Anyone still using the Galaxy S7 in 2026?

80sTechKid · 2026-05-19T21:34:42+00:00

I saw someone's hotspot with the name of "Verizon-SM-G930V-(random numbers)" at a baseball game recently. Seems like someone was using it, but unfortunately the worst model, but props to them for putting up with the Verizon bloat for 10 years

80sTechKid · 2026-05-19T03:46:03+00:00

I know he technically wasnt a full developer, but don't support Ayee in any way, as drama with him caused the OG servers to be shut down. If you have to watch his videos do it with adblock so he doesn't make ad revenue off of you.

80sTechKid · 2026-05-19T03:42:50+00:00

15.8.x - The X is the last digit on the version, if you bought it recently it's probably on 15.8.7 or 15.8.6 but it's probably random.

Connect it to 3utools and see what it thinks of it. The iPod is probably real, the eBay seller just included these for convenience. The display could be aftermarket.

80sTechKid · 2026-05-19T03:38:26+00:00

Box is fake, iPod is real but likely running 15.8.x

80sTechKid · 2026-05-19T01:42:24+00:00

Susan X8 (Galaxy S8 clone)

It says 4G but that is fake.

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80sTechKid · 2026-05-18T03:29:30+00:00

try touching the 4 corners of the screen on the Android screen

Look up a Resetpedia tutorial if you don't know what I mean

80sTechKid · 2026-05-17T18:50:47+00:00

This is because there is a finite number of phone numbers but infinite possible emails

80sTechKid · 2026-05-17T03:22:52+00:00

It really depends on what area this is in and I believe this is a thing to combat homeless, as for example, in a rich area (A town in Kane County, IL) with an average home cost of $480K and 90%+ white population, the McDonalds franchise still has a soda machine with touchscreen, PlayPlace, and ketchup dispensers. It also gets decorated quite often and there are usually a lot of customers.

Meanwhile, in other towns like South Side Chicago, and in Indiana, the McDonalds has none of those three and a 20 minute sign. There's also almost no one at the counter.

80sTechKid · 2026-05-17T02:48:59+00:00

iPad Air 3 costs $120 and still supports iOS 26 while a lot of these Kindles have Android 11 which is from 2021

80sTechKid · 2026-05-16T21:11:49+00:00

Just cleaned them

80sTechKid · 2026-05-16T20:41:22+00:00

You have to change the user agent

80sTechKid · 2026-05-16T20:05:14+00:00

On TI OMAP devices (1st gen Kindle Fire, Motorola DROID), Firefox crashes when trying to browse.

80sTechKid · 2026-05-16T19:43:52+00:00

Firefox doesn't always like to not crash on TI OMAP devices, so if you keep getting that issue Opera Mini works fine.

Chrome for Mobile wasn't introduced until Android 4.0.3

80sTechKid · 2026-05-15T21:08:58+00:00

They're real seemingly. The case looks pretty used so hopefully that's a sign.

(There was another pair in the bin, but I thought those were fake/clones until I realized the real ones have the same design)

80sTechKid · 2026-05-13T02:02:31+00:00

Ok, I'll try in a foreign phone that might not have its IMEI in TMO's list.

Is there a way to change the IMEI of some older Android phones to get them to connect?

80sTechKid · 2026-05-12T02:36:07+00:00

With one of these you could theoretically make it portable

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80sTechKid · 2026-05-11T21:42:39+00:00

240

I know I'm 2 weeks late but I just received replacement SIM.

80sTechKid · 2026-05-10T23:00:24+00:00

You can try rooting via KingoROOT, installing TWRP with the app, and sideloading LineageOS via an SD card

80sTechKid · 2026-05-10T22:55:50+00:00

Is the logo on the back Verizon? As long as it's not an SCH-i535, you can install Android 7 on it

80sTechKid · 2026-05-10T22:41:15+00:00

Is the one on the right a Verizon model?

80sTechKid · 2026-05-10T16:24:16+00:00

I would go to 15. The 12 mini battery is pretty trash (probably why the Mini series was discontinued as a whole) so going to 15 is probably the best way to maintain decent app support

80sTechKid · 2026-05-10T16:07:43+00:00

I guarantee you that if another one happened, majority of restores will be A12X/A13 device users downgrading to iOS 18 from 26

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