• Flagstaff@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    back off on higher and higher power draw in phones.

    Thanks for the reminder to revisit my Droid’s developer options and ensure my background processes are restricted to 4 at most.

    Anyway, less cycle life is disturbing. Why they don’t try LiFePO4, I don’t get.

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      3 days ago

      LFP has about 2x less energy density unfortunately. It’s a lot cheaper and lasts longer so it’s great for home storage and competitive for lower cost EVs. But phones are all about power hungry bloated apps and web sites.

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        enable developer settings on android and just set it.

        I think it’s different for all phones, but on my Samsung, I go to about - > software information in settings and press the build number a couple of times until developer mode enables. then, just set max background processes. doesn’t even take 5 minutes to do lol

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      LFP batteries are energy dense and long lasting, but heavy. I’m not 100% sure if the weight would be a big deal at phone scale, but AFAIK that’s why they havent been adopted for phones