Terence Eden’s Blog

New Batteries Make Everything Better

@edent5T android oneplus · 4 comments · 400 words · Viewed ~273 times.

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It has been 4 years since I got my OnePlus 5T. For a mobile geek like me, that's unbearably long! In recent months, the phone has become temperamental and the battery barely made it through the day without a couple of charges. Using the OnePlus Diagnostic Tool, I could see that battery health had fallen below 50%. New batteries cost around £15 on eBay - and come with the tools needed to disassemble the device. But, in recent years, I've become wary about fiddling with delicate electronics. …

OnePlus 5T - two-and-a-half years later

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Back in November 2017, I treated myself to my first new phone in ages - the OnePlus 5T. I was pretty excited! This week, 928 days after I bought it, OnePlus pushed an upgrade to Android 10! Back in 2011, I was moaning that Sony Ericsson didn't even support their phones for a year. How times have changed! Android devices aren't yet at the longevity of the iPhone, and they're still a long way away from Linux's ability to run modern software on ancient systems. But this is a positive step. …