- cross-posted to:
- android@lemdro.id
- cross-posted to:
- android@lemdro.id
A small project to help out anyone trying to keep their old devices functional.
I wrote a script to scrape pages of some popular alternative OS projects (such as postmarketOS and LineageOS), and put them into a single list. I’ll try to automate and keep this up-to-date. Any additional OS suggestions and comments are welcome!
The issue isn’t really the OS in many cases.
The barrier is getting a battery replacement. Which many devices make exceptionally difficult, to the point where buying a new cheap phone is nearly equivalent in price as paying someone to tear down your phone and rebuild it to swap the battery
My previous phone was chosen specifically because it had an easily replaceable battery. However by the time I needed to replace it the manufacturer (Samsung) had stopped making those batteries and the only ones available were fake ones on Amazon that didn’t hold a charge. Meh.
A strategy you could employ is to buy the battery early.
Keep it at about 30-50% change, and refrigerated. You’re talking < 2-3% capacity loss per year, probably much lower since the temperature is so low.
Meaning the battery is effectively new when you go to swap it.