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What discontinued feature do you miss from phones or other technologies? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me its the 'Knock Code' that LG had on their phones (I really wish LG still made at least the V series phones)

Basically there was a four-square area and you set up a sequence of where you would tap to unlock the phone. That set of squares was only shown when you set up the code

Then, to unlock your phone, you would tap those areas in the sequence you set up (even with the screen off).

Fingerprint readers are nice, but I really do miss the knock code

Edit: did find this article with a way to do the knock code, but if done wrong, could brick your phone I guess.

Plus, article is from 2014. When I looked at XDA's info on it (they also being the developers) it looks like development on it is over, but individual modules may or may not still be supported by their devs

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's all about selling the solution to a problem they created.

No SD card slot? You are forced to upgrade since you cannot store anything more than what they allow.

No headphone jack? Hope you like buying our inferior first party wireless earbuds or the shitty dongle thing.

Next up on the chopping block will be the charging port in favor of wireless charging, I swear.

By that point, I think I would rather just buy a phone that has all of those features and replace the components as needed instead of upgrading while also having a burner phone I can transfer whatever "e-sim card" they force upon me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I stopped buying Samsung phones because of this bullshit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ironically I just stopped buying Pixel and bought a Samsung just to get an sd slot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I sacrificed my SD slot in favor of the headphone jack when I chose my Pixel.

Remember when buying a phone meant they added new features instead of taking them away from you? Those were the days.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hope you like buying our inferior first party wireless earbuds

You don't have to buy phone brand headphones. There are other wireless ones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wireless ones suck. And the dongle is a shitty DAC that determines what your wired headphones' tone is like. I've got a couple dongles that really only work well in my car's tape adapter, and others that only sound okay on certain headphones. It's a crapshoot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You can get good dongles, but you will pay for it.

I have a Bluetooth receiver that I plug my wired headphones into now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When did you last buy them? They improved a lot

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Been buying them off and on every few months. Don't.give a damn about wireless headphones though. They'll never sound as good as wired, and fuck needing to charge yet another peripheral.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If its wired then its always connected

If not then only sometimes

Dumb point

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yes but you'll always see the phone manufacturers advertising that you should get their product since it's guaranteed to work or all the other products are inferior or some other excuse, even if you decide to go with another brand.