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I'm having some major problems with my Dingoo. Lately, even after a long time charging, a charge on my Dingoo will only last for roughly an hour, hour and a half before it shuts itself down due to "low power". I recently discovered the secret menu that shows the status of the battery. After a long charge, it charges to ~256000. Played with the Dingoo until it shut itself down, and the secret menu shows it having a charge of ~228000. The battery indicator shows the battery is empty at this point.

Is this a sign that the battery is faulty? Or is the dingoo battery indicator to blame? I don't want to buy a replacement battery for my Dingoo if it won't do any good.

Also, there's a huge bulge, and a resulting crack, on the back of my Dingoo, roughly on the same side as the four buttons (A,B,X,Y). Is there a component there that could have failed to cause these battery problems?

System -> About ↑ → ↓ ↑ → ↓

The last 6 digit number shows battery status. Full charge should be around 270000.

System -> About ↑ → ↓ ↑ → ↓

The last 6 digit number shows battery status. Full charge should be around 270000.

Ah! I knew about this screen, but never realized that the last number was for the battery. Thanks!

smallest screwdriver you can find(phillips)
use some form of knife, or just a fingernail to get the rubber covers off, mine all just fell out themselves 

(that crack looks like there's a problem there, but there's nothing in that are, just a battery, circuit board ontop, then the edge of the screen/start of the buttons area...odd

So, is there any danger in ignoring the bulging battery and continuing to use the dingoo as is? It would still make for a nice wallwart system if need be.

uhm...any kind of bulging battery is generally a bad idea, li-po or li-ion especially (just search youtube for exploding laptop battery )
replacing it is a matter of de/re-soldering 2 simple joints, should take about a minute, even with a little firestarter iron
...though as the case is cracked it's probably best to just buy a new dingoo/whatever (got a warranty for it?)

i would personally take that battery out and dispose of it (safely of course, not the normal rubbish ), first swollen battery i've seen in dingoo land

(actually with a  pair of scissors and a little insulation tape you could replace it without any soldering needed, just make sure you twist the wires together well  )

XD you could do little connectors, but there's about 4mm of space to play with there...and it won't need removing, so just cutting and twisting 2 wires together is probably easiest

(and the soldering is   really easy anyway, 2 big(a good few mm across the blob) that just need melting and a new wire stuck in, would do it with a hot poker if you heat it up enough)