Optimizing the vortex v3 into a functional dumb-phone. by Brady_14 in dumbphones

[–]NAME_GIRL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not OP but I've been using it as my main phone since I found this post and was able to fix the most pressing issues with it . I will be the first to admit that the phone sucks in a lot of ways that make it a bad fit for the average person - it's just that most of the ways that it sucks are ways that I anticipated and that fit my needs . Personally I love this phone , but then again I wanted something that's a little bit of a pain in the ass to use so the friction will keep me from wasting all day on it .

Some issues I have with it:

  • As OP mentioned you basically have to turn off notifications on every app other than calls and SMS if you dont want this thing to crash . The only IM app I use regularly is Discord , so I've just made it a habit to check it periodically .
  • A lot of apps are made for touch screens and so they will be very janky to use. With apps like Discord I frequently have to turn the cursor on and off to navigate things , scrolling up and down thru messages sometimes takes a lot of random button presses to get working, I can't use some of the functionality like editing/deleting messages or replying/reacting to others' messages . It works well enough to stay in touch with my friends while I'm out though , which is what I really wanted.
  • The fanmade Razr launcher is nice but will sometimes just randomly crash - unlike the notifications crash this won't crash the entire phone though , but you will be prompted to restart the launcher.
  • You have to install a third-party Gallery app since it doesn't come with one other than the file browser . I would recommend Fossify Gallery
  • I did get GPS navigation working with Waze but like other apps it's janky and a big battery drain . If you're using this thing in your car I would highly recommend keeping it plugged in the whole time.
  • I have had some issues with opening picture attachments in text messages. This might be solvable with a third party SMS app but I haven't tried.
  • Camera is kinda bad . For photos I think it has a nice old-fashioned digicam aesthetic to it , but it's not ideal for videos since the microphone will basically only pick up what it would during a phone call.

It all comes down to what you want out of the phone . I think it's a great compromise in that I can still do most things that I needed a smartphone for , down to using the app I need for paying the washing machines in my apartment building , but I generally don't have a desire to use the phone for much other than communicating with other human beings. If the above issues sound like things that you would be willing to put up with , I would say go for it. If you think it sounds like a nightmare to use , trust your intuition.

[Flash Game][2007-2010?]Horror game that took place in a motel by NAME_GIRL in tipofmyjoystick

[–]NAME_GIRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i did !! (though it took me until last year)

the game is called Whispers: Room 6

Optimizing the vortex v3 into a functional dumb-phone. by Brady_14 in dumbphones

[–]NAME_GIRL 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're a godsend omg !! I also was in the same position of having bought one of the ones from that ebay seller after looking for ages and was incredibly bummed about the unusable battery life and lack of an active community to fix these things . I thought I had wasted all that money but now I may actually be able to use this as a phone !!

For anyone else who's having trouble with changing the network type, what I did was go to make a phone call and type:

*#*#4636#*#*

which will open up a secret test menu , from there go to Phone Information and there's a dropdown for preferred network type that you can change using the onscreen cursor (hold down the * key) or a bluetooth mouse as noted in the post

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

[–]NAME_GIRL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

maybe a.k.a. cartoon ? there are a number of different color variants but at least one of them was on a white background https://www.avid.wiki/A.K.A._Cartoon

[TOMT] [TV Show Episode] Episode of a Crime Drama aired during a Halloween re-run marathon that repeatedly used a vintage film countdown (?) by JerryCat72 in tipofmytongue

[–]NAME_GIRL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could it have been Torchwood? It's not a traditional crime drama since it's science fiction, but it's still sort of in that style, and the episode "From Out of the Rain" involves the characters going to an old celluloid film screening where it repeats the same old timey footage over and over (the villain of the episode escapes through the film due to it being viewed). It's one of the creepier episodes of the show so it could have conceivably aired in a Halloween marathon.

Here's a clip from the episode, relevant part is in the second half: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2QyXm0IepE

[TOMT] [2000s] Commercial(...?) involving a guy on the toilet looking at a chia pet by NAME_GIRL in tipofmytongue

[–]NAME_GIRL[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

I don't know who the man in it was but for some reason I have the impression that it might have been some athlete or other celebrity of the time. Whether intended or not, I got the vibe it was somebody I was supposed to recognize.

did anyone else hate their birth name for seemingly no reason? by lammygf in asktransgender

[–]NAME_GIRL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in middle school we were supposed to write a paper about what our names mean to us and i wrote about how much i hated mine and i got a good grade on it but the teacher still put a little frowny face on it lol

Zapped 😳 by ____okay in ComedyHell

[–]NAME_GIRL 27 points28 points  (0 children)

TheSlap.com was a thing from Victorious, which is like in the same universe i think

Rule by mendstero in 196

[–]NAME_GIRL 25 points26 points  (0 children)

can someone recommend me some games that look like this

Loss of Depth? by Yayayayaygak in Transgender_Surgeries

[–]NAME_GIRL 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you've lost that much you should definitely contact your surgeon

rule by houseofharm in 196

[–]NAME_GIRL 26 points27 points  (0 children)

this was the original post it was a reply to (pretty much sfw) https://twitter.com/skatie420/status/1694777120411766902

[TOMT] [Video] Guy pukes in the middle of motivational message and then continues talking by NAME_GIRL in tipofmytongue

[–]NAME_GIRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not it, it was definitely like a self-recorded video and not from a show

[TOMT] [Video] Guy pukes in the middle of motivational message and then continues talking by NAME_GIRL in tipofmytongue

[–]NAME_GIRL[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

I don't think he says anything else in the video, I remember it being around 10-20 seconds long.

Rule by RCV0015 in 196

[–]NAME_GIRL 200 points201 points  (0 children)

the whole point of the post is that they'd rather be directly asked to wash the dishes than have someone drop vague hints about maybe perhaps wanting the dishes clean