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Originally Posted by issybird
Oh, great tip, thanks!
My 2013 Nexus 7 charges fine although I have to do it frequently these days, which has made it more of a stay-at-home device. It's nice to know there are options if something happens. I still love mine; it's in my pantheon of "Great Devices I Have Owned."
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For me, the Nexus 4 phone is like that. I'm using it since (almost) the day of release. It's about to be 5 years old now. The battery still lasts 1,5 days with light use. Maybe I should replace it and see how long this phone can be used.
Because it was such an exceptionally powerful phone in its day, it still sits in the current day mid-range (at the lower end). I've only had 4 phones in the last 20 years:
1998 - 2001: Siemens S10. Replaced when I got my hands on...
2001 - 2009: A Siemens S35i. That one was so much smaller.
2009 - 2012: Motorola Milestone, Android 2.1. Replaced because my father dropped it. (The first and single device I've owned that broke because of dropping it, and I didn't even do it myself...)
2012 - now: Nexus 4... let's see when it will become unusable.
I also have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 1 (2012 - now), which is having problems with the battery. It lasts for only 4 hours, and if I'm using it and charging at the same time, it stays at the same power level; if the screen is too bright it'll actually slowly drop. Can't replace it, because I can't see any screws... the device seems to be glued shut.
I did upgrade it to Android 5.1.1 with a custom ROM because some applications were dropping support for Android 4.x... but now, some are dropping support for the actual CPU (such as Firefox, which I can't upgrade further than version 52.0.2 any more). Let's see how long it lasts yet.