New phone, need help please

[Voidzik]

Hey my phone is Samsung S10+ i have it for like 3 years+ and I am looking for new phone but I'm not sure what to pick, i was thought about getting used Iphone 12 mini since I could buy it for cheaper or mid range android phones (redmi or note or anything for about 350-400€ max) but I'm not sure what it's worth. My S10+ is in still good condition but battery is very bad and have to recharge it 2 times a day. 

[jaslion]

11 minutes ago, Voidzik said:

still good condition but battery is very bad and have to recharge it 2 times a day

Replace it. A shop will do that for about 50$

[OddOod]

11 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Replace it. A shop will do that for about 50$

A decent suggestion, but often these are new old stock, sitting on shelves since the original model was made

 

[The Torrent]

9 minutes ago, OddOod said:

A decent suggestion, but often these are new old stock, sitting on shelves since the original model was made

 

if it improves it enough to keep the phone then the job has been done.

 

i personally just bought an s23 ultra and love it

 

[Voidzik]

29 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Replace it. A shop will do that for about 50$

I don't want to replace the battery. I don't trust these guys.

[jaslion]

15 hours ago, Voidzik said:

I don't want to replace the battery. I don't trust these guys.

I mean it's that or a used iphone 12 which most likely wont have much better battery life or a android that is basically just your s10 again at best but with a fresh battery

[venomtail]

On 2/17/2023 at 8:55 PM, Voidzik said:

I don't want to replace the battery. I don't trust these guys.

Do it yourself? I've replaced batteries for a fair amount of phones and all you really need is a battery, a new back with glue on it and that iFixIt kit with a vacuum puller and the heat jelly. Some $50 for parts and I bough my kit for about $20~ that I can keep using.

 

The one I use: iOpener 

[OddOod]

On 2/17/2023 at 2:55 PM, Voidzik said:

I don't want to replace the battery. I don't trust these guys.

I know this is likely a dead post, but could you elaborate? You don't trust those guys? This is not a take I've ever heard before.

[E-waste]

Yeah, and I don't think you want my opinion about your unfounded opinion of repair shops.

Even if you buy a five year old battery, if it was stored at around 75% charge or less, it will be totally fine.  And it won't have many charging cycles on it.  My battery (in my device from aroud 2016) has over  1,500  charging cycles.

You can check this by downloading a linux command processor for android. I use termux and you have to do a "change directory" and get into a certain directory.


cd /sys/class/power_supply/battery

hasn't worked for me.
cd /
cd sys
cd class
cd power_supply
cd battery

Now, to read the values of these hidden files, you use the "concatonate" (whatever that means) or cat coomand.

First though, you'll want (I hope) to see what the available metrics are there.

ls

cat batt_capacity_max

Mine say it's under 1000, so maybe a third of original capacity

cat battery_cycle

This tells you how many charges (no matter the duration) the battery has.  Mine is over 1500, I wonder what capacity and number of cycles is reported by your battery.

cat health

Mine reports good.
 

[E-waste]

With all the Google telemetry on Android, I strongly advise you to switch to an iPhone.

 

Reasons

 

• No Google tracking in iOS
• Gauraenteed six years of security and bug fixes for each new device released.
• Safari web browser on iOS (mobile) has a bit over 23% use vs Google Chrome's 64% use on mobile, and desktop.  Let's help stave off total Google dominance--they're already in our schools data-mining our education system
• Tracking protection built into iOS, works so easily, Facebook lost billions of dollars with just the tap of a screen!  Go Apple!
• $69 battery replacements from Apple repair services, not some random repair shop trying to run a successful business
• Battery management built into the entire device.  No bootup until 15% when off, and now the ability to limit charge to 80%!
• GPS-based calling and texting (they did it!) automatically enabled when out of range of both WLAN and Cellular
• Why would anyone go with peice of shit android with all these features?

 

Now, if you want to block google telemetry domains, or at the minimum, see them loading and connecting for yourself there are two options

 

Download RethinkDNS (firewall, dns logger, and dns director, all in one, free as in beer, and free as in freedom)

 

Soon there will be an update to block domains directly on-device!  If you can't wait, get the software anyways and while you eagerly await this incredible development, go setup a nextdns.io account.

 

That can also be used by the firewall / dns program, and you'll get dns logs on device, and in the cloud!  You can deny any website you want, including all the crap on android devices.