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    Arcana reacted to .Apex. in iBone the Repair industry - Apple locks down batteries, marking own batteries as degraded   
    This is extremely scummy, what about the countries that don't have Official Apple stores like where I live? I hope there's enough blowback that they revert this
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    Arcana reacted to RejZoR in New to IOS regarding of Charging tips   
    Yes, this is the correct one. You have to leave it on the screen when charging, otherwise it won't fire up the alarm. Screen will turn off by itself, but that's fine, it'll still work. A bit weird iOS thing, but I got the hang of it and I just fire it up before throwing the phone on Qi charger.
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    Arcana reacted to RejZoR in New to IOS regarding of Charging tips   
    @Arcana
    Worst case for battery is phone being so dead it wouldn't even turn on and having it that way for hours. It's also not good to have it go so low phone turns off by itself. I usually charge it before it drops below 30%. 30% to 80% and I get a lot of usable battery even if I hang on the phone for most of the day.
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    Arcana reacted to RejZoR in New to IOS regarding of Charging tips   
    Use iOS app called "BatteryAlarm". It'll start warning you at desired charge level. I keep mine at 80% and charge it when I'm around so when it's charged to 80%, it starts making a noise and I take it off my Qi charger.
     
    Worst scenario for battery is getting battery charged up to 100% in the evening and since chargers usually do it very quickly coz people want quick charging, so battery is probably 100% charged around or before midnight and then sits for 6+ hours at 100% charge which is bad. Doing it few times is nothing, but doing this every day or every other day and it'll degrade battery faster. Same goes for low battery.
     
    Apple will mitigate this as first vendor I've ever seen to date in iOS 13 by employing battery limiter. Phone will charge to 80% and stay that way till morning where it'll top it up last moment before you usually wake up or start using it. So it'll stay at healthy 80% through entire night and charge remaining 20% right before you wake up. It'll monitor your habits to automate this feature.
     
    I was initially hoping it'll allow me to force limit it to 80% no matter what, but apparently I'll have to continue using BatteryAlarm app for my way of using it.
     
    I'm not super heavy user and 80% charge usually keeps my iPhone XR running for 2 days which is pretty neat. So far I only charged it to 100% twice lol. Once when I forgot to run BatteryAlarm and once because I needed it to work as long as possible so I just let it charge to 100%.
     
    You can also use BatteryAlarm to notify you when it hits 100% charge if you set it so, in case you want to charge it fully and then head out, without having to constantly check on it. Pretty useful app.
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    Arcana reacted to Votivee in New to IOS regarding of Charging tips   
    IMO: Don't worry about it. By the time your battery goes bad you'll probably be looking to upgrade to a new one anyways...
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    Arcana reacted to AlTech in New to IOS regarding of Charging tips   
    What I do just in general is charge devices to around 80% and then stop charging them. I think it improves how long batteries last but I'm not 100% sure.
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    Arcana reacted to Radioactive Snowman in iPhone X Space Gray Stainless Steel Rainbow   
    Nothing is wrong, it can be cleaned
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    Arcana reacted to Radioactive Snowman in iPhone X Space Gray Stainless Steel Rainbow   
    https://madeincookware.com/blogs/beyond-the-burner/the-dreaded-rainbow-stain-and-how-to-fix-it
     
    Its heat tint, it can be cleaned but it may strip the paint so anything I link is done at your own risk, the silver iPhone X's are easier to clean because the sides arent painted. Just look up methods for cleaning stainless steel, you might find a better method than the one linked I didnt look for long
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    Arcana reacted to TehPlayer14 in Charging my iPhone X to my PC   
    Outlet can charge way faster PC usb can only deliver 1AMP 5v unless we are talking USB 3.0 and the special usb for charging that can pump that voltage
     
    From wikipedia:
    @Arcana

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    Arcana reacted to 41keems in Charging my iPhone X to my PC   
    It would be fine but slow.
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    Arcana reacted to Princess Luna in Charging my iPhone X to my PC   
    Yes it's fine, but do use a USB 3.0 or better, either ways it will be a slower charging than if going straight from the outlet.
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    Arcana reacted to boey in Charging my iPhone X to my PC   
    you'd charge really slowly, but it would be fine assuming the cable is legit and your computer is on everytime you wanna charge it
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    Arcana got a reaction from Bitcolbyin in I showed my iPhone Serial Number   
    Thanks alot!
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    Arcana reacted to Dioneyesos in I showed my iPhone Serial Number   
    I believe you can look up certain things with it. Like if it's refurbished or if it has been repaired. Manufacturing date etc 
    Don't think you can actually do anything harmful with one. someone correct me if I'm wrong!
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    Arcana reacted to Bitcolbyin in I showed my iPhone Serial Number   
    used to work at a phone repair store, you're good homie, nothing to worry about
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    Arcana reacted to Commodus in Apple Charger   
    So long as the clone cable is known to work, you should be fine.  The Apple charger won't be fussy.
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    Arcana reacted to suchamoneypit in Apple Charger   
    The charger is universal, it'll work if they are the same port/plug.
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    Arcana reacted to LogicalDrm in Bluestacks 4 Slow down your PC?   
    "Safe" is such odd word to use there. Software can't hurt your hardware. PC will become sluggish if its resources are maxed out, which is normal operation and reseted once you restart
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    Arcana reacted to ahuckphin in Bluestacks 4 Slow down your PC?   
    the slow down will only happen when bluestacks is open. Once bluestacks is closed, everything will return to normal. no long term impact by slowing down your computer for a couple of hours a day. 
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    Arcana reacted to Cyberspirit in Bluestacks 4 Slow down your PC?   
    Yeah, it's just emulation. Same as if you were using a phone to play those games.
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    Arcana reacted to rheyL in Flash Drive Works on PC but not on TV?   
    before using it as a windows installer, does the flash drive formatted as FAT32? try other formats such as eXFAT and NTFS
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    Arcana reacted to Astarore in Is this normal?   
    http://www.deepcool.com/product/cpucooler/2017-06/7_6732.shtml
     
    Scroll down and you'll see an image of the cooler and the part of the cooler that actually makes contact with the CPU. See how the copper heat pipes are separated by the aluminum plate that actually holds down the cooler to the motherboard? That plate is holding in heat that isn't going to the heatpipes.
     
    Now compare that to a Hyper 212 Evo
     
    http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/hyper-212-evo/
     
    See how the same heat pipes join together where they touch the CPU? That's a superior design that cools better. 
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    Arcana reacted to LukeSavenije in installing new cooler   
    let it cool down like a min if you trust yourself, but i would say longer just to feel good about it
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    Arcana reacted to SolarNova in installing new cooler   
    Theres no reason to wait.
    It wont stay warm for long, and it shouldnt be hot enough to harm any1, if it were then it would have been overheating.
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    Arcana reacted to LukeSavenije in installing new cooler   
    you should wait a while, for your own safity and that you won't hurt the chip. and clean the chip first with rubbing alchohol
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