u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org) @ user224 @lemmy.sdf.org

I like computers, trains, space, radio-related everything and a bunch of ot

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Got it.

I am prey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Parties_International

By the way, Markdown also takes escape \, which is why sometimes the shrugging emoticon is missing left arm.

So this
also works with space

So you don't even necessarily have to leave out the space.

That's real, by the way.

Here, you lost this:

But underneath it's just unicast to your phone, no?

But anyway, beamed directly it may be, it's called beamforming.

In the world of 5G, this is the act of focusing a wireless signal in a specific direction. Compared to simply sending a signal across a wide area, beamforming requires more sophisticated antenna technology.
[...] Beamforming technology, on the other hand, sends a precise and concentrated signal right to your smartphone. It is more deliberate and intentional with its delivery method.

Edit: Forgot source of quote: https://surecall.com/surecall-cell-phone-signal-booster-blog/5g-explained-beamforming-dss-in-plain-english/

Sometimes the headphones are just a public statement of "Don't talk to me please.", and the music is just secondary. In that case, the looks may win.

Perhaps they do, just don't have enough energy to care about it in private life anymore and just go for convenience like the majority.

I honestly just fear updates at this point. They always seem to break more stuff than fix, the only exception to that for me has been PixelExperience custom ROM (discontinued).

Edit: Android is simply missing proper backups. Bad update on my laptop? Timeshift. Bad update on stock Android? It is what it is.

First Moto G5s Plus which got high battery drain, sluggishness and crashes after Android 8.1 update. This was bad enough I had to fix it with custom ROM. Then Poco X3 Pro which reportedly had issues with performance after MIUI 13 update, so I stayed on older software. Now my Ulefone Armor 24, which only has one update primarily to fix Google pay, but also brings a newer security patch, reportedly causing many crashes that make the phone unreliable and a bad experience.
Also many Samsung phones had an update that removed access to manual band mode selection, and if I recall correctly, that update didn't even revert them to default.

It's not the best for security, but I basically now just fear any updates. If everything works, then it can only be broken.

Maybe I should at least somehow start checking known vulnerabilities. As of recently, I should probably stop using applock on my outdated Ulefone

Exposed ”com.pri.applock.LockUI“ activity allows any other malicious application, with no granted Android system permissions, to inject an arbitrary intent with system-level privileges to a protected application. One must know the protecting PIN number (it might be revealed by exploiting CVE-2024-13916)

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/05/CVE-2024-13915/

Though my device has AppLock v14, so I am not sure.

This makes me worried about the ultra cheap Chinese manufacturers. I mean the likes of Unihertz, Umidigi, Ulefone, Doogee, Oukitel, etc

Usually these don't get updates at all.
Even weirder, for example I have Ulefone Armor 24. They used to ship with Android 13. They still advertised it with Android 13 when I bought it. Mine like a few others have said arrived with Android 14, but the earlier ones aren't offered A14 update.
Someone on Reddit contacted support about this and they replied that they don't provide cross-level upgrades because Google doesn't allow them to release those to end users.

Anyway, point is, they save on everything possible, starting with software updates. And I have doubts about them changing this, unless EU is a large market for them.

Duck for cover.

1. Second cellphone.
2. You don't need a SIM card to call emergency numbers.

2nd is also important in that your phone is always connected (unless in airplane mode) to some cellular network, and can still be tracked the same way (unique IMEI).

We went here to say the same. Hey fellow hydrohomie!

It also let's you spoof some devices to download "incompatible" apps.

There's also MeshCore, and now the networks are split between these 2.

Hey, hey, it's average.

I used to carry 2 batteries. Though that's probably not a large market. But if made around that idea it could be done well.

Either having hibernation or some power source to keep the RAM powered during main battery swap (small supercapacitor, small regular Li-Ion battery, thin lithium ceramic battery, I don't know what's best), and a dock for battery charging.

Kind of like LG G5.

Preferably, the battery would have integrated charger so you don't have to carry around a dock. Just what you do now, just with the spare battery replacing a power bank in more convenient way. Maybe it could come off with the charging port just like LG G5, but it would be built-in rather than being something you pop a different battery into.

or those who worked for really rich people

Technically that includes students working at McDonald's or any supermarket.

Some kids certainly do prefer to play alone.

Maybe the heat could temporarily do something, but other than that this just sounds stupid. Especially with strong heat source like a flame.