My friends Galaxy s4 used to have decent battery, now it dies with moderate use, power saver, and apps closed in 2 hrs. Would a new battery fix this?
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In my opinion, no. Try not syncing so many apps. I had my battery fully charged at 100%, turned off sync of all Google and logged out of Facebook. I was at a state fair and did some texting, snapped about 60 photos and logged in and out of FB about five times. My batter got to 25% in about five hours. I DID not have the brightness set to auto but had the device in Power Saving mode. This replacement would last just as long.
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The likely suspect is that the battery will no longer hold a full charge and depletes early. It's a cheap fix and if it doesn't help then there's something in the phone drawing the battery down.
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From what I can gather these type batteries have a defined life. It seems under normal usage the s4 battery is only good for about 1 year. Heavy usage (recharging a lot) can reduce the the life more quickly. I plan to replace my battery at least yearly. I try and always keep a spare on hand because a battery ordered on line is so much cheeper that buying one on the local market.
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Yes. You take off the back of the Galaxy S4, take out the battery, and put this new battery in it's place: As the picture shows, ANKER sends you the battery AND the "new thicker back case" to enclose it. It does add thickness and some weight to the phone, but I find that to be a VERY small inconvenience when compared to the time spent NOT charging this your device with this battery. With lite to moderate use? I can go easily 3 days before turning off the phone and charging it. I HAVE NEVER RUN OUT OF BATTERY. The "trick to this battery" is to fully charge it then let it get down to about 5-10% charge. Turn it off and charge it completely. After 3-4 times of the complete discharge/recharge cycle? This battery will amaze you with it's longevity between charges. So it makes the phone thicker and a bit bulkier: I'd rather have that than the possibility of running out of juice while on a conference call........Give that some serious thought......... I HIGHLY recommend this battery for the S4, and wise that you chose a phone that you CAN swap out the battery for a higher mAh power rating on it. I also highly recommend the TPU (semi rigid/soft silicon) case from Hyperion: Hyperion Samsung Galaxy S4 Extended Battery HoneyComb Matte TPU Case / Cover **Hyperion Retail Packaging**
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My battery has lasted a long time. Don't know exactly how long but a lot longer than 9 months. Maybe you just had a bad battery.
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Only if you find it for mini. The one I have it's just a regular Galaxy S4 from T-mobile. Lasts about another 50% extra on my battery.
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Hey Bev, sorry i bought this battery! There is only about 45 minutes of battery life so i basically have to keep it plugged in all the time. This is the second replacement battery I have bought. Next time I'll go back to Best Buy and spend more money. Nope not a Samsung battery.
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I haven't had that problem. Take it to a carrier store and ask them to try a new battery. It may just be a "bad" phone. We've always had a Gravity as far back as when they first came out. Best dumb-phone out there.
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I had original battery nearly 2 yrs when I got new one. It was still working but required charging 1hr into active use. This new battery is half power after about 4hrs active internet and games. I should say that my particular phone is notorious for excessive power consumption.
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We've used the anker battery in 3 other persons phones. These phone models are all samsung android phones Galaxy 3, & 2 other types. All persons report a full two day use before recharging. Now able to run on minimum battery reserve for many hours was a plus. Of course moderate to heavy use of your phone i.e. long displays of your screen will decrease your battery more quickly. Note: Anker does not like negative comments in amazon.com & you could get a rebuttal comment in your mail box as I found out!
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I don't know. My Samsung Galaxy S4 is one week old, and I haven't looked into extended batteries for it. However, I can tell you this... I put an extended battery in my old HTC Rezound. The larger battery required a larger soft plastic case. The one I got was a Ditztronic, and it was terrific. It's why I decided to get a Ditztronic for my Sansung Galaxy. If Ditztronic doesn't have a case for a Samsung Galaxy with an extended battery now, I'm sure they will have one shortly.
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I don't have s4 mini but for the last 45 mins my battery went from 6% to 20% in other words cra for S4
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I'm not sure if the battery can be replaced, most likely no. What I do know is that I played mines for about 8 hours at full volume before the battery died so I'd say that's decent. The type of battery it is you would probably get a couple hundred recharges. You may want to alternate between using it till the battery is completely drained and using it while charging. It will help to extend the battery life. Hope this helps.
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A good way to test if there is something wrong may be to run it with "normal" use for a few charge cycles. For example: don't watch videos, have just one Gmail account active, limit web browsing, turn off Facebook and Twitter interval sync (huge drains in my experience), and answer calls and SMS messages as normal. If you get 30+ hours doing this, there is likely nothing wrong with the battery, suggesting your particular level of "exteme" use simply may be ill-advised when needing your phone to run for an entire day on one charge.
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thanks for your answers. I put an Anker regular Galaxy S4 battery in the S4 Active and it DOES work on the Active... the reason why I asked was because in this description it says it wouldn't, so I wondered if it did not let the active's back cover to close properly or something.
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Unfortunately, I can't help on this one. After I received the new battery - ahead of schedule, I might add - I determined that it was not a battery failure which caused my cell phone to fail. It was the phone itself. Sorry I cannot help.
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I don't know about your particular problem but I received a bad battery. The phone would show 5% and charging and after a few minutes would say it was fully charged but the phone would not boot up. I returned the bad battery and ordered another one from the same vendor. The new battery worked fine. Not sure if this is any help but wanted to share my experience.
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I myself am having problems concerning battery life on my phone. My new battery purchase did not solve my problem. My phone is due for an upgrade so who knows. Sorry I could be of no postive help. Can tell you though that battery life when phone was new was excellent. Good luck.
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My phone is working well with the new battery. I accidently dropped it in the toilet on the way to Lewiston, Id and couldn't get a battery locally. Hope this helps you as I'm not good with electronics. They've passed me by!!