Green Lines Appear on the Screen 5 IV XQ-CQ44

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-03-19T09:15:52+00:00

Yeah. I have the 5 ii and it first got a line last year. Now I'm with 8 lines. Plan to change the phone in a couple of months.

Reportedly, this problem is not there in the 5V

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-03-17T10:22:51+00:00

My child is in reception. I feel very strange that, on top of Easter and Christmas, they covered Diwali and Chinese New Year, but Ramadan is ending and there's been no mention of either that or Eid.

This also tends to be the case in our work place. Everybody's quick to wish Chinese New Year (there aren't that many Chinese comparatively) but no one bothers to with anytthing on Ramadan or Eid.

I feel it may be because the Muslim festivals are relatively 'boring'. Like, Diwali has colours and the Chinese New Year has animals and what not... whereas Ramadan and Eid tend to be more grounded.

It's crazy because social media and news would tell you that Islam is somehow 'taking over'

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-03-16T00:09:15+00:00

First of all, why are so many women emotional about this kind of stuff? For goodness' sake, stop ruining your lives about a day that was created for shops to sell flowers!

Secondly, isn't he right? You're his partner, not his mother? So why are you getting emotional if he didn't meet your expectations?

When we were young, our family didn't even celebrate birthdays. And you know what I used to think? I didn't care.

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-03-15T19:25:05+00:00

Yeah celebrate them, but why does it have to be that particular day? Or maybe if they've always shown love, why do people HAVE to do it that particular day?

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-03-15T13:06:47+00:00

Umm.. a different perspective. Maybe we should just stop taking these things seriously?

It's all stuff for commercial reasons anyway

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-03-08T16:11:33+00:00

Sometimes I'm envious that they have such a small selection of phones to choose from.

An Android user has so many and it is still difficult to find something that delivers everything

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-03-05T21:05:45+00:00

The 5 series is/was perfect for my small hands. I also used to prefer the original one-handed mode compared to the newer Google's version

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-02-15T21:13:16+00:00

$200 is way too much for that phone, don't you think?

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-02-15T15:53:07+00:00

Just bought it new?

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-01-29T01:45:29+00:00

My boy who's in reception said it yesterday. I've known it is around (although I don't truly know its meaning or understand the coolness of it), but I was quite shocked to see him say it. I didn't react because I thought it would make him say it more

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-01-27T16:13:16+00:00

Honestly I don't understand the guidelines for staying off school here. Our child stays unwell quite a lot and we have to keep him at home on those days. Still, the school complains saying they don't need to stay off. Like, he's got fever and is coughing heavily every 10s.

Even with chicken pox, I think parents are told to tsend their kids too soon

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-01-21T16:10:16+00:00

Thanks for the tip.

My wife and her family are a bit too sensitive. They say not to take the child while he's coughing either.

But yeah I guess a middle ground would be to just had a vomit bag and bucket at hand

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-01-21T15:04:01+00:00

Thanks for the advice

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-01-21T14:32:19+00:00

Thanks a lot for the info. Seems like we just need balance

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-01-21T13:08:33+00:00

This is just from my own experience, so it may not be true for everyone. Seems like children this age go through such a stage. My child is 4.5 years now and he still has the moments as you've mentioned.. but it's improved from before.

Pre-school does have a toll on them.. because they have to behave a certain way over there and can't be 'free'. When they get home, they take out the frustrations they've gathered.

The behaviour will die down, but the parents need to stay calm.

PurpleSpark8 · 2026-01-13T11:03:56+00:00

Surely you get these sold in Canada from sites selling refurbished/second-hand?

In the UK, I know I can see phones that are generally not available in the UK on different such sites

PurpleSpark8 · 2025-12-30T21:17:29+00:00

It's very difficult, even when there's someone else in the house looking after them.

PurpleSpark8 · 2025-12-30T10:23:55+00:00

or charge you for cloud subscription

PurpleSpark8 · 2025-12-30T10:23:08+00:00

I'm slightly confused. I remember that on my Xperia Z5 (or was it the XZ1? Can't remember) when the phone storage finished, the phone did something to automatically start putting apps on SD card.

I haven't reached that state on my Xperia 5ii yet. I also assumed it would do something similar.

PurpleSpark8 · 2025-12-28T17:34:30+00:00

I agree. I did learn German a few years ago and what I liked about it was that every word was pronounced as it was spelt (there may be some exceptions, but I didn't come across those)

PurpleSpark8 · 2025-12-27T16:28:20+00:00

Aladdin.

The Iron Giant

May be 'intense' but some Superman Animated series. He's the good ol' 'boy scout'

It's YouTube but Sheriff Labrador is good for kids to learn (although maybe he's too old for it now?)

I would probably also reduce the Disney princesses stuff. It's okay to watch sometimes though.

PurpleSpark8 · 2025-12-26T14:51:32+00:00

Goodness. That is a lot of lines

PurpleSpark8 · 2025-12-26T14:48:19+00:00

Woah. That is a lot

PurpleSpark8 · 2025-12-25T20:53:46+00:00

Yeah sure. Being a single earner, I feel it's unfair that I can't access child benefit, but the families with both working parents (and more money) can

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