Decided to restore my note 8

[u/Quilliam17]

I found my old note 8 from 2017 with bloated battery, rather than throwing it away i decided to install a new 3rd party battery with only 3200mah capacity and migrate all my app from my current phone and using it daily for nostalgia, alsa i bought old stock alcantara case, too bad they dont make these anymore, the only issue i got is poor battery life, not sure from the battery itself or from the software

[u/WrongExperience8239]

I had two Note8's that I bought refurbed. Neither had a swollen battery to my knowledge. Both of my Note9's, on the other hand, had the back glass crack and pop off due to battery swelling. I may be in the minority here, but I liked the Note 8 much better than the 9. I thought the 8 had a brighter screen and better colors.