I had some old Samsung phone as a ip camera. The battery swelled up and broke the screen after 1 month.
this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2025
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Seems too risky to keep it plugged then ig as other person in the comments seems to have had a similar issue. Maybe will just use it as an extremely dumb secondary phone.
Saw a post earlier on Mastodon where someone repurposed an old phone into a Home Assistant display/controller?
They hadn't used a full dashboard, though. It was just about checking and controlling their cat's feeding system. 😅
I did this with a Blackberry a while ago, but it destroyed the battery after a year unfortunately.
Might be fine if the charging could be stopped and resumed at a lower point. Maybe even a dumb solution like one of those holiday light timers to only charge for a couple hours a day would work. Damn, I should have done that.
I use an old pixel with calyxos as my bedside clock. It sits on a charging stand plugged into a smart plug which only turns on between 14:00 and 21:00 every day. Seems to be working well.
Ah see if only I had your genius those years back. I do still have that Blackberry, maybe I'll get a new battery and set it up again.