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[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haldi4803:
Aftermarket Battery Tests

Aftermarket Battery Tests

Because i was unhappy with the Batterylife of my XZ2, it was nowhere near where it has been 2 years before, i decided to open my phone and replace the battery!

Opening your phone seems kinda easy, so no big issue. In theory... in practice you need to be aware of 2 important details.

You need new Glue to close it again. Afaik Witrigs is the only seller of that.

Be verry carefull on the bottom part. If you go too dep you will cut your Display cable and need to buy a new LCD for 35$. I'm speaking from experience....

How to test the battery?

Because the connector of the battery is proprietary and extremely compact you can't plug the battery directly, so i had to make use of the USB Power Delivery function to draw 5V out of the phone.

The Phone was in Flight mode with screen off, to make sure no other services use the battery. Then i connected a Load Generator i bought from aliexpress. Drawing 5V 1A my 2.5 year old battery lasted 1h33 min and gave out 7.6Wh

Original Battery:

Which has been in use for more than 2 years.

7.6Wh - 7.8Wh Obviously i did 2-3 Tests to see if i get the same every time. And it was always around that.

Hsabat 4300mAh Battery:

Bought from Aliexpress for 13.- Looks pretty decent. Is utter crap. As one expects.

First charge gave 7.3Wh, Second charge gave 5.6Wh and third charge gave 6.5Wh Not something you want to put in your phone.

Witrigs Battery:

Since i bought the glue there anway, why not just get a battery for 9$ and test that!

It looks bland (black) but hey... who cares as long as it works.... right? it works?.... well yeah...

First charge gave 7.3Wh and the others were also around that. "New" Battery? i Don't think so...

Phonedepot

Because i was disapointed that my old 2.5years harshly used battery has better capacity than **** i bought online i went to a swiss shop which has quality batteries... well yeah... at least is supposed to: Phonedepot.ch

It's more expensive but has faster shipping (as its close by) and the quality of the battery looks way better from the ouside.

I managed to draw 7.4Wh - 7.5Wh

Conclusion

Well... it was obvious before i even started.... i just didn't want to believe it.

Aftermarket batteries sucks. All of them!

Simply replacing your battery to get better batterylife is a dream. If youre battery broke down completly a replacement can help out, yes. But not if the battery is ageing normally.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] farukr1:
This is extremely useful info, thank you for the tests.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Verity.:
Yeah, so this is a problem. As I mentioned earlier, I didn't bought any of those "new" batteries or aftermarket ones. All of them are a low quality piece of garbage so unless your battery is dead, literally, I wouldn't really buy these. This isn't any help from me and I am aware of that. The problem is, you can't really buy any genuine battery from anywhere. LG has a lot of genuine replacement parts and you even can buy from them directly, or from samsung. I tried looking on aliexpress but there are "replacement" batteries that are obviously fake or "original" that have the same serial numbers printed on them.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Haldi4803:
Official Battery Test!​

Because i really couldn't let it be i wen't and bought an official Sony Battery.

Where do you get a Official Battery you ask? There is an Official Sony Homepage that lists Repair Centers. Here in Switzerland Sertronics is the official Repair center. Mailed them with the Part number and Foto of my Battery and got a quick answer.

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28.- is an extremely fair price. the 16.- shipping are somewhat annoying.

So i got an Official Battery which Looks WAY better than the other ones.

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Looks pretty much the same as my Original one right?

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So let's get into Testing...

As Before I've used my Discharging Tool via USB Type-C with 1A draw the 5V dropped to something like 4.85V so 4.85W draw was used. Phone in Flightmode with Screen off to have almost no internal power usage.

Sadly i had issues with some kinda power Saver which killed the USB Power drawing at 10% Battery sometimes....

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Run:	Time to 10%	Wh at 10%	Time to 0%	Wh at 0%
Stock Run 1	1h 28min	7.1Wh	-	-
Stock Run 2	1h 29min	-	1h37min	7.8Wh
Stock Run 3	1h 29min	7.2Wh	-	-
New Battery Run 1	1h 22min (16%)	6.6Wh (16%)	-	-
New Battery Run 2	1h 27min	-	1h 38min	7.9Wh
New Battery Run 3	1h 29min	-	1h 38min	7.9Wh

Works pretty much the same. You can see the Voltage Drop at the end is not THAT bad as with the Original Battery. (Yes, both of them we're used until the phone did an Emergency Shutdown due to low battery, shows 0% in the Log)

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Because these Results aren't really that good (And Yes, i've plugged the new battery and used my phone for one week to let it acclimate, i also did two Full resets with the new battery, one with newflasher) i've checked the Battery test in the Service Menu.

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It truly is no good. I've bought a "Typical 3180mAh" battery that has a minimum of 3060mAh and then it offers 2654. My old battery was showing something around 2700mAh the last time i checked.

So yeah... it is a fully working as intended Battery without any flaws... BUT the capacity is WAY to low.

I will contact the repair center from Sony and ask what the think of this.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 Guides, News, & Discussion] antoniu200:
Judging by the marked numbers on the replacement Sony battery, it was manufactured between April 4th and 10th 2020 (20W18 - year 2020, week 18). So you received a one year old battery. I also have some experiences with batteries manufactured around that date (20W32). Very poor results: 2200 mAh at first charge, then goes down to a consistent 2000 mAh for all other ones. XZ1 Compact here.

What did they say? Did they at least accept it back?
[HTC Excalibur] colonel:
after many years in iphone & BB land I am pleased to be back in WM.

with the excellent advice in this forum I upgraded my wm5 s620 to wm6.0 (1.27.405.1) just after I bought it.

This ROM is working perfectly for me.

For folk who have run this rom, a few questions:

1. is upgrade to 1.33 worth it ? what are + points and is speed really that much changed ? what are - points ?

2. is upgrade to WM6.1 (1803 final) worth it ? what are + points and is speed really that much changed ? what are - points ?

The reason I ask this question is that the upgrade threads I have read, speaking of big improvements, seem to be coming from people who either ran WM5 before or ran operator branded ROMs.

As I have been running HTC WM6 only, I am nervous about upgrading for only a few + points and possibly a bunch of minus ones ...

views very welcome
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] yosol:
Hello Guys,

Does anyone have any idea how does man install or get the S9/S9+ INFINITY Wallpaper ?

I tried to get any apks, flashfiles, or any other resources for this Wallpaper, but that was unsuccessfully :crying:

I appreciate any help, that can help me.

Thanks in advance and my Regards from Germany. :o
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Themes, Apps, and Mods] :
in order to effectively help you, we need to know all that you've tried ("just saying"). Is this all that you've tried, or were there other things which you tried which weren't listed here in the op? ("thanks")
[Magisk] sajjads24:
hi

can not install magisk 16.0 on lineage 14.1 for i9100 ?

how fix this ERROR ?
[Magisk] abacate123:
Try this (I can not assure you that this will work, since I don't own your device):

1 - Open your LineageOS build zip with some file manager.

2 - Extract the "boot.img" file to somewhere else.

3 - Now go to twrp, tap install, then install image, find and flash the "boot.img" you just extracted.

4 - Don't reboot yet, go back and try to flash magisk, then reboot if you succeed.

It worked with me once. Worth a try.

--

Have you tried the beta version already?:

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/beta-magisk-v13-0-0980cb6-t3618589
[Magisk] Didgeridoohan:
The S II is quite an old device, and I believe it never got officially updated past Android KitKat, right? Might be why...

Even though the OS is updated by a custom ROM, the boot image may lack the necessary parts for Magisk to patch. At least, that's what your log shows...

You might get more help if you ask around in your device's forum.

Edit: Yup... https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76705332&postcount=25084
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] Harisson_t:
Anyone have the twitter UWP appxbunddle for Windows 10 mobile, i dont like this WPA in store
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] uiqjirka:
No longer continue to support previous versions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] FP_XDA:
Can a Galaxy S7 Build: G930PVPU6BR02 be unlocked? It is paid for and Sprint says they have done all they could on their side and it is listed as unlocked. It isn't unlocked and it's not blacklisted. So where do I go to pay someone to get this unlocked? Thanks in advance to any feedback/help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] kani!bal:
what carrier are you going to be using with it, I know that once you're on Sprint's most recent firmware then ur stuck using their rom, which you can still root and have it unlocked, which all the unlocking procedures requires you be rooted first so you may want to get that accomplished beforehand. there are services on ebay that range from 10-30$ where they have to remote in to ur usb hub to unlock it. I heard good things about idoneapps and they have a simple process which I have not tried this myself as I didn't want to spend the 30$ for the service.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] FP_XDA:
Thanks for input. What i need now is to get it on xaa firmware.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] vwite:
I have a question about resting my device inside the bath room while I shower (not inside the shower, just in the same room)?

I am not planning on never actually getting the device wet or submerged, however, on the advertisement on the device there are these statements:

"Water Resistant

Guard against rain.

A drop of rain shouldn’t get in the way of you and your smartphone, whether you’re gaming or calling. So, we equipped the OnePlus 6 with weather protection. Just don’t take it out for a swim.①"

"①Water resistant under certain conditions. OnePlus does not recommend excessive submersion. Please see product warranty for more information."

But on the warranty information there is this statement:

"The limited warranty does not cover: Defects or damage resulting from accidents, neglect, misuse or abnormal use; abnormal conditions or improper storage; exposure to liquid, moisture, dampness, sand, or dirt; unusual physical, electrical or electromechanical stress."

Also on the product manual and safety information that came inside the box, there are these two statements:

"The device is not water-resistant. Please keep away from moisture and humidity"

Under operating environment:

"Only operate your phone between 0-35° C temperature and 35-85% humidity"

So the advertisement implies that it should be fine on light rain and humid environments but the warranty and safety manual implies that moisture would ruin the device.

My only question is if I can rest my device inside the bathroom while I shower (not actually inside the shower but inside the room) because I use a bluetooth speaker to listen to podcasts while I shower (the BT speaker is IP68 certified and that one is actually inside the shower, but phone still needs to be in the same room to stream audio). I read the average humidity on a house is 50% but I am not sure how high it gets on a shower room with hot water to the point where mirror get fogged up.

I've never had any problems at all with samsung devices since S6, S7, S8+, Note 8, S9+ but we all know those are IP68 certified.

Will the OnePlus 6 be fine without getting wet but inside the bathroom while I take a shower?

Thank you!
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] mikex8593:
I have never had an issue with any phone I have ever had. Op3t, lgg4, Xperia t2 ultra, htc one x. I usually put them on top of the sink or something.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] vwite:
Thank you! this is what I was looking for. I submitted a ticket to 1+ but I'm sure they'll just tell me to not do it or I'll void the warranty and the phone will explode lol.

If you had no problems with the 1+ 3T I guess the 6 should be fine with the extra protection it has which looking at jerryrigeverything video didn't look too bad.

For how long did you have the 3T and did you do this in a daily basis or occasionally?

Another option could be just put it in a ziploc bag if I'm still paranoid but that is just extra hassle and inconvenience
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] mikex8593:
Can't confirm having it in the steam all the time but I can definitely say it stands up well in my pocket while building a power plant for an entire year in all weather conditions from 105° with 95% humidity to -6°. That was with the 3t. I'm sure the 6 would do even better with an unofficial "waterproofing".
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] brossovitch:
Every phone I've personally ever used/owned were completely fine in steamy bathroom and rain all the time.

The only time there's a problem is with too much moisture on the screen or fingers making touchscreen basically unusable.

Taking your device into your bathroom while showering is likely fine. I'm sure you're not hanging it above you while showering, yeah? So it's not getting too steamed.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Droid9684:
Hello I've read the Dirty Santa forum on rooting and unlocking the bootloader of the LG V20 on verizon and it seems rather complicated? Rolling back to a older fimware seems complicated as well? Also people have had issues with there phones and screen retention (not sure what that means) but i'm asking is this phone worth upgrading from my Galaxy S5 thats rooted on stock rom? I'm using a mac with VM windows if needed by the way. Thanks for the advice and info!
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
Dirty santa isn't very complicated, however it was patched a long time ago so if your phone is on a recent security patch it won't work unless you're able to downgrade first. Screen retention issues can be alleviated by running a custom kernel that supports kcal
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Droid9684:
Ok so my next question is if I consider getting this phone is it worth the hassle of trying to downgrade the firmware to 12b and learning to find and run a custom kernel? Hows the picture quality of the camera and does the camera have any server errors or quit working unexpectedly? My S5 does that however the camera quality of the photos is very good for the most part.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] cnjax:
Whether or not it's worth hassle is up to you, not heard of server issues, picture quality is decent, not on the level of iPhone or flagship Samsung devices. Only you can decide if the quality meets your desires
[One (M9+) General] MUKHVIN92:
Dear all,

I have a htc m9+ with me which has a red triangle. I accidentally wiped the OS before. I'm trying to flash a rom onto it but to no avail.

Please do help.

Below are the information to my system.

Stock Android recovery

HTC/htc_hiau_ml_tuhl/htc_hiau_ml_tuhl 6.0/MRA58K/1473845487 user/release-keys

Bootloader relocked

HTC_HIAU_ML 128 SHIP S-ON

CID-HTC__044

Lk-1.01.0000

OS-2.30.707.1

I really appreciate all your efforts. Thank you.
[One (M9+) General] antonmandara:
You can download official ROM form this link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hNb...ew?usp=sharing

In my case, I flash official ROM via microSD (rename the ROM to 0PK7IMG.zip, put it into microSD, put the microSD into the phone, and reboot into download mode, choose to updates from microSD). You might as well be able to flash using htc_fastboot (search your self for flashing by this method).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priscillaahoward120495:
I'm looking for the best way to upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S4 smart device from Android 4.4.2 KitKat to Android 5.0 Lollipop version. How can I upgrade the software? Is this worthy? What will be errors after upgrading the operating system? What are the tools or other necessities should I use? Please explain someone. If there is a trusted link, there is no problem with me.

Thank you so much.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mickeyvdb:
It is even worth to upgrade to Oreo.

You can check https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4

I've been using this ROM for some time and must say that is absolutely for daily use.

The phone feels so much better than before.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Confirm the phone's model # in download mode and get the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com.

You can use Odin 3.07 to flash the phone with the latest ROM.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Mmthalabi:
I'm currently using a snapdragon s9+ but in Italy, the latest update was dated 26 March.. I read online that multiple updates have since been released.. Does anyone have this problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] chernabog88008:
Yes, I've been on the phone for 2 days with AT&T with no update. They said it was an IMEI issue because I used my dad's upgrade on my account so the IMEI and phone number didn't match. 36 hours later, still no update.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Mmthalabi:
But I'm using an unlocked version, unbranded
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] MixEvo:
Hello all,

I have been trying to use google photos from the messages app, and it just keeps showing a spinning circle and never shows my google photo's. I thought it would be awesome to attach my photos from my google photos without having to save to the device. Anyone else have this issue? Thanks:)
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] MixEvo:
Well Google photos will work but only from the Google messages app (not the stock OnePlus app) so I just made that the default SMS app.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] sek2k:
Hello Guys,

is it possible to flash the wizard (g3) with an original shipped rom (e.g. http://www.t-mobile.de/downloads/t-mobile/ruu_vario_aku3.3_3822_382120_026911_tmo_de_ger_ship.zip )

and then deleting the extRom that you don´t have an operater customized Windows Mobile (after hard reset, of course)?

I think the original ROM from the operator could be relativly stable but I hate these custom themes etc.

Thank you for your help!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] LGSilva:
You could just soft-reset your wizard when the customization countdown starts...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] mestrini:
After doing what LGSilva said you can use WST to format the extended ROM and make it clean. Then, even after a hard-reset there would be no customisations ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShatteredSpider:
I would also like to ask if someone can make a odin and TWRP flashable kernal file of both the 6.0.1 and 7.1.1 versions of the SM-J700 variants, but for now in this thread the J700T is fine, unless all variants have the same stock kernal. This could be a solution and very helpful.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KKCKasey:
I have a USA T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy J7 J700TUVU3BQK3 phone and Can someone give me links to where I need to download the firmware ROM for this phone & all the different software I would need to root this phone or modify-backup its operating system??? My computer operating system is windows and also does anyone know how to setup a multiple operating systems on a computer where u can choose to either boot to different versions of windows and lynux.?? Computer Lenovo Gaming Laptop & HP Pavilion Laptop.
[Huawei P10 Plus Questions & Answers] QuinnFX:
No fastboot, no Erecovery, no recovery, no root.... But unlocked bootloader & bricked

fixed

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Hello there. I recently unlocked my bootloader, everything went fine.

I rooted, installed twrp, everything worked.

Then i wanted magisk instead of supersu, so i clicked on choose other app in supersu and that didnt work so i tried to remove supersu with flashing a file that removes it

then my phone got bricked,

I can't enter fastboot, i cantenter recovery, i cant eneter erecovery, and when i try something as flashify, it tells me i have no root acces.

only solution: wait for an app like kingoroot to make my device able to root, install flashify and reinstall rom etc

but i currently can't wait because im already late on system updates and im scared my device will just stop working after all

extra things i encountered: system apps dissapearing, not beeing able to install system update, can't change the theme etc....

I really need help, thanks <3
[Huawei P10 Plus Questions & Answers] QuinnFX:
Update: I can get into eRecovery now but when i try ti get new recovery it says getting package info failed...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] skryte:
Sorry but I've been looking and can't find it. Which chipset does the boostmobile variant have?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
US SNapdragon sd835 Locked bootloader
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] skryte:
Thanks a million. Coming from the Note 4 and got to say even stock I love this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TheMadScientist:
It's a wonderful device I miss the ir blaster though
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Cm4nXD:
Don't get me wrong, I love the app and the idea. It's just the description in the Google play store seems stupid to me. Here is what I'm talking about;

KNOWN LIMITATIONS:
Unfortunately, XDA isn't God. As such, we are limited in what we can and cannot do. Please read this!
- There is no way to make a space for the pill
- We cannot detect the presence of a keyboard
- We cannot directly detect changes in full screen mode
- Screen off and screenshot actions are only possible with root

My problem is with the first two "restrictions" which I feel like there are ways around.

First off the space for the pill....

Instead of disabling the nav bar with this adb command:

adb she'll am overscan 0,0,0,-202

You could leave it there and disable each individual button on the nav bar. I know this can be done because this is a feature of Custom Navbar app (Screenshots for proof). Then you could display the pill Navbar overtop of the empty space. You can display stuff over the Navbar. Rounded screen corner apps do this. If you did this the keyboard would display above the Navbar, and then you wouldn't have that issue either. It just seems like they don't want to try it....

And what's up with "this app doesn't work on Android P Dev preview? The command I listed earlier works fine when you turn off the gesture Navbar. Have they changed the way overlays work in Android P? I don't think so because all in one gestures still works.

I am honestly thinking of using Tasker scene to create my own pill Navbar above the blank Navbar as a proof of concept.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ritik jaiswal:
I tried to use it and these are my openions

[youtube]WKZJoyVbFtA[/youtube]

It also overlapsthe screen content
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] krabman:
Having a pill is pointless, it exists now only as a step to the no pill nav gestures that are going to be in Android Q. Can't alienate casual users by changing too much too fast unless your Apple after all. However that may be there are a half dozen apps on the market that do what they say can't be done; OnePlus gestures for example that costs you a buck fifty. Color me unimpressed with the XDA gestures.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Cm4nXD:
Also got it to ignore that I was on Android P and let me set up the app. Screen shots of it working on Android P
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] GDane1:
Can this device be rooted? I'm currently carrier unlocked so now I can use this device on any Gsm carrier now. Thanks!!!