- My passport broke almost a year ago. I've gone through about 10 android phones since. I landed with the unihertz TITAN, and am quite pleased with the phone, but i can't stand android. Just last week some time, the LED notification for SMS stopped working, for no reason (LED notification for other things still work). Also, my friend will text me something "hey, look at this car" and then my phone will suggest an article/ad about that car. Android is scraping my SMS messages. I can't get word substitution to work at the speed i type (android can't even do this natively, i had to buy 'texpand' app, but it forces me to type slow or else otherwise letters get out of place).
In my frustration, i ordered a supposedly "new in box" passport from china. Is there a wiki or faq or some documentation about how to get the most out of a passport in 2020 somewhere? Will i even be able to update to the latest OS? How many of us are there? I don't need any "apps", i just need text and email and calling. It'd be nice to have a usable browser and a maps/directions facility, but at this point, i'm ready to go back to printing out directions on paper beforehand.
thanks10-04-20 04:38 PMLike 0 - My passport broke almost a year ago. I've gone through about 10 android phones since. I landed with the unihertz TITAN, and am quite pleased with the phone, but i can't stand android. Just last week some time, the LED notification for SMS stopped working, for no reason (LED notification for other things still work). Also, my friend will text me something "hey, look at this car" and then my phone will suggest an article/ad about that car. Android is scraping my SMS messages. I can't get word substitution to work at the speed i type (android can't even do this natively, i had to buy 'texpand' app, but it forces me to type slow or else otherwise letters get out of place).
In my frustration, i ordered a supposedly "new in box" passport from china. Is there a wiki or faq or some documentation about how to get the most out of a passport in 2020 somewhere? Will i even be able to update to the latest OS? How many of us are there? I don't need any "apps", i just need text and email and calling. It'd be nice to have a usable browser and a maps/directions facility, but at this point, i'm ready to go back to printing out directions on paper beforehand.
thanks10-04-20 04:51 PMLike 0 - My passport broke almost a year ago. I've gone through about 10 android phones since. I landed with the unihertz TITAN, and am quite pleased with the phone, but i can't stand android. Just last week some time, the LED notification for SMS stopped working, for no reason (LED notification for other things still work). Also, my friend will text me something "hey, look at this car" and then my phone will suggest an article/ad about that car. Android is scraping my SMS messages. I can't get word substitution to work at the speed i type (android can't even do this natively, i had to buy 'texpand' app, but it forces me to type slow or else otherwise letters get out of place).
In my frustration, i ordered a supposedly "new in box" passport from china. Is there a wiki or faq or some documentation about how to get the most out of a passport in 2020 somewhere? Will i even be able to update to the latest OS? How many of us are there? I don't need any "apps", i just need text and email and calling. It'd be nice to have a usable browser and a maps/directions facility, but at this point, i'm ready to go back to printing out directions on paper beforehand.
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- The passport is definitely usable in 2020 especially if you only need it for communicating.
I've moved away from the latest samsung galaxy back to my old passport se as I was sick of all the ads, notifications constant updates and generally the design of the current android phones.
I've spent a fair amount of time tweaking things to get the best battery performance, must have apps and generally making it suitable for my needs in 2020.
Waze is a perfect replacement for Google maps. It's upto date, works well and has live traffic. Also notifys you of pot holes! It's a battery drainer so make sure you have a charger in your car if using it though!
I actually have dash mounted an old android phone in my van to use as a dedicated sat nav to save my passports battery.
Fennec F Droid for browser is working really well and seems to be displaying modern sites well! Inc youtube and amazon.
Hell, I've even got netflix and spotify running well!
A little bit of messing about and research and your passport will be a dream to use again.
Posted via CB1010-06-20 01:53 PMLike 0 - The constant app updates I agree is a pain. It's almost like laziness in terms of just throwing the apps out there and then fixing them later. Or, maybe it's updates for ads and marketing purposes. Then again, the whole world seems now like that so I guess that is just what things have (unfortunately or fortunately) come to. The notifications on Android I don't mind. Those I have been able to tweak. The design of the Samsung phone (and tablet) I have are decent for me.10-06-20 05:41 PMLike 0
- The constant app updates I agree is a pain. It's almost like laziness in terms of just throwing the apps out there and then fixing them later. Or, maybe it's updates for ads and marketing purposes. Then again, the whole world seems now like that so I guess that is just what things have (unfortunately or fortunately) come to. The notifications on Android I don't mind. Those I have been able to tweak. The design of the Samsung phone (and tablet) I have are decent for me.3800 likes this.10-06-20 07:59 PMLike 1
- I know what I am seeing in terms of modern approaches for app development. Not liking what I am seeing was my point, and it spills over to the rest of the world also with half arse approaches and mediocre that lots on people now use for everything they do.10-06-20 08:12 PMLike 0
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BlackBerry had a number of apps that they worked on, so they could only spend so much time fiddling with each one. A development team working on a single app, however, is constantly adding features and plugging security vulnerabilities in order to stay ahead of the competition forever biting at its heels.3800 likes this.10-06-20 08:19 PMLike 1 - No I do not. But updates every other day or even once a week is probably a sign of poor quality, or just not giving a shat, or perhaps more interested in assuming people think more frequent updates actually means something.10-06-20 08:23 PMLike 0
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Also, since the OS itself is in rapid development with security patches each and every month, and massive updates every year, you have to stay on top of things. Not to mention contending with dozens and dozens of phones and form-factors from OEMs around the globe.3800 and Troy Tiscareno like this.10-06-20 08:27 PMLike 2 - When your file manager is up against 5 other file managers in a dog-eat-dog competitive environment, is sure as heck matters to keep delivering - whether it be features, UX enhancements, or patching security holes.
Also, since the OS itself is in rapid development with security patches each and every month, and massive updates every year, you have to stay on top of things. Not to mention dozens and dozens of phones from OEMs around the globe.10-06-20 08:28 PMLike 0 - That's simply what a highly developed ecosystem looks like. It's only strange to us because we came from the slow crawl that was BlackBerry.10-06-20 08:29 PMLike 2
- Agree that's what the system looks like. It's not odd to me because of coming from BlackBerry (although the difference is indeed painfully obvious). It's odd to me because that is what the world has bred into existence.10-06-20 08:35 PMLike 0
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I didn't think we were talking about the topic of stagnation.10-06-20 08:57 PMLike 0 - I have been using my Passport as my daily driver. I have a Pixel 3 but it does not last all day, and it freezes and crashes. The passport does everything I need it to do perfect.
I check reddit, and forums I follow at night instead of throughout the day
Posted via CB1010-07-20 06:47 PMLike 0 - Tip for Reddit: try RedReader from F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org....ger.redreader/
This open source app works great on android phones AND on the Passport. NO ADS = BIG WIN. It is far superior to the Reddit website or app imho.10-07-20 07:05 PMLike 0 - Tip for Reddit: try RedReader from F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org....ger.redreader/
This open source app works great on android phones AND on the Passport. NO ADS = BIG WIN. It is far superior to the Reddit website or app imho.10-07-20 08:39 PMLike 0 -
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