• tetris11@feddit.uk
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    12 days ago

    I have two of those old phones, I flashed the stock but the Android was too low, I flashed the lineage with Android 13, re-locked the bootloader, and the App still fucking said no. Once you’ve opened the bootloader even once, a flag is set in the gsettings.

    At that point I wasn’t even sure if my boss was going to let me keep this job, so I just went out and bought a new phone that I knew would be delivered the very next day

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      12 days ago

      Well, then a S20 or something, still around 100 bucks/pounds/euro and new enough. Not 90% but 75%,still a good deal.

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        12 days ago

        Fairphone seemed like a good longterm purchase. Im tired of collecting phones from family members and ex’s and repurposing them ala lineage or postmarket.

        Nokia N900 was the last phone I truly felt anything for. Fairphone seems to have a modular design that might accomodate a similar experience in the future

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          11 days ago

          The Nokia N900 is the only phone I actually have been excited about. Still have the muscle memory.

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            11 days ago

            Same, I remember one long wonderful car trip with my parents through scenic europe where I was staring affixedly at my screen as I learned to write a game in python ncurses for the first time