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Re:Repairability by swiftcoder on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:07AM (#25558906)
> I've not come across any laptop or Android smartphone that wouldn't power up without a battery.

I had the pleasure of working on an Android smartphone that wouldn't power up without a battery. Or even with a battery, if the outside temperatures were sufficiently low to cause the battery voltage to drop below the FCC-defined limits for running the radios.

Re:Repairability by bserge on Saturday January 02, 2021 @07:12AM (#25612256)
What make/model? Sounds a lot like a soldering problem somewhere. Or really poor design heh