Good Day all.
Thanks for all the postings and responses and shared information.
It's been quite helpful.
I don't understand yet how to "hit Thanks" even though I've tried clicking it.
Just note I'd click on Thanks for pretty much allt he posts.
I've read it from the beginning to the end.
I purchased the battery FINALLY when it was available.
I then realized the following day I should purchase some charger to go with it.
I received the batteries on Saturday 06/15/2013.
I wanted to put them in immediately but then decided I should try and wait for the charger.
The charger hasn't come as of yet.
SO I decided to use the regular charger.
I was kind of disappointed with the NFC disconnect.
But I figured right now I needed the battery MORE than I needed NFC.
I was going to figure out a way to try and hack that to get it added to my phone without needing the original case.
So let me just state that the standard battery lasts me about 7-8 hrs. 3100mAh.
I normally disconnect the battery around 4-5am when I get up and leave for work.
I then find that the battery is at 100% but upon the first 15-20min is now at 97-98%.
Somewhere around 11:30am-12:45pm - I find that the battery reaches around 30-35%.
At the rate it is going I figure by the time I leave around 3pm, I would be down to less than 13-15%. So I start charging around 30-35%, it takes about 2.25-2.75 hrs and its between 97-100%.
I guess I would qualify myself as a power user with various apps going.
GPS, Social Connections, various Apps.
I've read of the outrageous times people are getting with this battery and figured it is ideal for me.
Before I had the Samsung Galaxy Note 2.. I had an HTC Evo design 4G.
The battery lasted me a good 4-5 hrs.
Prior to the HTC, I had an old Windows Cingular 81xx (forgot the model) phone.
I kept that phone for 5+ years because I was grandfathered in the old data plan.
I relinquished the phone due to its unstable nature, I had to reset it 4-6 times a day. It would only hold a charge with use up to 2 hrs without use perhaps 4 hrs.
I had to always look for outlets to charge the phone.
SO I was very aware of energy consumption and being keyed into battery life.
In any event, this is so far what I've come up with.
I disconnected the standard battery from my Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
I connected the ZeroLemon battery, it registered over 60-65%.
I am using the included battery charger of Samsung (2000mAh or 2Amps).
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - SPRINT model SPH-L900
Android Version: 4.1.2
Here's my results.
Charged Battery starting at
06/18/2013 --------------------------------------
9am/9:30am - battery around 60-65%.
11:30am Found battery was disconnected from phone - reconnected.
I was disappointed and hoped that I did not disrupt the timing/memory charge of the battery so I reconnected it at 11:34am and started the charge again.
Battery initially showed 7% charge - after powering off the phone and powering it back --
Phone showed up as 70-75%... I continued the charge.
4:30pm - Phone showed 100% charged. - kept phone charging till 7pm.
I figured that if I let it charge a little longer that it may compensate for the battery disconnect at 11:30am.
7pm - Disconnected phone 100% charged.
06/19/2013 --------------------------------------
06:01am - at 73%
07:34am - at 67%
10:11am - at 52%
10:30am - at 50%
10:39am - at 49%
11:44am - at 44%
12:09pm - at 40%
12:15pm - at 39%
02:14pm - at 35%
02:39pm - at 31%
02:45pm - at 31%
02:50pm - at 29%
02:55pm - at 28%
03:02pm - at 27%
04:00pm - at 20%
04:15pm - at 17%
04:32pm - at 15%
04:40pm - at 13%
04:57pm - at 12%
05:13pm - at 10%
05:29pm - at 09%
05:36pm - at 08%
05:44pm - at 06%
05:59pm - at 04%
06:20pm - at 04%
06:30pm - at 03%
07:58pm - at 02%
I had to play a game, check email, ran GPS (2 programs), use some graphic apps... to bring the % down to the magic 2% which was requested by Zero Lemon to start the battery charge.
SO I have found that its taken a LONG time to discharge even though the phone has been indicating that I needed to plug it in after the 15% marker and it started to use features that I guess are built into the system - for example: The screen dimmed. -- this happened after 10% marker.
(Note: -- I started recording the time at 9:36pm at this point because I was writing this message)
Charging started on 06/19/2013 at...
07:79pm - at 02%
09:35pm - at 24%
09:43pm - at 25%
09:50pm - at 26%
10:03pm - at 28%
10:15pm - at 29%
I'll keep a log of it but this is just my second session (counting the very first time I connected it to the phone).
I am hoping to get up to the 2-3 days of charge versus so far the 23.5hs to 24hs.
Will report what I can come up with.
I am also looking to see if anyone has done any jury-rigging with the NFC that's with the original case. I've not been successful finding any video's or DIY notes on it.
I'm also looking to eventually root my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 -- but still getting my feet wet with all the various MODS and the ways it can be rooted.
I am still waiting on the 2nd battery charger 2amp Samsung OEM I bought.
I also bought a Samsung Note 2 stand/battery charger - partly because it also includes the 2Amp charger. I figure I can modify it to accept the Zero Lemon 9300mAh battery.
SOME FYI suggestions I have only after having explored and purchased the ZeroLemon.
1. Get a Screen protector as the case only covers the back.
2. Get a spare 2Amp charger
3. Get a battery charger and
Thanks for reading/viewing.
Sincerely,
Satori Agape.