#phonehacks — Public Fediverse posts

Commodore Unveils Linux Powered Flip Phone

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/18/commodore-unveils-linux-powered-flip-phone/

Commodore Unveils Linux Powered Flip Phone

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/18/commodore-unveils-linux-powered-flip-phone/

I made my phone slow on purpose

https://vinewallapp.com/notes/i-made-my-phone-slow-on-purpose/

#HackerNews #phonehacks #deliberateperformance #slowtech #digitalminimalism

I made my phone slow on purpose

https://vinewallapp.com/notes/i-made-my-phone-slow-on-purpose/

#HackerNews #phonehacks #deliberateperformance #slowtech #digitalminimalism

Off-Grid OCR Server Powered by iPhone

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/off-grid-ocr-server-powered-by-iphone/

Off-Grid OCR Server Powered by iPhone

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/31/off-grid-ocr-server-powered-by-iphone/

Limiting Battery Risk On Repurposed Smartphones With PostmarketOS https://hackaday.com/2026/02/01/limiting-battery-risk-on-repurposed-smartphones-with-postmarketos/ #Lithium-ionbattery #lithiumbattery #postmarketos #smartphones #PhoneHacks #smartphone

Limiting Battery Risk On Repurposed Smartphones With PostmarketOS https://hackaday.com/2026/02/01/limiting-battery-risk-on-repurposed-smartphones-with-postmarketos/ #Lithium-ionbattery #lithiumbattery #postmarketos #smartphones #PhoneHacks #smartphone

An eight-minute read on how to play hide-and-seek with your phone's #WiFi antenna because who needs GPS when you have "environmental fingerprints"? 📡🔍 It's like a tech-savvy game of Marco Polo, but with extra steps and fewer pool noodles. 🤡
https://www.svendewaerhert.com/blog/nearby-peer-discovery/ #hideandseek #environmentalfingerprints #techsavvy #MarcoPolo #phonehacks #HackerNews #ngated

An eight-minute read on how to play hide-and-seek with your phone's #WiFi antenna because who needs GPS when you have "environmental fingerprints"? 📡🔍 It's like a tech-savvy game of Marco Polo, but with extra steps and fewer pool noodles. 🤡
https://www.svendewaerhert.com/blog/nearby-peer-discovery/ #hideandseek #environmentalfingerprints #techsavvy #MarcoPolo #phonehacks #HackerNews #ngated

Meet Me on My Rotary Phone https://hackaday.com/2025/11/14/meet-me-on-my-rotary-phone/ #rotaryphone #PhoneHacks #soundcard #phone

Meet Me on My Rotary Phone https://hackaday.com/2025/11/14/meet-me-on-my-rotary-phone/ #rotaryphone #PhoneHacks #soundcard #phone

Bello Bear Bit 38 Grape Heist - Use code SAVE20 @ www.BelloBear.shop❣️

#GrapeHeist #PhoneHacks #weirdfacts #NoFingerprints #fyp

Bello Bear Bit 38 Grape Heist - Use code SAVE20 @ www.BelloBear.shop❣️

#GrapeHeist #PhoneHacks #weirdfacts #NoFingerprints #fyp

2G Gone? Bring It Back Yourself! https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/2g-gone-bring-it-back-yourself/ #GSMbasestation #vintagephone #PhoneHacks #RadioHacks #2Gnetwork #sdr #2g

2G Gone? Bring It Back Yourself! https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/2g-gone-bring-it-back-yourself/ #GSMbasestation #vintagephone #PhoneHacks #RadioHacks #2Gnetwork #sdr #2g

2G Gone? Bring It Back Yourself! - Some parts of the world still have ample 2G coverage; for those of in North Americ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/2g-gone-bring-it-back-yourself/ #gsmbasestation #vintagephone #phonehacks #radiohacks #2gnetwork #sdr #2g

2G Gone? Bring It Back Yourself! - Some parts of the world still have ample 2G coverage; for those of in North Americ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/2g-gone-bring-it-back-yourself/ #gsmbasestation #vintagephone #phonehacks #radiohacks #2gnetwork #sdr #2g

How Many Phones Sport a 5 and 1/4 Diskette Drive? This One. https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/how-many-phones-sport-a-5-and-1-4-diskette-drive-this-one/ #internetargument #Commodore1541 #postmarketos #PhoneHacks #51/4"drive

How Many Phones Sport a 5 and 1/4 Diskette Drive? This One. https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/how-many-phones-sport-a-5-and-1-4-diskette-drive-this-one/ #internetargument #Commodore1541 #postmarketos #PhoneHacks #51/4"drive

How Many Phones Sport a 5 and 1/4 Diskette Drive? This One. - It all started with a sarcastic comment right here on Hackaday.com: ” How many pho... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/how-many-phones-sport-a-5-and-1-4-diskette-drive-this-one/ #internetargument #commodore1541 #postmarketos #phonehacks #51/4drive

How Many Phones Sport a 5 and 1/4 Diskette Drive? This One. - It all started with a sarcastic comment right here on Hackaday.com: ” How many pho... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/how-many-phones-sport-a-5-and-1-4-diskette-drive-this-one/ #internetargument #commodore1541 #postmarketos #phonehacks #51/4drive

Set Phone to… Hyperspectral - While our eyes are miraculous little devices, they aren’t very sensitive outside o... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/26/set-phone-to-hyperspectral/ #hyperspectral #calibration #phonehacks #science

Set Phone to… Hyperspectral - While our eyes are miraculous little devices, they aren’t very sensitive outside o... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/26/set-phone-to-hyperspectral/ #hyperspectral #calibration #phonehacks #science

Set Phone to… Hyperspectral https://hackaday.com/2025/09/26/set-phone-to-hyperspectral/ #hyperspectral #calibration #PhoneHacks #Science

Set Phone to… Hyperspectral https://hackaday.com/2025/09/26/set-phone-to-hyperspectral/ #hyperspectral #calibration #PhoneHacks #Science

How Water Vapor Makes Smartphones Faster https://hackaday.com/2025/09/25/how-water-vapor-makes-smartphones-faster/ #phasechangecooling #HackadayColumns #vaporchamber #phasechange #PhoneHacks #smartphone #heatpipe #coolant #cooling

How Water Vapor Makes Smartphones Faster https://hackaday.com/2025/09/25/how-water-vapor-makes-smartphones-faster/ #phasechangecooling #HackadayColumns #vaporchamber #phasechange #PhoneHacks #smartphone #heatpipe #coolant #cooling

How Water Vapor Makes Smartphones Faster - Once upon a time, home computers were low-powered enough that they barely needed a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/25/how-water-vapor-makes-smartphones-faster/ #phasechangecooling #hackadaycolumns #vaporchamber #phasechange #phonehacks #smartphone #heatpipe #coolant #cooling

How Water Vapor Makes Smartphones Faster - Once upon a time, home computers were low-powered enough that they barely needed a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/25/how-water-vapor-makes-smartphones-faster/ #phasechangecooling #hackadaycolumns #vaporchamber #phasechange #phonehacks #smartphone #heatpipe #coolant #cooling

iPhone Air Still Apparently Repairable Despite Its Compact Construction https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/iphone-air-still-apparently-repairable-despite-its-compact-construction/ #appleiphone #PhoneHacks #iphoneair #ifixit #iphone #repair

iPhone Air Still Apparently Repairable Despite Its Compact Construction https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/iphone-air-still-apparently-repairable-despite-its-compact-construction/ #appleiphone #PhoneHacks #iphoneair #ifixit #iphone #repair

iPhone Air Still Apparently Repairable Despite Its Compact Construction - Miniaturization is a trend that comes and goes in the cellular phone space. For a ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/iphone-air-still-apparently-repairable-despite-its-compact-construction/ #appleiphone #phonehacks #iphoneair #ifixit #iphone #repair

iPhone Air Still Apparently Repairable Despite Its Compact Construction - Miniaturization is a trend that comes and goes in the cellular phone space. For a ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/22/iphone-air-still-apparently-repairable-despite-its-compact-construction/ #appleiphone #phonehacks #iphoneair #ifixit #iphone #repair

Acoustic Coupling Like it’s 1985 - Before the days of mobile broadband, and before broadband itself even, there was a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/27/acoustic-coupling-like-its-1985/ #acousticcoupling #phonehacks #payphone #modem #phone #bbs

Acoustic Coupling Like it’s 1985 - Before the days of mobile broadband, and before broadband itself even, there was a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/27/acoustic-coupling-like-its-1985/ #acousticcoupling #phonehacks #payphone #modem #phone #bbs

Swiping Away Apps? You Might Be Wasting More Battery 🔋🚫

Modern smartphones are designed to handle background apps smartly. Constantly swiping them away might actually waste more power since they reload from scratch every time.

Tag a friend who keeps swiping — show them the smarter way to save battery. 📱⚡

#BatteryLife #SmartphoneTips #BatteryMyths #PhoneHacks #MobileTips #Neuronus

The World’s First Podcaster? https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/the-worlds-first-podcaster/ #HackadayColumns #PhoneHacks #telephone #budapest #History

The World’s First Podcaster? https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/the-worlds-first-podcaster/ #HackadayColumns #PhoneHacks #telephone #budapest #History

The World’s First Podcaster? - When do you think the first podcast occurred? Did you guess in the 1890s? That’s n... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/the-worlds-first-podcaster/ #hackadaycolumns #phonehacks #telephone #budapest #history

The World’s First Podcaster? - When do you think the first podcast occurred? Did you guess in the 1890s? That’s n... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/the-worlds-first-podcaster/ #hackadaycolumns #phonehacks #telephone #budapest #history

Personalization, Industrial Design, and Hacked Devices https://hackaday.com/2025/07/26/personalization-industrial-design-and-hacked-devices/ #HackadayColumns #PhoneHacks #newsletter #design #Rants #style #art

Personalization, Industrial Design, and Hacked Devices https://hackaday.com/2025/07/26/personalization-industrial-design-and-hacked-devices/ #HackadayColumns #PhoneHacks #newsletter #design #Rants #style #art

Personalization, Industrial Design, and Hacked Devices - [Maya Posch] wrote up an insightful, and maybe a bit controversial, piece on the s... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/26/personalization-industrial-design-and-hacked-devices/ #hackadaycolumns #phonehacks #newsletter #design #rants #style #art

Personalization, Industrial Design, and Hacked Devices - [Maya Posch] wrote up an insightful, and maybe a bit controversial, piece on the s... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/26/personalization-industrial-design-and-hacked-devices/ #hackadaycolumns #phonehacks #newsletter #design #rants #style #art

FrogFind Grabs the WAP https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/frogfind-grabs-the-wap/ #Retrocomputing #retrocomputer #PhoneHacks #frogfind #wap #2g

FrogFind Grabs the WAP https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/frogfind-grabs-the-wap/ #Retrocomputing #retrocomputer #PhoneHacks #frogfind #wap #2g

FrogFind Grabs the WAP - Yes, the Wireless Application Protocol! What other WAP could there possibly be? Th... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/frogfind-grabs-the-wap/ #retrocomputing #retrocomputer #phonehacks #frogfind #wap #2g

FrogFind Grabs the WAP - Yes, the Wireless Application Protocol! What other WAP could there possibly be? Th... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/23/frogfind-grabs-the-wap/ #retrocomputing #retrocomputer #phonehacks #frogfind #wap #2g

8-Core ARM Pocket Computer Runs NixOS - What has 8 ARM cores, 8 GB of RAM, fits in a pocket, and runs NixOS? It’s no pi-cl... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/8-core-arm-pocket-computer-runs-nixos/ #mobile-nixos #postmarketos #phonehacks #linuxphone #oneplus6

8-Core ARM Pocket Computer Runs NixOS - What has 8 ARM cores, 8 GB of RAM, fits in a pocket, and runs NixOS? It’s no pi-cl... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/8-core-arm-pocket-computer-runs-nixos/ #mobile-nixos #postmarketos #phonehacks #linuxphone #oneplus6

8-Core ARM Pocket Computer Runs NixOS https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/8-core-arm-pocket-computer-runs-nixos/ #mobile-NixOS #postmarketos #PhoneHacks #linuxphone #oneplus6

Eulogy for the Satellite Phone - We take it for granted that we almost always have cell service, no matter where yo... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/23/eulogy-for-the-satellite-phone/ #satellitephone #originalart #phonehacks #featured #interest #inmarsat #iridium #satcom #space

Adapting an Old Rotary Dial for Digital Applications https://hackaday.com/2025/06/13/adapting-an-old-rotary-dial-for-digital-applications/ #telephonedial #classichacks #MedicalHacks #PhoneHacks #rotarydial #hardware #PCBHacks

Adapting an Old Rotary Dial for Digital Applications - Today in old school nostalgia our tipster [Clint Jay] wrote in to let us know abou... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/13/adapting-an-old-rotary-dial-for-digital-applications/ #telephonedial #classichacks #medicalhacks #phonehacks #rotarydial #hardware #pcbhacks