How I Simplified My Phone (2015)

88 点作者 sygma超过 9 年前

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markbao超过 9 年前

> Iphones, which seem to get bigger, heavier, more expensive, and more complicated with every release, not to mention a complete lack of customization and control, are obviously off the table.There are excellent reasons to not choose iPhone, but this one warrants a click on the back button.Other than the iPhone 6 upgrade (the smaller one has a screen size of 4.7", the same as the phone the author ended up picking), they've been getting smaller, lighter, and thinner every release. (At the expense of using the space to increase battery life, which is what I'd really like to see improved.) There has been zero increase in cost since the first release. Complexity could be an open question, but after using iOS and Android, I've found iOS slightly more intuitive than Android, which is still too rough.Lack of customization and control are good reasons, but the first bit is bafflingly misinformed.

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BuckRogers超过 9 年前

A few tips or best practices I've learned along the way. They would probably increase battery life and sanity.1) Only allow notifications for texts, calls and maybe email.2) Only allow yourself 1 screen/page for your apps. Extraneous stuff should be in folders. I have my most-used apps and 4 folders on a single iPhone homescreen (Shopping/banking; Food; Extras; Games).I'm the last of GenX and remember many years without cell phones. But I feel bad for Millenials who never knew anything else and will probably never learn to really get control over these devices.If I could get a T9 cellphone with voice dictated mapping built-in, I'd dump traditional smartphones altogether. Having your devices work for you rather than work you over is a huge part of the 21st century. So says grandpa.

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reiichiroh超过 9 年前

Xiaomi is now retroactively locking bootloaders: <a href="http://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-locks-bootloader-on-recent-devices/" rel="nofollow">http://www.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-locks-bootloader-on-rec...</a>

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aduitsis超过 9 年前

Nova launcher is mentioned in the article and I would like to add my 5 cents about it. Specifically, it is an absolute gem of a launcher and is fast and highly customizable. 100% worth paying for it, though there is a free version with most of the features. I was able to customize it and make it exactly as I wanted it to be, up to details like icon spacing, using custom themes, gestures, unread badges, home screen arrangement and effects, home folders, widgets, app menu arrangement (I prefer it vertical coming from Symbian), etc.

melted超过 9 年前

Given the same radio power (it's capped for all cell phones) the faster your wireless data, the less battery it will chew up. Why? Because it consumes the most energy when radio is on, and if you transmit at higher speeds, radio doesn't have to stay on for long.

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devereaux超过 9 年前

How I simplified my phone: I got a windows phone.While I agree that Nova launcher is impressive, I don't want to have to change the launcher.On a windows phone, the basics work relatively well. The phone takes good pictures and doesn't get in the way. There are very few apps in the appstore, which is a feature since it means I won't be tempted to tweak it too much (temptation... must resist...).And it's cheap, so much that I don't care if it falls out of my purse. I'll just get another.

nfoz超过 9 年前

Sounds like he would like a Blackberry (running BBOS 10). My bb Passport has excellent battery-life, no bloat, extensive customization of the messages "hub" and minimal notifications, privacy and per-app per-feature controls, etc.But instead he pretends that Android and iOS are the only two choices. And while boosting a two-player market, somehow acts entitled to options that are not well provided within that limited competitive space.

mdm_超过 9 年前

His comments about his previous phone, the LG G3, are interesting to me. That happens to be the phone I have, and I think it works great. I'm using a stock-based ROM (rooted, of course, with TWRP), performance is excellent, very little bloat, and the battery easily lasts me the day, even when I play a little GTA:SA, watch some YT/Twitch, do some video calling with Hangouts, and Chromecast some Dora The Explorer for my kid. I use Viper4Android to do DSP on Spotify and get some pretty nice sound out of my $10 earbuds. I'm not on Facebook, and one of my New Year's resolutions was to stop reading the news[1] and using Twitter and Reddit, so that's probably saving me loads of battery.As far as expense, yes, it's more than $129, but it's currently being pushed heavily by MVNOs where I live as a $0 budget phone ($400 in subsidy). Currently flagships from Apple, Samsung, etc are in the $850-1100 range. IMHO the G3 is a perfectly serviceable mid-range phone.[1] <a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews" rel="nofollow">http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hatethenews</a>

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seba_dos1超过 9 年前

There's a way simpler option: <a href="https://github.com/paulfertser/fso-el/wiki" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/paulfertser/fso-el/wiki</a> ;)

Twisell超过 9 年前

TL/DR iOS is crap cause it is not customizable and because some of iPhone specs are getting worst (while still better on average). So he search and found the holy grail of specs and install a stripped down alternative version of Android overly customized to remove feature from UI. And this is supposed to be simple and make your brain cringe less...

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post_break超过 9 年前

He'll be crawling back to iOS when he sees the standby time of Android eat massive chunks of battery. From the mobile radio active bug to the play store deciding it needs to be active for some unknown reason.Don't get me wrong, I love android, I love it more than iOS, but damn does it eat battery for no reason. I only switched sides because I couldn't take it any more. Sure iOS devices have started a downward trend of capacity, but at least when I go to bed at night with 80% I wake up in the morning with 79-78% instead of 65% at best.

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ricket超过 9 年前

> To my surprise it came not just unlocked but rooted.This rings alarm bells for me. What are the chances that it comes with a pre-installed Android rootkit? How would you know?

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agumonkey超过 9 年前

People should know about adb and dig into android 'shell' and tools. You can trim things a lot and make a focused 'distribution'. That requires root though.ps: almost unrelated but you can also drive the UI through input events like swipe and drag. I had fun caressing my old HP TouchPad through emacs.

cowpig超过 9 年前

> Other than these I use Lyft, Spotify, Dropbox, Drive, Amazon Underground, Phone, SMS, and Calendar. Instagram is my only social media app, mostly because I think the @soylent account is awesome.Signal, phone, google maps, firefox/chrome.I like how "phone" falls under the "other" category for this person

technological超过 9 年前

I have seen many posts where people are turning off notifications and stop using sync go save battery. Are'nt modern phones give good battery life and allow to use all apps ?? I have all notifications turned on + Greenify + amplify + powernap to save battery. I get 7 hours SOT on nexus 6p