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Originally Posted by erayd
Poke 2 cannot operate in that mode; it requires a functional battery in order to boot...
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Most devices want to "see" a battery. It can be a thermistor or an ID resistor or I²C to a BMS. I just remove the battery cells themselves and reuse the old BMS (the tiny PCB inside the battery pack). You feed that 4V and it's as happy as a pig in ... stuff. I have a half dozen devices so outfitted. Some I modified straight out of the box. It's safer. Verizon had recalls for flaming hot spots.
Of course I realize that my perspective is not normal.
Here in the 21st century all manufacturers are crappy about replacement parts. I can't think of any tablet/ereader company that offers replacement batteries. Those suckers are glued in and if a user tried to remove one with a sharp screwdriver... Smart phones used to more commonly have removable batteries too. Not any more.
Still, the question remains: Are Onyx batteries statistically worse than others? Maybe we need a poll.