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This post links to a previous post from the same author concerning removing the battery and running the device without one: https://crackoverflow.com/docs/syst

• jraph 2y ago
  Ah, nice. I had skimmed the article and didn't read the intro. This is pretty cool. I could be interested in using my PinePhone like this. Its battery is removable and the phone can be started without it, but the Wi-Fi / Bluetooth module won't run without it. I had the idea of faking the battery like this, but I don't have the skills to handle hardware like this.
  • chainingsolid 2y ago
    You could just plug the phone into a small usb-c hub and plug some usb wifi dongel or ethernet cord into it. Not sure if that would solve your use case.
    • jraph 2y ago
      Yep, it could work, and I happen to have such a hub (it came with the PinePhone). I think the PinePhone is able to receive power AND do USB OTG at the same time, to be confirmed. To be completely honest, what I had in mind was to use it as a Bluetooth receiver to play music using my dumb speakers. I don't have a Bluetooth receiver and at this point if I have to buy something I might be better off buying some off the shelf device to do this. So the status quo is to just plug a laptop the times I want to play music in this room because I don't care that much about it.