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  • I already moved to Lemmy.zip (they just accepted my account), I exported the lemm.ee settings from the configuration page to lemmy.zip, but I'd also like to backup my upvoted and saved posts (I am interested more in the latter), any ideas?

    EDIT: nvm, it seems they were exported? it took a little to make them appear, maybe upvoted content is a no-no then.

  • You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning
  • Why is this a Google Pixel only ROM? Anything special with the Google Pixel?

    I even consider Chinese phones a better hardware dela than what Google does, and I know Google software (I mainly use AOSP ROMs, Pixel OS in this case) but if we are swapping right away the ROM of the Pixel and the hardware is subpar what's the deal with it?

  • Impeccable logic
  • Which post/comment?

  • After just 12 days, Nintendo is already nuking Switch 2 console accounts for players caught using Mig Flash
  • Exactly my thoughts, but I am waiting for the Steam Deck 2... Or something more future proof (that would be my 1st gaming handheld stronger than my overclocked hacked Nintendo Switch v1).

  • Steam Deck / Gaming News #20
  • Top notch content as always.

    I like when you include fun or odd stuff, that resembles a lot of old magazines (yeah yeah, I suppose you get comments like that often).

    Has anyone shared your posts outside the fediverse? I legit think this is unique and real content, no SEO or AI shit that I doom scroll on a daily basis, that could benefit users from other communities lol.

  • They’ve Observed Teleworking for Four Years and Reached One Clear Conclusion: “Working From Home Makes Us Happier”
  • I thought we were social beings... With that said, ofc I would be happier with remote work only.

  • Smartphones are Designed to Fail Us (and We Have to Change That)
  • I am not sure, it is certain that heat makes it usable though.

    It first began when it lost USB data transfers, I was like that for months, I thought I needed to replace the USB module as many users claimed that to be the solution, I didn't, another common failure with this device is that the flex cable fucks up after a while, so you either replace it or add something to make pressure to the board and charging/USB module, I did the latter, applied black tape to both ends like 3 years ago or so, quick and normal charge worked since then, so I assumed USB data transfers failing me months ago was a symptom of my workaround giving up... Turns out it wasn't.

    Then after months I lost IMEIs, so no data transfers, I said, oh, I could use my phone as an iPod or something, but as this is my main device yet, I decided to look up for solutions, and playing around with QFIL, TWRP and lots of things (do note I had efs partitions backed up prior, which did nothing to help me), I was left without WiFi, so this one really hurts lol.

    I forgot to say that when IMEI started to fail I detected that my phone USB data transfer worked for a while, so it was like a trade lol, that essentially gave me the opportunity to play around with it and flash something else.

    Anyway, I said to myself, ok so be it, it would be a dumb phone (a very dumb one) no internet access whatsoever and USB data transfers gave up as well... I could load emulators or something (through BT perhaps) but as the partition image responsible of Wifi connection wasn't loaded properly from the kernel it started to hinder the performance of the device with some wifi process (detected with FKM) if I try to kill it then it is replaced by a kernel binder process which I can't kill (well I can but it auto starts), so yeah, having a phone that can't deep sleep and is always wasting resources on that doesn't seem smart...

    Luckily the hairdryer and that Termux command (with quick charge) gave me everything back... Not all the times I get back USB data transfers (it seems like it is the 1st one to go when it loses connection) but I appreciate I can still milk this device that I got in November 2020 and somehow still can get 8 hrs of SOT from it (no gaming and with Wifi only).

  • Smartphones are Designed to Fail Us (and We Have to Change That)
  • Yeah, but it happens with different kernels as well, it happened to me in the stock ROM actually, moved to a custom ROM and it didn't fix it (I needed to heat it up first in order to flash it with adb sideload 😂).

    Also, not everyone who shares these newer A15 ROMs suffer from this, this is a very documented hardware issue I am afraid, but I am totally with you that this workaround shouldn't make it last for something more than a mere hours perhaps.

  • Smartphones are Designed to Fail Us (and We Have to Change That)
  • Me too, sometimes I feel it is a software issue, but if that was it wouldn't happen in all the ROMs I tried, on top of that a restore of efs and modem partitions should be enough (at least for IMEI and Wifi), but sadly it isn't.

  • Smartphones are Designed to Fail Us (and We Have to Change That)
  • I have been like this for a month with this workaround, and yeah, I backup with Google backups and rooted Swiftbackup nightly 👍🏻

  • Oh goddammit
  • Every time I hop to boot camp lol.

  • Half of companies planning to replace customer service with AI are reversing course
  • If the customer support of my ISP doesn't even know what CGNAT is, but AI knows, I am actually troubled whether this is a good move or not.

  • Smartphones are Designed to Fail Us (and We Have to Change That)
  • Yep, loops to heat up the CPU, in combination with fast charge to make it hot quicker.

    CPU loses contact with the board or something like that making it not able to read modem, efs, and whatever is the responsible to transmit data through the USB port (charging works normally, even fast charge), it needs a reflow or reballing to fix this for good, but technicians nearby are... Simply put, thieves lmao.

    So I'd rather keep doing this until the phone dies (the workaround makes it work for an undefined amount of time, which can be hours, days or almost a week) or change the motherboard myself.

    I got the idea along with ChatGPT when a user in telegram told me that he got USB data transfers working again (in order to escape from MIUI once again) by heating up the SOC with a hairdryer, yes, that worked for me too to fix all above, thus I decided to create a software solution in the meantime 😅

  • What game has the best tutorial, in your opinion?
  • I was expecting a joke comment mentioning Driver.

    I am disappointed I had to scroll this far to find something like that.

  • Smartphones are Designed to Fail Us (and We Have to Change That)
  • And there is me using a 2019 (dying) device which I heat up with a termux command to get it back in working state 😁

    For the curious the device is a Poco F2 Pro, known for IMEI and charging flex issues, the termux command I use to bring alive my IMEI, Wifi and USB data transfers is:

    for i in $(seq 1 32); do sh -c 'while :; do a=$((a+1)); done' & done; for i in $(seq 1 32); do yes > /dev/null & done

    This paired with fast charge will heat the SOC and make it work like the 1st day without an issue lol.

  • a harry potter fan's guide to navigating pride month
  • Remember the Howarts Legacy situation?

    Did the boycott really hurt them?

    Also there is an old saying that goes by "there is no such thing as bad publicity".

  • Which Video Game was most influential on you as a child, and why?
  • Toy Story 2 for PS1, it hasn't aged at all, and it looks better than the praised MGS (silly comparison, and graphic style helps the Disney game, but I have never seen praises to that title regarding that field, also I played Toy Story as a kid and MGS as a grown up, that's why I brought this) change my mind.

  • a harry potter fan's guide to navigating pride month
  • lol, yeah, that'll teach her.

  • A proof that we can beat games in these handhelds.

    The game is Metroid Zero Mission, this is the first time I beat a Metroid game, so I decided to start with this one.

    I should mention that I used save states and rewind to get the hardest items, but hey, I don't have the time to master all the games I play ¯\(ツ)

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    Open Source @lemmy.world kratoz29 @lemm.ee
    Is this the correct version of TrackerControl?

    I just realized the one I got from Droidify is forked by Oxford HCC which is the one I am using instead of the "official" one.

    Is this the one you guys are using or recommend me to go to the official one?

    Sorry for the noob question 😅

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    Can we get rid of this white overlay while watching pictures in light mode?

    First of all, I am not a psycho for using light mode :p

    I use dynamic mode, so I get light mode on the day and dark mode at night, I think having this overlay with dark mode has no visible effect (at least I haven't noticed it with my AMOLED screen), but as you can see it is clearly visible when using light mode.

    And now while I am asking for stuff... Can we get the article/link preview as a toggle?

    I am having some issues while browsing stuff if I have IPv6 activated (and it is a pain in the ass to deactivate it in Android), I suppose this is an ISP issue... So some image preview takes longer than it should, the same occurs for link previews which can take ridiculous amounts of time. I appreciate the feature and I find it cool, but for my environment it causes more issues than what it offers.

    Kudos to the Summit dev, I hope this post doesn't bother you on your vacations!

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    Wait, I thought awards were already gone?

    I couldn't care less about such a thing (it's not like I could use it with Sync for Reddit anyway) but I genuinely thought these gimmicks were already dead?

    I definitely recall some redditors commenting on something like "if awards still exist I would give you one right away".

    Can I transfer my awards from Reddit to Lemmy? /s

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    Several posts with the card view show incorrectly the "open link" icon.

    You can see this minor bug in the picture that I shared here.

    I don't know if dev is aware, but as I didn't see anyone commenting about it I wanted to share it :)

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    What do you think of this explanation of why not going Open Source?
    chimbori.com Our Apps and Open Source — Chimbori

    Some components of our apps are open-source, but the main apps are not. This is to protect you and us from unscrupulous counterfeiters who add malware and ads to open-source apps.

    Our Apps and Open Source — Chimbori

    I am not following these claims carefully, but I have seen tons of copies of Lawnchair in the Playstore.

    Another recent event that comes to my mind is the Simple apps, which AFAIK they always were open source? But that didn't matter until it got sold and then Fossify was the non shit version of it (the positive side of open source).

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    The Best of... DS from NGamer 76 - June 2012 (UK)
    mstdn.games Out of Print Archive (@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games)

    Attached: 2 images The Best of... DS from NGamer 76 - June 2012 (UK) This magazine can be downloaded here: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/ngamer.html #retrogaming #Nintendo #NintendoDS

    Out of Print Archive (@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games)

    Interesting that they ranked Phantom Hourglass as number 1, nowadays it is considered one of the worst Zelda games... And I don't agree at all.

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    Does anyone else also "hoard" Stremio add-ons?

    Long time Kodi and Plex user, it was a matter of time that I started messing around with this.

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    cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/24909793 >Another JUS (AKA the best Jump game to the date lol) fight, if you guys want to give it a try check out the Jump Ultimate Stars Discord you can play this game with Melon DS (even on Android) and online thanks to Wimmfi.

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    Jump Ultimate Stars - Online Casual FT5 - yoh vs kratoz29

    cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/24909793 >Another JUS (AKA the best Jump game to the date lol) fight, if you guys want to give it a try check out the Jump Ultimate Stars Discord you can play this game with Melon DS (even on Android) and online thanks to Wimmfi.

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    cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/24909793 >Another JUS (AKA the best Jump game to the date lol) fight, if you guys want to give it a try check out the Jump Ultimate Stars Discord you can play this game with Melon DS (even on Android) and online thanks to Wimmfi.

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    Another JUS (AKA the best Jump game to the date lol) fight, if you guys want to give it a try check out the Jump Ultimate Stars Discord you can play this game with Melon DS (even on Android) and online thanks to Wimmfi.

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    PSA you can use Scaled and Controversial sort types in Sync for Lemmy even if it hasn't been integrated in the app if you set them as your default sort type in the web page settings.

    Hi, as soon as I noticed this was a thing I headed to this community to let anyone else know that you can use the newest sort types in the Sync for Lemmy app with that nice workaround... But I just found a lot of "Sink and Sync threads" here that I actually thought the sort bugged my app/feed lol, what a good timing.

    Anyway I hope this is useful for you guys until the new update arrives... Soon ^TM

    Picture of reference:

    !

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    cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/22456111 >Check out this amazing covering of a lot of aspects of this truly gem for Nintendo DS, which thanks to Wimmfi can be played online yet either with original hardware or through emulation, he kindly shared.

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    cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/22456111 >Check out this amazing covering of a lot of aspects of this truly gem for Nintendo DS, which thanks to Wimmfi can be played online yet either with original hardware or through emulation, he kindly shared.

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    Check out this amazing covering of a lot of aspects of this truly gem for Nintendo DS, which thanks to Wimmfi can be played online yet either with original hardware or through emulation, he kindly shared.

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    50 Years of Video Game Industry Revenues, by Platform

    > Article by the Visual Capitalist, based on data by UK market research firm Pelham Smithers

    https://www.visualcapitalist.com/video-game-industry-revenues-by-platform/

    It kinda sucks that my favorite format, handheld is so low compared with the other hardware (yeah, I'm not considering mobile as handheld lol).

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