Honestly. I wouldn’t have to worry about my battery’s health if I could easily swap it out.
laughs in fairphone
Edit : seriously though, it’s great. I avoid it if possible but I have no qualms charging it with my steam deck charger, which is very beefy, if the need arises
Your phone would also be much bigger and more expensive. That’s not to say that swappable batteries shouldn’t exist but keep in mind there as always trade offs.
Sure. Hence why the fair phone is bigger.
TLDR = no answer is given in the article.
Android ‘journalism’ has been dead for years now. Nothing but engagement-bait, inconsequential articles like this, and “sneak peaks” into unannounced features that may never see the light of day (remember when Mishaal Rahman revealed that Google was working on making Pixel phones work as a dash cam video recorder? never saw the light of day).
The article only tests whether the batteries get hot. High electrical loads, both charge and discharge can also degrade batteries directly.
I’ve been setting limits with ACCA for years on my Pixel 4A because its battery is difficult to replace. I didn’t expect to keep it for five years, but there isn’t a new phone I would like better.
My standard limit is 60% charge and 500mA charge rate. Sometimes I increase the limit to 80% or the charge rate to 1000mA for convenience. I rarely allow 100% or the full 3000mA charge rate, and it’s set to pause charging in response to temperature.
Damn that app needs root access. Great idea though
I insist on having root on principle; if I don’t, the device isn’t really mine.
In a practical sense though, ACCA is probably my biggest use case for it. I could work around most everything else.
I’m the same way, been using that for my P6 and P2 XL. I thought the P2 battery or usb-c was failing 4 years ago until I degoogled it with Lineage for MicroG. Zero problems charging it after that, and battery is still adequate. It disxharges faster now, but at 6 yo, one has to expect degradation.
Adaway is the other must-have app for me as it blocks adware, spyware, malware at the OS level.
I will unroot my phone or use a different encryoted phone when i travel overseas because rooted phones are insecure if the bad actor gets physical access.
