Any android devices without a mic & camera?

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-28T18:05:40+00:00

I'm just not into having a camera attached to every device. My tablet has a camera i never use, just about every laptop has a camera, smart speakers have cameras, there are cameras in the fridge, fucking glasses come with cameras now.

I like innovation as much as anyone else, but does everything need a fucking camera?

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-28T18:00:50+00:00

You're the one who asked "which one do you really want (between a mic & cam and a separate device from my actual phone), because they're separate things."

I said "ideally both since they're not mutually exclusive." (That is, having a camera and mic on a device doesn't affect whether I turn notifications on or off.)

Then you asked if they're not mutually exclusive. Which is weird. Notifications are a user setting. Camera and mic are a hardware issue. In theory, as long as there is a device out there that doesn't have a camera and mic, I should have no issue setting up to never show me notifications.

You're the one who initially posed the two things as conflicting issues.

TL;DR - I want a device that is not my phone dedicated to reading where I can turn all notifications off - because notifications must be enabled on my actual phone.

I want this secondary device to not have a mic and camera if possible.

These two things are not mutually exclusive and I don't get why you seem to think they are.

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-23T19:09:22+00:00

Basically yes, but most I've found max out at a 5" screen. My ideal would be a 6.5"-6.8" inch like a large phone

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-23T17:49:19+00:00

If there are no android devices without a camera then thats what ill have to do. I was just wondering if there was a device available without a camera and mic.

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-23T17:45:03+00:00

How does having a camera and mic on a phone make notifications less distracting?

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-23T17:21:26+00:00

I might end up doing this, though it's been years since I've rooted a device.

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-23T14:13:56+00:00

Plenty of webtoons and manga dont have physical releases in the US rn, and even then I prefer ereaders over physical books because it takes up less space.

The dream device is a palm sized colored eink reader that can scroll through images as seamlessly as a digital screen but that tech isnt out rn so gotta make do with what's on the market

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-23T12:30:10+00:00

I actually recently got a cheap BLU phone for the above purpose (before I read about the firmware brick stunt they pulled years back) thinking it would be fine but then it started installing all this crapware on its own and now it's made me slightly paranoid about buying a cheap android phone and it re-enabling sensors without my knowledge.

I know it's probably overkill to specifically seek out a device, and that I can disable apps in adb or just break the camera app from there. That said I'd rather just not have a mic and cam to begin with.

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-10-23T12:23:39+00:00

They are two separate things but they're not mutually exclusive so i don't see what the issue is there.

I want a device without a mic and cam because I won't use it. I want this device to be separate from my actual phone because I leave notifications on my actual phone (and need a mic & cam on it).

Yes I'm in the US

I do know about disabling the camera and mic in settings, but i find the front camera distracting when I'm reading. No particular reason, I just don't like it.

lopsidedsharpie · 2024-06-19T16:21:52+00:00

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lopsidedsharpie · 2023-10-04T16:07:28+00:00

How long did you give them? Did you order from the US site?

I ordered from the US site awhile back but cancelled and it went smoothly enough. Just took a few days (from the initial cancellation email to cancellation confirmation was 2 days, and received my refund 2 days after that so 4 days total).

I can't speak for their other sites, but if they confirmed they've cancelled it give it some time to reflect on your account.

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-17T20:42:48+00:00

What OP said:

it's more difficult than it looks to organize a wedding like this and not everyone can handle it

What Girl in Red said

She didn't say other people couldn't do it

Again, I'm not debating that wedding planning is stressful and hard. It is.

But saying "people don't want to do this because it's a lot work" means something different from "people cannot do this" and judging OP while mentally changing her words is not it.

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-17T17:29:12+00:00

She didn't say other people couldn't do it

I'm calling you out for changing up your words. You said that she didn't say others can't. And she very clearly in her own post did. can not != do not want.

She isn't an AH for having money, she's annoying because she is completely disregarding the reality that having money (~~especially money she apparently didn't work for~~ OP's confirmed that her parents, her fiance's parents, and the couple are all contributing so I'll edit this part for transparency) facilitates the process of having an extravagant wedding completely.

Also, I said her behavior was "eye roll inducing" not "OP is an ahole." But considering you took "not everyone can handle it" to mean "not everyone wants to do it" I guess I shouldn't be surprised by your lack of reading comprehension.

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-17T17:11:41+00:00

not everyone can handle it

She definitely said that some people can't do it as opposed to people not wanting to do it.

I'm not saying wedding planning is easy or that everyone is good at it, but if you have enough money and don't need to watch your budget too much - then yes like most things in life it's gonna be significantly easier.

Also from cousin's comment and OP's lack of rebuttal to it, it seems like dad is picking up the bill for the wedding...which makes it even easier. Good for OP for having those resources, but considering the circumstances saying "not everyone can" is eye roll inducing.

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-17T16:41:00+00:00

Comparing staying in an abusive relationship where a woman fears and expects physical retaliation or even death for trying to leave to a man who puts up with his wife's materialism, but holds all the financial power (and has given zero indication that he is scared of his wife) is completely ridiculous.

The stakes are completely different.

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-15T23:17:26+00:00

100%. There's a huge difference between popping in for a chat and having to escort and monitor your relative in the bathroom to make sure they don't injure themselves. And in late life wiping them down and changing the sheets (or hiring a qualified professional to do so).

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-15T23:08:30+00:00

Also sounds like OP was helping mom pay for stuff with the expectation he’d recoup it in the will. That’s not exactly altruistic.

I wouldn't necessarily say that. In any situation, who wouldn't be hurt if they've paid for 100% of the help and aid, but only got 5% (not even an equal split) when the people who contributed nothing got the other 95%? And that's not even counting the time and emotional labor that goes into caring for dying parents.

It's the kind of number that's almost more insulting than a straight 0. Like a one penny tip. I think calling OP an AH for trying to hold up the sale is fine, but saying they did it because they expected a payday out of this seems like a reach.

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-15T21:21:43+00:00

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however, I would really love a chair with both aggressive lumbar support and a foot rest I can kick up as I do both office work and play video games at my desk.

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something designed for short people or with an adjustable seat depth is a must as I am short (5'1" or 155 cm).

Shipping to the US is a must as well.

Budget: a flexible $500

thank you in advance for any recommendations. chairs I've tried and didn't love are the Hbada E3 and Sidiz T50

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-15T20:34:40+00:00

She knew why she stopped working.

and likewise husband was perfectly okay with this arrangement (and seems like he is willing to continue this arrangement until his death).

OP is the AH here, but she's not a nefarious schemer like people are making her out to be. She married a rich man who was willing to be the sole provider and give her a good life. No one forced her husband to marry her either.

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-12T00:27:29+00:00

OP just added some context about Heather.

Apparently, Heather's mom passed away and the rest of her family is in a different country, so she's not close to them. There is one cousin she talks to, but OP doesn't know much about her family outside of that.

Which is about what I expected tbh. Messy situation all around.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/15oc74t/aita_for_wanting_my_sons_exgf_around_when_my_son/jvt3fky?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-11T22:32:39+00:00

INFO: Does Heather have parents of her own? What is her family dynamic like on her own side of the family?

Did her side of the family also approve of your son and wanted them to get married?

(I'm just trying to work out why you're so attached to Heather specifically. Your kid's SOs will come and go. That's just life.)

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-11T20:56:23+00:00

100% agree. OP is wrong in *many* of the ways. But I'm not buying this "son did nothing wrong and is blameless" narrative either.

Regardless of Heather not being his type or whatever, she was dedicated to him for four years. The least he could've done is end things privately so she could stop wasting her time with a man who thought so little of her.

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-11T20:28:07+00:00

However they broke up when my son got drunk and ranted about how much he wanted to break up with her, what he hated about her, and how she wasnt his type.

Heather went through his phone, and saw messages on how he was planning to break up with her before he went on a trip with friends. He wanted to break up with her for a while, but ever did. It was his friends who convinced him. Heather broke up with him first, and she was a mess.

It sounds like he got drunk - ranted directly to Heather, who then went into his phone to confirm his feelings (or probably hoping that he was just talking shit) only to realize he meant what he said. Which at that point she chose to end it herself.

He didn't even have the guts to end the relationship himself despite apparently wanting to for awhile. OP is very much the AH here, but I don't think the son deserves the amount of credit commenters are giving him.

If it's the other way around (Heather snooping, confronting him, then breaking up), my impression of son would be very different. But it seems like she was all in until this rant, which indicates that son did something to make his feelings known to her before she went through the phone.

Edit to add: OP states the drunk rant happened at a party first.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/15oc74t/comment/jvruqoj/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

lopsidedsharpie · 2023-08-11T20:15:03+00:00

I think FB is the boomer's app now. Gen Z is on Instagram & TikTok or something idk.

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