Battery life extender

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Anyone know if there is any sort of portable battery thing i could plug into my galaxy s to give it a decent battery life when i'm not around any plugs?

or any battery upgrade that would greatly improve lifetime.

thanks for any help
 
Do note, bulk is its middle name :p

I'd just buy a spare battery and keep it somewhere on me/the car or whever really.
 
IIDeathCubeKII said:
I'd go for this, that case is going to make your sexy slim phone into Vanessa Feltz in pvc.
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true but im only going to have it one when i need it. also, provides a bit of extra protection which is needed if im out in the wilderness, 3rdly anrt extra batteries a pain in the **** to charge
 
^^ Seconded. I have absolutely no worries about battery life since calibrating my battery and setting up the paid version of Juice Defender to manage connectivity. Really makes a huge difference.

For instance, currently 21 hours since unplugging; only lightish use (bit of web browsing, couple of uploads, bit of app browsing, some use of Taptu, Facebook and Twitter), but on 85% battery still.

Would highly recommend to anyone who's not got it.
 
strumpusplunket said:
^^ Seconded. I have absolutely no worries about battery life since calibrating my battery and setting up the paid version of Juice Defender to manage connectivity. Really makes a huge difference.

For instance, currently 21 hours since unplugging; only lightish use (bit of web browsing, couple of uploads, bit of app browsing, some use of Taptu, Facebook and Twitter), but on 85% battery still.

Would highly recommend to anyone who's not got it.
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Wow thats really good. Care to share your settings? Only thing that annoys me is when u turn the screen on for a few seconds to check something it wastes power turning the data on and off when it's not needed.
 
strumpusplunket said:
^^ Seconded. I have absolutely no worries about battery life since calibrating my battery and setting up the paid version of Juice Defender to manage connectivity. Really makes a huge difference.

For instance, currently 21 hours since unplugging; only lightish use (bit of web browsing, couple of uploads, bit of app browsing, some use of Taptu, Facebook and Twitter), but on 85% battery still.

Would highly recommend to anyone who's not got it.
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Do you have push email and facebook etc still on? If so that's brilliant, if not that ruins the point of the phones
 
rG-tom said:
Do you have push email and facebook etc still on? If so that's brilliant, if not that ruins the point of the phones
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I have 2 push accounts, Facebook, twitter and whatsapp.

It enables data on a schedule - anything from 5 mins to an hour and also enables it when the screen is on. To be honest I leave it turned on at work as it really saves the juice for later on in the evening when the phone is really being used.
 
rG-tom said:
Do you have push email and facebook etc still on? If so that's brilliant, if not that ruins the point of the phones
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gam3r said:
I have 2 push accounts, Facebook, twitter and whatsapp.

It enables data on a schedule - anything from 5 mins to an hour and also enables it when the screen is on. To be honest I leave it turned on at work as it really saves the juice for later on in the evening when the phone is really being used.
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As above, I have Yahoo Mail, Twitter and FB as push accounts when the screen is on or it's on AC power, but I've set up Juice Defender to allow data connections whilst the screen is off only once every 30 minutes.

So I guess that's much less drain than having fully-functioning push account whilst the phone is asleep. You can always change the interval it allows data connections if you like, to as frequently as every 5 minutes, I believe (though of course, you'd see a fair bit more batter drain).

For me this is the perfect balance - half-hourly checks for mail/networking accounts and extremely durable battery life to the extent I don't actually worry about it. Even if I somehow forget to charge it one evening, it can manage the next day at work if I keep use to a minimum. To me this gives the phone more functionality than having push accounts set up and pushing all the time. YMMV, of course.

Also, if you set up wireless network training, it won't turn on wifi when you turn the phone on unless you're in range of one of your commonly-used networks. This really cuts down on power usage if you turn the phone on to check emails on the train, for instance.

Edit: oh, I think it's also possible to delay data connectivity coming on when you wake the phone if you like. So you could check your calendar, or saved SMS msgs or some other taks that doesn't need a connection without draining unnecessary power. You can put a quick enable widget on your homescreen to over-ride this too, but all in all this is a faff too far for me.
 
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rG-tom said:
Do you have push email and facebook etc still on? If so that's brilliant, if not that ruins the point of the phones
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Push Facebook is pointless if you have push email. Set Facebook to send you email alerts so you get the same notifications but save on battery.
 
I have one of these:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Battery-Exten...ilePhoneAccessories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=

Takes 4 AA batteries. Loaded with four Sanyo Eneloops I can get almost two full charges out of it.

I get great use out of it when I go camping or one of my regular trips down to London. Easy just to put another 4 batteries in my pocket in a case if I think I'm going to be hammering the phone (I pretty much watch movies on my phone for the entire 3hr journey).
 
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