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Maybe it's my OCD or maybe just that I love my G2. Knowing that when the times comes and my battery finally dies my G2 will be useless actually bothers me. Right now is the perfect phone except for this one small detail.
Is there a solution for this? Will it be possible to use the phone when plugged in after the battery goes?
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Big4570 said:
Maybe it's my OCD or maybe just that I love my G2. Knowing that when the times comes and my battery finally dies my G2 will be useless actually bothers me. Right now is the perfect phone except for this one small detail.
Is there a solution for this? Will it be possible to use the phone when plugged in after the battery goes?
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The battery like the rest of the phone is warrantied for a year, and rated to last for several.
Do you really think you're going to keep the phone long enough to kill the battery?
Very few phones have replaceable batteries now, and I'll take excellent build quality on the phone over a removable battery every time.
gunnyman said:
The battery like the rest of the phone is warrantied for a year, and rated to last for several.
Do you really think you're going to keep the phone long enough to kill the battery?
Very few phones have replaceable batteries now, and I'll take excellent build quality on the phone over a removable battery every time.
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I do. All my old devices get repurposed into weather/clock stations in various rooms in my house. Why toss them? I have yet to have any battery die though.
Once it's out of warranty you can just buy a new battery and replace it yourself. I don't think it should be too hard to take the back off... The nexus 4 wasn't anyway.
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ephumuris said:
Once it's out of warranty you can just buy a new battery and replace it yourself. I don't think it should be too hard to take the back off... The nexus 4 wasn't anyway.
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Have you seen what you must do to replace it?
I doubt that anyone would do it himself. Never the less there are services who can replace it for you.
It is really hard to kill the battery. I have 3 years old phones which can last work day without charging.
I've never had an issue with batteries and I don't see having one with this phone.
on the move..
Keep the phone hot while charging (say, as a GPS in the car) you'll kill it within 18 months, easy. But treat it right and it'll be just fine.
And yes, I don't like the non-replaceable battery. That said, I've only replaced the battery in one phone that I was still using in the last four years.
And while replacing the battery in the G2 isn't impossible, it's far from easy. Lots of little cables to unplug, move, heavily glued down stuff, etc.. Pain in the ass.
I will not take years of significant extra bulk and 15% less battery life (2600 vs 3000mAh) just to easily be able to replace the battery 2 years from now. I would rather replace the phone when the battery dies, which will be needed anyway.
I also find it a little problematic long term. But I like the size of this phone. So I decided to buy it anyway.
No, I don't care if I have to spend some extra hour switching the battery if I still have the phone after 3 years or so when it's getting bad and needs to be replaced.
So on Friday, i was out playing billiards, with my S4 in the pocket of my jacket, draped on the back of a bar stool about 20 feet away. As usual me and some friends were having a few bourbons, so not much thought was left to who was around my jacket. Toward the end of the night i went to put on my jacket, and immediately could tell the phone was gone.
I used another persons phone to call mine, straight to voicemail. I used their phone to open my Google account and Device Manager, nothing. Knowing i had at least 50% battery left, i knew whomever lifted it had pulled the battery. I also have the full version of Got Ya!, but received no email notifications of a shutdown or SIM change. Its been three days now, nothing. Location history has not shown anything since about an hour before i discovered it missing. It showed the phone going out to the parking lot, about 100ft away from where i left it, then nothing.
Ive already had the IMEI blacklisted. Though thats no real satisfaction, as a quick look on Craigslist will show you a handful of people that will use a jtag box to flash a new IMEI to any phone you happen to bring them for about $50.
During my frustration, i was thinking of how Republicans had stalled to pass a bill to nationally require better theft deterrents and kill switches in smartphones. Then i thought "i should just switch to an iPhone, i wouldn't be so easy to steal." Just six more months and i can upgrade to the iPhone 6, its the perfect size, not ridiculously huge like the S5, and i had much better software for theft prevention and recovery.
Though what makes the iphone better at theft deterrent than the S4?
Its the software firstly, Apple has mimicked many of the features found in apps such as Cerberus or Lookout. As well on the hardware size, the SIM is harder to remove, AND THERE IS NO REMOVABLE BATTERY.
I personally have never removed the battery or SIM card from my S4 since i purchased it, other than for cleaning. I have an external 10000mah battery pack i keep in my car in case i need charging, and besides i usually have the phone plugged in when im in the car or at my desk. So why do we need a removable battery? Why do we need a removable SIM card? So why not just superglue the battery in place inside the phone? The phones i have not lost to theft, i usually keep as spares (Im using an old Galaxy S2 at the moment), so i dont really care about resale value.
Gluing the battery in would make it more difficult to remove, preventing abrupt power loss that stopped the GotYa app from working, as well as preventing the SIM card from coming out. If they powered the phone up once before having the chance to clean the IMEI, i might be able to get a location, as well as send and SMS codes to wipe info.
Have any thoughts on this?
iphones are just as easy to steal, their battery is removable with just a tiny screw driver that fits on a key chain. their sim comes out with just a paper clip. don't glue your battery in there is a greater chance you will need a new battery than your phone getting stolen by the one person smart enough to pull the battery.
Cerberus is far better than Apple antitheft methods
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Cerberus is far better than Apple antitheft methods
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Though think of what is the one thing that would disable any attempt to recover your phone: the battery being pulled out. Why not just eliminate that variable. Hopefully by next year thanks to California's new law, well have better software controls across all phones.
Caligula36 said:
Though think of what is the one thing that would disable any attempt to recover your phone: the battery being pulled out. Why not just eliminate that variable. Hopefully by next year thanks to California's new law, well have better software controls across all phones.
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As it was said before... An iPhone battery can be pulled with little issue.
With Cerberus, I get a location as soon as the battery goes back in, even if they switch Sims or do a factory reset.
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As it was said before... An iPhone battery can be pulled with little issue.
With Cerberus, I get a location as soon as the battery goes back in, even if they switch Sims or do a factory reset.
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I agree with you completely, its just less likely that a scumbag that steals a phone is going to have what i think is a T000 screwdriver handy. I should have done some more testing to make sure these apps i had were configured correctly, though at least i know now.
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Though think of what is the one thing that would disable any attempt to recover your phone: the battery being pulled out. Why not just eliminate that variable. Hopefully by next year thanks to California's new law, well have better software controls across all phones.
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I hope they dont pass that law...already losing enough privacy everyday lol...just be responsible and keep your phone on you or in a safe place, it's not that hard
Sorry your phone got stolen tho :/ I hope you get really lucky and one of your apps give you an update and you some how manaage to get your phone back...
On a side note, my girlfriends sister got her iphone stolen at high school last year...her dad was able to track it to the kids house...he went there 3 days in a row and would knock and knock and no one would answer the door, not even the parents, school wouldn't do anything about it and he even tried to get the police involved...to this day they still havent gotten it back, they ended up just buying her a new iPhone. Moral of the story...sometimes all these apps and antitheft tracking and what not isnt even enough, I mean yeah it can lead you to the place...but if the police dont wanna get involved what can you do? You cant break in and steal it back lol
Had my Nexus 4 for some time now and the issues started once Android 5.x.x was released but has increased more recently.
I ended up trying around eight different ROMs posted on here hoping it might be OS level but it still does it.
Currently using this MIUI build whilst sacrificing the ability to use certain apps like banking.
It's getting to the point where it decides to power down and might not even turn back on till the next day. Which is exactly what happened yesterday.
When I attempt to power it on it gets as far going through all the boot animations; then I'll hear some sort of notification sound and it just powers down. This is the case for all ROMs.
As far as the battery being messed it was replaced with a new one a few months ago with me thinking it may be a solution for it. It's never been dropped or damaged so I don't suspect any internal damage. There's also no overheating ever if it helps. Just wanted to gather some opinions/advice on it before I pull the plug on the device and buy something else.
I am not sure if my situation is similar to yours but I'll share it anyway.
My battery was also a newly replaced recently but with an OEM battery, not the original from LG.
So it turns out that so-called 'new' battery depleted rather quickly and the power off randomly happens to me as well.
Until one morning, I realize the back cover was having this huge hump like its about to break apart.
Then I took apart the back cover and to my surprise, the battery was bulking inside (sign of a faulty battery)
Although it still can hold the charge, but it was making my phone looked like it was about to explode.
So my mistake at the time was thinking that the battery is fine when its actually not.
Because it was from OEM, so there is a chance or possibility that battery might go bad beyond our expectation.
Thanks for the reply!
Yeah I did replace it with a non LG battery but that was out of non being in stock at the time.
What I have now is a Kamal Star replacement from Amazon
The bulking you mention I don't seem to have with this current battery but when I was replacing the previous one I did notice it was bubbling if that's the best way for describing it; just a few small bump/bubbles over it randomly spaced. I really hope it wasn't somehow the cause the of the current fault.
I have a 910T3 that I slow charge (AC) most of the time. When I see the green light go on, I unplug and see 100%, but after I reboot into TWRP recovery it is usually like 93%. Which one is accurate? I'd prefer the green light to go on when it's really 100%. Thank you.
Also, the stock battery is about 20 months old, and I can use it to about 0%-1% before it shuts off.
You could try reinitializing your battery. However seeing as your battery is that old. You would be better off getting a new one.
What is reinitializing the battery? I really wanted to avoid buying a new battery unless I really had to. I've read people's battery dying at like 25% left, that's when I'd buy a new one.
burntrat said:
What is reinitializing the battery? I really wanted to avoid buying a new battery unless I really had to. I've read people's battery dying at like 25% left, that's when I'd buy a new one.
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Above post is correct as your battery is quite old it is probably time for a new one. My old note 4 was very similar to this before the emmc failed in it it would always show different percentages on battery,the phone died before i got to replace battery though
TheMadScientist said:
Above post is correct as your battery is quite old it is probably time for a new one. My old note 4 was very similar to this before the emmc failed in it it would always show different percentages on battery,the phone died before i got to replace battery though
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Man I was hoping it wasn't time for a new battery just yet. Also, sorry to hear about your n4. Looks like eventually all of them will die like that soon. I swear this was planned cause the n5 wasn't that great, trying to thin out the n4 herd.
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Man I was hoping it wasn't time for a new battery just yet. Also, sorry to hear about your n4. Looks like eventually all of them will die like that soon. I swear this was planned cause the n5 wasn't that great, trying to thin out the n4 herd.
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I loved my note 5. Battery killed in it too twice i haad a note 7 edge rom on it
TheMadScientist said:
I loved my note 5. Battery killed in it too twice i haad a note 7 edge rom on it
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I tried the no5 for a bit, but wasn't really impressed with it. It had it's pros and cons, but I felt the no4 was better overall for my uses. I read others saying pretty much the same thing with sticking with the no4 rather than moving on the no5 cause of no battery or microsd card support etc.
How did you deal with dead batteries out of warranty or did you have both battery issues in the first year?
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I tried the no5 for a bit, but wasn't really impressed with it. It had it's pros and cons, but I felt the no4 was better overall for my uses. I read others saying pretty much the same thing with sticking with the no4 rather than moving on the no5 cause of no battery or microsd card support etc.
How did you deal with dead batteries out of warranty or did you have both battery issues in the first year?
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Lol i bought 3 note 5s and pieced them together with one one good screen and a bad usb port on said screen i swapped the batteries myself I heated the baqck and didnt bust it just scratched it. so i ordered a new back and use small dabs of rubber cement to put it back on.
I do all my own repairs no warranty. i had a verizon tmobile and sprint mother boards luckily I rooted before the usb went out completly and used wifi file transfer and wireless charge for that issue. So much as I now despise Usb ports and no wireless charge on devices.
TheMadScientist said:
Lol i bought 3 note 5s and pieced them together with one one good screen and a bad usb port on said screen i swapped the batteries myself I heated the baqck and didnt bust it just scratched it. so i ordered a new back and use small dabs of rubber cement to put it back on.
I do all my own repairs no warranty. i had a verizon tmobile and sprint mother boards luckily I rooted before the usb went out completly and used wifi file transfer and wireless charge for that issue. So much as I now despise Usb ports and no wireless charge on devices.
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Wow, I wish I had the skills and patience to do that. I know I'd make things worse and end up paying more in the long run for parts and fixing it. I think that is a huge reason why many won't move onto these newer phones without replaceable batteries.
I swapped out an older, but less used oem no4 battery and will see if it's any better.
So I'm using the older battery and lights up green at 100% (same level as TWRP rec).
But today, my phone just shut off at around 35-39% while in the middle of streaming a short video clip. Only way to turn it back on was to remove then reinsert the battery. Is this normal of dying batteries around the last 1/3 or could this possibly be an unstable kernel issue.
Hi everyone, I've had this phone since the day it was released and it has never failed on me, and I've always charged it correctly not usin it while charging and not overchargin it and never letting it die from battery low
Anyways, recently I have noticed that the back of the phone is slightly bulging up, it's still veeery slightly and to be sure im not mistaken, i put ut on a flat surface and saw that the phone is standing on the center of its back. Where XPERIA is printed.
Is there a way i could change the battery myself at home? Or is it even easy to be done by a repair shop or not? There arent any Sony support centers in my country.
Btw, I havent noticed any changes to the routin batterylife of my device
Try this guide here:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Sony+Xperia+X+Compact+Repairability+Assessment/79127
Kianush said:
Is there a way i could change the battery myself at home? Or is it even easy to be done by a repair shop or not? There arent any Sony support centers in my country.
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Assuming you can get access to the battery, when you get the battery out you will notice the plastic skin around the battery is bulging. Use a pin an pop it, then the gas stuck insde will escape. Then put back in your phone and your done.
I did this for my Xperia Z. No issues... good as new now.
i will try to do it, hopefully not exploding my phone or hand
the reason why im hesitating is that Ive heard that the NFC will most likely get damaged when trying to change battery