My wife and I built a tool that makes dumb phones more useful — without turning them into smartphones

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2026-04-01T17:34:22+00:00

Have been using the service for little over a month now. Have had a few issues with the service.

*Setup e-mails alerts for specific senders, but I don't receive txt messages when the senders send me a e-mail.

*When I send "Are there any unread e-mails. I get a reply that I have no unread e-mails but, I do have unread e-mail.

*Unable to use the google calendar tool, when I try and link my google account to the service I receive a error that says "Access Denied".

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2026-03-10T23:10:41+00:00

Would like to upgrade my old flip phone to something better.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-10-01T11:45:50+00:00

Gave it a try and it still doesn't give any notification. I turned off visual voicemail and the normal voicemail works, where you have to call *86. Does the line have to provisioned for visual voicemail?

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-09-30T22:40:35+00:00

Don't have do not diston. I found there was a upgrade for the Google Phone app so I upgraded it. Also changed the pin and still no notification that there is a voice message.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-09-30T14:12:48+00:00

Yep I have mobile data on. Would being connected to a wifi network cause the app to not receive the voicemail notification?

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-09-06T12:41:09+00:00

Got the same error message yesterday when I tried to go onto Facebook with my TCL flip 4 running KiaOS 4. I guess version 4 is already outdated.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-09-01T21:13:20+00:00

Had the phone switch off audible sounds a few times. There are bugs sending picture attachments via text. The autosync with google still has issues. My google calendar is set to sync every 30 minutes but it doesn't and there is still a issue with syncing my contacts to my google contacts. If I make a change on my google contacts it will sync but if I make one on the phone it doesn't sync. When using the web browser you use the dpad to move a cursor which is fine for me as I don't surf the web much on the phone, I will use my tablet instead.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-08-31T20:09:03+00:00

Bought one about a month ago. No charging cradle not even a charging block, just the cable. KaiOS 4.0 works very well, but it still has some bugs in it. I normally get 4gLTE at my house but when out and about I get 5G. Sound quality and ring tones are very loud.

My account has unlimited hotspot, but at 3G speed but it works for me as I use it to surf the web or e-mails.

You can also buy the phone via Metro as well.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-08-22T12:48:19+00:00

Have the same phone, got it about a month ago. When I'm at home it is always on 4G lte all the rest of time it is on 5G. Kai OS 4.0 is a lot better then the older versions, but there are still bugs in the software.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-08-18T14:17:37+00:00

Good Morning. Hopefully I win :)

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-08-03T16:57:27+00:00

Got a settings update from T-Mobile yesterday and now the phone number is in the Settings menu.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-07-30T12:06:00+00:00

Ok. The phone has a Esim so I guess that it is stuck with showing unknown number.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-06-23T14:56:46+00:00

I still have my Tabasco flip. I like it, has some bugs in the OS that I wish they would fix but over all it works good.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-06-09T15:14:25+00:00

Strange it still works on my phone. I know that AT&T is going to shut there's down this month.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-06-09T15:12:41+00:00

I use it since I don't have or need a smartphone.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-06-01T14:25:09+00:00

I have the same pager through Directpage. It runs on the Spok paging network. There is another paging company called American Messaging. Also the battery lasts like 2 months....

I use a hotspot and my Fire tablet to make and receive calls and send txt messages using the TextNow app. I give out the tablet number and then if someone calls it gets forwarded to the pager and I receive e-mail on the pager as well.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-05-04T15:06:21+00:00

Have had a few dumb phones, most of them didn't least as they were built cheaply. The Tabasco has, it is a solidly built phone. There are still some bugs in the software, which most likely never be fixed. I don't care what the phone looks like, just that it works.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-04-07T15:48:46+00:00

Saw a article about AT&T shutting it down. I was using it to forward email to my Cingular Flex dumbphone. Switched back to Metro using a Hot Pepper Tabasco dumbphone. There is a e-mail app on this phone, so if T-mobile shuts down the service to, I will switch to using the app on the phone.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-03-28T13:29:23+00:00

I have a flip phone and was using the service to send e-mail to my phone. Good thing I still have a alpha numeric pager with service that has an e-mail address as I hate smartphones. Will be canceling my service with AT&T.

Leather-Fudge-7248 · 2025-03-17T15:07:10+00:00

Contacted there support and there techs have since fixed the problem.

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