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Turn A Broken Phone Into A Home Server (youtu.be)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/selfhosting@slrpnk.net

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[–] oplkill@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Using phone is dangerous as server because of battery

[–] Evilschnuff@feddit.org 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can serve as emergency power though. Something you would have to add anyway with a serious setup.

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago

But not good long term. A lithium ion battery being constantly drained and charged to 100% will keep the temperature high and wear it out more quickly and the more worn a lithium ion battery is, the more likely it will catch fire or explode.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the video he explains how he removed the battery and made a direct power connection.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago

“But then I’d have to watch the video!”

[–] DreamWave@infosec.exchange 0 points 10 months ago

@poVoq wow, even the screen got fixed

[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 0 points 10 months ago

This was one of the things I wanted to do at some point, someone beat me to it.

A long time ago I was going to try to get lemmy running on a phone, but the phone I used wasn't appropriate for running a container with systemd and network server access, so I put it on the backburner until I got another phone for it, but it's never really come up since.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

I don’t want a video about a broken server

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago

I did something similar about a year ago, phone is still running Home Assistant and Klipper just fine

[–] knF@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Loved the concept of the video: in our desks and pockets we have powerhouses that are underused. I think the solution proposed is too convoluted though as you can get to similar results with Termux without root.

And to those who mention the battery issue, there're ways to address this problem without the need of a physical mod. Just a few suggestions here:

Samsung and Pixel have options to limit battery charge to a certain percentage
If you root the phone they're quite a few apps or Magisk modules that will limit charge
If you have a smart plug you can turn on/off the charger based on your battery through a bash script, home assistant etc