has anyone tried the mugen power 1550mah battery? Does it make a difference to battery life and is it reliable? (its the same size as the stock hero battery)Buy Mugen Power 1550mAh Extended Replacement Battery For HTC Hero (GSM) [HLI-HEROSL].
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Buy Mugen Power Sprint (CDMA) HTC HERO 200 1800mAh Extended Replacement Battery [HLI-HERO200SL].I ordered the Mugen Power 1800mAh battery for Sprint Hero a couple of weeks ago and it arrived from Hong Kong over the weekend. I'm not that familiar with Mugen Power but supposedly they are reputable and have good quality. The outside of the battery was covered in some sort of thin film/labeling that made it a snug fit, but it otherwise installed okay in the Hero. Got the original cover back on and if its any heavier I can't tell. I left it on the charger for 12 hours initially as instructed, and have fully discharged and recharged it a second time. I will do 2 or 3 more cycles like this to condition the battery.Now for performance, what I can tell so far. It definitely takes longer off a fresh charge to see even a dent in the battery charge indicator, whereas on the stock battery the meter drops below a full green icon pretty quick. I really feel like the 20% extra capacity is really there, as I was trying to come up with ways to suck the juice out of this thing so I could stick it back on the charge last night. Ended up leaving Sprint TV going for an hour and then read some ebooks. Left it sitting all night and it was red-lining but still holding a small charge this morning. On the old battery it would have died some time overnight (if not before due to all the network use for TV).
Just to be clear I never had severe battery drain issues with the Hero before, even before the update with the messaging fix. It lasts me a whole day without issue but I have to put it on the charge every night. I think I'll still have to charge it every night, or at least the next morning, but the added capacity just gives me a little extra boost and more peace of mind if I need to make extra use of my phone's capabilities.
I received a Mugen Power 3.7v 1800mAH li-Polymer battery for the HTC Hero (Sprint) which my phone will not seem to charge. I place the battery into the phone and the second it touches the charger the LED's flash between green and orange. When I use the phones power tool it says the batteries health was "Overheat." It will also say that when not plugged in.
View 1 Replies View RelatedJust curious who has it and how it's working. After the firmware (20) update and the 1800 battery, I was getting about 3 days of battery life with light use (an hour or two of wifi, couple calls, Bluetooth on the whole time) and was very happy.The last 2-3 days, my battery is draining crazy fast. After 2h45m, it went from 100% to 50% without doing anything. I checked what was draining it and 52% was display. The thing sat on the counter in sleep mode. This happened yesterday as well. I don't have any power hungry programs running an I use Juice defender and task killer regularly.
View 2 Replies View RelatedJust read that some mobile phone battery chargers use power, even when there no phone connected to charge up. Does this apply to the charger for the Hero? I currently use a electrical timer switch for the Hero charger, but, am I wasting my time doing that?
View 7 Replies View RelatedSearched the forum for an existing thread, and couldn't believe there wasn't one on this subject! I didn't expect the battery life to be great, but it's worse than I'd hoped,Obviously, setting the screen brightness to minimum is one way. I've also tried to see if you can 'turn off' applications which may be running in the background, but can't find a way to do this. My previous Nokias allowed you to see what programs were running, and you could turn them off to save battery power. I know a selling point of the Hero is that you can switch to applications quickly without 'loading them up', but is this killing the battery?
View 10 Replies View RelatedDoes enabling/using WiFi use more battery power?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am ISO methods to conserve battery power on my Sprint HTC Hero.
I posted this thread in the Applications Forum:
WiFi - On & Off - Toggle App? Which is the best one?
ISO of a WiFi Toggle Switch so that I can turn WiFi On and Off as to avoid wasting precious battery power when I don't need to be searching for a WiFi connection.
Having this always on uses more battery consumption.
Correct?
Also, when Apps check for updates every 30 minutes vs. 4 hours, this consumes more battery power.
Correct?
So, here are some thoughts I have to reduce batter power:
Facebook Widget
I have the Facebook App and downloaded as well as the Facebook Widget.
See this video for info on the Facebook App:
www. youtube. com/watch?v=KcCpmwzL4T4
(remove spaces, I don't want to embed video here)
Questions
The facebook widget is pretty cool. It instantly updates my friends status and there's a quick-add update status text box.
However, I had the settings to check for updates every 30 minutes. Reduced this to 4 hours, but that was pointless since 4 hours is such a long interval I wound up going directly to the main Feed Home page to see the status updates list.
Is adding the Facebook Widget consuming more battery power because it's always on the Scene page, always running, always checking for updates?
Would removing the Facebook Widget save battery power?
I could simply make a shortcut for the Facebook App and open it when I want to waste time on Facebook to see how vain, narcissistic, and attention-starved my friends and colleagues are.
So, my key question here is would removing the Facebook App and only opening the program when I need it save battery power?
Twitter App
There's two options to place on the Scene. One is just a simple text update box, the other actually has a feed.
I'm using the former. Hence, it's not updating feeds and it's only being used when I enter text and hit send update to Twitter.
Also, I think I have my settings set not to check for updates.
I assume that because I'm using the non-Live-Feed option Widget on my Scene, this is not constantly checking for updates, and hence, not consuming a lot of battery power?
Correct?
Instant Messaging Programs
I have the Google Talk App, an Instant Messenger App (which has AIM, Yahoo, and MSN), and I recently downloaded the Meebo App (which has all of this plus others, including Facebook chat).
Meebo IM v21 Application for Android | Communication
I assume that by not running my IM App, or my Meebo IM App, and turning this off, this will save battery power. Correct?
Or, is it only consuming more power when I receive an incoming message. I imagine that the Meebo App, being connected to so many IM services, including Facebook, might be consuming more.
So, not leaving this on 24/7 would probably use less battery power.
Correct?
GMail App and Mail App for IMAP/POP
I have my GMail App setup. I'm getting notified each time I have an email in my Gmail Inbox. I've created a label - Inbox2 - to skip the inbox - for messages I want to read, but don't want to be instantly notified of.
I've decided not to use the Mail App - Connecting my Fastmail IMAP account on my phone because I believe this would involve running a second Mail App constantly checking for inbound mail updates.
See my post on Email and Mobile here:
http://androidforums.com/android-tips-tricks/15153-email-advanced-android-use-gmail-google-apps-fastmail-mail-clients-etc.html
By using only the GMail App and not using the Mail App for IMAP/POP, this is probably consuming less battery power.
Correct?
Question
What other steps, tips and tricks, can be taken to consume less battery power on the Sprint HTC Hero?
How to show "Low Battery Alert" , when the battery power reduces to 15%. i am not getting any desired document or any code.
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View 6 Replies View RelatedJust called O2 about my Galaxy, It keeps shutting down and I cannot power up without first removing and replacing the battery, I's just over 1 month old and they deny any knowledge of this happening at all, They want me to send it for repair and have the priviledge of waiting up to 14 days to get it returned whilst I merrily pay a contract fee to them!
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When I install the battery in the phone and connect the charger (phone is off), the charging graphic shows the battery is fully charged. I can power on the phone with the charger attached, but as soon as the charger is disconnected, the phone dies. I tried this battery in two Droid 2 phones and got the same behaviour. Is this an indication the battery is defective, or is there something I need to do to make the battery work?
Can anybody with increasing battery life for the X10i?
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I have searched and searched and never seen an explanation of this powered off screen, which are slightly different depending on devices (some have charge indicator (i.e., "90% charged") and some just have the dots, some have lightning bolt inside battery some do not).
something like this: [URL]