Unlike laptops, many phones simply won't turn on without a battery connected.
Is that so with new phones? Last I tried with a Samsung S5, it did work.
It's common, and especially so on devices that don't have batteries which are intended to be user-removable - which is pretty much all new phones.
ok thanks for the info
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Unlike laptops, many phones simply won't turn on without a battery connected.
Is that so with new phones? Last I tried with a Samsung S5, it did work.
It's common, and especially so on devices that don't have batteries which are intended to be user-removable - which is pretty much all new phones.
ok thanks for the info