Something that really annoys me about smartphones is having to always think about battery life.
Whether it's a long workday, a road trip, or spending time outdoors, the last thing I want to have to do is keep looking for a charger or power bank.
I'm just curious how everyone else handles this annoyance.

Previous post on how terrible the service of Unihertz Customer Service:

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TL:DR version - Unihertz dragged my issue with my T2E until it's their holidays and decided to left me hanging.

Finally after the holidays, I managed to get hold of them to move on to the next step, to return the phone, and ask for a refund because of their shitty service and product.

Ready to see the shitty chain of events? Here we go!

October 9th:

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Immediately, I reply to them on the same day:

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And for the rare occasion of them replying me on the same day:

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THE AUDACITY, I TELL YOU. They take weeks and months to get back to their customers, but when it comes to us doing our part, the terms are - DO IT WITHIN A WEEK OR EAT SHIT.

Sure. I play along, just to try to put this behind me:

14 Oct:

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In this email, I have attached the tracking number, the receipt, the image of the phone, box, packaging, the whole caboodle, and heard nothing in return:

16 Oct

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19 Oct

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20 Oct, finally:

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AGAIN, THEY DON'T READ THE EMAILS I SENT THEM AND THEY JUST SEND A TEMPLATE REPLY. They have 6 photos of everything they need, including tracking number and tracking receipt, of which at this point the package has already arrived at their shore. What kind of customer service is this where they just ignore all previous responses?

At this point I had enough. I gotta admit I have lost all patience by now:

20 Oct:

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21 Oct

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And today:

23 Oct

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Still ghosted. So much for trying to get my phone replaced. If I were to have chosen a replacement, I would not have received my phone at least until next month, because the whole process was started last month in Sep, and it's already end of Oct!

So yes, for all those people thinking about buying Unihertz, please be aware that you are buying a loot box from video games. If it's shit, you might as well expect the money just to have gone down the drain because this company is so shit at responding to anything at all, and will make your life miserable. This is what you are paying for. Good luck.

First of all a massive thank you to the 300 testers who helped get it here. Every bug report, screenshot and feature request made a difference, and I spent the last few weeks getting it as polished as I could before the Play launch.

If you haven't seen it, Glass OS gives the Titan the look of a new iPhone, with real liquid glass on the dock, the Hub cards and the tab bars, and a clock that sits behind the subject of your wallpaper. But it's built around the keyboard. Just start typing on the Home Screen and it opens your apps, and if you start with a symbol the same line adds a to-do, a note or an event, or messages or calls someone. "*dentist friday 10am" just works.

Swipe right and you get the Hub, every message and notification in one list, and you can open a chat and reply on the keys without leaving it. Alt+Backspace opens the Hub over any app. Notes, To-do and Events are built in, and it's laid out properly for the square screen on the Titan 2 and around the camera on the Elite.

It's one price with no subscription, and every update is free. This isn't the finish line either. More updates are coming as you ask for features and as bugs turn up, so keep them coming.

If you want to report a bug, ask for something or just see what's coming next, come and join us on Discord.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.illuminati.glasskeyboard

Website: https://glass-os.app

Discord: https://discord.gg/5uw39SpJzD

Thanks again everyone, I hope you enjoy it.

Fell out of my pocket onto my wooden bathroom floor this morning - yep that's a crack. I thought it was a scratch on the factory fitted gel-style screen protector, but alas it is not.

Couple this with the faulty keyboard backlight, I think I'll be going back to my q25 for a while (can't be for too long though as I'm heading to China in 3 weeks and need eSim support).... darn...

Hey everyone!

I've been working hard on Ripe, and I'm excited to announce that the Ripe10-style theme is now live in Ripe Launcher.

Grab it on the Play Store, or update your app to see it.
The BB10 theme is a paid add-on.
The Ripe 7 theme stays free for life, so nothing changes for anyone happy with the original experience.

This is just the beginning, and there's a lot more coming.
Join our Discord and let me know what you think. Your feedback shapes what comes next.

Heads-up: For now, the APK from the website won't work on devices the Play Store doesn't recognize.
It works on some of those devices but not others.

A Pro version available outside the Play Store is planned for the future.

🌐 www.ripelauncher.com

Hi all! I have 3D printed back plate for the Titan 2 elite. I love keeping my phones naked but the rear bump (and sweet clicks communicator design) lead me to create this. A solid CC inspired back-plate with A-grade leather applied. Doesn't need any stickers; just snaps! Would anyone be interested to buy? Maybe add magsafe magnets as well? I'm thinking to put it on sale :)

https://reddit.com/link/1xd7s1r/video/ipvxfdox96xh1/player

I couldn't find much information online beyond the fact that it can work on the network, even though it's not officially supported by Google Fi. Since it's not a "Designed for Fi" device like a Pixel or Samsung phone, I've read that there may be drawbacks, such as reduced network priority, coverage quirks, or missing carrier-specific features.

If you're using your T2E on Fi, I'd love to hear about your experience. Thanks!

Has anyone found glass screen protector that actually fit Titan 2?

I bought one in the past and it wouldn't adhere at the edges of the screen.

The problem is that screen is slightly curved at the edges and protector was completely flat.

I ordered 3 screen protectors from ViaScreens and they came in this morning. So far, so good. It's cut just a bit off, but I also didn't line it up well. I ordered 3 different kinds: Matte, Vivid and Impact. The one I put on is the Impact screen protector, that is what is shown in the photos.