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Should the EU make it compulsory for Android phones to still work without a battery? by tomjuggler in c/android@lemmy.ml

[-] tomjuggler@latte.isnot.coffee 2 points 1 year ago

No, battery will blow up possibly!

Should the EU make it compulsory for Android phones to still work without a battery? by tomjuggler in c/android@lemmy.ml

[-] tomjuggler@latte.isnot.coffee 2 points 1 year ago

With a camera, microphone, GPS, accelerometer and touch screen? Yes I do :)

Should the EU make it compulsory for Android phones to still work without a battery? by tomjuggler in c/android@lemmy.ml

[-] tomjuggler@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago

I did not know about battery idle mode, thanks. Would those phones work with the battery removed somehow? Possibly not.

I found a hack online for one phone with a removable battery, involving soldering a capacitor or something. Will test when I have time

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Should the EU make it compulsory for Android phones to still work without a battery? (latte.isnot.coffee)

submitted 1 year ago by tomjuggler@latte.isnot.coffee to c/android@lemmy.ml

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Reason for posting this question - my laptop battery died and it turns out the bios gets reset every time I turn it on now.

Made me think of the old phones I have which cannot be repurposed without getting new batteries..

I guess mandating replaceable batteries is enough but IMHO it should go further

Are Mediatek SOCs good now? by tomjuggler in c/android@lemmy.ml

[-] tomjuggler@latte.isnot.coffee 2 points 1 year ago

I don't have much comparison but the last 2 mid-range phones I bought used them and I can't complain. I think they have the benefit of being cheap and also easy to use, putting lineage on my phone is pretty easy now compared to how it was with Qualcomm based Samsung