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I'm divorcing Samsung; it's complicated
Connecteur:
I learned to live with the loss of the removable battery, and I might have lived with the loss of the headphone jack. But the loss of an expandable memory slot, the termination of the Samsung Cloud, and a host of other user-unfriendly actions has put a halt to me upgrading my Samsung smartphones. They still offer some of those features on their lower-end phones, but I still feel railroaded as a loyal customer. Not so loyal anymore.
The other dirty trick is the way they overcharge their batteries to 4.4 volts, which causes the battery to fail prematurely. No solution for this problem exists, short of rooting the phone.
I'll get by for a few years, keeping the battery charge level below 85%, and forgoing the system updates. I may consider rooting it and doing my own updates.
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: Connecteur on March 18, 2022, 04:08:37 pm ---The other dirty trick is the way they overcharge their batteries to 4.4 volts, which causes the battery to fail prematurely. No solution for this problem exists, short of rooting the phone.
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Do you have proof of that?
Solares:
OP, I feel your frustration.
However, your options are very limited. You could go to a Chinese brand phone where it could be silently be communicating with some very dubious servers.
John B:
I still have a Galaxy S5, it has gone through 3 batteries as it does appear that the phone will excessively charge the battery when left on a charger. I used to leave the phone connected to a USB port most of the time keeping the battery fully charged, and the first 2 batteries swelled up. Third battery I make sure to take it off the charger which has resulted in the last battery outlasting the first 2. It's capacity is lower, as it's a non OEM battery, and it outlasted the first 2 genuine batteries.
Connecteur:
For the type of lithium ion battery that Samsung uses, 4.2V is considered a full charge. The battery monitor app i installed tells me that the battery is at 4.4V at indicated full charge. It has an alarm which I've set to 85% charge level, which is my queue to disconnect the charger.
Other sources tell me that keeping the charge level below 85% will extend battery longevity by 211%. I have two Samsung tablets of similar age to my phone, and in the menus, there is a setting to allow the battery to indicate 100% charge when it's actually at 85%, which is the "battery-saver" feature. The same operating system on my phone offers no such option. Another reason I'm divorcing Samsung.
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