Reason for posting this question - my laptop battery died and it turns out the bios gets reset every time I turn it on now.
Made me think of the old phones I have which cannot be repurposed without getting new batteries…
I guess mandating replaceable batteries is enough but IMHO it should go further
They should do it. Old phones can be repurposed for stuff like smart mirrors, not having to worry about the battery in that case would be great.
Nowadays, pretty much every phone supports battery idle mode anyways, which is the same thing: They don’t trickle charge the battery, they just run off the charger entirely.
If we get replace batteries, implementing this too is a negligible amount of effort.
You want a landline?
You might have missed it, but nowadays phones have large displays and fast processors, even cameras and microphones and other sensors.
If I were to tell someone from 70 years ago, “hold on let me get my phone,” while talking about taking a picture, they would think I’m nuts.
70? Try 20
With a camera, microphone, GPS, accelerometer and touch screen? Yes I do :)
You misspelled PC
If your bios is getting reset it’s possible your system uses a cmos battery and it is dead. It’s separate from the main battery and handles date/time/bios.
Just look for something that looks like a button battery inside your laptop. Sometimes it’s wrapped in plastic. My old Dell had it wrapped in rubber which held the wires in place and had a special connector.
Newer systems don’t have them - they just rely on the main battery. But if yours is losing time/settings you might have one with a separate battery. It’s usually a cr2032 or similar.
Wouldn’t using a degraded battery and a constant wired connection already be sufficient for this use case?
No, battery will blow up possibly!
I was thinking about using my old android device as home server and now I’m concerned 😥