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Re: Smashed Toilet Phone Web Server

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Post by mircerlancerous »

sgt wrote: post #14

It's a cute dream to have - running some kind of webserver/API/IoT service off an old phone, but in my experience it's not as easy as it sounds. I had a little fleet of phones doing some IoT-like operation but they eventually all went offline, restarted, or just developed wonky issues. Cell phones simply do not like being powered on 24/7 and actively doing things - they are used to being used for a bit, then off. It…

I've been running this web server for over a year with no stability issues like that. The app itself shutting off was the biggest issue, but the alarm plugin reboots it whenever that happens. Perhaps you had a bad batch of phones but in my case, it's been very reliable.

Re: Smashed Toilet Phone Web Server

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Post by mircerlancerous »

Tade0 wrote: post #18

> There's also some suggestions out there that leaving a lithium ion battery fully charged will degrade its max capacity over time; I haven't seen any evidence of that in practice, I did. Several old devices of mine died like that. At higher voltages the passivation layer at the cathode, necessary for the battery to function, becomes unstable and decomposes.

Interesting; good to know.

Re: Smashed Toilet Phone Web Server

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Post by MisterTea »

mircerlancerous wrote: post #11
Schlagbohrer wrote: post #4

"then later dropped in a toilet before sitting for over a year in a bag of rice" Oh my god please tell me someone remembered to throw the toilet-water-rice out and not accidentally use it for cooking X-(

Author here. What boiling water doesn't take care of all that ;)

Toilet rice builds character.

Re: Smashed Toilet Phone Web Server

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Post by nubinetwork »

washadjeffmad wrote: post #16
mircerlancerous wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Author here. All good points from this point and its replies, which to me says best to me that not all products and experiences are equal, so proceed based on your comfort level. Note that the app is capable of monitoring both battery charge percentage and temperature. If one was inclined a USB to serial adapter with some simple circuitry could be used to monitor and control the state of charge. Good idea for a follo…

There are apps that can limit the charge %, or using something like Tasker to cycle a smart plug. Android 16 also has native limiting under Settings > Battery > Battery Health > Charging Optimization > Limit to 80%

My phone seems happy with the 80% setting, but my laptop went through 3 batteries before I decided to rip it out and only run the thing off the wall wart.

Re: Smashed Toilet Phone Web Server

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Post by FerretFred »

mircerlancerous wrote: post #11
Schlagbohrer wrote: post #4

"then later dropped in a toilet before sitting for over a year in a bag of rice" Oh my god please tell me someone remembered to throw the toilet-water-rice out and not accidentally use it for cooking X-(

Author here. What boiling water doesn't take care of all that ;)

< that's the nearest I can get an award!

Re: Smashed Toilet Phone Web Server

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Post by DemiKone2 »

mircerlancerous wrote: post #9
DemiKone2 wrote: post #5

This is a advertisement for a service called qik "Next step is to pick a Qik Node to run your web services, and host your apps. There are official Qik Nodes " several pages on the site direct you to this service which seems to be a web server smashed together with some buzzwords and crypto services.

Author here. Qik is the name I've given to the project. It's pretty clear on all the pages that it will always be free, and that there's no reference anywhere to any crypto services. Give specifics if you think otherwise; there's lots of noise these days, so I'm not offended you figured this was another one.

Ah my apologies. what a sensible answer thanks for explaining.
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