5G - OnePlus Nord200 - Oppo N1 - DE2118

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model

Like all smartphones, manufacturing is murky and obsfucated, and can best be determined by its USB VID

$ lsusb
22d9:2765 OPPO Electronics Corp. Oppo N1

"22d9" is Oppo Electronics, so that's our real indicator. Interestingly, the OS is Cyanogen Mod, which they call Oxygen. $125 refurb off EBay. For travel it's GSM and

phone history

The best I've had was the LG-D520, best text feel, fast, least distracting

5G Nord N200 2022/08	$125 Refurb unlocked Ebay, originally on T-Mobile. Android 12, upgraded from original Android 11/Oxygen. Type C USB cable
4G Droid Turbo 2 2020/05	$50 XT 1585 Refurb unlocked from Verizon. Android 7 (Nougat) Reliable Motorola phone. Could not achieve VoLTE after 5G upgrade due to Verizon firmware. Type B ("micro usb") USB cable. Battery about 45 minute turnaround. Keep unrooted as a good cam phone.
3G Optimus F3Q 2015/05	$50 LG-D520. Refurb unlocked from T-Mobile. Android 4.4 (KitKat) Easy battery swap. This phone has slightly better-yet touch for texting than the G1. The G1 was good for texting. The LG-P659 was as smaller, glass screen (non-slider) version.
3G LG C195N 2012	$100 new. T-Mobile. Slider. Android 1.5 (Cupcake). Great texting touch and pocket and hand feel. Wide enough not to slip out of pocket. Simple, reliable, great battery life. GSM. Might still be good for Europe. SMS/MMS, no Internet.
3G LG G1 2010	$100 new. T-Mobile. Slider. Android 1.5 (Cupcake). Slider has good touch for texting. Stolen at work.
2G Moto. Razr V3 2006	$? T-Mobile. Favorite phone. Black metal case, reliable, battery features, easy to use, heft even better than Nokia, easy battery.
2G Nokia E.6010 2002	$? Cingular. Candy bar, GSM 850/1900. Also called NPM-10. Superb heft and single hand key access. Easy battery (NK3310), dedicated charger. FCC:GMLNPM-10X
Gx Alcatel 2002	$30,new. Price part of a Deutsche-Telocom package which included a number of minutes and other features.

Settings

Android 12. One of the key things to do is disable "Quick Device Connect", a persistent problematic app that will ask for one's location. Settings -> Apps -> App management -> (three dots in upper R) -> Quick Device Connect. Force stop and turn off all notifications.

• awake: double tap, then swipe up.
• usb setup: Settings -> System settings -> Developer options -> Select USB configuration
• nav bar / 3 buttons: there's no back button in the Chrome browser, so the buttons are helpful; triangle is a back button. Settings -> System settings -> System navigation select buttons or gestures (gestures has Navigation Bar).
• screen timeout: Settings -> Display & brightness -> Auto screen off (set mine to 1 min)
• notifications: apps like Uber, EBay often interrupt with announcements. Settings -> Notifications & Status bar -> Apps are in a column; toggle the notifications on/off as desired for each app.

Glass/LCD Replacement ($38) and Battery ($18)

Had the phone a couple months and then was at a meeting with some guys and dropped it on concrete. First time broken screen experience. For this phone a significant job no matter glass or glass+frame. Why not also replace (LiPo) battery since it has to be removed to do the glass. Comments on that a little further down.

Replacing only the glass is easiest fix, but requires bending-out the frame to remove the glass. I considered a smooth press-fit would be more durable and stock-appearing, so I purchased a frame/glass combo. An extra $6. Another $5 for the toolset with B-7000 glue. With tax, call it $38 for all of this, non-OEM. I also read the seller's customer feedback comments for additional tips from buyers. Delicate job and, again, not OEM.

Beyond this, having or jerry-rigging a heat-pad or gun, and clamps for re-gluing, are all required. This is true also for a straight battery job. The video below has the "with-frame" process I did, but can do just the glass, as noted above, after battery step. See video commenets.

Screen w/frame replace (17:09) Geardo, 2022. Latter half of video -- reassembly portion -- valuable to watch prior to initial disassembly. Comments valuable.

The battery was an extra $18 incl. tax. I got a LiPo version, like the OEM. Li-Ion requires an overcharge protection circuit that's likely not in the phone since it's LiPo OEM. I don't want the phone burning up on the charger.