An Update on the Farphone's Battery
12 days ago
- #Fairphone
- #Battery Safety
- #DIY Server
- Earlier this week, a how-to for running a website on an old smartphone was shared.
- Concerns were raised on Lobste.rs and Hacker News about the fire risk of keeping a lithium battery plugged in constantly.
- French blogger Korben highlighted this risk in an article about the device.
- The Fairphone 2's modular design allowed easy removal of the battery.
- A micro-USB charging cable was duct-taped to the phone to prevent accidental disconnection.
- The phone rebooted in forty seconds, and the web server was back online.
- Acknowledgments were given to Lobste.rs and Hacker News users for potentially preventing a server explosion.
- The project was built by Louis Merlin under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.