Heidi Reyes
MattWild, my Nokia 105 got a firmware update. 
cathillDoes the term "dumbphone" imply that its users are dumb?
#dumbphones #featurephones #smartphones #phones #discrimination #insults #dumb #derogatory
#dumbphones #featurephones #smartphones #phones #discrimination #insults #dumb #derogatory
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕@neil No, but this is something I've been actively researching for ... an embarrassingly long time (months) ... with low satisfaction. But as this is on my current to-do list, this toot doesn't count as procrastination 😺
I have a perfectly serviceable early-2000s flip phone which I'd love to reactivate ... but it won't talk to any current-generation mobile cellular networks.
I've looked at current low-feature phones, with interest in the Light Phone and Punkt MP02. Both ... have drawbacks, though I'll likely end up with one or the other.
The MP02 lacks comprehensive protocol coverage, and hence is limited to a subset of local mobile providers, unfortunately the ones I'd most prefer not giving my business. (I'd prefer not giving any of them my business, but that seems unlikely).
The MP02 does offer integrated Signal messaging, which is a strong plus.
The Light Phone is spendy but is also compatible with more carriers, which ... will probably win me. There are a couple of revs on the initial design, though I'd favour e-ink (original) over OLED (LPIII).
What both the MP02 and LP offer is tethering, which means your phone becomes your no-WiFi backup for Internet access, enabling you to use a more-featured, non-telco device for comms.
Which suggests another path:
- Dumbphone for critical on-the-road comms, as needed.
- Dumphone as cellular modem.
- Small-form-factor PC/laptop as primary comms device.
Palmtop PCs (e.g., the Psion 3) are no longer of this world, which is a shame. But smaller laptops, e.g., Framework's 12" (8.45 x 287.00 x 213.88mm, 1.3 kg), are effectively a far-more-capable larger tablet (I've been carrying a 13.3" Onyx BOOX for the past four years), without all the handicapping and crappification of Android. With a Bluetooth earpiece that becomes its own vox comms device, and you have full access to any other comms protocol through your Linux distro of choice, with a full keyboard. The Framework 12 is convertible (360° hinge) with stylus support. It doesn't have an e-ink screen module (yet?), but ... I can live with that. For anything other than on-the-run use, it's likely superior to any smartphone or tablet.
The other issue is vox comms management. I'd prefer not being directly on the PSTN network, so what I'd really like is that my "phone" accepts (and mostly makes) calls to only one other point: a VOIP relay which intercepts all incoming calls and redirects outgoing. Incoming traffic is then limited to only those numbers I allow, or which pass some screening mechanism. And my mobile telco provider gets a Very Boring profile of whom it is I'm in contact with. Whether or not this ideal VOIP service / capability exists I'm not sure, but that's what I'm looking into.
And yes, it would be possible to ditch the phone entirely for a pure-play modem, though the ability to make calls directly in an emergency has its arguments.
David Grayless#MobileMarketing is a multi-channel #onlineMarketing technique focused at reaching a specific audience on their #smartphones, #featurePhones, #tablets, or any other related devices through websites, e-mail, #SMS and #MMS, social media, or #mobileApplications. Mobile marketing can provide customers with time and location sensitive, personalized information that promotes goods, services, appointment reminders and ideas. In a more theoretical manner.
rainy dayOk, so.
I found out that there was a #lineageOS version for a (small) flip phone now, the motorola #razr 40u.
Unfortunately, I managed to grab one with an incompatible firmware. My outer screen is not only not working, it is showing an extremely bright boot logo.
Trying to go back to the stock android and just killing all google stuff drove me crazy. Sooo much #bloatware, and I managed to break it completely like... 4 times, trying to debloat.
Ok. But I want a phone that fits in my pocket, dammit.
I have a #fairphone 3 with ubuntu touch that I can't get off of it. But after a bit of searching, I find a way to install stock, and then /e/os. Which is only Android 13, and some practices remind me too much of google. (Can't look at fdroid in the browser, it will forward me to their own store. Even if I look at fdroid docs, the #eos browser won't let me and sends me to their store, where I first need to accept several pages of ToS.)
So.... lineageos it is. Which is Android 15, but the phone starts lagging.
Ok. So I need a halfway modern phone. Preferably <6". I want to be able to use it with one hand, and it needs to fit in women's pockets.
#CalyxOS just put a message on their page and disabled new installations. And updates.
#GrapheneOS has been saying for a few weeks now that new android versions might pose a problem due to google trying to close down androids source.
I feel like there's just no phone out there for me, and any decent alternative keeps being eroded one way or another.
But I really am not ready to go back to #featurephones 🙈
I found out that there was a #lineageOS version for a (small) flip phone now, the motorola #razr 40u.
Unfortunately, I managed to grab one with an incompatible firmware. My outer screen is not only not working, it is showing an extremely bright boot logo.
Trying to go back to the stock android and just killing all google stuff drove me crazy. Sooo much #bloatware, and I managed to break it completely like... 4 times, trying to debloat.
Ok. But I want a phone that fits in my pocket, dammit.
I have a #fairphone 3 with ubuntu touch that I can't get off of it. But after a bit of searching, I find a way to install stock, and then /e/os. Which is only Android 13, and some practices remind me too much of google. (Can't look at fdroid in the browser, it will forward me to their own store. Even if I look at fdroid docs, the #eos browser won't let me and sends me to their store, where I first need to accept several pages of ToS.)
So.... lineageos it is. Which is Android 15, but the phone starts lagging.
Ok. So I need a halfway modern phone. Preferably <6". I want to be able to use it with one hand, and it needs to fit in women's pockets.
#CalyxOS just put a message on their page and disabled new installations. And updates.
#GrapheneOS has been saying for a few weeks now that new android versions might pose a problem due to google trying to close down androids source.
I feel like there's just no phone out there for me, and any decent alternative keeps being eroded one way or another.
But I really am not ready to go back to #featurephones 🙈
Rob Whiting 📓‘The Forgotten Art Of Developing Web Apps For #FeaturePhones.’
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/tiny-screens-big-impact-developing-web-apps-feature-phones/
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Tiny screens, big impact · The forgotten art of developing for feature phones https://ilo.im/165fja
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Farooq | فاروق [Master Patata]My followers might've noticed a surge of activity from me on Mastodon in the last few days.
So the story is that I was sticking to #KaiOS feature phones to not have social media with me everywhere. But now my feature phone is broken and I can't find a new one to buy. KaiOS is falling. So I borrowed my brother's old Android phone.
And I installed Tusky Mastodon app on it. Then I was encouraged to have more activity on Mastodon and spending more time in it. And even spending sleep hours to browse mastodon in bed, which is very unhealthy for sleep.
Now, I truly understand that having social media with me on my phone is a bad idea. Yesterday I uninstalled Tusky from the phone. I think having Mastodon on my PC is enough for me.
Also I do really wish I could have a feature phone like KaiOS phones.
#Mastodon #socialmedia #socialmediaispoison #digitalDetox #DigitalDetoxing #featurephone #featurephones #dumbphone
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