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Sorry if asking wrong people but I've got a samsung galaxy j3 prime, its a really old phone and i lost its charger a year ago, after that until now I was charging it with a different cheap charger, and one day eventually while using the phone the back cover fells of(it has removable back) and then i realised that the battery became swollen, I immediately took the battery out and kept the phone and battery apart for 2 months, now today I lost patience and grabbed a safety pin and did a little hole on both sides of the battery. Now it fits !!!!!! and is much less swollen then before(yes it is still a little swollen)

So I meant to ask would it be safe to use it like that or is there a risk of the battery going kaboom!!! while i am using the phone or charging it ????

EDIT ↓

EDIT - I got rid of the swollen battery and now the mission was to get the smartphone working witty a new battery, so i checked online for new battery for my samsung j3 prime and i found nothing !!! So i decided to take matters in my own hands and searched for some old phone in my dad's stuff (and i found some really old samsung phone in really good condition) I removed their batteries and checked if they will work with the current j3 prime, the problem was that the battery that i found had 3 golden pins and the phone required a battery with 4 golden pins (idk what to call those pins specifically) So i just stuck the 3 pin battery in the phone powered it on and voila it works and after that i made the battery stick to the back of the phone by folding a piece of paper on the empty space(the traditional way), after that i attached the back of the phone and now it is working, the only catch is that the battery backup is quite low but i can live with that. Here the pic of how i made it fix

So i wanted to ask that is it ok to use the new battery? Considering that it has one less golden pin ?

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[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I lost patience and grabbed a safety pin and did a little hole on both sides of the battery

DO. NOT. DO. THAT

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OP must be trolling. Surely someone couldn't be that stupid, right?

[–] sirfancy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If they are smart enough to create an account on Lemmy and find this community, then this is 110% a troll.

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I can see the merit in your argument.

[–] deepinder_brar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Actually it is not a troll, I was serious

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If you want to know why, you are at a very high risk (almost guaranteed) to be making a short circuit in the battery, causing excessive heat and dangerous leaks depending on the battery type. Very much a high risk low reward setup you do not want to play with.

Trust the above message, stay safe. Do NOT underestimate the danger of such a manipulation.

Edit: there is a real danger of explosion.

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago

I don't think you're stressing the danger of battery fires enough. They self ignite and spew flames all over the place

[–] deepinder_brar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Read the edited post please 🙃

[–] UziBobuzi@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago
[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

No longer a battery, it is now a fire bomb waiting to go off.

[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Its been said already but Im going to emphasize, NO. You are already lucky your pinhole fix didn’t make it explode! Holy shit!

[–] jerome@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

spicy pillows kill.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No. It is not safe.

Replace the battery and dispose the old one or dispose of the device properly.

Look it up but there's probably a Best Buy somewhere nearby that'll let you dispose of it for free not too far from you.

Never poke a battery again, you're lucky it didn't burst into flames and you very well could have exposed yourself to some bad stuff.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

is there a risk of the battery going kaboom!!!

Is it really a risk if it's a guarantee?

If you smell a chemical smell while that's in your pocket you better drop your fucking pants and run, if you even get that much warning.

I intentionally made a swollen battery go off and that was fireworks level violent and it had a jet of pink flame that went on for quite a while.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

If you have to ask, the answer is no it is not safe.

[–] MKBandit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I'm just here for the obituary

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

DANGER. DROP AND RUN.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No no no no. Dump it in some salt water and kill it dead.

If you can put the old battery in it, you can put a new battery in it. It is absolutely not worth risking a fire for the sake of a few quid. Those batteries are very dangerous when damaged.

Do not leave it unattended until you locate a bucket and some salt to safely kill it. Do not put it in normal trash until and unless fully killed.

[–] deepinder_brar@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright, I m gonna dig a really deep hole and dump it inside it

[–] ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please tell me you are joking.

[–] deepinder_brar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've created a diamond pickaxe for it 😂

[–] avonarret1@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you ever think about looking up information on how to handle batteries online before doing something like punching holes in your battery?!?!?

[–] deepinder_brar@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I searched on youtube "how to repair swollen batteries" and they did the same in the videos, but I ignored the warning "do not try this at home"

[–] GARlactic@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

This can't be real. This has to be a troll. OP should be dead otherwise.

[–] redballooon@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Really belongs to /c/shitposting

[–] baascus@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago
[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago
[–] zerbey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

No it is not, get rid of it and don't attempt to charge it.

If you're not trolling OP, then you're probably about to earn what's about to happen to you.

[–] autumn@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

How much are replacement batteries? Just swap it out for peace of mind 😵‍💫

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No

Unless you like chemically started fires, toxic fumes and burns

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I read that as "Is it safe to swallow a swollen battery?"

[–] PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, unless you and everything around you is fireproof

When we had a laptop do this, I kept it outside until we could get rid of it

[–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Not just fireproof, but also immune to toxic fumes

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did your ancestors survive all these years?

[–] deepinder_brar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Idk, maybe without smartphones😶‍🌫️