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[lemon10]

got mine pretty cheap, was a hassle to activate I wouldnt trust it to succeed again, had to forcefully feed it to windows via console IIRC, online advise was borderline directing me to call MS

Yeah, I just called Microsoft like they told me to activate my copy. Took all of about five minutes on the phone with no issues at all after I did all of the prep work (mainly reading the instructions of what to do like 10 times worried that it might not work out or they might say the copy was fake or I might have to get another key).

Sure it was more hassle, but I've had ten times the hassle just trying to get a game loading mods properly in the past, so...

[Yoink]

Do your phones do any weird daylight savings automatic change nonsense?

Assuming Oz does daylight savings...

Ohhhhh, shit. You're right.   
Despite the fact that I bought the damn phone in this state, where there is no daylight savings stupidity, and haven't taken it out at all, it was for some reason automatically picking up Sydney time. Apparently those morons set their clocks forward for no reason at this time of year.   
Now not only was I mildly inconvenienced, I'm filled with rage at the stupidity of humankind. Same as I usually am every time this happens.    

[Il Palazzo]

Picked up me trusty phone to check some article on the Wiki. Battery is nearly at full charge. Finished reading a couple minutes later - battery at 13%. Turned off data transfer and closed all aps - the phone kept losing charge until it turned off within seconds. What.

[wierd]

LiPO composite cell, probably swollen, and not reaching proper full charge due to anode degeneration.

[dragdeler]

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[LordBaal]

Asploding batteries.

By the sounds of it, it must be really swollen/damaged.

If the phone has an user removable battery do so and change it for a new one. If not then take it to a repair shop of your trust.

Do not use that battery anymore and dispose of it on whichever way local regulations indicate. Do not pierce the battery or put it on fire.

[King Zultan]

Do not pierce the battery or put it on fire.

But what if the local regulations say to do that?

Also if your far enough away from the fire when you throw it in what harm can it do?

[dragdeler]

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[Il Palazzo]

I've had a swollen battery in my laptop recently. But this one isn't. The behaviour with the laptop leading up to the swelling was different too - that one would show full charge but immediately turn off if unplugged. But then again, that might have had more to do with unrelated differences in design.

Plugged it in for a while, and it seems to be holding charge normally now. I guess I'll be on the lookout for fireworks in my pants, eh?

[delphonso]

If you recently updated, I've had phones do the same just once and then be fine for months and months. No idea the cause, feels like software burning the processor.

[LordBaal]

Could be a cell of the battery that is damaged. Either way, if is a serviceable by user one and you have the moneys, buy the replacement.

[wierd]

In Android phones, there are two "Fuel gauges" that track battery capacity.

One tracked by android itself, in the file system. (This is what gets cleared by all those "Battery doctor" apps)

Another backed into the charge controller of the LiPO cell itself.


It is possible that the one in the android file system thought the battery was full when it wasnt, until the voltage started dropping. Then the phone queried the charge controller in the battery and said "HOLY SHIT BATMAN", and promptly updated its internal fuelguage value, and shut down.

[Il Palazzo]

It is possible that the one in the android file system thought the battery was full when it wasnt, until the voltage started dropping. Then the phone queried the charge controller in the battery and said "HOLY SHIT BATMAN", and promptly updated its internal fuelguage value, and shut down.

Shouldn't that be even more sudden, rather than gradual? I could see the charge level icon go down little by little before it turned off.

Could be a cell of the battery that is damaged. Either way, if is a serviceable by user one and you have the moneys, buy the replacement.

Yeah, I ain't gonna. Not because I can't afford it, but because I hate technology.

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[Il Palazzo]

That's what she said?