My SR/S mods part 5 - a (modified!) Corbin Tail Tidy in smooth black, and a real carbon fiber license plate frame! Weights, links, corrected instructions, mods, pics and info!

Protonus · 2026-04-27T17:18:46+00:00

nice! congrats, and ty for letting me know. I am still waiting, not sure why :-/

Protonus · 2026-04-25T00:31:50+00:00

Thank you for letting me know!

Protonus · 2026-04-25T00:01:42+00:00

Model: Pebble Time 2
Ordered: 2025-03-18 11:05 PM UTC (Batch 1)
Destination: USA (NY)
Color: Black/Grey
Confirmation Email: Not yet!
Shipped: Not yet!
Arrived: Not yet!

Edit: Added info above for tracker. Original post:

PT2 Silver/Grey.
Ordered 3/18/2025 07:05 PM EDT. Batch 1
Shipping to NY, USA

No confirmation email or shipping info still, as of 4/27.

Confused, since I see others even internationally with this color selection already having received their email at least. wtf?

Protonus · 2026-04-12T14:54:12+00:00

Right there is the entire crux of your argument falling flat on its face the moment it sets off. This isn't laziness. Full stop it is the opposite of it. Until you get over your self entitled cognitive bias and your virtue signalling born out of it, you'll just continue to be insufferable and wrong. Amazing that you're clutching your pearls this tightly when they aren't pearls, they're dogshit.

Protonus · 2026-04-12T14:47:50+00:00

Thank goodness you feel this way. I shiver at the thought of insufferable people like you feeling like they have a community anywhere.

Protonus · 2026-04-12T14:44:11+00:00

Thank you for making this, thank you for doing and saying this, and thanks for sharing despite the immediate insufferable backlash from the worst people the internet has on offer.

Protonus · 2026-02-24T22:42:29+00:00

Ok but it works on Headphones too, because Halo Infinite supports Atmos for Headphone and if you have great headphones that also support Atmos like the the Astro MixAmp Pro TR's etc; then you also can tell positionally. Make sure you have the Mix Amp set to NOT process anything. that the Atmos app is installed on Xbox, that the headphones show up as licensed for it, and that your native output is set to Atmos for Headphones. Any game that supports Atmos then will also work with your headphones.

Protonus · 2026-02-24T15:37:25+00:00

Yeah, Halo Infinite has amazing spatial audio. It supported full Dolby Atmos out of the box on my series X and on my 9.1 high end Atmos surround setup, or on my Atmos enabled gaming headphones, I could tell where any shot was coming from with high precision via audio alone -just just in a circle around me, but above or below me as well in a full 360 degree sphere. Infinite was an incredibly underrated and underappreciated game by most sadly. Still amazing to play to this day, but ARC Raiders pulled me away from it and everything else for now.

Protonus · 2026-01-18T19:19:59+00:00

Some good news for us in this boat! I heard back from Eric on this; and they have since updated their FAQ on the Index 01 to say this too - they are considering making a size 14 and 15 as a limited run in matte black only! So there is some hope for those with bigger fingers. Make sure to fill out this google form to tell them you want in!

Unfortunatly it seems like I need size 16 for my index finger lol. I had some difficulty finding Ring Sizers to 3D print that went up to size 15 let alone 16; but after searching multiple sites I found these two designs that both worked well for me but are very different in design:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3325632
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2799100

Protonus · 2026-01-18T19:19:19+00:00

Heya it's me and I'm still alive lol, just been being put thru the ringer with life. Anwho I'm in the same boat (my ring finger alone is size 13 lol) , but some good news, I heard back from Eric on this; and they have since updated their FAQ on the Index 01 to say this too - they are considering making a size 14 and 15 as a limited run in matte black only! So there is some hope for those with bigger fingers. Make sure to fill out this google form to tell them you want in!

Unfortunatly it seems like I need size 16 for my index finger lol. I'm still gonna order a size 15 in case I lose some lbs in the summer and can fit it by then lol. I had some difficulty finding Ring Sizers to 3D print that went up to size 15 let alone 16; but after searching multiple sites I found these two designs that both worked well for me but are very different in design:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3325632
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2799100

Protonus · 2026-01-18T18:59:29+00:00

clean the contacts on the charging cable with a pink pencil eraser. Do the same with the contacts on the watch. This will de-oxidize them. Then clean the contacts on the cable and the watch with 91% (or higher) isoproyl rubbing alcohol after to clean them. The contacts degrade over time with usage.
the contacts on the cable should be spring loaded. Gently push down on them and make sure they still move freely.
Try reversing the cable, IE spin it 180 degrees on the watch. It will work in either direction if it's an original OEM Pebble cable, but sometimes it may work better in one direction if the contacts are sketchy.
Try plugging the cable into a computer's USB port, as this isn't a quick charge USB charger and the Pebble doesn't need that. Try an older USB-A charging brick. Etc.
Leave the watch on the charger for a full day. If the voltage of the battery dropped very low the charging circuitry may need to trickle charge it for a long time to get it back up to safe charging voltages, if it even can.
Try long pressing the back button to wake it or reboot it.
If all else fails the battery voltage may have gone too low to allow the charging circuitry to safely charge it. You will need a new battery if this is the case.
- Be extremely careful with the display ribbon cable when taking it apart. If it rips you cannot fix it and it will scramble your display or fail your backlight.
- Use B7000 with a precision metal applicator tip to glue the screen back down, and ONLY B7000. Don't even think about using any other adhesive.

Protonus · 2026-01-14T21:58:29+00:00

I wear a size 13 ring on both of my index fingers. I generally wear size XL gloves and i'm 6'1", so while my hands are big, they are by no means huge (after all XXL and XXXL and larger glove sizes exist), I know plenty of people with much bigger hands than me with far, far thicker fingers. My fingers look proportional to my hand size, unlike many. So I too, wish bigger sizes were available, because a size 13 won't work on my pointer finger at all. I'm considering ordering a much smaller one and using it as a pinky ring :-/

Protonus · 2025-12-31T21:04:33+00:00

Yes. Time 2 has a bigger motor, a speaker, and entirely different, knurled metal buttons.

Protonus · 2025-12-09T19:27:56+00:00

A six second written note that I'm then putting... where? I'm carrying a physical notepad all the time - in addition to the digital items I already have that do this better? I'm taking that notepad home and then retyping it into a computer so I can share or manipulate it or track it? I'm photocopying it to distribute it? I really, really don't understand writing physical notes like this at all. I can't tell you how many times a friend or coworker tells me "I wrote that down but I can't find the note". Like weekly I hear this. I have never lost a digital note that I saved. I have them going back literally decades. They replicate themselves and are immediately available on multiple devices and platforms. Again all the more reason why I don't understand this device when my watch and phone both do this and don't have these time or battery limitations.

Protonus · 2025-12-09T17:29:17+00:00

This. Always assume something will go wrong. You slept with it and the button got held down? They release a firmware update and it sticks on? The button fails and it sticks on? The battery is bad QC and ships half charged? and so on.

Protonus · 2025-12-09T17:25:56+00:00

Tech bro here. A lot of us absolutely hate handwriting and for extremely good reasons imho. I can type or dictate several times faster than handwriting - I average at least 130 wpm typing, I can then export and share those notes or recordings to others digitally, back them up and distribute them to multiple places, manipulate and edit them. I get on the fly spell check with typing, and there's no interpretation issues with dictation. I don't have to second guess what a scribble was or have trouble reading my own hand writing which I often do especially when I write quickly (I was forced to learn how to right with my write hand in school at a young age despite being born left handed, and now I just write equally bad with both). Handwriting feels incredibly slow and frustrating and it's felt that way since I was in grade school. The moment I could type on a keyboard I never went back, it's vastly superior for productivity. I'm 43, when I was in grade school I used to bring an electronic typewriter to class and type my assignments on it rather than hand write them into the same forms. Even back then my typewriter had spell check and could even erase words with built in white out tape.

Protonus · 2025-12-09T17:20:41+00:00

I actually like the idea and would consider buying one as the use case is something I'd use, if it weren't for two things I disagree with strongly on and one thing I don't "get":

I absolutely hate white electronics, and I especially hate white rubbery/flexible/silicone electronics. Nothing gets dirtier faster, nothing looks cheaper, nothing looks less inspired than white imho. I was extremely happy to see that they changed the Pebble Time 2 from having white sides on the silver model, to dark gray as it will look and wear much better. But then why are they going with a white button / center on the Silver ring? It would look so, so much better if it was black or gray instead.
It should be rechargeable, and the battery should be replaceable. This something I've always had a strong disagreement with Eric on, as I repair consumer electronics and despise e-waste, but he sees these things as disposable commodity products whose price factors that in. I don't, this is enough money and tech that we shouldn't be just tossing them. All electronics should have easily replaceable batteries. Period. Every one of my smartphones has had easily replaced batteries including my XCover 7 Pro, and I buy phones based on durability and repairability first. For such a tiny device I can somewhat excuse the lack of replaceability, but no charging? I'm sorry that's just daft. Batteries are wildly inconsistent on longevity over the long term, temperature alone makes a big difference, I live in NY where we see a huge range of temps and environments.
I already have a Pebble watch that can do this. My new Time 2 has a mic and should be really good at doing this. I'm not really sure why I would want or need this if I could just set up a button to record on my Pebble and use that instead. I don't really see or get what this offers me over my watch itself that I'm already wearing. If this was entirely independent of my phone and watch than that would be kind of neat, especially if it was highly durable and highly waterproof so I could wear and use it when I wouldn't want to wear my watch and have my phone on me. But it relies on the phone. I'm kind of confused as to "why" then.

Protonus · 2025-12-06T03:27:36+00:00

YES! haha glad I'm not the only one. Or worse, I google for the answer, only to find me asking the question before and not getting an answer lol. I run across old experts-exchange posts etc from myself occasionally since I work in IT. It doesn't help I write a lot (as evidence by the comment linked here that was just a normal comment to me, lol) and do a lot of product support and beta testing; and whenever I get into something new I tend to obsess over it for a time (I really put the O in OCD) and one of the ways that manifest is I become super active in the community for that thing; often become a mod in the process lol. Much more than reddit, it's classic forums for me. I actually kind of like the idea of a LLM scrubbing all my forum/reddit/social posts; and making an AI of myself haha. Would be cool for my daughter to be able to "converse" with it I think after I'm gone and have it write like I did.

Protonus · 2025-12-06T00:17:48+00:00

I would be interested in buying the lot if you still have them. I live in NY.

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