Feed some juice to your smartphone
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Feed some juice to your smartphone
I just picked up a Seidio "OEM-size" extended battery for my HTC S620 (unlocked UK version of T-Mobile Dash). It's 1300 mAh instead of the 960 mAh stock battery. I've gotten a nice bump up in battery life even with heavy web browsing with both cellular and wifi connections, making calls, and playing a Sega Genesis emulator. They make similar stock-sized batteries for most of the more popular smrtphones. Might be worth a look if you need some more juice but don't want to keep on a charger or have a big bump sticking out the back of the phone.
www.seidio.com
www.seidio.com
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I also found out that lithium ion batteries apparently lose about 20% of their capacity per year when stored at room temperature. More if warmer, and it doesn't matter how much or little you use them.
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there are about 20 different grades. starting at A++ . anything above B grade will last wayyy longer. For example we have IBM original batteries from 3 years ago, which has been sitting on the shelf and 10/10 on average retained 98% of the capacity. IBM obviously specs out A grade cells.
For smaller batteries such as digital cameras and cell phones, it makes an even smaller difference between grades.
The only time you will lose 20% is if it is stored in elevated temperatures (100F) consistently for months at a time.
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yes and no. it depends on the quality level of the cells that was used to make the battery.
there are about 20 different grades. starting at A++ . anything above B grade will last wayyy longer. For example we have IBM original batteries from 3 years ago, which has been sitting on the shelf and 10/10 on average retained 98% of the capacity. IBM obviously specs out A grade cells.
For smaller batteries such as digital cameras and cell phones, it makes an even smaller difference between grades.
The only time you will lose 20% is if it is stored in elevated temperatures (100F) consistently for months at a time.
there are about 20 different grades. starting at A++ . anything above B grade will last wayyy longer. For example we have IBM original batteries from 3 years ago, which has been sitting on the shelf and 10/10 on average retained 98% of the capacity. IBM obviously specs out A grade cells.
For smaller batteries such as digital cameras and cell phones, it makes an even smaller difference between grades.
The only time you will lose 20% is if it is stored in elevated temperatures (100F) consistently for months at a time.
Rick = LiIon god :bowdown:
iPhone = I'm boned when it comes to batteries, but at least my cell is purdy :hs:
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Nah it's just a lame 200 MHz TI OMAP processor so not much to be gained by overclocking and none of the apps I found seemed to be that well thought-out.
I've had this thing for almost a year and would like to upgrade to something "nicer" but at the same time have yet to find anything I actually prefer.
h:
I've had this thing for almost a year and would like to upgrade to something "nicer" but at the same time have yet to find anything I actually prefer.
h:
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Nah it's just a lame 200 MHz TI OMAP processor so not much to be gained by overclocking and none of the apps I found seemed to be that well thought-out.
I've had this thing for almost a year and would like to upgrade to something "nicer" but at the same time have yet to find anything I actually prefer.h:
I've had this thing for almost a year and would like to upgrade to something "nicer" but at the same time have yet to find anything I actually prefer.
h:i have a different rom on mine clocked to 250 with no problems and a wide array of apps