R5, a new Android DAP by Hiby

[snellemin]

Hello, It seems you know what you're doing, when it's about batteries...
I just replaced mine, after finding a model that seems to be manufactured on purpose:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006626970577.html

But, the problem is, that the original one is 4.35V/cell maximum (nominal 3.8v), whereas of course, the replacement is the more usual 4.2V/cell.

So the R5 software is unable to identify 4.2v as 100% ; once charge stops the gauge is at 92-93%, and the worst; when it reaches 1 to 3% and stops by itself the cell is still at around 3.6V So I'm unable to take advantage of the whole capacity of this new cell, even if I do not trust the 4500mAh figure that's written on it

I tried to do one full charge-discharge cycle so far, in order to "calibrate" the android gauge, with no success...

Any advice ?
For those who have changed their battery themselves with aftermarket cells; do you have this kind of issue ?
When I put the battery in it was at ~3.7V, maybe I should charge it fully then, disconnect/reconnect it ?
Maybe a factory reset would clear the old values in Android ?

Thank you in advance...

Late reply here. I harvested a used battery cell from an HP laptop. I made sure the manufacturer was ATL, since they are the best cells.

The battery you purchased seems like it is limited by the BMS the battery is supplied with. I recycled the original BMS from the old R5 battery, hence no issues.

 

[o4komodo]

Thread bump. My battery recently died. ordered one from aliexpress but it was slightly too large and it would cause issues with the device charging since the battery's board kept bending.

Got a refund and got a new smaller one on Amazon. But now device doesn't seem to want to stay on. Itll turn on then turn back off. Shows that it charges too. Anyone got any clues?

 

[Revarend]

Hi, I need R5 Saber V2.10 firmware update.zip for manual update (OTA not working). Can anyone kindly share a working mirror? Thank you!

 

[rlw6534]

Hi, I need R5 Saber V2.10 firmware update.zip for manual update (OTA not working). Can anyone kindly share a working mirror? Thank you!

Here is 2.20:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aq5fTRH7UAotrUdRDV1ymorI9JJNESgH/view?usp=sharing

 

[Revarend]

Here is 2.20:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aq5fTRH7UAotrUdRDV1ymorI9JJNESgH/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for give me the file link, ive tried but it says, this package is for R5 devices; this is a R5int. do anyone have a firmware update file for HiBy R5Int ver ? Thank you !

 

[rlw6534]

Thank you for give me the file link, ive tried but it says, this package is for R5 devices; this is a R5int. do anyone have a firmware update file for HiBy R5Int ver ? Thank you !

That's all I had saved, sorry. Perhaps @Joe Bloggs can help you out.

 

[Revarend]

its okay bro, thanks for help.
Still hoping for someone to give me the latest firmware file for hiby r5 saber international.

 

[Interceptor69]

Is it not here?

https://store.hiby.com/apps/help-ce...CGVyyJIVarzMMzLLUkg9beENxw_9F287zJ6wO_qsJ5654

 

[Revarend]

Is it not here?

https://store.hiby.com/apps/help-ce...CGVyyJIVarzMMzLLUkg9beENxw_9F287zJ6wO_qsJ5654

no, there isn't any.

 

[Interceptor69]

so they sell a DAP they don't release firmware for?

 

[Revarend]

so they sell a DAP they don't release firmware for?

Or the update is discontinued and the latest is 1.92 ?

 

[Joe Bloggs]

The firmware given here and in my pm are the latest. Somewhere along the lineage of updates there was a merger update that merged the R5Int and R5 lines into one firmware. The latest firmware post-dates that, and presents itself only as R5, which your old R5Int firmware won't recognize. To overcome that, I need to request a universal binary from headquarters. Please give me a day or two

 

[Revarend]

The firmware given here and in my pm are the latest. Somewhere along the lineage of updates there was a merger update that merged the R5Int and R5 lines into one firmware. The latest firmware post-dates that, and presents itself only as R5, which your old R5Int firmware won't recognize. To overcome that, I need to request a universal binary from headquarters. Please give me a day or two

I see, thanks a lot, I really appreciate it.

 

[Joe Bloggs]

Please download the universal update firmware file (to latest version) for all R5 and R5 Saber devices here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYvzTVRq-LkwlBn-YIZsh7OLPnUV3Fg/view?usp=sharing

 

[Revarend]

Please download the universal update firmware file (to latest version) for all R5 and R5 Saber devices here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBYvzTVRq-LkwlBn-YIZsh7OLPnUV3Fg/view?usp=sharing

You’re a legend! Thank you so much for sharing the firmware, it worked perfectly