone calls a day and this does drain the batter, hence is why I have to charge my phone every evening.

Picture taken with the new cover



the video, don't get dizzy now

[ame="http://www.vimeo.com/2855577"]New G1 new Seidio battery on Vimeo[/ame]


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you'd get it if you had one of the phones that scores of other people are having issues with. the battery life is a well known issue for some,not for others. apparently tmobile is even acknowledging this. consider yourself lucky.

I ordered the $16.99 2300 mha extended battery from ebay. Its the one that has the backpack hump instead of the full back. I think the hump would feel smaller than the seidio one. Plus you can buy 3 of those extended batteries for the price of one seidio extended battery.

i really think alot of people over exaggerate the size of it,calling it a brick,etc. yes, it's big. ok, we get it. i think alot of people are simply used to carrying a slimline razr or similar style cell. holding the g1 with the seido backdoor on does not feel like i'm holding a 28 oz. hammer. if you can tell the weight difference, then you're a walking triple beam scale. while holding it, it does not feel like a brick. to me, it actually feels more secure in my hand. i always say to each his own. but unless you physically held it, you don't know what it's like. me, i'm very glad i bought it. i'm not walking up to chicks showing my phone off. hell, if some chick asks, i'll just tell her it's got a mini nuclear fusion reactor built in. but in the meantime, i'll be enjoying not worrying that i forgot my spare charger. now that i think about it, if you're out and about, and you hate the extra weight\bulk of the phone,where do you put the bulky charger that you have to carry? and if you don't have to carry one because you were gifted with great battery life, this does not refer to you.

My battery life is abismal! The phone gets unplugged at 8am and has to be plugged up again around 1 pm and this is with minimal use. I carry an extra charger in my purse and plug the phone in evry chance I get bc it also sometimes will show 30% battery and just turn off when I plug it in it will say it only has 1% its driving me insane

Have you tried that battery out yet? Has anyone else ordered/used any of the extended batteries on ebay? For $16.99 shipped for a 2300mah battery, I'm thinking it might be worth the try?

Actually I just ordered it today and since it ships from hk, I probably won't get it for another week.

Time to ask Tmo for a new battery!

FYI, just ordered mine from the seidio site with coupon code MW0131, which gives 10% off orders of $50+, supposedly good thru 1/31. Brought the price roughly from 60 shipped back down to 55. Looking forward to transforming my g1 into a dual purpose portable pc/brick for throwing at purse snatchers.

Ok, I've got the same one, I guess it went down in price, since then. I've got it as soon as it appeared on ebay




It works fine, yes you could probably say, that it's not as comfortable to type, as on the flat one, but I got used to it really quick, it was also quite awkard to type with the stock phone because of the chin, but you get used to it. The battery life is last 2 times of the orignal. Lasts fine all day, with extensive use. I got the phone for functionality as well, if i wanted something pretty, would of gotten iPhone, to bad that the google didn't make g1 out of solid metal, like Nokia 8800, would of looked great. Maybe will do it to my g1, just gotta find who can do it for me, I've heard there is special chrome paints for plastics...

Thats the battery I ordered. Once I get the battery, I'm thinking of taking my ebay plastic case, and cutting out the back (with a dremel) so that the hump would fit through it. That way I can still have the extended battery and case together. It would probably make the extended battery look smaller as well.

You wouldn't be able to do that with the seidio extended battery cover.

Anybody try this?



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Looks ok, addresses the battery issue, whats the problem?

i bought the battery about 2 weeks ago... da 2600mha... and to be honest it is so much worth it... i mean im not going to lie its pretty big... but if ur into ur phone being about all fashion then dont get it cause you wont like it. but if u got the phone cause of what it can do... then u gotta defintly get this... i take da phone off da charger at 8am... i use the phone texting... watchin music videos.... talkin....downloading... web browsing... all the way till 3am... and by that time the phones battery is 2/3 done... im not lieing to u... its a very big differnce and its worth the 55 dollars. and i have blue tooth on/3g/ gps/ and all that type of other **** on it

For the fellow men who bought the extended case with battery, how do you carry this on your person?
I have a nice vertical leather belt-clip case with a velcro closure that I purchased from Fortte.com. It's great for the OEM G1, but it wouldn't hold the thicker and heavier extended G1. If it did, it would probably drag my pants down after walking a few blocks!

Just got the Seidio battery and included back cover. Battery seems fine thus far but please note one major design flaw....

While they designed the back cover to have a recessed area for camera lense, they failed to do so for the speaker. So basically you get a very muffled speaker sound since the sound gets to bounce around in the hollow backing case with only a portion of the sound coming out through the back cover's holes. Quite muffled sound and reduced volume now.

Annoying....called Seidio customer service and they refused to agree that was design flaw so if you want to return it, you pay shipping back to them and eat the original shipping costs too. Not fair for their poor design as they should have made the speaker holes recessed back with the camera lense.

Hmmmm Ive been wondering how speaker sound is with the extended batteries.

I called TMobile about battery problems I had. They recommended I call HTC Support directly at 888-716-3594.

They ended up shipping me another battery at the cost of $29.99 plus $7.00 shipping and $2.47 for sales tax - came to a grand total of $39.46. They also sent me an RMA ticket, so I can send my old battery back to them. They should then credit the $39.46 back to me.
I noticed both the new and the old batteries are 1150mAh. The old one has a part # 35H00106 - 01M and the new one is 35H00106 - 02M.

I just got it today (took one day to get here - Houston to Dallas), so I haven't had a chance to try out the new battery yet. I'm considering keeping both. I'll let the new one charge overnight tonight and see how things work the next few days before deciding on sending the old battery back.

Anyone gone this path? I'm so not looking forward to getting the big battery and cover.

I love the Innocell 2600 Extended Life Battery - Black I bought it and I never run out of juice anymore, it looks allot better than the hump battery, and holds more charge. The hump battery to me looks like something someone micky moused together to try to make an extra buck where as the Innocell, is very professional looking, a couple of my friends didn't believe that I had the bigger battery till I showed them. Anyways it gets an a plus for me a very solid product. So if you need more juice because you are a G33K Like me and use your phone for almost everything.. then check out that battery, personally I think the G1 should have launched with the option to get that battery setup from the start. Oh and about the sound I didn't have the same experience as he did at all if anything the extra air helped the bass. I will probably post a video on my blog to help people decide for themselves.

Http://d4rk-4ng3l.blogspot.com if you wanna see some of the other things I talk about. Ciao.

OK LISTEN UP u dont have to buy a new battery for your phone here is a solution to the battery problem before i did this i would get nothing out of the battery by 12 oclock noon i would be down to 40% of battery left so here is what you do!!! your battery has a memory that can remeber how much of a charge it need so use ur phone untill it totally shuts offs and wont stay on. then charge yout phone to full power takes about 2 hours do this like 2 or 3 days in a row you will see a really big difference in battery life i didnt beileve this at first either but i tried it cause i was sick of bearly using my phone and it dying but now i can use my phone non stop all day and it wont die i still let my phone battery drain completey before i charge i have seen such a big change in my phone and you can also make your own profile on power mangement to turn every thing off and then you can just change the profile with push of the screen cause i know i dont want that big bolky battery on my phone

if you have any more questions email mail me and i will me and i will see if i can help

yeah i'm struggling with calibrating my battery because it has a hard time dying

unless i sleep with it off the charger while playing music or something

wouldn't recommend the battery to those whose into like razr phones or etc

"I called TMobile about battery problems I had. They recommended I call HTC Support directly at 888-716-3594.

They ended up shipping me another battery at the cost of $29.99 plus $7.00 shipping and $2.47 for sales tax - came to a grand total of $39.46. They also sent me an RMA ticket, so I can send my old battery back to them. They should then credit the $39.46 back to me.
I noticed both the new and the old batteries are 1150mAh. The old one has a part # 35H00106 - 01M and the new one is 35H00106 - 02M.

I just got it today (took one day to get here - Houston to Dallas), so I haven't had a chance to try out the new battery yet. I'm considering keeping both. I'll let the new one charge overnight tonight and see how things work the next few days before deciding on sending the old battery back.

Anyone gone this path? I'm so not looking forward to getting the big battery and cover. "


This is in response to the quote above. Why did you have to pay for another battery? If I'm correct the phones just came out last year in October, so you should still have a year warrenty on the item. I had to get a new battery because mine was heating up too much on my phone. So the person sent me out a new battery, told me to keep my old one as a backup and I wasn't charged charged anything. Furthermore why would T-Mobile refer you to HTC if it is a product that they are promoting with THEIR name on it? I've been a Tmobile customer for over 7 years and if there is one thing I am a stickler about it is what the warrenty should cover; to me the battery is definitely one of the things.

i want a FREE battery

I've been lookin on ebay to check out the different sizes of batteries. In a nutshell can someone tell me the battery life on the extended options? Which one in your opinion is really worth the money? Thanx

2200mAh

2300mAh

2400mAh

2500mAh

2600mAh

That's what she Said! LOL

I heard that G1 can go for about 15-20 days on one charge ... it is very simple - you shut-off the phone COMPLETELY...

Ok, the point is: why are you buying the phone on which you will shut-off 90% options that it was made for?????

How about this: there is a aGPS, 3G, 370MHz, 16.7M colors, 2.6" LCD, Navi, full keyboard, MMS, recording in VGA @22fps, 3.2 AF camera, etc - that has a battery which will last AVG 5-7 DAYS... now you tell me that is insane

I called T Mobile today, also about the poor battery life, and they told me the same thing, to call HTC.

They told me the T Mo warranty is for three months, and that HTC has a one year warranty.

Frankly, if HTC will send me a new battery and refund the purchase price in full, that's fine with me. Why would I care WHO replaces the battery, as long as it gets replaced for free.

WHT??? G1 warranty is only 3 months from Tmobile and then you gotta go to HTC ... LLLLL OOOOO LLLLL - That SUX dude!!!

Has anyone had the Innocell 2600 Extended Battery?

Why would I care? I called HTC, they're sending a new battery out, and will refund my credit card.

Other then not having the option to go into a T Mo store and pick up a battery, what's the difference?

As long as it's covered..... (you seem awfully happy that it's not covered by T Mo... what's THAT all about????)

Just so you know, if you buy the extended life battery that has a hump on the battery door, you can just buy another one for a few bucks on ebay that doesn't have the hump....But does anyone know if I can find a SOLID WHITE extended life battery door? I'm about to get mine painted the color of my White G1 because I'm not a big fan of the White G1 with a Black battery door. But the battery is worth it, especially for me. I'm a computer tech and photographer and I'm on my phone with phone calls and emails for appointments all day long, and the battery last me ALL DAY!

wow i might have to buy one, ive been carrying my chargers everywhere, how much did u get urs for?

Just got the Seidio 1400 battery, it's just charging right now. Haven't got to use it yet, but one thing I noticed is that while charging it is as cool as a cucumber. The stock battery was always warm while charging.

I got my 23300mAH Battery for like $20 http://cgi.ebay.com/2300mAh-Extended...|39:1|240:1318

If anyone wants to get an extended life battery door that DOESN'T have the hump, here's the link.
Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/BLACK-EXTENDED-B...1|293:1|294:50

sure do my friend. i bought the 2600 seidio(it arrived on the 4th of april) and wow yes it is a little thicker ( makes texting a lot easier) but what you get in return is at lease 2 and a half days off a single charge and thats with regular usage. im also going to purchase another one because it works so well. you have 30days to return it if its not for you but i doubt you will. this battery is a must. hope this helped

EXTENDED BATTERY TALK -- RESURRECTED!

I could have started a new thread, but I didn't want to start the 921st thread regarding extended life batteries, so I decided to revive one of the old dead ones on the subject.

I broke down and ordered one of these suckers. I had too as my spiritual walk depended on it. The quick-draining, stock battery was causing me to repent far too often from far too much swearing. In any event, the new battery was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday.

I didn't opt for Seidio. Instead, I turned to ebay and secured a 2200mah battery and extended cover. When I first put the new cover on my phone I thought, 'Gee whiz! Look how big this thing is!' But after firing off a couple of text messages I quickly realized that the extended size was actually advantageous in that it provided added comfort to my hands while using the physical keyboard. I remember that with the stock cover, having the keyboard tray out didn't leave me much device to actually grasp while I clicked away on the little keyboard with my thumbs. This is no longer a problem. The added thickness provides excellent grip, and I decided that if this was a case of form (style) versus function, I would have to opt for function.

Thus far I'm pleased, but this is really just my thoughts on the cover... the important thing is will I still be pleased at the END of the day when I've had time to examine how the battery actually holds up. So, stay tuned to this thread to find out whether The JaceMan recommends this purchase or not. I WILL report back!

THE BATTERY ITSELF???

Put simply, the best $21.99 that I've spent on a piece of tech in a long time. I put the battery through it's paces yesterday texting two to three times as much as usual and listening to music sporadically throughout the day. Usually my battery is in the orange segment, sometimes even red when i leave the office for home.

Well in spite of using it more than ever yesterday, I found that when I left the office the indicator hadn't even reached the half-way point. I checked and I still had 72% juice remaining.

Verdict... buy it!

I would get an extended battery but there don't seem to be any good cases for it. I will probably pickup one of those 1600/1700 regular sized batteries instead. Best compromise for me.

The case I'm using... my pocket! I actually stopped using the $30 case I bought a few weeks ago (before I got the extended battery), so I'm definitely not missing it now. If that's the ONLY thing stopping you, and you can't live without, I bet we could find one.

what are ya using, that brick-battery?

Perhaps... which battery is known as the "brick-battery?"

In his best Tweety Bird voice, "I did; I did say a twentyoneninetynine!"

I think I'm about to go extended battery as well. It makes no sense to have a phone with so much capability only to have most if not all the features off most of the time. Do you have the extended battery with the smooth but larger background or the one with the hump at the back? I like the one where it is smooth at the back ...

Just bought this battery: http://www.buy.com/prod/2200mah-li-i...210924168.html. Will post my thoughts when i receive it and try it out. The goal is a battery that will last more than 8 hours on the "features" i bought my phone for ...

I went ahead and ordered the 2400mah one off ebay. Hope its decent

Just got my extended battery from buy.com. Wow ... 1st analysis ... MY PHONE IS HUGE!!! I now understand the "brick reference." The back cover will need to be shielded. I can tell it wont last normal wear and tear. It seems to be rubber. Will post a review on battery life after several days ....

Jaceman. Could u give us the link for that $21.99 batt I'm buying that today. Where did u get it from?

I got it on ebay... quick search for "g1 extended battery" and you're sure to find it. If you want to search by the seller let me know and I'll look it up and see who I bought it from. Still loving it, by the way!

Have a Seidio 1400 so don't need the larger back. It will last 3 or 4 days with web browsing, phone calls and looking throught the market and a few texts. I turn WiFi off and leave bluetooth on all of the time.

ok thanks jaceman.. let me head over to ebay. good thread

Extended Battery Thoughts: My phone became BIGGER, but it also became BETTER! The bigger back cover now makes typing on the phone WAY EASIER and LESS UNCOMFORTABLE. However, the kicker ... Before I was averaging just about 7-8 hours before the phone died. Sometimes I ONLY GOT 5! With my new EXTENDED BATTERY, After the First Run I got 38 hours before the phone DIED!

I love it and now my wireless cell phone can truly be a wireless cell phone instead of having to carry a charger or have my phone plugged in everywhere I go ....

I ended up with the 2400mah battery from ebay. So far I got it last night charged it over night. This morning had a 20 minute convo and a 6 minute convo with two people battery is at 94% right now, and that's with bluetooth talking. So far im impressed. Man my phone is HUGE now lol.

Update I compared the phone with my bosses G1 which has a Cover on the front of the phone and the back, and they are the same thickness mines maybe 1/2 cm bigger. So its not a big deal at all.

Over the weekend, I got comments from people saying my phone looked heavy and big. However when I was telling them my phone now lasts 35+ hours the perception completely changed. I'm loving this new battery :-) ...

So did i read through this thread correctly or did some people say there is an extended battery that wont add extra size to the phone?

yea there is an 1400mah battery that doesnt add any size. u can find it on ebay.

Nice, since there are still mixed reviews about the cupcake fixing the battery problem ill just wait and see. If its nothing special, then im definitely buying a new battery.

well cupcake helped my stock battery just a little. but its ALOT better with this 2400mah battery.

My increase was SIGNIFICANT. I used to get 6 to 8 hours if I left 3G off. Now I get about 13-15 with 3G on. No idea how a software update could do that. But it did.

I also got the 2200mah battery from Amazon.com today (Camron Sino Battery). Waiting to see what that plus cupcake equals in battery life.

Cupcake didn't seem to have any affect at all on my battery life: good, bad, or otherwise.




Disclaimer: I'm using the JF adp version of Cupcake.

I have the 2600 mah battery and yes it makes the phone a little heavy and the sound of ringer is a little muffled. What I did was pick Mechanical pencil that included a rubber grip, then I trimmed the rubber grip and glued on the inside cover by holes in back cover. That fixed the sound problem and since it is rubber it should not cause any problem. As for thickness, it is easier for typing and the indentation for camera is perfert for my index finger and I do not worry about smugging camera. I went from charging 3 times a day (disabled and I use phone a lot, 2-4 hour surfing, heavy email and texting, and about 3 hours on phone) now charge overnight and good all day.

Innocell 2600 battery make your g1 volume muffled and crappy?
Try my fix. :P

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...o/IMG_2150.jpg

win.

I just got my batterie from ebay also brand new under $25. I sent the payment in thursday and got it Monday morning .. best move I made all year ! I love this batterie, and my cover does not have this dent on the back that I been seeing around ebay. If you have not gotten this battery yet go get it !! your wasting your time trying to look for another alternative man.. Trust me this is the best alternative for the G1 battery problem I tried so many and none satisfied me like this battery does. I feel like I now have a phone !! I am real happy with this.. I also got a 4gb of extra space and i'm good now Come on guys stop being miserable the extra thickness is a welcome site to me because now I can actually grip it better and it looks cute in some way it looks different yes but in a good way.. think about it you will finally end that "low battery" problem and dont get the portable charger I got that before the extended battery and it sucks there is nothing like this Battery PERIOD ! You be a fool not to get this I'm serious.. You guys Get IT! what are you waiting for ? lol wow I cant say nomore but if you do not get this battery your wasting your time with anything else .. Good LUCK G1FuN