What is the best extended battery for the droid x? I know verizon has one but are there any others out there that are bigger? Just trying to get the best one for the phone.
As far as I know that’s the only one available. Seidio’s working on a behemoth but it’s not available yet. 3500mAh (though rumor has it that Seidio tends to overrate their batteries.) That one will require a new battery door since it’ll probably be a good 1/4" thicker than the existing battery.
I’m thinking about getting the VZW battery. You more than double your battery life because you have two batteries. If you’re going on a plane ride or something where you need the extra juice you can just stick the extra battery in your carryon. Plus the VZW battery doesn’t make the phone any thicker. You can actually use it with the existing battery door. You’ve just got to push harder.
lol, just like most things in life, just push harder…
If you’re having some battery issues, try installing the app “Advanced Task Killer”. It’s in the top 5 of the “top free” downloads in the market. Configure it to kill apps every time the screen is turned off. Killing off all the apps that are running for no reason seems to extend the battery life significantly.
If you already have that app, the ignore everything i just said. 
since uninstalling my task killer my battery life increased significantly…just saying
It’s not so much the task killer but the Auto-Taskkilling. I still have the taskkiller on my phone, but use it maybe 3 times a day. 2.2 phones have gotten a lot better with application handling.
I used to take my Droid off the charger @ 5:30 AM and by 3pm it was dead. Here is what I did:
- Uninstalled programs I didn’t use/need
- Turned off syncing with my 2nd Mail Account (Exchange). I really don’t need to check my work email that much
- I disabled the auto-kill on the Advanced Task Killer Free app
- Turned off Wi-FI
- Turned off GPS
- Downloaded the Brightness Toggle Widget to get my screen very dim during the work day. It actually lowers the brightness more than the default widget.
- Turned the sync time for my other apps up to a higher interval
Now, I can have Wi-Fi enabled and have my battery last for over 2 days with light/medium usage.
Honestly my ATK was just fucking up my phone since I got 2.2 on the X. On 2.1 it significantly helped but I’ve run my phone for 2 days straight and still had 30-40% left with the stock battery.
There already is a battery out that requires and comes with a new cover for the phone
For a while ATK wasn’t 2.2 compliant. There was a beta out for Froyo.
I just choose not to use mine anymore, it’s still installed if I decide to, but 2.2 created so many problems for me at first and ATK was just compounding those.
Oh and nm, the battery i was thinking was the vzw that comes with the cover. I see that 3500 one is on preorder but no ETA
I debated getting an extended battery. Here’s what I came up with.
My phone takes 30 seconds to boot.
Just get another standard battery. Carry it around when you go out.
For what you spend on the standard you might as well pick up the extended instead and then if that isn’t enough you will have your standard as backup