(July 9, 2024 at 4:23 pm)Angrboda Wrote:

Oldie, but a goodie...like me!?!

I have a papercut.

(July 10, 2024 at 7:29 am)Nanny Wrote: I have a papercut.

(July 9, 2024 at 2:56 pm)Disagreeable Wrote: Why oh why don't people, if they have an opinion, just get to the point. Beating around the bush is irksome. Mildly irksome. But irksome nonetheless.

You need to try harder, a LOT. what an embarrassingly incompetent excuse of a troll you are.

(July 10, 2024 at 7:29 am)Nanny Wrote: I have a papercut.

Owie!

Take care of it.  Wash, goop and bandage.  It will heal waaaay faster.

The battery on my phone swelled up. It's not meant to be replaced by the user, but I've looked at what's involved, and it's fairly easy to do. The only complication is that the back of the phone is glued on, so attaching it after service can require some improvisation. But with Amazon Prime days coming up, this would be a good time to replace it. It was only a $100 phone when I bought it at the end of 2022, and that $20 for a battery can just as well go for an upgrade that has a user-replaceable battery.

(July 12, 2024 at 3:54 pm)Angrboda Wrote: The battery on my phone swelled up.  It's not meant to be replaced by the user, but I've looked at what's involved, and it's fairly easy to do.  The only complication is that the back of the phone is glued on, so attaching it after service can require some improvisation.  But with Amazon Prime days coming up, this would be a good time to replace it.  It was only a $100 phone when I bought it at the end of 2022, and that $20 for a battery can just as well go for an upgrade that has a user-replaceable battery.

I replaced the battery on my wife's iPhone mini. It involved solvents, a large magnifier and tweezers.  Bending a lithium battery is pucker-inducing.  Never again.

"...just as well go for an upgrade that has a user-replaceable battery."

Good luck finding one.

(July 12, 2024 at 5:50 pm)A. Secular Human Wrote:

(July 12, 2024 at 3:54 pm)Angrboda Wrote: The battery on my phone swelled up.  It's not meant to be replaced by the user, but I've looked at what's involved, and it's fairly easy to do.  The only complication is that the back of the phone is glued on, so attaching it after service can require some improvisation.  But with Amazon Prime days coming up, this would be a good time to replace it.  It was only a $100 phone when I bought it at the end of 2022, and that $20 for a battery can just as well go for an upgrade that has a user-replaceable battery.

I replaced the battery on my wife's iPhone mini. It involved solvents, a large magnifier and tweezers.  Bending a lithium battery is pucker-inducing.  Never again.

"...just as well go for an upgrade that has a user-replaceable battery."

Good luck finding one.

I read that all phones will be required to have replaceable batteries by 2027. Given the paucity of options, I think I may nurse this one a while longer.

(July 12, 2024 at 8:00 pm)Angrboda Wrote:

(July 12, 2024 at 5:50 pm)A. Secular Human Wrote: I replaced the battery on my wife's iPhone mini. It involved solvents, a large magnifier and tweezers.  Bending a lithium battery is pucker-inducing.  Never again.

"...just as well go for an upgrade that has a user-replaceable battery."

Good luck finding one.

I read that all phones will be required to have replaceable batteries by 2027.  Given the paucity of options, I think I may nurse this one a while longer.

Yup.  That and "right to repair".