#phonehacks — Public Fediverse posts

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

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! - 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. - 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 - 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 - 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

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 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

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

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 - 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

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? - 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 - [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 - 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 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

Useful #phonehacks to make your life #easier
1. Uninstall useless apps
2. Edit quick settings
3. Turn off auto-rotate
4. Add captions to photos
5. Hold down a letter to access accents
6. Install apps on your phone with your computer
7. Customize notifications
8. Make your phone louder
9. Take a photo with the volume button
10. Control your smart home from your phone
11. Ditch all your loyalty cards
12. Ask the AI to help you take photos
13. Turn on dark mode
14. Make a DIY stylus

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/ #radioelectronics #picturephone #PhoneHacks #Featured #History #SSTV

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/ #radioelectronics #picturephone #PhoneHacks #Featured #History #SSTV

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/ #radioelectronics #picturephone #PhoneHacks #Featured #History #SSTV

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/ #radioelectronics #picturephone #PhoneHacks #Featured #History #SSTV

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone - If you’ve only been around for the Internet age, you may not realize that Hackaday... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/ #radioelectronics #picturephone #phonehacks #featured #history #sstv

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone - If you’ve only been around for the Internet age, you may not realize that Hackaday... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/ #radioelectronics #picturephone #phonehacks #featured #history #sstv

The DIY 1982 Picture Phone - If you’ve only been around for the Internet age, you may not realize that Hackaday... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/the-diy-1982-picture-phone/ #radioelectronics #picturephone #phonehacks #featured #history #sstv