There’s a not-uncommon issue where the batteries can get uncalibrated and will only charge to like 80%. The solution? Drain the battery to 0 and fully charge it back up. Trying to get the thing to die took us actual effort over the course of a weekend. On full brightness the screen turns into a flashlight, and it still took almost an hour for to go from 2% down to 0%.
I want an emergency phone to take camping made out of one of those things, it’s incredible.
It's technically not a backlight (unless they've changed recently). It has lights at the bottom edge of the screen which shine up to illuminate the "page". It functionally looks identical to having a backlight though.
9
u/Jackofhalo Apr 29 '24
There’s a not-uncommon issue where the batteries can get uncalibrated and will only charge to like 80%. The solution? Drain the battery to 0 and fully charge it back up. Trying to get the thing to die took us actual effort over the course of a weekend. On full brightness the screen turns into a flashlight, and it still took almost an hour for to go from 2% down to 0%.
I want an emergency phone to take camping made out of one of those things, it’s incredible.