Post #3024437

2026-05-21 16:16 UTC

@opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net how do you deal with the short battery life of the Librem5? I've idly considered 3d printing a case for it that has a bunch of 16650 rechargeable batteries. 16650 seem to be cheap and have a range of cheap chargers.

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@dos@social.librem.one 2026-05-24 18:48

@etbe@mastodon.nzoss.nz @opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net It could be better, but it usually manages to go through a day on a single charge, which is far from the point where I'd personally start considering such measures. Are you using system suspend? If not, why?

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@opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-24 22:19

@etbe@mastodon.nzoss.nz Yes battery life is short - just around 5 hours if auto suspend is not used. However, I've found that poor battery life is an easy problem to work around with no technical knowledge. I simply have a charger everywhere (house, car, work) and charge when it's below 50%. When I can't plug in to a charger, I use those tiny Anker Nano wireless power banks to charge while it's in my pocket or even while I'm using it. #Librem5 #Linuxphones #Linuxmobile #mobilelinux #PureOS #Mobian #postmarketOS

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@opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-24 22:23

@etbe@mastodon.nzoss.nz Let us know if you do make a recharging case. The issue with a #Librem5 case may be it could interfere with cooling, as it's chassis acts a a heat sink of sorts...

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