Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to minimize pollution

Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by pmontra on Saturday February 11, 2023 @06:41AM (#34751450)

Formally my Samsung A40 has no user replaceable battery. Actually you can find plenty of videos on YouTube that explain how to dissect that phone and replace almost everything. I don't trust myself to replace the screen but I replaced the camera after the n-th crash on the floor (20 Euros) and the battery after 3.5 years (40 Euros). All it takes is a flat piece of plastic to open the frame and glue to close it again.

Was it better when that operation was a matter of 5 seconds? Yes.

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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by kgwxd on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:25AM (#34752521)

I’ve replaced the screen and battery on 2 different iDevices, the scary amount of heat generated by both have completely turned me off to even trying. They absolutely would have exploded at some point.

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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by mrjin on Saturday February 11, 2023 @06:53PM (#34757776)

Now almost everything is glued on. Even with proper tools, opening without damaging is almost impossible.

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