Is this rain issue in any way related to this: “Warning issued to iPhone and Android users over cold weather mistake”: Experts are warning iPhone and Android mobile phone users that doing one simple thing can cause ‘permanent’ damage to their devices. You head out the door, iPhone in hand, blasting…

[image] kazmroz: Is this rain issue in any way related to this: In general, rain correlates with weather that is warmer than the weather implied by that story. So I would say “no”. [image] USB issues after rain No, because the Librem 5 does not use Android or iOS. I’m not convinced th…

That “news” is so fluffy, it’s gotta be in the cloud. Linking here from MSN is already a bit iffy but that site doesn’t even let me see that article from here - shows a localized frontpage instead. Longer version of the condensed MSN thing seems to be Apple warns users not to use phone in cold weath…

To be fair, the article says Studies have shown at -30ºC, damage to phone batteries and screens can be irreparable. Lower than -40ºC, and the phone is basically a brick forever. So we are talking fairly brutal temperatures for irreparable damage and permanent destruction of the battery. At -3°C …

True. Purism should add a note to shop that the suggested operating temp is 0 to -5C :smiley: That “-40 equals brick” is a bit much - the text gives a bit extreme impression. If you leave it to -40C for extended time, sure, the likelyhood is pretty good that it gets damaged. But if it’s for short p…

[image] JR-Fi: If you leave it to -40C for extended time, sure I think one would have to track down the referenced “studies” and see what the experimental conditions actually covered. I think the good news is that because the Librem 5 does run a bit warm, people are more likely to take note …

If it gets cold, my plan is to calculate prime numbers while i use a ton of resources :rofl:

That could easily be scriptable.

[image] nerd7473: prime numbers It could even be useful. You could roll your SSH moduli every time the phone drops below the set-point. I did that on receiving my phone initially (for security reasons, not because the phone was too cold) and it took 26 minutes in total - so that should warm …

Lol, would be a good idea, I think I’ll mess with it.

I think you could also check a script that’s actually named “ pocketwarmer ” :fire:

Phone in sub-zero temperatures

Hardware Librem 5

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