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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
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username_1 discuss.tchncs.de username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
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Hacker: that's why we fight for customer's rights to tear Mobilek's body, to pull out his guts, to rewire his brain, to watch him suffer and, eventually, die.

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Synapse lemmy.world synapse1278@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#3 · Quote Reply

Thank you for raising awareness about planned obsolescence.

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fleem piefed.zeromedia.vip fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip
Joined: 2025-11-20
#4 · Quote Reply

the abs make me feels

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#5 · Quote Reply

Thank you for raising awareness about planned obsolescence.

Yeah :(

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ripcord lemmy.world ripcord@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#6 · Quote Reply

NO

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#7 · Quote Reply

NO

:'(

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Herbal Gamer sh.itjust.works HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-30
#8 · Quote Reply

poor mr mobilek :(

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#9 · Quote Reply

poor mr mobilek :(

Yeah :(

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Herbal Gamer sh.itjust.works HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-30
#10 · Quote Reply

Yeah :(

won't nobody think of the poor ai?

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TeamSport or CuckPorn lemmy.world TeamSports_or_CuckPorn@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-28
#11 · Quote Reply

Cuck porn

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Druid lemmy.zip v4ld1z@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-06-11
#12 · Quote Reply

if only my mobilek supported all these fancy alternative OSes. I suspect a used/new Pixel for Graphene is coming my way soon

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#13 · Quote Reply

Cuck porn

Yeah!

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TimeNaan lemmy.world TimeNaan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-23
#14 · Quote Reply

I thought Mobilek was super evil tho

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#15 · Quote Reply

I thought Mobilek was super evil tho

that's propaganda

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ThunderComplex lemmy.today ThunderComplex@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-08
#16 · Quote Reply

Can’t imagine a world without roblobs

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#17 · Quote Reply

Can’t imagine a world without roblobs

It's the best app!

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swab148 lemmy.dbzer0.com swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-04
#18 · Quote Reply

I'd consider that an upgrade

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ThunderComplex lemmy.today ThunderComplex@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-08
#19 · Quote Reply

It's the best app!

Soon it will be the only app as all apps we know today become subapps inside of Roblox

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#20 · Quote Reply

Soon it will be the only app as all apps we know today become subapps inside of Roblox

We can only hope.

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Ceruleum lemmy.wtf Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2025-02-04
#21 · Quote Reply

Hacker: that's why we fight for customer's rights to tear Mobilek's body, to pull out his guts, to rewire his brain, to watch him suffer and, eventually, die.

In our war against the Mobilek's flesh, we must configure it into a higher level of order. This is true ascendancy.

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morto piefed.social morto@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-03
#22 · Quote Reply

Mr mobilek needs to receive a good custom rom and become a rebel

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jdr lemmy.ml jdr@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-07-28
#23 · Quote Reply

Ye

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#24 · Quote Reply

Ye

Ye

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deathmetal27 lemmy.world deathmetal27@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-04
#25 · Quote Reply

Mr mobilek needs to receive a good custom rom and become a rebel

My mobilek is on LineageOS life support

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JamesBoeing737MAX sopuli.xyz JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-09-04
#26 · (edited) Quote Reply

Mr mobilek needs to receive a good custom rom and become a rebel

Literally no modern mainstream smartphones support bootloader unlock. I just ordered one without it, because I'm giving up on finding one that supports it for a decent price. Fuck me in 8 years. Or I could keep using my Redmi 4x with ocasional (unfixable) motherboard issues.

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JamesBoeing737MAX sopuli.xyz JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-09-04
#27 · Quote Reply

Soon it will be the only app as all apps we know today become subapps inside of Roblox

Roblox - the global wechat.

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morto piefed.social morto@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-03
#28 · (edited) Quote Reply

Literally no modern mainstream smartphones support bootloader unlock. I just ordered one without it, because I'm giving up on finding one that supports it for a decent price. Fuck me in 8 years. Or I could keep using my Redmi 4x with ocasional (unfixable) motherboard issues.

Not even the ones from motorola? They used to be easy to unlock. What about the cheaper ones from generic unknown brands?

Or I could keep using my Redmi 4x with ocasional (unfixable) motherboard issues.

I have that exact same one, but I managed to fuck up with the mi account and be unable to unlock it. My poor mobilek...

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notptr lemmy.cyberia9.org notptr@lemmy.cyberia9.org
Joined: 2026-03-25
#29 · Quote Reply

Time for a book

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#30 · Quote Reply

Time for a book

i agree

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JamesBoeing737MAX sopuli.xyz JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-09-04
#31 · Quote Reply

Not even the ones from motorola? They used to be easy to unlock. What about the cheaper ones from generic unknown brands? Or I could keep using my Redmi 4x with ocasional (unfixable) motherboard issues. I have that exact same one, but I managed to fuck up with the mi account and be unable to unlock it. My poor mobilek...

Yep, there are still motos, pixels and global oneplus devices (but my budget was 300€, while I spent 400 :-( and a chinese import redmi was the only thing competitive in that price range (never thought I'd be spending so much money on anything smaller than a car)).

Also, hurry up with the bl unlock (since xiaomi is apparently discontinuing the legacy miui unlock).

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eggpl4nt lemmy.world eggpl4nt@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-08-12
#32 · Quote Reply

I love this comic.

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pmjv lemmy.sdf.org pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-21
#33 · Quote Reply

I love this comic.

Thank you!

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m4xie lemmy.ca m4xie@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-09-30
#34 · Quote Reply

Literally no modern mainstream smartphones support bootloader unlock. I just ordered one without it, because I'm giving up on finding one that supports it for a decent price. Fuck me in 8 years. Or I could keep using my Redmi 4x with ocasional (unfixable) motherboard issues.

What about Pixels? My Pixel 6 and 7 Pro were both easy enough.

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edgyspazkid lemmy.wtf edgyspazkid@lemmy.wtf
Joined: 2025-08-27
#35 · Quote Reply

Damn... this is sad.

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SpikedIguana sh.itjust.works SpikedIguana@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-09-02
#36 · Quote Reply

Literally no modern mainstream smartphones support bootloader unlock. I just ordered one without it, because I'm giving up on finding one that supports it for a decent price. Fuck me in 8 years. Or I could keep using my Redmi 4x with ocasional (unfixable) motherboard issues.

Even if they did the carriers control what devices they'll allow on the network.

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marzhall lemmy.world marzhall@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
#37 · Quote Reply

Soon it will be the only app as all apps we know today become subapps inside of Roblox

Dang. Can't wait to pay my taxes in Robux

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ThunderComplex lemmy.today ThunderComplex@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-10-08
#38 · Quote Reply

Dang. Can't wait to pay my taxes in Robux

Your tax bill is: 2 hours of tung tung tung tung sahur gameplay

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Allero lemmy.today Allero@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-20
#39 · (edited) Quote Reply

What about Pixels? My Pixel 6 and 7 Pro were both easy enough.

Still waiting for Mobile Linux to come to these wonderful devices.

Pixel 3a running Linux like a charm, and eternally supported, never out of date :3

Pixel 6 and 7, on the other hand, are about to hit EOL because Google won't support them, neither will Graphene, not sure about Lineage, and Linux is not there yet.

Update: LineageOS should remain available!

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Wispy2891 lemmy.world Wispy2891@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
#40 · Quote Reply

Yep, there are still motos, pixels and global oneplus devices (but my budget was 300€, while I spent 400 :-( and a chinese import redmi was the only thing competitive in that price range (never thought I'd be spending so much money on anything smaller than a car)). Also, hurry up with the bl unlock (since xiaomi is apparently discontinuing the legacy miui unlock).

Xiaomi basically already discontinued the bl unlock as they put a ridiculously low daily unlock quota, like 1000 worldwide. The quota gets burned within seconds

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JamesBoeing737MAX sopuli.xyz JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-09-04
#41 · Quote Reply

Xiaomi basically already discontinued the bl unlock as they put a ridiculously low daily unlock quota, like 1000 worldwide. The quota gets burned within seconds

Well, you still can unlock a legacy miui device (for now).

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JamesBoeing737MAX sopuli.xyz JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-09-04
#42 · (edited) Quote Reply

Even if they did the carriers control what devices they'll allow on the network.

Not in the EU (apart from some French fuckwads) at least. But in the US, UK, yes.

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JamesBoeing737MAX sopuli.xyz JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-09-04
#43 · (edited) Quote Reply

What about Pixels? My Pixel 6 and 7 Pro were both easy enough.

Yep, but the devices are relatively shitty (apart from the hardware security). Also I'm not buying a 300€ device for 400+.

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rumba lemmy.zip rumba@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-09-24
#44 · Quote Reply

Still waiting for Mobile Linux to come to these wonderful devices. Pixel 3a running Linux like a charm, and eternally supported, never out of date :3 Pixel 6 and 7, on the other hand, are about to hit EOL because Google won't support them, neither will Graphene, not sure about Lineage, and Linux is not there yet. Update: LineageOS should remain available!

postmarket->nura is getting close. They have working camera drivers recently, (not to say high quality) I think VOLTE and battery is still dodgy.

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SpikedIguana sh.itjust.works SpikedIguana@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-09-02
#45 · Quote Reply

Not in the EU (apart from some French fuckwads) at least. But in the US, UK, yes.

That's actually really interesting

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Axolotl feddit.it Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it
Joined: 2025-10-10
#46 · Quote Reply

Not even the ones from motorola? They used to be easy to unlock. What about the cheaper ones from generic unknown brands? Or I could keep using my Redmi 4x with ocasional (unfixable) motherboard issues. I have that exact same one, but I managed to fuck up with the mi account and be unable to unlock it. My poor mobilek...

from generic unknown brands?

Then you will not be able to find a custom rom because of that

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morto piefed.social morto@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-03
#47 · Quote Reply

from generic unknown brands? Then you will not be able to find a custom rom because of that

We can use GSI roms on most phones

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JamesBoeing737MAX sopuli.xyz JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2024-09-04
#48 · (edited) Quote Reply

That's actually really interesting

Neoliberalism strikes again.

Edit: As far as I know, there's only regulation blocking them from it.

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Allero lemmy.today Allero@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-12-20
#49 · (edited) Quote Reply

postmarket->nura is getting close. They have working camera drivers recently, (not to say high quality) I think VOLTE and battery is still dodgy.

Speaking from experience with Pixel 3a on Nura with KDE Plasma Mobile

  • Camera works very poorly, but hey, yes it works
  • Don't use VoLTE, regular calls work flawlessly. The phone does wake up correctly upon receiving the call.
  • Battery is brilliant, the only thing still lacking is fast charge support. Otherwise, fantastic battery life, and correct battery charge indication.
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Ghost sh.itjust.works Ghost@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-13
#50 · (edited) Quote Reply

Literally no modern mainstream smartphones support bootloader unlock. I just ordered one without it, because I'm giving up on finding one that supports it for a decent price. Fuck me in 8 years. Or I could keep using my Redmi 4x with ocasional (unfixable) motherboard issues.

I'm not going to even pretend it's a mainstream brand (or a decent price depending on model, even when buying secondhand) but the Sony Xperia phones do allow bootloader unlock. Lineage OS has support for some of the slightly older models that arnt getting official support anymore iirc. Although I haven't messed with roms personally (not super techy compared to probably literally anyone else here) But it is something to keep in mind if you ever see one around for a price you'd be happy with.

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rumba lemmy.zip rumba@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-09-24
#51 · Quote Reply

Speaking from experience with Pixel 3a on Nura with KDE Plasma Mobile Camera works very poorly, but hey, yes it works Don't use VoLTE, regular calls work flawlessly. The phone does wake up correctly upon receiving the call. Battery is brilliant, the only thing still lacking is fast charge support. Otherwise, fantastic battery life, and correct battery charge indication.

how's sms?

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