This is obviously ridiculous.

So I’ll do it.

Update! Apparently removing the battery also removes half the CPU lol.

I’ll keep you posted!

And we’re live!

Yeah, what he said. I was just about to say the exact same thing…

well ACKSHUALLY 🤓☝️

Unfortunately Pettyl is stupid enough to need the battery to boot, but smart enough to forget about it immediately afterwards.

I don’t make the rules, I just host WordPress on an 8-year-old Motorola.

Aye aye, captain🫡

Hahaha, thank you for defending me! 😄

Just to clarify though, the “they said it couldn’t be done” part was mostly me being ironic and unnecessarily dramatic for the post lol. The comments on this whole project have actually been overwhelmingly positive and helpful.

People here are the reason I even tried some of this stuff in the first place.

But I genuinely appreciate you having my back. And the S5 being able to cold boot without a battery is really interesting — Pettyl unfortunately needs its battery as a starter motor. 😂

Lol thank you so much, and I absolutely love what you said: “MOTO ÜBER ALLES”

I want to use it on the website instead of the boring copyright text lol, if it’s cool with you, I’ll even credit you!

I did not need to fake battery presence, just needed the battery as a starter, once the phone is booted just removed the battery.

Although the real test is yet to come, I have to leave it like this for a day or two, to see if it powers off when CPU spikes…

Thanks for the feedback, and here you go good sir/ma’am https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k5-max-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard?srsltid=AU7gw4XsUXbieW4cd0-lIERBSAdRfM_pJW1shhPZcZvnqphCN8O7JPSf

update: Now you can leave your thoughts on the website, as @autriyo@feddit.org suggested, and I loved the idea so much I had to implement it immediately.

Note: No personal information is required. Visitor statistics use an anonymous browser identifier, and the guestbook only stores what you choose to submit.

I know, as I said I’m working on it, but thank you for your concern.

For now, it’s just sitting on a charger, until I find a solution on how to bypass the battery. The great thing about the Motorola E5 Play is that it has removable battery, so I just need to figure out how to turn it on without the battery inside.

Thanks very much! Expect more updates very soon!

That’s a great shout, I’ll make this as soon as I have some free time, I would love for all of us to leave something on that poor little server ;)

Cloudflare Tunnel. cloudflared is running directly on the phone, so I didn’t need to open any ports on my router.

Also, if you meant how I connected the phone to the internet, not the website — just Wi-Fi. :)

Yeah, it’s a fun experience, I’ll update you again soon!

Thank you everyone for commenting on this, I didn’t expect this much feedback!

I will go ahead and start this project with an old phone, not sure yet which phone, and I’ll document everything and give you an update soon!

Yeah, I think creating a custom script for it won’t be an issue, for example when battery hits 80% it stops charging, and resumes charging when it hits 40%

Thanks! I’ll check it out