Europe Wants a ‘Right to Repair’ Smartphones and Gadgets

Re:Europe Wants a ‘Right to Repair’ Smartphones and Gadgets by amelius on Friday March 13, 2020 @05:11PM (#22570912)

> Not necessarily "hot" swappable

"Hot swappable" usually means you can swap it while the machine is turned on. At least, that's how people use the term when talking about harddrives.

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Re:Europe Wants a ‘Right to Repair’ Smartphones and Gadgets by arghwhat on Friday March 13, 2020 @05:47PM (#22571162)

That's always what it means—"hot" means "on"/"operating".

Hot-swapping a battery works by replacing a battery while the device operates from a secondary power source (e.g. charger or secondary battery).

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Re:Europe Wants a ‘Right to Repair’ Smartphones and Gadgets by kabdib on Friday March 13, 2020 @05:51PM (#22571184)

Yeah, I mis-spoke.

Swappable is better.

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Re:Europe Wants a ‘Right to Repair’ Smartphones and Gadgets by andai on Friday March 13, 2020 @08:32PM (#22572052)

My laptop has that. There's a second internal battery, and you can swap the external one while it's on.

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