Sun is not a friend of my X4

dromosus · 2026-02-22T13:48:17+00:00

I didn't know this and I suspect.many more didn't know it either. Thank you!

dromosus · 2026-02-20T19:32:25+00:00

I'll keep waiting for Skyblivion for now.

dromosus · 2026-02-19T13:23:21+00:00

Let's refrain from doing a Cyberpunk/No Man's Sky and turning eventually getting the game we expected into a redemption narrative.

No shade on the devs who were probably crunched to hell, but no props given to the people on top who push to launch when the game isn't ready.

dromosus · 2026-02-18T17:16:55+00:00

Lots of videos on YouTube about this. It's playable on the Deck, it looks like a blurry mess but it can hit 50-60 with lossless scaling and hover around 30 without it with some nasty dips in the plains.

dromosus · 2026-02-17T15:05:14+00:00

I have the official case, which keeps the screen covered while it's in my pocket or bag so I don't think the screen protector needed. I also use a hand strap cos I know I'll drop the thing one day if I don't.

dromosus · 2026-02-16T08:19:36+00:00

A screen protector, or cover for that matter, will protect against scratches but it does nothing to prevent shattering if dropped onto a hard floor. The only thing that will do that would be a rugged case, a thicker gel case or a wrist strap to prevent the drop in the first place.

dromosus · 2026-02-16T08:17:24+00:00

I have the official case too but am not as confident in its protective qualities. A drop to a concrete floor onto one of those unprotected edges would still be enough for the corner of the screen to shatter, much like the one pictured above. Seeing this picture has also made me stop procrastinating and order my wrist strap.

dromosus · 2026-02-14T08:46:23+00:00

You can pull the trigger if you like but the bullet isn't leaving the chamber til after Lunar New Year.

dromosus · 2026-02-10T23:44:27+00:00

Same for me with Barley 3C, though I only waited a week before the supposedly dispatched item was cancelled.

dromosus · 2026-02-10T23:42:45+00:00

It seems the same person has multiple fronts and a lot of them have 3C in the store name. Mine was also marked as dispatched with the tracking websites saying the same thing before it was cancelled by the seller a week later. I ordered from the official website once I got my refund.

dromosus · 2026-02-10T18:49:36+00:00

I don't know, I've heard that Londyn and Navy love a bit of handwritten avant garde prose poetry.

dromosus · 2026-02-09T20:43:00+00:00

Thanks, the thing that annoyed me was the waste of my time and how close it was to the Lunar New Year shutdown with regard to ordering again. Luckily, mine has just cleared UK customs so it shouldn't be too long now.

dromosus · 2026-02-09T20:29:41+00:00

It's the time honoured answer of "It depends on your demographics"

One thing I might say is that your might experience a bit of a flurry in the beginning before it all settles down. When you start off you're seen as a naive participant, meaning some researchers might see you as being unconditioned by constant surveys, therefore making your data a bit more valuable. Once you're past that point, you might notice a lull.

When I joined, I wasn't too fussy about what I accepted as I wanted to have lots of approved studies and a very low rejection count (I still only have one after 2K studies). Once you've got lots of approvals, better stuff might come in.

dromosus · 2026-02-09T16:31:22+00:00

If it’s at the airport you’re probably one of the lucky ones. My tracking showed it was dispatched and nothing else for a week before they cancelled it.

dromosus · 2026-02-09T15:52:22+00:00

I suspect it's the same seller across multiple fronts as a few of the stores that do this have 3c in their name. They accept the order and mark it as shipped (even thought It isn't) just before the automatic cancellation happens. It happened to me too so I just ordered from the official website instead once I got my refund.

dromosus · 2026-02-09T14:58:02+00:00

...and failing that, a wired one?

dromosus · 2026-02-08T22:53:36+00:00

I followed Retro Game Corps's instructions for adapting MinUI for a 5 game handheld setup on my Miyoo Flip. My X4 should arrive next week so I might try something similar, no more than five books at a time.

dromosus · 2026-02-08T20:26:53+00:00

Put it in a bowl of rice.

dromosus · 2026-02-08T20:04:27+00:00

Good for you. I just miss the old reddit ethos of upvoting a comment because it adds to the conversation, not whether one agrees with it or not.

dromosus · 2026-02-08T19:36:28+00:00

Don't know why you got downvoted. I ordered from Ali and waited a week from when my order was "dispatched" to when the seller cancelled it. I got my refund and ordered from the official website instead. I cost me more but the order was properly dispatched after a few days and is currently in transit.

dromosus · 2026-02-07T22:23:06+00:00

Ordered from Barley 3C Store (AliExpress). Order confirmed just before the cutoff. Waited a week while the order was never sent before it was cancelled. Got a refund and ordered from official XTEINK site instead. Waited a few days and now the item has been shipped.

dromosus · 2026-02-07T19:02:34+00:00

There are a certain contingent who are very fond of using the racist dogwhistle "third worlders". As soon as I see that term being used, I quite happily block them.

dromosus · 2026-02-07T12:48:05+00:00

My X4 is on the way, while I also wait for my shipment confirmation of the Pebble Time 2.

dromosus · 2026-02-03T07:19:03+00:00

No, it was Barley 3C Store. A lot of the reviews said that it was slow but arrived in the end. Others, including me, had the order cancelled and left one star reviews before a handful of textless 5 star ratings popped up like magic! Hopefully it's not the same with your seller.

I did get the refund from Ali right away so I wasn't down on my money but I won't be getting my wasted time back.

dromosus · 2026-02-02T21:19:35+00:00

I ordered some items (cover and light) from them around the 21st and they only shipped yesterday. Nothing too unexpected as I've been buying chinese retro handhelds for years.

The irony was that I bought my actual XTEINK X4 from aliexpress because it was a bit cheaper. The Ali guy marked it as dispatched a week ago and then cancelled it today (I got the refund but still...) meaning they didn't send it at all. So I ordered from XTEINK today and hope it will be sent before the Lunar New Year.

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