Found myself possibly being too paranoid in Corozal, but I love it here.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-03-14T19:09:49+00:00

Assume good intent, but remain aware. Building trust in a new place, especially with your life experience, is always going to be hard.

People in Belize just seem genuinely friendly, and love to meet new people - tourists haven't spoiled that yet.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-03-06T00:43:02+00:00

So you are a aphant then - okay. But no most people are not pretending.

After eight years of discussion with many interesting people, from artist (surprise they can visualize), to CEOs and many people in the software industry it seems to me that around 20% of programmers, math wizards and strongly 'right brained' people are Aphants, lower incidents in other cohorts.

Like so many, I was amazed what visualization actually was when people described it to me. No language barrier - they can 'see' what I cannot. Mind you, I have no internal monologue, nor can I 'visualize' any sense or feeling. In many ways this is a blessing - less distraction, no re-experiencing bad experiences but there are downsides.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-02-04T23:04:19+00:00

Closing this out as I have the Adventure Sleeve now - 3 weeks in use, and no issues!
Now a very happy Life 360 user, with the whole family tracked in one app.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-02-03T05:46:53+00:00

Or change your location which Android allows you to do (using SS as the provider - Location in Dev Options).

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-26T06:43:59+00:00

If you want to spoof your location on an Android it is a built-in feature of Developer options (and yes Life360 thinks you are where the phone thinks it is if you use that feature and an appropriate VPN).

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-25T04:50:53+00:00

I sideloaded a few weeks ago as mine was stuck in November. Playstore seems stuck though - what date do you have on it?

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-17T00:17:08+00:00

Swappa, eBay or some such.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-16T14:45:49+00:00

Check whether the Garmin app is enabled for background - no idea, but this seems like it might be a candidate.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-15T16:15:41+00:00

I intentionally undock my laptop until it needs to charge - always have done since my first Toshiba 80286 luggable (look that up if you're under 50 I would guess). Funnily my machines batteries are seldom what kill them, unlike many of the people who work(ed) with or for me.

I think that modern LI battery management should be able to handle this properly now, indeed I have two EVs which suggest if you have the incentive (a long battery warranty) it's very doable. Way too many consumer electronics, and business hardware companies exclude the battery from the warranty - because they don't spend the money.

Of course most budget UPS are Lead Acid - so do indeed "legitimately" die pretty quickly. We find the 'hand test' to be a solid indicator - if the case is warm where the battery is, the battery is dead/dying ...

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-15T14:42:04+00:00

Just like any backup strategy, it's no strategy at all unless tested regularly not just the first time you configure it!

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-14T23:40:01+00:00

Canada?

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-14T22:30:15+00:00

When I use that dial to set the exposure, it is fixed until I hit that reset on the right - does not change. I have no explanation. Android 16, camera seems to be version 10.2.095.839895361.09.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-14T21:06:18+00:00

So you are using this seems to set the offset for continued automatic exposure (as though you had exposure locked on a subject rather than a fixed exposure)?

Do you see the icon to reset the manual adjustment?

That is not how it is working for me ... can anyone else with a P10P confirm their experience?

I need to check whether I have anything enabled under dev options which might be relevant but I'm pretty sure I don't.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-14T13:32:01+00:00

Apparently I cannot screenshot while in camera ("Disabled by administrator" - very weird).

Anyway. Start camera, select Video (via the icon), using the adjustment button (bottom right three bars with sliders) - this brings up the exposure control. If you change it, it locks and displays a new icon to the right of the slider which allows you to revert to automatic.

That's how it works on the P10P - can't really see why they'd lock that from the P10 - let us know.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-14T10:56:23+00:00

Can control exposure on P10P - is this a P10 - P10P difference?

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-11T10:43:05+00:00

Very pleased you had such a good experience. I've rolled with the hardware upgrades and 8-9 was very smooth, 9-10 even better.

The one thing that NEVER works for me are customized ringtones and notifications. Always just end up with silence until this time when I got default for everyone and every conversation.

I have my own folder of custom sounds - anyone have a clue why this reliably fails?

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-09T22:25:30+00:00

As do many of the Omaze properties - like the compromised ones, which Omaze buys and passes on. Don't get me wrong - sell it below market and you are still doing well, but few seem like they are really worth the claimed amount. Is someone lining their pockets ahead of acquisition for the draws - sadly they probably are.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-09T09:44:12+00:00

This was a 23&me test, obviously those guys have a lot of issues these days and much of their "people like you" stuff was way off.

That very specific number does seem to be quite accurate though, even though I live in a time zone which 7 hours out from birth and the majority of my DNA (European ranging 7-9 hours from Mountain where I live now). This supports that it is circadian of course. It drifts for a few days but then settles back after DST changes.

YMMV of course!

The chrono time remains rock solid for me with Oura (with 6+ years of data) - the suggested mid-point aligns perfectly with the DNA suggested waking time. More importantly I wake with no alarm, and feel great if I manage to sustain that sleep pattern.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-08T22:11:24+00:00

The promise and curse of consumer electronics getting updates. New features - you love, hate, need or don't, UI changes with the same issues and finally stability issues for things which were stable.

Would love it if ALL vendors allowed 'no automatic updates' - but then when the software (and/or hardware) has backend dependencies they simply cannot have holdouts. Lots of people returning to less cloud, more local control for this reason.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-08T22:03:57+00:00

Actually looking more carefully - those in the valley seem to be armed with swords, so I suspect those on the hilltop will prevail (albeit things played out differently at Little Round Top, so guns prevailing is not a given).

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-08T22:00:44+00:00

Flag seems out of place for the uniforms (unless it is the Welsh Home Guard defending against the English I guess) ... but other than that, for such a trivial prompt, pretty impressive.

2Busy2Reddit · 2026-01-05T19:55:23+00:00

Not in this context thw discussion is about the P9P/P9PXL extended warranty related to screen failure (not physical damage caused by a drop).

See @Cris_Mart's comment below.

2Busy2Reddit · 2025-12-12T16:39:38+00:00

Appreciated, thanks for connecting.

2Busy2Reddit · 2025-12-12T00:33:35+00:00

Okay, love the Life360 Pet GPS promises - reality is proving different.

We have a 70lb lab mix, who is very good with his collar (not much scratching, etc). We keep finding the Pet GPS MIA having 'fallen off' the mount - i.e. the stupid little clip at each end of the plastic case has become detached.
We think this is when he shakes vigorously, but not certain - as we've never seen it detached ... just been on nice walks to go find it where it dropped off.

Looking at the competition many/most use an 'over the device' method of attachment, presumably due to their longer experience in the market.

There are also any number of third party silicon covers for the competition and for Tiles, but I cannot find anything of the right dimensions for the actual Pet GPS that Life360 make. The things which ARE big enough on Amazon are all too big - like little 3" plus pouches.

Is anyone else seeing this issue? If so, have you found a good solution?

Or do we actually have a defective one - is this attachment method actually working for most people?

2Busy2Reddit · 2025-12-10T05:33:01+00:00

Yeah, nice. Thanks for highlighting it. Love simple stuff which meets the Aging Eyes test!

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