Thread: Nokia N900 DC power experiments
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2019-03-22 , 16:38
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Originally Posted by Spinal View Post
We have succeed with battery-less setup in Maemo Leste. You only need to have 5V connected to MicroUSB port to have device running.
This sounds very interesting! Is the change purely software-based, and if so, where do I start? I assume you mean a regular 5V power source for the microUSB port?

Originally Posted by ryu1 View Post
Can you disassebly the battery?
Inside the battery you will find a small board connected to the battery cell, just disconnect the cell and connect your power supply to the + and - of that board instead.
I'm not very comfortable with disassembling a battery, and I'd like to avoid doing this. Do you know any posts that detail doing this successfully?
 

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