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If you have an old phone that would otherwise go to garbage, likely its battery is not in a great shape anyway, and server-like loads are mostly incompatible wi

by nine_k 2y ago

If you have an old phone that would otherwise go to garbage, likely its battery is not in a great shape anyway, and server-like loads are mostly incompatible with being battery-powered. I suppose it's going to be permanently attached to a USB power source. Thanks for the heads-up about the thermal inertia of the battery! Maybe a stationary phone in the server role could use a glue-on passive radiator.

close04 2y ago
The problem isn’t the performance of the battery but the safety. A dead battery for this always-connected use case is probably a non-issue. A swollen battery that could explode or catch fire is definitely an issue. You could take it out but many phones won’t work without a battery so you need to find a way to trick them into thinking one is installed.