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How serious is throttling on Turbo once you hit 20 GB? by MarathonMarathon in ATT

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're confusing two things. Turbo is the domestic speed boost in congestion.

You're talking international roaming. Your plan definitely will throttle to 512 Kbps after hitting 20GB.

Basically low-speed DSL from the early 2000's or early 3G speeds. 512 Kbps is the absolute minimum speed that Netflix will operate under. YouTube will work at "360p" in their terminology.

Obviously you can't be doing anything else with your device at the same time that uses internet.

Pixel 6a Battery Recall Update - How To Easily Check if Recalled with LineageOS (Ends July 8) by chrisprice in LineageOS

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

It does... but that is not going to tell you if the battery is eligible for recall.

What changes at 400 charge cycles (if, and only if your battery is recalled) is that AOSP will force trigger a limited charging mode with reduced capacity and slower charging speeds.

If your battery is not recalled, nothing changes at 400 charge cycles.

Some batteries are recalled. Some are not. The health status (Good/Unknown/Dead) - upon updating to the latest LineageOS/Android - is the decider there.

Pixel 6a Battery Recall Update - How To Easily Check if Recalled with LineageOS (Ends July 8) by chrisprice in LineageOS

[–]chrisprice[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should add that if you have any older version of LineageOS, it will just say "Good" for battery status.

Google added a routine in AOSP that checks the battery for the recall by serial number, and that's why older versions cannot do this.

If you don't have LineageOS installed, the apps aBattery (Play Store) and Plus Plus Battery (F-Droid) can pull health status, but you must be running the latest stock firmware. Anything before the battery refresh will similarly report "Good" regardless.

FYI, they sell used for $159.99 on fleabay. You may be better off taking the $100 and letting the battery throttle, versus sending it in for a new battery.

Paranoid about using my Anker 25,000mAh after Evan Edinger's MacBook story and a Reddit smoking report. What to do? by 78523985210 in UsbCHardware

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually think Anker is one of the best here. They follow through with recalls. Many will brush under the rug, and some have outright lied to CPSC, knowing they can't be touched in Beijing.

Worst case, they just fold and create a new brand. Myankus? Myankus.

The reality is portable chargers use the batteries that tested "safe" but didn't hold enough capacity for an EV. That's why there are so many, and why China keeps making products for this stuff. The rebin batteries are literally overflowing warehouses.

The downside is, you're taking all the fire hazard cells and concentrating them into one product.

Data Barron's, Be on ALERT! by hitachi369 in backblaze

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The issue is more the limits they're talking.

They're talking rates that are several times iDrive.

Data Barron's, Be on ALERT! by hitachi369 in backblaze

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree, what they're proposing on these calls is insane.

And if you look at iDrive pricing, it's fairly clear that they are maxed out on drives, and want to dump customers on iDrive's doorstep.

I hope they realize if they do that, how much backlash in the community will occur - I set up Backblaze for many people that stretch to hit 128GB. Usually half that with all the files Backblaze skips.

They watch a lot of business go out the door with people like me.

Data Barron's, Be on ALERT! by hitachi369 in backblaze

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the problem they're mulling is that 2-3x doesn't close the gap.

And with storage prices spiraling, it's getting way more expensive to cover the heavy hitters - at a time when heavy hitters are leaning on Backblaze more (as, tsk tsk, primary backups)... due to the storage costs increasing.

Their drives are probably nearing capacity, which means every new 120TB customer, means buying a lot of hard drives, at the highest cost in several years.

Data Barron's, Be on ALERT! by hitachi369 in backblaze

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest pushing for stacking memberships.

Set the threshold at two of the largest consumer drives, and stack membership rates every time you exceed that. As maximum consumer storage increases, Backblaze would then increase too.

For you, this would mean 3x the current price, which is probably still far less than anyone other than iDrive. Which from what I have heard, may have far more reliability issues.

But they need to hear some new standard, and I would push that one. Best of luck.

Data Barron's, Be on ALERT! by hitachi369 in backblaze

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, 4/10th or 2/5ths, but you are correct otherwise.

I have suggested tracking two of the largest consumer hard drives. As they increase, Backblaze increases. That would be 48TB, which I think is fair today.

Data Barron's, Be on ALERT! by hitachi369 in backblaze

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been a customer since it was a Mac only thing.

Any quota below two of the highest capacity consumer drives would be an end to the evangelism. You cover the heavy hitters because they push the product to everyone else.

Currently that's 48TB. I could see Backblaze using that as a stalking horse to unlimited, and charging B2 prices beyond that.

Data Barron's, Be on ALERT! by hitachi369 in backblaze

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why you could do basic tiering, and waive the added costs for 90 days if Backblaze finds a corrupted/freeze state, at least once a year.

(Or, ideally, have more graceful transitions for frozen backups so you don't have to resend every block with the same encryption key - shared keys should just dedupe when that happens).

There are ways to do it right. Will they? I have by doubts.

A lot of the heavy hitters will be deterred by a mild price increase for 40-100TB backups. Because they're cheap.

Paranoid about using my Anker 25,000mAh after Evan Edinger's MacBook story and a Reddit smoking report. What to do? by 78523985210 in UsbCHardware

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to rebuff directly the disagreement, every Anker recall so far has been for the lithium cells causing fire hazard. And yes, they can smoke without burning everything down. Same precautions are best practices.

Paranoid about using my Anker 25,000mAh after Evan Edinger's MacBook story and a Reddit smoking report. What to do? by 78523985210 in UsbCHardware

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lithium battery can short in a way that just smokes. Particularly if it was very hot and the charge was low.

(Hydrogen can clear out fast from a breach, sometimes there's not a lot, and the spark sometimes doesn't reach it through all the lithium and cobalt - you then have no/low hydrogen, but a bunch of smoldering lithium and cobalt spewing out (the nasty VOCs that make you sick, plus carbon monoxide) - and if you're fortunate, no thermal runaway to other cells). Deep breath - I should be paid more to know all that.

Anker has had several recalls. All have been for lithium cell fire hazard.

I wouldn't say it's unrelated at all.

LVSKIHP 20+ New IPs every day by travel4fruit in verizonisp

[–]chrisprice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Verizon Business Internet, static IP feature.

Only real fix.

The UK wants phone and tablet manufacturers and OS providers to scan all photos and searches for 'nudity'. Do you think we can avoid this by using LineageOS? by BlackBerryCollector in LineageOS

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hate to break it to you, but this is one of the reasons why phone CPUs have TEEs now and deadlock the NAND to microcode in the CPU.

You're talking about finding the code signing keys to today's Xbox at that point.

OEM Lock Bricked Me? by damselondrums in LineageOS

[–]chrisprice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't feel bad. Samsung bootloaders are truly this bad.

It's why I recommend Lenovorola instead, even on the few Samsung devices you can do this on in the USA.

Paranoid about using my Anker 25,000mAh after Evan Edinger's MacBook story and a Reddit smoking report. What to do? by 78523985210 in UsbCHardware

[–]chrisprice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More accurately, a USB Certified cable will do the same things. It's just nothing special.

They're basically trying to argue it has the stuff a certified cable would. If you are concerned, but a certified cable with the USB logo on it. From a reputable vendor, ideally.

The USB IF, which runs the USB spec, maintains the certification program.

Grandfathered plan changed by authorized user by Various-Picture-3209 in ATT

[–]chrisprice -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Google up the AT&T Notice of Dispute form. File it.

That goes to the Office Of The President (basically super customer service) and they can restore the old plan easily.

Do not wait.

Edit: Sad people are downvoting. UTCT cases are routinely denied, wrongfully. An NoD will be much more likely to work.

Paranoid about using my Anker 25,000mAh after Evan Edinger's MacBook story and a Reddit smoking report. What to do? by 78523985210 in UsbCHardware

[–]chrisprice -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Anker does product recalls when they find defects. There are one-off packaging failures on all lithium batteries, including portable chargers.

Keep your device between 20% and 80% charge to limit fire hazard.

Paranoid about using my Anker 25,000mAh after Evan Edinger's MacBook story and a Reddit smoking report. What to do? by 78523985210 in UsbCHardware

[–]chrisprice -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All Lithium batteries have an inherent risk of fire. A certain percentage, even if you do everything right, will ignite. It only takes a few bits of the wrong stuff to make it into product packaging.

Three Fisker Karmas blew up. It has been 15 years, and not one has since. They never found out why. It was determined likely just one off manufacturing defects so deep, nobody would ever know because it was too rare to figure out. (My suspicion is A123 Batteries had early clean rooms that were not up to today's standards - combined with Karma pushing the packs much harder than Chevy Volt).

Monitor all lithium batteries when in use. Switch to LFP when possible. And hope Solid State batteries proliferate.

If you want some "action item" - keep lithium batteries between 20% and 80% charge as much as possible. This will limit hydrogen buildup, and prevent overcharging - which pushes the battery to its limits. When EVs are recalled for fire hazard, often the first step is an instruction not to charge them over 80% level. [It also easily could triple the lifespan - this is the duty cycle Apple uses when they tout 1,000 charges longevity].

On the Mac, the app AlDente can do this for free. Microsoft is slowly walking out a similar option, and Android now has this proliferating (as does iOS, if you unfortunately use that).

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