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Recycling pinephone as home server - mdk - 11-11-2025
Hi!
I have an old pinephone that I stopped using (due to broken battery pins).
I'm trying to recycle it as a home server, without a battery (I don't want it to catch fire) but:
- Either I plug it using an USB-C charger, it boots, but does not gets Wi-Fi (known behavior), so I'm stuck.
- Either I use the Pinephone convergence dock to use RJ45, but it looks like it lacks power or something as the phone bootloops.
I though about using a voltage regulator to fake the battery BUT I fear the moment the phone tries to "charge" it, lol.
Can someone try to boot its pinephone without a battery and with a convergence dock to see if there's any chance this way?
Or is there another way I missed?