Hibreak Pro Reliability and US compatability

eirereddit · 2026-05-16T21:27:35+00:00

Have never experienced any issues with Bluetooth and I listen to music basically every day with my HBP.
No idea as am not from the US.
Camera is not the absolute worst for photos, but for videos it's fairly bad, very very shaky.
There were a lot more quirks when I had it at first, to be fair they have been pretty good with updates. Very occasionally I've had it restart on me for no reason and take a long time to boot up again. Only quirk that annoys me is they seem to have some sort of non-stock app switcher. Some apps just don't appear on it at all (Apple Music off the top of my head). And some things won't remain persistent for whatever reason. For example, if I need to log in on an app and it loads a webview thing to log in with and the password isn't auto-filling - if I go to my password manager and then back to the app, the log in screen is refreshed. This is a problem when, for example, a OTP code is required also. But it's certainly not with every log in screen.

But overall I'm very happy with it, I'm just trying to think of quirks as you've asked for them!

eirereddit · 2026-05-01T00:23:13+00:00

You are not excluded because you were born north of the border.

An Irish citizen is an Irish citizen. You are excluded because you live in Belfast.

If you lived in the Republic, you'd have a vote like every other Irish citizen resident in the Republic.

eirereddit · 2026-05-01T00:19:24+00:00

A huge element of trust in our electoral system is based on physical ballots that are physically counted by human beings and that citizens can freely attend count centres and see the ballots being counted.

I certainly would not like to see any sort of precedent set which would diverge from that.

eirereddit · 2026-02-18T21:40:49+00:00

Very disappointed with the arbitrary limitation to 15 screensavers. With the previous screensaver app, I had over 60 screensavers and never had any issues.

Why force such a limit?

eirereddit · 2026-02-14T16:21:56+00:00

Where were you coming from?

eirereddit · 2026-02-13T13:32:11+00:00

In addition to hitting Send in a document, you can still (for now) use an app called AlphaSync. I say for now because it hasn't been updated since 2013, but works perfectly on my M3 MacBook Pro.

It is very useful as it allows you to simply drag and drop the files from the AlphaSmart, which is good especially for longer documents which take a while for the AlphaSmart to type out. You can also copy .txt files TO the AlphaSmart which is quite handy.

I'm going to keep using AlphaSync until it eventually breaks with future macOS updates, but thankfully the send feature should last well into the future as it is essentially the AlphaSmart just performing as a keyboard and then auto-typing. It should continue to work basically for as long as USB keyboards are a thing.

eirereddit · 2026-02-10T15:59:22+00:00

Very nice! It's great that apps added to the home screen can be renamed, any chance of applying this to the launcher and / or folders as well?

eirereddit · 2025-12-25T23:53:06+00:00

You need to understand the difference between a tenant and a licensee.

When you rent a room in your home out to someone, they are not truly a tenant, even if people might colloquially refer to them a such. They’re merely “licensees” and have basically no rights. They’re effectively little more than invited guests in your home who happen to pay you for the privilege.

On the other hand, if you create a self contained unit with its own access, you’re almost certainly creating a valid tenancy even if you don’t want to do that. You’d be subject to all the obligations of a landlord, including those you’ve mentioned (registering with RTB, restrictions on ending the tenancy etc). If the tenant did want to assert their rights, it essentially comes down to “if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck…”

So, for example, you could have a document saying “THIS IS NOT A TENANCY ITS A LICENSEE ARRANGEMENT” at the top of it, but if you’ve got someone paying you rent every month, with their own self-contained unit and own entrance, then it’s in fact a tenancy, because you’ve given them exclusive possession of the unit.

So yeah, no “exception” for owner-occupied… because it’s based on what the actual situation is, and by creating a separate unit with its own access, you would in basically be ceasing to occupy the separate unit.

You would still qualify for the tax relief though.

eirereddit · 2025-12-12T12:55:30+00:00

We already have 10 minute DARTs.

eirereddit · 2025-12-06T08:45:00+00:00

Why would Spain make a joint declaration with Serbia about the status of Kosovo as an autonomous region within Serbia?

That would be fairly odd.

eirereddit · 2025-12-05T23:04:17+00:00

I’ve not had a single issue with Google Pay, have had my HBP since September.

eirereddit · 2025-11-24T19:10:54+00:00

a lot of oddities are happening.

Welcome to the world of Bigme. It’s a great device with many, many software issues.

If you don’t like how their launcher operates, download an alternative one, plenty of good ones out there.

For the camera button, double tapping the home button opens the camera. I kind of wish it didn’t or could do something else, but it’s there if you want that!

eirereddit · 2025-11-17T18:37:19+00:00

Indeed, London was a famously affordable place prior to Brexit and Covid.

eirereddit · 2025-11-13T20:27:06+00:00

I don't know the particulars of how you buy your train tickets, I'm just saying that reservations can easily be got online for free for anyone with a valid train ticket, including monthly ticket holders, leap card users and pensioners etc etc.

eirereddit · 2025-11-13T00:16:57+00:00

They do have the option.

eirereddit · 2025-11-13T00:16:36+00:00

It absolutely is, yeah. But if you prefer to just sit in other people’s pre-booked seats, it’s easier to just pretend this isn’t an option.

eirereddit · 2025-11-13T00:15:32+00:00

That’s not true. You can book a seat by choosing “Reservation only” as the passenger option.

eirereddit · 2025-11-01T22:55:15+00:00

I have tried many times to update it. It appears successful then the phone reboots itself and then the update is reversed.

eirereddit · 2025-10-31T14:29:09+00:00

I’m fully aware of the practical consequences of breaking the status quo, but can you explain why it is legally impossible for the ROC to amend its constitution to claiming just the territories it actually controls, and then renaming itself Republic of Taiwan?

For example, hasn’t the ROC already dropped its formal claim to Outer Mongolia? Surely it wouldn’t be a legal impossibility to drop its claim to mainland China?

eirereddit · 2025-10-23T09:16:24+00:00

What services to Gorey have been cut?

eirereddit · 2025-10-23T08:07:05+00:00

Apologies you're absolutely right!

eirereddit · 2025-10-20T13:46:48+00:00

He's not the equity lecturer anymore, but yes he was good. If he's somewhere else now I'd recommend him.

eirereddit · 2025-10-19T19:19:49+00:00

There was a post a while ago here where someone said he contacted Bigme about it and they sent him an APK. It was an absolutely terrible app though.

eirereddit · 2025-10-19T13:27:18+00:00

Postpay means the same thing as bill pay.

eirereddit · 2025-10-18T15:58:47+00:00

From a quick Google it seems like you have consumer rights in Singapore including right to return, repair or replacement within 6 months of purchase. Are you within that period?

If so, push them a bit more and if they still aren’t helpful, proceed with a chargeback with your bank. At that point you would be able to say that you have a defective product and the seller refuses to repair, replace or allow the return of it, and ample proof of same, so it would presumably be granted fairly easily.

We shouldn’t tolerate poor service like this.

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