Extended life battery for those experience less than desired G1 battery life

[DaYuMu6ft7]

Originally Posted by ghoonk

lol, that's an exaggeration. Won't be that much thicker, but I'll be laughing at you when you run out of juice when my power meter hasn't even moved.

Any battery gurus know if this is possible with Li-Ion batteries?

iLOL

And I hate to be laughed at, but if it's worth the hardship...

I'll sign up

[ghoonk]

What hardship? If possible, the phone will just be thicker by another 4 to 5 mm. Now imagine being able to surf the web for 10 hours, non-stop. If that's not hardcore battery life, I don't know what is.

I wouldn't go down the path of a battery pack that hooks up via USB though. Running batteries in parallel is the way to go, rather than having the USB piggyback battery trickle charge the on-board battery to death :P

I'm guessing that this will probably require a recalibration of the battery sensor, but I need confirmation that this is possible

[DiscoDapper]

Originally Posted by ghoonk

What hardship? If possible, the phone will just be thicker by another 4 to 5 mm. Now imagine being able to surf the web for 10 hours, non-stop. If that's not hardcore battery life, I don't know what is.

I wouldn't go down the path of a battery pack that hooks up via USB though. Running batteries in parallel is the way to go, rather than having the USB piggyback battery trickle charge the on-board battery to death :P

I'm guessing that this will probably require a recalibration of the battery sensor, but I need confirmation that this is possible

I like the idea of a thicker phone for extended battery life. I always thought that they should have sacrificed another mm or two to pack at least 1500mah battery in there.

Alternately I would go down the path of two batteries, but with a modified back that allows for quick battery swaps instead of packing both in there.

[ghoonk]

Thought of that, but suspected it might confuse the heck out of the battery meter and screw up calibration. 2 batteries, or 3, and we're all set for a couple of days.

[kaysesoze]

42 bucks is too much...
I ordered a 1200 mah battery for 7 bucks with discount.... and it works and fits fine...
might order 2 more at that price and a battery charger so i can have 3 batteries in case of emergency

[DaYuMu6ft7]

If I dealt with the "Wing" being thick...

I guess, I could deal with the extra thickness for outstanding battery life

[kaysesoze]

anyone know where the stand alone battery charger is online for the g1

[DiscoDapper]

Originally Posted by ghoonk

Thought of that, but suspected it might confuse the heck out of the battery meter and screw up calibration. 2 batteries, or 3, and we're all set for a couple of days.

Hmm... good point about the battery meter, especially running 2 batteries with different capacities. If they were identical batteries and ran them down to the same point each time, that may work, but not all "identical" batteries are the same, nor do they degrade at the same rate, so over time the meter would get confused again.

Suppose it would be interesting if batteries and the meters were smart enough to recognize eachother and be linked by a code...

[DaYuMu6ft7]

Originally Posted by kaysesoze

anyone know where the stand alone battery charger is online for the g1

Are you referring to this....


http://www.wirelessground.com/g1cradle.html

[kaysesoze]

nah there was one that someone posted that was on ebay that was just one piece no cord, just snap the battery in and plug the box into the wall..