It is only a matter of time for an Htc Evo user to come to the point from where we start research how to get better power. No matter whether we use the phone for business, fun, keeping in touch with family and friends or for all of them together. A modern cell phone, or what we may call it, a digital handset, a smartphone or even pocket computer will need more power as we get more accustomed to it.

An owner of a modern phone like Htc Evo gradually uses more and more functions, so the battery time shrinks. It is never satisfactory when we get as little as half a day without charging. What the time needs to be for a device to be called mobile? Well, to my mind, anything that is no shorter than one full day. But the more the better.

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Sooner or later, we decide for an extended battery. Some of us will reconcile to just a little more power that can be squeezed into the same shape without adding anything to the size. There are batteries available that extend the working time by 20%. For a moderate user, that’s just the time they need to stretch out for a full day.

Some others don’t care at all about the added size. They just want the handset to be running. They need it for intensive use, they like the feel that they have power to spare. So they are looking for a powerful battery that doubles if not triples the time between charging.

The best value money can buy in terms of power source for Evo 4G is certainly the Htc Evo extended battery of 3500 mAh from Seidio. Adding minimal bulk and a bit angularity, it provides enough power for a full day of heavy usage. Most users charge it only every other or even third day.

This battery from Seidio has proved to be the one that makes the real difference. It is much superior to the stock battery. In many aspects, it beats even the Htc battery of the same capacity. It sits more firmly. The back lid has a tighter fit. It has better feel in hand. The service time is much longer.

Some initial conditioning might be useful. The battery reaches its full storing potential after some five or six full charges. Disabling some needless background processes and network searches can still be useful but not crucial any more if the aim is a full working day.

Things to consider:

Htc Evo extended battery of 3500 mAh from Seidio is more costly that the majority of the market offer. The main benefits are the longevity and the convenient shape for holding in hand.

However, the investment might be poorly justified if you intend to upgrade to a newer phone model, like Evo 3D. You won’t be able to use this battery with other phones. A much cheaper battery may serve you well enough if you need it only for a couple of months or so.

With the Seidio battery, as with any other battery of similar capacity, you will have to use another back lid. That will change the shape of the phone by adding a little bulk. This particular battery adds also some angularity.

You may have heard that the battery life can be prolonged to a considerable extent with just changing some settings that switch off programs or services that are not in use. You may have been finding long lists with detailed to very detailed guides and descriptions. They usually require some time and effort to be applied. And there are quite a lot of recommendations that do not bring significant changes.

This little guide will show you the quick method of switching off the most voracious applications. You may consider chasing also the smaller spongers through the menus and locations of your device. But that can be done at a later time when you are settled somewhere and want to play.

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So, first off you need to switch off all the things that are on idle run – bluetooth, wi-fi, 4G scanning if you are outside the coverage. Push Menu > Settings > Wireless & Networks and disable Bluetooth, Wi-fi and 4G.

Another thing that has significant influence on the battery life is the screen brightness. It can be useful to control it manually. Go to Menu > Settings > Sound & display > Brightness. Disable Automatic brightness and adjust it manually.

You might consider also adjust your e-mail, Twitter, Facebook accounts not to update too often. It is not easy to tell what an optimal setting would be. It wholly depends on your needs and habits of using those networks. Often periods of intense communication shift with relative calm. Since it is very easy to change, you can even adjust them to whatever the situation demands.

Use the task manager to switch off the applications that run in the background. There is a checkbox for each application. Just select and press End button at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t need any of them, press End All.

For a new battery, allow full discharge for three to four periods. Charge the phone to its full capacity and then allow it to run until it switches off, and repeat that for a couple of times. In most cases, these cycles of full drain will significantly improve the battery life.

These recommendations can be applied also to other Android handsets.

4000 mAh Htc Evo 3D extended battery from Seidio is built to give the avid Evo 3D users the greatest mobile freedom. It is suitable for people who work away from office or travel a lot without the possibility to always come close to a mains outlet to recharge their phone. This hefty battery keeps the Evo phone running for more than a full day, and an average user will have to charge it only every other day.

But what do we have on the scales here? It is quite clear that such a bliss comes at a price. It is always good to explore a little whether the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

As for many other smartphones, the stock battery does not live up to the expectations. The Evo 3D phone itself has accumulated the most advanced technologies and climbed to the peak of the mobile devices evolution. But there is still a problem with no straight forward solution – the power.

The battery power is still dependent on the battery size. A small battery cannot have large capacity, and such one that would give the outstanding handset the power it deserves, exceeds the size of the phone several times.

Scientists and constructors work hand in hand to squeeze in smaller and smaller forms more and more capacity. People pay big money for just getting power increased by some 10% with the existing dimensions preserved. That’s one of the approaches.

But Seidio Innocell 4000 mAh Htc Evo 3d extended battery follows a different approach. It gives generous power, worry-free usage, running time around two full days. Who would not love these benefits? But there is that one thing that turns off the lovers of the existing forms. This battery makes the phone big, yes, really big. Big and heavy. With this battery installed, your phone is a matchless power tool on the inside. But on the outside, it’s a brick!

If you can tune yourself into the thinking about the functionality, if your being in touch and the whole business and income is dependent on the mobile handset, it won’t be hard to decide. With this battery, you will reach a new level of freedom, your mobility will allow you to be reachable all day long. With proper arrangements, you will be able to generate income even from the comfort of a roadside cafe or from a mountain top, if you like.

But if heavy running is not what you bought your phone for then think well. It might feel really well to set up your elegant thin Evo phone for the friends to watch a video or slide show. You may not want to offer this moment of chic. Placing the fat and quite formless device in front of your friends may not be as impressing.

The choice is yours – power or chic. You won’t call beautiful a phone with this battery attached even though I would not call it ugly either.

1950 mAh Htc Evo 3D Extended Battery – Stronger Than The Original

Under the slogan of maximum mobile freedom, an extended battery of 1950 mAh from Mugen Power has rolled out on August 16, 2011. The slim body of the Htc Evo 3G extended battery comprises impressive capacity. It claims to be adding about 13% of battery life to the Evo 3D handset. Read the press release here.

There have been many attempts lately to find more or less adequate solution for the smartphone power problem. The phone itself has evolved to breathtaking heights but the capacity of lithium ion batteries is still dependent on their size. There is, however, a reassuring solution available. Seidio Innocell Htc Evo 3D extended battery of 4000 mAh has been on the market for some time. It actually solves the problem providing enough power for two full days. But that battery is big and adds quite a lot to the size. For those who want it thin, a compromise is offered in the shape of a slim extended battery.

When it comes to the brands, the names of Seidio and Mugen always stand out. Seidio have already offered their half-way solution. You may have heard of Innocell 1900 mAh slim extended battery for Evo 3D. Now Mugen Power have made their shot.

At the time this article is being written, Mugen Power 1950mAh Extended Battery for HTC EVO 3D is available for US$44.95 direct from Mugen Power Batteries at http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/mugen-power-1950mah-extended-battery-for-htc-evo-3d.html

Such a thin battery holding capacity of 1950 mAh is in itself an outstanding fact. It even exceeds Seidio achievement by a crumb of 50 mAh. This has been possible only due to tremendous input of the brightest battery development minds. How much it adds to the actual value of the battery and to what extent can this difference be sensed by the human user, is now given to our individual judgment. One thing is clear though: this is an unprecedented power packed in a battery of this size.

Heavy Usage Of Htc Evo 3D Phone May Demand An Even Stronger Battery

Mugen Power being a relatively new company already have a proven record of premium performance, longevity and safety. The extended batteries manufactured by Mugen have often exceeded if not doubled the run time even of the original replacement.

If your objective is just to add a little power to your phone, the slim Htc Evo 3D extended battery may be worth a try. It can give you the run time for a full day with light to moderate usage. It can be especially beneficial to those who love their phone being thin. If any bulkier outline is a loss, this may be the best solution available so far.

But if your main concern is performance, then you are probably not afraid of the phone getting thicker. Since the slim extended battery may not live up to your expectations, consider the Htc Evo 3D extended battery of 4000 mAh by Seidio. You might be a lot happier with that. The extremely strong battery will allow you to use the phone for two days without charging. Seidio products have proven their longevity, so we may trust that also this battery will serve us well for years.

Htc Evo Extended Battery Spares Low Power Frustration

A good Htc Evo extended battery gives a lot more time for an Evo 4G handset to stay powered on. The standard battery is too weak if we want to use the phone the whole day. It hardly provides the expected comfort even if we use it just for keeping in touch with friends and family. The problem gets even worse when we want to use the Htc Evo 4G phone as a business tool. There are few things as frustrating as a phone dying in the middle of conversation or while preparing an urgent mail.

A quality Htc Evo extended battery solves the power problem with ease. A full day of medium to heavy usage with still enough power left is a norm. No more interrupted business talk, no more need to disable screen savers or background applications. The phone is well charged and works with confidence. A full day or even two can be spent away from mains outlets. Watch movies, surf the Internet, build your business the way you choose and from where you choose. What can be better than that? Can you even realize all at once what endless possibilities such a well powered Evo phone offers?

Downsides Of Using Extended Batteries

Not being shipped with the phone, Htc Evo extended battery causes frustration, waste of time and resources

However, there are a few downsides that make the Htc Evo extended battery a less attractive accessory in the eyes of Evo users. I think it is good to know about them and be prepared.

CAUTION: Beware of cheap non-branded batteries. Not only is their service time shorter but they can also be dangerous.

The first and most serious drawback is by all means the phone not shipped with an extended battery as a standard. You will find a lot of user comments maintaining the idea that the extended battery they purchased as a separate accessory should have come with the phone. It would have saved a lot of time and frustration from the beginning.

People seldom embrace the idea of a new investment right after purchasing the phone. They expect it to be of full value from the day it arrives. Why shouldn’t they, after all? When, in the first few days, they find that the phone is poorly powered, they are disappointed. They seek advice. There are some efficient power saving recommendations published online. Following them, it is possible to add some good hours of work. Yet that all feels more like half measures because, however you try, you do not gain full confidence. So trying, failing and wasting time they gradually get used to the idea of getting an Htc Evo  extended battery.

The good news here is that an Htc Evo extended battery can be a real long term solution for all the power problems, provided that you choose a reliable model. I think it is unjust that, being an Evo owner, you are actually pushed to buy such a battery. I know how you feel. I am sad that those big companies make people to buy something by means of frustration. But the choice is only this: either we go and get the solution or continue to be only partly satisfied with our Evo handset.

Adds bulk

Another drawback is bulk. Yet bulk is not always to such a degree a drawback as it would seem from the first glance. Together with the larger size, the phone acquires also more balance and stability in hand. The Htc Evo extended battery is usually shipped with a door, the back of which is often rubberized in order to add comfort to the grip.

There is a lot of research being done on batteries, and we can notice already now that the batteries we use today are much thinner than their predecessors. Yet it is still true that larger capacity requires larger shape. The trade-off is obvious here: if you want to keep the factory thinness, then you cannot use a more powerful battery.

Some are not streamlined

A more angular outline that one of the most popular extended batteries for Htc Evo gives to the phone can also be viewed as a drawback. But that is not a big one either. The artful design of Htc Evo extended battery cover makes those angular shapes look much less bulky than the streamlined ones of some other battery covers. With the dramatically improved functionality in mind, the angularity might not be worth mentioning.

Don’t Blame The Htc Evo 4G Extended Battery Before You Check Settings

A good Htc Evo 4g extended battery carries a lot of power juice. It can make your phone last for a whole day or even more without any changes in settings. So a widespread hype goes that we may forget about all the useful energy saving tips. Is it really so?

In fact, you can still drain your battery with great success in impressively short time if you give it a little effort. There are users who praise an extended battery saying that it has given new life to their Evo. But there are also those who are really disappointed and blame the battery. Most often than not, there is something else to blame, not the battery. Actually, the way the phone is configured can open or close channels through which the power juice gets sapped. Shutting down some of those channels can have serious impact on battery life since the energy resources they take when running are huge.

Seidio Innocell 3500 mAh extended battery for Htc Evo is by far the most popular

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The recommendations for the standard battery would suggest closing every single background application including screen savers and sounds. With the extended battery, closing some of them may not give too much of a perceivable effect any longer. If you like your screen saver, just have it. Even lowering the screen brightness may not be that essential any longer if you want to keep it nice for viewing. The screen is on only when you use it and comes off when idle. It takes power, right, it does. But that’s not the real glutton. The sneaky background applications and processes are. Working things out with them can get much power stay there for more productive purposes.

I am not saying, however, that the screen brightness is not a factor at all. It has always been and still remains one of the largest energy consumers. Only with the strong battery, it is not that important any longer to keep the screen darker than it is comfortable for viewing. On the other hand, don’t have the full brightness on when you are indoors and do not really need it. Just find the right balance and you will be fine.

What might still make a huge difference is stopping the network searches going on in the background only leaving on those that are actually needed. As an example, the phone searches for the 4g network by default even when you are outside the coverage zone. If you disable all kinds of searches for non-existent networks and the periodical notifications, the battery time will get much longer.

Valuable Online Resources For Battery Saving

There is a wonderful article by James Kendrick How To Stretch Battery Life On Htc Evo 4G on Gigaom.com. This article is based on personal research and experience, and contains a lot of valuable tricks. Not all of them remain as important with the extended battery. But they are, by all means, worth reading.

If you are still using the stock battery, Kendrick’s recommendations can in fact help you to get your Evo stay powered on for the whole day, and you may not even need to invest into the more powerful battery.

Another nice resource that gives us 20 battery saving tips is by Jenn K. Lee on Good And Evo. Here we can learn, by the way, that the best power saving policy for wi-fi is „Always on” however counter-intuitive this may seem.

Bottom Line

Optimal configuration of an Htc Evo 4G phone can give you a full day of working time and even some power to spare even with the stock battery. If you want still more freedom (and are not afraid of some added bulk), then go ahead and get an Htc Evo 4G extended battery. Remember though that even for the strongest of batteries some commonsense power saving measures can be useful.

WARNING: Strong batteries add bulk

Why Htc Evo Extended Battery Adds Bulk…

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I notice that speaking of an Htc Evo extended battery, the term „trade-off” is used more often than usual. There are EVO owners for whom an extended battery is a no-brainer, and the satisfaction with the handset is right in the place. And there are those who would never sign up for an extended battery. The reasons are different and the trade-offs are many. What are the right questions to ask and get the answers before taking a decision for or against having one?

For batteries, it is always true that thin size cannot accommodate great capacity. That is the first and, to my mind, the most important trade-off. Many would have liked that thin stock battery of 1500 mAh work like a 3500 mAh one. Unfortunately, such an option is unavailable. Either you go with the thin battery and try to adjust the settings according to the energy saving recommendations or you get a thick but full of juice battery.

A good extended battery can have your Evo powered on for more than a full day with heavy usage whereas with moderate it can reach up to three days.

The question remains about bulk. But, lo, is bulk that huge a problem or is it sooner a blessing? Compactness is human friendly only to a degree. Would you make a haft for a spade as thin as a matchwood only because you have such a strong material available that would hold the load? Or, do you feel comfortable with a built-in calculator on a watch? With all this, I just want to say that there is always a certain limit for a device to be compact. With this limit exceeded, the device gets less and less human friendly.

Seidio Extended Battery For Evo 4G Still Popular

The above said is obviously the main reason why so many users of the Htc Evo extended battery praise the new bigger shape. They say the phone now feels much better in hand. The soft-touch back of the extended door, which is shipped together with the battery, gives pleasant feel of control. Adding of the battery gives the phone a greater overall completeness. You may only wonder why such a battery is not the standard. The thinner battery could logically be made available on the market especially for the lovers of thin. I would assume that functionality is the serious concern of the majority of Evo users, so they would be just happy to avoid the new hunting curve and expenses.

The size and shape are only adjacent factors. The purpose why there are extended batteries for Htc Evo smartphones is the need for power. A good battery will allow you at least a day and a half of intensive usage without recharge. The availability of all the functions of the Evo handset all day long without worries about the battery life is a value in itself. But it is good also to have those small benefits that come along – better balance in hand, rubberized back and protection for the lens.

Watch Seidio Innocell 3500 mAh Htc Evo Extended Battery Video Review:

You may have now attached the Seidio 3500 mAh extended battery to your Htc Evo smartphone and now you need a good protection not only of your investment in this not so cheap device but also to all the valuable data you have stored.

I am sorry if you have first purchased a case for the thin Evo phone and discovered later that you need a strong and reliable battery to use it to its full potential. That case won’t fit the new battery since it has made for a perfect fit with the standard size phone. What are your options then with the old case? Yeah, just sell it or write it off as a lost investment.

Seidio Innocell 3500 mAh battery adds a little thickness to the phone, and there is a special case designed for the newly obtained shape and size. It is called extended case.

Seidio Innocase extended rugged case for Htc Evo 4g is bulky. But it gives excellent protection to your Evo phone and a reassuring feel in hand. We are not saying it’s beautiful. It looks decently and gives enough protection for your Evo phone. There are times when beauty is not the most important trade-off. Protection and functionality are most often the decisive aspects.

There are, however, some more trade-offs for this big strong Evo case. A few other things may become useless when it arrives. So for example, it won’t fit into the desktop charging cradle when dressed in this armor. The kickstand that is at times important when you want support your phone elegantly and conveniently to treat your friends on a movie or slide-show. But that’s a universal truth that protection always comes at a price.

On the other hand, you may not need at all such a drastic performance case. It is designed with those in mind who work on rough terrains, heights or extreme conditions of some other type. If, let’s say, a builder drops an Evo from the second or third floor window, it may fall even on a hard surface and go unscratched. Just consider how often are you likely to be throwing your Evo phone from a big height on a rocky ground. If you think it is something you will do often then just run and get the rugged case, it is a vital accessory for your high-end device that it needs in order to survive and serve you well.

If the only risk for your phone is falling out of hand some time and landing on the floor which will not always be covered with stone, then a lighter protection would be much more convenient and user friendly.

Htc Evo 4G Extended Rugged Case With Holster Protects Even Against Dropping

The Innocase™ Extended Rugged Holster Combo gives the best protection to your Evo phone for use in the toughest conditions when the Extended battery of 3500 mAh from Seidio is used.

It consists of four parts: the ultimate screen guard, Innocase Extended which is the basic protection case for an Evo phone equipped with the Seidio Innocell 3500 mAh Extended life battery, Extended Rugged Skin and Skeleton and the rugged holster.

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Screen Guard

Very thin 0.1mm high quality Japanese film which does not affect the sensitivity of the touchscreen. It has a hard surface with hardness rating 3H and fits precisely the phone.

Innocase Extended

This is the basic protection case which is only 1mm thick and does not add any bulk to the Evo phone. Made from strong durable material but still flexible. It is really easy to install or remove. The cut-outs for ports, controls, camera and the kickstand are precise so the case fits well.

The Innocase Extended is compatible with Seidio Innodock Jr. and Innotraveler Car Kit.

Extended Rugged Skin And Skeleton

On tough and rugged terrains you will have the ability to put on this case for extra protection. This thin silicone case covers the whole phone and there are silicon covers for the ports, and they can be easily opened and the ports accessed conveniently.

A plastic frame fits over the back of the phone and makes the case fit tighter. Apart of that, it gives the corners extra protection.

Note: The kickstand cannot be used when the Innocase™ Extended Rugged Holster Combo.

Innocase Extended Rugged Holster

Use the holster to keep your phone attached to the belt. It fits up to 2” belt and holds securely your phone with help of a locking mechanism. The swivel clip allows 7 different angles for positioning the phone.

Watch Video Review Of Seidio Innocell Rugged Combo Case And Holster

Note only that the Seidio Innocell rugged combo  case depicted in the review video is the one used with the standard battery. The only difference with the extended case is that extra space for the extended battery. All the other details will look pretty much the same. You will see also how nicely it is engineered for a snug and reassuring fit to your Evo machine.

Watch the video here:

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Htc Evo Extended Battery

An Htc Evo Extended Battery is a long term solution for the battery life problem of the factory battery of Htc Evo 4G phone. The phone as packed with features requires a much stronger power source. I did a thorough research on the extended batteries of 3500 mAh capacity and found that there is one battery that stands out and is called by the Evo users a ‘must have’.

The name of that 3500 mAh battery is Seidio Innocell. It has lots and lots of positive user feedback in the Internet forums and Amazon customer comments.

There are also other companies who offer Extended batteries of this capacity for Evo phones. They are Laza and Acase, and Mugen offers Htc Evo extended battery of 3200 mAh capacity.

Why Do Most Evo Users Favor The Htc Evo Extended Battery By Seidio

What determines the Evo users’ choice in favor of the higher price Seidio product over all the other available batteries? First of all, that’s the Seidio company’s reputation of a leading Smartphone accessory manufacturer. Its products are associated with top quality, reliability and longevity. No other company has such a portfolio of products that have time proven record of being top-notch.

Seidio company focuses on the full line Smartphone accessories and goes the whole way through to manufacturing the accessories for the changed shape of the phone with the extended battery. The phone gets a little bulkier when the new battery is inserted, and that causes the situation that the earlier purchased accessories do not fit any longer.

So the Seidio company offers not only the Htc Evo extended battery as such but also the case that fits perfectly and the charger cradle kit. Seidio seem to be the only company able to offer the full set of the complimentary accessories.

When it comes to the longevity, we know that Seidio batteries do not drop in their capacity for years. For other products, we do not have that firm a record of reliability.

What To Expect From Using Htc Evo Extended Battery From Seidio

You will have at least a full working day of heavy use without need of charging. If you are a traveler or mobile office lover, this is by all means your battery.

The evo phone will no longer be so thin that it fits between pages of a book. It will get somewhat thicker but not much. Many users think that the small bulk added in combination with Seidio original soft touch coating makes the phone fit even better in the hand.

There is also an excellent customer service for Seidio products. I have even heard that Seidio hire experts who browse the online forums in an effort to find user complaints and do their best to help them solve the situations. Yet I cannot either prove or deny this last statement. I just said it in order to illustrate how good the overall customer experience is. Even if it is just fiction, it still says a lot about how the customers feel.

Beware Of Cheap Batteries

The age old wisdom that the one pays much who buys it cheap is true also with Htc Evo extended battery, or even all the more with them. If you have read some user reports in the online forums and blogs, you have most likely seen also the sad stories about how the batteries do not serve well/ long/ as expected or even damage the phone. There are cheap batteries available on ebay, the so called Chinese ones. From the first glance, it may seem to be a smart choice saving a lot of bucks. But in the longer run, they may become the cause for too sad user experience.

With a portion of commonsense, we might just reason a little. How can a battery be cheap at large? Only when cheap materials are used in them or cheap labor used in manufacturing. Both of them are the risk factors for the quality of a product. So if we just make up our mind that we want only high quality materials used in our phone, and the people who assemble them receive also an adequate reward then we should take every effort to steer clear from cheapness.

Conclusion

If you really want to get your user experience with Htc Evo on a new level and risk as little as possible, order the extended battery from Seidio.

Go Seidio and you won’t fail. Or, at least, you are very unlikely to fail.