Linux Phones

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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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Uh, so I got a fan for my phone (files.mastodon.social)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Uh, so I got a fan for my phone

#pinephone #linuxmobile #stayfrosty @linuxphones

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How loud is it? Lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I clearly don't understand mastodon well enough... But as mentioned there. It's kinda like hearing a drone the room over. You can def hear it but it's quite subtle

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@Qkall how does it impact a call quality?

@technomad

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Y'all can make calls on your pinephone?? (/Sarcasm pointed to most comments I see)

In seriousness, I haven't tried yet, but I don't expect it to have an impact

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@Qkall yeah, I can make calls. Sound is a bit low, but it works :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

technically, it works, yes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

@technomad
Like the faint whirl of a drone being flown in the next room. You can hear it but it's pretty quiet honestly...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Lol, there have been times when mine has needed one, too. Now, if the fan can be powered through the phone battery with USB OTG or something, that would be genius 😄

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

@halm
It can be! Just needs a USB a to USB c adapter... Not sure impact on battery as I generally only need it when I'm not suspended on a charger

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It came through! Maybe the mastodon-to-lemmy federation is a bit slow sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Oh, cool 😆 I couldn't tell from the photo where the cables went. It's both sad and hilarious what we have to do to keep our phones chilled.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I must not mastodon right... But I did reply there to no avail here... Anyway it does work with a USB a to USB c thru the phones USB c port. Not sure yet on battery implications

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This looks awesome! How would one go about making one of these themselves? Asking for a friend of course :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@ambitiousslab

While I bought it from there, I'm not really trying to promote the bezos site. But the model number is (8USD):
Manufacturer ‎Yuhoo
ASIN ‎B09GCPPXDQ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! This is going to send me down a rabbit hole. I had no idea these phone cooling fans were a thing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

@ambitiousslab
Yeah I saw some folks chatting about trying out some like gaming phone coolers and ... Yeah here we are 😂