Seidio Innocell 1750 mAh Battery for HTC Droid Eris/Droid Incredible / Reviews

I loaded this battery in Droid Incredible phone, launched a radio application, fell asleep and 2 hours later the phone was nearly too hot to pick-up. I then switched back to the OEM battery (red) and let the same application run for another 2 hours. Only minimal heat resulted. My fear is that the significant heat generated by this extended life battery could damage the phone. It gets very hot. I see that other reviewers have experienced the same problem.

I ordered this battery and have been using it for about a month. It worked as advertised... until two days ago. If you order it for your HTC Incredible know that the Incredible is very sensitive to voltage. I had a problem with a charger about a month ago due to unsatisfactory voltage. Apparently the Seidio Innocell has just had an internal failing and now provides unsatisfactory voltage. How will you know if this happens to you? Your Incredible will start taking random actions, not the least of which is difficulty in shutting down. Before you call Verizon, put your original battery back in. If it is a voltage problem this will immediately correct the situation. Given the cost of the phone and the Innocell battery, I cannot recommend you buy one. You will get an additional 2 hours or so out of your stock battery if you will charge it with your phone on, unplug and turn off when you get up, and immediately plug it back in. You will find it charges for about another 20-30 minutes. Apparently a software flaw.

I received this battery two days ago and I can already tell that this battery is 4X better than the original. I haven't charged my phone in nearly 30 hrs with heavy text usage and light internet browsing. I haven't had any overheating issues either. If you plan on using using your phone with more than just the mobile network turned on, this battery is a great buy for you!!

The battery arrived quickly (two days BEFORE the projected arrival date) and acts just like you would expect to have a battery act - it powers the phone. The 1750 mAh battery is slightly higher capacity than the original battery that ships with the Incredible (that is a 1250 mAh battery) and gives about a 1/2 day more use for me.

The nice thing is that I now have a spare battery (and I also picked up a Seidio Multi-Function Battery Charger for Use with HTC Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, Droid Eris and Touch Pro 2 - so when my phone runs low I pop out the old battery, pop in a new one, and charge the one I just took out. All the while rubbing those iPhone user's faces in the fact that their weak phones can't even do something as basic as swap out for a charged battery!

From day one of my Eris the battery life was dismal, so I knew I would need a battery. After hours of research on line and reading many reviews, I bought the only battery that really would work with this phone, not made by the manufacturer. I was a tad worried over the few reviews that said the battery didn't work for them, but took a chance because the good reviews outweighed the bad. I was pleasantly surprised upon installing the battery. It had 50% charge and took only about an hour to fully charge. After one day of using the phone more than I normally would (I was trying to run the battery down (testing it's capabilities)), it took about 6 hours of me consistently using the phone to run the battery down. That's right I played with the phone for 6 hours straight, running apps, surfing the web, texting and calling people. Then it took about 2 hours to recharge the battery fully. With the manufacturer battery it took over 6 to 7 hours to recharge. This is a great buy, and excellent battery.

My Journal of the Seidio slim extended battery for the HTC Incredible/Eris

Day 1: Charged overnight from 12 AM to 7:15 AM, battery gauge showed full, indicator light on HTC Incredible showed green. Wi-Fi and Cellular radios enabled, screen brightness set to automatic, using Advanced Task Killer app. I've been in and out of WiFi points all day, placed several phone calls, surfed the internet heavily, a handful of SMS, Twitter, Facebook, a few games, and took about 20 pictures with no flash. Current stats on the phone indicate nearly 140 MB downloaded, 12 MB uploaded. I did power cycle the Incredible around 8:00 PM because my free memory was in the 50s and ATK couldn't free it up. According to the Smart Monitor Lite app the battery is at 29%. It is now 10:17 PM, so that's a solid 15 hours of usage. On the standard battery I would have been plugged in at my desk by noon, and again after dinner.

Update: I logged a solid 1 hour phone call from 11:30p to 12:30a and the battery is still kicking!

Day 2: Charged from 2AM to 8:30AM, battery gauge showed full, indicator light showed green. Same radio settings as Day 1. Spent the morning in a Wi-Fi zone, minimal surfing, Facebook, and email. Around 6:00 PM I enabled the GPS and has been on ever since. Only a few minutes of cell phone usage. Moderate surfing, Twitter, and Facebook. At 12:35 AM the Smart Monitor app indicates that the battery has 40% remaining. I used Advanced Task Killer a handful of times today, no battery pull, no power cycles, no reboots performed today. Battery is impressive.

Day 3: Charged approximately from 1:00 AM to 7:30 AM. Same radio settings as Day 1, this time I enabled the GPS at 8:30 AM. Actively used Navigation app for about 30 minutes. Navigation app was active for a total of 1.5 hours. Turned off GPS around 11:30. Turned GPS on and off again at least a dozen more times throughout the day to check-in using 4Square app. Checked my phone multiple times every hour by unlocking the screen and checking Twitter. Browsed the web, used Facebook, Twitter, and SMS for nearly 80 megabytes. Currently it is 11:03 and my battery gauge is in the red and suggesting I plug in before it dies...it has been saying this for well over an hour now. I used Advanced Task Killer multiple times today, no battery pulls, no power cycles, or reboots today. I still highly recommend this battery.

This battery is awesome. The trick is, after taking it off thecharger after a full night of charging and letting the phone get to 80% power, then plug it back in and let it charge again til it gets 100% again. If you do that, this battery will last all day plus. For some reason when the phone is plugged in all night and stops charging it starts using the batteries charge and when 1st unplugged discharges fast. By recharging it again it fully charges the battery to capacity.

This battery is great! I can make it though the day now without dying, no problem

It's tough to say if this battery has solely fixed my battery woes or if other settings tweaks has also affected it because i made the changes at the same time. So before you buy a battery, i would do lots of research on settings tweaks to see how far you can take your battery before buying a new one.

Got this battery a couple days ago, gave it a full charge, and it is MUCH better than the OEM battery that came with the phone. The original battery would be down to 20% by around 3pm every day, and this one stays "green" well into the afternoon (say 5p). Also its great because I can just swap the battery out for the other one if I need to keep mobile and can't plug in the phone.