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Accessories Order two batteries from ebay

djb2

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Aug 1, 2010
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Hi everyone,

So I feel a little better that i'm not the only one with crappy battery life. I use my phone for work all day and by the time i'm home or even before i get home it's dead. i can't even take pictures of my kids cause the camera app won't open due to the low battery! Anyway, I ordered a 2 battery and wall charger pack on ebay last night for $10.49! I'm really curious to see how these batteries last and find out if maybe it's the actually batteries. I got mine last friday (July 30th i think) It's totally died twice now. I charge it for at least 8 hours at night with it on because it's also my alarm clock. But by 3:30 i'm almost out. I've been using the usb cable to charge it in my car between sales calls but even that isn't really keeping it charged up enough to last into the evening. Very frustrating because I really like this phone but i hate having to "ration" everything i do on it or carry a stupid cable with me everywhere!
 
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There have been several recalls from laptop manufacturers for official OEM batteries "catching fire". There should be no concern from possible counterfeit batteries bought off of ebay.

FWIW, good luck with that. I'll stick with Seidio extended, and OEM batteries off of amazon.com if I want to save a $.
 
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I saw that ebay posting as well!! Lol mine only lasts 9 hours at most
Edit at 11pm, I just ordered them as well!

My captivate took 4 hours to charge, and only lasted 10, what happen to those "750 hours of stanby time", other than the battery problem, I F**** Love this phone...
750 hours is pure standby time unattainable in real life use, it is just a characteristic. To get the 750 hours of standby time, you have to root the phone, uninstall all irrelevant to phone function apps, switch the screen to lowest brightness, switch off anything else, preferably switch the phone to gprs mode, set it aside and make sure no one calls it. It will last 750 hours.
I did a similar test with my previous phone - it would last me 10 hours under really really minimal use. I then put an inactive sim in it (so it could not even get on the network), and now the phone stays at 90% bat level after THREE DAYS of laying on the shelf.
 
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I took my launch phone back for a new captivate. My phone lasted about 34 hours on the last charge with moderate usage, whereas before I was getting about 14-16 hours. If you are still under the 30 day return you might want to consider this option.

Has there been an update to these phones since launch? What are the differences? I might need to exchange mine, too.
 
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I took my launch phone back for a new captivate. My phone lasted about 34 hours on the last charge with moderate usage, whereas before I was getting about 14-16 hours. If you are still under the 30 day return you might want to consider this option.

Just wondering if you tried to factory reset to see if that helped before you returned. Exchanging the phone is the long version of just that.
 
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Just wondering if you tried to factory reset to see if that helped before you returned. Exchanging the phone is the long version of just that.

Yes. I tried a number of different things. I was having issues with battery life, random power offs, lag, etc. Not anymore. Im not saying it will for certain fix the problem, but I felt I had a faulty phone and took it back as a result.
 
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Hi everyone,

So I feel a little better that i'm not the only one with crappy battery life. I use my phone for work all day and by the time i'm home or even before i get home it's dead. i can't even take pictures of my kids cause the camera app won't open due to the low battery! Anyway, I ordered a 2 battery and wall charger pack on ebay last night for $10.49! I'm really curious to see how these batteries last and find out if maybe it's the actually batteries. I got mine last friday (July 30th i think) It's totally died twice now. I charge it for at least 8 hours at night with it on because it's also my alarm clock. But by 3:30 i'm almost out. I've been using the usb cable to charge it in my car between sales calls but even that isn't really keeping it charged up enough to last into the evening. Very frustrating because I really like this phone but i hate having to "ration" everything i do on it or carry a stupid cable with me everywhere!

Just ordered mine also, for $10.49. At least I can have a few batteries that are charged and ready to go if I need them.
 
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