09-09-2021, 02:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-09-2021, 02:35 PM by Zebulon Walton.)
Well it turns out my "test" was invalid. I went to use the phone today and put in what I thought was a fully charged battery and it was completely dead. This is the spare battery purchased on eBay. So I put in the original Pinephone battery and was able to use the phone. It turns out that my spare battery had died an early death - less than a year. (Low quality goods from eBay? Tell me it's not so!) Maybe that's why I never noticed this problem before, the battery had just started dying? So after using the phone the battery was at 94%. That was a few hours ago.
I'll check it again later tonight and see if, allowing for some discharge during boot, it looks like the good battery has lost significant charge while the phone is turned off. In the meantime I'm planning to order yet another spare battery. I really want to have a spare on hand since the phone will not operate from external power alone.
I'll check it again later tonight and see if, allowing for some discharge during boot, it looks like the good battery has lost significant charge while the phone is turned off. In the meantime I'm planning to order yet another spare battery. I really want to have a spare on hand since the phone will not operate from external power alone.
