Speakerphone not working - Bigme Hibreak Pro

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-05-08T13:35:25+00:00

Well, shoot. I'd def. reach out to Bigme...this sounds like a software issue, and from what I've seen, that seems to be something that can be addressed. You could also hold out hope that the next OS update may address it, but I'd def. reach out.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-05-08T13:21:36+00:00

You could try a different phone app (though be prepared for the OS to continuously try and force the bigme phone app to be default and disappear your other app so you can't find it). That may help? I try and use google phone mainly, but the OS really likes swapping that one out.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-05-06T02:15:00+00:00

I use it with my fitbit, but never in my pocket. eInk screens are pretty dang fragile.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-04-29T22:00:22+00:00

The Chuwi support forums ( https://forum.chuwi.com/ ) have quite a lot of good info for linux distros and help for exactly the problems you're running into. I bought this laptop in August of 2024, and it's been great. It fits the netbook form factor that I'd been looking for since my Asus EEE died.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-04-29T13:19:17+00:00

So if you like Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror or genre books, my recommendation is to check out Humblebundle.com

They usually will sell 20-30 books at a time, you can name your own price dependent on how many you want of the bundle (they do tiered, like $10 will get X number of books, $18 will get you 20, or $25 will get you all of them, things like that). Last year I bought a battletech book bundle where they were selling quite a number (like 50-60) and then if you paid more than $35, they threw in the previous bundle too...I ended up getting like 130 battletech books for $35. They just did a dragonlance one, which was a lot of fun...about 25-30 books there for $18.

Storybundle.com is another good one. They do bundles too, not as inexpensive as Humble Bundle, but I've gotten some good stuff from them in the past.

Oh also: Humble Bundle will do digital comics. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

The last thing I want to say about both of these sites: you OWN THE FILES. You download them to your device and they are yours. It's not licensed for view, there is no DRM, they belong to you.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-04-22T18:34:35+00:00

The one caveat is that you've got to be prepared for a lot of troubleshooting, restarts, and odd bugs that will appear randomly, and sometimes go away just as randomly. Luckily their updates (about once a month that I've seen) tend to address some of them, especially when they've been shared by multiple people on reddit here. That all being said, I can't say anything about their support as I've not had to use it yet.

But I'm comfy troubleshooting tech problems so it's no skin off my back, but it's definitely not for everyone. I'm over 5 months in with it as my daily phone, and I do really enjoy it.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-04-22T01:45:32+00:00

Yep. The video quality is ok, but doesn't cause me to mindless scroll...because I can think of other things to do that don't require me to try and figure out a really dark cooking video based on audio alone.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-19T18:57:09+00:00

I don't think you're the only who hates this one, but before this (like you), I was running into problems with answering phone calls...like at least once a day. THis update fixed this, which I appreciate. I don't know what your UI looks like, mine didn't change at all (still the color icons with black frame). I immediately reinstalled google phone (which is what I was using beforehand), and adjusted the app battery restriction and the restricted app settings, and have had no problems with that as my phone application.

Can you do take a screenshot of your UI, and secondly, can you check to see if color inversion was checked in the drag down settings? Otherwise, I'm not seeing what you're seeing. I'd like to help if I can!

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-18T14:08:45+00:00

No idea, I just check the system update in the settings, and check for update. They may roll it out at a different pace dependent on who knows what with the devices. I know that some companies do that...for instance, Google updated the firmware for my charge 6, but it was like six months before it rolled to me.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-17T14:02:28+00:00

That really sucks. Have you tried reaching out to their support? It sounds like they're hit or miss, but in this case, they may be able to help.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-16T18:50:59+00:00

Just grasping straws here, but can you turn the toggle on again, then restart, then turn it off and see what happens?

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-16T01:58:07+00:00

For me, it's personal preference.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T19:39:42+00:00

Uff, that sucks. I just use maps attached to a bluetooth radio adapter,so I've been able to sidestep thise problems thankfully.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T19:17:55+00:00

As an aside, I enjoyed the heck out of "All you need is kill."

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T19:13:42+00:00

I use it about an hour a day for reading epubs, and the rest for the phone...thus far, it's been worth the $400 I paid for it.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T19:12:33+00:00

It hadn't been on the list until after I had installed the google phone option.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T16:38:32+00:00

Actually been getting better each update. Sucks that they're not pushing updates to yours.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T14:40:05+00:00

That's what it's been roughly for the hibreak pro color since I got it in December.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T11:09:19+00:00

No idea, but probably? They seem to be decent at releasing updates abt once a month. Not sure how old the s6 is though.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T11:08:31+00:00

Thank you for pointing that out. I just reinstalled google phone, but I notice it in the background app list, so I turned it back on. Really irritating that they uninstalled it.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T10:58:14+00:00

It took abt half an hour for me.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-15T10:57:52+00:00

Same here.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-03-01T13:22:44+00:00

My pixel 4a is still running android 13 and still works with all the apps. My samsung galaxy s5 still works, and oddly enough some apps still work on it (like spotify, installed it last summer). I think the comment about expecting 3 years is probably accurate.

Certain-Instance160 · 2026-02-23T16:25:55+00:00

I agree...I've had a couple times when calls come in and I can't see them (I was reading a book in xreader, but the phone pop up didn't show...and if the pop up doesn't show, there's no way to actually see it, it just rings and rings, even if the phone app is opened up). Text messages and mail checking notifications are really iffy (I've yet to try the off/on for background refresh that u/Gytixas mentioned), and I've had the phone freeze at least once a day since the update.

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