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The article describes how to repurpose an old Android phone, specifically a Huawei P30, into a dedicated music player by debloating it and using apps like Poweramp, offering a cost-effective and eco-friendly alternative to traditional music players.
The author revives a smashed, water-damaged Samsung A70 and turns it into a functional web server using a USB-C hub for power and Ethernet connectivity, demonstrating how old phones can be repurposed.
Researchers at UC San Diego are repurposing retired smartphones into a low-carbon computing platform, with Google's support to deploy a datacenter built from 2,000 Pixel phones for cloud computing.