Seidio Extended Battery

[robertmbaw]

Hey i just recieved a Seidio Extended Battery in the mail and i was just wondering if anyone has any problems with these and if they really have a longer battery life. Im on the first day with it and it seems to be draining just as fast as the oem palm battery. Should i be noticing a difference? Has anyone else noticed. I just hate to pay $40 for something that isn't helping. Defective? i dunno please help! It also seems like everytime i check the battery its down a % as well as when i take it off the charger it is at 99% never 100%

[skoenig]

I have a Seidio Extended Battery (2400mAh) too, was one of the first things I got for my Treo since i know the batt life on these things is much much lower than a regular phone.

The Seidio is better than the Palm batteries but not by much, it's not surprising really... a typical palm battery makes it through about my day ending up on 30% (so it's used about 1260mAh that day), whilst the Seidio end up on about 40% (so it's used about 1440mAh that day)

... Of course this depends on usage.

But that would make sense to me as the Seido has about 50% more capacity than the palm so to me it's in the quoted range, again depending on usage.

Make any sense...?

Not sure about the 100%/99% thing.

~ Steph

[robertmbaw]

Thanks a lot steph your always a great help. I did talk to someone from seidio and he said you should notice a signifigant difference in the battery life and i should cycle the battery (charge fully, drain all the way, then charge fully again) So im going to give that a try. Also, on the note about the 99% he said it was normal for both the seidio and the regular palm battery to show 100% on the charger and 99% when you take it off. Thanks for the quick reply! I must be a heavy user because i just purchased my treo about a week ago and i take it off the charger at about 9 a.m., after the days over at about 11:00 p.m im at less than 20%. Right now with the first day of the new seidio i am at 55% and its 3:30 so i dunno we'll see!!

[skoenig]

I know what you mean though. I was a little shocked at how quickly the Palm battery drains and I'm still shocked at how quickly the Seidio one does too.

A little bit of net usage and a some phone calls plus the requisite playing with the thing all day really does kill the batts quickly.

I'll try the 'deep-cycle' thing too - at least that what i think they call it.

~ Steph

[robertmbaw]

I did the "deep cycle" and my battery last a very long time! By very long i mean at least the day. Just for example yesterday i took my phone off the charger at about 9 am well i used it (phone, games, media, and the net) after all this my batt was at 50% at 11 pm! I woke up today and it was at 40%! The cycling helps because it trains your palm to know what percent matches the actual battery life!

[Treofrog]

My deep cycle discharge the battery use the phone until the battery dies the put in freezer for two hours then repeat twice will boost it you can use the phone for 7 days without depleting the battery//

he-he my little trick,

[JOURNEYMAN]

consecutive 7 day cycles or one shot deal?

[skoenig]

Just be a bit careful about cooling the Lithium-ion...modern batts should be ok but I remember once Nokia having a problem with cold batteries leaking.

~ Steph

[comiken205]

One thing about new batteries, especially Lithion. They need two-three fully charge and fully drain cycles to work at optimum performance. I used to work in the battery field, privately and for the military. The freezing part, helps to keep the chemicals in your battery cooler thus the longer battery life. But I believe that the battery should not be operated under freezing.

But to make a long sentence short, two-three fully charge and fully drain cycles to get the optimum performance. What treo needs are the Lithium Polymer batteries!!!!

[Ron Chee]

so i order the bundled package for my 700p. i get everything except for the extended battery. i email seidio and they email backing with a link to file a order complaint. i file the complaint. no response. four days later, i email back again. again, they send me another link to file a complaint. i tell them i already did. they say they will call me. no call. a few hours later i get an email stating they did ship the battery with the order and the post office or another person who opened the package took or lost the battery. well, i was the only person who touched the package to open it and it was in perfect shape from the post office. so basically, they are calling me a liar and not doing anything about it.

i called again and an agent stated they would call me back. still not call. on monday i will file a complaint with the bbb.