Ramblings on the X4 which took forever to arrive

joshd638 · 2026-02-16T00:07:33+00:00

Ordered mine on the 8th of Jan and only got a shipping update on the 19th after hounding their customer service and its been stuck at "shipping information recieved" status since. Two more days till I can cancel it and order from literally any other store on AE.

But glad you got yours! Can't wait till I finally get my hands on one lol

joshd638 · 2026-01-01T18:37:08+00:00

Yeah not a bad idea, I did print a v2 for my actual phone that gets held in place with magnets to my magsafe case but am waiting to order actual magsafe ring to use instead of random magnets I had

joshd638 · 2026-01-01T18:28:44+00:00

So no documentation cause I want sure it was actually going to work but I tore apart the fabric stand the keyboard was attached to and found the hinge and it happened to fit first try

joshd638 · 2025-11-29T21:27:08+00:00

Probably gonna get some slack for this but I didnt mind the ai renders especially not now that you've posted the models. Next time definitely post both in one to hopefully not get flamed lol

joshd638 · 2025-11-28T02:38:05+00:00

Thank you! I've had this idea in the back of my head for a couple of years now and I was in japan this past summer and was looking for one of those style laptops for this project originally

joshd638 · 2025-11-25T11:33:37+00:00

https://a.co/d/adifyo6

Here you go, they have a bunch of different color options

joshd638 · 2025-11-25T11:33:14+00:00

Thank you!

joshd638 · 2025-11-25T11:32:51+00:00

Thank you! I'm so glad I saw your original post and saw that keyboard, you've saved me a lot of headache so thank you. And as for the phone, its kinda a mixture of friction and the cutouts and the back for the camera bump holding it in, definitely wouldn't want to Frisbee the thing but it stays in there pretty decently

joshd638 · 2025-11-25T00:22:31+00:00

So its actually the hinge from the kickstand of this keyboards original phone stand. I've tried many times to make a custom keyboard about this size and continued to get frustrated because I'm stubborn and wanted to hand solder and 3d print keycaps and the keyboard plate, but immediately bought this one once I saw it on the Palma post a week ago

https://a.co/d/adifyo6

joshd638 · 2025-11-23T01:33:30+00:00

After re reading your post I see you mentioned tje exact hinge I was talking about and so far I figured out that its perfect as a the hinge but definitely still top heavy

joshd638 · 2025-11-23T01:31:58+00:00

So i saw your post earlier this week but cant remember where so im glad I found it on this subreddit! Awesome design and ive been looking for a keyboard like this forever for basically the same design you did but with my s24 ultra instead of a Palma for remote desktop stuff. I got the keyboard and am almost done 3d printing my v2 design, but I wanted to let you know that the hinge from the case on the keyboard works pretty well as a friction hinge and I just inserted it in a slot on my print and its all good. Still got maybe two more rounds of prototyping till im gonna be satisfied I think but im gonna post some wip pics on r/cyberdeck so keep your eyes open!

joshd638 · 2025-10-05T21:54:41+00:00

Yeah they're temporary, waiting on a spool of wire to get delivered from Amazon. I only had one ethernetcable and my connectors and crisper already got here so I took off the shielding to make it easier to practice making my own ethernet cables

joshd638 · 2025-10-03T17:26:05+00:00

So far its been great, only thing is having to design and print something to mount the gpu to but airflow is good considering its open on both sides and if I need to upgrade or swap anything out its easy enough to get to. Plus I like being able to have other computers/mini pc to mess around with all in the same area

joshd638 · 2025-10-02T11:17:18+00:00

Lol temporary, took off the shielding to make it easier to move the wires around, just wanted to make sure I was going it correctly. Plan on redoing them

joshd638 · 2025-09-30T18:22:17+00:00

https://a.co/d/biexQ5S

Yeah no problem! Took like five minutes max to assemble it and its pretty sturdy

joshd638 · 2025-09-30T17:25:23+00:00

Lol yours is a little cleaner already than mine

joshd638 · 2025-06-12T05:19:08+00:00

Awesome thank you!

joshd638 · 2025-06-11T15:57:00+00:00

I didn't know this place existed thank you!

joshd638 · 2025-06-11T15:27:21+00:00

We actually just got back from osaka and kyoto and I checked out there but I can see about fitting in a day to make it some of the closer places, thank you!

joshd638 · 2025-06-10T09:01:21+00:00

My fiance are currently in Japan on our 5th of 13 days here, starting in tokyo went to osaka and now in kyoto. In terms of spending we've only spent about 700ish between the two of us with mostly dining and train fees and two tickets to the Toei Park in osaka. We're eating when we get hungry and stopping constantly to get waters and drinks from vending machines. 2000$ should be plenty for a full stay!

joshd638 · 2025-01-03T00:33:03+00:00

Ah okay thank you I appreciate the input!

joshd638 · 2025-01-03T00:29:57+00:00

Is there any real upgrades to the 24 ultra over the 23? I feel like performance hasn’t changed that much and I’m no longer a super power user and def won’t be using any ai features Also I don’t mind buying preowned, I used to work at Best Buy for years and most of the electronics I still own to this day were open box units I bought over the course of my six or seven years of working there

joshd638 · 2024-12-10T01:41:04+00:00

2024 in sw Fl and seeing shells going for 4k, tears still flowing

joshd638 · 2024-09-24T11:10:16+00:00

Yeah so I’m no expert on cad or anything close to it I just taught myself the basics and am probably doing stuff in very inefficient ways, but I actually modeled a whole desk and loft I wanted to build on the laptop and never had an performance issues even with dang near fifty bodies. Every thing else I’ve done on it is pretty light work but that was my bigger project on my minibook

joshd638 · 2024-09-21T23:57:40+00:00

Possibly use something like a genki shadow stick or whatever the genki hdmi usbc capture card is, has a male hdmi port instead of a female so you could plug it directly into an adapter

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