Extended Life V551 battery?

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prc2u - 12 Sep 2005 03:32 GMT

Does such a thing exist? If so tell me where to get mine. Please!

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John Navas - 12 Sep 2005 04:30 GMT

>Does such a thing exist? If so tell me where to get mine. Please!

http://search.ebay.com/v551-extended-battery

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Mike S. - 13 Sep 2005 23:00 GMT

>Does such a thing exist? If so tell me where to get mine. Please!

1700 mAH Li-Polymer. This is the Vxx version of the Maxxcell battery that
some of the V3 owners have been playing with.

http://cgi.ebay.nl/POLYMER-MPX200-MPX220-V3-RAZR-V300-V525-V547-V550-NL_W0QQitem
Z5806588338QQcategoryZ15034QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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dold@XReXXExten.usenet.us.com - 17 Sep 2005 21:28 GMT

> Does such a thing exist? If so tell me where to get mine. Please!

There was an update to the V551 firmware to extend battery life.
I generally charge mine very third day.

On my Cingular V551, Settings-Phone Status-Other Information you can
see the firmware version. Mine is R472_G_08.18.16R_0A.

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Kevin K - 18 Sep 2005 02:46 GMT

> > Does such a thing exist? If so tell me where to get mine. Please!
>
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> On my Cingular V551, Settings-Phone Status-Other Information you can
> see the firmware version. Mine is R472_G_08.18.16R_0A.

I charge nearly every day, but when I tether my PDA, it drains faster.
And I don't trust the battery indicator. I just have the charger
next to my bed, and charge it overnight.

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dold@XReXXExten.usenet.us.com - 18 Sep 2005 04:54 GMT

> I charge nearly every day, but when I tether my PDA, it drains faster.
> And I don't trust the battery indicator. I just have the charger
> next to my bed, and charge it overnight.

The stock battery indicator seems pretty sad. It shows three cells for far
too long, then two for a short period of time... one cell needs a charge.
You can see a six block meter with settings-phone status-battery meter.

If you use Mobile Phone Tools, F12 exposes the modem transactions.
Included in there is a line with
" SignalStrength 15 ** BatteryLevel 20 ** GPRS attached: NO"
but I don't know what the range or granularity of that is.
You should be able to retrieve it with an ATDT string to the modem outside
of MPT, but I haven't tried to determine what it is.

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