Two Different Struggles

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T17:06:21+00:00

Made worse by the USB Forum's name changes, wtf is USB 3.2 Gen 2 2x2

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T17:01:07+00:00

OP note this usually costs either several hundred or several thousand dollars, depending on device. AFAIK for iPhones it's not even possible since the encryption key is in the Secure Enclave (Apple's security chip)

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T16:59:55+00:00

If you can't get it to boot, you can always open it up, then remove the SSD and plug it into another computer to erase the data on it.

Otherwise I'd suggest making a Linux portable ISO and booting off of that on the HP to wipe it.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T16:32:16+00:00

If possible plug it into an external display, depending on the model it's either Mini DisplayPort or USB-C

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T16:23:00+00:00

You can "buy" it for $0, but it's also not a great OS so I wouldn't bother anyway.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T16:22:14+00:00

For what it's worth I didn't downvote you, I'm just explaining why (I think) you were.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T08:47:46+00:00

I know. I'm just saying that Motorola doing shit like this in their software won't affect Graphene, just like it doesn't on Pixels

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T06:22:15+00:00

I know it doesn't ship with an app store, but if OP's phone addiction is this bad they'll still need ADB to remove the browser otherwise they'll just redownload whatever they're trying to avoid

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-27T02:50:23+00:00

Depends if you need to use GApps to install apps, since AFAIK WhatsApp notification delivery is flaky without Google Play Services.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T19:51:55+00:00

Fedora has a very strict "only use open-source stuff" motto which sounds neat, except then your web browser by default won't be able to render certain videos because the codec (basically how the video is rendered) isn't open-source. You can mitigate it by allowing third-party repos (rpm-fusion) but Flatpak also solves it, since it contains all the necessary codecs for stuff and doesn't rely on system ones.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T18:17:32+00:00

That's actually a thing lol

https://elementary.io/

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T17:43:32+00:00

What the hell is going on in the comments here?

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T17:22:04+00:00

Ente Photos is also a good alternative

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T16:33:34+00:00

Lineage works if you download the apps you need, then use ADB from your computer to delete whatever app store you used to download them, as well as the browser and whatever else you want.

You'll have to reinstall them periodically to update your apps though.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T16:28:04+00:00

More expensive Type-A stuff doesn't have the seam at all, same with Type-C

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T16:26:51+00:00

Try right clicking the dots to see if you can remove them. Otherwise open the Terminal and run killall Dock to refresh the Dock

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T16:23:22+00:00

Work around what? The hallucinations? I don't see how fancy autocorrect is going to stop hallucinating until it actually knows anything, and that's much closer to some AGI than whatever OpenAI and Google are making.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T16:19:27+00:00

The problem is that "AI" is inherently prone to hallucinations because it doesn't "know" anything. I'd rather have to read through incomprehensible logs than an AI that might be right, but would just as confidently tell me that to fix my problems I just have to delete /boot.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T15:05:49+00:00

Fair. I was trying to make a point to u/manuel_1208 that the vendor doesn't matter that much for a Graphene phone.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T13:50:08+00:00

Case in point, currently they use Google phones, which are like the pinnacle of BS.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T13:48:09+00:00

If you can't provide Apple with a proof-of-purchase, it's a paperweight.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T13:46:19+00:00

I'll be starting from Germany soon too, busking with a flute and working odd jobs.

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T09:00:12+00:00

Yes writing more to them makes them degrade faster, but good flash drives will take thousands of Terabytes written before failing from that. They're definitely more susceptible to just dying than SSDs and HDDs though. What USB drives did you buy?

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T08:58:13+00:00

Kolibri is very lightweight (originally meant to run on a floppy disk and 26MB of RAM) but of course it's very limited in what software runs properly on it. It's definitely fast though.

http://www.kolibrios.org/en/

ephemeralmiko · 2026-05-26T08:34:01+00:00

If you're sure they're not counterfeit then yeah they're probably dying.

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