#smartphone problems

[rachymarie]

Do the rest of y'all on spectrums of neurodivergence like schizospec and autism (and likely adhd which i may have too but not thus far diagnosed with) struggle to read articles etc when there is any moving part like an inset autoplay video or animated ad on the page?

Personally I find it's so distracting from the text I actually came to read, personally usually have to and it's worse when lack of sleep makes symptoms like cognitive effects flare up. Usually I'll scroll to just after/before the ad while I read, but sometimes they put two moving ads/autoplay vids within one length of the screen (if that makes sense) so you can't scroll away.

Not to mention this probably affects epileptic folks from time to time. This kinda shit should actually be considered as an accessibility/disability rights issue. Like there should be laws against these excessive ads and autoplays. Publicly available news and information should really be accessible for everyone.

Before you say just use AdBlock, I'm usually only on Android devices (cos by the time my slow old computer starts up my chrinically fatigued* ass needs to go back to bed) so can't use extensions as yet. Also Brave browser is my fave on tablet but cor some reason the app broke/stopped working at all when I had it on my phone.

Might have to use 12ft io more but it gets overwhelming/tiresome/inconvenient having to always do that like when I'm just trying to read an article from within/without leaving the Google News app.

When it's a shopping site, I really appreciate it when - if they have a changing banner - they make it so that the banner isn't fixed (at the top of screen no matter how far down you scroll), so I don't have to see it but it's there if I need to refer back to it and just have to scroll to the top.

*not from CFS per se, but schizospec symptom/side effects X autistic burnout

[vash3r]

how exactly does an android update make my SD card ‘unsupported’ and need to be reformatted

[bat-harsh-stuff]

Most Common Problems of Android Smartphones and Their Solutions

In the years 2007 and 2008, when Google and Andy Rubin with their group of scientists and architects were caught up with reviving a ...

As we as a whole know, there is a flip side to everything. Android telephones also are not deprived of it. Give us a chance to perceive what are the basic issues looked by Android telephone clients and how they can be settled.

[bat-harsh-stuff]

Most Common Problems of Android Smartphones and Their Solutions

In the years 2007 and 2008, when Google and Andy Rubin with their group of scientists and architects were caught up with reviving a ...

In the years 2007 and 2008, when Google and Andy Rubin with their group of scientists and architects were caught up with reviving a thought as an Android telephone, little manned recognize what an advanced transformation it would deliver. 'Sooner' was the principal vision of what an Android telephone would resemble and was worked related to HTC in 2006 and in the year 2007 T-Mobile teamed up with them as a testing accomplice.

[jadeannarose]

Can someone come up for a new phrase for "butt dial" but when it's not from your butt? Like just when you forgot to lock your phone and you're just holding it in your hand, so your fingers just start pressing things by accident without your knowledge. I hate saying "butt dial" because I just feel like that's not the truth, and I don't want to go around lying to everyone, but really I don't now any other phrase to use to describe the thing.

[iamdoingthisrightnow]

I am feeling very exhausted in my arms right now from holding my phone up to my face while on my back.

[theemperorsfeather]

Five or 6 years ago, I got my first smartphone. Over the last year, it’s started to decline some, mostly by way of black lines appearing on the screen. I didn’t use it for much other than checking email, bus timing, and phone calls, so I didn’t feel a great need to replace it sooner. Replacing it would also have meant my rather low monthly rate would go up. However, since moving to Oregon (three years ago!) I’ve been kind of anxious to change my phone number, so I could have an Oregon area code.

The time finally felt right last week, so I did another round of research, and found a different provider from which I can get service for less than my current provider would charge. So. Now I have a new number and a new phone. The damn thing is ENORMOUS and feels terribly fragile compared to my chunky old phone but it’s very shiny and damn, so quick compared to the old phone! I am excited and also weirdly nervous.

This time I think I am going to put several more apps on it than I had on the old phone, but I am really torn about putting Tumblr on it. Since I put so little on the old phone, when I was out of the house, I was basically offline, which was nice. (I often don’t bother taking it with me, as I rarely get calls.) I also don’t check Tumblr at work, and have found that I don’t mind that much. But if I put more stuff on the new phone, well, I’m going to use it. And do I want to go there? It’s not that I dislike y’all - I wouldn’t spend SO MUCH of my time at home here if Tumblr gave me angst - it’s just nice to have something of a break. And as much as I appreciate how amazing it is to have powerful, easily portable computers, I don’t want to end up feeling like I can’t function without it, which is going to limit the other things I’m willing to put on there and use regularly.

[lunasspecto]

I’ve been idly tracking any rumors on when my phone will receive an update to Android Lollipop, and apparently the latest news is that Verizon/Motorola have decided not to release a Lollipop upgrade for the phone after all. I was going to try CyanogenMod, but Verizon makes it really super difficult to unlock the phone’s bootloader, so it looks like that’s also a no-go.