Chosen Solution
I have this ..eh. battery. from said phone. It is already wrinkled BEFORE I started to pry (and remove it) from the chassis, which I did successfully. But the wrinkle is so severe, I think I will need to find a method to remove it. Or, if it is a indication of failure, replace it.
For those that are wondering, no. The battery is not bent. I also don’t think it had a puncture — that’s why I need to un-wrinkle to find out. Keep in mind that a recycling facility for batteries is very difficult to find in China. I don’t want to toss out these “dangerous” cells especially when they still keep a charge.
Small wrinkles are fine as there’s usually no cell damage - the issue is this is a bit too far to consider “safe”. Dump it and get a new one.
You don’t want to toss out dangerous batteries and want to keep dangerous batteries in your phone? Great idea. Improperly recycled li-ion batteries is a fire risk, but otherwise similar to inorganic trash that you can dump normally.
