{
  "id": 10270959,
  "title": "A barely working Android phone screen didn't stop me from building a functional home server",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/a-barely-working-android-phone-screen-didnt-stop-me-from-building-a",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-27T18:30:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/turn-a-barely-working-phone-screen-into-home-server/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Samsung Android smartphone, used by the author's mother for watching YouTube videos and playing music, suffered massive screen damage. Despite this, the device was repurposed and a functional home server was built using it. The phone's display is typically the primary way to interact with it, and a damaged screen usually renders a device unusable.\n\nThe author of one report had an old smartphone with a damaged screen, which was collecting dust until they found a use for it. No details were given on how the home server was built or what it was used for.\n\nThe damaged phone was a Samsung device, according to XDA Developers. Android Authority discussed AI features on smartphones, but this did not relate to the repurposed phone.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "I turned my Android phone’s annoying AI button into its most powerful shortcut key",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/i-turned-my-android-phones-annoying-ai-button-into-its-most-powerful",
        "published": "2026-09-27T11:00:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}