An update on the Farphone's battery(far.computer)
40 points bylouismerlin1 day ago |5 comments
cretinoid2 hours ago
The real question is "what the hell is a farphone"?
bayindirh2 hours ago
Your answer lies on https://far.computer

In short, far phone is the phone which powers far computer which is in turn served from https://far.computer

cretinoid1 hour ago
Funny. I really thought it was a mistake :)
gassi2 hours ago
> this webpage is hosted on a drawer-bound fairphone 2, running postmarketos

https://far.computer/how-to/

Reason0772 hours ago
While I’ve seen plenty of swollen and deformed phone batteries, I’ve never personally seen one that has burned. Obviously it’s happened in the past with certain phone/battery models, but I’d imagine that it’s actually very rare now days?

On the other hand, I have seen cheap 18650s spontaneously start smoking even when they weren’t plugged in to anything…

prmoustache4 hours ago
I would have hooked the smartphone to a small solar panel. The natural daylight cycle would have made sure that the smartphone kept having charging and discharging cycles.

I doubt the traffic hitting it would be sufficient to drain the battery overnight.

poolnoodle1 hour ago
So the Fairphone 2 runs on just a USB cable with no battery inside?
imglorp32 minutes ago
I'd like more details. Many devices won't run on USB cable alone: they won't start without a battery as well.