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Cake day: Sep 09, 2023

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Actually capacity exceeds the original spec. Battery indicator seems accurate though.


Thank you that was the idea, In the missing tutorial I explain that I used batteries from a power bank with a broken usb. So yeah re-using stuff, this tablet should last 10 more years at least! https://www.circusscientist.com/upgrade-your-tablet-with-replaceable-batteries/


Really? It never happened to me even after shorting one once… There are some super cheap ones at the local Chinese store I was thinking of trying out, the brand ones are pretty reasonable already though, so that’s what I use. Maybe will give the cheapies a miss at least for indoor projects


You are correct - I forgot to link to the tutorial page on my website where I’m pretty sure I explained that I’m fully aware of the risk and nobody should do this


If you get more likes on your comment I am willing to test this


Context I live in a country with an unreliable postal service and shit currency. Also batteries were free from an old power bank



Free batteries from an old power bank…


Geez did I not link to the tutorial here? That’s what happens when you’re in a hurry. https://www.circusscientist.com/upgrade-your-tablet-with-replaceable-batteries/

Also, no I don’t take it out of the house - and the batteries are from an old power bank so essentially free.


This is the best hack I have ever done!


Battery on my Android Tablet died, so I upgraded it with 18650 replaceable batteries. Tutorial with pics
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I heard about the avast thing, but how are isp’s modifying web pages, that shouldn’t be possible with with https, right?



Thanks, I’m going to look at a rom soon, it’s my main device though and I don’t have a good track record when it comes to not bricking phones 🤣

Also there is the bit about unlocking the bootloader, I heard it’s not straightforward.


Yeah I’m going with they’re innocent. Just the UI with the install button and no explanation is not cool.


Xiaomi replaced my app from F-Droid with their own version
So this just happened - those of you who have a Xiaomi phone know when you install apps it has it's own "Virus Checker" screen which comes up before the app is approved for install. This is provided by Avast I just found out.. Anyway while installing an app from F-droid today I got an error message on this screen - which said "app from unknown source" and two buttons below - "Ignore" and "Install". So I clicked on "Install" since I wanted to install the app and then noticed that the install process seemed a bit different (I can't remember what happened exactly) but I checked the app on F-Droid and the version history wasn't available - which a notice says means the app was installed from Play Store or somewhere else. But I just installed it from F-Droid! So I tried another few apps and it happened again for one of them. I clicked around and there it was, some sort of Xiaomi app store installing versions of the app instead of the one I told my phone to install. I guess there is an innocent explanation for this - stopping people from installing malware and giving them a "correct" version of the app they wanted - but I have disabled it on my phone, I know what I am doing and if I want the cracked version it's because that's the version I meant to install ;)
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Putting in my vote for Librera reader here. Also on f-droid