A small project to help out anyone trying to keep their old devices functional.
I wrote a script to scrape pages of some popular alternative OS projects (such as postmarketOS and LineageOS), and put them into a single list. I’ll try to automate and keep this up-to-date. Any additional OS suggestions and comments are welcome!
My previous phone was chosen specifically because it had an easily replaceable battery. However by the time I needed to replace it the manufacturer (Samsung) had stopped making those batteries and the only ones available were fake ones on Amazon that didn’t hold a charge. Meh.
A strategy you could employ is to buy the battery early.
Keep it at about 30-50% change, and refrigerated. You’re talking < 2-3% capacity loss per year, probably much lower since the temperature is so low.
Meaning the battery is effectively new when you go to swap it.