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@JoshBent I can change the settings of the GPS receiver, look at the raw data on the SIM card, simulate a bad connection, look at sensor data, change the operation of the ambient light sensor, turn the radio off, look at debugging information, and a hell of a lot more, but I still haven't figured out MMS on this damned thing. Here's a CrackBerry post about it which goes into a bit of detail. It's a pretty cool thing. https://forums.crackberry.com/tips-...
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@Stuxnet That's still Android, and I'm not too comfortable with the idea of custom ROMs.
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@varikvalefor Let me get this straight. You want to fiddle with stuff, but you won't fiddle with it. I'm curious as to what phone you were using. I have a OnePlus 3T and I'm pretty sure I can do all those things from the engineering screen (not 100% certain, tho). And that's on its stock OS. And OnePlus will still repair your phone if you damage it with custom OSes and stuff like that.
Plus, I wouldn't call these "flaws" of the Android operating system, they're more like features that a very small percentage of people actually need and use often. -
@julianmd I was referring to the slowing down and instability after a year of owning the phone, an LG V20. I need a phone, not a multimedia centre. The battery life is also a lot better than any Android device which I have ever used, and I've used a lot of them.
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@electric-ghost No kidding. People tend to like them. It might be a case of the “durable goods” issue.
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@varikvalefor Thanks for satisfying my curiosity :) enjoy your blackberry!
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@julianmd It was a bit of a fun discussion, so no problem. I'll be sure to (try to) do that.
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No, thank you.😆
I recently switched back from Android to using a BlackBerry Bold – a 9700, specifically. This transition was made because I have been growing increasingly impatient with the many, many flaws of Android, and iOS wouldn't work for me, even though it does work well for many people. There are many features of which I was unaware when I was using BlackBerry back in the day, such as general tinkering abilities; while I may not understand everything, I am smart enough to be able to use technical references to figure out most of that which I do not understand. I won't go into detail about this so I don't sound like an advertisement for a product which was abandoned by its own creator, but I thought that the people here might find the ability to fiddle with the device to be interesting.
Having an actual keyboard is pretty nice, too.
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