Yeah, for 40 bucks I get a phone with good specs and a free pillow!

Maybe not an identical one, but I did find an interesting Note 9 for around $40…

I guess this is foreshadowing…

Now we’re speaking the same language!

Thank you for the kind words 🎩

You are absolutely fine!

People here, including you, have been very respectful and thoughtful, and I am all for feedback.

I don’t have the knowledge of the whole universe, do I? So please, by all means, I want to hear your critiques, it makes the project better and I learn along the way!

Nah, an actual UPS with 7kg batteries is way cooler.

But I really appreciate the feedback!

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.