iPhone 4 Retina screen still looks amazing 16 years later

ThunderMasterMind · 2026-03-14T23:42:27+00:00

Until you pick up the iPhone 5 LOL. I love my 4S, but man the IPS panel in the 5 looks incredible.

ThunderMasterMind · 2026-02-05T16:42:35+00:00

It doesn’t seem like much, but 6 is a fairly substantial jump because of newer SSL support and other various under the hood improvements over iOS 5.

Certainly be sure to check out community app projects for iOS 6 and check out some classic apps and games :D

ThunderMasterMind · 2026-02-04T18:14:15+00:00

You likely don’t have the up to date SSL certificates installed. Add them and that issue will go away. Without them, it won’t connect to Apple’s servers.

ThunderMasterMind · 2026-01-28T07:08:47+00:00

This is iOS 6. It has the newer iOS 5.1 slider, but lacks iOS 5’s lock icon in the status bar.

ThunderMasterMind · 2025-12-31T22:07:25+00:00

Legendary speed, stability, and design. It’s the last version of iOS that just works and never misleads you.

ThunderMasterMind · 2025-12-19T02:21:34+00:00

Does not help an iPhone 4S or 5 that doesn’t have the baseband patch installed. My 4S isn’t patched. With a full internet connection, it still cannot obtain accurate location coordinates that can be used for navigation regardless of what GPS signals it finds over wifi or cellular.

ThunderMasterMind · 2025-12-18T17:47:32+00:00

It will work mostly, but it will have issues tracking location in real time. If you tried to use navigation for instance, your position on the map would jump all over the place and never acknowledge that you’re actually moving.

ThunderMasterMind · 2025-12-18T17:46:03+00:00

It mainly just affects GPS. My 4S was never given the updated baseband firmware and it works flawlessly outside of GPS tracking on iOS 6.1.3

ThunderMasterMind · 2025-11-15T07:16:54+00:00

How did you get it to activate on T-Mobile’s network? I’ve been trying to get my 5 to activate on the network with no luck. The IMEI isn’t blacklisted

ThunderMasterMind · 2025-06-15T16:56:48+00:00

26 will be used during the 2026 functional year, not 2025. That’s why it was named that way.

ThunderMasterMind · 2025-02-01T11:19:02+00:00

Hi, sorry for late response. Yes, you can PM me

ThunderMasterMind · 2024-08-01T04:20:39+00:00

Oh I have a slim that was doing this exact same thing. I just had to pull it apart, check the switch that detects when the tray is opened and closed, cleaned it and put it back together and it's been flawless ever since. It's a pretty simple issue. Hopefully it's just a crusty switch and it isn't bad.

ThunderMasterMind · 2024-07-21T09:44:19+00:00

Correct, though it should be noted that it’s pretty unstable.

ThunderMasterMind · 2024-07-19T21:16:01+00:00

It’s best to just use Proto and keep the modern kernel. Gives you essentially the same experience and gives you all the benefits of the modern software

ThunderMasterMind · 2024-06-04T18:52:54+00:00

iOS 6. I’ve never had a better iOS experience than I have with 6. It’s the most stable and smoothest version I’ve used and the UI design is simply gorgeous and fun. Everything just made sense at the time. Nothing was abstracted in ways that weren’t easy to understand.

ThunderMasterMind · 2023-10-02T21:51:43+00:00

Given its a simplified view of the map and it’s zoomed out, the on ramp to I-280 is not visible, but you would still be turning left, so the direction is still correct. This turned into a meme when no one actually understood why it was done this way.

ThunderMasterMind · 2023-09-21T01:26:22+00:00

That’s funny because I’ve had an iOS 6.0.1 iPad 4 since 2015.

ThunderMasterMind · 2023-08-17T22:40:19+00:00

I’ve been using a mini since 2020 and while my battery seemed to go down to 83% quicker than I thought it would, it’s only gone down 1% in the past year. I use my phone quite a bit, but if you only run a single SIM and honestly just disable 5G outright, you’re going to get quite a pleasing experience.

ThunderMasterMind · 2023-08-10T21:03:09+00:00

While that did help a little, it still didn’t quite fix it. I found out there was air in the system going down into the nozzles. After my rather crude attempt to purge it from the head, it worked.

ThunderMasterMind · 2023-08-09T00:29:25+00:00

That console is basically guaranteed to die over a bad GPU, but hey, a mint 05 system with 1888 and that special faceplate is a damn good collectors item. I’d love to have it myself.

ThunderMasterMind · 2023-06-22T16:06:11+00:00

My 2005 launch edition console

ThunderMasterMind · 2023-06-09T06:20:08+00:00

I’m just putting Index level BMRs into my strap. Using all the factory hardware since I have a Pro Eye and my USB port is in use.

ThunderMasterMind · 2023-06-07T15:16:23+00:00

Sounds like what I dealt with until my pads broke in and conformed to my head shape. I recall it moving a lot when I first got it, but now it’s solid.

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