• Elshender@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Thats why I like phones with large batteries. My 15,000mah phone is currently at 22%, but that’ll last me the rest of the day easy.

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      3 months ago

      What phone has that large of a battery? Is it pretty large in general? My oneplus 12 has 5400mah and I thought that was pretty decent.

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        3 months ago

        Ulefone Armor 26 Ultra. Its in the category of “rugged phones” Weighs a full pound. But has every bell and whistle you can think of. Headphone jack, waterproof, dual sim card, Infrared blaster so you can use it as a universal remote, 15,000 mah battery (a little over 3 days of normal use) with reverse charging (I can charge my wifes iphone with it), massive speaker, and theres an antenna you can screw in to make it into a walkee talkee, also its about half the price of any mainstream phone.

        It uses Mediatek processor instead of snapdragon, so its not top of the line, but definitely more than capable. Its also made by a chinese company. So you can add that to the list of people spying on your phone usage. Also they get security updates, but no version updates. So whatever version of Android it comes with will be the only one itll ever use. My model is a couple years old. Newest one replaces the walkee talkee for a projector.

        https://store.ulefone.com/

        • I have an Armor 24 with 22Ah battery.

          BUT, some warning. Nearly 5 months ago, Kaspersky found malware baked into firmware of many Chinese devices: https://securelist.com/keenadu-android-backdoor/118913/

          Unfortunately, they did not provide device list, but my Armor 24 was also affected. libandroid_runtime.so didn’t trigger the detection, but QuickStep APK (launcher and navigation) was flagged when checking with VirusTotal.
          There was an OTA update which removed this, though as usual with Ulefone, the updates will bring new bugs. Thankfully this got fixed before the Android 15 update which I heard is quite buggy.

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          3 months ago

          That makes sense. I have side eyed those type of phones but I really need something that fits in my pockets better, and I hate not getting version updates. Security updates are nice but once a version gets too old those stop too.

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            3 months ago

            To be fair my pixel got the update to android 17 and I didn’t notice a single thing that changed. Then again they get 7 years of version updates so the start vs the eol version will be a much bigger gap.

            The reason I skipped past those rugged phones fast was not the mayor version updates, but the fact that security updates end way too early. A quick lookup says they don’t even publish eol dates which is jikes.

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              3 months ago

              I had a phone that I loved, Cosmo Communicator, and it never received a version update. The version shipped was already one behind, and after a few years apps started to not work on the thing. The Linux dual boot was also kind of jank, so its mostly a paperweight for me now. I don’t care as much about os changes as I do about app updates for some things.

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                3 months ago

                That machine would have been so awesome if it had been handled properly. I was so disappointed when I saw that it was going nowhere.

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                  3 months ago

                  The hardware was decent, but the company behind it seemed to want to ship a new device every 9 months instead of supporting something long term. It would have been nice if they were a little more open so that the community could do something with it.

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      3 months ago

      My phone finally lasts almost 2 full days with heavy use. They can pry it from my dead hands.

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    3 months ago

    You have to switch the phone to airplane mode for the flight so it’s useless anyway.

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      3 months ago

      Aside from, y’know, downloaded stuff. That said my phone lasts so much longer in airplane mode, it’s ridiculous.

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      3 months ago

      The last few flights I was on I didn’t notice them telling people to put phones in airplane mode, in contrast to years ago when they made a big deal about it. During landing they said to put laptops away but that small electronic devices could still be used, so if someone wanted to be on their phone the whole time nothing’s stopping them and no one is checking if it is in airplane mode. Although it would be pointless for most of the flight anyway because there is no signal. If you wanted to use the in-flight wifi, you can turn wifi on while airplane mode is on and that will work.

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        3 months ago

        Nah. You know how you hear that noise through speakers of phones trying to connect through things? “Dukadukadukadrrrrr”

        Yeah, that still floods the headsets as EMI and if it’s not that, it’s cuts and static noises.

        It’s fucking infuriating. You gotta re-request comms off tower and that pisses off all the other comms traffic and AT. Especially on landing as everyone turns their phones on early. Sometimes it’s like trying to listen to your car’s navigation but suddenly you have three screamin toddlers in the back seat.

        Don’t do it.

  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    I uninstalled or disabled everything recommended in Canta (using Shizuku) and now my phone battery lasts three days.