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Not the solution you’re asking for but I’ve used the ACC magisk module to do this on devices for years. If you’re willing to install magisk and then ignore it this is a very mature solution.
Otherwise, like others have said, run home assistant on your network somewhere and have tasker call to HA to switch the charger plug off when you hit your target charge level. That should be pretty straightforward.
So don’t buy one? You don’t need a new phone every 1-2y unless you’re a spectacularly well trained consumer.
I usually replace my phone every 3-4y when power efficiency and performance have significantly improved, or there’s a new radio standard that I need (5G, AX WiFi) or the camera makes me want an upgrade. If none of those things are true then use your phone until it dies 🤷♂️
LineageOS is your most likely bet. Check the lineage website and see if your specific phone model is supported. LineageOS maintainers are all volunteers so it’s hit or miss which devices any of them have chosen to support. If there’s no official support someone may have built an unofficial ROM for your phone over on the XDA forums, many times that’s the only place to find support. Google “LineageOS XDA yourModelHere” if you don’t see your phone on the official list of lineage supported devices.
In the future it’s a good idea to check for LineageOS support before buying a phone if Lineage support is one of your priorities.
Go acquire a copy of Persona 4 Golden and we’ll see you in 3-6 weeks. Play it blind the first time, save guides or heavy save scumming experimentation for NG+
Edit: I may or may not own a vita purely for P4G 🤫
I assume you’ve modded your vita, if so both Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre are great PSP games to play as well.
So if you can’t buy them directly from Nintendo you’re shit outta luck cuz good luck finding anyone that sells them for retail price.
This is par for the course for basically any physical Nintendo product. Ninty is categorically allergic to manufacturing enough supply to satisfy demand and the resellers figured this out about 10-15y ago. Any limited production run product is almost immediately bought out on Amazon and the other big retailers websites and relisted at a markup on Amazon/eBay. If resellers smell blood in the water around a manufacturing run of a popular game (ie: Nintendo is close to selling through the available physical cartridge supply) they’ll buy that up and resell it too. Nintendo would rather their products be unavailable for however long it takes them to decide to manufacture more (usually somewhere between two and six months) than have excess stock on hand.
I buy all of my phones second hand on eBay. I used to use Swappa but now that they’re almost entirely populated by reseller listings there’s no longer a reason to use them, you’ll get better prices on eBay from the same people.
I usually just pick a price target (say, $350-390) and buy whatever OEM I feel like using that generation. Most of the time that’s OnePlus, I’ve owned about 5 of their phones and they tend to have very good community LineageOS support.
eBay buyer protection is your friend here, if there’s anything wrong with the phone that’s not disclosed in the listing you’re entitled to a return at the seller’s expense, or you can let them cut you a partial refund to cover the issue - it’s your choice.
If you’re selective about which phone you buy and check the photos carefully you’ll get exactly what you paid for, if there’s anything wrong just send the phone right back.
The only caveat here is battery wear. With modern fast charging pushing 60W+ into a phone you’re looking at 15-20% battery capacity degradation over 18-24mo so expect the phone to hold less of a charge than a new one would and you won’t be disappointed. Battery replacement is a pain, but not terribly expensive. I’ve had several OnePlus phones repaired by their warranty and service center in the US, it’s fairly priced if you’re just replacing a battery.
I’ve purchased maybe a dozen and a half phones and tablets this way over the last decade and never had any issues. Just know what you’re entitled to by buyer protection and have reasonable expectations re: batteries and there’s no real risk to buying used.
Edit: I’ve found that most “open box” and many “refurbished” phones or tablets are just devices someone had buyer’s remorse over, almost all of my tablets were essentially unused and just missing a stylus or something. Phones tend to have some battery wear but if you’re careful about listing photos they shouldn’t actually be damaged.
I don’t really see this as a bad thing, sooner or later someone’s going to come up with a battery mod for these that doubles or triples run time and I’m here for it.
Edit: Re: tablet design- your can’t really make the device super skinny or they get hard to hold so the extra space in the housing might just be designed in so the tablet is easier to handle. My eink tablet is super thin and pretty easy to drop, I don’t have that issue with my larger/thicker Samsung tablet.
When I press the power on my current similar sized phone, I have my long finger directly opposite, exactly where they put the volume.
This is actually kind of an annoying thing. I have an OP9 Pro and I take screenshots (volume + power) fairly often by accident.
It’s not the end of the world or anything, the phone is fantastic otherwise, but it is annoying occasionally.
Better to figure this out late than never I guess. Wasn’t this obvious 10+y ago though? Facebook has always been a predatory propaganda firehose.