Thank you that was the idea, In the missing tutorial I explain that I used batteries from a power bank with a broken usb. So yeah re-using stuff, this tablet should last 10 more years at least! https://www.circusscientist.com/upgrade-your-tablet-with-replaceable-batteries/
Really? It never happened to me even after shorting one once… There are some super cheap ones at the local Chinese store I was thinking of trying out, the brand ones are pretty reasonable already though, so that’s what I use. Maybe will give the cheapies a miss at least for indoor projects
You are correct - I forgot to link to the tutorial page on my website where I’m pretty sure I explained that I’m fully aware of the risk and nobody should do this
If you get more likes on your comment I am willing to test this
Context I live in a country with an unreliable postal service and shit currency. Also batteries were free from an old power bank
Free batteries from an old power bank…
Geez did I not link to the tutorial here? That’s what happens when you’re in a hurry. https://www.circusscientist.com/upgrade-your-tablet-with-replaceable-batteries/
Also, no I don’t take it out of the house - and the batteries are from an old power bank so essentially free.
This is the best hack I have ever done!
I need this but 4G version…
Clearly evolution in action
I have MX Linux on my old Dell Inspiron 1300 that refuses to die after 20 years. Great distro, I like it better than Ubuntu in some ways - just difficult to install some software built for 64 bit only of course
What does this desktop app do that the browser extension doesn’t? I tried the cli extension but it was rubbish…
Does anyone know if this is the same way Sober is running the port of Roblox?
Newpipe works great on tablets too, a lot of Android apps have a landscape mode
So AdGuard works on the YouTube website. I haven’t been there for some time - I use 2 other methods to watch YouTube ad-free.
Anyone with knowledge of the matter care to comment? So far my YouTube watching is still ad-free.
I also run pi-hole in front of my WiFi. Nothing gets through. Or will it?
I noticed some podcasts these days have random server injected ads - usually the same ad repeated 2 or 3 times, is this going to be my video stream soon?
Yeah the Roblox thing is hard to swallow, it used to work better on Linux than on any other platform for me. Everything else there’s alternatives - my local PC shop sells machines at a significant discount “without windows installed”, maybe if more did that the market would take care of things and the software vendors would have to support Linux.
As a former Android developer, you can’t just do anything in an android app on a modern smartphone. The system is fighting you for resources the whole time. It makes sense to have something like this running as root on a device that you control.
Not that I’m sold on it, just saying…
Might be a coincidence but MX Linux still supports 32bit x86 CPU’s.
I recently installed MX Linux on an old Dell Inspiron 1300 which inexplicably still runs and it’s pretty snappy, considering.
Actually capacity exceeds the original spec. Battery indicator seems accurate though.