How do you manage the battery? I would be afraid of a fire after x years being on all the time.
Note that I have no specific knowledge on the subject ; it's quite possibly a fear without any reasonable ground.
But I had a cheap speaker that I used with a Chromecast audio to listening to podcasts ; I left it always on and... I came back just in time one night, the speaker was producing a large dark smoke.
I almost put fire to one of the oldest habitation building in Paris (1704) - with a lot of apparent wood etc. :-(
Not proud of it, but good lesson. I recently read about the risk of fire in cheap replacement phone chargers. Google's ought to be of quality but... still a no-no for me.
Obviously, advice from people with knowledge on the issue will be appreciated.
I'd say most smartphones are powered on 24/7 during their regular phone lifetime. Not much would change by turning a phone into a 24/7 webcam, if viewed from that angle. Then again, CPU load would certainly be higher when used as a webcam.
Old phones with that streaming software run hot, in my experience, so this is certainly very sub-optimal for the battery and safety compared to just normal use.
Having it plugged in, OTOH, probably doesn’t matter. There’s safety IC to prevent overcharging. Actually fully draining, mechanical damage, water damage etc. are more dangerous, which can happen during normal use anyway.
Another reason why non removable batteries are crap. I have an old Nexus phone kicking around, if I were to repurpose it I’d just remove the battery and power it via USB. But you can’t do that with newer devices.
I wish there was an ability to replace smartphone batteries with a capacitor bank. Dashcam users have had these battery problems since Day 1. The solution is to replace batteries with capacitors. They are far more durable and can tolerate heating well.
Note that I have no specific knowledge on the subject ; it's quite possibly a fear without any reasonable ground.
But I had a cheap speaker that I used with a Chromecast audio to listening to podcasts ; I left it always on and... I came back just in time one night, the speaker was producing a large dark smoke.
I almost put fire to one of the oldest habitation building in Paris (1704) - with a lot of apparent wood etc. :-(
Not proud of it, but good lesson. I recently read about the risk of fire in cheap replacement phone chargers. Google's ought to be of quality but... still a no-no for me.
Obviously, advice from people with knowledge on the issue will be appreciated.