Recycling pinephone as home server
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(11-12-2025, 10:20 AM)Kevin Kofler Wrote: The lack of WiFi is because the PinePhone circuitry has the WiFi (and also the modem) attached directly to the battery, not to the main power circuit. So no battery implies no WiFi and no modem.

There are instructions from maybe 3-4 years ago somewhere on the wiki, but there is a trick where voltage, I think 5v+ is fine, needs t go to a battery pad.
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Recycling pinephone as home server - by mdk - 11-11-2025, 10:12 AM
RE: Recycling pinephone as home server - by biketool - 11-12-2025, 11:18 AM
RE: Recycling pinephone as home server - by mdk - 11-20-2025, 07:14 AM
RE: Recycling pinephone as home server - by mdk - 12-01-2025, 02:57 AM

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