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  1. codezer0

    Why do youtubers hide or censor out applying thermal paste

    Because the internet loves to argue, and every redditor and their dog would flood the comments about how you're using the wrong amount. Even on Reddit, such images always generate floods of comments about how someone used too much, too little, didn't apply it right, and it happens with stunning...
  2. codezer0

    OnePlus unsatisfactory. Need something else, but what?

    At this point in time, then, need to figure out what I cab maybe swap this OnePlus for. But as far as another phone altogether, *if* I can root the fairphone I would have a lot more boxes ticked. I'm almost willing to deal with just getting a dongle that gives me the headphone jack and a...
  3. codezer0

    OnePlus unsatisfactory. Need something else, but what?

    Interesting... Not really here yet, in the States. A quick look showing two of the three sellers are in the UK. But it is at least letting me be able to select it where it flat out just teases me on the 4. I see it keeps the removable battery; and they have a transparent edition? Suddenly, I...
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    OnePlus unsatisfactory. Need something else, but what?

    Well, maybe if the fairphone 4 was actually sold here. Oh, wait, the maker of it refuses to sell to the States. Despite having a compatible radio and a design that hard promotes repairability to warrant investing in it. If it were a phone that I could easily replace the battery, or better...
  5. codezer0

    OnePlus unsatisfactory. Need something else, but what?

    From a cursory check of local inventory, the A14 isn't available at all, at Best buy, which is where I'd have to go to use the replacement plan. At the moment, the options are slim as crap, as other than it's immediate successor (Nord n30), the only other options appear to be Motorola phones...
  6. codezer0

    OnePlus unsatisfactory. Need something else, but what?

    You'll have to be more specific. What model(s) have: Headphones jack SD slot Support for actual rooting? Last I checked, Samsung actively chased away root functionality the same time they nuked replacement batteries, as of the S6. Conveniently before they made the explosive that is the Note 7.
  7. codezer0

    OnePlus unsatisfactory. Need something else, but what?

    In some ways, a continuation of this thread. Help - Upgrade or service loss deadline approaching Preface: After as long, simply, I'm very disappointed in my Nord N20. Battery life is still not anywhere near where it should be. This summer has already had me encounter a few too many times...
  8. codezer0

    ReVanced working? alternatives?

    Okay, and how does that help? At present I can't build any version of app in the revanced environment successfully anymore, and the recommended version has moved up a few ticks since then. That, is the issue.
  9. codezer0

    Unlocking bootloader in u.s. samsung devices

    My lingering reason(s) to root has only intensified in the years since Android Gingerbread. System-wide adblocking, to not waste data and battery on loading digital herpes. I don't care how much the makers are getting paid; I don't care if they are willing to pay ME directly. The problem is the...
  10. codezer0

    Help Need a phone worth having

    Yeah, this phone's been a complete disappointment. It says it has eight cores, but is demonstrably slower and more clunky than the v20 I used to use. In this summer, and now that I'm back into a new school year, it's just flat out refused to charge when it gets too hot for its liking. Of...
  11. codezer0

    ReVanced working? alternatives?

    Allow me to try and keep this, as brief as I can. For as long as it's been available, I'd been using ReVanced builder on my pc, to build the apk's for the apps that it supports (mostly, YouTube and Twitch). Lately, been noticing that when it comes time to build I'd been getting well, errors on...
  12. codezer0

    Speak only in questions

    So, science is saying our Sun would more accurately emit green light now?
  13. codezer0

    Discouraged and depressed. No good options anymore. What is there to do anymore?

    Was trying to do a themed build, so white and gold would have fit that. That said, eBay can get bent wanting $5000 for a Galax 3090 now. Even if Galax cards with a bespoke white PCB are often over engineered, I know they weren't that marked up when new. Either way, that's neither here nor there.
  14. codezer0

    Discouraged and depressed. No good options anymore. What is there to do anymore?

    Meanwhile, when it comes to gpu's I'm also boned for wanting a card with a white pcb. Galax won't sell here, and AMD seems to actively scare away any partners that would sell a white pcb Radeon for that matter. Hell, I didn't even know AMD allowed white pcb radeons until I saw this one video...
  15. codezer0

    Discouraged and depressed. No good options anymore. What is there to do anymore?

    Odd to see this thread necro'd. Frustrating that this is still, a problem for me. Whence T-Mobile changed things around to where I could not even make or receive calls with my V20, I was more or less forced to start looking elsewhere. Ended up with a Nord N20, because well... iPhones...
  16. codezer0

    Legacy Update, is now a thing

    First heard about it, with this video on Michael MJD's channel talking about it, here... What's this for? Well, the author of the program/site combination found that many of the files needed to fully update OS's that were since legacy'd out of support are still hosted on Microsoft's servers...
  17. codezer0

    Root need. root. now.

    Look. I know there are people out there who don't even blink twice with spending $2000 USD every week on a new phone, but I'm not like that. I don't even like buying another phone every other year, much less every year like I had to do with sealed battery phones. For $420 USD, this, is all I...
  18. codezer0

    Help Need a phone worth having

    Not sure why, but my v20 has been real fussy lately. I'd been holding out in hopes of a phone maker to finally have a successor to this worth looking at, but it seems we'll sooner see a vaccine for HIV than that ever happening. Up to this point, been happiest with unlocked phones...
  19. codezer0

    Root "but xda sez..."

    Suffice to say, this is... frustrating. Wife bought a moto g20, specifically because, of the phones within our shared means, it was the only one that had a painfully simple guide for setting up root and installing it accordingly, on XDA. Well, install minimal ADB & fastboot, launch the command...
  20. codezer0

    radeon 7990 on XP... why so dang hard?

    As quickly as I can summarize... Rather frustrated. AMD on its own site, lists drivers that are supposed to support the dual GPU monster on windows xp. I previously assumed the gtx 690 was supported, failing to realize it wasn't. I made a point to look to be sure there were drivers for the...
  21. codezer0

    Help Upgrade or service loss deadline approaching

    Well, damn it. Now I'm in a pickle. Got one of those cursed letters saying that our phone(s) are going to lose service if we don't upgrade by July. Which sucks for me because, I work in public schools, so Summer is the worst time of year regarding income. Even if I can get something lined up, I...
  22. codezer0

    Help System won't post. yes video, no keyboard response

    Short version: Board won't pass post. Won't go into bios, much less boot anything. Tried two different power supplies, three different graphics cards, and four different keyboards. Also tried booting with no RAM installed, as well as just one stick (four identical, single sticks). No ram is of...
  23. codezer0

    Dear Phone Makers,

    You want me to have a reason to buy? Do this. Not only would you corner a usability market, and render a lot of these moronic "flagship(s)" obsolete, but it would revive an industry for extended battery upgrades, therefore making it even more valu(abl)e. Yes, I use the headphone jack, daily...
  24. codezer0

    Retro Legend Acquired

    So, one of the things I've been doing to help with scratching the PC building itch and to help soothe nostalgia, is to have some operating system specific builds for authenticity. But also, to give me a chance to make something (relatively) OP, so that I can experience the era in a level of...
  25. codezer0

    Help detach an app from the play store? how?

    Not surr i understand the vernacular here, but as the title says. More or less, increasingly annoyed because while my phone is running happily, rooted, with a custom ROM, play store keeps trying to "update" me out of my pleasant experience with YouTube Vanced, and into the "might as well BE an...