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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • Unlike Apple, Android phones do not kill their battery life after 3 years. On the contrary, I swapped my S9’s battery myself and have it a longer life as a secondary phone for traveling or backup. With the restored battery that old exynos chip is still good enough to run most apps to my satisfaction. Even my newer one is not a current gen model. For me, the only reason to upgrade anymore is security updates and most users don’t even care about that. Okay, maybe the cameras still keep getting better but only marginally.



  • I’m honestly quite happy with my Samsungs so far. Had an S9 and currently use an S21.

    I honestly prefer the Samsung apps over the Google apps most of the time. They also integrate better with non google stuff. Especially calendar, contacts and mail. The Bixby button has been gone for a while now and most of the bloatware is hidden away well enough to be able to ignore it easily.

    The irreversible bootloader unlock is quite the shame really because it will cause most banking apps to refuse to work so I never unlockedy bootloader. I used to do this on my nexus and Sony phones. Tbf though I don’t miss my root privileges currently. Android and Samsungs one ui has come a long way.

    Edit: formatting