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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I've had mine damn near 4 years now and I upgraded to a 2tb when I first bought it, and I just recently installed a new battery. Ifixit didn't have the battery in stock when I looked, so I ordered a third party. It's higher density, like 5000 mah and it fit just fine in the LCD deck. Honestly the hardest part of the install was loosening the adhesive, but if you follow the guide it's not too bad, just gotta be patient.

No idea how well it'll hold up, but it's been fine so far. It's nice to have some actual battery life available again for now at least. But with how these things have gone up in cost, I gotta try and get as much life out of it as I can.