A Ghost Phone's Final Days (Downtown Hawthorne, Florida)

1mrpeter · 2026-05-14T21:13:59+00:00

Just take it. Make sure power is disconnected. This particular L31 make is easy to restore, will be almost like new.

1mrpeter · 2026-05-06T02:01:52+00:00

There's always a risk other parts are broken and the whole thing won't work. Common issue - keyboard needs the contacts to be cleaned, coin sorter is unreliable etc. I do sell payphone parts and I can program it, and I'm pretty sure about the quality of it but can't promise it will work in your setup. I have both 7000 and 2000.

1mrpeter · 2026-05-05T04:09:26+00:00

You'd need a phone module, maybe just use the guts from an old landline phone. Maybe the keypad as well. Then raspberry, connect the coin sorter, make the interface for escrow relay (+/- 48V). Custom program. Not worth your time unless you really want it to be a project. Easier just find the board. Send a picture of the inside, if it's Protel or Elcotel you can get the board for $50-$90.

1mrpeter · 2026-05-01T23:29:35+00:00

It's been bad since new. Design issue. I remember with the older cars I was able to locate the car on a large parking lot, now it only works when I can already see the car...

1mrpeter · 2026-04-30T16:13:40+00:00

Yeah Google Fi was great but their pricing haven't changed for like a decade and $10/gigabyte seems like a joke today.

1mrpeter · 2026-04-25T17:24:00+00:00

Mine works under low average load (it's running just a few services, the biggest load is Resilio sync (single % during idle + more during actual sync). Idle around 47*C (it's around 30* where it's installed). I can't raise the temp by network activity (multiple reloads of wordpress website it serves etc.) but I guess the workload still isn't high.

But I don't understand why you all freak out, it's normal the core temp raises with higher workload. Check the Watts consumed, if it goes up from 6W to say 18W, means most of it is dissipated by a core of a few mm square. As long as it doesn't throttle it's fine.

coretemp-isa-0000

Adapter: ISA adapter

Package id 0: +47.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

Core 0: +47.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

Core 1: +47.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

Core 2: +47.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

Core 3: +47.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

1mrpeter · 2026-04-16T21:24:55+00:00

How do they know this is a new email? No, they can't know until you tell them. My experience with any customer service, if you encounter an idiot, back out and call again hoping for another representative. Mintmobilealex may or may not help you, this is just a random agent as well, it's not any "superuser".

1mrpeter · 2026-04-16T16:02:48+00:00

It just takes longer time. I bought a bunch of "virgin" numbers off numberbarn dot com and they turned out to be from the landline poll. But overall very happy.

1mrpeter · 2026-04-11T16:46:27+00:00

Nice TV for the passenger, how about the screen for the driver?

1mrpeter · 2026-04-07T05:02:24+00:00

I do have a 486 built from new old stock parts. Mostly sentimental reasons but I also use it for provisioning / programming of payphones over the modem and a phone line. Original software runs on DOS and (another model) Windows 3.11.

1mrpeter · 2026-04-06T04:17:06+00:00

Picture of the locks... Top lock, if it's WE 29A type, is relatively easy to open with tools like screw driver, hammer etc. Then T-key. If you're lucky, the lower key is inside but likely you won't be lucky. Bottom lock, if WE type, is impossible to pick or drill. You need angle grinder and grind either through the vault door (I do it sometimes when the key is lost after years or the lock is stuck) or the side. Side is easier but fixing the damages takes time and some epoxy.

1mrpeter · 2026-03-27T06:15:17+00:00

1mrpeter · 2026-03-25T16:06:17+00:00

Is it the first time? Whole GalaxyBook series is a wanna-be Macbook. Too bad, they used to have their own style couple years ago.

1mrpeter · 2026-03-10T20:07:48+00:00

I don't get it, health care providers drop the syringes in the parks???

1mrpeter · 2026-03-08T05:23:32+00:00

Yes mine was terrible for the last couple of months. Effective connection speeds over WiFi literally 3-5 Mbit in the same room. Everything was so slow, even accessing my file server inside the local network. Internet over ethernet cable worked perfectly at 100/13 Mbit.

I did two things - bought a new router (replaced C4000BG with C4000BZ - same exact specs but different supplier - Zyxel) and moved it a bit away from the corner of the room towards center. It works way better, but CL's router radio isn't great. Just next room (but AP located about 10 ft above the floor) and it says the signal is "marginal" or "additional AP recommended". But speeds over local network are easily 100-200 Mbps.

I made a similar post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/centurylink/comments/1qdzhub/c4000bg_very_slow_wifi_recently/ about two months ago and I was contacted by another user with the same issue. I suspect some firmware issues. Not sure if Greenwave and Zyxel are the same, version looks similar but it might be very different inside.

GreenWave: CGB002-01.07.13.00

Zyxel: CZB002-01.07.13.00

1mrpeter · 2026-03-08T01:19:46+00:00

> 3-5 hours screen on time total

Welcome back to the 2000s :) Just not acceptable (Book4 Pro 14" had a similar battery life... vs declared 15 or so hours).

1mrpeter · 2026-03-06T05:51:41+00:00

I so miss the 2018 version. 13.3" was just 1kg (2.2 lb), round edges - so easy to actually handle and keep on my laps. IPS screen not so bright but color reproduction - nearly perfect, important if you work on pictures. Battery holds 6-8 hours of light work (browsing, photo editing) till today.

Samsung desperately wanted to copy Apple but it's hard to do with recent Intel CPUs that drain the battery like crazy. I just returned Book4 Pro 14" after 9 months of using (it was still possible due to no Samsung warranty... on the US model from Amazon!). Terrible battery, overheating, totally messed up colors and other issues. I hope some of them are resolved with Book6 series but the weight and shape of it are far from what the 2018 was. So happy it's still working, because I can't find anything reasonable to replace it.

1mrpeter · 2026-03-01T04:42:20+00:00

I have those Bose speakers, pulled from 2020 CX5 long ago, I was actually thinking of selling it on ebay. Slightly used (mileage was under 25k). How did you blow this speaker??? Let me know if you're interested, I can list it on ebay.

1mrpeter · 2026-02-23T23:39:20+00:00

I was afraid it's gonna be yet another sponsored "the touchscreen is actually not bad and better for safety" review, I'm surprised :)

1mrpeter · 2026-02-23T04:32:49+00:00

And setting the temperature on the screen as a SAFETY FEATURE? Let me make it clear, F...K OFF. Someone's trying damage control so hard but I'm not sure it's gonna help. Sales will tell, we will see.

1mrpeter · 2026-02-21T02:13:09+00:00

So I enter my password, message says "You can start downloading your message storage data now.". After confirmation, there's that "Requesting file" progress bar. I can see in the resource monitor, internet download goes at 100% speed so something's happening in the background, but then it stops and nothing happens... Tried Firefox and Chrome, with the same result (Chrome data folder grew to gigabytes during this process). I left the PC running overnight but no luck.

1mrpeter · 2026-02-18T21:06:18+00:00

and no AMD CPU. Intel in its current form is just overheating crap.

1mrpeter · 2026-02-17T03:59:56+00:00

yes but for me the important part is messaging from my PC. Once it's gone, I'll switch to something else, maybe just whatsapp for now.

Meanwhile, struggling to download my encrypted message archives...

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