If you’re somewhat technically inclined, maybe the extra pins on the battery contacts are for NTC thermisters?
Perhaps attach a fixed resistor in its place to fool the phone?
Now that’s a legit idea!
I don’t exactly have spare devices to experiment with, but that’s an awesome idea 👍
I have one phone that can do that, an old Android One phone codenamed seed. With qualcomm’s MSM8916 chipset. It also runs mobile linux, and still gets support.
Pixel has bypass power. It’s unfortunate that it’s paying Google. I’ve been very happy with my used 8 on Graphene.
I think, either the LG p990 or the galaxy alpha, do work without battery
Some gaming phones have passthrough
If I remember correctly, some of the ROG phones could actually run directly from the cable bypassing the battery. I think the idea was that it could be plugged in and gaming without wearing down the battery.
The Samsung phones up to S5 did when I had them
Have you tried removing the battery out? I assume you did, but have you tried taking it to a repair shop and ask to short the charging pin to the battery power pin?
Yep, been there, tried that. I used to work as a mobile device hardware tech for over a decade, though I didn’t exactly get the opportunity to experiment with every device that came across my bench ya know…
Then I had to wonder, does the cellphone still refuse to work even though the battery Vcc pin is wired to the wall charger? Do you think it was trying to talk to the battery in a protocol? I don’t remember third-party batteries being so sophisticated.
Hard to say, but good curious question…
