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Re:Install postmarketOS on Android phone and use Docker as a... by jraph on Friday December 06, 2024 @10:36AM (#42340721)
Ah, nice. I had skimmed the article and didn't read the intro. This is pretty cool.

I could be interested in using my PinePhone like this. Its battery is removable and the phone can be started without it, but the Wi-Fi / Bluetooth module won't run without it. I had the idea of faking the battery like this, but I don't have the skills to handle hardware like this.

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Re:Install postmarketOS on Android phone and use Docker as a... by chainingsolid on Friday December 06, 2024 @02:42PM (#42343498)
You could just plug the phone into a small usb-c hub and plug some usb wifi dongel or ethernet cord into it. Not sure if that would solve your use case.
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Re:Install postmarketOS on Android phone and use Docker as a... by jraph on Friday December 06, 2024 @02:49PM (#42343575)
Yep, it could work, and I happen to have such a hub (it came with the PinePhone). I think the PinePhone is able to receive power AND do USB OTG at the same time, to be confirmed.

To be completely honest, what I had in mind was to use it as a Bluetooth receiver to play music using my dumb speakers. I don't have a Bluetooth receiver and at this point if I have to buy something I might be better off buying some off the shelf device to do this. So the status quo is to just plug a laptop the times I want to play music in this room because I don't care that much about it.

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