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This post is an update of the second part of my Moto server series: https://lemmy.zip/post/72142441

Rumor has it that keeping an 8-year-old phone permanently plugged in with its equally ancient Li-ion battery might not be the greatest idea ever conceived.

Some even claimed that a phone needs a battery to work.

Very negative people.

Anyway, I removed it.

Pettyl did not care.

nginx: UP PHP-FPM: UP MariaDB: UP WordPress: UP cloudflared: UP sshd: UP

The battery is currently sitting next to the phone, contributing absolutely nothing to the project.

Pettyl is now running entirely from USB power, at around 37°C, while continuing to serve the website like this is completely normal.

There is, however, one tiny detail the haters may enjoy:

It can’t boot without the battery.

So the official Pettyl disaster recovery procedure is now:

  1. Insert battery
  2. Boot Pettyl
  3. Connect USB power
  4. Remove battery
  5. Pretend this is enterprise infrastructure

The battery is no longer a battery.

It is the starter motor.

I see no problems with this architecture.

Anyway, Part 3 is going great.

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[–] oaoaoe@thebrainbin.org 35 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Damn, I wish they still made phones with a removable battery

They do. They're generally just.. not very good or are very expensive.

Samsung had a good one in the Xcover. I'd get one but... well... Samsung.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I used to keep a charged spare on me. And this was back when a phones battery life was like 3-7 days.

Stop making phones thinner God dammit. I don't want a thinner phone. I want longer battery life and a removable battery so I can fucking double the shitty longer battery life I get.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And a big enough pocket to hold it securely, no matter what gender clothing you wear!

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wherever you were talking about when you said "here."

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Oh, there, there?

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's kinda hard when women's pants often have no pockets, fake pockets, or pockets so small they're functionally useless.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That's why it's a response to "I want.."!

An add-on to the wishlist, as it were. I'm just an old non-tech cis woman but I firmly believe generous pockets could and should be designed/engineered/built into every twirly skirt, every thigh-high (but down near the ankle bc gravity) every booty pant and even red-carpet gala gowns. At least someone finally realized workout leggings can have a pocket down on the leg if it's so god-damned important not to interrupt the "line" elsewhere.

And everyone should feel free to wear whatever styles they feel suit them, with neither social stigma nor pocket-neglectful construction holding them back.

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Hell yeah sister! I'm 100% for this. I'm a cis guy but the clear disparity of pants pockets between gendered clothing (and clothing being gendered at all) has always irked me. Everyone should have equal access to pockets!! (Silly but serious)

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

I used to keep a charged spare on me.

There's at least one Chinese brand that has smartphone with hot-swappable battery: https://rugone.net/products/xever-8

Removable battery. Swap within 2 minutes for zero interruption. After 2 minutes, the device enters a 60-second safety lock-out to protect your data.

Unfortunately, software from these brands tends to be shit. I feel like they just outsource it to the cheapest company. Especially following this recent thing:

As of March 4, Sophos X-Intercept telemetry listed over 500 unique compromised Android devices across nearly 50 models. The devices were mostly low-cost models produced by the following manufacturers: Allview, BLU, Dcode, DOOGEE, Gigaset, Gionee, Lava, and Ulefone. The list did not include Alldocube devices, despite Kaspersky reportedly observing Keenadu affect that manufacturer as well.

Source - Sophos
Report from Kaspersky

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I just got a fairphone 6. Removable battery!

[–] puz@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

I'm still using my fairphone 5 :)

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Didn't EU pass a regulation regarding that? If I recall correctly all portable devices sold in the EU after February will will need to have a user replaceable battery.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'm curious to see how apple will workaround the regulation

[–] thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They already did I believe. They enhanced their battery glue so it should be easier to remove; reduced the amount of different screwdriver types required to access the battery to one or two; and put a small repair tool set up for sale, for the low price of $700. Thats already impressive for Apple standards

[–] Gibibit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] oaoaoe@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 week ago

Didn't know that, fantastic!

[–] thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All batteries are removable once

[–] tradicije@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Just like all mushrooms are edible once...