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Why Is Your Old Phone Battery Swollen? | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] 200ok 71 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tl;Dr

As the battery rests in a deep discharge state, the electrolyte breaks down, turns into gas, and the battery poofs up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I found this with my old PSP that I had stored away for years and pulled out one day for nostalgia purposes. Popped the battery cover off and it was all swollen like a balloon. It was quite a terrifying issue to have to deal with. Back in the old land of reddit, they even had a sub dedicated to this called r/spicypillows

[–] 200ok 1 points 4 months ago

Lol @ "spicy pillows" 😂